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Targeting ‘enemies within’: Trump’s revenge plan starts with MAGA

Maryland Representative Jamie Raskintop Democrat House Oversight Committeesent a statement this week drawing attention to the fact Donald Trump‘s campaign is navigating the presidential transition process slowly. Both candidates are expected to participate in anticipation of a possible win in November. The process often begins months before elections to allow for adequate vetting of potential […]

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Los Angeles District Attorney opens path to freedom by backing charges against Menendez brothers

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón will ask the judge to resentence Erik and Lyle Menendez, two brothers sentenced to life in prison for killing their parents; a move that could pave the way for their release. Gascón will request that the brothers’ previous sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility […]

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Housing on the ballot: Harris and Trump put forward different plans to combat housing affordability crisis

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., attend a campaign event in Brookfield, Wisconsin, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 (AP Photo/Morry Gash) Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable with Latino leaders in Doral, Florida, on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024 (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Millions of […]

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Taiwan Not Ready for China and Trump

Donald Trump was right to warn at the Republican National Convention in July that China was “surrounding Taiwan” and that “the specter of a growing conflict” hovered over the island. But his so-called concern did not stop him from signaling to Beijing that he would not intervene militarily if China launched an invasion. “Taiwan should […]

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‘Rivals’ Review: Hulu Series Tames ‘Bridgerton’

On the surface, Hulu’s new eight-episode series “Rivals” is a salacious “frenzy” about a fight between two overprivileged (and horny) British men living in the exclusive British Cotswolds in the 1980s. Set among rolling green hills and wildflower-filled forests that are part of large country estates, it is, as one character quipped in the series’ […]

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Record number of water quality problems in Long Island bays this summer, report says

Fish kills, algal blooms and oxygen-starved “dead zones” have affected nearly all of Long Island’s bays and estuaries this summer, according to scientists who monitor water quality at Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. More than 24 lakes and ponds have experienced blooms of blue-green algae, which can be toxic to humans […]

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Classifying a Company’s Country is Complicated

We’ve talked about the basic ingredients before. index structure. One ingredient is finding out which country a stock belongs to. What makes a stock “American”? On a basic level, it sounds like a company’s domicile should be easy; Many companies have their headquarters and shares traded in the same location as their company. For many […]