Sara Golaski says she is horrified by President Trump’s second term, and that it is “very important” to her that Democrats win back the Senate in the midterm elections. But Ms. Golaski, a Democrat from Bristol, Maine, says she does not think she will vote for Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic Senate nominee, and will…
Alexander Zverev overcame Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 to win the French Open men’s singles title. Zverev looked in control early on, but Cobolli dug in and forced a deciding set. In the end, though, it was Zverev who pulled away late to finally get his hands on a major title. McEnroe praised…
James Brown used to call himself “the hardest working man in show business.” As he left us almost two decades ago, I trust it’s not sacrilegious to suggest the sobriquet be passed to Ahmir Thompson, better known as Questlove, a musician, producer, author and filmmaker (as in the incredible “Summer of Soul” from 2021). His…
Nine more goals were scored in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, putting the three-game total at 25 between the Vegas Golden Knights and Carolina Hurricanes. More importantly, each game has been more thrilling than the one prior, and the latter two have needed overtime to be settled. The Golden Knights won the latest…
Tuchel has to take his own share of responsibility for this situation, having made some experimental selections leading up to these final preparations, including in the friendlies against Uruguay and Japan at Wembley in March. Manchester City’s Phil Foden played up front against Japan. In the Uruguay game, Tuchel fielded Foden, Everton’s James Garner and…
David French: Hey, Michelle. Jamelle Bouie: Hello, hello. Cottle: Hello, hello. All right. This week I want us to talk about Graham Platner, the headline-grabbing Democratic Senate candidate at the center of Tuesday’s Maine primary elections. What does his rise say about where Dems are placing their bets on the future leadership of the party?…
In less than 24 hours’ time, the polls will open for the first Real Madrid presidential election in 20 years. Florentino Perez and Enrique Riquelme will go head-to-head for the top job at the Bernabeu, and ahead of the voting opening, the former spoke on Saturday at his closing campaign ceremony. Perez has been very…
NASCAR Hall of Famer Ned Jarrett, a two-time Cup champion and longtime broadcaster, died peacefully Thursday of natural causes at his home in Newton, North Carolina, his family announced. He was 93. Jarrett won 50 races during his career and was the champion of NASCAR’s top series in 1961 and 1965, when he won 13…
The Federal Aviation Administration said the Trump administration’s plans to construct a 259-foot-tall arch less than a mile from Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport would likely not pose risks to aviation safety. But evaluators recommended that red, blinking obstruction lights similar to the ones atop the Washington Monument be added to the design — a…
Available for over a year Anne McElvoy and guests discuss the concentration, distribution and morality of wealth now and look back at An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, published by the Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith in 1776, which gives an early account of what builds nations’ wealth…
