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The royal family was always a disaster waiting to happen. Its creation as a marketable entity in the 1960s by the late Queen Elizabeth II was meant to “modernise” the monarchy for the 20th century. It worked, but only up to a point. Her son Prince Andrew has long been its biggest liability, this week in trouble yet again due to his alleged behaviour within that ghoulish circle, the friends of Jeffrey Epstein.King Charles now has a decision to make as to how far he can allow his brother’s past behaviour to tarnish the family’s image. That image is the…
You’ve likely heard of the debate over how to pronounce GIF – gif like the start of “gift” or jif like the peanut butter brand? – but what about the one over Gingles? Wednesday’s argument in Louisiana v. Callais was peppered with contentious references to Gingles factors, which are used to determine if congressional maps dilute a racial minority group’s voting power, and the justices didn’t even seem to agree on if it’s pronounced “Gingles” or “Jingles.” Morning Reads What This Supreme Court Term Means for Future Elections (Lydia Wheeler, The Wall Street Journal) — Louisiana v. Callais, a case…
Electric aircraft startup Lilium may have ceased operations a year ago, but its insolvency filing wasn’t quite the end of the German-based company. There were multiple failed attempts to restructure the company, including a last-ditch effort by Mobile Uplift Corporation, a company set up by investors from Europe and North America, to acquire the operating assets of the startup’s two subsidiaries. Ultimately, a bankruptcy administrator put the company’s assets through a competitive bid process. Now, some of its tech will live on over at Archer Aviation, which beat out Ambitious Air Mobility Group and U.S.-based Joby Aviation with the winning…
Gustavo Ocando AlexReporting from Maracaibo, Venezuela for BBC News MundoGustavo Ocando AlexWilder Fernández is a young fisherman in the west of Venezuela who is concerned by the US military presence in the CaribbeanWilder Fernández has caught four good-sized fish in the murky waters of a small bay north of Lake Maracaibo.The contents of his net will serve as dinner for his small team before they set out to go fishing again in the evening.But this daily task is a job he has recently become scared of doing.After 13 years as a fisherman, Mr Fernández confesses that he now fears his…
Wendy Lin-Cook is the vice provost for enrollment management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.U.S. News: What’s your best advice to a student stressing over their application to RPI? Lin-Cook: Be yourself! RPI is a place where your authentic self is celebrated. We look beyond your transcript to understand who you really are: your curiosity, resilience, creativity. Show us a passion project you pursued independently, obstacles you’ve overcome or contributions you’ve made to your community. We’re not looking for perfect students who fit a mold, but a diverse community of problem-solvers with different experiences. Don’t stress about having everything figured out or presenting…
As the Trump administration weighs mortgage fraud charges against Democrats, Trump’s critics accused the administration of enforcing a double standard. Trump has frequently described his desire for revenge on past antagonists. On Oct. 9, federal prosecutors in Virginia secured a grand jury indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James on charges related to mortgage fraud. James prosecuted Donald Trump in a civil case in New York between his two presidential terms. She has maintained her innocence. Dan Koh, a onetime aide to former President Joe Biden who now hosts “The People’s Cabinet” podcast, criticized Trump and his administration during…
The U.S. Senate left for its customary long weekend Thursday afternoon, following a brief three days in session despite the ongoing government shutdown. The House remained on an extended break from Capitol Hill, where neither Democrats nor Republicans seemed motivated to talk to each other despite mounting repercussions from the funding lapse.Federal courts, for example, reported just as the shutdown began Oct. 1, they could use “fee balances and other funds not dependent on a new appropriation” to keep up and running through Friday, Oct. 17. “If the shutdown continues after Judiciary funds are exhausted, the courts will then operate under the terms of…
Stock Market LIVE on Friday, October 17, 2025: Indian equity markets are likely to begin the week’s last trading session on a lower note, weighed down by weak global cues. The GIFT Nifty futures also indicated a softer start for the benchmark indices. At 6:45 AM on Friday, the GIFT Nifty futures were trading 49 points lower at 25,607. On the global front, investors await inflation data from the Euro Area and import-export data from the United States. Back home, D-Street participants eye bank loan growth and foreign exchange reserve data. Markets across…
Donald Trump doesn’t seem to have much of an idea of what is going on around him. As with many 80-year-olds in decline, he also tends to struggle with recent history, even when it involves just a few years ago.The general issue for Trump’s entire political career is that he doesn’t know the difference between laws and executive actions. Presidents don’t pass laws. The executive actions that presidents take do not have the weight and force of laws. PoliticusUSA is not beholden to any political party, corporation, or special interest. We are 100% independent. Please support us by becoming a…
This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week.Around the middle of last year, Pim de Witte started reaching out to a handful of prominent AI labs to see if they’d be interested in using data from Medal, his popular video game clipping platform, to train their agents.Within weeks, it became clear that Medal’s data was more valuable to the labs than he expected. “We received multiple acquisition offers very quickly,” he told me. (He declined to name names, but it has been…