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Kate Middleton underwent planned abdominal surgery at a London hospital on Tuesday and will remain hospitalized for the next 10 to 14 days, Kensington Palace announced Wednesday. The Princess of Wal… [+3530 chars]
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The Biden administration unveiled a new rule Wednesday aimed at slashing bank overdraft fees to as low as $3, a move the president said would help end abusive practices by financial institutions. Un… [+4710 chars]
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The U.S. Capitol Police are investigating alleged comments made by Roger Stone after Mediaite published audio of the political operative appearing to discuss the assassination of two Democratic congr… [+4193 chars]
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Donald Trump is directly responsible for the harassment of officials involved in his multiple criminal and civil cases, Obama-era acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal said Tuesday. Amid a recent upt… [+3050 chars]
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Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley made the eyebrow-raising claim on Tuesday that America is not and never has been a racist country. We are not a racist country, the former U.S. ambassad… [+5484 chars]
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia The director and producer of a banned Malaysian film that explores the afterlife were charged Wednesday with offending the religious feelings of others in a rare criminal prose… [+3204 chars]
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Its not been a great couple of years for Pakistans Imran Khan. Since his ouster as Prime Minister in an April 2022 no-confidence vote, the cricketer-turned-politician has been shot, hit with over 180… [+7475 chars]
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The shooter who killed five people at an LGBTQIA+ bar in Colorado Springs, Colorado, intends to plead guilty to 50 hate crime charges and 24 firearm violations, according to multiple reports Tuesday.… [+5416 chars]
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As the Republican presidential candidates jockeyed for votes during the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses on Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris was in South Carolina, shoring up support in a state … [+6377 chars]
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After a four-month delay due to the dual writers’ and actors’ strikes, the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards finally handed out awards on Monday night. The ceremony was scheduled for September 2023, but the… [+6643 chars]
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Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is ending his 2024 race for president after a dismal showing in the Iowa caucuses underscored how little he had been embraced by Republican voters. With 99% of th… [+8297 chars]
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John Cusack thinks far-right politicians are leading America in a dark direction. The High Fidelity actor worried about the state of the U.S. while reacting to news that Philadelphias Horwitz-Wasser… [+3883 chars]
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Jersey's first female chief minister has lost her role following a vote of no confidence (VONC). Minister Kristina Moore lost the vote with 27 supporting the VONC, 22 against and no abstentions in t… [+2664 chars]
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The majority of Canadians fear a Donald Trump return to the White House, a new poll has suggested. In an Angus Reid Institute survey of 1,510 adults, almost two-thirds (64%) agreed or strongly agree… [+2969 chars]
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In the early months of the pandemic, joggers on the Bear Creek Greenway, in southern Oregon, began to notice tents cropping up by the path. The Greenway, which connects towns and parks along a tribut… [+10139 chars]
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is all in for Donald Trump. On the eve of the Iowa caucuses on Sunday, the Florida senator formally endorsed the four-times-indicted former presidents 2024 campaign. Rubio… [+6027 chars]
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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on Sunday said she disagreed with former President Donald Trumps comments calling people who have been convicted of offenses related to the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot as… [+5161 chars]
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The decision to keep Defense Secretary Lloyd Austins hospitalization a secret even from the commander-in-chief for several days raised an issue, the National Security Councils spokesperson John Kirby… [+5160 chars]
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis made her first public comments on Sunday since a co-defendant of former President Donald Trump alleged she had an inappropriate relationship with a special… [+5216 chars]
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WASHINGTON (AP) Thousands of demonstrators converged opposite the White House on Saturday to call for an end to Israeli military action in Gaza, while children joined a pro-Palestinian march through … [+8055 chars]
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CEDAR FALLS, IOWA - JANUARY 13: Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign event at the Second State Brewery on January 13, 2024 in Cedar Falls, Iow… [+6060 chars]
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At a campaign event for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the woman I was interviewing was lying to me. I had approached her near the front of the crowd, where she posed for a photo holding a cherry r… [+5381 chars]
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John Kerry, who has been working as President Joe Bidens special climate envoy for about three years, plans to step away from that role to help the presidents reelection effort, several outlets repor… [+3313 chars]
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A Texas woman was arrested on Thursday in connection to the death of her missing girlfriend, whose body was found on a hiking trail in Houston last week, police said. Shania Laneice Turner, 24, was … [+3965 chars]
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Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te won the island democracys presidential election on Saturday after his rivals conceded, keeping the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in control for a … [+5909 chars]
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X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, purged an unknown number of prominent accounts over the last 24 hours with little to no explanation, and then restored the accounts minutes after this artic… [+436 chars]
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White evangelical churches are in crisis. It isnt just that high-profile leaders have brought politics into the churches, turning evangelicals into warriors for white Christian nationalism and its Re… [+7485 chars]
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In the final days before the Iowa caucuses next Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley are both embarking on a tried-and-true tactic: Barnstorm… [+5649 chars]
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Former President and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump's supporters attend a rally at Ted Hendricks Stadium in Hialeah, Fla., on Nov. 8, 2023. Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images … [+5762 chars]
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A South Carolina father who decades ago was filmed discoveringhis sons body is now charged with the 5-year-olds murder, the Berkeley County Sheriffs Office announced Wednesday. Victor Turner was arr… [+4904 chars]
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Fifteen Republican-led states have declined to participate in a new federal program from the Biden administration aimed at combating food insecurity among low-income families. Under the Summer Elect… [+5364 chars]
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Illinois governor has asked for a humanitarian break in the flow of migrants sent by Texas due to a dangerous and potentially deadly storm. Over the coming days, Illinois will experience a dangerous… [+5098 chars]
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Twitter owner Elon Musk muting accounts that annoy him is nothing new. Musk removed the Twitter account @elonjet that posted the billionaire's flight data publicly, which seemed like an apolitical, i… [+2037 chars]
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Payton Gendron, center. The Department of Justice said in a court filing Friday that it will pursue the death penalty for Payton Gendron, who killed 10 people inside a Buffalo, New York, supermarket… [+3060 chars]
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. The New England Patriots have agreed to hire Jerod Mayo to succeed Bill Belichick as the teams first Black head coach, according to a person familiar with the situation. Details we… [+4894 chars]
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WASHINGTON (AP) The Biden administration will start canceling student loans for some borrowers starting in February as part of a new repayment plan thats taking effect nearly six months ahead of sche… [+5991 chars]
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CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen said the verdict in Donald Trumps fraud trial could ultimately strip his company of perhaps its most cherished asset: the Trump name. (Watch the video below.) The civil … [+3680 chars]
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Donald Trump Jr. went after people touting Bidenomics before a wild claim that looked back at his fathers administration on Thursday. I cant think of a single metric where anyone is better off now t… [+5223 chars]
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Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis clashed on Wednesday night at their first one-on-one debate of the 2024 Republican primary. The two, who both trail former Presid… [+6750 chars]
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Memphis Police Chief C.J. Davis could be voted out of her position, one year after the death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis Police Department officers. In a 7-6 vote, the Memphis City Counc… [+2501 chars]
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Last night there was yet another GOP presidential primary debate, and this time only three candidates qualified: Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, and Donald Trump, who once again skipped out on the officia… [+3258 chars]
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A missing Connecticut mother of five whose late estranged husband was charged with killing her in May 2019 has been declared legally dead. News of the decision broke days ahead of the trial of her ex… [+6806 chars]
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Aaron Rodgers made an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show on Thursday one day after host Pat McAfee said the New York Jets quarterback wouldnt appear for the rest of the season. Rodgers had stirred up… [+4306 chars]
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Former President Donald Trumps 2024 presidential campaign seemed to be all about retribution. But now hes scaling back on how much of a focus it would be in his presidency. During Trumps town hall w… [+4017 chars]
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Barry Keoghan nearly lost his arm and his life to a bad case of necrotizing fasciitis. The Irish actor was about to start filming Martin McDonaghs Banshees of Inisherin (2022) when he caught the fle… [+4279 chars]
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A man who allegedly broke into a California home and sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl while her parents slept was charged Tuesday with several counts. According to a news release from the Los … [+3857 chars]
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Two women hug on March 29, 2023, near a memorial at the entrance to The Covenant School in Nashville. A day after the mass shooting, a Maryland man sent an anti-LGBTQ+ threat. A 34-year-old Maryland… [+4593 chars]
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Larry Hogan, the former governor of Maryland and a moderate Republican who has been critical of Donald Trump, stepped down last month from the leadership of the third-party move… [+5040 chars]
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George Carlin has been dead for 15 years, but artificial intelligence doesnt seem to mind. A video billed as an AI-generated George Carlin impersonation was posted Wednesday on YouTube, to the chagr… [+5267 chars]
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Former President Donald Trump is going all in on his new election-related conspiracy theory: that almost every one of his legal problems have been personally orchestrated by President Joe Biden. Eve… [+4654 chars]
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A former civilian employee is accused of defrauding the Army of over $100 million, which she used to buy expensive jewelry, over 70 vehicles and dozens of posh properties. Last month, Janet Yamanaka… [+4226 chars]
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Google has laid off hundreds of employees working on its hardware, voice assistance and engineering teams as part of cost-cutting measures. The cuts come as Google looks towards responsibly investin… [+4463 chars]
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Supporters of President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. A member of Marylands Board of Elections resigned this week after he was arrested for his alleged involvement in the Jan.… [+4405 chars]
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The Federal Aviation Administration announced Thursday that its launching an investigation into Boeing after a plug sealing off an emergency exit ripped off midair on an Alaska Airlines flight last w… [+4527 chars]
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WASHINGTON Donald Trump made the extraordinary argument in federal court on Tuesday that he should be immune from criminal prosecution for any action taken while he was in the Oval Office, with his l… [+5355 chars]
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GENEVA (AP) The head of the U.N. health agency said Wednesday holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month. Tedros Ad… [+4119 chars]
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Stephen A. Smith vowed that hed finally speak his mind on Jason Whitlock before a wild, roughly 40-minute rant about the conservative commentator, who he called a bastard ... worth less than a damn c… [+4633 chars]
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Donald Trump on Wednesday wriggled out of a town hall question that noted his penchant for insulting people who once worked for him. (Watch the video below.) A Ron DeSantis supporter named Jane butt… [+4397 chars]
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A Texas man suing Walmart seeks $100 million in damages or unlimited free lifetime shopping at any of the retailers locations. On Monday, Waskom, Texas, resident Roderick Jackson sent two handwritt… [+3504 chars]
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50 Cent says hes going sans sex for the foreseeable future. On Tuesday, the rapper shared in an Instagram post that hes practicing abstinence this year. He revealed he recently thought of an epic p… [+3411 chars]
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A school district in Floridas panhandle reportedly pulled multiple dictionaries and reference books off its library shelves for including descriptions of sexual conduct. Escambia County School Distr… [+3893 chars]
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Adan Canto, who was known for his roles on TV shows including Designated Survivor and The Cleaning Lady, has died. He was 42. Canto died on Monday after battling appendiceal cancer, his publicist, … [+3411 chars]
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faced a sharp, surprising rebuke from a conservative appeals court on Wednesday, which dealt him a major setback in his quest to banish state prosecutor Andrew Warren from o… [+7420 chars]
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Republican-led state legislatures are considering a new round of bills restricting medical care for transgender youthsand in some cases, adultsreturning to the issue the year after a wave of high-pro… [+7973 chars]
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Today, TIME and the Outrider Foundation announced a new collaboration on a fellowship to support reporting on climate change and the intersection of politics, policy and society. TIME senior corres… [+3643 chars]
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This week marks three months of war that continues to devastate Gaza as the bodies and rubble pile up in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre. What are the lessons to be learned, so far, from a Midd… [+5927 chars]
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(WASHINGTON) Hunter Biden made a surprise visit to a Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday, stirring a political frenzy as Republicans were taking the first step toward holding President Joe Biden's son in … [+5649 chars]
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The Hamas terrorist attack on Oct. 7 killed some 1,200 people in Israel. Since then, a fierce Israeli military campaign has destroyed much of Gaza, with more than 22,000 dead and untold numbers injur… [+10231 chars]
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There is something surprising in the way Western democracies have reacted to events in Israel since the start of the military operation in Gaza. I call it the end of hypocrisy. Take President Joe Bid… [+12064 chars]
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Don Scott, Speaker the Virginia House of Delegates, has had a meteoric rise in the Statehouse. The Delegates unanimously voted him in as Speaker on Wednesday. Shaban Athuman/VPM The Virginia Genera… [+8466 chars]
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Eight days after a harrowing stabbing of South Koreas firebrand opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, the politician emerged from a Seoul hospital on Wednesday to greet the media and supporters with stirr… [+3788 chars]
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Campaigning is heating up ahead of Saturdays presidential election in Taiwan, with the result set to reverberate far from the shores of this self-ruling island of 23 million, over which Beijing claim… [+5802 chars]
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Elon Musk is trying his hand as a TV network executive, and hes slated three shows with controversial hosts to lead Xs new venture into streaming. Former CNN anchor, Don Lemon, is partnering with X t… [+2924 chars]
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Gabriel Attal, seen in Paris on May 11, 2022, was named Tuesday as France's youngest-ever prime minister, as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a fresh start for the rest of his term amid growing politi… [+5511 chars]
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MOSCOW -- Russias national elections commission on Tuesday registered the Communist Party's candidate to compete with President Vladimir Putin in the March election that Putin is all but certain to w… [+1584 chars]
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Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the worlds agreed-upon warming threshold and showed more signs of a feverish planet, the European climate agency said Tuesday. In o… [+7964 chars]
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Animal rights activists stage a rally opposing eating dog meat in Seoul, South Korea on July 8, 2023. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) South Koreas parliament on Tuesday passed a landmark ban on production … [+5536 chars]
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CNN anchor Sara Sidner has been diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer. As we end our broadcast today I have a personal note that I would like to share with you, the 51-year-old journalist said on CNN… [+4465 chars]
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Donald Trumps latest rally claim left Seth Meyers temporarily speechless. The Republican 2024 front-runner in Iowa said people regularly stopped to ask him, Sir, how do you do it? How do you wake up… [+3039 chars]
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After 10 long months of campaigning, it was a 30-second video that suggested Nikki Haley was finally getting somewhere. The December television ad, paid for by Donald Trumps allies and aired in New … [+15386 chars]
