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"Oligarchs are oligarching": Inside Rupert Murdoch’s family trust battle

Salon

A Nevada probate commissioner ruled last week against billionaire media scion Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to change his family’s trust in order to guarantee that his eldest son, Lachlan, would have broad control over his massive empire. As the publication put it: “If Mr. Murdoch fails to lock in Lachlan’s leadership of the company, he will be unable to ensure that …

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2 years, 2 months ago

John Fetterman's Legacy As Mayor Of Braddock

Huff Post

BRADDOCK, Pa. ― John Fetterman has no shortage of fans in the small steel town where he served as mayor for 13 years. “Everybody came to Braddock because it was here,” Baldwin, who is Demetrius’s grandmother, told HuffPost over coffee after services at the Holliday Memorial AME Zion Church. “Braddock being very central to the history of manufacturing, and specifically …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Best hotels in Salzburg

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The best places to stay in Salzburg are: Best for history: Radisson Blu Hotel Altstadt, Booking.com Radisson Blu Hotel Altstadt, …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Abcarian: The right to abortion is deeply rooted in the Constitution and flows from amends for slavery

LA Times

Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday after the leak of a draft opinion in an abortion case showed the court’s conservative majority is poised to overturn Roe vs. Wade. The court’s three newest justices, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, all said under oath during their confirmation hearings they believed that the two major …

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4 years, 8 months ago

Trump’s national security adviser out of sight in coronavirus response

CNN

Washington CNN — As President Donald Trump deals with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, he is without a key asset that has served many of his predecessors well during times of crisis: a bold, proactive national security adviser who can flag early threats and ensure the government is focused on combating them, current and former National Security Council officials …

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5 years ago

Exclusive: Iran Strike Won't Slow Trump's Cuts To National Security Council

NPR

Exclusive: Iran Strike Won't Slow Trump's Cuts To National Security Council Enlarge this image toggle caption Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images President Trump's national security adviser said tensions with Iran won't slow his plans to shrink the size of the National Security Council. In an exclusive interview with NPR, Robert O'Brien said he expects to …

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5 years, 2 months ago

The Ukraine scandal puts national security officials in an uncomfortable spotlight

CNN

Editor’s Note: John Gans is director of Communications and Research at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House. A former chief speechwriter at the Pentagon, he is also the author of “White House Warriors: How the National Security Council Transformed the American Way of War.” CNN — Although it remains to be seen what will come of the impeachment inquiry …

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5 years, 6 months ago

Judge Grants Britney Spears And Her Family Restraining Order Against Ex-Manager

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING LOS ANGELES — A judge on Thursday issued a five-year restraining order forbidding Britney Spears’ former manager from contacting the singer or her family or making disparaging statements about them online. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny reached the decision after hearing testimony from the ex-manager, 44-year-old Sam Lutfi, and from Spears’ father, James Spears, who …

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5 years, 7 months ago

John Bolton and the lost art of honest brokering (opinion)

CNN

Editor’s Note: John Gans, who served as chief speechwriter at the Pentagon until 2017, is director of communications and research at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House. CNN — Although Americans might suspect the national security adviser’s office in the White House is a high-tech command post, like something out of Hollywood, the modest space has few bells and …

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6 years, 1 month ago

Why machines dream of spiders with 15 legs

BBC

Why machines dream of spiders with 15 legs DeepMind Look carefully at each of the following images – none of them show real things. “Two obvious examples with BigGan are that it’s good at generating textures like fur, grass and the sky, but it struggles with counting, hence spiders with too many legs.” This might be why at first glance …

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