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WATCH: Federal workers ‘should’ get back pay after shutdown, Johnson affirms

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House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday that furloughed federal workers “should be” paid back once the U.S. government reopens. Watch the clip in the video player above. “It has always been the case, that is tradition and I think it is statutory law, that federal employees be paid. And that’s my position. I think they should be,” Johnson told PBS News Hour’s Lisa Desjardins in a news conference. “They should not be subjected to harm and financial dire straits because Chuck Schumer wants to play political games.” WATCH: ‘Do your damn job,’ federal worker union leaders tell Congress mired in…

Ruben Amorim: Manchester United boss needs three years to prove himself a ‘great’ coach, says co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe

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Last month, United announced they had cut losses from £113.2m to £33m for the year to June 2025. This followed two rounds of redundancies, during which more than 400 people lost their jobs, including many long-term staff members. Scouting is among the areas where numbers have been slashed.Ratcliffe has been criticised for the job losses and also scrapping long-standing perks such as free lunches for staff."The costs were just too high," he said. "There are some fantastic people at Manchester United but there was also a level of mediocrity and it had become bloated. "I got a lot of flak…

The Life of a Showgirl is a massive hit – and massively divisive. What should Taylor Swift do next? | Taylor Swift

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Laura Snapes Taylor Swift’s 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl (TLOAS), has been a smash statistical success. She’s broken records that she previously set, and in the US has now beaten Adele for the most sales in a single week. The cinematic release party this weekend grossed $34m in the US and an additional $13m worldwide. But it’s second only to her 20-year-old debut – written in her teens – as the worst reviewed album of her catalogue, with a 70% approval average on Metacritic. What are the successes and failures of this record?Alexis Petridis The success part is…

Amazon Pharmacy is launching vending machines for prescription drugs

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Amazon announced on Wednesday that it’s debuting prescription vending machines at its One Medical clinics. The new in-office kiosks, which are operated by Amazon Pharmacy, let patients pick up their prescriptions immediately after their appointment. Amazon Pharmacy Kiosks will be available at One Medical locations in Los Angeles starting in December, and Amazon plans to expand to more locations soon after. After a provider writes a prescription, patients can choose to have it sent to Amazon Pharmacy for in-office kiosk pickup. Patients then use their phone to check out in the Amazon app, after which medications are typically “ready in minutes,” Amazon…

Financial help offered to tennis players involved in doping investigations by ITIA

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The Professional Tennis Players' Association, which was co-founded by Djokovic to increase player power, introduced a scheme in January which offers free support from two prominent law firms.The number of legal hours provided is limited, and there will be restraints too on what the ITIA will be able to offer.There is already pro-bono legal support offered to players who test positive by Sport Resolutions - an independent dispute resolution company.This will now be open to players from the moment they test positive, rather than when they are charged, but long-term support is dependent on finding lawyers who are prepared to…

The wealth of the top 1% reaches a record $52 trillion

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A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.The top 10% of Americans added $5 trillion to their wealth in the second quarter as the stock market rally continued to benefit the biggest investors, according to new data from the Federal Reserve.The total wealth of the top 10% — or those with a net worth of more than $2 million — reached a record $113 trillion in the second quarter, up from $108 trillion in the first…

Literary Hub » How American Tech Cartels Use Apps to Break the Law

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The death of competition spells doom for regulation. Competition is an essential component of effective regulation, for two reasons: First, competition keeps the companies within a sector from all telling the same lie to its regulators. Second, competition erodes companies’ profits and thus starves them of the capital they need to overpower or outmaneuver their regulators.Article continues after advertisement While not all regulation is wise or helpful, a world without regulation is a catastrophe. That’s because, in a highly technological world, your ability to do well (or even to live out the day) requires that you correctly navigate innumerable highly…

Who is the judge overseeing the Trump administration’s case against James Comey?

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Michael Nachmanoff has built a quiet reputation in the federal courthouse in northern Virginia — a onetime public defender turned judge known for methodical preparation and a cool temperament. On Wednesday, he finds himself at the center of a political storm: presiding over the Justice Department’s prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey. READ MORE: Comey pleads not guilty to Trump Justice Department case accusing him of lying to Congress Nominated to the bench by President Joe Biden, a Democrat, in 2021, Nachmanoff was randomly assigned to the case after a Virginia grand jury indicted Comey…

A drag queen stands at a site of violence: Lee-Ann Olwage’s best photograph | Photography

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I have always been interested in gender and identity stories. In South Africa, we have a strong liberal constitution on paper for queer rights, but the reality on the streets – the hate crimes, the animosity in the workplace and in social settings – is very different. I was curious about where people could go not only to feel safe but to feel celebrated for who they are, and feel truly embraced. That led me to the drag pageant scene.I would go to photograph pageants every weekend, and every Monday I would get messages from the people I’d photographed asking…

European clubs as Uefa looks to streaming services

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Europe's top clubs could cash in on streaming rights as Uefa looks to raise over £4bn per year from its next TV deals.Officials from the governing body believe the next broadcast rights sale for Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League games could bring in a minimum of €5bn (£4.3bn) annually.The current rights, sold in 2024, are worth about £2.9bn per year and new deals will come into effect from 2027.Rights are due to be put out to tender this month and are likely to involve a six-year commitment - double the current length.One first-pick game per round could…