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US Senate bans Federal Reserve CBDC through 2030 in housing bill

The US Senate voted 85-5 to pass the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, a bill aimed at increasing housing supply. The package includes a ban preventing the Federal Reserve from creating or working on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) until 2030, and the provision has been part of

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Bettina Anderson wishes Donald Trump Jr. a happy Father's Day

Nearly a month after their private wedding, Bettina Anderson posted a Father’s Day message for her husband, Donald Trump Jr., on her Instagram story. She shared a photo of him with his five children and wrote, “Happy Father’s Day to the most incredible dad,” praising his constant love

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Crypto-aligned PACs Pour Over $8M into Three State Primaries

Political action committees backed by cryptocurrency companies and aligned groups have spent more than $8 million to support candidates in Tuesday’s primaries across three US states, a level of outside spending that could affect the makeup of Congress in 2027. Protect Progress, an affiliate of Fairshake, reported more than

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He knew how to rock a cagoule: the sartorial legacy of Sir Keir Starmer

Starmer had loftier ambitions for his term, and will find little consolation in having got the tricky brief of prime ministerial style right. Being remembered for “he had good hair” was not the legacy he hoped for, but the look he settled on was consistent and recognisable. His prime ministerial

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Far-right millionaire Abelardo de la Espriella wins Colombia runoff

Abelardo de la Espriella, a Trump-admiring far-right millionaire lawyer who styles himself an "outsider", has won Colombia’s presidential runoff, defeating leftwing senator Iván Cepeda. With 99.65% of ballots counted in the preliminary tally, de la Espriella had 12.91m votes (49.65%) to Cepeda’s 12.

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Dutch PM apologises for mistreatment of Moluccan soldiers

Rob Jetten has formally apologised for the "heartless" mistreatment of thousands of Moluccan soldiers who fought for the Dutch colonial army during Indonesia’s struggle for independence. About 12,500 men from a group of Indonesian islands who served in the Royal Dutch East Indies army came with

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JD Vance and Usha Vance: inside their relationship

When asked in June 2024 how she felt about her husband being vetted as Donald Trump's running mate, Usha Vance said she was 'not raring to change anything about our lives right now.' She later held the Bible at the 2025 inauguration as JD Vance was

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Dining across the divide: ‘I think the threshold should be lower’

Anna, a single parent in her 40s, said the evening felt easy and natural and that she hadn’t had such a good meal in a long time. She loved the squid, the Cornish market fish on beans and the Eton mess paired with a dessert wine, and they shared

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How Brexit reshaped Scotland’s political landscape

The decision to quit the EU bolstered support for Scottish independence, Kezia Dugdale says, because Brexit “creates a frame around fairness” for many Scots. Unlike England, Scotland backed remain in 2016 by 62% to 38% and then found the UK taken out of Europe; support for independence now stands at

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Two-thirds of EU citizens back UK rejoining, survey finds

Two-thirds of EU citizens would support Britain rejoining the bloc, and most UK voters say Brexit has harmed the issues they care about and want closer ties, a survey finds. The European Council on Foreign Relations polling across 15 countries showed 66% of respondents saw UK membership as a very

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Rift among elite LA country clubs over proposed tax hike

Los Angeles City Councilman Adrin Nazarian has proposed a November ballot measure to close a decades-old tax loophole that he says lets several private country clubs pay far less than other landowners. Nazarian singled out six clubs — Bel‑Air, Brentwood, Hillcrest, Lakeside, LACC and Wilshire — noting they together pay $811,

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I can’t afford a tutor for my daughter — will she still fulfil her potential?

