10 h. ago California school district near Nevada caught up in a dispute over transgender athlete policies

A Northern California school district near the state's border with Nevada is caught up in a dispute over the states' differing policies on the participation of transgender athletes

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29 h. ago Newsom slams Trump’s ‘bull****’ presidential plaque trolling amid unemployment and affordability woes

Gavin Newsom used images from a recent Vanity Fair article, which has caused chaos for Trump’s MAGA base

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64 h. ago Newsom finds new way to troll Trump with website tracking president’s ‘criminal cronies’

Gavin Newsom has launched a new site to ‘detail the criminal records, corruption cases, and extremist ties of the people Donald Trump elevates, protects, pardons, and surrounds himself with’

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67 h. ago Trump will travel to Delaware for return of National Guard members killed in Syria, White House says

President Donald Trump is traveling to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware this week for a dignified transfer for the two Iowa National Guard members killed Saturday in an attack in the Syrian desert that is testing the rapprochement between Washington and Damascus

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4 d. ago Newsom and Pelosi lead Democrat mourning for Hollywood activist Rob Reiner who angrily called out Biden in election party outburst

Top Democrats including California Governor Gavin Newsom and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have shared their condolences for activist and producer Rob Reiner.

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4 d. ago Toxic smog blankets New Delhi, disrupting travel and plunging air quality to hazardous levels

Dense toxic smog has blanketed New Delhi, pushing air pollution levels to their worst levels in weeks and disrupting travel

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4 d. ago Newsom and Pelosi lead Democrat mourning for Hollywood activist Rob Reiner who dared to speak the truth on Biden in election party outburst

Top Democrats including California Governor Gavin Newsom and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have shared their condolences for activist and producer Rob Reiner.

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4 d. ago The rail, road, flight and ferry travel chaos to expect this Christmas

Exclusive: Busiest days at many airports will be 19 and 28 December, as well as 2 and 4 January 2026

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6 d. ago Gavin Newsom pushes back on Trump AI executive order preempting state laws

California governor says order pushes ‘grift and corruption’ instead of innovation just hours after president’s dictumThe ink was barely dry on Donald Trump’s artificial intelligence executive order when Gavin Newsom came out swinging. Just hours after the order went public Thursday evening, the California governor issued a statement saying the presidential dictum, which seeks to block states from regulating AI of their own accord, advances “grift and corruption” instead of innovation.“President Trump and David Sacks aren’t making policy – they’re running a con,” Newsom said, referencing Trump’s AI adviser and crypto “czar”. “Every day, they push the limits to see how far they can take it.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Wizz Air Launches New London Gatwick to Valencia, Spain Route: Affordable Travel to Spain’s Mediterranean Heart

Wizz Air Launches New London Gatwick to Valencia, Spain Route: Affordable Travel to Spain’s Mediterranean Heart  Travel And Tour World

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7 d. ago Passenger arrested after attempting to open plane door while in the air

Hong Kong police said today (Friday, December 12) that they had arrested the individual after the incident reportedly happened on December 10.

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8 d. ago Trump administration adds militarized zone in California along southern US border

The Trump administration is adding another militarized zone to the southern U.S. border to support border security operations — this time in California

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8 d. ago Sean Duffy wants to bring ‘civility’ to air travel so why is he doing pull

Transport infrastructure in the US is a hot mess – and the guy in charge thinks ‘wellness spaces’ are gonna solve the problemSean “Dog” Duffy is a legend in the lumberjack world: a three-time world champion in the 90-ft lumberjack speed climb who is renowned for his prowess in mounting and rolling big bits of wood. Not just a lumberjack, Duffy also made waves on late-90s reality TV shows The Real World: Boston and Road Rules: All Stars. And now Duffy is parlaying his experience on Road Rules into his role as US transportation secretary.Duffy has got a lot on his big lumberjack hands: transport infrastructure in the US is, to use the technical term, a hot mess. More than a third of the country’s bridges need major repair work or replacement. There has been little historical investment in railways and the country lags behind the rest of the industrialized world when it comes to high-speed trains. Meanwhile, there’s a chronic air-traffic-controller shortage, which was exacerbated by th...

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8 d. ago Sean Duffy wants ‘civility’ in air travel so why is he doing pull

Transport infrastructure in the US is a hot mess – and the guy in charge thinks ‘wellness spaces’ are going to solve the problemSean “Dog” Duffy is a legend in the lumberjack world: a three-time world champion in the 90ft lumberjack speed climb who is renowned for his prowess in mounting and rolling big bits of wood. Not just a lumberjack, Duffy also made waves on late-90s reality TV shows The Real World: Boston and Road Rules: All Stars. And now Duffy is parlaying his experience on Road Rules into his role as US transportation secretary.Duffy has got a lot on his big lumberjack hands: transport infrastructure in the US is, to use the technical term, a hot mess. More than a third of the country’s bridges need major repair work or replacement. There has been little historical investment in railways and the country lags behind the rest of the industrialized world when it comes to high-speed trains. Meanwhile, there’s a chronic air-traffic-controller shortage, which was exacerbated by ...

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9 d. ago The Latest: Federal judge grants request to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell case records

A federal judge says the Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidante of Jeffrey Epstein

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9 d. ago Gavin Newsom’s popularity rises 10 percent over the last six months, polling shows

California governor’s favorability soars in second half of year, a period in which he has relentlessly trolled President Donald Trump online and led the fightback against Republican gerrymandering

Culture

1 week ago Newsom uses infamous Trump lawnmower pic to make fun of president over his comments about machinery

“Frankly, you really have to be, in many cases, you need about 185 IQ to turn on a lawnmower,” Trump said Monday

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1 week ago Gavin Newsom trolls Trump by receiving his own ‘peace prize’ after Fifa award

California governor claims to have won first-ever ‘Kohl’s Peace Prize’ in latest spoof of President Donald Trump, who was mocked over his accolade from Fifa President Gianni Infantino

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1 week ago The DOT is paying an airline for being more timely. It could help improve air travel for all

The airline canceled 17,000 flights and stranded more than 2 million travelers during a storm in 2022

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1 week ago My dream of jet set glamour has died – in a pleather chair full of other people's crumbs | Emma Beddington

The use of airport lounges is soaring, born of a desire to feel a bit special. The reality is we’re all going to end up crammed into the same awful, environmentally disastrous metal tubeThe New Yorker has published a deliciously fact-stuffed long read on the airport lounge: there are more than 3,500 worldwide, of which 37 are in Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok. American Airlines opened the first in 1939 and called its VIP members “admirals”.There are almost more admirals than ordinary seamen now (a weird metaphor in an air travel context, yes; blame American Airlines). The “mostly low- and mid-tier” lounge network Priority Pass saw a 31% increase in usage last year, including me: my credit card came with this seemingly seductive perk. I was thrilled to join the global elite in what I imagined would be a cashmere and champagne cocoon, saved from the usual three hours (my husband is one of those travellers) crouched by a bin in the purgatorial wasteland of Manchester Terminal 3, nursi...

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