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Indiana Republicans reject effort to redraw voting maps in rebuke to Trump

Measure to redistrict, which would add two GOP-friendly seats, failed 19-31 after 21 Republicans joined 10 Democrats

Indiana Republicans rejected an effort to redraw the state’s congressional map on Thursday, a stunning and blunt rebuke of Donald Trump and Republican efforts to reconfigure the state’s congressional districts to add two more Republican-friendly seats.

The measure failed 19-31, with 21 Republicans joining 10 Democrats in rejecting the new maps.

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© Photograph: Michael Conroy/AP

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Senate rejects dual healthcare bills as Obamacare tax credits expiration nears

Votes came as premium tax credits for estimated 21.8 million enrollees of plans set to expire at end of month

The US Senate on Thursday rejected competing proposals to address the imminent expiration of subsidies for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans, greatly increasing the chances that healthcare costs will soon rise to unaffordable levels for millions of Americans.

The votes, part of a deal brokered between Republican majority leader John Thune and the Democratic senators who agreed to reopen the government after a historically long shutdown last month, came as premium tax credits for an estimated 21.8 million enrollees of the plans are set to expire at the end of the month. Health policy research group KFF estimates that annual premiums will more than double if the subsidies are allowed to expire.

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© Photograph: Mattie Neretin/CNP/picture alliance/Consolidated News Photos

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America Is Entering Its Third Civil War

Trump is not interested in refighting the Cold War. He is, in my view, interested in fighting the civilizational war over what is the American “home.”

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Jugée « trop woke », la police d’écriture Calibri devient une nouvelle cible de la guerre culturelle américaine

Times New Roman Marco Rubio Calibiri

C'est une décision qui a de quoi laisser stupéfait, et qui montre que la guerre culturelle qui se joue aux États-Unis se glisse jusqu'à des détails insignifiants. Le secrétaire d'État Marco Rubio a ordonné aux diplomates de ne plus utiliser la police de caractères Calibri. Le motif ? Trop « woke ». Il vaut mieux re-basculer sur le bon vieux Times New Roman.

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Jugée « trop woke », la police d’écriture Calibri devient une nouvelle cible de la guerre culturelle américaine

Times New Roman Marco Rubio Calibiri

C'est une décision qui a de quoi laisser stupéfait, et qui montre que la guerre culturelle qui se joue aux États-Unis se glisse jusqu'à des détails insignifiants. Le secrétaire d'État Marco Rubio a ordonné aux diplomates de ne plus utiliser la police de caractères Calibri. Le motif ? Trop « woke ». Il vaut mieux re-basculer sur le bon vieux Times New Roman.

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What Does the Oil Tanker Seizure Mean for Venezuela’s Economy?

Seizures of more tankers could put a stranglehold on Venezuela’s economy, which is exceptionally dependent on oil to keep the government running and pay for basic necessities.

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An oil tanker docked at Cardon Refinery in Venezuela, in 2021.
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Mike Lindell, Trump ally and MyPillow founder, running for Minnesota governor

Lindell, an election conspiracist who still maintains the 2020 election was stolen, joins a crowded Republican field

Mike Lindell, a pillow salesman and election conspiracist, is running for governor of Minnesota, he announced on Thursday.

Lindell, an ally of Donald Trump’s and major player in efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, joins a crowded Republican primary in the left-leaning state, where his pillow company, MyPillow, is headquartered.

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Bessent Accelerates Regulation Overhaul to Jumpstart Growth

The Treasury Secretary unveiled changes to the Financial Stability Oversight Council to ease “overregulation.”

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued that financial stability was best achieved through faster economic growth, which he said was constrained by unnecessary regulations.
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Why is Trump attacking Venezuelan boats? | The Latest

US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, in a major escalation of Donald Trump’s campaign against the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, whose government called the seizure an act of international piracy.

The Trump administration is facing increasing scrutiny over a series of attacks on boats off the Venezuelan coast. At least 87 people have been killed in 22 known strikes since early September. Lucy Hough talks to the Guardian’s deputy head of international news, Devika Bhat

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Judge Orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Release From ICE Detention

The judge said it was “troubling” that the Trump administration had kept Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia in custody for nearly four months without following through on its pledge to re-expel him.

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Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia at a vigil in Baltimore on Aug. 25. He was detained again later that day and has been in custody since.
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Top Democrat on House homeland security committee calls for Kristi Noem to resign as protester interrupts meeting – US politics live

Heckler shouts ‘end the deportations’ as Mississippi congressman Bennie Thompson says, under Noem’s direction, DHS has ‘detained Americans’

Chris Van Hollen, the Democratic senator from Maryland, was among the lawmakers speaking out against the Trump administration and its actions around Venezuela, taking to the senate floor on Wednesday to call on Congress to block Donald Trump from “using taxpayer dollars to launch a regime change war.

“Last time I checked, the constitution of the United States gives Congress – this body – the power to decide questions of war or peace,” he said.

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