Day: December 19, 2019

The sixth Democratic debate — which will feature the smallest slate of candidates yet — is set to take place from 8 to 11 pm ET this Thursday, December 19, at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

The debate will be broadcast by PBS and co-hosted by Politico, both of which will livestream it here. The seven-candidate stage will be moderated by four journalists from the two publications: PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff, Amna Nawaz, and Yamiche Alcindor, and Politico’s Tim Alberta.

It’s a debate that almost didn’t happen because of a labor dispute: Unite Here Local 11, a …

Every week, new original films debut on Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services, often to much less fanfare than their big-screen counterparts. Cinemastream is Vox’s series highlighting the most notable of these premieres, in an ongoing effort to keep interesting and easily accessible new films on your radar.

The Two Popes

The premise: Two popes enter. One pope leaves.

Just kidding. The Two Popes is a series of imagined conversations between two men, both of whom feel a call from God to serve the Roman Catholic church — but who otherwise don’t see eye to eye.

What it’s about: Fernando …

President Donald Trump’s response to the House of Representatives approving two articles of impeachment against him was in some respects even uglier than could’ve reasonably been anticipated. And given Trump’s track record, that’s saying something.

At the exact moment that the House approved the first article of impeachment, Trump was 600 miles away at a rally in Battle Creek, Michigan, telling a relatively innocuous, absurd tale he’s repeatedly told about how the military’s stealth planes are literally invisible.

Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard did not vote for the articles of impeachment during Wednesday’s historic vote.

She didn’t vote against them, either. She just voted “present.”

In a statement following her vote, Gabbard said her “present” vote was simply a matter of voting her conscience.

“I have always put our country first,” the Hawaii representative wrote. “One may not always agree with my decision, but everyone should know that I will always do what I believe to be right for the country that I love.”

After overseeing the votes to impeach President Trump Wednesday night, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a few next steps to take: naming impeachment managers to make her case in the Senate and transmitting the approved articles of impeachment to that upper chamber.

Except, Pelosi announced at a press conference after the votes, she’s not going to do either of those things just yet.

Voicing concern about Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s willingness to hold a fair trial, Pelosi announced for the first time that she might not, in fact, be in a rush to send the articles of impeachment over to …