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Emmanuel Macron appointed Gabriel Attal as Frances youngest ever Prime Minister on Tuesday, after previous Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced her resignation on Monday. Attal is also the firs… [+1556 chars]
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A disability advocate and activist named Potatum recently posted this video explaining how she's being harassed by a man who runs an ammunition company and by many of the folks who follow him on soci… [+909 chars]
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HOUSTON (AP) Blake Corum ran for 134 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdowns as Jim Harbaugh and No. 1 Michigan undeterred by suspensions and a sign-stealing case that shadowed the program completed … [+7262 chars]
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LOS ANGELES -- California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday set a mid-March special election date to fill the U.S. House seat vacated by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. In a statement, Newsom se… [+1583 chars]
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At least 21 people were injured in an explosion at a hotel in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday. Police responded to reports of damage at the year-old Sandman Signature Hotel about 3:30 p.m. loc… [+3982 chars]
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Jodie Foster just ruined her chances of getting any tips on how to go viral on TikTok. The True Detective star told The Guardian in an interview published Saturday that she finds some of Gen Zs wor… [+5750 chars]
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Donald Trump is once again claiming presidential immunity in one of the many legal challenges mounted against him, this time in his Georgia racketeering case. The former presidents lawyers filed the… [+4408 chars]
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The family of Ashli Babbitt has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the federal government, seeking $30 million over her shooting death during the 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The lawsu… [+4768 chars]
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In a special meeting Monday, the FloridaRepublican Party removed its chairman amid a police investigation into allegations he raped a woman with whom he and his wife had previously engaged in consens… [+4622 chars]
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WASHINGTON Republicans on Monday released the text of their resolution holding President Joe Bidens son, Hunter Biden, in contempt of Congress for refusing to talk to lawmakers behind closed doors. … [+5630 chars]
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As Congress scrambles to keep the government open, the two parties are still deeply divided over whether to fund the Ukrainian war effort, with Republicans either opposed or insisting that such fundi… [+7452 chars]
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PARIS (AP) Global supermarket chain Carrefour will stop selling PepsiCo products in its stores in France, Belgium, Spain and Italy over price increases for popular items like Lays potato chips, Quake… [+7365 chars]
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An Israeli strike hit a vehicle in Gaza on Sunday that killed two journalists, including the eldest son of a veteran Al Jazeera correspondent who already lost much of his family in earlier bombings. … [+7689 chars]
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Watch "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" Sunday morning for more coverage. Special counsel Jack Smith's team has uncovered previously undisclosed details about former President Donald Trump's re… [+13572 chars]
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MSNBCs Jonathan Capehart cried as he began his interview with former D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone on Saturday, three years after the violent Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol… [+3287 chars]
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When Sally Field was nominated for her first Academy Award, then-boyfriend Burt Reynolds was less than supportive. Reynolds was not happy that his partner was up for 1980s Best Actress award for her… [+3640 chars]
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Detail matters. Decisions matter. Rishi Sunak's every action as prime minister shapes public opinion about him in this crucial general election year, when you'll have your say on his performance. … [+6730 chars]
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A picture of Jeffrey Epstein from July 8, 2019, when federal prosecutors charged the financier with sex trafficking of minors. Epstein died later that year by suicide while in federal custody. Steph… [+4072 chars]
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Last October, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the countrys main opposition party, took to the streets in the city of Dhaka to demand that incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appoint a neut… [+6609 chars]
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Christian Oliver was 51 years old. His daughters were 10 and 12. Christian Oliver, who starred in films including 2008s Valkyrie and Speed Racer, was killed Thursday in a plane crash in the Caribbea… [+4725 chars]
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An energized President Joe Biden came out swinging today, channeling his inner Dark Brandon to hammer Donald Trump and hammer hard he did for 30 minutes straight. (See video clips below, posted by Ac… [+3102 chars]
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Days before a trial where the NRA will have to explain why it paid for his lavish lifestyle, longtime president Wayne LaPierre announced that he's resigning. Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice presi… [+1637 chars]
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WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration on Friday cleared the way for Florida's first-in-the-nation plan to import prescription drugs from Canada, a long-sought approach to accessing cheaper medi… [+3502 chars]
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ripped Fox News for never criticizing Donald Trump just one day after an Iowa voter confronted him for his approach toward the former president. The GOP presidential candid… [+4979 chars]
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Former President Donald Trump asked the district court judge overseeing his trial for his actions leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, to hold special counsel Jack Smith in contempt of court, according to a f… [+5540 chars]
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Explosions at an event honoring a prominent Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike in 2020 have killed at least 73 people and wounded 170 others, state-run media in … [+3325 chars]
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John Pilger, ethically-minded filmmaker, journalist and vocal critic of American and British foreign policy, passed away on Dec 30. For decades, Pilger was a constant, unrepentant voice in independen… [+668 chars]
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A deadly, fiery crash that occurred outside an entertainment venue in upstate New York early New Year's Day is being investigated as possible terrorism, a law enforcement source briefed on the case t… [+3251 chars]
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British writer and showrunner Steven Moffat believes the UK needs its own version of The West Wing, and he’s prepared to write it. Moffat, who co-created Sherlock starring Benedict Cumberbatch and p… [+1535 chars]
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A federal appeals courts decision against Mark Meadows is to put it mildly, a total body slam, according to former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal. Mondays ruling rejected a bid by Meadows, Don… [+4492 chars]
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In his decade heading the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has focused on bringing a gentle, welcoming spirit to the church. He has expressed love toward (if not full acceptance of) LGBTQ Catholics and … [+10318 chars]
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Republicans on the campaign trail are pushing several ideas. Some are in step with the majority of Americans while others are not, the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds. The survey tested po… [+11947 chars]
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Former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson has poured cold water on speculation that he may join former President Donald Trump on the Republican 2024 ticket. Trump himself has suggested he may be op… [+4133 chars]
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CNN's Kaitlan Collins doesn't suffer fools gladly. So when Senator Ron Johnson (MAGA-WI), who is too foolish to know how big of a fool he is, appeared for the interview unprepared to back up his clai… [+3254 chars]
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Skip to content Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk is considering reinstating right-wing personality Alex Jones on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “Reinstate Alex Jones on this plat… [+1511 chars]
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This article was originally published as a newsletter from Ryan Grim. Sign up to get the next one in your inbox. We posted a new excerpt from The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution ex… [+3321 chars]
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On the third strike, George Santos was out. In the end, it wasn't even close. By a 311-114 vote, the House of Representatives ousted the New York congressman, well over the two-thirds mark such a mo… [+4753 chars]
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the increase in antisemitism in the U.S. amid the Israel-Hamas war has become a five-alarm fire. During a 40-minute speech addressed to the Senate … [+4244 chars]
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Microsoft Corp. is offering U.S. politicians and campaign groups a tool aimed at helping fight the rise of deepfakes ahead of the 2024 presidential election. According to a Bloomberg report, “The ne… [+3473 chars]
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And then there were five. The third debate in the spirited contest for first Republican presidential alternate to Donald Trump kicks off Wednesday night at 8 p.m. Its probably too much to say the wor… [+4051 chars]
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Incumbent Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, is squaring off against Republican state Attorney General Daniel Cameron. Cameron has the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, who remains very pop… [+265 chars]
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That image is what Cameron and Republicans have to overcome. Despite being a Democrat in a state Trump won by 26 points in 2020, Beshear remains broadly well-liked. Between July and September of this… [+2776 chars]
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Virginia state Rep. Tara Durant (R) regularly tells the story of how she first got into politics. It was June 2020, and as Durant tells it, an angry mob of Black Lives Matter rioters surrounded her … [+7682 chars]
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King Charles's state visit to Kenya next week will have plenty of toasts of friendship, but it also promises to address the "painful aspects" of the past relationship with Britain. The legacy of col… [+8720 chars]
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was mocked on social media on Monday over an embarrassing moment at the very start of his independent 2024 presidential campaign launch. Kennedy, a son of the late Sen. Robert … [+1670 chars]
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The scope of Hamas's attack against Israel was unprecedented and the US response reflects that. It already supplies its Middle East ally with $3.8bn (£3.1bn) of military aid every year. And it ha… [+5178 chars]
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Nancy Marks, the former treasurer for embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., is expected to plead guilty Thursday to federal charges, according to court records. Marks resigned from Santos' team in J… [+954 chars]
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House speaker pro tempore Patrick McHenry (center) walks out of the offices of former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday. The process is underway to replace McCarthy after he was ousted… [+4029 chars]
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Donald Trump caught academics off guard. Historians and social scientists had long studied the American right, amassing a vast library on its relationship to race, gender, sex, the media, the Cold Wa… [+9806 chars]
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GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday became just the second speaker in history to be subjected to an effort by rank-and-file lawmakers to take away his gavel -- and the first to have it stripped away. … [+9892 chars]
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he will bring Rep. Matt Gaetz's motion to oust him as speaker up for a vote Tuesday. "I am going to bring up the motion to vacate today during the first series and … [+3047 chars]
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California Governor Gavin Newsom tapped Emilys List president and former labor leader Laphonza Butler to fill the Senate seat held by Dianne Feinstein, who died last week. Butler would be California… [+4377 chars]
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LOS ANGELES California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday selected Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign, to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat held … [+4984 chars]
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy addresses reporters in the Capitol late Tuesday evening after the Senate unveiled a bipartisan bill to avoid a government shutdown. Getty Days ahead of a possible gove… [+8094 chars]
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The change of tone from the Polish government on Ukraine is startling. From the beginning of Russia's full-on invasion, Warsaw has been a firm supporter of Kyiv. It's often led the way in sending… [+4292 chars]
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Brazil's Supreme Court has rejected efforts to restrict native peoples' rights to reservations on their ancestral lands. Six of the 11 justices on Thursday ruled in favour of restoring territory to… [+3635 chars]
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) A former top federal prosecutor who resigned from the investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe said Wednesday she left because of her concerns with then-U.S. Atto… [+3590 chars]
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Despite lagging in the polls since he launched his presidential bid four months ago, South Carolina SenatorTim Scott sounded almost like a frontrunner on Wednesdaywhen asked at a New Hampshire campai… [+4077 chars]
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After over five years as the prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern surprised the world in January when she announced that she would step down and not seek reelection, saying, "It's time." Ar… [+3676 chars]
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The United Auto Workers strike is now in its second calendar week, and Republicans in Michigan and elsewhere are making an absurd political play. After years of representing the interests of big busi… [+6254 chars]
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All users will soon have to pay to use Twitter, the social network now owned by and referred to as "X" by billionaire Elon Musk. "We're moving to having a small monthly payment for use of the syste… [+1356 chars]
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Ahead of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) meeting scheduled for Monday, a BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka, Lahar Singh, has written to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin urging him t… [+2500 chars]
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In a new interview, former President Donald Trump refused or avoided answering many specific questions about his conduct on Jan. 6 -- but maintained that it was his decision to challenge the 2020 ele… [+6314 chars]
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Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) Chairman Milind Kamble says the agitation for reservation in government jobs and educational institutions by the Marathas underlines the stark re… [+5908 chars]
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Julian Perea doesn't hate Joe Biden. If anything, he feels bad for him, given his age and what Perea regards as the president's severe mental and physical impairment. "The guy is out of it," Perea s… [+8934 chars]
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The Montana library commissions rejection of the ALA isnt limited to what it is saying about Drabinksi; its about sending a message of rejection to young people in the state who are like her. In Ju… [+2641 chars]
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Year 1940. As World War II raged, Mumbai-based 20-year-old Kekoo Gandhy was unable to return to Cambridge where he was studying economics. QOne day, a car broke down in Juhu and he lent a helping han… [+6651 chars]
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From being an asset and poster boy, Amritsar North MLA for the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh has turned into a rebel within in his two-year-old journey in the party. Only two… [+3740 chars]
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Protests began soon after the September 16 death of Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, 22, who had been arrested by morality police three days earlier for allegedly violating Iran’s mandatory Islamic… [+4098 chars]
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In the last 20 years, journalist-turned-political advisor Sunil Tiwary has emerged as a key figure in Jharkhand politics owing to his association with state BJP chief Babulal Marandi. Recently, he wa… [+4454 chars]
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US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has announced it will hold a hearing on religious freedom in India next week. Coming on the heels of two successful bilateral meetings betw… [+1991 chars]
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A new trend on the fall festival circuit this year is the biopic of the unknown hero, something that seems unthinkable now in the digital age. There’s One Life, about the Schindler-like achievements … [+5968 chars]
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Tokyo, Japan Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has appointed five women to his cabinet, the highest since 2014, as part of a ministerial reshuffle he hopes will boost his poor approval ratings. … [+6263 chars]
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Russell Brand got ahead of explosive allegations against him -- including claims of rape -- before they hit the news ... taking to his own channel to vehemently deny wrongdoing. The comedian-actor t… [+2696 chars]
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Even if he avoids conviction, Paxton has been damaged, with an ideological mix of Republicans aligned against him and his public approval rating ticking down. If the Texas trial proves anything, its … [+6227 chars]
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Chinas National Defense Minister Li Shangfu has been missing for weeks. Now, hes under investigation for corruption and out of a job a recent trend,as several other government officials have also bee… [+7588 chars]
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That is the new Richard Hanania book, with the subtitle Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics, and it is coming out next week. There are complex “Pierre Menard-li… [+164 chars]
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India on Wednesday launched a government-supported e-learning and job posting service, Skill India Digital (SID), that includes free courses from the likes of Microsoft, Cisco, and Google. Officials… [+4154 chars]
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Colombian artist Fernando Botero, who gained worldwide fame with his sculptures and paintings of corpulent figures, has died at the age of 91. His works feature outsized people and animals. But Bote… [+1259 chars]
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Mourners have descended on the town of Ulundi to attend the funeral of veteran South African politician and Zulu chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi. He has been granted a state funeral in honour of his cont… [+5813 chars]
