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How New York’s Mayor, Eric Adams, Wooed Donald Trump

Mayor Eric Adams’s charm campaign involved phone calls to the Trumps and a meeting with Steve Bannon. Mr. Trump showed sympathy for the mayor, as his administration moved to drop charges against Mr. Adams.

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In the weeks before the presidential inauguration, Mayor Eric Adams of New York cozied up to President Trump, his political allies and his family.
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How California’s elites ruled the states into ruin

California’s leftist elites love to cloak their actions in “compassion,” but I’m not sure there is anything more cruel and heartless than taking money in taxes from hardworking legal immigrants who can’t afford to buy a home so that newly arrived illegal immigrants can.

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‘He’ll have a blast’: Nigel Mansell, the lion of Ferrari, has high hopes for Lewis Hamilton

The former world champion enjoyed two epic seasons in the scarlet car and believes his fellow Briton will be similarly inspired

Regardless of how Lewis Hamilton’s hugely anticipated debut for Ferrari pans out at Melbourne in Sunday’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix and whether his glorious adventure to cap a remarkable career is a success or not, for one former driver, his countryman has made the right decision.

“The experience I had at Ferrari, money can’t buy,” says Nigel Mansell with a fond smile. “Money can’t buy those emotions, or feelings or accolades. It made me all round a better person and driver. They treasure their drivers. It’s something incredibly special.”

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© Photograph: Claudia Greco/Reuters

© Photograph: Claudia Greco/Reuters

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‘As long he is breathing, I’m not safe’: romance fraud victim flees UK after jailed conman is freed

As cases of romance fraud soar by 27%, tricked woman tells of her £115,000 ordeal

The first time Yvonne met Gary Rogers he arrived at her house in a shiny black Range Rover smelling of Armani Code perfume, with neatly gelled silver hair. It was August 2017, and Yvonne’s ex-husband had suggested she ask the motor dealer, known locally as the “Jag man”, to fix her car.

Yvonne* says their relationship developed slowly. “Gary” boasted he had been spending time on his 42-ft boat, claimed to own two houses, and once turned up in a Porsche to take her for a drink. As they began to see more of each other, he would arrive at Yvonne’s house with freshly cut fruit and smoked salmon, always with a wad of money on him.

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© Photograph: Sussex Police/PA

© Photograph: Sussex Police/PA

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This is how we do it: ‘I’d distract myself to avoid climaxing – until the time I said out loud, “I need to take the bins out”’

Ana Sofía was coming out of a sexless relationship; Alfredo had never had a girlfriend. That made things ‘extremely exciting’ at first, but now they’re happy to slow it down
How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymously

I knew I would have some kind of baggage around sex due to my previous relationship, but I didn’t quite know how it would manifest

Now that I have sex consistently, it’s like it’s fallen down on my priority list, because in theory we can have sex whenever we want

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© Illustration: Ryan Gillett

© Illustration: Ryan Gillett

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‘You’re welcome, Canada’: The imagined thoughts of Justin Trudeau

Friday marked the final day of the premiership of Justin Trudeau. He leaves under a cloud of near-unprecedented personal unpopularity. And, despite a smattering of early successes, such as legalized marijuana, his nine-year tenure saw a noticeable worsening of everything from crime to productivity to rent to health-care wait times. “This may be my last day here in this office, but I will always be boldly and unapologetically Canadian. My only ask is that no matter what the world throws at us, you always be the same," he said in his last address as prime minister. Read More
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