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Zohran Mamdani has unleashed a political earthquake | Ben Davis

Colbert questions Mamdani on Israel
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Mamdani’s popularity represents the total collapse of a Democratic party establishment The surprise electoral success of Zohran Mamdani , the 33-year-old democratic socialist running to be mayor of New York, the most prominent city on earth, is a political earthquake. The breadth and scope of his performance were predicted by no polls, no prognosticators, none of the wise men. The ramifications o

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Bill Moyers, Lyndon Johnson press chief and celebrated broadcaster, dies at 91

Bill Moyers dies at 91
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Moyers, who served as Johnson’s press secretary for two years, became one of television’s most revered journalists Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television’s most honored journalists, masterfully using a visual medium to illuminate a world of ideas, died on Thursday at age 91. Moyers died in a New York City hospital, according to longtime friend Tom Johnson

US citizen arrested during Ice raid in what family describes as ‘kidnapping’

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Andrea Velez, 32, a graduate of Cal Poly Pomona, had just been dropped off at work by her mother and sister A US citizen was arrested during an immigration raid in downtown Los Angeles this week in what her family described as a “kidnapping” by federal immigration agents. Andrea Velez, 32, had just been dropped off at work by her mother and sister, the pair said, when they saw agents grab her. Co

Fireball in the sky as suspected meteor rattles Georgia and the Carolinas

Fireball lights up Southeastern skies
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Possible meteor rattled windows in three states, with a fragment crashing through the roof of a house near Atlanta A “fireball” that may have been a meteor burned through the sky on Tuesday just after noon in north Georgia , with a meteorite fragment crashing through the roof of a house in metro Atlanta . “It pierced through the roof all the way through and cracked through the laminate flooring t

Democratic senator sounds alarm on party’s failures: ‘We don’t act as a team’

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Elissa Slotkin criticized fellow Democrats for losing their ‘alpha energy’ at a Center for American Progress event A Democratic senator has sounded the alarm about her own party’s failings, urging colleagues to “slaughter some sacred cows” if they want to combat Donald Trump and win back power. Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan castigated fellow Democrats for losing their “alpha energy” and “bra

Eric Adams, mayor of New York City, launches re-election campaign after Mamdani’s surprise primary showing

Mayor Adams announces re-election bid
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Mayor’s entry comes as the city’s business community reacts harshly to democratic socialist’s primary success Eric Adams, the New York mayor, launched his re-election campaign on Thursday, days after democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani sent political shockwaves through the New York and national Democratic party by leading in its mayoral nomination for November’s election. Adams, who did not mount

California bear who injured Lake Tahoe camper killed by park ranger

Bears frequently raid Lake Tahoe homes
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State officials say decision to euthanize black bear with history of confronting humans was ‘not taken lightly’ A California black bear with a history of confronting humans and breaking into homes was euthanized this week after swiping at a camper near Lake Tahoe and sending her to the hospital with cuts and bruises, officials said. The woman was woken up around 4.30am on Sunday when the female b

US voters: share your views on Trump’s one big beautiful bill act

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We’d particularly like to hear from Republicans on what you want from the US president’s major piece of tax-and-spending legislation The one big beautiful bill act, which would enact Donald Trump’s taxation and spending priorities , is currently being considered in the US Senate. The legislation was passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives in May. Republicans, who also have a

Senators receive delayed Iran briefing as Democrats rage over lack of transparency

Congressional briefings on Iran postponed
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Lawmakers condemn Trump for limiting intelligence sharing on bombing of Iranian nuclear sites US senators are receiving a classified briefing on Donald Trump’s bombing of Iranian nuclear sites, after the White House abruptly postponed the session and restricted intelligence sharing with Congress. The delayed session with senior national security officials comes after the White House moved back it

Trump is making US intelligence parrot his line on Iran – we’ve been here before

Trump disputes Iran attack reports
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Tailoring assessments to suit political prejudices undermines their very function and led us to the Iraq war In the run-up to the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, journalists covering the preparations for war became familiar with the concept of “stovepiping”. The term described the tactic of pushing intelligence to key political decision makers, bypassing checks and balances within the system. Continue

