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• Die 88-jährige DC-Kongressdelegierte Eleanor Holmes Norton reagierte trotzig auf die schwerwiegendste föderale Drohung gegen die Stadtverwaltung durch Trump seit 30 Jahren. • Norton, unterstützt von Verbündeten von Muriel Bowser, sieht Trumps Vorgehen als politischen Gewinn für die lokale Selbstverwaltung. • Die Konfrontation unterstreicht die anhaltenden Machtkämpfe zwischen der Bundesregierung und der Verwaltung von DC.

Der Republikaner Chris Carr wird beschuldigt, mit einer Anklage zu versuchen, seine Ambitionen auf das Gouverneursamt wiederzubeleben – „der letzte Atemzug eines sterbenden Mannes“.

Briefings obtained by freedom of information warned a ‘cascade of withdrawals’ could lead to collapse of 2026 South Australian festivalGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAdelaide writers’ week was sacrificed to save the 2026 Adelaide festival, an event that ploughs more than $60m into South Australia’s economy each year, documents show.After the 8 January announcement by the Adelaide festival board that controversial Palestinian Australian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah had been dumped from the AWW program, it wasn’t just fellow Australian and international guest writers and academics who began pulling out in droves. Continue reading...

Long-running dispute could be resolved as improved offer is made to workers, who first began strike in January 2025The end of the year-long Birmingham bin strike is now “within sight”, the city council leader has said after committing to an improved offer for refuse workers.On Monday, John Cotton, the Labour leader of Birmingham city council, said a new, improved offer could be made to workers that he hoped would “end the strike once and for all”. Continue reading...

• The Kansas City Chiefs addressed their defensive needs in the second round of the NFL Draft, selecting edge rusher R Mason Thomas with the No. 40 overall pick. • Thomas, who played college football at Oklahoma, brings defensive edge capabilities to bolster the Chiefs' pass rush. • The selection reflects the Chiefs' focus on building their defensive line strength heading into the 2026 season.

• Health officials confirmed the first case of mpox clade I in New York City on Friday, a strain known to cause more severe disease and higher mortality than clade II. • Clade I mpox leads to greater illness severity, prompting heightened vigilance in the densely populated urban area amid the ongoing national mpox situation. • Detection underscores risks in international travel hubs, as clade I has driven recent African outbreaks with fatality rates exceeding 3% in some regions.

FoI data reveals that 438 people with criminal convictions were given licences in Wolverhampton, UK’s ‘taxi capital’More than 150 people convicted of violent crimes were granted taxi licences last year by Wolverhampton city council, dubbed the UK’s “taxi capital”, data has revealed.The Guardian obtained data via a freedom of information request that revealed 438 people with criminal convictions were last year granted taxi and private hire driver licences by the West Midlands local authority – which has issued far more taxi licences than any other authority. Continue reading...