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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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One of Thailand's most prominent political activists, Arnon Nampa, has been sentenced to four years in prison under the country's much-criticised royal defamation, or lese-majeste law. He was convi… [+4702 chars]
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Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu has been warned against jogging in public, as police describe his weekly workouts as "political activism". His Saturday runs with ordinary members of the public… [+2115 chars]
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Cicero, the Roman orator and politician of the first century B.C.E., spoke up over and over againwhile stamping his feet for effect in between sentences, if his own testimony is to be believedfor the… [+21774 chars]
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Spark was not much of a magazine. Handwritten and mimeographed secretly with a primitive machine at a sulfuric-acid plant in a remote region of central China, the publication began in 1960 and never … [+13426 chars]
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Their relationships might be close, the handshakes might have been firm, but President Volodymyr Zelensky had to roll his sleeves up during his trip to the US and Canada. The latter was the easier e… [+3805 chars]
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A massive teachers' strike in Nepal has entered its third day, disrupting classes for millions of students across all public schools. About 110,000 teachers are protesting an education reform bill i… [+3266 chars]
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NEW YORK Media magnate Rupert Murdoch on Monday announced that he would be stepping down as the leader of both Fox News parent company and his News Corp media holdings with his son, Lachlan, set to t… [+5499 chars]
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The Indian parliament has passed a bill that guarantees a third of seats for women in the lower house of parliament and state assemblies. But the country is a long way away from seeing more women e… [+6420 chars]
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On Monday, Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, accused Indias government of having a role in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen and Sikh separatist who was gunned down i… [+7452 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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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Two Memphis jail deputies have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Black man who was having a psychotic episode and died in custody last fall after jailers punc… [+3329 chars]
Read MoreRep. Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican, said she does not discuss policy with her landlord who is a top official at a Koch-backed group.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) <ul> <li>Rep. Lauren Boebert i… [+5602 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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Few directors seem better suited to a galaxy far, far, away than Guillermo del Toro. The Oscar-winning director of The Shape of Water, Pans Labyrinth, Hellboy, Pacific Rim, and so many others, thrive… [+2667 chars]
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India took a major step forward for gender equality this week when Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a special session in parliament, announced a bill that would reserve one-third of seats in the … [+4996 chars]
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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to achieve by 2030. United Nations What if you made a self-improvement plan and failed to meet your goals. Imagine that in a moment of unusu… [+9722 chars]
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President Biden went to four fundraisers while he was in New York City attending the U.N. General Assembly, including this one at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway on Sept. 19. Jim Watson/AFP vi… [+4837 chars]
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Nine Memphis jail deputies have been indicted in the death of a Black man who was having a psychotic episode and died in custody last fall after jailers punched, kicked and kneeled … [+4471 chars]
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Carl Day is a pastor at Culture Changing Christians in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood. Marc Rivers/NPR Philadelphia pastor Carl Day says he'll vote to reelect President Joe Biden in 2024 if… [+3913 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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Once, Octavia Butler (June 22, 1947–February 24, 2006) set out to write a memoir. But she found that “it felt too much like stripping in public,” so she abandoned it. Today, all of her autobiographic… [+5331 chars]
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An exhibition in New York about a controversial Thai law that criminalizes insulting the countrys monarchy welcomed an unlikely visitor this week: the son of Thailands king. Vacharaesorn Vivacharawo… [+5042 chars]
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Midway through the Q.-&-A. section of Nikki Haleys town hall, earlier this month, at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Merrimack, New Hampshire, a man named Ted Johnson stood up to announce th… [+8274 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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Jason Selvig from The Good Liars comedy duo recently interviewed a pro-life protester and posted the resulting interview onto X (formerly known as Twitter), where the clip quickly went viral and caus… [+3726 chars]
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Listen and subscribe:Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen Sign up to receive our twice-weekly News & Politics newsletter. About 1.4 million people in the United States end up in homel… [+1227 chars]
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Today? Theyre about the same size. In fact, the right-wing media might finally be bigger. Mainstream media audiences and newsrooms have shrunk. Consider: In 1990, newspapers reached 63 million reader… [+1622 chars]
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MIAMI Carlos Campos came to Miami from Venezuela in 1979, before dictator Hugo Chávezs socialist revolution brought about the unraveling of the oil-rich country. But it wasnt until 2016 that Campos b… [+27094 chars]
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Batters pointed to Poilievres rally-style convention speech, in which he closed on an image of a young couple savoring a home they could afford, one of them clutching a hard-earned paycheck on a warm… [+4470 chars]
