Published October 9, 2025 Ahead of the release of her new Netflix show this week, Victoria Beckham has opened a pop-up at Selfridges’ Corner Shop, as well as launching an exclusive selection on Net-A-Porter. Victoria Beckham The House of VB Selfridges residency runs until November 1 and includes both fashion and beauty. As is always … Read more
The IRS is walking back guidance on back pay for staffers a day after the agency furloughed almost half its employees and suggested they would receive retroactive paychecks, according to an email obtained by POLITICO. “An earlier memo circulated on furlough guidance incorrectly stated the nature of the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 … Read more
For Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the more the merrier. Despite the entry of Rep. Wesley Hunt into Texas’s ferocious GOP Senate primary, a new poll from a pro-Cornyn super PAC obtained by POLITICO shows the four-term incumbent Republican in the lead. The poll was conducted by Texans for a Conservative Majority in the days immediately … Read more
Senate Majority Leader John Thune shot down speculation that Republicans would deploy the so-called nuclear option to break the funding stalemate. The idea has gained traction on social media, particularly among Democrats who already support getting rid of the 60-vote threshold needed for legislation. But it found a new footing when a sliver of GOP … Read more
The CDC and its panel of expert advisers quietly expanded access to Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy, undoing an earlier recommendation from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. Source link
Published October 9, 2025 This was clearly the most important season this century, with some 15 designer debuts at major marques. Here, in alphabetical order, is my personal pick for the dozen best shows of the four-week international fashion runway season. Four of my favorites were by debutants; half of them are by female designers. … Read more
Speaker Mike Johnson heard a plea from a military family to move legislation paying active-duty forces amid the government shutdown in a remarkable televised exchange Thursday. Johnson was already under pressure from a growing number of fellow House Republicans to pass legislation to prevent a potential missed paycheck due Oct. 15. But on C-SPAN, he … Read more
Chuck Schumer is winning over critics who bashed him for surrendering during this spring’s shutdown standoff. That could change fast. A POLITICO survey of Democratic lawmakers and activists finds that Schumer has exceeded their low expectations in the latest funding standoff. But they’re watching his actions closely, wary that Senate Democrats will cave if pressure … Read more
Rep. Ken Calvert, the House Republican in charge of defense funding, is throwing his weight behind a bipartisan bill that would allow members of the military to get paid during the government shutdown. It’s something of an act of defiance against GOP leaders who are now intimating they won’t allow a vote on such a … Read more
Senate Democrats are warming up to an upstart oyster farmer in the crucial Maine Senate race. Now they’ll have to decide if they are willing to snub their party’s dream recruit to support him. So far, Graham Platner only has one public endorsement from a sitting senator, Vermont independent Bernie Sanders. But more than a … Read more