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 2023-03-22 13:06 

NBC

[ Politics ]

Trump news live updates: N.Y. grand jury weighs indictment in hush money case...

Live updates and latest news coverage on the possible indictment of Donald Trump....

 2023-03-22 13:04 

New Statesman

Europe lost Turkey once. It cannot afford to make the same mistake again...

The EU contributed to Recep Tayyip Erdoan's authoritarian turn, but with help from Turkey's upcoming election, it can undo the error....

 2023-03-22 12:51 

New Statesman

Letter of the week: A true public servant...

Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine....

 2023-03-22 12:49 

CBS News

Judge to determine whether Dominion defamation case against Fox News goes to trial...

Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox News for $1.6 billion for defamation, while Fox has asked the judge to dismiss the lawsuit....

 2023-03-22 12:47 

NBC

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Republicans attack N.Y. district attorney before a charge has been filed...

Republicans have been quick to attack Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and defend former President Donald Trump before any charges have been spelled out....

 2023-03-22 12:47 

The Daily Beast

Trump's Last-Ditch Effort to Derail Stormy Daniels Case Misfires...

With the Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's decision on indictment seemingly imminent, Trump lawyers made an 11th-hour request. It may end up hurting his legal defense....

 2023-03-22 12:46 

New Statesman

The left can win and forge a new settlement but only if it repairs the trust we have lost...

Research reveals a strong public appetite for progressive ideas. But we cannot flourish in an environment of mutual intolerance....

 2023-03-22 12:45 

New Statesman

Despite the high risk, crypto offers a vision of a more open, creative and free internet...

The industry is preoccupied with money-making, but the potential of shared computing could go far beyond finance....

 2023-03-22 12:42 

Washington Post

Post Politics Now: Trump highlights possibility he won't be indicted in hush-money case...

In Washington, it's a busy hearing day on Capitol Hill. Among these expected to testify: Norfolk Southern chief executive officer Alan Shaw and Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen....

 2023-03-22 12:39 

New Statesman

Rishi Sunak pledge tracker: UK inflation rises to 10.4%...

The Prime Minister made five promises to the public in January. We monitor whether they are being fulfilled....

 2023-03-22 12:32 

New Statesman

We risk losing "a generation of dentists", says trade union chief...

The British Dental Association told MPs that chronic sectoral neglect has led to severe workforce shortages in dentistry....

 2023-03-22 12:30 

Crooks and Liars

New PAC Will Fund Candidates Who Back Psychedelic Medicine...

With a growing body of research on the use of psychedelics to treat depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health conditions, a new political action committee seeks to elect candidates who support using psilocybin, ketamine a...

 2023-03-22 12:29 

Crooks and Liars

That Time Tucker Carlson Cited The New York Times As Model Media...

Tucker Carlson. Can't live with him. Can't, well.... The moments of Tucker Carlson hypocrisy are so legion, you'd need a week straight of no-sleep, Clockwork Orange-type pinning-your-eyes-open to see them all. But this unbelievable moment from...

 2023-03-22 12:27 

Crooks and Liars

Report: Special Counsel Claims Trump Deliberately Misled His Lawyers...

Jack Smith's prosecutors have presented compelling preliminary evidence that Trump knowingly and deliberately misled his own attorneys about his retention of classified materials after leaving office, a former top federal judge wrote Friday in a seale...

 2023-03-22 12:26 

Crooks and Liars

Rand Paul Calls For Jailing NYC DA Alvin Bragg...

It's bad enough to argue that Trump's fraudulent and corrupt hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels does not warrant an arrest but it's a whole level of MAGA worse to argue that the district attorney should go to jail merely for enforcing...

 2023-03-22 12:18 

CBS News

Putin says Russia will "respond accordingly" if Ukraine gets depleted uranium shells from U.K., claiming they have "nuclear component"...

Depleted uranium is around 60% as radioactive as natural uranium, and its heaviness lends itself for use in armor-piercing rounds....

 2023-03-22 12:17 

CBS News

Trump huddles with senior advisers at Mar-a-Lago as possible indictment looms...

The Manhattan D.A. has been investigating whether Trump falsified business records in the alleged Stormy Daniels payout....

 2023-03-22 12:07 

New Statesman

Fear grips the markets...

After three US banks collapsed in a week and a major European bank, Credit Suisse, had to be rescued, the financial system is facing a new set of systemic risks...

 2023-03-22 12:02 

Crooks and Liars

Mike's Blog Round-Up...

On this day in 1968 Tammy Wynette recorded her version of the Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman song 'D-I-V-O-R-C-E' which went on to top the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in June of that year. Press Watch : "Complicit enablers": 20 ye...

 2023-03-22 12:00 

The Atlantic

Before...

A poem for Wednesday...

 2023-03-22 12:00 

Crooks and Liars

Wisconsin GOP's Fiscal Conservatism Goes Up In Smoke...

In the last four years, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has proposed legalizing marijuana three times. All three times, the Republicans have shot that idea down. Can't have that devil salad in our fine state. However, the citizens of Wisconsin must not ...

 2023-03-22 12:00 

NBC

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House Intel panel launches bipartisan effort to renew surveillance program...

A bipartisan group is trying to reauthorize a government spy tool that faces an uphill battle amid increased skepticism of the 9/11-era surveillance program....

 2023-03-22 12:00 

NBC

[ Politics ]

Democratic Women's Caucus announces new leadership...

The Democratic Women's Caucus unveiled its new leadership team on Wednesday, which includes Rep....

