Top Trump allies facing charges lose lawyers after failing to pay legal bills ( www.theguardian.com )
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Saudi Arabia’s $700bn sovereign wealth fund – which has been used as a lever of global influence by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – has been subpoenaed by a powerful Senate committee after it refused to voluntarily comply with information requests about its US dealings....
The US state of Mississippi has elected an openly gay person to its legislature for the first time ever....
(This was actually published three days ago - sorry.)...
Demonstrations have grown steadily throughout the south, centring around the province of Suwayda...
James Mollison’s second volume of Where Children Sleep has been published. This article features edited extracts from it.
“The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is trying to fight back. It recently launched the Banned Book Program, granting free nationwide access to books restricted in schools or libraries....
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Judge Aileen Cannon said she would issue a ruling later after appearing skeptical of arguments from both sides...
After Heider Garcia, Tarrant county’s elections administrator, quit, an election crimes taskforce was set up, but critics say it undermines confidence
Foundation for Government Accountability, backed by Richard Uihlein, exerting influence in Ohio, Missouri, South Dakota and Arkansas
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Kate Starbird, co-founder of the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, added that she feared that the entirely false story of rigged elections has now “sunk in” for many Americans on the right. “The idea that they’re already going to the polls with the belief that they’re being cheated means...
Ex-president has made increasingly conspiratorial and authoritarian broadsides against prosecutors pursuing him