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GOP senator unveils BOASBERG Act to stop ‘rogue’ judges from handpicking Trump cases
Republican Senator Eric Schmitt of Missouri is introducing legislation named the Blocking Overt Attempts at Shopping By Enforcing Randomization Guidelines (BOASBERG) Act, aimed at curbing what he calls “rogue” federal judges from being able to handpick cases involving President Donald Trump’s administration. The bill is named after US District Judge James Boasberg, whom Schmitt has…
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Rahm Emanuel warns DSA agenda doesn’t play well outside ‘upper west side of Manhattan’
Rahm Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff under President Barack Obama, has warned that the agenda promoted by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) fails to resonate with voters beyond a narrow, liberal-leaning demographic. Speaking on CNN on Monday, he argued that policies favoured by democratic socialist candidates are out of step with…
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The 25 Best Anti-Trump Protest Songs
Rolling Stone has published a list of the 25 best anti-Trump protest songs, tracing more than a decade of musical opposition to Donald Trump since he first announced his presidential run. The feature reflects on how his time in public life has repeatedly inspired musicians across genres to write songs addressing what the outlet characterises…
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Zelensky arrives in US for Trump meeting, Graham funeral
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in the United States for a meeting with President Trump and to attend Graham’s funeral. The visit matters because it combines high-level diplomatic engagement with a significant personal or political occasion. The supplied page text is unavailable, so further details of the meeting, the funeral and any planned announcements…
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Pulte completes more intelligence community layoffs ahead of Clayton confirmation vote
The supplied page does not contain the article itself: it only displays an access-denied notice. Its title indicates that Pulte completed further layoffs in the US intelligence community before a confirmation vote concerning Clayton, but the underlying reporting cannot be verified from the text provided. No details are available on which agencies or roles were…
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Roberto Mancini returns as Italy head coach with Claudio Ranieri named technical director
Roberto Mancini has been reappointed as Italy’s head coach for a second time, with Claudio Ranieri named as the Italian Football Federation’s new technical director, president Giovanni Malago confirmed. Mancini replaces Gennaro Gattuso, who left in April after Italy failed to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup, and returns to the role he held…
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Trump ahead of Graham funeral: ‘He’s never seen a war that he didn’t like’
President Trump described the late Senator Lindsey Graham as a committed military hawk ahead of his funeral, saying he had “never seen a war that he didn’t like”. The remarks highlight Graham’s long-standing support for assertive US military action and may draw attention because they were made while Trump was publicly mourning a close political…
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The cut-through tactics that have given Burnham his edge
Andy Burnham has taken over as prime minister with a burst of populist gestures and policy announcements, and early polling suggests it is working: Professor Sir John Curtice records a six-point boost for Labour since Sir Keir Starmer was replaced. This matters because it has reopened a political contest many assumed was already lost to…
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Trump responds to Fauci diaries: ‘I grew tired of him’
Donald Trump said he had grown tired of Anthony Fauci after diaries kept by the former US infectious-disease adviser during the Covid-19 pandemic were released by Senator Rand Paul. The remarks revive a dispute over the Trump administration’s pandemic response and highlight the increasingly strained relationship between Trump and Fauci, who was a prominent member…
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Chip stocks slide on AI bubble fears as RBA flags sticky inflation and Air Force One gets new paint job
Global chip shares tumbled amid an AI stock sell-off, while Australia’s central bank warned inflation remains too high and a man was charged over an alleged tea-tin bribe; also, Biden scraps Trump’s Air Force One livery, Spider-Man wins raves, and folk singer Linda Perhacs’s fate emerges.