 2023-03-22 12:00 

Vox

The Supreme Court ponders a surprisingly difficult case about poop jokes...

A case about a silly, poop-themed dog toy is also a case about free speech and judicial humility....

 2023-03-22 11:52 

Vox

Why the news is so negative — and what we can do about it...

We can break the cycle of negativity bias in the media and get a more balanced view of the world....

 2023-03-22 11:40 

New Statesman

Like zombies, eurozone states are lurching towards their next financial emergency...

A slow-burning crisis in which insolvent banks prop up insolvent businesses is a dangerous and very real possibility....

 2023-03-22 11:25 

New Statesman

Inflation is running rings around Jeremy Hunt...

The Chancellor is caught between a banking crisis and a cost-of-living crisis....

 2023-03-22 11:00 

New Statesman

An audience with the King, London's pest problem, and why the English are afraid of the Scots...

There was a hoopla in Colchester for the royal visit, with small children waving flags and a brass band....

 2023-03-22 11:00 

NBC

[ Politics ]

'Poop-themed dog toys' shaped like whiskey bottles face Supreme Court trademark showdown...

The Supreme Court will debate whether Jack Daniel's has to grin and bear it over dog-poop themed toys that bear a resemblance to its iconic whiskey bottles....

 2023-03-22 11:00 

Vox

What Israel's political crisis tells us about the dangers of indicting Trump...

Benjamin Netanyahu's radical response to his indictment — and what it might portend for a potential Trump arrest....

 2023-03-22 10:52 

New Statesman

Cultural change is not enough to save the Met. Its very purpose must be overhauled...

The blistering Casey report identifies failings across nearly all the force's departments....

 2023-03-22 10:38 

New Statesman

This England: It's wheelie heavy...

This column which, though named after a line in Shakespeare's "Richard II", refers to the whole of Britain has run in the NS since 1934....

 2023-03-22 10:16 

New Statesman

Boris Johnson's last stand...

The former PM will hope to convince Tory MPs in a Privileges Committee hearing about partygate not to vote for any sanction against him....

 2023-03-22 10:00 

Mother Jones

We Need More People Like George Santos in Congress...
 2023-03-22 10:00 

Mother Jones

Why Your "Recycled" Grocery Bag Might Not Be...
 2023-03-22 10:00 

CBS News

Former Middle East Envoy Dennis Ross on regional instability — "Intelligence Matters"...

This week on "Intelligence Matters," host Michael Morell talks with former senior U.S. ambassador and Middle East envoy Dennis Ross about growing instability in the Middle East....

 2023-03-22 10:00 

FiveThirtyEight

'Tis The Season ... For Gonorrhea?...

We thought we were safe. The flu season was tapering off. Spring was in the air (sort of, some places). As flu cases flatlined through January and February, Americans breathed a sigh of relief, kicked up our collective feet ... and immediately realized we...

 2023-03-22 10:00 

Vox

Season 4 of Succession is going to be a bloodbath...

The show's final season begins Sunday. Which Roy will rise to the top is anyone's guess....

 2023-03-22 09:56 

New Statesman

What is Jeremy Hunt doing to tackle the cost-of-living crisis?...

As inflation rises once more, we summarise the measures announced in the Budget to help with rising prices....

 2023-03-22 09:56 

New Statesman

In challenging times, small businesses must thrive not just survive...

From help with energy costs to start up loans, the government is supporting SMEs....

 2023-03-22 09:38 

New Statesman

Where's the hormone-free contraception for women?...

Scientists are developing a male pill with no side effects, but it would be an outrage if this luxury wasn't granted to all of us....

 2023-03-22 08:00 

New Statesman

As the polling gap closes, Keir Starmer faces his greatest test yet. He mustn't panic...

It's "squeaky-bum time" for the Labour leader but we know he has an appetite for concrete change....

 2023-03-22 08:00 

New Statesman

Why reforming Ofsted isn't as simple as it sounds...

The inspection body is flawed but we forget about the anarchy of schools before its creation and the kids that were failed....

 2023-03-22 08:00 

New Statesman

The Cockfields is a genius, black-hearted British social comedy...

I was hysterical with laughter watching this Diane Morgan-starring series from David Earl and Joe Wilkinson....

 2023-03-22 08:00 

New Statesman

How do we restore trust in the public sector?...

Speaking at the New Statesman Future Generations conference, panellists discussed how to prevent young people from losing faith in crucial public services....

 2023-03-22 08:00 

New Statesman

Greece is becoming an illiberal democracy...

The government's sinister framing of an attack on me is part of a climate of creeping authoritarianism....

 2023-03-22 03:00 

Crooks and Liars

The New, Improved Trump 2024 Yard Sign...

Open thread below... read more...

 2023-03-22 02:00 

Crooks and Liars

Fox Goes On Extended Whine Over Perceived Bias Against Christians...

On Fox News' Outnumbered , the roundtable of Christian conservatives ginned up the "outrage of the day" by claiming Christians are the real people facing bigotry. Over the weekend, the San Jose Shark's promoted an event called Pride Night ...

 2023-03-22 01:00 

Crooks and Liars

Trump: I'm Going To Be Arrested. Please Send Me $3,300. Thank You...

Former President Donald Trump claimed he would be indicted today, but that can't be confirmed. It will happen, but we're not sure it will happen today. We are certain that he's a grifter, though. And the one-termer is fundraising off of his po...

 2023-03-22 00:59 

Mother Jones

Police Killed His Friend and Blamed Him. He Got 65 Years in Prison. He Was 15....

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