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy talks to reporters about launching an impeachment inquiry into President Biden on Sept. 14, 2023. J. Scott Applewhite/AP When Republicans took power in the House of Rep… [+9036 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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One way or another, all love affairs end often badly. At least in politics. In 2015, when he became prime minister with a robust majority at age 43, Justin Trudeau was feted as the reincarnation of … [+7093 chars]
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The same week his state outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles, a Black high school student in Texas was suspended because school officials said his locs violated the district's dress cod… [+7677 chars]
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As top tech leaders visited Capitol Hill last week for more AI conversations some under oath and others behind closed doors several of the largest platforms released even more generative AI tools for… [+5512 chars]
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Tens of thousands of people have rallied in the US city of New York, calling for urgent action against climate change ahead of the opening of the United Nations General Assembly. Protesters from som… [+3701 chars]
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Secret Pakistani arms sales to the U.S. helped to facilitate a controversial bailout from the International Monetary Fund earlier this year, according to two sources with knowledge of the arrangeme… [+16450 chars]
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Rep. Lauren Boebert addressed the incident where she was kicked out of a Denver performance ofthe musical Beetlejuice, claiming in an interview with One America News that she was removed from the the… [+2459 chars]
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On the heels of Apple’s “Wonderlust” special event, Apple CEO Tim Cook sat down with John Dickerson for an interview on CBS Sunday Morning. In the interview, Cook discussed Apple’s environmental goal… [+3360 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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Congress is back at work after a summer recess, and facing several House committees this fall is work on allegations involving President Biden's conduct. Mariam Zuhaib/AP Impeachment of the preside… [+12017 chars]
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Catastrophic flooding earlier this week in Libya killed at least 10,000 people, with more than 30,000 people displaced, after Storm Daniel pummeled the coast and two dams broke in quick succession. … [+3261 chars]
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Much later in the novel, after the trial is closed, Eliza takes the surprisingly bold step of asking Bogle to lunch. And its here, in Bogles story, that the novel comes assuredly to life. We go back … [+2588 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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He says, Its a heavy lift, but I believe Colin Allred has the best background and the ability to increase minority turnout, earn minority support, and win a larger share of the Anglo vote. A lo… [+1426 chars]
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Lets begin with the states; they are raring to go. Texas, for example, seems to regard Supreme Court decisions as mild suggestions. In 2021, its SB 8 abortion bill didnt merely test the boundaries of… [+3111 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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With the success of the G20 Summit in Delhi, is Narendra Modi making a mark globally as Jawaharlal Nehru did on the world stage after Independence? Indias first prime minister had carved out a niche … [+6377 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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When political parties decide to forge alliances ahead of an election it is usually dictated by the need for expansion of their respective political bases besides being an acknowledgement of the exis… [+8474 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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The election season is heating up, with the INDIA action of announcing a list of 14 TV anchors its parties will boycott, set to rule the airwaves for some time. The BJP has thrown its weight behind m… [+2793 chars]
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Seven filmmakers will benefit from one of the most generous grants in the documentary field, as the North Points Institute today announced the recipients of the inaugural Diane Weyermann Fellowships.… [+11368 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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Erasing your digital footprint could get a lot easier by 2026. California lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill known as the Delete Act that would allow consumers, with a single request, to have every… [+3672 chars]
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Medan, Indonesia In the early 2000s, the potential for terror attacks in Southeast Asia appeared dramatically different from today. Indonesia was rocked by the Christmas Eve church bombings on Decem… [+8248 chars]
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Concerns are increasing in Brussels over the July migration pact agreed between the European Union and Tunisia with analysts saying European aid is increasingly being used to prop up authoritarian an… [+7374 chars]
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Rempang, Indonesia Demonstrations have rocked Indonesias Riau province as residents of Rempang Island protest against government plans to evict thousands of people to make way for a multibillion-doll… [+6221 chars]