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Last week, Mayor Eric Adams told a roomful of people that the recent influx of migrants will destroy New York City. More than a hundred and ten thousand have arrived in the city in recent months, and… [+7955 chars]
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The National Museum of the American Latino doesnt even have a building yet, but its work is already controversial. For the last two years, historians had been working on an exhibit about the history… [+13773 chars]
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Pita Limjaroenrat, whose bid to become Thailands prime minister was thwarted by the royalist conservative establishment, resigned as leader of the Move Forward Party to pave way for a new chief to be… [+1111 chars]
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In Derna, the city on the coast of Libya all but swept away by flooding on Sept. 11, the surging complexities of climate change combined to devastating effect with the stubborn realities of fractious… [+2178 chars]
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President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden has been indicted by special counsel David Weiss on felony gun charges. The charges bring renewed legal pressure on the younger Biden after a plea agreement he… [+2330 chars]
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(BANGKOK) The younger son of ousted Myanmar leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi says he has always avoided talking to the media, but this time is different. Hes increasingly worried about his imprisoned 78-year… [+3668 chars]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin accepted an invitation from Kim Jong Un to visit North Korea after the two held their first summit in four years, which the U.S. believed focused on Pyongyang sending… [+4446 chars]
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For the first time in a decade, the streets of downtown Seoul will host a procession of tanks, fighter jets, and other advanced military assets, the South Korean Ministry of Defence announced on Wedn… [+3114 chars]
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The morning after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy launched an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over his son's business dealings, the White House released a 16-page memo explaining why the in… [+9190 chars]
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By David Morgan (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Mitt Romney will not seek reelection in 2024, capping a roller-coaster ride through Republican politics from the height of his party's 2012 presidential nomi… [+3143 chars]
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Attorneys for Hunter Biden on Wednesday filed suit against a former Trump White House aide over his alleged role in publishing online a trove of emails and embarrassing images purportedly belonging t… [+4664 chars]
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On Amicus this week, Dahlia Lithwick was joined by Marc Elias, who has litigated more election and voting cases than most of us can keep track of. He has done that in his capacity as the founding par… [+9496 chars]
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Recent revelations surrounding the hyperpartisan takeover of our courts keep bringing me back to a single quote from 2017. At the time, Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas… [+8524 chars]
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is directing a House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over his familys business dealings, escalating a Republican investigation tha… [+3002 chars]
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told Chinese Premier Li Qiang he had significant concerns about interference from Beijing, hours after it emerged that two men had been arrested in the U.K. for all… [+1713 chars]
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Ukraine has little more than 30 days left of fighting before the weather hinders its counter-offensive, the top-ranking US military officer says. Speaking to the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg p… [+3830 chars]
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Russian authorities on Sunday reported multiple attempts to sabotage voting in local elections taking place in occupied areas of Ukraine. Votes are taking place this weekend in 79 regions of Russia,… [+4926 chars]
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Mangosuthu Buthelezi, traditional prime minister of the Zulu nation, has died at the age of 95. One of the leading figures of South African politics over the last 50 years, he was a member of Nelson… [+270 chars]
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Have you considered that man-tall crabs or Cthulu-esque octopuses could emerge from the sea in 30 to 40 years? China is apparently upset that Japan hasnt, according to a recent state media report. I… [+5512 chars]
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) California lawmakers on Thursday voted to raise taxes on guns and ammunition and use the money to pay for gun violence prevention programs and security improvements at public … [+3459 chars]
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Mexicos ruling party has selected Claudia Sheinbaum as its candidate for next years election, pitting her against the opposition's top contender, Xóchitl Gálvez. The decision means that the worlds la… [+3961 chars]
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In the year since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) became law, Ive heard versions of the same question keep coming up on the road from people interested in taking advantage of the laws programs: wil… [+4581 chars]
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John Wahl, 37, is the youngest GOP state party leader in the country. He also runs a business as a butterfly farmer in Athens, Ala. "This is me, the chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, in his n… [+8242 chars]
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Scotland has recorded its largest fall in drug deaths, but the number is still almost three times higher than the average for the UK as a whole. Data from National Records of Scotland (NRS) showed t… [+8270 chars]
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MARION, Kan. (AP) The initial online search of a state website that led a central Kansas police chief to raid a local weekly newspaper was legal, a spokesperson for the agency that maintains the site… [+7630 chars]
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The party associated with Thailands former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has struck a deal with its former military rivals, a move that could coincide with his return after more than 15 years in … [+4280 chars]
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In a groundbreaking legal decision, a Montana judge last week ruled in favor of young people who had accused state officials of violating their constitutional rights by promoting fossil fuels. In a … [+11040 chars]
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As your leader showed, the number of people arriving on small boats is minuscule in the overall immigration context (Small boats week chaos reveals a bankrupt strategy). The vast majority of annual U… [+5780 chars]
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Born in London, Starmer, 60, studied law at the University of Leeds and became a barrister, specialising in human rights. He rose to become director of public prosecutions in 2008. In 2014, he was kn… [+9548 chars]
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The United States and China have achieved what many deemed impossible - a historic meeting between US President Joe Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korea's President Yoon Suk-ye… [+8142 chars]
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ATLANTA (AP) A Georgia school board voted along party lines Thursday to fire a teacher after officials said she improperly read a book on gender fluidity to her fifth grade class. The Cobb County Sc… [+3847 chars]
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MARION, Kansas (AP) The prosecutor in Marion County, Kansas, said Wednesday that police should return all seized material to a weekly newspaper that was raided by officers in a case that has drawn na… [+4246 chars]
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Nurse and public health official Rukaya Mumuni and community health worker Prossy Muyingo are among the "heroines of health" honored this year. Heidi de Marco for NPR Prossy Muyingo is being honore… [+9795 chars]
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Teachers are well accustomed to calling out names on registers and finding the odd child absent. Since the pandemic, however, numbers of ghost children have ballooned to what is now widely acknowledg… [+5502 chars]
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Keir Starmer has everything going for him. A decisive opinion poll lead which his party has held since December 2021. A party that has unions, members and MPs working together for victory, as was sho… [+5406 chars]
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Pakistans prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, has denied pursuing a personal vendetta against Imran Khan, his political rival and immediate predecessor, who was jailed and barred from politics on corrupt… [+4737 chars]
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The unprecedented violence shaking Ecuador has claimed the life of another political leader, bringing the number of politics-related killings in the last four weeks to three, including that of a pres… [+2797 chars]
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ISLAMABAD Former Pakistani Senator Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar was sworn in on Monday as the country's prime minister to head a caretaker government that will oversee parliamentary elections during one of th… [+2737 chars]
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Clarence Avant, the executive and businessman known as "The Black Godfather" of music and entertainment, died Sunday at 92. Avant died at his Los Angeles home, his son Alex Avant, daughter Nicole Av… [+1564 chars]
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Far-right populist Javier Milei rocked Argentinas political establishment on Sunday by emerging as the leader in primary elections to choose presidential candidates for the October general election. … [+4538 chars]
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The Labour MP Dawn Butler remembers the first time she was called a liar. She was eight years old and had just returned from a family holiday to Jamaica. She was telling her class that she saw a cock… [+16903 chars]
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Martin Kettles article on independent political voices hits some key points, but is Westminster-focused (In our polarised politics, there are no truly independent MPs and Westminster is poorer for it… [+1900 chars]
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Known for his tailored suits and designer jewellery, Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa can work a crowd with all the drama of the Pentecostal preacher that he is. He will now put tha… [+6050 chars]
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Researchers who track how the far right in in the US mobilizes, self-promotes and recruits are reporting that women are playing a growing role in the movement. They often work behind the scenes to a… [+10687 chars]
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(To get this story in your inbox, subscribe to the TIME CO2 Leadership Report newsletter here.) In late July, I visited a steel mill in Gallatin, Ky., operated by the company Nucor. During my visit,… [+11704 chars]
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In Britain and far beyond, anti-environmentalists have a new favourite argument. No longer able to claim the climate crisis isnt happening, they have switched from denial to class warfare. They argue… [+6337 chars]
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Argentina has announced it will punish foreign football fans who burn or tear up bank notes while attending matches in the country. The practice has become a common way for fans of clubs from elsewh… [+1704 chars]
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Ecuadors terrifying descent into violence and criminality has reached a new low with the assassination in broad daylight of a presidential candidate campaigning on a tough-on-crime and anti-graft pla… [+5323 chars]
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Gov. Ron DeSantis is trimming his campaign staff after burning through nearly $8 million of his $20 million second quarter fundraising haul in the first few weeks of the campaign. DeSantis filed his… [+3257 chars]
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Author Micah Cash spent most of 2018 traveling through the southeastern United States visiting and photographing Waffle House restaurants, a project that culminated in the book "Waffle House Vistas" … [+3676 chars]
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Nigel Farage imagines he is a true Brit, the man who said what the establishment prohibited and so allowed Britain to shed noxious European influence. In truth, he is a true European, member of a fas… [+6040 chars]
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Joe Biden, together with a band of his closest thugs, misfits and Marxists, tried to destroy American democracy. This is what Donald Trump said to his supporters hours after pleading not guilty in f… [+8012 chars]
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<ul><li> </li><li> </li></ul> Former President Donald Trump stopped at a Dairy Queen in Iowa as part of his 2024 presidential campaign. CNNs Abby Phillip and Politico White House reporter Eli Stok… [+42 chars]
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When I was 12 or 13, says Justin Vivian Bond, my parents took my sister and me to dinner at Disney World where this performer called Helen OConnell did a show. She was wearing a beautiful beaded red … [+7946 chars]
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A European parliament plenary vote, held in mid-July, might normally pass under the radar of all but the most passionate aficionados of Brussels politics. That will not be the case next week, when en… [+3343 chars]
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Rishi Sunak is facing transparency questions over private jet travel and thousands of pounds in Conservative party donations after they were recorded as coming from a small company linked to a multim… [+9477 chars]
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The Labour partys decision to threaten to expel one of its leading thinkers after 44 years of membership is a political miscalculation. Neal Lawson is the director of the progressive thinktank Compas… [+3088 chars]
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The 17 June groundbreaking of a future suburban neighborhood in Gastonia, North Carolina, had all the trappings of a campaign rally. Brock Fankhauser, the real estate developer of 1776 Gastonia, wave… [+8766 chars]
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Sue Gray was found to have apparently breached the civil service code by discussing a role with Keir Starmer without telling her Whitehall bosses, a Cabinet Office investigation has found. Jeremy Qu… [+7462 chars]
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday he didnt understand the rationale behind Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) latest campaign ad championing his efforts to restrict the freedoms of LGBTQ… [+2619 chars]
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Hanifa Guermiti cried as she surveyed the charred remains of the public library, which for years had provided books, comics and a quiet homework space for children living in the housing estates of Bo… [+13950 chars]
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Boxing is a dangerous sport, Coco Gauff has discovered. I broke a couple of nails, laughs the tennis star, who spent her off-season learning from a real-life fighter. Since it was all pad and bag wor… [+14804 chars]
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Cartoonist Alison Bechdel, 62, is the author of three graphic memoirs, including Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, but shes most widely known for cinemas Bechdel test. To pass, a film has to feature at … [+5769 chars]
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Ravish Kumar was born near the same Indian city Motihari in Bihar as George Orwell. In his early years as a TV journalist and nightly news anchor, Kumar did not imagine that he would live to be part … [+14159 chars]
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This past week Joe Biden gave a speech in which he touted his economic policies and, rather than deflecting, he leaned into what many of his opponents called Bidenomics. Bidenomics is the opposite o… [+5503 chars]
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My sympathies to Neal Lawson (After 44 years, Labour moves to expel me. And my MP and activist friends are asking: who will be next?, 30 June). He is passionate in his beliefs and has worked long and… [+3453 chars]
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Today I became nostalgic for a smell. You wake up on top of the covers in your underwear, and through the gloaming of your bedroom, through the smug pint of water, through the angst and exhaustion an… [+4820 chars]
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If you were a pollster, would you ever bet on elections? How about your clients elections? How about betting your clients would lose? For Sean McElwee, the wunderkind behind the liberal polling group… [+7088 chars]
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Eleanor Catton Author of Birnam Wood (Granta) and the Booker prize-winning The Luminaries(Granta). Named on Grantas 2023 Best of Young British Novelists list I love stories about couples on the run… [+26770 chars]
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Donald Trump never won the popular vote. He lost the White House to Joe Biden. On his watch, Republicans lost the House and Senate. He is the only president twice impeached and the first to face felo… [+5606 chars]
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Rishi Sunak is facing mounting criticism for putting politics above the fight against climate change, amid clear signs that ministers are backtracking on plans to allow more onshore windfarms in Engl… [+12753 chars]
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As Catherine Bennett suggests, the proposed reforms to the House of Lords by Meg Russell of the Institute for Government are sensible and could well be achievable (Why does Starmer want to add yet mo… [+7714 chars]
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A key document before the U.S. Supreme Court was likely faked, reports The New Republic, as it turns out the man who supposedly emailed a Christian graphic designer requesting her services for a gay … [+1525 chars]
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STORY: Five out of seven justices voted to convict the 68-year-old Bolsonaro for abuse of power and misuse of the media over his actions in July 2022, ahead of the election, when he summoned ambassad… [+1157 chars]
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The U.S. attorney in charge of the Hunter Biden investigation broke his silence Friday following explosive whistleblower allegations that his probe was "influenced by politics" and that he was "hamst… [+5249 chars]
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Inside, Emmanuel Macron was sharing a typically polished vision of a rejuvenated, safer Marseille. Yet it was outside the spruced-up gym in the impoverished Busserine district - tensions building on … [+20173 chars]
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In less than 30 seconds I saw a man clearly masturbating on camera, Kirra Pendergast says, describing a visit to the website Omegle. Omegle is a type of video and chat roulette, with the tag line: T… [+12091 chars]
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Monday The seventh anniversary of the EU referendum passed almost unnoticed. Which seems something of an oversight. Youd have thought Rishi Sunak at least would have been keen to mark the occasion. … [+14951 chars]
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Pick of the week The Horror of Dolores Roach Im just like you, if everything went wrong. The key to this darkly comic thriller is that, whatever depths she plumbs, Dolores Roach (Justina Machado) r… [+9800 chars]
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Another momentous term has ended at the US supreme court in which the rightwing supermajority crafted by Donald Trump has applied its blueprint for the radical overhaul of vast swathes of American pu… [+10232 chars]
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Aryna Sabalenka may wish it to be otherwise but there was no getting away from Russias invasion of Ukraine. Elina Svitolina and Venus Wiliams who will play each other in round one made it clear that … [+8202 chars]
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Those who knew Justice Clarence Thomas during his formative years at College of the Holy Cross and Yale Law School have long noted the sharp ideological turn he took over the course of his life: from… [+6344 chars]
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Suddenly, Yevgeny Prigozhin is a phantom. Is he in Belarus or St Petersburg? In unconfirmed footage that makes him look like a Bond villain, he struts across a rooftop, shadowed by a muscled bodyguar… [+4795 chars]
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That first whistle after so much international tournament buildup always brings relief. And while it is true that 20 days remain until Englands World Cup against Haiti kicks off, some of the surround… [+11053 chars]
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The supreme court could today issue its opinion in 303 Creative LLC v Elenis, which deals with a Colorado law that prohibits businesses from discriminating against gay people, or stating that they wo… [+2330 chars]
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While conservative parties in the US, Australia and Canada have allowed opponents of action on climate change to help define their politics, thankfully in Britain successive Tory prime ministers have… [+5532 chars]
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The UK environment minister, Zac Goldsmith, has announced his resignation, accusing the government of apathy over environmental issues. Lord Goldsmith, who was censured by the privileges committee e… [+2057 chars]
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After months of protests, Israel's prime minister has made a surprise announcement that he is dropping one of the most contentious parts of his judicial overhaul plans. However, Benjamin Netanyahu'… [+5121 chars]
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In news that ought to please antiracist campaigners everywhere, just recently everybody seems to be talking about antiracism. Chief executives such as Larry Fink of BlackRock, one of the most powerfu… [+8793 chars]
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Apple TV, yesterday on Twitter: 3 days until the #Silo finale. Here’s the entire first episode. Embedded right in that promoted tweet is the entire series premiere.1 Putting aside, for thi… [+3237 chars]
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Conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went on Megyn Kelly's SiriusXM show to pine about the good old days, when debating tactics used to include beating your children to convince them your politi… [+1606 chars]
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The following recap contains spoilers for Secret Invasion. Please do not read unless you have seen episodes one and two. Space and time We opened in 1995 with a highlights reel of Captain Marvel an… [+8361 chars]
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Russias war in Ukraine took a dramatic turn on Friday when elements of its own forces began turning against each other, fueling fears of an attempted coup sparked by a powerful Russian mercenary tyco… [+5159 chars]
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Time is running out to enact wholesale changes to ensure Britains electoral system keeps pace with advances in artificial intelligence before the next general election, regulators fear. New laws wil… [+8448 chars]
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Days after Russia extricated itself from its biggest domestic political crisis in decades, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin continue to deal with the reve… [+6420 chars]
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Keir Starmer is considering dropping a pledge to reinstate the Department for International Development (DfID), prompting anger from senior Labour figures and high-profile names in the international … [+3002 chars]
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All modern sports can seem faintly ridiculous to the non-affiliated. How on earth did anyone come up with cricket? Or two packs of eight sturdy warriors all hugging each other, crouching down and loc… [+17261 chars]
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Apple TV+s latest offering is Idris Elba on a Plane. He plays ordinary guy Sam Nelson known for his business negotiating skills back on Earth who finds himself trapped on a hijacked flight and forced… [+9637 chars]
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the exiled former oligarch and one of Vladimir Putin's best-known critics, has campaigned for years to end the Russian leader's rule. Over the weekend, as Wagner leader Yevgeny… [+4996 chars]
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A former adviser to David Cameron is resisting pressure to drop out of the London mayoral race after the Conservative party said it would not investigate a claim by a TV producer that he had groped h… [+4143 chars]
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Actors, novelists and leftwing politicians have joined support for major strike action at Frances flagship Sunday newspaper, Le Journal du Dimanche, in protest at the appointment ahead of its acquisi… [+3612 chars]
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Here is how the supreme court could transform American life today Theres no telling what decisions the supreme court will release at 10am eastern time today, but the chances are high that the nine-j… [+2902 chars]
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There is gratification but no comfort in seeing Vladimir Putins grip on power loosened. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the warlord whose aborted mutiny gave the world a glimpse of Putins political mortality, rep… [+7124 chars]
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If you scroll through the first 10 or so pages of Google results for the charitable giving of the worlds on- and off-again wealthiest man, Bernard Arnault, youll find practically nothing. The most h… [+14436 chars]
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Fans lucky enough to score tickets to the Womens World Cup have been instructed to leave their ladders, rolls of paper and hard hats at home under lengthy instructions outlined by Fifa. Accepting th… [+9267 chars]
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The Home Office has said it would only send unaccompanied child migrants to a third country in very limited circumstances. Responding to todays report from the women and equalities committee (see 9.1… [+4358 chars]
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Pakistan's army has fired three senior officers for their conduct during protests following the May arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan. The rare public announcement did not name the officers… [+2465 chars]
Read MoreRepublican presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks June 10, 2023 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Trump spoke during the North Carolina Republican party's a… [+3621 chars]
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The White House continued to dodge questions Monday as to why the Department of Justice is going to great lengths to fight against monetary relief for migrant families separated at the border, includ… [+3926 chars]
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WASHINGTON Former President Donald Trump jacked up threats Monday that he will skip at least the first Republican debate, complaining that one of the sponsors, Fox News, has ignored his recent campai… [+1822 chars]
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The Yakuza Complete Series dropped on retailer Good Old Games last week, bundling the first seven games in the franchise in the one offering. It is a great deal, but fans testing out the release to s… [+2098 chars]
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We just need to hold our nerve. That was Rishi Sunaks message to the country over the weekend. Time to remind us Brits to rediscover our inner stiff upper lip. To shrug off the increased, unaffordabl… [+11250 chars]
Read MoreJesse Watters on the set of his show "Jesse Watters Primetime," which will take over Tucker Carlson's 8 p.m. slot on Fox News.John Lamparski/Getty Images <ul> <li>Jesse Watters, known for his "Watte… [+2625 chars]
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The controversial host Jesse Watters will take the Fox News weeknight primetime slot once filled by Tucker Carlson, the network said on Monday. Laura Ingraham will host at 7pm, Watters at 8pm, Sean … [+2342 chars]
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According to Cassius Dio, an eagle also played a role during the cremation of Augustus. It gave Robert Graves, in his novel I, Claudius, an irresistible opportunity for satire. In imagining the scene… [+11866 chars]
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John Goodman continues to stand by former "Roseanne" co-star Roseanne Barr's side. A "Roseanne" revival was canceled by ABC in 2018 hours after Barr made racist comments on Twitter about former Pres… [+2807 chars]
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Sarah McBride and Katie Couric speak onstage during the Women In The World summit on April 11, 2019 in New York City. Mike Coppola/Getty Images Delaware State Sen. Sarah McBride has announced a con… [+2104 chars]
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Philip Venables nose ring, shaved head, black hoodie is prancing in one corner of the rehearsal studio like a marionette yanked around by an unseen puppeteer. It is all part of the British composers … [+7833 chars]
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As Vladimir Putin reels from the biggest threat to his grip on power in years, his counterpart in Beijing will be considering the impact on the balance sheet of his support for the Russian president.… [+4117 chars]
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Robert Gottlieb, who has died age 92, was the outstanding literary editor of the second half of the 20th century. Among the renowned novelists he worked with were Doris Lessing, Toni Morrison, Salman… [+6124 chars]
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I apologise in advance, because this column is about something that didnt happen. Too much is actually happening in the world that deserves our attention, but in this instance, its worth pausing, and… [+6245 chars]
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Dan Neidle has thrice refused to say how much money he earned in his previous career as a partner at the magic circle law firm Clifford Chance. Im just not going to tell you, Neidle, 49, says over fl… [+10759 chars]
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Re John Harriss article (Conspiracy theories are festering and our politicians are making it worse, 18 June), the idea that the world is controlled by a secretive elite may be a conspiracy theory, bu… [+3443 chars]
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The Belarusian dictator, Alexander Lukashenko, has emerged as an early beneficiary of the aborted Wagner march on Moscow, but those benefits may not have a long shelf life. Whether or not Lukashenko… [+4471 chars]
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Though theyve avoided open bloodshed, it is hard to imagine that Vladimir Putin and Yevgeny Prigozhin will ever be reconciled. The Russian leader has a political motive to deal harshly with his maver… [+10421 chars]
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Greek conservatives are set to win big in this Sunday's election. What does this mean for the country's left? The first round of voting in Greeces election last month showed conservatives outperform… [+11149 chars]
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Within the pantheon of American folk heroes, no figure walks taller than Paul Bunyan. A giant lumberjack accompanied by a blue ox named Babe, he’s often credited with carving the Grand Canyon and spi… [+3917 chars]
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Some films are little acts of revolution, simply in their very existence. Starting today on Max, The Stroll is available to stream for general audiences. A searing ode to the fortitude of Black trans… [+1929 chars]
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Mississippi Senator Kathy Chism has made it clear she stands with the people who wanted to tear down our Union in order to maintain the great national shame of slavery. Their flag is her flag and she… [+1569 chars]
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Kenny Imafidon. Were arresting you for the murder of After that, sound faded. To the teenage boy these words were directed at, everything that followed was incomprehensible white noise. In what felt … [+14827 chars]
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Veal farmer Wim Brouwer sits on his terrace, an emergency red flag flying outside and his laptop open on a page revealing he is one of the Netherlands peak polluters, due to the nitrogen excreted eac… [+5630 chars]
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British politics for the next year should be conducted not from Westminster but from Scotland. Since the Scottish National party leadership imploded this month, its once rock-solid support has collap… [+5355 chars]
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Ghofran Hamza, a Syrian refugee who arrived in Aberystwyth, Wales, in 2018, was among 15 immigrant chefs to feature in our January 2022 celebration of global restaurants bringing flavour to Britains … [+2299 chars]
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Humza Yousaf has said a win in Scotland for the Scottish National party in the next general election would be a mandate to apply further pressure on Westminster for Scottish independence. The propos… [+9512 chars]
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When Uruguay appointed Marcelo Bielsa as coach in May, they joined a growing club. Lionel Scaloni led Argentina to glory at the World Cup. Chile are managed by Eduardo Berizzo. Paraguay are managed b… [+11416 chars]
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Taylor Swift Taylor Swift tours have quickly become the Marvel blockbusters of the live circuit, stuffed with famous cameos, era-specific multiverses and very online intertextual readings. At the he… [+19230 chars]
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Lizzie and Liam On a freezing night in early January 2018, the Guardian organised a blind date in Manchester for two hopeful singles, Lizzie and Liam. It was lust at first sight: they ended up on th… [+8871 chars]
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While we remain transfixed by a handful of needy egotists in Westminster and the crises they manufacture, across the Channel a revolution is happening. Its a quiet, sober, thoughtful revolution, but … [+6741 chars]
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Whether Jacinda Ardern was baking a cake, getting turned away from a full cafe or taking her baby to work, her every move as New Zealands prime minister seemed to prompt breathless global coverage. J… [+7604 chars]
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A claim made in parliament by the immigration minister that up to a fifth of adult male asylum seekers pretend to be children when they arrive in the UK has been undermined by the Home Offices own da… [+7944 chars]
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May 30, 2023, 10:25 AM ET Victor Osimhen propelled Napoli to their first Serie A crown since 1990. Elianto/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images As we creep towards the official end of the 2022-23 E… [+19537 chars]
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At biological research facilities across the United States and around the world, hundreds of safety breaches happen every year at labs experimenting with dangerous pathogens. Scientists and other lab… [+6336 chars]
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Ukraines culture minister has said he was surprised and confused that president Volodymyr Zelenskiy was barred from making a televised speech during the Eurovision grand final. The European Broadcas… [+3527 chars]
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When Pita Limjaroenrat took to the stage for his final big campaign event ahead of Thailands election, the cheers and screams were deafeningly loud. Our time has come, he told crowds of mostly young … [+4598 chars]
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Adam Tritt, a high school English teacher in Palm Bay, Florida, was shocked when his schools librarian eager to comply with Floridas new law restricting inappropriate books in schools removed one-thi… [+23982 chars]
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With the end of its spring semester last week, North Carolina State University concluded a tragic school year that saw the deaths of 14 students. Seven students died by suicide, two fatally overdose… [+9339 chars]
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Before my first reporting trip to Ukraine, one of my seasoned war correspondent colleagues had two pieces of advice. First, not to miss the delicious coffee and pastries you can find in Kyiv (which i… [+15818 chars]
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First the bad news. Forty years ago a comet crashed into Earth wiping out 99% of humanity and turning the Korean peninsula into a desert. Did Kim Jong-un and your favourite K-pop heroes survive? We h… [+9627 chars]
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The heads of state of the world’s seven most advanced democratic economies will meet next week at this year’s Group of Seven (G7) Summit in Japan’s Hiroshima, a historic city once decimated by U.S.-d… [+5448 chars]
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In 1965, the political scientist and Nobel laureate Herbert Simon declared: Machines will be capable, within 20 years, of doing any work a man can do. Today, in what is increasingly referred to as th… [+9746 chars]
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For 800 years, Bappanadu Sri Durgaparameshwari temple had stood as a symbol of Indias cohesive religious past. It is said that the Hindu temple, which sits on the bank of the Shambhavi River in India… [+7113 chars]
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A decades-old political cartoon column has been scrapped by a respected Hong Kong newspaper after it faced a barrage of criticism from officials, in a move widely seen as a further blow to the citys … [+4071 chars]
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"World of Fire," the first single off Dolly Parton's much-anticipated "Rockstar" album, is rocking, which is exactly the point. After decades in country music, Dolly rolled into the rock genre after … [+1230 chars]
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Onasurface level, Mister Jius in San Francisco has everything youd expect of a Michelin-starred restaurant: elaborate plating, an immaculately curated Instagram presence and a revolving tasting menu.… [+4926 chars]
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I often post about prisons and abolition, mainly in the context of the United States. After all, the self-described intergalactic beacon of democracy and liberty, and the originator of exceptionalist… [+3279 chars]
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Bobby Tudor made a fortune in fracking. The clean-cut financier opened shop in 2007 and spent the next 10 years backing large-scale projects in West Texas, supercharging one of history’s greatest oil… [+11689 chars]
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It might seem odd that Whaleapp, an Israel and Ukraine-based game development studio, has published the very British mobile game Doctor Who: An Unlikely Heist. But thats the global game business for … [+6001 chars]
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Ministers need to stop trying to look tough by being confrontational and trying to establish dominance in meetings with officials, the former Tory cabinet minister David Gauke has said after the Domi… [+9091 chars]
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Martin Kettle (Are you hoping for a progressive alliance to oust the Tories? Dont hold your breath, 11 May) is probably right about Labours attitude to governing alone after the next election. Given … [+3081 chars]
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Gal-dem, Buzzfeed News and Vice have all hit financial trouble and are either shutting down or close to it. Chanté talks to the Guardians media editor Jim Waterson and Gal-dems former politics editor… [+110 chars]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri lawmakers approved two bills Wednesday that ban gender-affirming health care for minors, and prevent transgender girls and women from participating on female sports … [+4997 chars]
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Timothée Chalamet and Eileen Atkins were fully rehearsed for this family drama at Londons Old Vic when theatres closed due to Covid in 2020. After its eventual cancellation, Atkins picks up her role … [+2476 chars]
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Most of the time, the impossibility of America defaulting on its sovereign bonds is taken as a fundamental axiom of the financial system. The country issues the worlds reserve currency, so investors … [+4436 chars]
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Donald Trump is at once in an unprecedented and familiar position. On Tuesday, a federal jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation in a civil lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll. Such a co… [+7555 chars]
Read MoreSen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia.AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib <ul> <li>Sen. Joe Manchin blasted Mitch McConnell over the GOP leader's plans to defeat him next year.</li> <li>Manchin has not announced a r… [+2637 chars]
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Labour has defended its complaints system after taking three years to investigate an allegation of sexual harassment made by a woman against a senior aide. The man, who is 20 years the complainants … [+8436 chars]
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A 79-year-old advice columnist along with a handful of other brave women who testified in her case has done what legal and political institutions have not yet managed: held the former president Donal… [+3179 chars]
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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) urged his party to move on from Donald Trump hours after a civil jury found the former president liable for sexual abuse and defamation. I hope the jury of the American pe… [+1880 chars]
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The MP Andrew Bridgen has announced he is joining Laurence Foxs Reclaim party after being kicked out of the Conservative party for comparing Covid vaccines to the Holocaust. The member for North Wes… [+2041 chars]
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WASHINGTON- California Sen. Dianne Feinstein is returning to Washington, D.C. after a nearly three-month absence that prompted calls for her resignation. The 89-year-old, who is the longest-serving … [+1403 chars]
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The moral values guidelines, which Anthropic calls Claude's constitution, draw from several sources, including the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights and even Apple's data privacy rules. Anth… [+1021 chars]
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Keir Starmer has repeatedly refused to rule out a deal with the Liberal Democrats if Labour fails to win a majority at the next general election during an interview after last weeks local elections. … [+9300 chars]
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Rishi Sunak flew to the south coast and back by helicopter on Tuesday morning in the latest example of the UK prime ministers fondness for short-distance air travel. As he tried to get on the front … [+3099 chars]
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Food security and air quality in the UK are being put at risk by outdated IT systems at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), a parliamentary committee has found. MPs have … [+7419 chars]
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On the Turkish election campaign trail in an outlying district of the beach town of Antalya, Uur Poyraz kissed the head of a small child before speaking to local restaurant owners about the economy. … [+7139 chars]
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A sign asking people to "Pray for Allen, Texas" stands at a memorial to those killed in a mass shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets mall on May 6. With four letters, the alleged shooter in the Alle… [+6566 chars]
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Angela Alsobrooks, the executive of Prince George’s County and one of the most prominent Democrats in Maryland politics, will launch her campaign for the Senate this week, sources familiar with the m… [+3988 chars]
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Chiles far right has won an emphatic victory in a vote to select the committee that will rewrite its dictatorship-era constitution, after José Antonio Kasts Republican party secured 22 of its 50 seat… [+2900 chars]
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Yellen shoots down invoking 14th amendment to solve debt crisis The deadlock between Democrats and Republicans over raising the debt ceiling has gone on for months, and the stakes could not be highe… [+3109 chars]
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., who left the Democratic Party shortly after Democrats cheered about expanding their Senate majority, said she has no interest in locking arms with the Republican Party. … [+1891 chars]
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Former Attorney General Bill Barr, once one of former President Donald Trumps closest allies, derided his former boss and called Trump unfit to serve as president in 2024, describing his thinking as … [+1249 chars]
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Read MoreA woman, who FBI later identified as Jennifer Inzuza Vargas of Los Angeles, photographed at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.FBI <ul> <li>The FBI tweeted a photo of a woman in a pink beret allegedly r… [+2840 chars]
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Frank Forrester Church sat in the US Senate for 24 years. His tenure was consequential. A Democrat, he battled for civil rights and came to oppose the Vietnam war. He believed Americans were citizens… [+6110 chars]
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Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has told supporters he's ready to go back to work after a month in hospital. The 86-year-old, who is suffering from leukaemia, was rushed into intensi… [+1741 chars]
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"I'd rather stick pins in my eyes" I doorstepped some spectators waiting outside the pavilion. There were mixed views about the coronation. Colin Hicks and Malcolm Davies had come from Cardiff to f… [+1121 chars]
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The coronation of King Charles III couldnt come at a worse time for young people. After the chaos caused by Covid, and with teachers strikes (which I support) ongoing,it is yet another day off school… [+3452 chars]
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On a chilly day back in January, one of the most recognisable women in the world plunged into a surprised crowd of shoppers in Leedss Victorian market. The Princess of Wales obligingly fielded reque… [+18975 chars]
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Crowds will line the streets to take part in the coronation. But many present will later struggle to explain exactly why they were there. Witnessing a historic event might be the best answer. Though … [+3231 chars]
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Katy Balls: Rishi Sunaks recovery narrative has taken a hit Few in the Tory party expected the local election results to be anything other than painful. Yet the first wave of results still managed t… [+8672 chars]
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I would like to thank the Guardian for its recent reporting about the monarchy. In contrast to one of your readers complaining about your unrelenting attacks (Letters, 27 April) on the institution, I… [+6465 chars]
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What Im hearing on the doorstep is that people are giving Rishi Sunak a chance, the Conservative partys chair, Greg Hands, insisted in the face of a disastrous night for his party. Among Conservativ… [+5314 chars]
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Keir Starmer has been warned that he has no easy options over student loans and higher education financing, after the Labour leaders decision to scrap an earlier policy of abolishing tuition fees in … [+9513 chars]
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The stakes have never been higher in Pakistan. Its economy is on the brink, society is politically polarised, millions are still recovering from last year's devastating floods, terrorist attacks ar… [+6545 chars]
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Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, will spend the rest of the month deciding whether he will run for U.S. Senate, in what is already shaping up to be a crowded primary battle to replace outgoing… [+4804 chars]
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The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, and the home secretary, Suella Braverman, are among five cabinet ministers who earn at least £10,000 a year renting out housing, according to a new snapshot of parliament… [+9375 chars]
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Revolutions do not happen only in the streets. Yet the outside world knows the uprising in Iran almost entirely through footage uploaded from camera phones—the thousands upon thousands chanting for t… [+15171 chars]
Read MorePeter Thiel and Ron DeSantis.Marco Bello/Getty Images; Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images <ul> <li>Peter Thiel says Ron DeSantis would "make a terrific president." </li> <li>"If … [+2649 chars]
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When Dr Harold Young, an eminent Belizean political scientist, takes visitors on a journey around Belize City, the first stop is an unremarkable building, whose basement entrance is partly shrouded b… [+16654 chars]
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Elliot, 29, Milton Keynes Occupation Patient administrator for a private cancer treatment centre Voting record Has always voted Labour, but sometimes as the lesser of two evils Amuse bouche Did ka… [+4203 chars]
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Voters in England will be asked to present photo ID for the first time when they go to the polls on Thursday. We want to hear from voters and polling station staff about how Thursdays local election… [+5332 chars]
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We are already seeing reports on social media about people being turned away from polling stations for not having photo ID. <p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just been to vote in Drake, and already s… [+9825 chars]
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A popular candidate for prime minister of Thailand said Wednesday shes eager to get back on the campaign trail, just two days after giving birth. Speaking at a news conference at the hospital in Ban… [+3068 chars]
Read MoreHunter Biden may be criminally charged in connection with his taxes and a gun purchase.Carolyn Kaster/AP <ul> <li>Prosecutors are nearing a charging decision in the Hunter Biden case, The Washington… [+4532 chars]
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On a wall in Manhattan, not far from Times Square, Americas debt clock ticks steadily higher, from $3trn when it was inaugurated in 1989 to more than $31trn today. After climbing for so many years wi… [+10302 chars]
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Stephen Crowder, a right-wing commentator whose fame rose with YouTube's decision to favor his virulent brand of content, is being divorced by his wife. Footage released amid the proceedings shows Cr… [+2113 chars]
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For the past year, Tatiana Stanovaya, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, has been analyzing how Russian politics have been shaped by the invasion of Ukraine. Stanovaya has been ex… [+6674 chars]
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Should Schmicago have committed to actually eating an orphan? I mean maybe? In season 1 of Apple TV Plus Schmigadoon!, two modern New Yorkers, Melissa (Cecily Strong) and Josh (Keegan-Michael Key), … [+7170 chars]
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The principle of civil service impartiality does not preclude officials having opinions. It requires only the professionalism to set partisanship aside when enacting government policy. That might not… [+3327 chars]
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George Monbiots statement that taking out pipelines, refineries, abattoirs, coal plants and SUVs is morally justified by comparison to the liberation struggles of colonised peoples is based on a fund… [+3646 chars]
Read MoreDemocratic Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado eats an ice cream cone while walking in the halls of the US Capitol during the budget resolution proceedings on August 10, 2021 in Washington, DC.Liz Lynch/… [+3396 chars]
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The former senior civil servant Sue Gray will take up her new role as Keir Starmers chief of staff even if the governments appointments watchdog recommends a long delay to her start date, Labour has … [+8924 chars]
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Should protesting be banned? Its not the type of debate you might expect on the ITV lunchtime chatshow Loose Women, but thats what we got recently, when the shows social media account casually asked … [+13713 chars]
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Leaked to make freshly-fired entertainer Tucker Carlson look bad, a text message of his that's redacted in court papers–"Not how white men fight", referring to Trump supporters beating an "antifa kid… [+1350 chars]
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Say it out loud and try not to snicker: The coronation of Charles the Third. In a time of post-post-colonialism, of anti-racist iconoclasm, a time in which the very notion of gender as a legitimate … [+27739 chars]
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Megan McCubbin, 28, zoologist, conservationist and presenter of Springwatch among other things lives half the time in the Highlands with her boyfriend, wildlife cameraman James Stevens, who she met a… [+12506 chars]
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CLEVELAND, Texas — A man suspected of opening fire at his neighbor’s home and killing five people was arrested Tuesday after a four-day manhunt, authorities in Texas said. The hunt for 38-year-old F… [+3723 chars]
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Schiphol Airport would like to excuse itself from the hop-on, hop-off jet-setting culture of business tycoons, celebrities and sports stars. The effort, if it succeeds over industry opposition, could… [+10632 chars]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 29: Fox News host Tucker Carlson discusses 'Populism and the Right' during the National Review Institute's Ideas Summit at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel March 29, 2019 in Washing… [+3281 chars]
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Guardian Australia today announced a special lineup of activities and events to celebrate 10 years in the Australian media market. Guardian Australia launched on 27 May 2013 and has become one of Au… [+4818 chars]
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In the Harry Potter stories, characters avoid using the name of Lord Voldemort, which is taboo, and refer to him as He Who Must Not Be Named. Another powerful figure with an unsettling name has prom… [+3367 chars]
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Senior civil servants have been asking whether Simon Case can survive at the top of Whitehall for almost as long as he has been in post. From his oversight of No 10 during the Partygate scandal to h… [+4623 chars]
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When youre 15 points ahead in the polls with the local elections just two days away, some might argue that it is best to keep quiet. Especially if you havent really got much new to say. Why rock the … [+5360 chars]
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I wish I shared Andy Becketts optimism that people will not tolerate becoming poorer indefinitely (Britain once rioted over the price of bread. What would it take for us to confront greedflation toda… [+3304 chars]
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Chatbots pretending to be journalists have been discovered running almost 50 AI-generated content farms so far, according to an investigation by the anti-misinformation outfit NewsGuard. The website… [+7404 chars]
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Any competition with a prize worth having attracts cheats. That is as true of politics as it is of sport. Whether cheats prosper depends on a combination of regulation and culture. There must be rule… [+6791 chars]
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Theyre some of the most indelible creations of 21st-century TV and certainly the sweariest. As the super-rich saga enters its home stretch, weve consulted the shareholders, analysed the optics and co… [+15635 chars]
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On a recent night at the New York music venue Webster Hall, a white-haired man in his 60s with an acoustic guitar walked gracefully onto the stage, sat on a stool and began to speak. Im from Ivory Co… [+8720 chars]
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Britain is obsessed with home ownership. This might date back to our history of land ownership, class and colonial exploit but the fixation lives on, thanks in no small part to Thatchers introduction… [+5402 chars]
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The body that represents more than 1 million NHS staff in England has accepted the governments improved pay offer, but several unions plan to continue striking for more money. The NHS staff council … [+1173 chars]
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Opening the door of her Victorian house dressed in a smart jumper and crisp red trousers, Wendy Robbins, 87, hardly resembles a stereotypical Green voter. But she is and one so loyal she is almost ag… [+4884 chars]
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One of the Edinburgh Fringe festivals most popular venues could be at risk of legal action, lawyers have warned, after staff refused to work at an event with the SNP MP Joanna Cherry. The MP has bee… [+2429 chars]
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Good morning. Were back waiting for the Sue Gray report. Todays version will take the form of a written statement for a Cabinet Office minister described on the Commons order paper as an update into … [+5385 chars]
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Volunteering is at a historic low in England, with two different pieces of research revealing the damaging, long-term effect the pandemic has had. There is just one week to go before the Big Help Ou… [+8575 chars]
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Sean Winterbottom does not like politics. But like all people who do not like politics, once he starts talking about it, he has a lot to say. Last general election I voted Conservative, but I dont kn… [+4869 chars]
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The first thing that you notice about Catherine Laceys new novel is the lack of a determiner. Nouns float, unhooked from any article. I found myself habitually inserting The in the title when the boo… [+9770 chars]
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Miep Gies did not realize, when she started working as a secretary for pectin manufacturer Opekta, that she was destined for heroism. Twenty-four and directionless, the Austrian-born Gies still lived… [+4741 chars]
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) When developers in the California city of Elk Grove pitched two new housing projects last year, the proposals appeared to have much in common: Both would build new housing in … [+4827 chars]
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What Trump's very stable geniuses lack in intelligence they more than make up for in confidence. Check out Mike from Merrimack, New Hampshire as he explains to filmmaker Rod Webber what's really goin… [+676 chars]
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Coronations are based on continuity, and meticulous records stretching back hundreds of years are kept at the National Archives, which also reveal in fine detail the extravagances of the past. Docum… [+3154 chars]
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April showers bring May flowers—and a crop of fresh books, each deliciously inventive. In Abraham Verghese’s long-anticipated The Covenant of Water, a curse follows a South Indian family for close to… [+8752 chars]
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Sen. Ben Cardin, a Maryland Democrat, plans to announce his retirement from the Senate in the coming days, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell TIME, setting up a potentially crowded and fi… [+4148 chars]
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The French adventurer Sylvain Tesson may have put it best when he wrote: France is a paradise inhabited by people who think theyre in hell. The images from France over the past two months have seeme… [+11798 chars]
