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A group of political and business leaders are urging Oregon’s legislators to reform the state’s permissive drug laws in the beginning of 2024. If lawmakers don’t act, that coalition will bring a ballot measure to the very voters who decriminalized drugs three years ago. “Oregonians still believe that the best strategy is a minimal use … Read more

The Israeli prime minister has his own agenda to galvanise his coalition and strengthen himself. A wider war is a real danger Warnings about a region-wide escalation engulfing the entire Middle East have been circulating since the first fraught days after the 7 October Hamas terrorist atrocities. The most dangerous flashpoint is generally believed to … Read more

The longtime chair of the Iowa GOP says there’s a chance for a “record turnout” when his state’s caucuses on January 15 lead off the Republican presidential nominating calendar. The Republican record was set eight years ago, when roughly 186,000 voters cast ballots in a wide-open GOP caucus that was narrowly won by Sen. Ted … Read more

Three Republican lawmakers have been the target of “swatting” at their homes since Christmas Day, with a legal expert calling the act “criminal harassment.” “Swatting” is a crime that has become prominent in recent years, gaining more steam in the social media age when people’s addresses are easily accessible. George Washington University law professor Jonathan … Read more

New York Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed an election bill on Wednesday that would have significantly changed the state’s newly established system to publicly finance political campaigns by raising the dollar threshold for candidates to qualify in state elections. As it stands, New York’s Public Campaign Finance Program allows statewide or state legislative office candidates … Read more

For many, he represents the nation’s cultural presence. But he is also a cause célèbre for those frightened by #MeToo and progressive change I remember the moment my Scottish flatmate showed me a clip of Gérard Depardieu in Le Camion by Marguerite Duras from 1977, proof of his youthful attractiveness. As a woman born in … Read more

Miami and Baltimore meet with a chance at the No 1 overall seed in play As the regular season draws to a close, we’ll take a look each Friday at a game likely to affect the playoff race, along with the teams whose fortunes are rising and falling. And, so we don’t neglect the also-rans, … Read more

Joe Gow says that his free speech rights were violated after the Universities of Wisconsin board of regents decided to fire him Former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse chancellor Joe Gow has said he was fired by the school’s governing board because members were uncomfortable with him and his wife producing and appearing in pornographic videos. … Read more

California voters will have the option to select former President Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential primary despite calls from the state’s lieutenant governor to remove him from the ballot. Secretary of State Shirley Weber certified the list of candidates Thursday night. GAVIN NEWSOM BLASTS EFFORT TO BLOCK TRUMP FROM CALIFORNIA BALLOT: ‘WE DEFEAT CANDIDATES … Read more

Escaping poverty, violence and the climate crisis are factors, but the main driver is rich societies demanding cheap labour We seem to be living in times of unprecedented mass migration. Images of people from Africa crammed into unseaworthy boats desperately trying to cross the Mediterranean, asylum seekers crossing the Channel into Britain, and “caravans” of … Read more