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UK regulator FCA to investigate how it handled Epstein whistleblower who took his own life
The Guardian

UK regulator FCA to investigate how it handled Epstein whistleblower who took his own life

British banker Simon Andriesz helped to expose alleged ties between late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and US commerce secretary Howard LutnickA top UK regulator has launched an investigation into how it handled a whistleblower – who highlighted alleged ties between the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick – after…

New York has a socialist mayor. Los Angeles may be next
Axios

New York has a socialist mayor. Los Angeles may be next

LOS ANGELES — Voters could make history next month by giving the two largest U.S. cities something in common: South Asian immigrant democratic socialist mayors.Why it matters: Such a pairing would capture two forces reshaping urban America — its growing diversity and the Democratic Party's shifting ideological boundaries.New York, the nation's largest…

How a Bolsonaro Biopic Ended Up at the Center of Brazil’s Presidential Election
Mother Jones

How a Bolsonaro Biopic Ended Up at the Center of Brazil’s Presidential Election

This article is a partnership with Agência Pública. In May, now-presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of former Brazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, shared on his social media a “leaked” trailer for an upcoming biopic about his father. The “most anticipated movie of the year,” Flávio said then, would depict the story of a “true…

"Cruel & Torturous": Christa Pike in Critical Condition After Botched Tennessee Execution
Democracy Now!

"Cruel & Torturous": Christa Pike in Critical Condition After Botched Tennessee Execution

Tennessee’s Governor Bill Lee has halted executions for the remainder of the year after a death row prisoner survived two lethal injections on Wednesday. According to her lawyers, Christa Pike was still breathing after she was strapped to a gurney and injected with two syringes of pentobarbital in a botched execution that spanned more than two hours. Prior…

Republican Ken Paxton admits forces in DC control his Texas Senate campaign
The Guardian

Republican Ken Paxton admits forces in DC control his Texas Senate campaign

‘I don’t control message or what we’re doing,’ scandal- hit state attorney general reportedly says at private eventKen Paxton, the Texas attorney general chosen by Donald Trump to run as the Republican candidate for a Senate seat, admitted in private that his campaign was being controlled by outside forces in Washington DC.Paxton, who is locked in a…

JD Vance and Ted Cruz are fighting for control of the GOP. The problem? Neither is called Trump | Arwa Mahdawi
The Guardian

JD Vance and Ted Cruz are fighting for control of the GOP. The problem? Neither is called Trump | Arwa Mahdawi

Having seemingly written off the midterms, the Republican bigwigs are making their pitches for 2028. But the current commander-in-chief could be looking closer to homeThe US midterm elections are a month away and it’s looking rough for the Republicans. I wouldn’t discount devious schemes behind the scenes, but, on the face of it, the president and his…