Juventus v Manchester City: Club World Cup 2025 – live

Juventus faces Manchester City Thursday
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Updates from the 8pm BST kick-off in Group G Email Scott | Sign up for Football Daily 4 min: Ait-Nouri turns Locatelli inside out down the left and crosses long for Silva, whose downward header is awkwardly kicked off the line by Di Gregorio. The ball pings back to Silva but he’s swarmed and the chance is gone. Ait-Nouri’s impressive start at his new club continues apace. 3 min: … and after that

RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel votes against preservative in flu shots in shock move

CDC advisers to discuss thimerosal
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Decision to restrict thimerosal in immunizations could impact future vaccine availability on a global scale US pediatricians criticize RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel: ‘Truly an embarrassment’ A critical federal vaccine panel has recommended against seasonal influenza vaccines containing a specific preservative – a change likely to send shock through the global medical and scientific community and pos

US pediatricians criticize RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel: ‘Truly an embarrassment’

Sanders seeks investigation into RFK Jr
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Pediatric health experts slam ACIP’s plans to reassess current vaccination schedules for children Robert F Kennedy Jr’s newly appointed vaccine advisory panel is facing criticism from pediatricians after its announcement of plans to reassess the current vaccination schedules for children and adolescents. Experts warn that the move appears designed to undermine public trust in immunization. Contin

Six arrested at protest of Palantir, tech company building deportation software for Trump admin

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Six of demonstrators were arrested at protest against the company’s work for Ice to help deport people from the US Six protestors who demonstrated in front of the New York City offices of Palantir Technologies were arrested on Thursday morning. The demonstrators had gathered to bring attention to the controversial firm and the work it does to power the deportation of immigrants from the US. The p

Purple heart army veteran self-deports after 50 years from ‘country I fought for’

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Green card holder Sae Joon Park left for South Korea after saying he was being targeted by Trump administration A US army veteran who lived in the country for nearly 50 years – and earned a prestigious military citation for being wounded in combat – has left for South Korea after he says past struggles with drug addiction left him targeted by the Trump administration ’s immigration crackdown. “I

In Tehran, we’re asking: what is this madness achieving for the people of Iran, Israel or the US? | Haleh Anvari

Iran Israel truce achieved through mediation
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We are a country at war now – and while we try to restore our lives, we wonder how the Islamic republic will react to the past 12 days On the morning after the 12th day of Israel’s war on Iran, those of us who had managed to get some sleep after Monday night’s heavy strikes in the heart of the city woke to text messages saying there was a ceasefire. It turned out this was a three-way win, with al

Elizabeth Warren presses oil companies on tax break lobbying for Senate bill

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Democratic senator leads calls for answers over provision that could cut fossil fuel firms’ income tax to zero Democratic lawmakers led by the Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren are pressing two energy companies about their efforts to “win a $1.1bn tax loophole” in Donald Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill”. The proposed exemption, which Senate Republicans inserted into their version of t

Mamdani faces barrage of Islamophobic attacks after New York primary success

Zohran Mamdani's controversial mayoral campaign
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State assembly member subjected to death threats and xenophobic rhetoric from Republican figures “Hamas terrorist sympathizer”, “jihadist terrorist”, calls for deportation and predictions of another 9/11 – these are among the torrent of Islamophobic attacks that have erupted across social media and conservative political circles following Zohran Mamdani ’s success in the Democratic primary for Ne

RFK Jr will be ‘personally responsible’ for children’s deaths by halting vaccine alliance funding, experts say

Kennedy to attend Gavi fundraiser
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US health secretary says US will decline to renew funding for Gavi, a partnership that works to provide vaccines for poorest countries US politics live – latest updates Robert F Kennedy Jr will be “personally responsible” for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of children after he refused to renew US funding for a global vaccines body, public health experts said. The US health secretary said Wed

Khamenei says Iran will strike back if US hits again, in first remarks since ceasefire – video

Khamenei claims Iran defeated Israel
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Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has threatened to respond to any future US attack by striking American military bases in the Middle East, in his first public comments since a ceasefire with Israel was declared. The 86-year-old, who has not been seen in public since taking shelter in a secret location after the outbreak of the war on 13 June, said his country had 'delivered a slap t

