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Uttar Pradesh clocks 52% voter turnout in phase 1 of urban local body elections

LUCKNOW: Seven out of 10 municipal corporations, which went to polls in the first phase of urban local body election in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, registered a decline in voter turnout as compared to 2017.

The Times of India

Bernie Sanders pushes for $17 hourly minimum wage: ‘Workers need a living wage’

Federal minimum wage in the United States has not been raised from $7.25 since 2009

The Independent UK

Hungary’s far-right PM calls for Trump’s return: ‘Come back, Mr President’

Viktor Orbán, addressing European CPAC summit, attacks liberalism as a ‘virus’ and says his country is model for world

The Guardian - US

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Bernie Sanders unveils plan for $17-an-hour US minimum wage

‘In the richest country in the history of the world, nobody should be forced to work for starvation wages,’ Vermont senator says

The Guardian - US

DeSantis stacks conservative agenda; presidential run looms

From the death penalty to gender identity to abortion, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has cemented himself as a conservative standard bearer this year as he prepares to launch a presidential campaign sometime after the legislative session ends this week

The Independent UK

Proud Boys members convicted of seditious conspiracy – 3 essential reads on the group and right-wing extremist white nationalism

Four members of the right-wing extremist group called the Proud Boys were convicted on May 4, 2023, on charges of seditious conspiracy and other charges in connection with their efforts to lead an attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Those convicted include the group’s former leader, Enrique…

The Conversation

Proud Boys guilty of Jan. 6 sedition

Enrique Tarrio, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl were convicted on Thursday

Salon

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Republican debt cap plan to cut US jobs, slow growth: Economist

Moody’s chief economist told a US Senate panel that the Republican plan will ‘meaningfully increase’ recession chances.

Al Jazeera

God save the people - from a monarchy that stops us from having true democracy

Britain doesn't need kings and queens, we should go the whole hog and elect our head of state, says Paul Routledge

Daily Mirror

Fans descend on oceanside Trump resort for Irish visit

The 45th US president was in Ireland to inspect his property directly following a similar journey to Scotland.

The Independent UK

Aurora man bragged Proud Boys promoted him after U.S. Capitol attack: prosecutors

Prosecutors want James Robert Elliott, 25, to serve nearly three-and-a-half years in prison for his role in the Capitol riot, where he “seemed to view himself as the star of a war movie” and repeatedly uttered a cry from the movie “300.”

Chicago Sun-Times

EXPLAINER: Sedition charge in Proud Boys' Jan. 6 case

The seditious conspiracy convictions of leaders of the Proud Boys extremist group mark another major victory for the Justice Department in its massive prosecution of the attack on the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK

Lawmakers Call for Stock Trading Ban for Members of Congress

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has proposed a bill that would ban congressional members (and their families) from holding and trading stocks.

Kiplinger

Recall effort against Arizona election denier fails

An effort to remove an Arizona county supervisor over election denial has failed

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Trump-backed Jan 6 choir includes rioters charged with attacking police

Trump has collaborated with accused rioters on a song

Irish Mirror

As Donald Trump jets out of Ireland here's everything he said on his whistlestop tour of Doonbeg

During his short trip to his Trump Doonbeg resort, he took in 18 holes on the golf course, decided on a name change for the hotel and debated with his staff about where to build a new ballroom

Salon

DeSantis' office occupied by protesters

One protester is heard saying that "they sittin' here eatin' cake while the people of Florida are in crisis"

Daily Mirror

Ex-Proud Boys leader convicted over US Capitol riot plot and faces up to 20 years in jail

Former leader of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, has been convicted of seditious conspiracy for his part in the January 6 Capitol riots which aimed to block a transfer of power to newly elected president Joe Biden after Donald Trump's election loss

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The Independent UK

Democrats pressure GOP on debt limit, spending cuts

Senate Democrats are looking to pressure Republicans into resolving the impasse on the debt ceiling

Al Jazeera

Proud Boys: Ex-leader, three others found guilty in Jan 6 attack

Prosecutors say far-right group members acted as ‘Trump’s army’ during storming of US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

The Independent UK

Trump calls accuser a 'nut job' in recording played for jury

Jurors have heard former President Donald Trump blast a woman who accused him of rape as a “nut job” and “mentally sick.”

Reason

Don't Be Fooled by Randi Weingarten's Rehabilitation Tour

The teachers union head honcho is trying to engage in some astonishing revisionism, claiming she actually wasn't opposed to school reopening.

Al Jazeera

Biden’s Middle East policy not much different than Trump: Expert

Professor John Esposito also tells Al Jazeera that despite growing understanding of Islam in US, Islamophobia remains.

The Independent UK

Ex-Proud Boys leader Tarrio guilty of Jan. 6 sedition plot

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio has been convicted of orchestrating a plot for members of his far-right extremist group to attack the U.S. Capitol in a desperate bid to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost the 2020 presidential election

The Independent UK

Trump claims he’s ‘doing very well’ in E Jean Carroll civil rape trial

Reporter called ‘scumbag’ by bar patrons in Ireland after asking Trump why he wasn’t at civil rape trial

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