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Twenty-four of the so-called fake Trump electors now face criminal charges in three different states, and one of the legal architects of the plan to deploy them, Kenneth Chesebro, has emerged as a witness in all of the cases.Mr. Chesebro, a Harvard-trained lawyer, helped develop the plan to have Republicans in battleground states won by Joseph R. Biden Jr. in 2020 present themselves as Trump electors. The scheme was part of an effort to have Congress block or delay certification of Mr. Biden’s Electoral College victory on Jan. 6, 2021.Earlier this week, a Nevada grand jury indicted six former Trump…
Business Insider spoke with three people who live on cruise ships for at least half the year.One remote worker spent 300 days living on a cruise ship and said it cost as much as his apartment.Another cruise ship resident lives for free as a “wife on board.” Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app As the urge for a simpler way of living grows, some cruise companies are offering condos starting at $100,000. On these ships, people can travel around the world every 3…
Napoleon is said to have called Britain “a nation of shopkeepers”. Historians still debate whether it was a backhanded observation, or a compliment. Had he visited the country today, the Corsican might have only tweaked his supposed original remark to: “a nation of chicken shopkeepers”.And, like many visitors to the UK, he might also be somewhat perplexed. Leaning towards a member of his cabinet particulier while tucking into a two-piece chicken meal with fries and a coke, here are some of question he may have asked.Why are there so many?Chicken shops are everywhere. An FT Weekend Magazine article from 2020…
© Reuters. Artificial Intelligence words are seen in this illustration taken March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) -European Union policymakers on Friday agreed a provisional deal on landmark rules governing the use of artificial intelligence (AI), including governments’ use of AI in biometric surveillance and how to regulate AI systems such as ChatGPT. Here are some reaction to the news from key people and experts: Alexandra van Huffelen, Dutch minister of digitalisation: “Dealing with AI means fairly distributing the opportunities and the risks. AI is set to play a major role in many of the sectors in which…
The Texas Supreme Court placed a hold Friday night on a lower court judge’s ruling that would have allowed a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis to receive an abortion despite the Lone Star State’s ban on the procedure.The order by the state Supreme Court, made up of all Republicans, came more than 30 hours after 31-year-old Kate Cox received a temporary restraining order from a lower court judge that prevented the state from enforcing its abortion ban in her case.The court said in a one-page ruling that it was temporarily staying Thursday’s ruling “without regard to the…
The US is short millions of homes, contributing to sky-high rent and housing prices. Restrictive zoning has made it illegal to build dense, mixed-use neighborhoods in many places. The American public wants policymakers to do something about it, according to new polling. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Urbanist Twitter has a favorite meme pointing out how nonsensical American urban planning can be. It started when one account posted an image of a downtown street in the cartoon sitcom Bob’s Burgers and wrote, “This…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.This article is an on-site version of The Lex Newsletter. Sign up here to get the complete newsletter sent straight to your inbox every Wednesday and FridayDear reader,Magic does not work. Science does. The first morphed into the second via alchemy. This fruitless quest to transmute base metals into gold laid the foundations for systematic experimentation. One of the finest fruits of the latter is the victory of medical science over a lengthening list of diseases.Lex explored this theme — and R&D…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A general view of a Tesla store in Porsgrunn, Norway, December 24, 2021. Picture taken December 24, 2021. REUTERS/Victoria Klesty/File Photo By Terje Solsvik OSLO (Reuters) -U.S. automaker Tesla (NASDAQ:) Inc should respect fundamental labour rights including collective bargaining, Norway’s $1.5 trillion sovereign wealth fund said, while adding it would keep its stake in the company and seek to influence policy over time. The electric vehicle producer faces a backlash in the Nordic region from unions and some pension funds over its refusal to accept a demand from Swedish mechanics for collective bargaining rights covering wages…
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For 74 years, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has been America’s most important military alliance. Presidents of both parties have seen NATO as a force multiplier enhancing the influence of the United States by uniting countries on both sides of the Atlantic in a vow to defend one another.Donald J. Trump has made it clear that he sees NATO as a drain on American resources by freeloaders. He has held that view for at least a quarter of a century.In his 2000 book, “The America We Deserve,” Mr. Trump wrote that “pulling back from Europe would save this country millions…