Sen. Ron Wyden exposes data brokers selling US location data to anti-abortion groups that target abortion seekers
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of February 26
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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After George Galloway’s triumph in Rochdale, urgent questions loom for Keir Starmer – and the left, too
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Opinion - Israel must decide where it’s going—and who should lead it there: the case for early elections
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A legal historian who studies the US abortion battle explains why the Alabama state Supreme Court’s decision on in vitro fertilization is so momentous
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Trumpist US policy document Project 2025 cowritten by anti social security economist Stephen Moore
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Germany to investigate Russia’s apparent interception of military talks on Ukraine
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Russians keep turning up dead all over the world
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Donald Trump built a national debt so big (even before the pandemic) that it’ll weigh down the US economy for years [published 2021]
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Trans person infilitrates CPAC
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Abolishing inheritance tax sent Stockholm's startup ecosystem soaring – tax cut could revive Britain's flagging economy
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White House urges use of type safe and memory safe programming languages and hardware
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Analysis: Donald Trump faces multiple US trials. Here’s why scheduling many for one defendant is complicated.
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Frontex: [EU] Border agency all at sea over shipwrecks
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Mitch McConnell will step down as the US Senate Republican leader in November
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Amazon lobbyists to be barred from European Parliament
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Would Roman elections pass a UN inspection?
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Transnistria appeals to Russia for ‘protection’, reviving fears for Moldova breakaway region
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McKinsey website touted its advice to Chinese government ministries
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The US Army is slashing thousands of jobs to focus on Russia and China
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Florida’s recommendations give room for measles to spread
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Sardinia elects leftwing president, in blow to Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni
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French president Emmanuel Macron says sending troops to Ukraine cannot be ruled out
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Texas is right. The tech giants need to be regulated.
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US Federal Trade Commission and eight states sue to block supermarket merger between Kroger and Albertsons
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Hungarian MPs have overwhelmingly ratified Sweden's bid to join NATO in a long-delayed vote which paves the way for the Nordic nation's membership
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Police bodycam shows sheriff hunting for 'obscene' books at library
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Shaun on Palestine
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Sri Lanka ends visas for hundreds of thousands of Russians staying there to avoid war
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Active US Air Force serviceman self-immolates himself in front of the Embassy of Israel
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The end of Françafrique? Festering resentment of French neocolonialism is motivating a backlash against Paris across West Africa.
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Donald Trump trials - Georgia defendant Kenneth Chesebro caught lying to Michigan prosecutors about alt Twitter account
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UK Conservative party suspends MP Lee Anderson over claims that Islamists have "got control" of London's Mayor Sadiq Kahn and the capital
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Egypt announces $35bn deal with UAE to buy premium Mediterranean area
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The 24-hour city: In a push to bolster nightlife, cities are changing laws to keep bars, restaurants and transit systems operating round-the-clock
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of February 19
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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Why we can’t build better cities (ft. Not Just Bikes)
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Leak of documents on spyware developed by vendor for Chinese government
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The real danger to civilisation isn't runaway AI it's runaway capitalism (2017)
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Conservative government would require websites to verify age to watch porn: Pierre Poilievre
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Germany's new cannabis law to pass this week and take effect in April
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Donald Trump benefits from newly approved merger: The US Securities and Exchange Commission approved a merger between Trump Media and Technology and Digital World Acquisition Corp
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Preparing for war, social unrest or a new pandemic? Chinese companies are raising militias like it’s the 1970s.
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Why joining a club is good for democracy
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Reduce, reuse, redirect outrage: How plastic makers used recycling as a fig leaf
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The West is losing Muslim Liberals – Indifference to Palestinian suffering in Gaza is alienating moderates across the Islamic world and tarnishing the appeal of liberal democratic values
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The hottest trend in US cities? Changing zoning rules to allow more housing.
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Yes Prime Minister, questionnaire design matters
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Why Joe Biden matters
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A lesson on US crime policy from game designers: Change the rules
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