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Islamabad, Pakistan As Umar Ata Bandial prepares to hang up his robe on Saturday, ending his tenure as Pakistans 28th chief justice, his detractors and supporters say he will be remembered as one of … [+7122 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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Mahmoud Abbas, the usually low-profile president of the Palestinian Authority, was widely condemned around the world this week, including by prominent Palestinian intellectuals, after making antise… [+10810 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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Examining the voters assembled behind Trump and the minority who are backing other candidates is essential to understanding how he came to dominate the fight for the GOP nomination. It also underscor… [+5307 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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Though were still more than a year out from the 2024 presidential election, the season for Democratic bedwetting has come early this cycle. Leading the apparent panic this month are a series of polls… [+13042 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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By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING/HANOI (Reuters) - Chinese defence minister Li Shangfu abruptly pulled out of a meeting with Vietnamese defence leaders last week, three officials with direct knowledge of the… [+4083 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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A series of high-profile trials against ringleaders of the Capitol riot culminated last week in the sentencing of former Proud Boy leader Enrique Tarrio to 22 years in prison. More than 1,100 people … [+6335 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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Jewish families are gathering to mark Rosh Hashanah (Sep. 15-17), the start of the new year in the Jewish calendar, and fast for Yom Kippur (Sep. 24-25), a day of atonement. Yet the holiest days of t… [+10571 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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As House lawmakers return from a summer recess next week, with less than a month to pass a federal budget, the GOPs hard-right flank plans to impose a thorny ultimatum on its caucus: open an impeachm… [+7572 chars]
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Nearly a decade ago, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Malaysias sovereign wealth fund, was found to have been embezzled of billions of dollars in a yearslong kleptocratic operation that spanned t… [+6972 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]
Read MoreDave Clark left a top job at Amazon to join Flexport. A year later, he abruptly resigned.REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson <ul> <li>Dave Clark left his role as Amazon's worldwide consumer CEO in 2022 to join F… [+4356 chars]
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This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIMEs politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Simple men dont get elected to the White House. They increasingly try to … [+7025 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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We often develop slang or codewords to keep the others from understanding what we’re saying. Here’s an example (thanks BK) of the lengths that some are going to be able to take about Chinese politics… [+743 chars]
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Sarah Palin has a gift for uttering semi-coherent statements that make her out to be a victim of nefarious agents of the deep state. Whenever she or any of her MAGA compatriots stumble into mishaps o… [+1236 chars]
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This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIMEs politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Theres a dividing line in the Republican Party, and you can find it right… [+5829 chars]
Read MoreJanet Protasiewicz, left, was sworn in as a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice on August 1, 2023.AP Photo/Morry Gash <ul> <li>Wisconsin Republicans are floating the potential impeachment of state Supre… [+3972 chars]
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A barrier to deter migrants from crossing from Mexico into the U.S. floats in the Rio Grande at Eagle Pass, Texas. Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge in Texas has ruled that a con… [+2866 chars]
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"Books are a uniquely portable magic." Many readers have, at some point, come across this famous Stephen King quote. The process of creating books is also magic, and that magic gives characters the… [+4941 chars]
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In the aftermath of the Civil War, the Constitution was amended to disqualify from office those political leaders who had betrayed their oath and "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" against the Un… [+7223 chars]
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Some small towns are disbanding their police forces, reports the Associated Press. They're unable to pay the salaries that potential officers expect, goes the reportage, with the implicit suggestion … [+1808 chars]
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Matthew House, a day shelter for the homeless on Chicago's south side. This address was listed on 50 separate applications for emergency PPP small business loans. Martin Kaste/NPR An anonymous tips… [+6121 chars]
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If there was any doubt about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas identification with the Republican establishment, it dissolved last week when he filed his annual financial disclosure report, which… [+5994 chars]
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Ukraine will get a transformational amount of foreign aid in the next few years as it rebuilds from Russias invasion. But it could be its tiny neighbor Moldova that undergoes the greatest post-war tr… [+8589 chars]
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Dear Prudence is Slates advice column. Submit questions here. (Its anonymous!) Dear Prudence, My brother and his wife had my niece from a donated embryoand plan to never tell her about it. Despite … [+10555 chars]
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(AUSTIN, Texas) The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton began Tuesday with the embattled Republican facing accusations of corruption and bribery that have shadowed him for years. … [+5677 chars]
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The former leader of the far-right Proud Boys group will be sentenced on Tuesday for his role in the US Capitol riot. Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, 39, was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other char… [+4956 chars]
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Nearly 35 years ago, Scott Johnson, a gay American mathematician, was found dead beneath a cliff in Sydney, Australia. Investigators quickly determined the 27-year-old died by suicide. But his older… [+5635 chars]
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Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis shakes hands with fairgoers at the Iowa State Fair, August 12 in Des Moines, Iowa. Jeff Roberson/AP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been la… [+4479 chars]
