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'Shame': Homeless woman was in labor and needed care, but was given ticket instead

"I've got to go to the hospital," a pregnant woman filmed by the Louisville Metro Police Department's body cameras in late September told officers, standing near a mattress beneath a busy overpass. The upcoming trial and the video underscore "both the absurdity and cruelty of anti-camping laws in KY and those cropping up nationwide," said Jesse Rabinowitz of the National …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Jagan dubs ‘Vision 2047’ as a publicity stunt

The Hindu

YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy rubbished the ‘Swarna Andhra Vision-2047’ document as a mere publicity stunt by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. “In Mr. Naidu’s document, there is no space for the State’s or for people’s needs, let alone a realistic perspective. “In 1998, too, Mr. Naidu released his ‘Vision 2020’, which marked a dark chapter in …

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Will Syria receive £55 mn that Bashar al-Assad stashed away in a London bank account?

Firstpost

Assad originally held around £40 million in the HSBC account. Although the funds have been frozen under UK sanctions, interest has accrued, pushing the account’s balance to more than £55 million Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stands next to his wife Asma Akhras during a visit to Madrid's city hall, May 4, 2001. File Image/Reuters Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Biden's 'last hurrah' on grocery merger may snowball even after Trump steps in: analyst

Raw Story

One of the Biden administration's final acts will be securing a legal prohibition on the merger of two of America's largest grocery chains, Kroger and Albertsons — a deal that, had it gone through, would have created a combined company with more locations than Walmart and eliminated a major source of competition that keeps food prices stable. With Trump's cronies …

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Trump’s cronies rush to praise Time Person of the Year award - but others aren’t as sure

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President-elect Donald Trump was named Time’s “Person of the Year,” …

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1 week, 6 days ago

The West must stop Syria from becoming a failed state

The Independent

The images are reminiscent of the worst of history’s crimes against humanity, and the stories of sadism, sexual violence and murder perpetrated in the Sednaya prison in Damascus are almost beyond belief. More than most other nations emerging from a long civil war and the rule of a violent brute, Syria is perilously close to becoming another chaotic “failed state” …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Joe Biden pardoning his son Hunter is a tremendous gift to the Trump administration

The Independent

An abuse and miscarriage of Justice!”. Granting his son Hunter Biden an unconditional presidential pardon for anything and everything the black sheep of the family might have gotten up to over the last decade has done incalculable damage to Biden’s own legacy, to the office of the presidency – and to the country itself. Of course, herein lies the key …

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1 month, 1 week ago

'Unrelenting greed': Biden urged to rush 'critical' work that could hamstring Trump agenda

Raw Story

As the U.S. senior adviser to the president for international climate policy addressed the United Nations summit in Azerbaijan on Monday, green groups urged the outgoing Democratic administration to do whatever it can to tackle the global crisis before Republicans seize control of the White House and likely both chambers of Congress. "I want to address tonight a topic that …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

‘Take a blowtorch’: Trump cronies share how they plan to end ObamaCare

Raw Story

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson say they have big plans to implement "massive" changes to the entire U.S. food, drug, and health care system — from killing ObamaCare and all its protections, to handing over control of all health, food, and drug policies and agencies to conspiracy theorist and anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Top Senate Dem warns Trump will ‘act like a fascist’ and ‘purge’ military

Politico

The sharp words from the typically reserved Rhode Island senator come as Democrats step up their warnings in the final days of the campaign that the former president is a threat to democracy and can’t be trusted to hold power again. Democrats have cited warnings from Trump’s own former top aides, including several senior national security and retired military officials, …

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2 months ago

Obama rips into Trump in Arizona: His idea of 'freedom' is 'getting away with stuff'

Raw Story

Former President Barack Obama rallied a crowd on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris along with Senate candidate Ruben Gallego in Tucson, Arizona, on Friday, detailing what he sees as Donald Trump's selfish vision for America. "One of those values that Ruben shares and is talked a lot about in the campaign is freedom," said Obama. "For Donald Trump and …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Poll machinery hijacked by AAP: Bajwa

Hindustan Times

Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa on Sunday launched an attack on Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann and the Aam Aadmi Party for allegedly “dismantling” the democratic processes in the panchayat elections by resorting to “coercion”. Bajwa alleged that AAP leaders had issued orders to block development and panchayat officers to cancel the nomination papers of opposition candidates on …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Boris Johnson firm gives Charlotte Owen top job after ex-PM made her UK’s youngest peer

The Independent

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

'Growing GOP support' of Dem law intensifies Republican Party 'division': report

Raw Story

A Democrat-backed 2022 climate law is "drawing growing GOP support," causing friction among Republican lawmakers, according to a Sunday, August 25 Politico report. While the Inflation Reduction Act "is undeniably bringing federal money, private investments and jobs into communities around the country overwhelmingly represented by Republicans," Politico notes that no GOP lawmakers voted for the bill in 2022, "and conservatives …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Elon Musk is fanning the flames with civil war jibe

Daily Mail

Instead of acting to remove inflammatory material from his social media site, Elon Musk seems determined to add to it. Not content with giving a platform to the likes of English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson, the Twitter/X owner now informs his 192 million followers that Britain is sliding towards an ‘inevitable’ civil war. Pictured: Elon Musk arrives at an …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Harris targets battleground Georgia, with rappers' help

