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Trump says he is ‘beyond seriously’ considering 2024 presidential run, misses ‘helping people’
Former president gives first sit down interview with major news network since he left for Florida
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Guide mauled to death by grizzly bear near Yellowstone National Park
Animal attacked while trying to protect food source, say police
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Nine shot at child’s 12th birthday party in Louisiana
Police has claimed that more than one weapon was used at the birthday party in which nine sustained gunshot wounds
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Asian American CNN producer zip-tied by Minnesota police and asked if she can speak English, lawyer says
Carolyn Sung spent more than two hours in jail before her lawyers were able to get her released
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Who is Derek Chauvin, the officer charged with murdering George Floyd?
He was on the Minneapolis police force for nearly 20 years and had previously documented incidents of using force with arrestees
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Supreme Court scraps last GOP election lawsuit, ending five-month challenge to results
The decision has wider implications for future elections
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Hornets rookie LaMelo Ball’s broken wrist healed; how much difference will he make?
LaMelo Ball, the NBA’s top rookie the first three months, has been out since March 20
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George W Bush says Capitol riot made him ‘sick’ and calls it ‘a terrible moment in our history’
The 43rd president refuses to blame Trump for direction of GOP
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Exposure to Twitter lowered Republican vote share in last two presidential elections, study claims
Effects of joining Twitter was driven by independent and moderate voters being persuaded by Twitter’s liberal content, study suggests
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US House condemns China over Hong Kong crackdown in near-unanimous vote
Republican Thomas Massie was the lone member to vote against the resolution
- The Week
Could Europe's most powerful soccer clubs effectively kill the World Cup?
Things are complicated in the world of European soccer at the moment. The continent's most powerful clubs — Manchester United, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, and several others from England, Italy, and Spain — are attempting to form their own "Super League," much to the chagrin of their domestic leagues and UEFA, the sport's European governing body. Basically, it comes down to money; the venture would be lucrative for the clubs, and not so lucrative for the UEFA, leaving the two sides in an apparent standoff. The whole thing may wind up being a bluff by the clubs to get more money from UEFA's Champions League, an annual continent-wide competition featuring the best teams from several domestic leagues, but right now it's unclear just how serious either side is. If no one blinks, the world's most famous competition, the FIFA World Cup, may wind up in the middle of the dispute. On Monday, UEFA's president Aleksander Čeferin confirmed that any players who participate in the Super League "will be banned" from playing in the World Cup or the European Football Championship. "They will not be allowed to play for their national teams," he said, adding that sanctions against the clubs and players would come "as soon as possible," per Italian soccer journalist Fabrizio Romano. FIFA has also previously said the players would be ineligible for international competitions, suggesting players from non-European countries would be affected. The World Cup would go on as planned, but if the threat is ultimately realized, many of the world's greatest players would be absent, which, it's safe to say, is not a desirable outcome and could potentially greatly diminish the event. That scenario would have consequences for the U.S. men's national team, as well, considering several of its young stars, most notably 22-year-old Cristian Pulisic (who plays for Chelsea, a would-be Super League participant), would be subject to the ban. Read a full explainer of the situation at CBS Sports. More stories from theweek.comThe new HBO show you won't be able to stop watchingDonald Trump's most dangerous political legacyFauci flubs the freedom question
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The Biden administration is ending the use of terms like 'illegal alien' to refer to immigrants, leaked memos say
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‘Give back her socialist cash’: Democrats pushed to return campaign donations from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Bush says America is so polarised people ‘couldn’t believe I was friends with Michelle Obama’
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Basketball star Scottie Pippen pays emotional tribute after death of 33-year-old son
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Court rejects appeal in Mark Carver murder case, setting up new trial or dropped charges
Gaston County DA Locke Bell must decide his next step in the 2008 death of UNCC student Irina Yarmolenko.
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Panthers addressing another need with NFL draft around the corner
The Panthers have addressed almost every need on the roster in free agency.
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Trump-themed boat parade thrown in Florida to protest pirate festival cancellation
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- The Telegraph
Armin Laschet: Safe choice to replace Angela Merkel, but can he lead the party to victory?
Angela Merkel's conservatives on Tuesday confirmed Armin Laschet's nomination as their chancellor candidate in September's election, as his rival conceded following a bitter battle that has left the bloc deeply divided. "The dice have fallen. Armin Laschet is the chancellor candidate" of the conservative CDU-CSU alliance, said his rival Markus Soeder. Mr Soeder, the leader of the CDU's smaller Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, had faced off against Mr Laschet for over a week in a standoff that laid bare deep divisions in Ms Merkel's party. Mr Soeder, whose personal poll ratings are much better than Mr Laschet's, had significant support in the CDU. The Union bloc is the last major party to nominate a candidate for chancellor in the Sept 26 parliamentary election, in which Ms Merkel is not seeking a fifth four-year term. The 60-year-old Mr Laschet is the governor of Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia. Mr Soeder is the governor of Bavaria. Profile: The uninspiring choice of Armin Laschet The son of a miner from the town of Aachen on the Dutch border, Mr Laschet has made his way to the top of German politics by combining a steely ambition with the sunny demeanour typical of the Rhine region. The 60-year-old’s election as party leader this January is the latest step in a winding career. He entered the Bundestag in his early thirties, did a stint in the European parliament and then returned to local politics in his home state of North Rhine-Westphalia, where he has been state leader since 2017. Mr Laschet is often characterised as the continuity candidate, a man who will keep an open mind on a variety of centrist coalition partners in the same way that Ms Merkel has done. For a long time he was seen as a loyalist, sticking by Ms Merkel throughout the divisive days of the refugee crisis. When wooing party delegates at the January conference, he assured them that he has the same soft leadership skills that have made such a success of Ms Merkel’s leadership. “I’m not one for self-promotion. I’m just Armin Laschet,” he said. But there have been notable fissures in the relationship between the Chancellor and the CDU leader in recent months. Mr Laschet’s liberal instincts mean that he has occasionally criticised lockdowns. In February, he lamented that “banning everything, being strict, treating citizens like little children - that's not something that’s sustainable in the long run.” Ms Merkel has in turn publicly admonished him for not being firm enough in his application of pandemic rules in his home state.