Read MoreHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is a Democrat from New York.Will Varner/Insider; Alex Wong/Getty Images <ul> <li>House Democrats say Hakeem Jeffries is a better listener and is more consensus-… [+14147 chars]
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Parliamentary security guards confiscated reports and leaflets about Hong Kong from attenders of an event in Westminster in case they caused political upset, the Guardian has learned, in a move conde… [+4313 chars]
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Civilians could get much of what they wanted, too. The Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986 rolled back gun regulations and permitted unlicensed hobbyists to sell weapons at gun shows. Between 1987 … [+11501 chars]
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A far-right religious group with ties to Donald Trump loyalists Roger Stone and retired Army Lt Gen Michael Flynn, is planning events with pastors in swing state churches in Arizona, Georgia, North C… [+13269 chars]
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Other than his closest friends, it is unlikely that anybody would complain if a Guardian cartoonist drew Boris Johnson as a gorilla. Alls fair in political satire, cartoonists are expected to be scur… [+5464 chars]
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When Femi Claudius Cole decided to form a political party, to address what she saw as Sierra Leones slow economic development and poor governance, she knew it would be tough. A former nurse, she had … [+14515 chars]
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Laffaire agite depuis plusieurs mois les instances sportives et diplomatiques internationales : faut-il permettre aux athlètes russes et biélorusses de participer, sous statut neutre, aux Jeux olympi… [+2390 chars]
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It has been almost fifteen months since Russia invaded Ukraine. As civilian casualties continue to increase, what about the indigenous peoples that live in territory occupied by Russia and Ukraine? … [+1661 chars]
Read MoreLeft: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to Iowa voters on March 10, 2023. Right: Mickey Mouse and friends take part in a cavalcade parade on Main Street USA at the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney Wo… [+7025 chars]
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Sir Anthony Seldon, the famous headteacher, has been writing book-length report cards on British prime ministers for 40 years. The latest, on Boris Johnson, based on the accounts of more than 200 peo… [+15209 chars]
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Symon Hill was walking back from church on a sunny autumn Sunday when he realised his route was blocked; the roads around Carfax Tower in Oxford were closed off. It was 11 September, the day after Ch… [+31497 chars]
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Canberra has always been one of Australias more divisive cities. With its cold climate and designed to encourage work, Canberra is a city of binaries you either love it, or love to hate it. But in r… [+12596 chars]
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Tonight, like every other night for weeks, convoys of trucks will set out across the southern Libyan desert and head towards the border with Sudan, 250 miles away. They will drive from dusk with ligh… [+11382 chars]
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They say three makes a trend and US television was convulsed last week by a trio of scandals and sudden sackings that cast a harsh spotlight on a too often toxic workplace culture that floods the top… [+6486 chars]
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In 1996, Diane Abbott wrote a column for the Hackney Gazette objecting to the recruitment of Finnish nurses to work in a local hospital. The NHS, she argued, should be employing local people, not imp… [+6741 chars]
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The veteran broadcaster David Dimbleby has said a cross-party public commission should appoint the BBC chair, in the wake of Richard Sharps resignation after breaking rules over dealings with Boris J… [+8022 chars]
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Being vice-president of the United States is not much fun, or so it often seems from the outside. All the trappings of power are present: high-profile events, free foreign travel, big limos, secret s… [+6026 chars]
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That morning when the fighting started will remain with me for ever. It started normally enough: I planned to break the Ramadan fast with a group of journalists in downtown Khartoum, preparing myself… [+5330 chars]
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In Stoke-on-Trent, the potters are working seven days a week, while in Knaresborough strings of bunting are whizzing through machines. In London, icing artists are painstakingly decorating Westminste… [+5816 chars]
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Born and raised in north-west London, Sheena Patel is a writer and director for film and TV. Her debut novel, Im a Fan, about a woman obsessing over her lovers other lover, was published last year by… [+3931 chars]
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Floridas rightwing governor, Ron DeSantis, has backed UK business secretary Kemi Badenoch in taking on what he calls the woke. DeSantis, who is expected to challenge Donald Trump for the Republican … [+3177 chars]
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For a second week, Montana Republicans have blocked Democratic transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from participating in a debate over proposed restrictions on transgender youth. Zephyr, a first-term … [+4078 chars]
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In a bookstore near one of Taipeis leading universities, Zeng Da-fu and his wife work quietly into the evening. Zeng has run this store for decades, tucked in a laneway behind a wall of crumbling pos… [+5575 chars]
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Ben Smith is a willing passenger on the rollercoaster also known as the internet. He reported for Politico, was founding editor-in-chief at BuzzFeed News and did a stint as a columnist for the New Yo… [+5760 chars]
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Tim Minchin, the comedian behind the Matilda musical, has described editing Roald Dahls books to better suit modern audiences as a slippery slope . The British-Australian composer and entertainer, w… [+7644 chars]
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The Australian composer and entertainer Tim Minchin sits outside a rehearsal room in London. It is a pleasant day in April. Tooled up on tea and creative adrenaline, talking quickly and well, the 47-… [+19271 chars]
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Nearing the end of his 21st season on air, Jerry Springer stood between two sisters on a soundstage. One, a stripper named Charlynne, had confessed on air to sleeping with her sister Christina's bo… [+4313 chars]
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Ex-Fugees musician Prakazrel "Pras" Michel has been found guilty of 10 counts including conspiracy, after accepting money from a fugitive tycoon. Prosecutors said Mr Michel, 50, received more than $… [+1991 chars]
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The decision of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng to instantly sack two top civil servants damaged the running of government and seemed intended to give the message that they valued political alignment ab… [+3997 chars]
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It is time to build a new foundation for American history. Its old paradigms have grown thin and worn. For so long, the field’s exclusive focus on Europeans and their descendants has left us with mor… [+10190 chars]
Read MoreHalfway there! Dan DeFrancesco in NYC. After reading this story about a soccer team refunding its fans following a dreadful performance, I'm doing the math on how much I'm owed as a lifelong fan of t… [+4612 chars]
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A conservative Thai political party has backed the legalisation of sex toys as it seeks to revive its appeal before a looming general election. The Democrat party representative Ratchada Thanadirek … [+1797 chars]
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Vice President Harris gave impassioned remarks on reproductive rights at Howard University on Tuesday, her first political event after President Biden officially said he's running for a second term. … [+4040 chars]
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a joint press conference with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Sydney, July 8, 2022. Rick Rycroft/AP Former New Zealand prime m… [+2148 chars]
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Being a judge for this years Womens prize for fiction has been an honour and a huge responsibility: not least because its the one prize whose longlist always has me rushing to the bookshop. As a grou… [+4726 chars]
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The Conservative party has supplied Britain with as many prime ministers since 2010 as Labour managed in the whole of the 20th century. It is a tally that describes ruthless effectiveness at keeping … [+6898 chars]
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Amid protests and growing international attention, Singapore executed another man on Wednesday for a drug offense. Tangaraju Suppiah, a 46-year-old of Tamil descent who had been on death row since 20… [+13896 chars]
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WASHINGTON – Another unprecedented event in the Donald Trump era: a former president in a civil lawsuit centered on accusations of rape. Attorneys delivered bracing opening arguments Tuesday in the … [+5493 chars]
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Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama blocked 184 military promotions Tuesday in the latest chapter of his protest against the Pentagon's new abortion policy. The drama unfolded in the Senate… [+1835 chars]
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President Joe Biden launched his reelection campaign Tuesday, capping off months of speculation over his electoral future and laying the groundwork for a potential rematch with former President Donal… [+8053 chars]
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Asfantheories continue to build on TikTok and the first wave of Emmy campaigns roll out, Swarm has left audiences with more questions than answers. Thats by design, according to showrunner and co-c… [+18124 chars]
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Read MoreFormer US President Donald Trump.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images <ul> <li>Lawyers made opening statements in E. Jean Carroll's rape trial against Donald Trump.</li> <li>Trump's lawyer asked jurors to d… [+3351 chars]
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Frank Lampard believes a love-hate mentality, fuelled by social media and akin to politics, is behind the whirlwind nature of managerial changes in the Premier League and that the situation will calm… [+3423 chars]
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Venezuelas best-known opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, has touched down in the United States after being unceremoniously ejected from Colombia while attempting to gatecrash a summit about the politica… [+3859 chars]
Read MoreTesla CEO Elon Musk.REUTERS/Mike Blake <ul> <li>A group of 17 Tesla shareholders have asked the company's board to rein in Elon Musk's attention.</li> <li>In an open letter, investors accused Musk o… [+2782 chars]
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Harry Belafonte, the singer, actor and wide-ranging activist, has died aged 96. The cause of death was congestive heart failure, his spokesman told the New York Times. As well as performing global h… [+5645 chars]
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LaTosha Brown: Biden can hold together a big tent After surviving the Trump debacle, it was important that we had an administration that could re-establish some level of credibility in the political… [+6309 chars]
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The British government hasnt yet succeeded in passing its flagship piece of internet regulation, but its about to introduce a second. Hot on the heels of the online safety bill comes the digital mark… [+7792 chars]
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally announced that he is running for reelection in 2024, asking voters to give him more time to “finish the job” he began when he was sworn in to offi… [+10739 chars]
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I got a little teary the other night. Its a really stupid story. You know that famous scene in Coronation Street when Hilda Ogden comes home from the funeral and theres a parcel of Stans belongings o… [+5573 chars]
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On any other day, the revelation that anchor Don Lemon was out at CNN would have been a big deal in the world of media news. But Tucker Carlsons abrupt toppling from his prime-time perch at Fox News… [+4352 chars]
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This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. President Joe Biden has all the groundwork laid to make official his 202… [+7580 chars]
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Ready for all-out war, leaders of the far-right Proud Boys viewed themselves as foot soldiers for Donald Trump as he clung to power after the 2020 election, a prosecutor said on Monday at the close o… [+5599 chars]
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WASHINGTON–On Jan. 6, 2021, two months after then-President Donald Trump was defeated by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, members of the right-wing extremist Proud Boys were “thirsting fo… [+3386 chars]
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The third album by the eclectic Swedish garage rock/punk anti-authoritarian music collective "The (International) Noise Conspiracy," A New Morning, Changing Weather included a political essay critiqu… [+6422 chars]
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The closure of BuzzFeed News this week followed a familiar script for those who have followed the rise and fall of digital media. There were Twitter eulogies from current and former staff and op-eds … [+4049 chars]
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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – After seeing her daughter struggle in second, then third and fourth grades, Van McCourt-Ostrand wanted options. So, last year, the St. Petersburg mother of two applied for… [+18278 chars]
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Rishi Sunak manage to get through his Q&A with business figures without saying anything particularly interesting or newsworthy. At one point there was a question about AI. As my colleague Aubrey … [+5843 chars]
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About 44% of Republicans don’t want former President Donald Trump to run for reelection, according to a new poll. The poll, published last week from The Associated Press and NORC Center for Public… [+1921 chars]
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Multiple 2024 Republican presidential candidates and those continuing to mull a bid for the White House pitched their platforms on Saturday to hundreds of Christian conservatives at the Iowa Faith an… [+7479 chars]
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee will call a special legislative session to address gun reform nearly a month after a mass shooting at a Nashville school -- an unusual step for a Republican. Just hours after… [+2543 chars]
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LIMA, Peru — Former President Alejandro Toledo arrived in Lima Sunday after being extradited from the United States to face charges he allegedly received millions of dollars in bribes in a giant corr… [+2709 chars]
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Until last summer, Thailand had some of the world’s harshest drug laws, with possession of cannabis then punishable by up to 15 years in prison. But on June 9, marijuana was decriminalized and a resu… [+7493 chars]
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A string of missteps and a slump in the polls has slowed Ron DeSantis' presidential aspirations and some are questioning whether he should declare his candidacy at all - Alex Brandon Ron DeSantis ha… [+6069 chars]
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Ronald Reagan is invoked by many as a transformational president. Barack Obama fashioned his own presidential trajectory after the Gipper. Shrilling for the General Electric Corporation as an influen… [+3352 chars]
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At the beginning, and throughout the first two years of the ongoing, yet to be over, COVID-19 pandemic, ideas pioneered by disability justice organizations were finally given credence by larger swath… [+2085 chars]
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Read MoreNorth Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is a leading candidate to capture the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 2024.AP Photo/Chris Seward <ul> <li>North Carolina GOP Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson launc… [+5613 chars]
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At last Novembers Cop27 summit in Egypt, Rishi Sunak made a point of carving out time for a chat with Europes other newly appointed prime minister, Giorgia Meloni. For both leaders there was somethin… [+3326 chars]
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Not a single item in the average British grocery shop is falling in price. From basic essentials such as bread, milk and cheese to sugar and tea, the cost of a weekly food shop is rising at the faste… [+6301 chars]
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There are, as F Scott Fitzgerald famously observed and as Rupert Murdoch is now belatedly discovering, no second acts in American lives. Last week, just as the trial of the $1.6bn defamation action b… [+5657 chars]
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The prime minister has fallen off the not-talking-about-maths wagon. Until last week, he hadnt done a speech about maths since 3 January. I wrote at the time that I thought he was seeking solace in t… [+5732 chars]
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In September 1978, the NME put a band made up of teenagers who had yet to release a record on its cover. It was the kind of dramatic, impulsive move to which the music press was occasionally prone, t… [+10202 chars]
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The SNP MP Stuart McDonald has been appointed party treasurer after the resignation of Colin Beattie. Beattie stepped down from the role after he was arrested and released without charge pending fur… [+2463 chars]
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Just after April Fools Day in 2017, Pepsi debuted a short film that seemed to many like a bad joke. In the two-and-a-half-minute Live for Now advert, Kendall Jenner joined a protest against nothing i… [+21138 chars]
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What might she have written next? asked Margaret Atwood in her tribute to Hilary Mantel, after the Booker prize-winning novelists sudden death in September last year. I dont know, but I will miss it.… [+17236 chars]
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It was my hen do in the Lake District and my friends had organised a game of Mr and Mrs. The idea, for the uninitiated, is to test how well you know your future spouse. Beforehand, they quizzed Ian, … [+21069 chars]
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In a seemingly long gone era before the Trump presidency, and Covid, and the 2020 election Doni Chamberlain would get the occasional call from a displeased reader who had taken issue with one of her … [+13806 chars]
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After years of failed attempts to find a new ballpark location that would keep them in Oakland, the Athletics announced Wednesday night that they have signed a binding contract for land in Las Vegas … [+8369 chars]
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The Biden administration will announce a new border security plan next week in anticipation of a surge of migrants in May, according to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayoraks. "I think next … [+1901 chars]
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The 2024 presidential race is taking shape, with former President Donald Trumpmounting a comeback bid for the White House, facing GOP competition from former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former A… [+14582 chars]