Hindustan Times

US presidential hopeful Kamala Harris hit the campaign trail Tuesday in Georgia, hoping to expand Democrats' battleground map against Donald Trump and appeal to young Black voters with an appearance by hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion. Harris targets battleground Georgia, with rappers' help Vice President Harris's trip to Atlanta comes as reenergized Democrats regard the swing state as being in …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

‘They Brought Almost Nothing New With Them’: Washington Ponders Biden’s DC Legacy

Politico

Washington might call him a man out of time, but the country, they figured, would appreciate that. And then they came in and suddenly all the January 6 stuff just kind of went away.” “After four years of Trump, Biden brought back a reminder of how leadership and a team acquits itself with decency and loyalty,” says Juleanna Glover, a …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Pablo Escobar’: Chandrababu Naidu compares Jagan Mohan Reddy to drug lord

The Hindu

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said the government would review all the criminal cases registered during the YSR Congress regime as part of its vindictive politics, and punish the police officers who foisted false cases on thousands of persons. The situation was one of its kind where a leader with a criminal record helmed the State of affairs as the …

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5 months ago

Opposition slams Budget, Rahul Gandhi calls it ‘Kursi Bachao’ exercise

Hindustan Times

Opposition parties on Tuesday slammed the 2024-25 Budget with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi calling it a “Kursi Bachao” exercise appeasing allies, and cronies, offering no relief for the common Indian and a copy and paste of his party’s manifesto and previous budgets. The Budget had pleased just two people while ignoring the interests of 140 crore Indians.” Kharge claimed the …

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5 months ago

Rahul Gandhi slams Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget: 'To appease...'

Hindustan Times

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Union Budget, saying it was aimed at appeasing the BJP's allies and "cronies". The Congress leader described the document as the "Kursi Bachao" Budget and alleged that it was copied from the Congress party's Lok Sabha polls manifesto. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the employment scheme was "designed …

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5 months ago

Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer told Biden it would be best if he DROPPED OUT of the 2024 election

Daily Mail

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer visited President Joe Biden at his Rehoboth Beach home last weekend and urged him to drop his presidential bid, multiple sources now say. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer visited President Joe Biden at his Rehoboth Beach home last weekend and urged him to drop his presidential bid, multiple sources now say President Joe Biden departs …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Remembrance Day for Indira Gandhi’s Emergency Horrors

News 18

On Friday, 12 July, the Government of India issued a Gazette notification declaring 25 June as ‘Samvidhaan Hatya Divas’, a loose translation of which would be ‘Murder of Constitution Day’. A year short of the 50th anniversary of the imposition of ‘Emergency’ shortly before midnight on 25 June 1975, by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the theft of constitutionalism under …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar’s ethnic rebels say they captured an airport in a new setback for the military government

The Hindu

One of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic minority groups battling the military government said it captured an airport serving the country’s top world-class beach resort, marking the first time resistance forces have seized such a facility. The Arakan Army is the military wing of the Buddhist Rakhine ethnic group in Rakhine state, where they are the majority and seek autonomy from …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Biden has been a fine president, but…’: Stephen King calls for him to step down after slamming Trump's ‘fascist’ vision

Hindustan Times

“Even Stephen King is voting for Trump,” Elon Musk was quick to celebrate on social media after the famed author called for Presiden Joe Biden to step down from his re-election bid. This should concern conservatives as well as liberals,” he tweeted on July 7 in response to a post that said, “You really need to be more bothered by …

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'Shame': Homeless woman was in labor and needed care, but was given ticket instead

Jagan dubs ‘Vision 2047’ as a publicity stunt

Will Syria receive £55 mn that Bashar al-Assad stashed away in a London bank account?

Biden's 'last hurrah' on grocery merger may snowball even after Trump steps in: analyst

Trump’s cronies rush to praise Time Person of the Year award - but others aren’t as sure

The West must stop Syria from becoming a failed state

Joe Biden pardoning his son Hunter is a tremendous gift to the Trump administration

'Unrelenting greed': Biden urged to rush 'critical' work that could hamstring Trump agenda

‘Take a blowtorch’: Trump cronies share how they plan to end ObamaCare

Top Senate Dem warns Trump will ‘act like a fascist’ and ‘purge’ military

Obama rips into Trump in Arizona: His idea of 'freedom' is 'getting away with stuff'

Poll machinery hijacked by AAP: Bajwa

Boris Johnson firm gives Charlotte Owen top job after ex-PM made her UK’s youngest peer

'Growing GOP support' of Dem law intensifies Republican Party 'division': report

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Elon Musk is fanning the flames with civil war jibe

Harris targets battleground Georgia, with rappers' help

‘They Brought Almost Nothing New With Them’: Washington Ponders Biden’s DC Legacy

‘Pablo Escobar’: Chandrababu Naidu compares Jagan Mohan Reddy to drug lord

Opposition slams Budget, Rahul Gandhi calls it ‘Kursi Bachao’ exercise

Rahul Gandhi slams Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget: 'To appease...'

Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer told Biden it would be best if he DROPPED OUT of the 2024 election

Remembrance Day for Indira Gandhi’s Emergency Horrors

Myanmar’s ethnic rebels say they captured an airport in a new setback for the military government

‘Biden has been a fine president, but…’: Stephen King calls for him to step down after slamming Trump's ‘fascist’ vision