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Unearthed records reveal Dem mayor sought tax hike to fund DEI role ahead of key House race
Fox News reports that records show Paige Cognetti, the Democratic mayor of Scranton and a candidate for the U.S. House in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District, once proposed a property tax increase in a city budget that included funding for a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) role. The matter is being raised as Cognetti seeks to…
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Remaining Four Original Faust Members Announce Four New Albums: Hear A Track From Each
Krautrock pioneers Faust, active in various line-ups for more than half a century, have unveiled a novel project in which their four surviving original members will each release a solo album. The records will all come out simultaneously in September through the label Bureau B, an approach the article likens to KISS’s 1978 batch of…
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Graham Platner ex reveals reach-out before campaign, says he was trying to ‘take my temperature’
Lyndsey Fifield, who dated Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner between 2013 and 2015, has claimed that a friendly text message he sent her in June 2025 was an attempt to gauge whether she would stay quiet about his past. Fifield, one of several women to speak publicly about Platner’s conduct, believes the exchange was…
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Alisa Bowen Exits as Disney+ President to Become CEO of Disney-Controlled Fubo TV Streamer
Alisa Bowen is stepping down as president of Disney+, a role she has held since September 2022, to become chief executive of Fubo, the internet TV streaming service in which Disney holds a majority stake. Fubo’s board appointed her effective 10 July, and she succeeds co-founder David Gandler, who led the company for more than…
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The Ultimate World Cup Playlist for Argentine Fans: Luck Ra, La Mosca, Nathy Peluso & More
Billboard has compiled a 25-song playlist celebrating Argentina’s run in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, marking the country as the last remaining Latin American side in the tournament. Led by Lionel Messi, Argentina is among the eight teams to reach the quarter-finals, alongside France, Morocco, Spain, Belgium, Norway, England and Switzerland, and the article ties…
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Republican lawmaker issues ominous pronouncement on Mitch McConnell’s fate as hospitalization hits 25th day
US Senator Mitch McConnell, the 84-year-old former Republican leader, has now been absent from Capitol Hill for 25 days since being hospitalised on 14 June 2026, and has not been seen in public since. His prolonged disappearance has begun to unsettle members of his own party, fuelling speculation about the seriousness of his condition and…
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JD Vance’s power grab: Trump wants an ‘Apprentice’ Oval Office battle between him and Rubio… but insiders reveal top-secret 2028 master plan already underway
The Daily Mail reports that US Vice-President JD Vance is positioning himself for a 2028 presidential run, according to sources close to him. His new religion-focused autobiography, Communion: Finding My Way Back To Faith, is described by insiders as effectively a personal manifesto, following the long-standing pattern of politicians publishing a memoir shortly before launching…
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Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar Mocks Film Industry in Campaign Spot, Vows to Defund Anti-Israel Movies
Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar has escalated his confrontation with the country’s film industry through a new campaign video, released ahead of his Likud party’s primaries, that mocks Israeli filmmakers as anti-Israel profiteers and pledges to redirect public funding away from films he says “blacken” Israeli soldiers. The move matters because it signals a potential…
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The icy head toss that froze out Trump and cast a cold chill over NATO
The Daily Mail reports that US President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni publicly snubbed one another at a NATO leaders’ gathering in Ankara, Turkey. As the leaders assembled for the traditional NATO “family photo”, Trump reportedly walked straight past Meloni without acknowledging her, while she turned her head away and appeared to…
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School lied, hid daughter’s gender transition under district policy, parents allege
A Maryland school district, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, is being sued by two anonymous parents who allege that school staff facilitated their daughter’s social gender transition without telling them or seeking their consent, and then cited district policy to justify withholding the information. The case, brought by the conservative legal group America First Legal…