Ex-world leaders call for ‘powerful shift’ as they warn of extreme inequality

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Former leaders urge current state heads to work together to end poverty amid potential of first trillionaires emerging The world is facing a looming crisis of inequality that could see the first trillionaires emerge while nearly half of humanity still languishes in poverty, a group of 40 former presidents and prime ministers warns . In a letter seen by the Guardian, the group – which includes the

Mamdani stood firm in his support of Gaza. The Democratic party could learn from him | Yousef Munayyer

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Few issues highlight how out of touch Democratic leaders are than the issue of Palestine – Mamdani chose a different path As the ballots were counted on Wednesday in the Democratic primary election for mayor in New York City, a young candidate with little national name recognition, Zohran Mamdani, stood atop a slate of candidates including the runner-up, and favorite, Andrew Cuomo. There are seve

RFK Jr’s vaccine panel recommends new RSV treatment for infants

ACIP recommends Merck RSV antibody
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Move comes after health secretary replaced advisory board with ideological allies and several vaccine skeptics Robert F Kennedy Jr ’s reconstituted vaccine advisory panel recommended a new treatment to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants. The treatment, a new monoclonal antibody called clesrovimab, which will be sold under the brand name Enflonsia by Merck, was recommended by the

Ro Khanna calls on Democrats to reclaim identity as ‘the anti-war party’

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‘We should be the party of peace abroad, good jobs at home. Donald Trump took that from us,’ says congressman In the days since Donald Trump authorized strikes on Iranian nuclear sites , and then forged a shaky ceasefire agreement, Congressman Ro Khanna has called on Democrats to reclaim a political identity he says they lost: being the party of peace. “Now is the time for the Democratic party to

Supreme court paves way for South Carolina and other states to defund Planned Parenthood

Supreme Court allows Medicaid cuts
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Decision could embolden red states in US to block clinics that provide abortions from receiving Medicaid funds US politics live – latest updates The US supreme court has paved the way for South Carolina to kick Planned Parenthood out of its Medicaid program over its status as an abortion provider, a decision that could embolden red states across the country to effectively “defund” the reproductiv

Trump’s justice department sues entire bench of Maryland judges over order restricting deportations

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Order bars US government from deporting undocumented immigrants for at least a day after they file legal challenge US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump ’s justice department has sued the federal judiciary in Maryland over an order that bars the government from deporting undocumented immigrants for at least one day after they file a legal challenge to their detention. Chad Gilmartin, a s

Hegseth defends Iran strike amid doubts over Trump’s ‘obliteration’ claims

Hegseth criticizes media on Iran
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Defense chief says US bombings degraded Iran’s nuclear sites, citing AI models over leaked intel doubts The US secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth , has defended the US strikes on Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities and said that Donald Trump had “decimated … obliterated” the country’s nuclear program despite initial intelligence assessments that last week’s strikes had failed to destroy key enr

Mamdani says leftwing populist victory can be replicated across US

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Democratic socialist tells MSNBC his campaign against Cuomo shows leftist politics can thrive beyond New York Zohran Mamdani , in his first major interview since his upset victory in the Democratic party’s mayoral primary in New York shook up US politics, said his brand of campaigning and leftist political stances can translate to anywhere in the US. Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, stunned many

US state department told to end nearly all its overseas pro-democracy programs

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Exclusive : All but two of the programs awarded under the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor would be cut, affecting nearly $1.3bn in grants The US state department has been advised to terminate grants to nearly all remaining programs awarded under the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), which would effectively end the department’s role in funding pro-democracy programmi

NBA draft winners and losers: Mavs’ shot at redemption and the strange tale of Ace Bailey

2025 NBA Draft winners identified
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There was no surprise when Cooper Flagg was taken at No 1, but there were some interesting decisions – good and bad – at other points on Wednesday night Cooper Flagg and Nico Harrison The biggest winners of the 2025 NBA draft are Cooper Flagg and Dallas general manager Nico Harrison. Beyond the prestige and financial rewards of being the top pick, Flagg won draft night because he avoided going to

First Thing: Trump officials cite ‘new intelligence’ to back president’s claims of successful Iran strikes

