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The FCC wants to make easier for ISPs to hide junk fees
The US Federal Communications Commission, under its Republican leadership, is proposing to weaken a Biden-era transparency rule that requires internet service providers to display “broadband nutrition labels” itemising the fees customers will pay. The most significant change would remove the obligation to list all “passthrough fees” — extra charges stemming from government agencies and third-party…
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How Graham Platner’s campaign unraveled: From Reddit posts to rape allegation
The US Senate campaign of Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee in Maine, is close to collapse after a woman he had previously dated, Jenny Racicot, publicly accused him of raping her in 2021. The allegation matters because it has prompted senior Democrats who had backed Platner to withdraw their support and urge him to quit,…
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Iran attacks ships in Strait of Hormuz days after Trump gave Tehran ‘a week off’ for Khamenei funeral
Iran attacked commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and Tuesday, striking three vessels and reigniting tensions just days after President Donald Trump said the United States had granted Tehran “a week off” during funeral ceremonies for the slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The strikes matter because the strait is one of the…
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Darren Jones reveals he doesn’t want to serve as Andy Burnham’s chief secretary despite giving up own leadership ambitions to back the incoming Prime Minister – and takes swipe at remaining leadership rival
Darren Jones, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister and a close ally of Keir Starmer, has indicated he does not wish to keep his current post under Andy Burnham, the incoming Prime Minister, even though he abandoned his own leadership ambitions to support Burnham. Speaking at the Politico Conference in London, Jones said the role…
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Big Money! Jobs! Newsom Boasts Expanded CA Film/TV Tax Credits “Delivering Results”; Eddie Murphy’s ‘Donkey,’ Disney & Ben Affleck Flicks Get Latest Incentives
California Governor Gavin Newsom has marked the first anniversary of the state’s expanded film and television tax credit programme, which was raised to $750 million a year, by hailing it as a success that is bringing production back to California. On the same day, 41 films were awarded a combined $187 million in fresh incentives,…
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ABC tells the government to get out of its newsrooms
ABC has written to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to challenge an investigation into whether the daytime talk show The View should keep its status as a “bona fide” news programme. The dispute matters because that classification exempts the show from the “equal time rule”, and ABC argues the agency is improperly using its powers…
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French court clears path for conservative presidential candidate, but house arrest threatens campaign
A French appeals court on Tuesday upheld the embezzlement conviction of conservative former presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, but reduced her ban from holding elected office, effectively clearing her to run in France’s 2027 presidential election. The decision is significant because it removes the legal barrier that had threatened to keep the National Rally leader…
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John Fetterman torches Bernie Sanders on Fox for pushing ‘predator … communists’
Senator Bernie Sanders has withdrawn his endorsement of Graham Platner, the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, after a further alleged victim came forward with sexual assault allegations against him. The reversal is a notable one for the veteran progressive, and it followed a day of mounting pressure as a growing number of Democrats distanced themselves…
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Michael Rapaport owns up to getting Trump wrong after years of bashing him
Comedian Michael Rapaport, a long-standing and vocal critic of Donald Trump, has publicly explained why he stopped hurling insults at the president. Speaking on Jamie Kennedy’s podcast “Hate To Break It To Ya”, the 56-year-old said his views shifted after the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel, when he concluded that Trump offered the best…
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WME Group Promotes Marie Sheehy to C-Suite
WME Group has promoted Marie Sheehy to executive vice-president and head of communications, placing her in the company’s senior executive ranks. In the role she oversees all communications strategy and operations across the firm — which spans the WME talent agency, IMG Licensing and Pantheon Media Group — and acts as its lead spokesperson while…