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Trump is trying to remake the presidency. Here's why
Susan Davis
No one can say he wasn't upfront about it. "It's good to have a strongman at the head of a country," then-candidate Donald Trump declared at a New Hampshire campaign rally back in January 2024. In ...[Continue Reading]
NPR
about 1 year ago
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What do you need to know about the ambulance strike?
Harry Manning
National Ambulance Service (NAS) personnel will stage a 24-hour strike today, as a long-running row over pay escalates. Around 2,000 members of SIPTU and Unite held a work to rule yesterday ahead of ...[Continue Reading]
RTE
1 day ago
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The Fuel Crisis Is Testing ASEANs Limits
Joseph Rachman
Welcome to Foreign Policys Southeast Asia Brief, which features my reporting from the ASEAN leaders summit in the Philippines. The highlights this week: From Cebu, ASEAN searches for fuel crisis sol ...[Continue Reading]
Foreign Policy
1 day ago
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Connecticut Expands Protections for Workers Including Victims of Assault
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Connecticut has enacted legislation addressing wage theft in the building trades; job protections for services workers; and compensation for workers who are assaulted on the job, including nurses and ...[Continue Reading]
Insurance Journal
1 day ago
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Its not Paschals seat: Left-wing candidates on trail in Dublin Central byelection
Cormac McQuinn
I have one question for you, Helen Breslin, a resident of the North Strand, tells Green Party Dublin Central byelection candidate Janet Horner. When are cyclists going to obey the rules of the road ...[Continue Reading]
The Irish Times
1 day ago
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Fintan O'Toole: Career of would-be California governor Steve Hilton traces an arc from Macroom to Maga
Fintan OToole
How do we get from a risible political farce at a cattle fair in Macroom in 1992 to the possible next governor of California? Its a wildly improbable journey but one that tells us a great deal about ...[Continue Reading]
The Irish Times
1 day ago