Supreme Court rejects Trump administration push to set aside thousands of California ballots - AP News: the hour's strongest signal
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Supreme Court rejects Trump administration push to set aside thousands of California ballots - AP News
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Supreme Court rejects DOJ's bid to block California from counting disputed ballots
The Department of Justice's request to the Supreme Court in the California case came as it appeals dismissal of a lawsuit over Alaska's Senate election.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 51
North Korea denies being behind record $6.3bn Binance hack
US government agencies and cyber analysts have blamed Pyongyang for the record-breaking heist.
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US to mediate trilateral talks with Ukraine, Russia in Abu Dhabi next week, US envoy says
In a social media post, US envoy Steve Witkoff said the new Abu Dhabi discussions will cover "post-war security agreements, de-escalation, humanitarian measures, and ending the war."
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Trump’s DoJ charges six more people in ‘voter fraud’ crackdown in California - The Guardian
Trump’s DoJ charges six more people in ‘voter fraud’ crackdown in California The Guardian Trump Is Playing Up Voter Fraud Prosecutions. Meet Some of the Accused.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 43
Man and boy arrested after allegedly attacking One Nation volunteer with baseball bat in Australia
The incident comes amid growing calls for the temperature of political debate in Australia to be turned down.
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Trump to Axios: "No rush" to decide on bombing Iran again - Axios
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Industrial Designer Moritz Schmid's Patio Chair for Embru
Swiss furniture brand Embru is teasing this Patio Chair , by Swiss industrial designer Moritz Schmid . The form somehow manages to make a shopping-cart-like grid look both attractive and desirable.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Cardboard-Inspired Wooden Stacking Box
This Stacking Open Box is by industrial designer Yusho Nishioka . Inspired by cardboard boxes, the "flaps" serve as handles. A 45-degree bevel on the top and bottom of the boxes allows them to nest.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
This Sideways-Telescoping Camper Triples Its Footprint
In 2010, French inventor Eric Beau developed a towable caravan that could telescope sideways to expand its footprint. Sixteen years later Beau runs Beauer, a company that manufactures several iterations of his unique design.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Mesmerizing Kinetic Sculpture of Ducks in Flight
This "Flock of Ducks" motorized sculpture is by German artist Felix Scharstein . "Three spirals are interlocked and rotate synchronously," Scharstein writes. " The sculpture is made of aluminum and gold-plated brass.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Claire Lavabre's Industrial-Minimalist Lamp for Hay
This Posto lamp, by French industrial designer and photographer Claire Lavabre , has an industrial-minimalist aesthetic: For her first design with HAY, Lavabre asked a simple question: what is a lamp, stripped back to nothing but itself?
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Industrial Design Student Work: A Hard Drive that Visually Indicates How Full It Is
This morphing hard drive enclosure is by Antonin Odin , done as an Industrial Design student at France's ENSCI . People increasingly want more visibility over their data, more taste in the objects they live with, and more function from both.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
An Italian Folding Bicycle Design that Fits Into a Suitcase
This T C Pocket Bici is a folding bicycle made by Tresoldi Casiraghi, an Italian metalworking firm, in 1963. Unlike the folding bicycles of today that split in half, the components here all fold into the racetrack-shaped frame. The whole thing then fits within its own suitcase.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 40
Why Europe shouldn’t celebrate a Democratic midterm victory
Congress has few ways to constrain presidents on foreign policy, leaving Trump room to press his agenda abroad.
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Global Affairs/Africa/Signal 40
Nigeria: Lagos Showcases Startups, Digital Economy Ambitions At Gitex Nigeria
[Daily Trust] The Lagos State Government has showcased its technology ecosystem, emerging startups and investment opportunities at GITEX Nigeria 2026, using the international technology event to strengthen partnerships and promote the state's ambition to become Africa's…
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Morocco: Cartoonist Jailed Over Caricatures of King
[Daily Trust] A Moroccan court sentenced a young cartoonist to four years in prison for "insulting the king" over caricatures he drew of King Mohammed VI, his lawyer said Sunday.
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Nigeria: Nigeria's Shinkafi-Bagudu Appointed As International Cancer Agency President
[Daily Trust] Dr Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu has been appointed as President of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC).
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