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Rather than vote in favor of a motion banning the unlawful possession of catalytic converters a valuable automotive part Nithya Raman, a Los Angeles councilwoman, voted against the measure and blamed… [+3281 chars]
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Its possible that today ends with a supreme court decision allowing abortion medication mifepristone to stay available at pharmacies nationwide. Or, the courts conservative majority could again displ… [+1590 chars]
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Despite everyones busy schedule, some people seem to manage it effortlessly. How do they do it? They are happier for one thing. According to research, happiness makes people 12% more productive. Ho… [+13463 chars]
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If youre a social conservative in Britain, these are the best of times and the worst of times. They are the worst because, as the rightwing press warns daily, liberal and other subversive values are … [+6750 chars]
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Skip to main content I recently wrote about an app called Shortwave and its AI summarizer feature, which turns long, bland emails into short summaries with most of the core details intact. I’ve gott… [+6007 chars]
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The news makes me heartsick. Peretti hired me in 2012 to build a news organization for the exploding social web. For a few years, we felt the wind of Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest at our backs, a… [+3799 chars]
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SANTA FE, N.M. – On a late February morning, the undersecretary for thugs was in jeans and cowboy boots as he piloted the yellow Jeep Wrangler he's had for 10 years into still-sleepy downtown Santa F… [+36355 chars]
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A supervisor at the IRS has told lawmakers that he has information that suggests the Biden administration could be mishandling the investigation into President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, sources … [+2413 chars]
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I heard about BuzzFeed News shutting down right before it hit Twitter. Word travels fast among industry old-timers like myself, and we try to keep each other in the loop. The consensus in this little… [+10270 chars]
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GERVONTA "TANK" DAVIS and Ryan Garcia stood face to face last month in New York's Times Square, a rare -- and unexpected -- sight for myriad reasons. Years and years of fighting words on social medi… [+21697 chars]
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Asofthis week, 16-year-old Ralph Yarl is home with his loved ones recovering after being shot multiple times including once in the head by Andrew D. Lester, an 84-year-old white man who believed Yarl… [+3289 chars]
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Federal prosecutors have considered four potential charges against President Joe Bidens son Hunter Biden, NBC News reported Thursday. Since 2018, federal investigators have been looking into whether… [+1863 chars]
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A little over two weeks ago, writer Tom Scocca published a story on LED light bulbs for New York Magazinethat went surprisingly viral (previous BoingBoing coverage here). Apparently, a lot of people … [+1141 chars]
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Director Guy Ritchie, who made his name with movies that depict the violent antics of colorful British lowlifes—and is also famous for being married to Madonna for a while—has made his first war movi… [+8490 chars]
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It’s been a rough two weeks for Ron DeSantis. Members of Congress from his own state have been endorsing Donald Trump in droves. A crippling gas shortage in South Florida coincided with the governor’… [+7032 chars]
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WASHINGTON (AP) The case against a Fugees rapper accused in multimillion-dollar political conspiracies across two presidencies wound down with closing arguments Thursday that capped off a trial that … [+2828 chars]
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As part of a joint military exercise with the Philippines, the U.S. Navy is slated to sink a mock warship on April 26, 2023, in the South China Sea. The live-fire drill is not a response to increase… [+7191 chars]
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There are only three things you need to get Satan out of your life: a bucket, a pen, and Brother Mikes two-page questionnaire. Unlike those megachurch preachers and their plastic smiles, Brother Mik… [+24551 chars]
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Twitter has talked about pulling legacy verified checkmarks for a while, and now it's acting on that plan. The social network has begun removing the original blue ticks from users' profiles formerly … [+1640 chars]
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Fiona Ivison was 17 when she was strangled and battered to death by a man who had paid her for sex. He then lefther body in a freezing car park. She was only 14 when she was groomed by an older man … [+6551 chars]
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Keir Starmers opponents have made a few attempts in the past few years to give him a nickname that sticks, such as Captain Hindsight during the Covid lockdown drama and Sir Beer Korma while being inv… [+4424 chars]
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Ifrah, 26, Birmingham Occupation Internal auditor Voting record Always Labour. Ifrah says she is a member of Suella Bravermans Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati. Remain in the EU referendum A… [+4586 chars]
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Librarians are increasingly being asked to censor or remove books, and have also faced threats in discussions about the removal of books. Research carried out by the Chartered Institute of Library a… [+4739 chars]
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On 26 May last year, Ellie Wilson sat in the witness room of the high court in Glasgow, waiting to be called. As chief witness, the rape victim in the trial of her ex-boyfriend Daniel McFarlane, her … [+13361 chars]
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Plan to let UK ignore European court injunctions blocking migrant deportations could be defeated in Lords, peer suggests The governments illegal migration bill, which will stop people arriving in th… [+5029 chars]
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Irish film-maker and journalist Sinéad OShea has a gripping and inspirational story to tell about her home town of Navan in Co Meath, and she tells it terrifically well, talking to the people involve… [+3550 chars]
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With the local elections round the corner and the general election rumoured for next autumn, Keir Starmer, the measured lawyer, is rebranding. Faced with criticism over attack ads on Rishi Sunak, the… [+5089 chars]
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The first day back at Holyrood after Easter recess should have been the moment for Scotlands new leader, Humza Yousaf, to reset the agenda after a bruising leadership contest. Instead, hours before … [+6629 chars]
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The Thanksgiving Play came into being, more or less, as a dare. When theater companies told Larissa FastHorse that her script featuring Indigenous characters What Would Crazy Horse Do? was virtually … [+4938 chars]
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Around 3,000 Indians are estimated to be stranded in Sudan amid fierce fighting between the country's army and a paramilitary force. This number includes around 100 people from the Hakki-Pikki tribe… [+3387 chars]
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When I landed in Khartoum in late February, the city was tense. On the short journey to my family home in the suburbs of Sudans capital, our car was stopped twice at checkpoints that in recent months… [+30426 chars]
Read MoreDemocratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York says Feinstein is being held to an “unacceptable and unprecedented” standard.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images; Drew Angerer/Getty Images <ul> <… [+6107 chars]
Read More&pizza made Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas the subject of its latest promotion.Drew Angerer/Getty Images <ul> <li>A ProPublica report last week revealed Justice Thomas accepted lavish vacatio… [+1924 chars]
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They call him Gandhi Kemal because of his calm nature, trademark spectacles and moustache. His extreme calm can even drive his own colleagues crazy, one close confidant says. And yet 74-year-old Kem… [+7439 chars]
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Richard Sharps future as chair of the BBC is in doubt as he awaits the publication of a very uncomfortable report on how he was recommended for the job by the former prime minister Boris Johnson. Sh… [+2707 chars]
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As opening arguments neared on Tuesday afternoon, even the most hardened skeptics might have found themselves thinking the impossible was actually going to happen: the corrosive lies of Fox News woul… [+4411 chars]
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Good morning. Today we have got the first PMQs since the Easter recess and the first involving Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer for almost a month. Sunak has been relatively successful in recent weeks (t… [+5428 chars]
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In 2015, Monica Potts reconnected with an old friend named Darci on Facebook. The two of them had grown up in Clinton, a small rural town on the edge of the Ozarks in Arkansas, and had been best frie… [+7809 chars]
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A moment of pity for the uber-wealthy. According to the Hurun Global Rich List, China has more billionaires than any other country. But it is also the place in which the monied must watch their back.… [+5710 chars]
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We are now in week two of the Dianne Feinstein saga, in which Democrats willingness to jeopardize their own agenda to accommodate the ailing, absentee senator will be on full display. Sen. Chuck Sch… [+8658 chars]
Read MoreIranian, Saudi, and Chinese foreign ministers during a meeting in Beijing on April 6.Iran's Foreign Ministry/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via Reuters <ul> <li>China has brokered a deal betwe… [+5864 chars]
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Members of the legal team representing Dominion Voting Systems leave the Leonard Williams Justice Center where Dominion is suing FOX News in Delaware Superior Court during a lunch break on April 18, … [+13619 chars]
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The development economist Michael Lipton, who has died aged 86, credited an important part of his education to the people of the village of Kavathe in Maharashtra state, India. His research there in … [+4563 chars]
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First they turned upon Omar al-Bashir, the strongman they had served, when the Sudanese people rose up against the president. Then, in a coup, they turned upon the civilian politicians who had risen … [+3455 chars]
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On Tuesday begins one of the most closely watched trials about press freedom in decades. Dominion, maker of voting machines, is suing Fox News for defaming the company during its coverage of the 2020… [+4908 chars]
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Where do you call home? Ive travelled and lived in so many places that the question sometimes confused me. Being eastern Ukrainian doesnt make it easy to look for your roots, either. Two world wars,… [+6351 chars]
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When Elon Musk bought Twitter nearly six months ago, bringing back white supremacists and booting journalists who had criticized him, many users felt it was the right time to leave the platform. Tho… [+9252 chars]
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently proposed a new rule that would change which foods can be labeled healthyjust the latest step in its ongoing work informing us about the food we buy … [+3091 chars]
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Tensions between Israel and the Palestinians are on the rise once more, with hopes of peace and a two-state solution as far away as ever. Jerusalem is a holy city of true believers. The atmosphere … [+8340 chars]
Read MoreOhio GOP Rep. Jim Jordan, left, and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, right.File photos/AP <ul> <li>Rep. Jim Jordan held a Manhattan hearing criticizing its 'soft-on-real-crime' DA.</li> <li>… [+5495 chars]
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Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of the Ennahda political party and one of the main opponents of the Tunisian president, Kais Saied, has been arrested, the latest in a string of opposition figures held.… [+2279 chars]
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Voices from across the political spectrum are demanding to know how 21-year-old National Guardsman Jack Teixeira even allegedly had access to top-secret classified documents on the war in Ukraine, im… [+9255 chars]
Read MoreNEW YORK On Monday morning, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on crime at an imposing federal building in Lower Manhattan. Although so-called field hearings held outside of Washington, D.C… [+10643 chars]
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An education software company has developed a program it says schools and universities can use to detect whether students are using AI to complete their tests and essays, according to a new report. … [+1887 chars]
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., vowed that he would not allow the country to default on its debt Monday, announcing the House will soon vote on a bill to raise the debt ceiling through 2023 a… [+3254 chars]
Read MoreFormer House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at an event on Capitol Hill on March 22, 2023.Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Protect Our Care <ul> <li>An Illinois man sued Nancy Pelosi's campaign for more than $31,… [+2967 chars]
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Last November, mega MAGA donor Thomas Peterffy dumped "three time loser" Trump for "fresh face" Ron DeSantis. But six months later, the disenchanted billionaire is turned off by DeSantis' authoritari… [+1057 chars]
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Rishi Sunak is clearly gripped by maths. Todays attack on what he sees as Britains anti-maths mindset is his second this year. The prime minister wants to embarrass all innumerates and make not being… [+2600 chars]
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The Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, has accused the Scottish National party of being politically bankrupt and deceitful, as further questions emerged about Nicola Sturgeons role in discussions o… [+4240 chars]
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Amid the pageantry (and the horrible family intrigue) of the approaching coronation, much will be said about the endurance of the British monarchy through the centuries, and perhaps less about how th… [+10092 chars]
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Care and Feeding is Slates parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here or post it in the Slate Parenting Facebook group. Dear Care and Feeding, My husband and I li… [+13306 chars]
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Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza is escorted to a hearing in a court in Moscow, Feb. 8. He has been imprisoned in Moscow since April 2022 for speaking out against Russia's invasion of … [+3177 chars]
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Germanys former leader Angela Merkel is to be awarded the countrys highest order of merit despite criticism over her legacy. Merkel will be presented with the honour by the president, Frank-Walter S… [+4291 chars]
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A top Republican donor said he had paused plans to fund Ron DeSantiss expected presidential run because of the Florida governors stance on abortion and book banning. Thomas Peterffy, founder of Inte… [+2053 chars]
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There is something particularly grotesque about a golliwog. Its the smile, I think, its teeth frozen in a rictus grin behind the exaggerated redness of the lips. The golliwog seems to say that not on… [+7222 chars]
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In a statement on Rishi Sunaks plan for maths teaching, the National Education Union makes the same point as the one conceded by Gillian Keegan that there arent enough teachers. Mary Bousted, the un… [+5246 chars]
Read MoreRep. Katie Porter of California.Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images <ul> <li>Rep. Katie Porter detailed an odd 2019 exchange she had with Ben Carson over housing policy.</li> <li>Cars… [+2729 chars]
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As Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., remains absent from the Senate due to complications from a shingles diagnosis, her Democratic colleague, Rep. Ro Khanna reiterated his calls on her to resign. “Sh… [+3826 chars]
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As Frances constitutional council debated the legality of Emmanuel Macrons unpopular pension reform last week, massed ranks of riot police stood by in central Paris. It was an unsettling sign of the … [+3493 chars]
Read MoreAbortion rights demonstrators in Washington, DC.Brandon Bell/Getty Images <ul> <li>Expect Democrats to make abortion rights a dominant theme in 2024.</li> <li>A recent Wisconsin election offered the… [+7038 chars]
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Dawn did not break over wartime Kyiv on Orthodox Easter Sunday. It was more that the darkness gradually paled, leaving the pinnacle of the 18th-century bell tower wreathed in a wan mist. Soon after … [+5631 chars]
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ABC News Australia recently reported that scientists from the University of Sydney have discovered that two types of fungiAspergillus terreus and Engyodontium albumare effective at breaking down poly… [+4328 chars]
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On the outskirts of the Turkish capital in a contested electoral district, two young voters tussled over the approaching election in a dessert shop, the smell of sugar and hot butter wafting through … [+8097 chars]
Read MoreFox News hosts Sean Hannity, Jeanine Pirro, and Tucker Carlson are all central to Dominion Voting Systems's lawsuit against the company.Roy Rochlin/Getty Images; Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images; Jason K… [+18576 chars]
Read MoreDetail of a store window selling seaside holiday trinkets including different sizes of racist dolls, on July 14 2017, at Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.Richard Baker / Getty Images <ul> <li>A… [+5876 chars]
Read MoreSouth Dakota Governor Kristi Noem.Scott Olson/Getty Images <ul> <li>South Dakota's governor said her nearly 2-year-old granddaughter has several guns.</li> <li>Kristi Noem rebuked Democrats for thei… [+1970 chars]
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Labour must win back significant numbers of parliamentary seats in Scotland if it is to be seen as a legitimate UK-wide government, Keir Starmer has said. Speaking on a BBC Radio 4 programme about p… [+2349 chars]
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It looks like something out of an eldritch fantasy horror, perhaps a Diablo game: a modestly sized chest covered in sharp, bony extrusions, gnarled ligaments, and twisted veins, all rendered in a pal… [+8611 chars]
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On April 12, HBO made it official: Were getting more Harry Potter. Not new Harry Potter, per se the Warner Bros. TV reboot will adapt the plot of the seven main books, retreading the content of the f… [+5778 chars]
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Twenty years ago, Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, then patriarch of one of Americas most famous political families, took on a fight to reform selective college admissions. At the tim… [+15040 chars]
Read MoreJamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., speaks at the Economic Club of Washington September 12, 2016 in Washington, DC. Dimon joined a discussion on the state of U.S., global and regio… [+7528 chars]
Read MoreNew Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu speaks during the National Rifle Association Convention in Indianapolis, Ind., on April 14, 2023.AP Photo/Darron Cummings <ul> <li>NH GOP Gov. Chris Sununu said Repub… [+2538 chars]