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You could call it an age-old question: How old is too old to hold public office? Long-debated in American politics, it's come to the fore once again after an alarming moment last week when Senate Mi… [+9296 chars]
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Literature bores me, especially great literature, the narrator of one of John Berrymans Dream Songs says. George Eliot sometimes bores me, especially the George Eliot draped in greatness. Think of th… [+14854 chars]
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(To receive weekly emails of conversations with the worlds top CEOs and decisionmakers, clickhere.) Who do the worlds most powerful CEOs turn to when they need advice? Dominique Turpin would be high… [+8662 chars]
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US President Joe Biden has vowed to give Florida any support it needs to help rebuild in the wake of Tropical Storm Idalia's destruction. Mr Biden was speaking during a visit to the state, where at … [+2747 chars]
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Former US ambassador to the UN Bill Richardson has died aged 75, his foundation has announced. Serving under President Bill Clinton, he won admiration for his commitment to securing the release of … [+4284 chars]
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Few games have as wild of a development journey as Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines 2. A sequel to a cult-classic vampire RPG from the mid-2000s, Bloodlines 2 began its life as a 2016 pitch from… [+6730 chars]
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President Joe Biden on Saturday morning offered his first on-camera reaction to his meeting with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis falling through as he surveys Hurricane Idalia damage. "I don't know," Bide… [+2358 chars]
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WASHINGTON Bill Richardson, a two-term Democratic governor of New Mexico and an American ambassador to the United Nations who also worked for years to secure the release of Americans detained by fore… [+7518 chars]
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Andrey Melnichenko.Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images <ul><li>One of Russia's richest men, Andrey Melnichenko, said the Ukraine war had made him a "pariah."</li><li>Melnichenko now lives in the UAE, where… [+2145 chars]
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WASHINGTON Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ' office said Friday that he has no plans to meet with President Joe Biden when the Democrat flies to Florida this weekend to survey damage from Hurric… [+5344 chars]
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Contemporary discourse has little patience with maddening contradictions of the kind that Wagner embodies.Photograph from brandstaetter images / Getty Wagner calls off threat to march on Russia capi… [+13453 chars]
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Listen and subscribe:Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen Sign upto receive our twice-weekly News & Politics newsletter. Mark Meadows, Donald Trumps former right-hand man, took the st… [+881 chars]
Read MorePeter Csathy writes that Musk's fingerprints are all over virtually every major aspect of our lives and no other captain of industry has ever come close to this kind of power, not even the great Stev… [+6577 chars]
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Gov. Ron DeSantis arrives for a press conference in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia on Aug. 31, 2023 in Steinhatchee, Fla. Sean Rayford/Getty Images President Biden on Saturday is slated to surve… [+1645 chars]
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Proud Boy Dominic Pezzola sobbed in a Washington, D.C., courtroom Friday as he asked a federal judge for leniency in his Jan. 6 sentence and vowed to stay out of politics in the future. However, aft… [+1657 chars]
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He's the longest-serving party leader in the history of the US Senate, but - amid a very public health struggle - Mitch McConnell's time in office may be nearing its end. In an age when many politic… [+7324 chars]
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TIRANA, Albania (AP) Albania's first post-communist prime minister, Fatos Nano, was in a hospital and fighting for his life, the current prime ministers office said Thursday. Nano, 70, has been in i… [+1683 chars]
Read MoreRemember the "deep state"? That hidden cabal of government bureaucrats who were supposedly interfering with the Trump administration's agenda? President Donald Trump spent four weird years scapegoati… [+9127 chars]
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Pita Limjaroenrat doesnt look like a defeated man. The 42-year-old former tech executive strides into the meeting room of his upstart Move Forward Partys Bangkok headquarters wearing an immaculate na… [+14219 chars]
Read MoreFulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.AP Photo/John Bazemore, File <ul> <li>A handful of GOP Georgia lawmakers are trying to impeach or defund District Attorney Fani Willis.</li> <li>The state… [+2836 chars]
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Across the last few decades in the U.S., we have experienced widespread debates and even violent conflicts over American history. Battles like these typically erupt during times of social change, whe… [+12661 chars]
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Mexico's opposition coalition has named an outspoken female senator with indigenous roots as their candidate for the 2024 presidential election. Xóchitl Gálvez is a 60-year-old computer engineer and… [+2100 chars]
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This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIMEs politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Tim Scott had an utterly unremarkable evening at his first presidential d… [+7856 chars]
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Park and Recs own Ronald Ulysses Ron Swanson, the internets favorite small-government libertarian, is the latest television character to visit a video game in a new video from talented YouTube creato… [+1982 chars]
Read MoreRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.Jeff Bachner/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images <ul> <li>In a NYT interview, AOC pushed back against DeSantis over his idea to send U… [+2811 chars]
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Russia's imperial past looms large over Moscow. The Kremlin walls and towers make visitors feel like tiny specks on Red Square. Five miles away, I get a similar feeling when I go to Victory Park. It… [+6580 chars]
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Maddie Abuyuan / HuffPost; Getty ImagesTupac, Ice-T, and N.W.A. America Has Always Tried To Be Hip-Hops Overseer In the early 1980s, when hip-hop was cementing itself in the Black community, so was… [+13146 chars]
