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Keir Starmer is facing the biggest rebellion of his premiership as more than 150 MPs are preparing to vote against his forthcoming welfare cuts www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

submitted 10 days ago • 49 comments

EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.

submitted 36 days ago • 549 comments

NEW: Crowd now growing at the Capitol where Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries are staging a sit-in on the steps. Is this building into something? If you’re in DC, they’re encouraging folk to come down there & support. #Resist (📸 Sen. Brian Schatz)

submitted 37 days ago • 467 comments

WSJ test conversations “found that both Meta’s official AI helper, called Meta AI, and a vast array of user-created chatbots will engage in and sometimes escalate discussions that are decidedly sexual—even when the users are underage or the bots are programmed to simulate the personas of minors.“

submitted 37 days ago • 8 comments

38d.gs/hzo3

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

and here's the thing: americans actually haven't faced the real supply chain shocks or the spillover of tariffs

submitted 42 days ago • 4 comments

Battle lines are being drawn between the European Central Bank and the European Commission over whether landmark rules to govern crypto currencies are strong enough to withstand the full force of Donald Trump.

submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments

Usual response when faced with reality - insult and then block. They have nothing.

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

'The headline takeaway: references to sex in the Equality Act are references to biological sex; references to men in the Equality Act are references to biological males; references to women in the Equality Act are references to biological females.' Legal explanation. 🎯 knowingius.org/p/sex-has-al...

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

Indeed. A fresh wave of vile abuse ensued after the judgement, even though belief in biological sex is perfectly lawful and has now been confirmed once more.

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

www.thenational.scot/news/2510284... councillor Pete Shears wrote to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Liz Kendall, to say he finds it difficult to be in the same group as her over her decision to cut £5 billion in welfare funding.

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This editorial is legally spot on … better than many lawyer written pieces on linked-in “the supreme court has emphasised the balancing nature of the Equality Act, which adjudicates between the rights of different groups.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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NEW: John Swinney has said there will be no deals 'under any circumstances' between the SNP and Reform UK Swinney's comments come after Nigel Farage backed the SNP over Labour in next year's elections

submitted 45 days ago • 5 comments