Apart from anything else, "Abigail Spanberger" is a great name. If you're lucky enough to have a surname that's a dactyl and you don't give your children a first name that's also a dactyl you're wasting everybody's time. Hats off in particular to Mr & Mrs Roosevelt for coming up with "Franklin D".
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The U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing President Donald Trump's bid to preserve his sweeping tariffs pursued under a 1977 law meant for emergencies ...
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UK Police have launched a manhunt after a second asylum seeking prisoner was mistakenly released - reports
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Anything that causes Hershey’s to put less cocoa in their chocolate is fine by me. It won’t taste so much of vomit that way. RE:
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This Halloween, the candy seems to be missing a crucial ingredient, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports. https://bit.ly/3LjRFHV
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My Trade Secrets today. The Supreme Court must decide if it will back Congress’s right to set tariffs over Trump’s. If only the actual Congress had the guts to do it. For now Chinese retaliation and the equity markets are the only real checks on the presidency here. 1/2 [as.ft.com/r/a02c1173-e...](
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Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
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PARIS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SAYS SHE CANNOT RULE OUT THAT GANG BEHIND LOUVRE ROBBERY CASE IS BIGGER THAN THE FOUR PEOPLE CAUGHT ON CCTV
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Tories confirm Chris Philp's bill proposing mass deportation of people with indefinite leave to remain no longer party policy - https://www.theguar...