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Tulsi Gabbard and the CIA director have said Iran’s nuclear sites were ‘destroyed’, citing new evidence that appears to contradict a leaked report. Plus, nearly a third of Tuvaluans attempt to get Australian climate visa Good morning. The Trump administration has ramped up its defense of the US strikes on Iran at the weekend, saying new intelligence supports its initial claim of total success – d

‘We’re seeing the best of LA’: as Ice raids haunt the city, Angelenos show up for each other

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With the largest undocumented population of any US city, much of LA locks in with fundraisers, mutual aid networks and grocery deliveries In the days after ramped-up immigration raids began in Los Angeles, 50-year-old Lorena, who has been running a tamale cart in Koreatown for decades, stayed home. So did her husband, who works as a day laborer. Worried about paying their bills, both of them afte

Cancer experts alarmed over ‘gut-wrenching’ Trump plan to cut research spending by billions

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More people will die due to White House’s plans to slash nearly $2.7bn from National Cancer Institute, workers warn More patients may die as a result of plans drawn up by the Trump administration to cut billions of dollars from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), veteran federal government workers and experts have warned. Nearly $2.7bn would be cut from the agency, which is the largest funder of

Manzanar teaches about Japanese American incarceration in the US. That’s in jeopardy under Trump

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As visitors to the national historic site are urged to inform on anything ‘negative’, advocates warn of the same playbook that led to concentration camps At the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, more than 200 miles (320km) outside Los Angeles, in what feels like the middle of nowhere, is Manzanar national historic site . It marks the place where more than 10,000 Japanese Americans were incarcer

Longest-serving person on Mississippi’s death row executed

Executions increase in US states
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Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old veteran, was sentenced to death in 1976 for killing a bank loan officer’s wife The longest-serving person on Mississippi’s death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer’s wife in a violent ransom scheme. Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder whose final

It’s time for America to remember how dangerous regime change is | Christopher Chivvis

Khamenei claims Iran victory
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For a superpower, toppling foreign governments is not so hard to do. Getting the outcome you want is The ceasefire between Iran and Israel might still hold, but if not, the United States might double down on its weekend strikes and seek the overthrow of the Iranian regime. Donald Trump threatened this in comments and tweets earlier, and top officials such as Marco Rubio have said they wouldn’t mi

On r/collapse, people are ‘kept abreast of the latest doom’. Its moderators say it’s not for everyone

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A subreddit tracking apocalyptic news in a calm, logical way comforts users who believe the end times are now The threat of nuclear war, genocide in Gaza, ChatGPT reducing human cognitive ability, another summer of record heat. Every day brings a torrent of unimaginable horror . It used to be weeks between disasters, now we’re lucky to get hours. For many, the only sane solution is to stop readin

Dollar falls to three-year low after report Trump may name next Fed chair early

Summers predicts Trump will choose respected Fed
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US president has clashed with incumbent Jerome Powell, whose term is due to run for 11 more months Business live – latest updates The dollar has fallen to a three-year low following a report that Donald Trump is considering bringing forward the announcement of his choice to succeed the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell . The US president has repeatedly clashed with Powell, accusing the central

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Senators to meet security officials amid questions over Trump’s decision to attack Iran – US politics live

US intervention escalates Israel Iran conflict
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Democrats, and some Republicans, have said the White House overstepped its authority when it failed to seek the advice of Congress before attacking Iran A court in Costa Rica has ordered authorities to release foreign migrants who were locked up in a shelter after being deported by the US, according to a resolution issued on the eve of a visit by the US secretary of homeland security. About 200 p

Without dignity, leaders fell at Trump’s feet in The Hague – and for what? All Nato’s key problems remain | Martin Kettle

Spain defies NATO defense spending goals
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The relationship with him is still volatile, the Ukraine strategy still unclear and Europe needs to ensure its collective defence Nato’s Hague summit was an orchestrated grovel at the feet of Donald Trump. The originally planned two-day meeting was truncated into a single morning’s official business to flatter the president’s ego and accommodate his short attention span. The agenda was cynically

Trump officials cite ‘new intelligence’ to back president’s claims of success in strikes on Iran