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The cryptocurrency markets are often about timing; buy the right coin at the right time and significant gains can be made. A good example of this is Pepe – which increased by over 7,000% within three… [+52184 chars]
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GUATEMALA CITY Guatemalas Aug. 20 presidential election has been bogged down in court and legal challenges despite the fact the results were clear: Progressive candidate Bernardo Arévalo won about 61… [+4292 chars]
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Amid the hype over the cinematic double whammy of "Barbenheimer", another movie has crept up in the box office rankings this summer: Soundof Freedom. Directed and co-written by Alejandro Monteverde,… [+10484 chars]
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A U.K.-based tech expert said he is not losing sleep at night over the recent growth of artificial intelligence but argued he does have concerns over AI potentially becoming a hellish boss that overs… [+5460 chars]
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After Donald Trump skipped the first GOP primary debate, he dropped in popularity by six points, according to a national Emerson poll conducted Aug.2526. Although 50% of Republican voters polled said… [+2452 chars]
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is going all out to convince citizens that seafood is safe to consume. On Sunday, the presidential office announced that it would serve Korean seafood at its caf… [+4629 chars]
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How to separate the legal implications from the politics. "> Theres a hustle afoot around the Supreme Courts recent decision striking down affirmative action, Students for Fair Admissions v. Har… [+7890 chars]
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If you want to hear a different perspective on the war in Ukraine, talk to Samuel Charap. A fine-featured Russia analyst with, at forty-three, a head of gray hair, Charap works at the RAND Corporatio… [+10396 chars]
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Committees could work in concert with their candidates, opening up millions of party dollars to individual campaigns and allowing party committees to purchase TV air time at the much cheaper rates of… [+6441 chars]
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Email marketing is killer. It works. Its awesome. You need to do it. But in order to truly harness the power of email marketing, its important to understand the psychology behind it and to know how … [+21615 chars]
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Republican legislative leaders arent taking up significant any gun control changes, including the governors push to keep guns away from people judged to pose a threat to themselves or others. The vo… [+4397 chars]
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In the hours after a racially motivated shooting in Jacksonville, Florida over the weekend, parts of the fringe right and far-right of American politics were quick to compare it with a previous mass … [+4894 chars]
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Netflix will always be my go-to source for streaming entertainment, thanks to everything from its gritty crime dramas that keep me glued to my screen, in addition to fantastic documentaries, hot new … [+4369 chars]
Read MoreAl Asad Airbase in Iraq's western Anbar desert.AP Photo/Nasser Nasser <ul> <li>In January 2020, Iran fired nearly a dozen ballistic missiles at an Iraqi base housing US troops.</li> <li>No US person… [+5554 chars]
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Popular music has never been completely separate from politics, but the Billboard charts have rarely felt so directly tied to reactionary conservative emotion than it has this summer. Oliver Anthonys… [+2544 chars]
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Staten Island residents are expected to protest a migrant shelter at a former Catholic school Monday evening one day after the NYPD arrested six people outside Gracie Mansion rallying against Mayor E… [+3478 chars]
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Prominent Los Angeles County politician Mark Ridley-Thomas was sentenced today to three years and six months in prison for voting in support of county contracts that would favor USC while accepting b… [+2588 chars]
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He went from toiling as a plumber in suburban Toledo, Ohio, to life as a media sensation when he asked Obama about his tax plan during a campaign stop. Their exchange and Obamas response that he wan… [+1331 chars]
Read MoreThe climate crisis has hit home this year for many Americans — its effects have been nearly inescapable in most parts of the country. With that, writes Bill McKibben, has come a sense of unease about… [+1241 chars]
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Stop having elections in the United States, writes Adam Grant in The New York Times. Grant, an organizational psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, proposes using sortition… [+2251 chars]
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The policy passed last month by the Chino Valley Unified School Board requires schools to inform parents whenever a student asks to use a different name or pronoun than whats in their official record… [+1911 chars]
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Sundial is against sitting idle, and calls not just to hear its own voice, but to enter into conversation in the griot tradition of call and response. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Hip-hop has been ef… [+8474 chars]
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Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" is one of the best big-budget sci-fi movies of the past few years, a fantastic adaptation that captures the epic scope of Frank Herbert's magnum opus, its politics, vast wor… [+1165 chars]
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John Kezdy, the singer in Chicago punk band the Effigies, has died, reports Streetsblog Chicago, citing the Cook County Medical Examiners Office. According to the report, Kezdy died on Saturday, Augu… [+2478 chars]
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Were at an inflection point, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta said. More and more public-health officials are dusting off their old face masks and encouraging Americans to do the sam… [+6540 chars]
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was booed by attendees at a Jacksonville vigil for three people shot and killed by a white supremacist gunman on Saturday. “Your policies caused this!” one member of t… [+3620 chars]
