Photo: Ron Hoskins/NBAE/Getty Images Measured by sheer number of viewers, this might have been the most popular sports year in American history. More people watched the Super Bowl than ever before; the World Series had its highest ratings in a decade; the Olympics drew nearly double the number of viewers the Tokyo Games did in […]
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Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photos: Getty Images Though they have been overshadowed by the rogue’s gallery of Cabinet nominees, Donald Trump’s ambassador picks for his second term are pretty stunning, too. Presidents regularly use ambassadorships to reward campaign donors and political allies. But Trump is distinguishing himself in two ways: He’s announcing nominations at an unusually rapid
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Photo: Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump has made a lot of wild Cabinet picks, but only one was so stunning that he lasted barely more than a week: Matt Gaetz for U.S. attorney general. In addition to being a far-right firebrand with minimal legal experience, the U.S. representative from Florida
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