Top Democrat tells Trump and Republicans to ‘lawyer up’ after US midterm defeats - The Guardian: the hour's strongest signal
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Top Democrat tells Trump and Republicans to ‘lawyer up’ after US midterm defeats - The Guardian
Top Democrat tells Trump and Republicans to ‘lawyer up’ after US midterm defeats The Guardian Democrats ready Trump probes and affordability measures Financial Times Trump’s two new tormenters: Courts and Congress Politico Inside Robert Garcia’s opening Oversight salvo Punchbowl…
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 50
Caitlin Clark becomes first-ever brand partner for Dick's Sporting Goods and Foot Locker - Fox Business
Caitlin Clark becomes first-ever brand partner for Dick's Sporting Goods and Foot Locker Fox Business Caitlin Clark signs as first-ever brand partner with Dick's and Foot Locker CNBC Caitlin Clark Signs Deal with Foot Locker and Dick's Complex Caitlin Clark Announces Historic…
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 43
Nadal set to join Real Madrid board of directors
Tennis great Rafael Nadal is set to join the board of Spanish football giants Real Madrid.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 42
UK ban on Palestine Action is challenged at top court, some protesters arrested
A co-founder of Palestine Action contested the UK government’s decision to classify the group as a terrorist organization at the Supreme Court. The government argues that the group’s actions constitute terrorism due to serious property damage.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Suspected patients test negative for Ebola after returning to Israel from DRC, Health Ministry says
Both patients were tested in accordance with accepted international guidelines for dealing with high-risk infectious diseases.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
IDF, Shin Bet kill six terrorists from three separate organizations in strikes near Khan Yunis
Four of the terrorists belonged to Hamas, one to Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam), and the sixth to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Trump's aid decision could shake Gulf confidence in US security commitments
The Middle East would like to view a surprise end in the assistance to its most important strategic ally as a cause for concern on Washington’s long-term commitment to its regional partners.”
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
American teenager finds 3,300-year-old scarab amulet during school trip to ancient Canaanite city
Professor Ido Koch of Tel Aviv University’s Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures Department examined the amulet, dating the seal to the Late Bronze Age.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Former NSC US affairs chief: Trump plan to end US aid early risks signaling retreat from Israel
US President Donald Trump claimed in an interview with Fox News' Fox & Friends that he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had reached an agreement to cut off the aid by December 2026.
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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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Sponsored:Sponsored: Final Deadline: iF DESIGN AWARD 2027 Entries Close Nov. 2
From Apple to Herman Miller, iF DESIGN AWARD winners have defined excellence in product design since 1954. This is your chance to earn a place alongside them.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
La Bagnole: A Funky French Utility EV
This La Bagnole is an adorable electric runabout by French EV brand Kilow . Designed by transportation designer Léo Choisel, La Bagnole is part buggy, part pickup truck, designed for both recreation and utility.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
An Electric Screwdriver That Identifies Which Bit You Need
We think of the task of undoing a fastener as simple: You insert the bit into the fastener head, then turn. But in reality, there's always a few steps before that: You identify the fastener type and size, then select the appropriate bit.
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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
Automatic Drop Down Seals for Doors
The automatic door bottom is a clever bit of engineering that prevents under-door drafts, without installing a skirt that drags across your floor. Also called an automatic drop seal, it consists of an aluminum extrusion mounted in a dado cut into the bottom of the door.
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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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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 40
New modeling links gaps in Earth's geological record to rising and sinking continents
D. candidate may have solved one of Earth's most perplexing geological mysteries: What caused the Great Unconformity?
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 40
Ancient DNA traces origins of English, German and Scandinavian languages
English, German, Dutch and the Scandinavian languages are all members of the Germanic language group, spoken by hundreds of millions of people today. But where did these languages come from?
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