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Menace II Society, which celebrated the 30th anniversary of its theatrical release in May, was not the first urban drama to capture the nations attention in the late 1980s and 1990s, but it was among… [+12614 chars]
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These conditions, Desmond argues, persist because employers, landlords, loan sharks, andless directlylarge swaths of the upper middle class benefit. In this analysis, Desmond is building on his work … [+2308 chars]
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Madath Thekkepat Vasudevan Nair, or just MT for scores of Malayalis, is a cultural phenomenon. He turned 90 on July 15. His Navati birthday celebrations reveal the genuine admiration, affection and a… [+18523 chars]
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Vivek Ramaswamy, rising in the polls and buoyed by the first Republican primary debate this week, was barnstorming through central Iowa on Friday with a trademark smile and a remarkably bleak generat… [+8040 chars]
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India landed its spacecraft on the Moon on August 23, making Chandrayaan-3 a successful mission. It is now one of four countries the other three being, the United States, China and Soviet Russia to l… [+5237 chars]
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It is noticeable that of late, BJP representatives avoid speaking on the contentious issue. It is believed that they have been instructed to keep silent till after the 2024 poll. The BJP fears that t… [+3760 chars]
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The differences in the INDIA bloc of Opposition parties are now apparent in Punjab, with the state Congress leadership making it clear that it is not keen on working with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) th… [+4509 chars]
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Pakistan bowling great Wasim Akram on Sunday said the upcoming Asia Cup will test readiness of subcontinental bowlers for 50-overs cricket ahead of the ODI World Cup, but refused to pick any favourit… [+2992 chars]
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While Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2 has been breaking many records at the box office, it’s also has drawn criticism from certain sections. The Anil Sharma directorial has been called an ‘anti-Pakistani’ film … [+2991 chars]
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Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been provided with a slew of new facilities at Attock District Jail and expressed his satisfaction over them to a top police officer during his visit t… [+3019 chars]
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Anyone who works with Amitabh Bachchan has only words of praise for him, and not just as a performer but also a supportive and secure co-star. Kaykay Menon, who shared space with the thespian in Sark… [+1909 chars]
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The Haryana government has stepped up security arrangements in Nuh after the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) said it would resume the Braj Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra, during which communal violence began o… [+4906 chars]
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To former Vice President Mike Pence, hes Vih-veck. To a Fox and Friends panellist Thursday morning, he was Vee-veck. And to some Iowa voters, its Vy-vick if they said his name at all.Vivek Ramaswamy,… [+4172 chars]
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Is the TV show Suits realistic? The answer is a loud no. Yet, here we’ll extract a few important lessons from the show about life and business that are actually grounded in reality and somewhat usefu… [+5593 chars]
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To all my paid subscribers, I know I intimated last week that I was working on a Robbie Robertson/Band appreciation, which plenty of you expressed enthusiasm about. (The others, who only listen to Ta… [+17412 chars]
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Since the promotion celebrations at Bramall Lane, it has been a fraught summer for Sheffield United as they look to reconstruct their squad in time for a successful Premier League season. "Everything… [+6328 chars]
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Earlier this month, after more than two years of closed-door negotiations, the United States and Iran agreed to a prisoner swap deal, which once implemented, will see Tehran releasing five US-Iranian… [+7617 chars]
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Zimbabwes President Emmerson Mnangagwa has won a second and final term in office in an outcome rejected by the opposition and questioned by observers. Mnangagwa, who took over from longtime leader R… [+4240 chars]
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Robyn Schiff’s Information Desk: An Epic is “less a poem about art, or work, than a poem about braided time,” writes Ange Mlinko in our Summer Issue. Inspired by Schiff’s time working at the help des… [+8838 chars]
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In 1969, the mysterious Tom Forçade insinuated himself into the top echelons of countercultural politics by taking control of the Underground Press Syndicate, a coalition of anti-establishment newspa… [+32619 chars]
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President Joe Biden rubbed salt into Donald Trumps wounds Friday, chuckling about his rival's now infamous mug shot while making a snarky remark. JB poked fun at DT after he walked out of a Pilates … [+1042 chars]
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Their visits are in part self-serving for a group of ambitious politicians. But they are also a way of boosting Biden in absentia as Democrats nationally and in New Hampshire continue to clash over t… [+7238 chars]
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The latest in a long history of American racist killings was at the forefront of Sunday services at St. Paul AME Church, about 3 miles from the crime scene. Our hearts are broken, the Rev. Willie Ba… [+6079 chars]
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Opponents counter New York City is the one thats overreaching. They say its trying to effectively end the force-feeding of ducks that doesnt happen downstate but rather 100 miles northwest in the Cat… [+6919 chars]
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The growth of podcasting and its popularity over the past decade has been nothing short of amazing, with millions of listeners tuning in to their favorite shows every day. Thanks to this passionate a… [+26497 chars]
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To watch The Simpsons is to watch a master class in cultural parody. On any given episode in its golden years, viewers would be treated to countless pitch-perfect spoofs of landmark film and televisi… [+5464 chars]
