Politics

NATO-member Romania labels Russia 'persona non grata' after attack

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NATO-member Romania labels Russia 'persona non grata' after attack

NATO member Romania on Friday declared Russia “persona non grata,” or unwelcome, after a Russian drone hit an apartment building in Galati, injuring a mother and child.

6 months ago

Joe Biden won't go away

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Joe Biden won't go away

Some of us haven’t yet finished wishing Barack Obama would just go away. A decade after leaving the Oval Office, the former president still hovers over our politics issuing sanctimonious tweets in support of dishonest causes, such as the Democrats’ botched gerrymander in Virginia.

6 months ago

Teenage boys avoid jail after rape and sexual assault of girls in north-east England

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Teenage boys avoid jail after rape and sexual assault of girls in north-east England

Exclusive: Calls for urgent change after rehabilitation orders and ‘laughable’ £26 in court fees in three separate cases

6 months ago

Digested week: Is it pedantic to point out Trump is ‘ending’ a war he started?

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Digested week: Is it pedantic to point out Trump is ‘ending’ a war he started?

Plus, Nicola Sturgeon’s marital relations, the hell of burnout, Tony Blair’s saviour complex and Spurs

6 months ago

‘I should not be allowed to do interviews’: Nish Kumar on courting controversy and clashing with comics

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‘I should not be allowed to do interviews’: Nish Kumar on courting controversy and clashing with comics

The former Mash Report star’s latest show takes aim at his manosphere-courting, Saudi comedy festival-attending peers. Could he be the angry progressive standup we need right now?

6 months ago

Republicans hope to beat bad poll numbers with favorable maps

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Republicans hope to beat bad poll numbers with favorable maps

It’s an age-old question: What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? This year’s midterm elections may provide the political world’s answer.

6 months ago

'You can't just leave it to the market': Frontrunner to replace UK PM Starmer calls for 'strong public control' over industry and AI

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'You can't just leave it to the market': Frontrunner to replace UK PM Starmer calls for 'strong public control' over industry and AI

The U.K. is at risk of becoming trapped in "toxic, divisive politics like the U.S.," according to Burnham.

6 months ago

Gullah Geechee people offered chance to save family properties passed down through generations

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Gullah Geechee people offered chance to save family properties passed down through generations

A new South Carolina act will exempt some heirs’ property owners from increased property taxes

6 months ago

Trump should come clean about his all-too-obvious decline

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Trump should come clean about his all-too-obvious decline

The public is concerned. Fewer than half of US adults believe that Trump now possesses the mental acuity or physical health to be an effective president

6 months ago

The method in the madness: Why Trump wants you to think he's crazy

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The method in the madness: Why Trump wants you to think he's crazy

President Donald Trump said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose a single voter. The press called it hyperbole. His opponents called it proof of insanity. His supporters called it Tuesday.

6 months ago

Every US ally is under attack

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Every US ally is under attack

American taxpayers fund the United Nations. American diplomats built it. This week, the Geneva-based group UN Watch released the most thorough accounting yet of who actually pays the salaries and shapes the verdicts of the U.N.’s human rights enforcers. The short answer: not the United States.

6 months ago

Trump Takes His Cut

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Trump Takes His Cut

Federal stakes in public companies may enrich the government, but they are bad for America.

6 months ago