Maybe money can’t buy happiness or wisdom, but it can help buy power. JB Pritzker knows this better than most. Over the years, he has spent some $347 million of …
If We Need a Shutdown, Here’s Where To Start
Shut it down. Shut it all down! Not the government. I’m talking about the fake news that spent the past two weeks trying to scare average Americans into thinking that …
Dame Jilly Cooper dies aged 88 after fall, with Queen paying tribute to ‘legend’
“May her hereafter be filled with impossibly handsome men and devoted dogs,” the Queen said in a statement. Read full story Author:
Doorbell footage appears to show Manchester synagogue attacker minutes before killing
Footage given to the BBC shows a man matching the description of the attacker given by witnesses. Read full story Author:
France in fresh political crisis as PM Lecornu quits after 26 days
Lecornu criticised the “partisan appetites” of political factions, who he said had refused to compromise. Read full story Author:
Supreme Court Starts Consequential Term, and Illinois Governor Warns of ‘Trump’s Invasion’
Plus, when Silicon Valley comes to the farm. Go to Source Author: Will Jarvis, Ian Stewart, Jessica Metzger and Abbie VanSickle https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Ghislaine Maxwell, Longtime Epstein Associate
The onetime employee and friend of Jeffrey Epstein argued that a secret agreement between prosecutors and the multimillionaire financier invalidated her conviction. Go to Source Author: Abbie VanSickle https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
How some veterans exploit $193 billion VA program, due to lax controls
The Department of Veterans Affairs spends billions on dubious and even fraudulent disabilities benefits. Meanwhile, some deserving cases wait. Read full story Author: Craig Whitlock, Lisa Rein, Caitlin Gilbert
Judge deals Trump new setback in plans to deploy troops to Portland
U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut temporarily blocked the administration from sending any state’s National Guard troops under federal control to Portland. Read full story Author: Holly Bailey, Praveena Somasundaram, …
Europe’s high quality of life is getting hard to afford. Just ask France.
The cost of Europe’s way of life — health care, affordable education and a dignified retirement for all, through high social spending — is becoming unbearably high. Go to Source …
Gaza ceasefire talks to begin in Egypt, as Israel strikes enclave
Israel and Hamas are set to gather in Egypt for indirect talks over a U.S.-backed plan to end the Gaza war after months of deadlock. Go to Source Author: Claire Parker, …
‘Can I just be a kid?’ Students shaken by immigration raids seek help from school counselors
Immigration raids are straining school communities across California, where about 1 million children have a parent who is undocumented and about 300,000 students are undocumented themselves. Read full story Author: …
Newsom to seek court order stopping Trump’s deployment of California National Guard to Oregon
The California governor says 300 of the state’s Guard troops are being sent to Portland and calls it a ‘breathtaking abuse’ of power. Read full story Author: Daniel Miller, Melody …
Judge Again Blocks Guard Deployment as Trump Expands His Targets
A federal judge in Oregon accused the administration of circumventing her order, even as the president turned to Texas for troops aimed at Chicago and other cities. Go to Source …
Pritzker Says Federal Agents Are Trying to Make Chicago a ‘War Zone’
Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois said he had ordered state agencies to investigate a raid on a Chicago apartment building where there had been reports of “nearly naked” children zip-tied …
Kristi Noem Says ICE Will Be ‘All Over’ the Super Bowl
After the homeland security secretary’s comments, Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican rapper who will headline the Super Bowl halftime show, responded on “Saturday Night Live.” Go to Source Author: Derrick …
Tariffs and birthright citizenship will test whether Trump’s power has limits
The Supreme Court’s conservatives have yet to put limits on Trump’s broad claims of executive power. Read full story Author: David G. Savage
Barabak: Beyond the fight for the House, here’s what at stake in the Senate
Democrats need four seats to win control of the Senate but face a daunting political map. A brutal GOP primary is raising hopes in Texas, a state that has dashed …
Here are 5 major Supreme Court cases to be argued this fall
Transgender rights, voting rights and Trump tariffs face challenge in the Supreme Court this fall. Read full story Author: David G. Savage
Home secretary wants police to get more powers to restrict repeated protests
The move is not a ban on protests but “about restrictions and conditions”, Shabana Mahmood tells the BBC. Read full story Author: