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What Trump’s second term means for American democracy

It’s been two weeks since the presidential election and there has been no shortage of autopsies. If anything surprised me about the outcome, it’s not that Donald Trump won, but how he did it. The president-elect won all seven swing states and the popular vote, and seemed to gain ground with basically every demographic except […]

Politics

Florida Newspaper Unpacks What Matt Gaetz As AG Truly Means About Trump

“Matt Gaetz must never become America’s attorney general,” the newspaper’s editorial board began a blistering essay published last week. The board ripped Gaetz as a “rogue Florida congressman” and “a provocateur who’s good at delivering rhetorical red meat on the MAGA speaking circuit.” And Gaetz’s selection for the role “lays bare the depth of Trump’s […]

Technology

What Lee Zeldin’s Nomination Means for the EPA

Zeldin, a 44-year-old attorney and former Army lieutenant, does not have a background in environmental policy. He made his foray into politics through the New York State Senate in 2011, serving until 2014. That year, he was elected to be the US representative for the state’s 1st Congressional District, which encompasses much of Long Island. […]

Weather

Assisted dying bill: What it means for patients

A new law has been proposed to legalise assisted dying for some terminally ill adults in England and Wales. Mentally competent adults with a life expectancy of six months or less who have a settled wish to die that has been approved by two doctors and the High Court would be able to do so […]

Business & Finance

Early Snow Means Early Openings For Western Ski Resorts

Hordes of powder hounds seek out Utah’s famed snow. The Utah Office of Tourism Coming off banner snowfalls last ski season, western ski resorts are currently receiving substantial snow before their season officially begins. Utah started seeing snowfall in September on the peaks of Alta Resort in Little Cottonwood Canyon, as well as in the […]