#Biden gets major win from Turkey ahead of key NATO summit

#Biden gets major win from Turkey ahead of key NATO summit

President Biden’s hopes of projecting NATO’s unity during the Russian war with Ukraine got a major boost from Monday’s breakthrough in securing Turkey’s backing to allow Sweden into the alliance.  Turkey had delayed Stockholm’s accession to NATO for more than a year, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appeared to move the goalposts earlier Monday…

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#Think tank leader who claims to have given FBI info on Hunter Biden charged by Justice Department

#Think tank leader who claims to have given FBI info on Hunter Biden charged by Justice Department

The head of a U.S. think tank who has repeatedly accused President Biden and his family of corruption has been charged with acting as an unregistered agent of China, Manhattan prosecutors announced Monday evening. Gal Luft, co-director of the Maryland-based Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, is accused of recruiting and paying an unnamed former…

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#A record share of Americans are living alone

#A record share of Americans are living alone

Nearly 30 percent of American households comprise a single person, a record high.  Scholars say living alone is not a trend so much as a transformation: Across much of the world, large numbers of people are living alone for the first time in recorded history.  “It’s just a stunning social change,” said Eric Klinenberg, a…

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#Investigation finds Clarence Thomas accepted more undisclosed gifts from wealthy friends through elite association

#Investigation finds Clarence Thomas accepted more undisclosed gifts from wealthy friends through elite association

A New York Times investigation revealed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was brought access to the wealthy through relationships he built with members of the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. The Times reported that just months after Thomas joined the bench in 1991, he was welcomed into the Horatio Alger Association, a nonprofit…

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#DeSantis’s stumbles have GOP mulling other Trump alternatives

#DeSantis’s stumbles have GOP mulling other Trump alternatives

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s weaker-than-expected campaign is prompting other Republicans, such as Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, to take a new look at running for president, GOP strategists say. These Republicans argue that DeSantis, long seen as the strongest potential challenger in a GOP primary to former President Trump, has failed…

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#Domestic workers are organizing for better working conditions nationwide

#Domestic workers are organizing for better working conditions nationwide

Domestic workers throughout the country are pushing for better working conditions, staging rallies and protests and lobbying for labor protections. The workers, including nannies, house cleaners and home care workers, have launched campaigns in places including Miami, where two organizations led a mid-June march calling for a “Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights.” That same week, workers rallied in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square — a…

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