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Former aide shares details of decades-old affair with Newsom in Vanity Fair essay
Former San Francisco City Hall aide Ruby Rippey has described her affair with Gavin Newsom in a Vanity Fair essay, revisiting a scandal that damaged his political circle when he was the city’s mayor. The account matters because it offers Rippey’s most detailed public perspective nearly two decades later and disputes aspects of how Newsom…
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Trump remembers Graham as ‘giant of the Senate’ in eulogy
The article’s full text was unavailable because access to the page was denied, so its specific claims and details cannot be independently summarised. Based on the headline alone, it concerns Donald Trump delivering a eulogy for Graham, whom he described as a “giant of the Senate”. The headline suggests the event was a funeral held…
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Is it illegal to trick the US government into wiping your phone during a questionably legal search?
A Georgia man, Samuel Tunick, has been charged with a felony after allegedly using a “duress password” to wipe his phone while it was being searched by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). CBP told Tunick, an activist connected to the Stop Cop City protests in Atlanta, that his device needed to be searched for…
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Kyushu hit by major earthquake as Reform UK reports Green leader to police
A magnitude 7.1 quake and 6.8 aftershock strike Japan’s Kumamoto region, while Reform UK reports Zack Polanski to police over a deleted guillotine-themed post; also today, Munchetty exits BBC Breakfast, new Spider-Man film wins praise, and Peaty’s future in doubt.
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The Supreme Court Gets a Narrow Look at Trump’s Mail-In Ballot Order
The Trump administration has asked the US Supreme Court to allow enforcement of an executive order that would tighten rules for postal voting before the November midterm elections. The case matters because it concerns how far a president may go in shaping election administration, an area where states and Congress traditionally hold primary authority, and…
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Why fixing social care is personal and unfinished business for new prime minister
The article argues that reforming England’s social-care system is both a personal priority and unresolved political task for the new prime minister. It matters because inadequate care affects older and disabled people, their families, care workers and the NHS, where delays in arranging support can leave patients unable to leave hospital. Successive governments have promised…
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White House responds to John Mellencamp criticizing ‘Gulf of America’ name change
The White House has responded after musician John Mellencamp criticised President Trump’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” during recent concerts. The exchange highlights continuing political and cultural disagreement over the federal name change, which applies to US government usage but is not universally accepted. At a New Jersey performance,…
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Haley Stevens shreds Abdul El-Sayed: ‘We don’t need a celebrity candidate’
Democratic congresswoman Haley Stevens repeatedly labelled her Michigan Senate primary rival Abdul El-Sayed a “celebrity candidate” during a televised debate, arguing that his podcast, books and activism do not compare to her record in Congress. The exchange, hosted by FOX 2 in Southfield, Michigan, on 27 July 2026, highlighted a sharpening rivalry between the two…
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WSJ editorial board calls Trump wrong about nixing Senate filibuster for SAVE America Act: ‘A terrible trade’
The Wall Street Journal editorial board reportedly criticised Donald Trump’s apparent call to abolish the Senate filibuster in order to pass the SAVE America Act, describing the proposed exchange as “a terrible trade”. The dispute matters because ending the filibuster would substantially lower the threshold for passing legislation in the Senate and could reshape the…