Trump reacts to Medvedev's nuclear threat
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Tulsi Gabbard and the CIA director say Iran’s nuclear sites were ‘destroyed’, amid reports of White House efforts to limit sharing of classified information with Congress Donald Trump’s administration ratcheted up its defence of the US’s weekend attacks on Iran, citing “new intelligence” to support its initial claim of complete success and criticising a leaked intelligence assessment that suggest

Trump news at a glance: ‘Daddy’ Trump showered with praise on triumphant lap through Nato summit

Trump's NATO stance raises concerns
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Trump celebrated commitment by Nato allies to boost defence spending to 5% of GDP. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 25 June 2025 On the back of hailing US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities as a “victory for everybody”, president Trump has claimed success at the Nato summit in The Hague, praising the commitment by Nato allies to boost defence spending to 5% of GDP. The US president descri

Israeli opposition rejects Trump’s call to cancel Netanyahu corruption trial

Trump urges Netanyahu trial cancellation
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US president accused of interfering in judicial system after saying the charges against Israeli PM are a ‘witch hunt’ Middle East crisis – live updates Israeli opposition politicians have rejected Donald Trump’s call for the cancellation of the long-running corruption trial of his ally Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing the US president of interfering in Israel’s judicial system. The US president poste

NBA draft: Cooper Flagg goes to Dallas Mavericks as No 1 overall pick

Cooper Flagg celebrates Flagg Day
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18-year-old had brilliant college career with Duke Mavs only had 1.8% chance of winning No 1 overall pick The Dallas Mavericks did what everyone knew they would on Wednesday when they selected Cooper Flagg as the No 1 overall pick in the NBA draft. “I’m feeling amazing. It’s a dream come true, to be honest,” Flagg said after he was selected, surrounded by his family. “I wouldn’t want to share it

California violated Title IX by allowing trans athletes on girls’ teams, Trump administration says

Trump administration targets California trans
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US education agency’s resolution proposes barring trans women from women’s sports and stripping them of prizes The Trump administration has found that the California department of education and the state’s high school sports federation violated civil rights law by allowing transgender girls to compete on girls sports teams. The federal education department announced the finding Wednesday and prop

Will the Democrats learn from Zohran Mamdani’s victory? | Bernie Sanders

Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayor primary
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Too many Democratic party leaders would rather be the captains on a sinking Titanic than change course The Democratic party is at a crossroads. It can continue to push policies that maintain a broken and rigged economic and political system and ignore the pain of the 60% of Americans who live paycheck to paycheck. It can turn its back on the dreams of a younger generation which, if we don’t chang

Plan to open California’s largest immigration jail sparks outrage

California plans largest ICE detention center
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Ice and CoreCivic, a private prison contractor, to transform shuttered 2,500-bed prison in California City Plans to open an enormous federal immigration processing center in a California desert community have sparked outrage among advocacy groups who argue it will come at a “long-term cost” and “fuel harm”. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) has partnered with CoreCivic, a private priso

Club World Cup: Inter send River Plate home as all four Brazilian clubs reach last 16

World Club Cup matches today
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Italian club progress to knockout round with 2-0 win Fluminense complete full Brazilian contingent in last 16 Inter scored twice in the last 18 minutes to beat River Plate 2-0 and progress to the knockout stage of the Club World Cup as Group E winners and send the Argentinian side home. Francesco Pio Esposito scored Inter’s first goal seven minutes after River had been reduced to 10 men by the di

Usha Vance: husband’s pick as Trump running mate came ‘like a bolt of lightning’

Usha Vance discusses family and faith
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Second lady says on Meghan McCain podcast she is ‘not plotting next steps’ and is just ‘along for the ride’ Usha Vance learned her husband, JD , had been selected to be Donald Trump’s running mate “maybe five minutes” before the news was made public – and just about an hour before he was formally nominated. “It really was like a bolt of lightning,” Vance said during an interview on Meghan McCain’

Trump official denies he told his justice department staff to defy court orders on immigration

Trump lawyer Bove faces judgeship confirmation
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Hearing to consider Emil Bove as federal appeals court judge happened hours after whistleblower claimed he suggested prosecutors ignore judges Emil Bove, a top justice department official and former defense attorney for Donald Trump , denied to senators on Wednesday a whistleblower’s claim that he suggested prosecutors ignore orders from judges who ruled against the president’s immigration policy

