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2+ hour, 36+ min ago   (459+ words) The Editors' Chat is a monthly, freewheeling discussion among the editors of Liberal Currents. In today's episode, Sports betting is destroying an important part of the American social fabric. Annualized, what we are seeing is a displacement rate of roughly…...

1+ hour, 15+ min ago   (233+ words) A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ayekooto Akindele, has linked Aisha Yesufu’s criticism of a recent interview granted by the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, to her failure to secure the party’s senatorial…...

9+ min ago   (137+ words) A three-page CIA document at the center of President Donald Trump's claims about Chinese election interference is drawing sharp scrutiny from former intelligence officials, who say it bears the hallmarks of a memo engineered to serve a political agenda rather…...

23+ min ago   (552+ words) The Furious star reflects on her Shameless years and the books that have shaped her — including the childhood classic she turns to again and again. In One Nightstand, celebrity readers and writers join us at the blond in 11 Howard to…...

6+ hour, 12+ min ago   (169+ words) “The Kremlin has initiated a new crackdown on anti-war voices ahead of Russia’s parliamentary elections in September, barring candidates from running if they show any sign of opposing the bloody, expensive and increasingly unpopular military operation in Ukraine,” the Washington…...

4+ hour, 34+ min ago   (132+ words) “With fewer than 100 days to go before the 2026 midterm election, Republicans see an opportunity to score points on their Democratic colleagues on an unlikely issue: tariffs,” CNBC reports. “The National Republican Congressional Committee on Tuesday launched a digital advertising campaign…...

6+ hour, 21+ min ago   (147+ words) “Republicans didn’t decide to become President Trump’s party. They surrendered to him, one stage at a time, over a decade, in plain sight,” Axios reports. “Democrats swear that socialism’s growing grip on their party is different, and can be contained....

4+ hour, 35+ min ago   (372+ words) “President Donald Trump flew to Michigan on Monday inside the classic Air Force One that now features a new painted color scheme,” NewsNation reports. “The plane is now dark blue with a gold stripe and red trim.” You already know…...

6+ hour, 6+ min ago   (135+ words) “President Donald Trump declared that communism was ‘the greatest threat to our country in history,’ even going so far as to compare it to World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor, and September 11,” Mediaite reports. Said Trump: “The whole…...

39+ min ago   (45+ words) Two outgoing GOP senators previously burned by President Donald Trump are threatening to sink a White House priority as a critical committee vote nears Thursday, Punchbowl News reported Tuesday.Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, whom Trump nominated last month for…...