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DHS plans costly crackdown on states that don’t cooperate on election security
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to withhold billions of dollars in preparedness grant funding from states that decline to adopt a set of new election-security requirements. The conditions, attached to more than $1 billion available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Homeland Security Grant Programme, would require measures such as voter…
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Make voting compulsory – with a £10 fine for those that don’t cast ballot, says lefty think-tank
The left-wing think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published a report calling for voting in national elections to be made compulsory, with a £10 fine imposed on those who fail to cast a ballot. The IPPR argues that Britain faces a “crisis of pride” and growing disillusionment with the political system, and…
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Stinking streets, missed collections and a maggot ‘apocalypse’: Chaos of the kerbside food bins rollout 100 days after England’s new waste rules began
Food waste collection schemes across England have descended into disorder 100 days after new household waste rules came into force, with residents reporting missed collections, foul-smelling bins and what some have called a “maggot apocalypse” during hot weather. The rules, which took effect on 31 March, were intended to standardise recycling and waste collection nationwide,…
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Pressure builds on Europe’s biggest port to be greener
The Port of Rotterdam, the largest freight port in Europe and a major fossil-fuel, energy and chemicals hub, is facing growing pressure to accelerate its shift away from oil, coal and gas. A lawsuit brought by the environmental group Advocates for the Future argues that the Port of Rotterdam Authority is not doing enough to…
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Just 1 in 10 Ivy League trustees are Republican, Yale has none, report finds
A new report from the Buckley Institute, entitled “The Echo Chamber on Top: Governance in the Ivy League,” has found that only about one in ten trustees at Ivy League universities identifies as Republican, with Yale’s governing body having no registered Republicans at all. The findings have intensified debate over ideological diversity at America’s most…
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Drunk passengers filmed trashing airport after being thrown off plane for rowdy behavior
A group of allegedly intoxicated passengers were filmed brawling with staff at Mexico City International Airport after being removed from an Aeroméxico flight for rowdy behaviour. Dramatic footage taken inside Terminal 2 showed punches thrown across a customer service counter, with airport workers, security personnel and members of the group all caught up in the…
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Fresh doubts are raised over Farage’s claims he did not have to declare £5million ‘gift’ from crypto-currency tycoon
Fresh questions have been raised over Nigel Farage’s explanation for why he did not declare a £5million “gift” from crypto-currency entrepreneur Christopher Harborne. The Reform leader received the money in April 2024 but it remained secret until this year, and he argues he had no obligation to register it with Commons authorities because it was…
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Woke taxpayer-funded TV station slammed for absurd ‘Rebirthday’ section it used as an excuse to gush over transgender people
Canada’s publicly funded broadcaster, the CBC, has drawn criticism from viewers after its morning show ran a segment on the growing trend of celebrating so-called “rebirthdays” — an alternative personal date on which people mark a fresh start in their lives. The roughly three-minute discussion suggested such occasions could apply to a range of people,…
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10 Greatest Spider-Man Costumes in Comic Books
The many heroes carrying the Spider-Man mantle have also worn numerous cool costumes throughout comic book history, but these are the most iconic.