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Parents are interfering with teens’ first jobs. Here’s why employers say it can backfire

Parents are sending their teens' work emails for them. “An employer may reasonably wonder whether the teenager can communicate independently," says expert.

Trump got a second chance. He's blowing it

We marveled at Democrats’ diminishment in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory. They dropped f-bombs every third sentence to “close the authenticity gap.” They danced the electric slide in the streets in protest. Rep. Al Green (D-TX) shook his cane at the sky like Abe Simpson while the rest of the geriatrics in leadership linked arms and sang, “We Shall Overcome.”

Jon Ossoff Is Doing Something Different

If you’re a Democrat, attending a Jon Ossoff rally feels very good. Therapeutic, even. Many Democrats feel as if every day of the second Trump administration has brought some fresh horror: a discouraging development in the never-ending Iran war; a new vow of retribution from the 80-year-old leader of the free world; or the revelation of yet another money-making venture cooked up by the Trumps.

Brett Kavanaugh gets Trump’s mail ballot rules right

North Carolina began mailing ballots to voters two weeks ago, and the deadline for states to transmit requested ballots to overseas military voters is tomorrow. So the Supreme Court had ample reason to conclude that there is not enough time for states to comply with President Donald Trump’s new mail-in ballot regulations this year.

‘We demand the truth’: Olga Tokarczuk and JM Coetzee lead calls for proof of life of disappeared Eritrean writers

More than 180 writers sign letter renewing calls for information on 12 authors detained incommunicado since 2001 crackdown on free speech by Isaias Afwerki

Trump administration advances $24.3 billion fighter jet deal to Saudi Arabia as Houthis escalate attacks

The deal comes as Iran-backed Houthis escalate attacks on Saudi Arabia and seek control of the strategically important Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Why GOP Candidates Are Ignoring Trump

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No Land to Stand On by Mahmoud Khalil review

The Palestinian Columbia student snatched by ICE writes about his Kafkaesque ordeal with a quiet fury

‘Run! Get away!’: witnesses recount Israeli ‘double tap’ strike that killed child and medic in Gaza

When Mohammad Abdul Zinati, 15, rushed to help a man wounded in a bomb attack, he had no time to react before he too was hit

Children and mature adults we know about, but why is society so clueless about young people in between?

While there’s much mocking of gen Z, the idea that the state should do more for those aged 18 to 25 is catching on around Westminster. About time, too

MPs urge ministers to break off Thames Water talks with US hedge funds

Efra committee calls for emergency legislation enabling government to take public control of the company

How to Squander Good Will

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