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U.K.’s Ban on Palestine Action Under Terror Legislation Was Lawful, Court of Appeal Rules
Demonstrators outside London’s Royal Court’s of Justice protest as the Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the Home Office’s challenge to the High Court’s Palestine Action decision on June 15, 2026. —Carl Court—Getty Images The high court was wrong to rule that the ban on Palestine Action under terrorism legislation was unlawful, the court…
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There’s a new L.A. waffle to obsess over, and it comes with Filipino-style fried chicken
The heady aroma of fried chicken and waffles perfumes the midmorning air of the Blossom Market Hall in San Gabriel. At 10 a.m., most of the other vendors are still dark, but behind the counter at Baking With Ish, Ishnoelle Richardson and his husband Jeff have been at their new stall in the market for…
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How right-wing influencers are transforming America’s churches
It’s been a pivotal last week for the largest Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. The Southern Baptist Convention took a series of moves to the social and theological right at their annual gathering — a shift urged on by an upstart far-right movement that now appears to be in the driver’s seat. Gathered…
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JD Vance ‘glitches out’ in ’embarrassing’ Fox News interview: analyst
Liberal commentator David Pakman ridiculed Vice President JD Vance in a video published Sunday over a recent Fox News interview with Jesse Watters, calling it an “embarrassment” that exposed Vance’s inability to carry the Republican torch after President Donald Trump leaves office. Vance was asked by Watters to comment on the recent Democratic Senate nominations…
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‘Loving’ mom and teacher ID’d as swimmer who lost arm in horrific great white shark attack
A woman who lost her arm after she was viciously attacked by a great white shark while out for a morning swim has been identified as a “loving” teacher and new mom whose baby was on the beach at the time. Leah Stewart, 35, is on life support after she was bitten multiple times off…
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What AI’s Style Tells Us About It
In the late 19th century, it was commonly believed that a criminal or lunatic could be recognized at a glance, based on certain physiognomic tells. “Enormous jaws, high cheek-bones,” and other animal-like features, the influential criminologist Cesare Lombroso wrote, were signs of an “irresistible craving for evil for its own sake.” Today, savvy readers use…
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What Colombia’s crackdown on illegal cattle ranching means for deforestation and beef exports
A new law in Colombia requires cattle ranchers to track livestock and document that their beef supply chains are free from deforestation, a measure environmental groups say makes it the first tropical forest country to adopt such a nationwide framework. In Colombia, as in Brazil, it is common for people to cut down forest to…
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Stephen Miller’s ‘radical ideas’ face pushback from unlikely White House advisers: report
A small group of arch-conservative lawyers inside the Trump White House quietly fought back against Stephen Miller and Vice President JD Vance’s push to suspend constitutional rights, according to internal memos and accounts drawn from a forthcoming book on Donald Trump’s second term. The internal resistance — remarkable in an administration that rarely tolerates dissent…
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‘Industry’ is TV’s last golden age drama
One day, when people say “they don’t make ’em like they used to,” they will be saying it about “Industry.” First filmed before the pandemic and launched in its throes, a survivor of the era of streaming wars, corporate consolidation and Hollywood strikes, HBO’s addictively dissolute workplace drama remains as ambitious and authoritative as ever.…
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The Resurgence of Bracero Logic
Workers line up as they are registered to work in the U.S. through the Bracero Program, part of the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement, in 1951. —PhotoQuest—Getty Images In May, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that, except under “extraordinary circumstances,” non-immigrant visa holders must return to their home countries to apply for green cards—a…