WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Texas ruled Wednesday that the Affordable Care Act’s process for determining what kinds of preventive care must be fully covered by private health insurance is unconstitutional, ramping up yet another legal battle over the 12-year-old law. The ruling, by Judge Reed O’Connor of the United States District Court for…
Since the Carter administration, former presidents have returned to the White House for an unveiling ceremony when their portraits are finished. But you can’t have a White House ceremony without the approval of the sitting president. And for the four years of President Trump’s administration, there was no unveiling. Then President Biden took office —…
Model and It Girl Gigi Hadid has officially launched her own cashmere brand—and just in time for sweater season. As of today, you can shop the Hadid’s 100% cashmere collection from Guest in Residence. With Hadid at the helm as founder and creative director, the brand offers timeless designs with quality execution, manifesting in “heirloom”…
It was a beatnik hub in the 1960s, a drug bazaar in the 1980s and, for much of the past two centuries, a rallying point for counterculture. But these days Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village can feel more like a giant TikTok studio. If the weather is nice, you may stumble upon a 20-something…
David Tanis looked right into my soul with his latest column in today’s Food section for The Times. At the farmers’ market this time of year, when there’s an eye-popping display of vegetables overflowing from stalls and “we are gleefully overwhelmed with choice,” he writes, we should buy anything that appeals to us. Even if…
My boyfriend comes from a wealthy family. Every year, his parents take him and his siblings on an extravagant vacation. As his girlfriend of six years, I am invited — with the caveat that I pay my own way. But my boyfriend and I are graduate students, so that’s unrealistic. I can’t even afford to…
New York Fashion Week is never not hectic. The packed schedule of shows, appointments, and parties is something curator and critic Kimberly Drew is keenly familiar with. Known in the art world for her work highlighting and uplifting artists of color, Drew is also a writer who regularly contributes to top-tier publications, and the author…
When Marvel released the trailer for the sequel “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” in July, it garnered 172 million views in its first 24 hours. That was nearly double the viewership of the original “Black Panther” teaser in 2017. In the intervening years, much had changed. The first one, directed by Ryan Coogler, smashed not only…
During lunch on Bains des Pâquis, a jetty on the shore of Lake Geneva, Amandine guided us through the basics of Swiss fondue (“if you drop your bread in the cheese, you have to do something, like sing a song”) and described Geneva Watch Days 2021, a trade show that could be called the start…
Eight years ago, Dashiell Oatman-Stanford became captivated by Soviet watches. At $10 to $20 each, he said, he didn’t hesitate to pop them open, tinker with the parts and get some hands-on practice dissecting the mechanical movements that he had come to love as a budding watch hobbyist. But eventually he discovered that these mass-produced…