Pam Bondi denies knowing Ice agents wore masks during raids despite video evidence

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At hearing, US attorney general claims she’s unaware of reports that officials have hid their faces during roundups The attorney general, Pam Bondi, professed ignorance of reports of immigration officials hiding their faces with masks during roundups of undocumented people, despite widespread video evidence and reports that they are instilling pervasive fear and panic. Challenged at a Wednesday C

Mediator reportedly proposes $20m settlement in Trump suit against CBS

Mediator proposes 20M settlement Trump
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Wall Street Journal reports deal would see Trump accept sum to resolve suit over Kamala Harris interview on 60 Minutes Donald Trump and CBS could settle their legal battle over a contested interview with Kamala Harris for $20m, as the dispute continues to shadow a major media merger. A mediator has proposed the settlement figure to resolve Trump’s lawsuit against CBS News over alleged deceptive e

New Jersey Democratic representative pleads not guilty to Ice protest charges

McIver arraigned on assault charges
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Prosecutors allege LaMonica McIver interfered with law enforcement during arrest of Newark mayor, Ras Baraka LaMonica McIver, the New Jersey Democratic representative who is facing felony charges after a recent incident during a congressional oversight visit to an Ice detention facility, pleaded not guilty in federal court on Wednesday. Prosecutors allege that McIver forcibly interfered with law

Mamdani’s defeat of Cuomo offers Democrats a path out of the wilderness

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Mamdani signifies a generational change and rebuke to a party establishment grown complacent and hypocritical The party was on its knees. It failed to beat Donald Trump , a twice impeached convicted felon, and lost both chambers of Congress. Since November, Democrats have been searching for a path out of the wilderness. On Tuesday, they found one. But instead of celebrating Zohran Mamdani’s appar

Lionel Messi remains MLS’s highest-paid player at more than $20m per year

Messi earns more than 21 MLS teams
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Messi’s salary more than the payroll of 21 MLS teams Complete MLS salary figures released on Wednesday Lionel Messi is the highest-paid player in Major League Soccer for the third straight year with total annual compensation of $20,446,667 – an amount greater than the entire payroll of 21 MLS teams. Messi’s base compensation is $12m the Major League Soccer Players Association said on Wednesday. H

Member of RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel withdraws over conflict of interest

CDC advisers to discuss thimerosal
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Dr Michael Ross was involved in multiple private healthcare firms and withdrew after a review of financial holdings A member of the health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s newly overhauled federal vaccine advisory panel withdrew after a conflict of interest review, a spokesperson has told the Guardian. Dr Michael Ross, who was involved in multiple private healthcare companies, withdrew after revie

Protesters rally at US sheriffs meeting to oppose partnerships with immigration authorities

Protesters oppose sheriffs' ICE partnerships
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Protesters call on police to prioritize local community safety over assisting with Ice under Trump’s deportation agenda US immigration rights advocates rallied on Tuesday outside a national gathering of sheriffs to protest local law enforcement’s increasing cooperation with federal immigration authorities under Donald Trump’s deportation agenda . A group of activists protested outside the Nationa

Voice of America aired Trump’s message to Iranian people during US bombings

Voice of America lays off 600
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US-run news outlet had earlier been branded ‘propaganda’ and ‘leftist’ by the White House as it sought to close it Voice of America (VOA) may have been used to broadcast Donald Trump ’s message to Iranians in Farsi during weekend military strikes, the president’s senior adviser told Congress on Wednesday, revealing how the crumbling, traditionally independent news service is possibly functioning

First meeting of new CDC vaccine panel reveals policy chaos sown by RFK Jr

CDC advisers to discuss thimerosal
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Health secretary unilaterally appointed ACIP’s eight new members, several of whom are critical of immunizations The first meeting of a critical federal vaccine panel was a high-profile display of how the US health secretary and vaccine skeptic Robert F Kennedy Jr has injected chaos into vaccine policy infrastructure. Wednesday’s meeting was held amid controversy, not only regarding the new member

California vice-mayor under fire after allegedly urging gangs to ‘organize’ over Ice

