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Culinary critics took a bite out of President Biden after an unappetizing “Detroit-style” pizza was served aboard Air Force One on Thursday while Biden was returning from a campaign trip to Michigan. “The Air Force One dinner tonight after the Michigan trip: Detroit-style pizza,” Bloomberg White House reporter Josh Wingrove posted on X following Biden’s swing-state appearance alongside auto union workers. But the presidential version of the Motor City’s signature deep dish, rectangular pizza barely had any mozzarella cheese or tomato sauce — and Wingrove merely nibbled at the edges before snapping a picture of the display. “Mom Joe Biden...

Danielle Sulikowski a, Melinda Williams a, Gautami Nair a, Brittany Shepherd a, Anne Wilson a, Audrey Tran a, Danielle Wagstaff b https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112406 Highlights • Women use competitor manipulation as a form of intrasexual competition. • Highly competitive women advised hypothetical salon clients to cut off more hair. • Women told clients of similar attractiveness as themselves to cut off the most hair. • Female intrasexual competition may be assortative with respect to mate quality. • Female intrasexual competition manifests without any contextual cues to mating. Abstract Intrasexual competition between women is often covert, and targets rivals' appearance. Here we investigate...

When Mitt Romney announced his intended retirement from the U.S. Senate on Sept. 13, 2023, the Atlantic published an excerpt from his upcoming biography, in which the 2012 Republican presidential nominee told author McKay Coppins, “A very large portion of my party really doesn’t believe in the Constitution.” This claim would have been startling 15 years ago. For decades, the Republican Party has been the party of conservatism and a champion for the Constitution. Romney is clear that Donald Trump, who leads what he calls a “populist” and “demagogic” portion of the party, is to blame. And Romney is not...

Instead of a repeat of the “Roaring 20s” from a century ago, this decade is now looking more like a no-recession 1990s boom economy, according to UBS Global Wealth. For a brief patch in 2021, markets were awash with talk of another “Roaring 20s” playing out. But that bullishness faded as inflation climbed above 5% and the Federal Reserve pivoted away from talk of “transitory” inflation to warning of the risks of it becoming trenchant. Then came the rate shocks of 2022, which left the S&P 500 SPX with a 19.4% loss, its worst yearly losses since 2008. The roughly...

Steven Van Zandt is showing off his similar style alongside Rep. Jamie Raskin, after gifting a head cover as the congressman battles cancer. The E Street Band member posted a photo on Monday of himself smiling alongside the Maryland Democrat, saying the duo share a special connection beyond their coordinating head gear. “My brother from another mother!” Van Zandt, 72, said. Raskin announced last year that he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, saying his diagnosis was “serious but curable.”

While Y2K and ‘90s fashion have been big in recent years, ‘80s looks are also making a comeback — particularly for 2023. This year already feels bolder than in years past with bright geometric patterns, dance-inspired looks, and more of those oversized blazers (with or without shoulder pads). Thankfully, not everything is back from the ‘80s, but when it comes to bold, playful statement looks, expect to see a lot of ‘80s influence. Given that fashion often rolls through in 20 year cycles, it’s not surprising we’re seeing the ‘80s popping back up. After all, it’s been 40 years, which...

1) This is just some random street in a busy shopping area in December in Dublin, Ireland. 2) These are average, randomly appearing Dublin women and girls. Of the dozens, I only saw 1 overweight woman. Many looked like models. 3) Impeccable sense of style, perfect hair, great skin unembellished by pock-marked drug usage signs, absence of tattoos on face/neck, no trashy clothes. 4) No weird purple haired trannies, no homeless people, no criminals, everyone in a good mood. Why such a contrast with our big cities on the west coast? What went wrong here? What is your experience elsewhere...

Nobody has ever accused First Lady Jill Biden of having the best taste when it comes to how she dresses. Sorry, DOCTOR Jill Biden. Either the woman needs to fire the stylist who keeps dressing her like a piece of furniture from an old Sears catalog OR she needs to actually hire one because WOOF. Time and time again people have shown photos of Jill in her latest bizarre dress and compared them to old sofas and curtains … but Twitter user Rondalee Iowa has made a ‘hobby’ of it and wow, the thread she put together is spectacular and...

A 38-year-old Ukrainian woman hasn’t cut her 65-inch long hair since she was 12. Alla Perkova is a hair model whose brunette mane reaches down to her feet. “The scissors have not touched my hair in almost 30 years,” she revealed to Caters. SNIP She also doesn’t use special styling products on her hair and insists that her hair length is a result of good genetics she got from her mom, Maria Perkova.