Read MoreArchbishop of Miami, Thomas Wenski, speaks during a news conference, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, at the Archdiocese of Miami Pastoral Center in Miami Shores, Fla.AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee <ul> <li>Miami Ar… [+3464 chars]
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees workers prepare to distribute non-food items to women at UNHCR office in Kandahar on March 8, 2022. The Taliban has demanded that Afghan women no longer … [+7881 chars]
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Thirty-six new romcoms are coming out this year on film and streamed TV. Thats three a month! Theres a boxing romcom, a tennis romcom, one set in Taipei, one on a Croatian island, one in Vietnam and … [+8791 chars]
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A popular political souvenir in Florida currently is a range of merchandise touting the services of a nonexistent travel company named DeSantis Airlines. T-shirts, drinks glasses and car decals alik… [+8532 chars]
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We called for you all to ban assault weapons, and you respond with an assault on democracy. These were the words of Justin Jones, a Black Democrat, to Tennessee Republicans after he and a colleague, … [+9984 chars]
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Thank you so much for your article (At last, a consensus is emerging on protecting women-only spaces, Comment). As a left-leaning feminist, doctor and trainee psychotherapist, I wept with joy and rel… [+6335 chars]
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New Zealand has long been known for its high ratio of sheep to people. But really what stands out on various per-capita lists is just how much we love to drive. Exact comparisons are tricky and blur… [+4514 chars]
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Taiwans defence ministry has raised the alarm about disinformation attacks during the recent Chinese military drills and warned local media about the dangers of helping to spread disinformation. Las… [+5594 chars]
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Politics reached a new low last week, with Labours adverts attacking Rishi Sunak by name. Their claims are ridiculous. I do not believe that Sunak or anyone thinks that convicted child abusers, viole… [+3646 chars]
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Nesrine Malik is profoundly right (Why Labours law and order tribute act feels hollow and overblown, 10 April). The direction adopted by these new adverts, and the mentality that inspired them, can o… [+1488 chars]
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America no longer has two parties devoted to a democratic system of self-government. We have a Democratic party, which notwithstanding a few glaring counter-examples, such as what the Democratic Nat… [+4535 chars]
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Joe Biden was in his element this week on his genial tour of Ireland, meeting the politicians, meeting the people, being Joe. But in keeping with the strange often absurd state of US national politic… [+6796 chars]
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Go hard or go home. Such is the defiantly unrepentant response of those Labour people willing to defend the partys digital attack ad on Rishi Sunak, which smeared the Tory leader with the accusation … [+8495 chars]
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The RCN ballot of members on the NHS pay deal closed at 9am. The result should be announced this afternoon, the union says. A spokesperson said: Voting closed at 9am and we have no verified result u… [+3957 chars]
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Walking in the footsteps of Jesus, huge crowds of Christian pilgrims have this month thronged Jerusalem's ancient streets where the Easter story unfolded. "It's very emotional, I already cried a lit… [+6309 chars]
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Jury selection is set to begin Thursday in Dominion Voting Systems $1.6 billion defamation trial against Fox News over the right-wing networks promotion of debunked conspiracy theories about the 2020… [+3017 chars]
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NEW YORK (AP) — Al Jaffee, Mad magazine’s award-winning cartoonist and ageless wise guy who delighted millions of kids with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of “Snappy Answers to Stupid Qu… [+5760 chars]
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Dozens of scientists from universities and environmental groups are pushing for the removal of the head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, claiming she lacks the educational … [+7121 chars]
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In the days after a federal judge in Texas ruled to reverse the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of the widely used abortion medication mifepristone, Democrats have erupted in outrage. R… [+5849 chars]
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is taking the next official step toward a bid for president in 2024. In a video released Wednesday morning, Scott announced he was for… [+2474 chars]
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Tucker Carlsons influence apparently goes beyond Republican politics, and into Rupert Murdochs love life. The Fox News media mogul recently got engaged to Ann Lesley Smith only to break things off … [+932 chars]
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It might feel like it’s too soon, but we have to talk about it. After a number of health scares, Logan Roy (Brian Cox) finally died on the third episode of Season 4 of Succession—which means that the… [+14976 chars]
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When a Texas district judge ruled on Apr. 7 that mifepristone, a drug for inducing abortion, should have its approval suspended—decades after it was granted—the decision didn’t just threaten abortion… [+6427 chars]
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When South Carolina Senator Tim Scott launched a presidential exploratory committee on Wednesday, it seemed like he had a lot going for him. His Senate colleagues speak glowingly about him. He recent… [+6187 chars]
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(NEW YORK) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sued Rep. Jim Jordan on Tuesday, an extraordinary move as he seeks to halt a House Judiciary Committee inquiry that the prosecutor contends is a “… [+4525 chars]
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In their brand-new book (which I highly recommend), "Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat," Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, and Julian Walker (who are also the hosts o… [+4616 chars]
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee a staunch Republican signed an executive order yesterday to make it (a little bit) tougher for criminals to buy guns by strengthening background checks. It's doubtful the hypo… [+2231 chars]
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Do you remember the McCain Girls and their viral hit, "Raining McCain"? If not, you should go watch it, it's quite.something. The video was released during the 2008 U.S. Presidential campaign, when J… [+5267 chars]
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles are stupid — so an engineer has figured out a way to make streets smarter.Arif Qazi / Insider Someday, maybe, you'll be driving like usual, and you'll stop at a red light, as usu… [+10568 chars]
Read MoreWell, well, well if it isn't another CPI day. Phil Rosen here March's inflation report is due at 8:30 a.m. ET today. Here's how FactSet data predicts things to shake out: <ul><li>CPI climbed 0.3% … [+5213 chars]
Read MoreA screenshot from the study "Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior," which observed AI avatars in a virtual town.arXiv/Cornell University <ul> <li>Researchers let 25 AI avatars … [+3602 chars]
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Pregnancy is often talked about as though it's a light switch. You're a regular person walking around and then a switch flips presto, you're pregnant. The reality is more nuanced. "Sex ed really ov… [+9150 chars]
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Justin Pearson could be reinstated to the Tennessee House on Wednesday, through a vote by the Shelby County Commission. Pearson is seen here on April 6, the day he was expelled from the state legisla… [+2934 chars]
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Normally it is difficult for a visitor to arrive in Ireland without seeing large signs proclaiming how welcome they are. The fusillade of unionist hostility that marked Joe Bidens visit to Belfast su… [+6030 chars]
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The junior doctors union has asked the conciliation service Acas to look into ways of breaking the deadlock in their dispute with the government over their claim for a 35% pay rise. Tens of thousand… [+3961 chars]
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The recent revelations of lavish gifts and travel that a Republican megadonor showered on Justice Clarence Thomas reflect a larger Supreme Court culture of nondisclosure, little explanation, and no c… [+6590 chars]
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Born and raised in Nubia, southern Egypt, the 29-year-old Jehad Ashraf is the first in her family to grow up not understanding the Nubian language. I lived in Aswan my whole life, she says, but none … [+6638 chars]
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Ive always been enraged by the injustice in this world. My life has been defined by wars, violent sanctions, and a US/UK occupation that caused insurmountable tragedy to my life and to the lives of m… [+4766 chars]
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When Tennessee lawmakers expelled two Black legislators from the states Republican-dominated house of representatives, pundits described the decision as stunning and historic. Joe Biden called it sho… [+6900 chars]
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Six months out from a general election, New Zealands politics sits on a knife-edge, with the Labour and National parties splitting the vote evenly in recent polls. Polling from over the Easter weeke… [+2460 chars]
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A recent shooting at a Louisville, Kentucky, bank was especially personal for the citys mayor, Craig Greenberg. Greenberg, a survivor of workplace gun violence himself, revealed that he had lost a c… [+5128 chars]
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As someone who led BBC News, Newsnight and Today teams through the spin battles in the 1990s, I share Marina Hydes shock at the tactics the Labour leader now uses to attack Rishi Sunak (What was that… [+3253 chars]
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Rachael Lennon married her wife in a medieval hall in Northumberland four years after same-sex marriages became legal. It was a June day in 2017, and it rained until just before 2pm, when the wedding… [+14435 chars]
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Ai Ishimori was teaching Japanese cookery classes in France when she was gripped by an urge to return to her home country. Shinzo Abe was prime minister at the time, and a group of older men were do… [+6024 chars]
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A Thursday report that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted luxury travel and hospitality perks from a billionaire Republican donor was met with both renewed criticism of how the justi… [+5740 chars]
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Nothing illustrates the endemic doublethink of the GOP better than Anthony Scaramucci's description of Donald Trump: "This is a family guy. Whether you like Mr. Trump or not, he's sort of the Logan R… [+1084 chars]
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Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday said she hopes her legacy will be showing the world you can be a nerd, a crier, a hugger and still a leader. In her farewell speech befo… [+2373 chars]
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Wearing huge grins and bathed in California sunshine, U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy welcomed Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley on Wednesday, t… [+7472 chars]
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Rick Scott wants to know what I think of the speech he’s about to give. “Pretty aggressive, right?” he says with a bashful grin. The Republican senator from Florida has just walked into the Conserva… [+23826 chars]
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Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., got into his second shouting match with a Republican lawmaker in less than a week as he yelled at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to leave New York City on the day for… [+2522 chars]
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Read MoreClarence Thomas in 2008.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images <ul> <li>Former GOP House members are slamming Justice Clarence Thomas over his cozy relationship with a billionaire.</li> <li>ProPublica report… [+2377 chars]
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The Labour frontbencher Jess Phillips has opened up about taking anti-anxiety medication amid the experiences and attacks she has faced an MP, but said: Im a tough old bird. The Westminster Bridge t… [+3239 chars]
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On Tuesday afternoon, for the first time ever, a former U.S. president exited his vehicle and entered a criminal court to surrender on a grand jury indictment. NPR, CNBC, The New York Times, The Wash… [+7638 chars]
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Finland became the 31st member of NATO today, in a swift journey that began in response to Russia’s Ukraine invasion. “This is really an historic day. It’s a great day for the alliance,” NATO chief … [+5369 chars]
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North Carolina state Rep. Tricia Cotham announces she is switching affiliation to the Republican Party at a news conference on Wednesday. Hannah Schoenbaum/AP Welcome to the NPR series where we spo… [+4453 chars]
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Janet Protasiewiczs victory in the Wisconsin supreme court race on Tuesday amounted to a political earthquake in Wisconsin, one of Americas most volatile political battlegrounds. Her victory undersc… [+5922 chars]
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When benefits rise in line with soaring inflation on Thursday, expect a sea of self-congratulation. The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, and his fellow ministers will pretend they wanted to boost benefits al… [+5506 chars]
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Reporters were lined up outside overnight, hoping to get one of just a handful of press seats in the courtroom. Protesters arrived, too, both supporting and opposed to the former president, and the c… [+6678 chars]
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Tuesday marks the day that Donald Trump, the 45thpresident of the United States, finally begins to fulfill one of his major campaign promises of 2016. By surrendering himself to authorities in New Yo… [+6694 chars]
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Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday. Bryan Woolston/AP Fresh off a historic arraignment, former President Donald Trump is still very much running to regain office in 2024. This i… [+3427 chars]
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Donald Trump on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges of falsifying business records and conspiracy related to his role in hush money payments to cover up an alleged extramarital affair in … [+4257 chars]
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Thérèse Coffey has admitted she cannot end the sewage scandal, in what critics are calling a complete abdication of duty. Launching her departments cleaner water plan at the London Wetland Centre in… [+3492 chars]
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Polish farmers are threatening to derail a visit to Warsaw by Volodymyr Zelenskiy over claims that Ukrainian grain is flooding their market, in a move that would provide Russia with valuable evidence… [+3709 chars]
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One of the biggest challenges to the future of American democracy is unfolding this Tuesday, but not in Manhattan. Its occurring in Wisconsin. Beyond the fact that no former president has ever faced… [+5201 chars]
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Donald Trump is set to appear in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday, an extraordinary scene that marks the first time in American history a former US president has faced criminal charges. Trump, the 4… [+4064 chars]
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When Arline Geronimus arrived at Princeton University in the late 1970s to study politics, she entered a world of entitlement and privilege that she never knew existed. The college was marinaded in t… [+13950 chars]
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Sanna Marin was the most popular prime minister in Finland this century. She was praised for her handling of the Covid pandemic and led her country to join Nato with overwhelming support. In Sundays… [+5539 chars]
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For observers of a progressive persuasion, Sundays Finnish election turned out to be an unwelcome repeat episode of Nordic noir. Last autumn, Sweden ejected a Social Democrat prime minister and insta… [+3281 chars]
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Rishi Sunaks announcement of a crackdown on sexual exploitation by grooming gangs appears to be the product of highly partisan political calculation, rather than the careful thought this problem dese… [+3251 chars]
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NEW DELHI (AP) Indias top opposition leader and fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was expelled from Parliament Friday, a day after a court convicted him of defamation and sentenced him to… [+5270 chars]
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Ugandan lawmakers passed a more literal "Don't say gay" law than Florida's grade-school ban on such discussions, making it outright illegal to identify as LGBTQ there. Homosexual acts are already ill… [+1325 chars]
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The outstanding characteristic of the journalist, writer, and lecturer Melanie McFadyean, who has died of cancer aged 72, was fearlessness. To this was added a wild sense of humour, a generosity of s… [+5034 chars]
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Some rage against the dying of the light. Boris Johnson is howling into the wind. Crying out for meaning, begging for attention. Anything but be forgotten. But his time is up. All that remains for hi… [+4923 chars]
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Donald Trumps principal lawyer, Evan Corcoran, was seen entering federal court in Washington moments ago. He is scheduled to testify there today before the grand jury investigating the federal crimi… [+2945 chars]
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Ireti Kingibe is not the usual Nigerian politician. Four years ago, the engineer wife of a former minister was considering leaving the country for the US or Britain, or at least going on a cruise. T… [+5658 chars]
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When Albanias leader Edi Rama doodles in his prime ministerial office, he is consumed by what he calls his artistic spirit. The act of sketching over sheets of A4 sized paper, on used printouts, note… [+5027 chars]
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Decades of silence and fear followed the 1977 massacre of perhaps as many as 90,000 people in Angola, but as the families of the disappeared started to speak out, demanding answers, the government to… [+6918 chars]
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Australia's leader has unveiled crucial details of a planned referendum which could see it change its constitution for the first time in almost 50 years. If approved, the vote later this year would … [+5853 chars]
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French President Emmanuel Macron has been criticised after he removed a "luxury" watch during an interview about raising the pension age to 64. France is gripped by protests and strikes over Mr Macr… [+2467 chars]
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Studies Weekly, a publisher that provides educational periodicals for Floridas K-6 grades, revised one of their lesson plans for the 2022-2023 school year to take out race as the reason Rosa Parks wa… [+6323 chars]
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Uncertainty prevails over India's senior opposition leader Rahul Gandhi's status as a lawmaker after he was sentenced to two years in prison in a criminal defamation case. The verdict delivered by a… [+2643 chars]
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