Month: July 2019

The women of the US national soccer team are famous for ­being extraordinary athletes, repeat world champions — and plaintiffs. The team’s lawsuit alleging pay discrimination against the US soccer federation has done much to define its identity. A nearly perfect run through the World Cup has been widely interpreted as vindication of the merits,Read moreRead more

Democratic Rep. Stacey Plaskett will reportedly keep campaign donations she received from convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, despite the financier’s latest round of sex-trafficking charges. Since 2016, Epstein has thrice donated $2,700 to Plaskett — including most recently for her 2018 re-election bid, according to a Federal Election Commission record reviewed by CNBC. The network onRead moreRead more

A slow-churning, torrential rainstorm soaked the nation’s capital Monday, knocking out power to thousands and prompting dozens of water rescues across Washington and northern Virginia. The National Weather Service lifted flash flood warnings for the greater DC metro area about 1 p.m., but not before Reagan National Airport was drenched with a half-inch of rainRead moreRead more

Bumble — the No. 2 dating app in the US behind Tinder — has a complicated relationship status when it comes to its corporate parent. Bumble’s chief executive, Whitney Wolfe Herd — a Tinder co-founder who left the hookup app after accusing a male colleague of sex harassment — founded Bumble with a mission toRead moreRead more

Knockout Beauty founder Cayli Cavaco Reck and aesthetician Georgia Louise — who counts Karlie Kloss and a couple of A-list Jennifers (Aniston and Lawrence) as celeb clients — share a passion for pores and a devotion to glow. “We’re friends because we have the same skin-care philosophy: We start with skin health,” says Reck. “WeRead moreRead more

With Democrats increasingly attacking each other with a vitriol they once reserved for President Trump, an anecdote involving President Lyndon Johnson fits the moment. As recounted in the riveting memoir of Joseph Califano, Johnson’s top domestic adviser, the president was meeting with civil rights leaders in the hot racial summer of 1967. Dems were sharplyRead moreRead more

Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein is facing sex-trafficking charges involving several underage girls he allegedly brought to New York from out of state — and who weren’t part of his previous prosecution, The Post has learned. The new allegations also involve crimes that Epstein allegedly committed after those that led to his controversial, 2008 plea bargainRead moreRead more

If Mayor de Blasio can’t balance his budget in good times, how would he do it if the economy sours and revenue dries up? Click Here: Pandora Jewelry That’s the troubling question the Citizens Budget Commission raised last week in a report noting that Team de Blasio spent more than it took in over theRead moreRead more

Folks, in my weekday column I chided parents for allowing their kids to take on too much college debt. Student debt, as you probably know, is becoming a presidential campaign issue. I argued that adults were part of the student debt crisis because they didn’t say “no” when their children wanted to go to overpricedRead moreRead more

see also US wins second straight World Cup LYON, France — The United States won its record fourth… Break out the ticker tape! The city will fete the US Women’s World Cup soccer team with a ticker-tape parade down the Canyon of Heroes, Mayor de Blasio announced Sunday, after the cleat queens’ 2-0 victory overRead moreRead more