7 d. ago Shepherd's Bush Market community asset bid rejected by council

Shepherd's Bush Market community asset bid rejected by council  BBC

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1 week ago Trump demands supreme court intervene after judges reject bid to halt Snap funding

Appeals court rejects administration’s legal effort and orders officials to pay November’s food aid benefits in fullThe Trump administration asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly food stamp benefits amid a US federal government shutdown, and was denied later the same day.Now, the administration must continue to follow the orders of a lower court. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hong Kong court rejects Tiananmen vigil organizer's bid to quash indictment

A Hong Kong court has rejected an attempt by former Tiananmen vigil organizer Chow Hang-tung to quash her indictment

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2 w. ago The ghost of Ronald Reagan has spooked Trump over tariffs | Sidney Blumenthal

The president is lashing out before the supreme court’s impending decision on his absurd policyHalloween came early for Donald Trump. Ronald Reagan spooked him. Trump had a startled reaction to the TV ad that appeared during the first game of the World Series, placed by the provincial government of Ontario, featuring excerpts from President Reagan’s radio talk in April 1987 in which he explained the danger of trade wars. “Their Advertisement was to be taken down, IMMEDIATELY, but they let it run last night during the World Series, knowing that it was a FRAUD,” Trump posted. It was, he falsely claimed, a “serious misrepresentation of the facts, and hostile act”. In retaliation, he slapped an additional 10% tariff on Canada.Trump was apparently horrified at the sudden presence of the ghost of conservatism past, who had kept the outlandish bounder at arm’s length and whom Trump regarded warily if not nervously. Reagan was the original, bigger and more successful performer, whose appeal...

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2 w. ago Liverpool dealt major transfer blow as Real Madrid 'confident' of snatching top target

Liverpool saw a bid for Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi rejected on transfer deadline day, but Real Madrid are now in the box seat to sign the English centre-back

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3 w. ago Trump’s ‘absurd’ DoJ compensation bid would be rejected if he were anyone else, experts say

President’s effort to win $230m in damages from Mar-a-Lago and Russia investigations criticized as ‘frivolous’Donald Trump’s effort to get his justice department to pay him hundreds of millions of dollars is based on specious legal claims that would likely be rejected if he were any other American, according to a legal expert and a former Department of Justice official who handled damages claims against the government.Trump has asked the justice department to pay him $230m in damages, the New York Times reported last week. The amount is the total of two separate claims in which Trump argues he is entitled to compensation because of investigations into the links between Russia and his 2016 campaign as well as the 2022 search for classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and subsequent criminal prosecution. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Gareth Bale's Wrexham rejection says it all about £40m Cardiff City takeover bid

Wrexham and Cardiff are due to renew their rivalry as they face each other for the first time in 21 years, and Wales legend Gareth Bale has made it clear where his loyalties lie

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3 w. ago Mike Johnson still doesn’t know about Trump’s $230m DOJ ‘compensation’ deal

House Speaker Mike Johnson revealed that he still doesn’t know the details of Donald Trump’s potential ‘compensation’ deal with the Justice Department.

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4 w. ago Mike Johnson denies any knowledge of Trump’s potential $230m DOJ ‘compensation’

Mike Johnson has denied any knowledge about Donald Trump’s allegedly seeking $230 million from the Department of Justice (DOJ) for legal costs tied to federal investigations against him.

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4 w. ago Trump demands DOJ pay him $230m for cases against him. His ex

Justice Department, under the Biden administration, investigated Trump for mishandling classified documents

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