Perfect. A new meme is floating around the internet today on the Bidens. Who wore it best? The image shows Jill Biden’s dress along with crackhead mega-millionaire grifter Hunter Biden on a crack couch with a similar pattern. Uncanny!

Vogue, the world's fashion bible, has placed Jill Biden on her cover as the epitome of fashion. She's a "goddess," they explain.Which is a stretch, given that the first lady has sported getups like this loud red zebra print dress, or these huge-print patterned pantyhose worn with elfin spike heel ankle boots.It goes to show that its whole schtick is politics, not fashion. After all, the big fashion bible for the world's stylish somehow managed to overlook the nation's truly stylish first lady, Melania Trump, a former super-model, who not only was quite beautiful, but age-appropriate and elegant in her...

Impeaching Trump will be like trying to put socks on a rooster!

Speculation abounded Sunday after President Trump was photographed with what appeared to be a new hairstyle during a surprise visit Sunday to a Virginia church. Trump’s slicked-back hair was a far cry from his usual look, which has been the subject of mockery in the pages of The New Yorker and "Saturday Night Live."

Twitter continues to provide unmissable examples of media adoration of Democrats. Female reporters from CBS, CNN, and NBC gushily tweeted on Saturday about picking out an "amazing" jacket for Kamala Harris on the campaign trail. Does anyone think this happened for Michelle Bachman in 2011? Carly Fiorina in 2015? The professional excuse was Harris was touring small businesses in South Carolina. But the fashionistas were purring over a "great," "awesome," "amazing" coat they were "forcing" on the candidate. Here's Caitlin Huey-Burns from CBS:

nited Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said on Sunday that she won’t defend President Trump’s “communication style.” "First of all, he has his communication style," Haley told CBS’s “Sunday Morning.” "But you're not hearing me defend that. "What I will tell you is if there is anything that he communicates in a way that I'm uncomfortable with, I pick up the phone and call him, and I tell him that. And I think that's something that he deserves from me,” the former South Carolina governor said. Haley said that she doesn’t believe she needs to publicly detail the private conversations she...

While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump engaged in golf diplomacy, their wives spent time Sunday learning about Japanese pearl cultivation in Tokyo’s top luxury shopping district. Akie Abe and Melania Trump visited the flagship Ginza store of accessories firm Mikimoto, which has long been an official jeweler to the Imperial family. Kokichi Mikimoto, the brand’s founder, created the world’s first cultured pearl in 1893. The company now harvests the pearls offshore from an island in Mie Prefecture. The pair warmly greeted each other at the store before speaking with two ama, traditionally trained female divers who...

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump returned home to the White House Sunday with their son, Barron, after a 17-day working vacation at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. As Melania stepped off Air Force One in Washington D.C., the First Lady donned a color-blocked creme and lime-toned belted midi Delpozo dress with her famous tousled hair and sunglasses. The dress normally retails for $782, but is already sold out, according to Lyst.

Melania Trump, 47, is one of the most famous women in the world thanks to her husband Donald winning his bid for President of the United States last year - and being inaugurated into the position in January. Former-model Melania has been by his side every step of the way. But back in 2011 when the mother-of-one was on the promotional trail for her QVC jewellery collection she admitted she enjoyed some time to herself during her hectic schedule - and husband Donald was supportive of this. Speaking to Sherrina Navani, of the Mommy Helper Show, Melania revealed she enjoyed...

As potential jurors enter Courtroom 11D at the Regional Justice Center for a robbery trial on Monday, they will not see the teardrop tattooed just below defendant Bayzle Morgan’s right eye. They will not see the swastika within a clover under the 24-year-old’s left eye. Nor will they see the words “Most Wanted” across his forehead. The “Baby Nazi” tattoo on his neck will be hidden, as will the Iron Cross on the back of his bald head, along with two more white supremacist tattoos where his eyebrows should be. In an unusual move, District Judge Richard Scotti has...

It was a fashion face-off of epic proportions when Michelle Obama met with Queen Letizia in Madrid today. America's first lady was joined by the glamorous royal in the Spanish capital, on what was the last leg of a trip to promote girls' education in poorer countries and raise awareness of gender inequalities. The ever-chic Letizia, 43, stunned in a sleeveless scarlet dress from Nina Ricci that showcased her toned arms, adding a pair of pointed nude courts and turquoise earrings.