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Government-run grocery stores face renewed scrutiny after Chicago’s experiment fizzles
Chicago has abandoned its plans for government-run grocery stores after Save A Lot, a discount grocery chain, collapsed, reviving scrutiny of similar publicly backed retail schemes elsewhere in the United States. The proposal had been championed as a way to tackle “food deserts”, areas where residents lack easy access to affordable, fresh groceries, but critics…
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Ted Sarandos Meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Unveils Netflix India Storytelling Initiative
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday to launch the Netflix India Storytelling Initiative, a multi-phase scheme aimed at investing in the country’s creative talent pipeline. The move builds on more than a decade of collaboration between Netflix and India’s creative community and is intended to prepare…
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Will Trump fire Jeanine Pirro over the Reflecting Pool case? Join the live discussion
Why is Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, looking to drop the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool prosecution? Will President Trump fire her? Join Legal Affairs Editor Zach Schonfeld and reporter Sophie Brams as they discuss the turmoil and the dispute over what the grand jury heard behind closed doors. It’s all…
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British woman lashes out at Trump for calling her a ‘sick, violent vandal’ after charges against her for vandalising his Reflecting Pool are dropped
A British veterinarian working in the US, Sophie Dennison-Gibby, has spoken out against Donald Trump after prosecutors dropped the misdemeanour charge she faced over alleged damage to the newly restored Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. She was arrested on 20 June after picking what she believed was litter out of the water, but Trump had publicly…
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Senate Democrats knock Republicans over ‘assault’ on Social Security
Congressional Democrats sent a letter Tuesday to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) calling on Republicans to put forward a plan to save Social Security from insolvency. The letter, led by seven senior Democratic lawmakers, calls on Republicans to find solutions to Social Security’s budget deficit amid warnings from its trustees that — within the…
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Pakistan’s ruling party leads in Kashmir vote despite boycott call by banned group
Candidates backed by twice-elected former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-N party have won 24 of the 34 seats decided in the first two phases of voting, the election commission, said Wednesday.
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Fetterman to oppose Blanche’s nomination to head Justice Department
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) says he will vote against acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to serve in the role permanently, putting more pressure on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to limit GOP defections on the high-profile nominee. “If you’re going to bring up Blanche, I’m not going to vote for him,” Fetterman told…
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Israeli President Herzog calls antisemitism a ‘contamination of societies’ as hate crimes surge
NYPD data shows anti-Jewish incidents account for 56.9% of all hate crimes in 2026 as Israeli President Isaac Herzog warns antisemitism is a global contamination.
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Trump on El-Sayed’s win in Michigan: ‘Great news for the Republican Party’
President Trump said Wednesday that progressive Abdul El-Sayed’s win in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary is “great news for the Republican Party.” “Great news for the Republican Party. El-Sayed, a Communist loser who hates Jews and Israel, is the projected winner in this race with the Socialist,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “As usual the…
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Missouri election chief rejects petition for referendum on new Trump-backed districts
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins on Tuesday said he will block a citizens’ petition for a new redistricting referendum on the state’s redrawn GOP-led congressional map backed by President Trump. “At issue is not the number of signatures turned in to challenge the new congressional map, but the fact that the referendum itself is…