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Terry Gou, who founded contract manufacturer to the stars Foxconn, has delivered on his previous promise to stand for election as president of Taiwan. Gou launched his candidacy with a speech and a … [+2256 chars]
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How active is your company when it comes to social media marketing? Its great if you have a Facebook profile, Twitter account, and Instagram page, but if you dont have a presence on YouTube, youre m… [+11275 chars]
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The Apple Store on Regent Street in London In the latest Apple Crime Blotter, Rudy Giuliani talks iCloud after his arrest, Apple products are stolen from baseball and soccer stars, and another big … [+6928 chars]
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Theirs was a relationship borne out of the murky world where Russia's state security services mingled with the criminal underworld. While Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner military company grew into one o… [+8286 chars]
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) was booed on Sunday at a vigil for the victims of Saturdays racist attack at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville. Three people were killed in the shooting. Footage … [+1495 chars]
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Chinas economy was meant to drive a third of global economic growth this year, so its dramatic slowdown in recent months is sounding alarm bells across the world. Policymakers are bracing for a hit… [+7534 chars]
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HOUSTON (AP) The library at Houstons Lockhart Elementary had been a refuge for 8-year-old Sydney, who has struggled because of dyslexia. The schools librarian, Cheryl Hensley, curated a space that en… [+5536 chars]
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TEL AVIV, Israel Israel's far-right national security minister lashed out at supermodel Bella Hadid on Friday for criticizing his recent fiery televised remarks about Palestinians in the occupied Wes… [+4923 chars]
Read MoreSince Donald Trump's mugshot was released on Thursday fans and critics of the former president are selling t-shirts, mugs, posters — and turning a real profit.Mark Romano via Etsy/Fulton County sheri… [+10146 chars]
Read MoreLawyers attend the judges' inspection of the reconstruction of the MH17 wreckage, as part of the murder trial ahead of the beginning of a critical stage, on May 26, 2021 in Reijen, Netherlands.Photo … [+4687 chars]
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To quote The Simpsons: "Videotaping your crime spree is the best thing you ever did! "High school teens in Kentucky made fake bomb and gun threats to teachers at Oldham County High School, said they … [+913 chars]
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From Detroit to Albuquerque, Democratic members of Congress across the country have held events this summer about their party's efforts to eliminate so-called "junk fees," with more scheduled in the … [+6614 chars]
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Former Alaska Governor and Donald Trump supporter Sarah Palin appeared on Newsmax last night to share her thoughts with host Eric Bolling on Trump's arrest yesterday in Georgia for election interfere… [+748 chars]
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We're more than halfway through the first Republican debate, and so far it's a fight to see who can stand out on a crowded - and loud - stage. Eight candidates are vying to prove to the American pub… [+4024 chars]
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The predictability of brazenly atrocious and baroque violence in Russian court politics does not make it less shocking when it actually happens. And this week it has happened in all senses with a fi… [+19295 chars]
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As the final bars of Lee Greenwoods God Bless the USA filled the room, former President Donald Trump took the stage in Windham, N.H. The audience, many of them white New Englanders and veterans, chan… [+19149 chars]
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German goals to cut greenhouse emissions by 65% by 2030 are likely to be missed, meaning a longer-term net zero by a 2045 target is also in doubt, reports by government climate advisers and the Feder… [+1301 chars]
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Charles Haywood made a fortune selling his shampoo business, founded a network of men-only lodges, and dreams of a "post-Liberal" in which he is a far-right warlord. Tax and corporate filings show th… [+1832 chars]
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The headlines keep getting worse for China. Consumer prices are falling. America is shunning exports from the country and restricting investment in it. Chinas trade with its best customer and biggest… [+15483 chars]
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Enric Salamarine ecologist, conservationist, and ocean advocateis standing under a life-size replica of a Northern Atlantic Right Whale at the natural history museum in Washington, D.C., and the air … [+16196 chars]
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From left, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador… [+7510 chars]
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Good morning. Rishi Sunak has apologised for inadvertently failing to declare an interest to the Commons liasion committee. As breaches of the code of conduct for MPs go, this is at the most minor en… [+4207 chars]
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ABC News has compiled all of PolitiFacts fact-checking that took place during the first Republican debate Wednesday night for the 2024 election. The two-hour event was hosted by Fox News Channel, wi… [+8632 chars]
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As Republican presidential hopefuls duked it out onstage in the first GOP debate, Donald Trump and his allies embarked on a different strategy: Wage a social media war. Instead of flying into Milwa… [+4808 chars]
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Take what follows as a little local horror story, if that makes you feel better. But I see it as a parable, a lesson in how toxic things can get when some of the basest ingredients in politics are bl… [+8297 chars]
Read MoreYevgeny Prigozhin was a longtime ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin before staging a failed mutiny against the Russian defense ministry in June 2023.Getty Images <ul><li>Wagner Group leader Ye… [+9166 chars]