Cudahy Vice Mayor calls gang violence
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Cynthia Gonzalez of Cudahy appeared to call on street gangs for ‘help’ amid immigration raids in Los Angeles The vice-mayor of a tiny southern California city is under fire after appearing to call on street gangs to organize in the face of immigration sweeps by federal agents in Los Angeles . In a video post on social media that’s since been deleted, Cynthia Gonzalez, vice-mayor of Cudahy, said s

Congrats to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez on the wedding – and to Venice for running them out of town | Emma Brockes

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People power forced a change of venue, proving that a man worth £223bn can still fall foul of ordinary folk with pool floats There are so many questions swirling around the forthcoming wedding of Jeff Bezos to Lauren Sánchez this weekend – for instance, who in their right mind books Venice in high summer? Why isn’t Katy Perry going? And how is Eva Longoria still on every guest list, despite not h

Meta boss praises new US army division enlisting tech execs as lieutenant colonels

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Longtime Zuckerberg lieutenant Andrew Bosworth calls donning fatigues with Palantir and OpenAI brass ‘great honor’ Meta’s chief technology officer has called it “the great honor of my life” to be enlisted in a new US army corps that defence chiefs set up to better integrate military and tech industry expertise, including senior figures from top tech firms that also include Palantir and OpenAI . A

Newsboys dropped from label after investigations into claims of sexual assault by Michael Tait

Newsboys dropped after Michael Tait allegations
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Capitol Christian Music Group drops Christian rock band after former singer Tait was accused of sexually assaulting three men Newsboys, the legendary Christian rock supergroup, have been dropped from their record label following investigations by the Guardian and other media outlets into their former singer Michael Tait, who has been accused of sexually assaulting three men in the early 2000s, tw

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"The sword of Damocles, Zelenskyy begins U.S. tour, Sri Lanka elects Marxist." Views expressed in this geopolitical news and analysis are those of the reporters and correspondents.   Accessed on 22 September 2024, 2238 UTC. Content and Source:  https://www.semafor.com/newsletters/flagship Please check link or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://trendsingeopolitics.blogspot.com).    Colombo  Beijing  Beirut September 23, 2024 Read on the web Flagship Asia Morning Edition Sign up for our free newsletters →   The World Today Israel, Hezbollah trade fire Zelenskyy begins US tour Sri Lanka elects a Marxist German far right rises The US-China debate Biden’s last Quad Chinese AI workarounds Climate Week begins France’s future floods Bacteria in space An American performance artist and composer’s latest interdisciplinary work mediates on the universe’s interconnectivity. ↓ 1 Hezbollah, Israel trade...
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The New York Times-The Morning Newsletter

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"Can N.F.L. helmet caps actually help?  Plus, the Supreme Court, Mayor Eric Adams and Demi Moore." Views expressed in this U.S. and World News roundup are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 15 September 2024, 1215 UTC. Content and Source:  https://www.nytimes.com/series/us-morning-briefing Please check link or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://trendsingeopolitics.blogspot.com).   September 15, 2024 Good morning. Today, my colleague Gina Kolata explores the effectiveness of the N.F.L.’s new helmet caps. We’re also covering the Supreme Court, Mayor Eric Adams and Demi Moore.  —David Leonhardt Kylen Granson of the Indianapolis Colts wearing a Guardian Cap.  Darron Cummings/Associated Press Extra protection? By  Gina Kolata I’m a reporter covering health. Now that the N.F.L. season has begun, you may have noticed football players wearing a strange sort of cover over their helm...
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Reuters Daily Briefing

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"Blinken warns of last chance to end Gaza war" and "Democratic National Convention in Chicago." Views expressed in this U.S., World, and Geopolitical News update are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 19 August 2024, 1334 UTC. Content and Source:  https://www.reuters.com/newsletters/daily-briefing. Please check link or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://trendsingeopolitics.blogspot.com. Sign up for Reuters newsletters     Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Blinken warns Israel and Hamas of  last chance to end Gaza war,  Indian medics  refuse to end protests , and the Democratic National Convention  kicks off  in Chicago. Plus, a  stunning photo essay  captures the fight for a way of life in Tahiti.   Today's Top News   Smoke rises following an Israeli strike on a residential building in Nuseirat, in this screen grab taken from a video, August 18, 2024. Reuters TV ...
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