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Vance says El-Sayed has no ‘constituency among the working class’
Vice President Vance on Wednesday said progressive Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s Democratic primary victory in Michigan was driven by affluent liberals rather than by working class voters. In an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham a day after El-Sayed defeated Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) in the primary, Vance said the increasingly growing progressive wing of…
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Failed asylum seeker jailed, Michigan primary upsets, arrest near Trump golf course
UK news brings a jailed asylum seeker over a student attack, while US politics sees El-Sayed and a progressive oust two Democratic incumbents in Michigan and a man arrested with a gun near Trump’s California golf course; also SpaceX shares slide, Coventry chase a record transfer.
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Amazon driver caught on video flinging customer’s package onto porch in infuriating delivery blunder
A doorbell camera in Florida captured an Amazon delivery driver hurling a customer’s package onto the porch rather than setting it down, in an incident that has sparked frustration online about careless package handling. The footage highlights ongoing concerns among online shoppers about delivery drivers mishandling parcels, particularly with fragile or valuable items inside. The…
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6 Fantasy Books That Give The Lord of the Rings a Run for Its Money
Collider has compiled a list of six fantasy novels that its writer argues rival J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, one of the genre’s most influential works. Tolkien’s epic, published in three volumes between 1954 and 1955, began as a follow-up to The Hobbit before growing into a far more ambitious saga that reshaped…
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Senate panel seizes Fauci’s phone ahead of contempt vote
A US Senate panel has obtained Dr Anthony Fauci’s Covid-era mobile phone as part of its investigation into the former top health official, a move that came ahead of a vote holding him in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions. The escalation followed a heated Capitol Hill hearing at which Fauci invoked…
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Francesca Hong remarks Thanksgiving is her ‘favorite holiday,’ answers she does not ‘want to cancel it’
Wisconsin Democratic state representative Francesca Hong has said Thanksgiving is her “favourite” holiday and that she does not want to “cancel” it, after an old social media post in which she called for the holiday to be cancelled resurfaced. The remarks have drawn renewed scrutiny from Republican critics, including Congressman Tom Tiffany, amid Hong’s bid…
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Labor politician Ed Husic rushed to hospital after truck slams into his car: Forced to step aside from parliamentary duties
Australian Labor politician Ed Husic has been hospitalised after a truck collided with his car, forcing him to step back from his parliamentary responsibilities while he recovers. The incident has prompted concern within Labor circles given Husic’s prominent role in the federal government, and comes as an unexpected disruption to the party’s parliamentary business. Details…
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El-Sayed’s threat against GOP rival backfires as conservatives bring receipts: ‘Is Dubai in Florida?’
Abdul El-Sayed, fresh off winning the Michigan Democratic Senate primary, drew backlash from conservatives after declaring there would be “no safe quarter” for Republican rival Mike Rogers and branding him a “coward” while challenging him to five debates. The remark quickly became a flashpoint online, with critics accusing El-Sayed of overreach and using it to…
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Strait of Hormuz fight continues to evolve with Iran-Oman talks
Both the pasted text and a direct fetch return the same result: The Hill’s page blocks automated/non-JS access (HTTP 403), so no actual article content is available to me — only an “access denied” error page. I can’t summarise this one, as I have no genuine article text to work from and don’t want to…
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Michigan House candidate says he left Democratic Socialists of America to ‘unite’ district
Progressive House candidate Will Lawrence (D) said Wednesday that he allowed his Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) membership to lapse within the past month, explaining that he wanted to focus on uniting swing voters in Michigan’s battleground 7th District. “I’ve got a lot of respect for DSA and the work that they’re doing around the…