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After a shooter killed six people at a Christian school in Nashville earlier this year, the states Republican governor promised a special session devoted to public safety. But gun safety groups and D… [+6615 chars]
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Ever since the abortive coup, speculation had been that Yevgeny Prigozhin could be living on borrowed time. When the head of the notorious Wagner group launched his historic uprising, inflicting the… [+10465 chars]
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With enemies like this, who needs friends? After years of mutual loathing, coups, chaos and even bloodshed, the fight between Thailands military-royalist establishment and controversial former prime … [+3270 chars]
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Canada said it has detected a misinformation campaign targeting a member of its parliament on the Chinese instant-messaging app WeChat. Conservative politician Michael Chong was allegedly the target… [+2738 chars]
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Anarchist Jamie Ried, anarchist, artist, and graphic designer who pioneered the cut-and-paste punk design aesthetic, has died. He was 76. Reid is best known for his influential Sex Pistols record cov… [+1179 chars]
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If given his druthers, former President Donald Trump would like to move to the South of France. Sadly, his raft of criminal indictments may be keeping him in the United States, where his best chance … [+683 chars]
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Good morning. In August, as normal political news dries up, journalists are more dependent than usual on what the political parties are offering and the government is still banging away with announce… [+3428 chars]
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Issue 1 was projected to fail on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, dealing a blow to Ohio Republicans who wanted to hamstring a November ballot question on abortion rights. Decision Desk HQ, a… [+3892 chars]
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A judge sentenced rapper Tory Lanez to 10 years in prison Tuesday for shooting and wounding hip-hop superstar Megan Thee Stallion. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Herriford handed down the se… [+5860 chars]
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Ohio voters defeated Issue 1 in a special election with higher than expected turnout for an August election day. Samantha Hendrickson/AP Ohio voters have defeatedIssue 1, according to a race called… [+3638 chars]
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The ABC is shutting down almost all of its official accounts on Twitter now known as X under Elon Musks ownership citing toxic interactions, cost and better interaction with ABC content on other soci… [+2689 chars]
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New Zealand has a well-earned reputation for moderation in politics. For a long time the country has tended to give altogether positive assessments of leaders efforts to tackle social and economic pr… [+3875 chars]
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The Home Office spent more than £1,500 of public money painting over cartoon murals that were meant to welcome children to a controversial asylum reception centre, it can be revealed. A freedom of i… [+2691 chars]
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Jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said hes been kept in a jail cell meant for terrorists and is seeking a court order to be moved to upgraded facilities after his conviction in a corru… [+2308 chars]
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Dima Belysh stood in the empty park amphitheatre in his orange hoodie and dirty white sneakers. It was November in Tbilisi, Georgia, and he was in the middle of a 24-hour performance art piece dedica… [+23351 chars]
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(NEW YORK) Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said definitively that rival Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, an acknowledgement the Florida governor made after years of equivocating an… [+3328 chars]
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India's top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, center, arrives at the Parliament in New Delhi, India, Monday. India's Parliament reinstated Gandhi as a lawmaker three days after the country's top court … [+2583 chars]
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Judge tosses Trump countersuit against E Jean Carroll A judge has thrown out Donald Trumps countersuit against advice columnist E Jean Carroll, who earlier this year won a $5m defamation judgment ag… [+52315 chars]
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Donald Trump, left, is handed an umbrella from Walt Nauta, his personal aide and co-defendant in a felony case in Florida, on Thursday, the day the former president pleaded not guilty to four felony … [+2901 chars]
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q The Witch From Mercury, the latest entry in the long-running Gundam franchise, not only features the series first lead female protagonist, but also proudly centers a queer romance. In Gundams 40+ … [+9420 chars]
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Chris Bryant can clearly remember the moment 3.29pm, 3 November 2021. That was when the Labour MP and chair of the standards committee feared that democracy was done for. The previous week, an invest… [+29330 chars]
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It was hardly the triumphant return to Washington that he and his campaign imagined. Donald Trump was back in Americas capital this week, not as president but an accused criminal. Not guilty, he plea… [+13853 chars]
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An annual poster war has raged between rival promoters for as long as the festival fringe has been filling Edinburghs small theatres and pop-up venues. But now the battleground has shifted. For some,… [+8170 chars]
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Britains team pursuiters recovered from the setbacks of day one at the UCI World Championships with a storming qualifying performance in the womens team pursuit from the quartet of Katie Archibald, A… [+9213 chars]
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Gary Lineker has said the BBC should stop trying to placate its political opponents, adding that the broadcasters bosses spend too much time worrying about the views of people who will hate you for e… [+5383 chars]
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An imam stabbed and shot to death in a mosque that was then burned to the ground. A young doctor, walking home, set upon by an armed mob who thrashed and molested her. A railway officer, boarding a t… [+8270 chars]
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