You have two children, aged eight and four. Your eight-year-old is very bright: in year 3 she is doing year 6 maths. Her state school has large classes and limited resources, so you challenge her with fun maths at home. You hoped to try for a grammar school because local

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Colombia’s runoff expected to shift decades-long armed conflict

Colombians go to the polls on Sunday in a presidential runoff that could prompt a dramatic change in the country’s decades-long armed conflict, which has become the most violent since the 2016 peace agreement with most of the Farc. The frontrunner is Trump-admiring far-right lawyer and millionaire businessman Abelardo

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Taylor slams CGT concessions; 12-year-old dies in Cairns crash

Opposition leader Angus Taylor dismissed the government’s proposed carve-outs to capital gains tax reform, calling the changes "abject failure" and a "half-arsed carve-up." The concessions would exempt all of Australia’s 2.7m small businesses, along with startups and testamentary trusts, from the move to

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Hanson's stance on parental leave and childcare could set back working mothers

Economists warn One Nation policies could roll back decades of progress for working mothers, damage productivity and widen gender inequality. At the National Press Club, Pauline Hanson suggested employers should not pay women on maternity leave, saying: “If women take time off and they are not paid their wages because

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Paramilitaries cast a shadow over Colombia’s presidential runoff

Sunday’s presidential runoff in Colombia will hand power on 7 August to a winner whose life story is entangled with paramilitary forces that shaped decades of conflict. Iván Cepeda, a 63-year-old leftwing senator and human rights activist, lost his father to murder by army officers linked to paramilitaries and

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Trump administration seeks land at Mount Cristo Rey for border wall

The Trump administration is trying to seize the land around Mount Cristo Rey to build a border wall on it. Mount Cristo Rey is a sacred site of Catholic pilgrimages, topped by a 30-foot statue of Jesus. Reporter Reis Thebault takes viewers up the mountain to show the statue at

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Great British summer savings: family discounts on days out and meals

From Thursday, families can take advantage of a temporary cut in VAT for school holiday activities under the Great British summer savings scheme. The chancellor has reduced VAT from 20% to 5% on a range of family-friendly activities from when schools break up in Scotland on 25 June until children

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Rep. Bryan Steil proposes ban on policy wagers in prediction markets

Wisconsin Representative Bryan Steil, chair of the House subcommittee on digital assets, introduced the Stop Lawmakers from Predicting Act to bar certain public officials from wagering on public policy issues and political outcomes. In a Thursday notice, Steil said the bill would bar "members of Congress, their spouses, and

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Hanson says she ‘had to have a conversation’ with new Farrer MP

Pauline Hanson said she “had to have a conversation” with the new Farrer MP, David Farley, after he appeared to contradict One Nation policies on migration and flag‑flying. Shortly before winning Farrer in May’s byelection, Farley said Labor’s current immigration intake of 306,000 was “probably not”

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Chalmers admits political cost of CGT changes; small NSW quakes

Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government has lost some "political paint" after scaling back capital gains tax and negative gearing reforms, but insisted the moves were necessary. He argued the choice was between the easier political path and doing what is right for first home buyers, young people

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White House posts GTA 6 meme as Reflecting Pool turns green

On June 18, the official White House Twitter account posted an image spoofing the newly revealed Grand Theft Auto 6 cover art. The image, likely created with generative AI, used the pink and purple hues from the official artwork and featured four images of President Donald Trump with his slogan

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The CGT 'backflip' is more tweak than transformation

The sustained noise, negative headlines and internet memes around Labor’s capital gains tax changes made a backdown feel inevitable. It was never just a matter of whether concessions would arrive but when, and how much they would erode the reform’s intent. For a government and prime minister that

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JD Vance says wife agreed to fourth child after Charlie Kirk's death

In his memoir Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, released June 16, Vice President JD Vance writes that he had long asked his wife, Usha, to have another baby. "For years I had asked Usha to have another baby, and for years she had told me she was

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Wife of FTX Exec Salame to Face Campaign Finance Charges

Manhattan federal judge George Daniels denied Michelle Bond’s motion to dismiss an indictment alleging she illegally used funds from bankrupt crypto exchange FTX to help finance her unsuccessful 2022 congressional campaign. Bond, the wife of former FTX executive Ryan Salame, had argued prosecutors promised Salame that she would be