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“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin has found herself at the center of a dispute between parents at the posh Ethical Culture Fieldston School in The Bronx over the conflict in Israel and the school’s reaction to it. Parents of Jewish children at the $63,000-per-year school have been appalled by incidents including anti-Israel graffiti on campus and a student — tormented by classmates with names like “ethnic cleanser” and “colonizer” — who witnessed a teacher giving a middle finger to a rabbi, according to his mother.
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Small donors have contributed a whopping $46.7 million to Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign in the seven hours since President Joe Biden shocked the world by announcing he would not be standing in the 2024 election. The figures, announced by the Democratic Party's fundraising arm, ActBlue, mean that Harris, 59, has broken the record for most money raised during this election cycle. 'This has been the biggest fundraising day of the 2024 cycle. Small-dollar donors are fired up and ready to take on this election,' the group said in a post on X.
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Ex-MSNBC host Keith Olbermann called for CNN to fire one of their most prominent political commentators for juxtaposing former President Trump and President Biden in a way that put the Republican in a positive light. In the weeks following Biden’s widely criticized performance in the presidential debate, the president’s supporters have feuded with his critics who are calling for him to step down in lieu of another candidate.
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Secret Service chief Kimberly Cheatle was shielded by her own officers after furious US senators pursued her down the corridors of the RNC, demanding she explain how a gunman was able to get a clear shot at Donald Trump. Cheatle was in the Milwaukee convention hall to oversee security arrangements on Wednesday evening - just hours after making a 'cover-your-a** call' to senators about the shooting in Pennsylvania on Saturday night.
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French trade unionists are threatening to bring chaos to the Paris Olympics as dancers signed up to perform filed a strike notice just one week before the opening ceremony, citing low pay and 'glaring inequalities in treatment'. With just a week to go until the lavish boat procession down the River Seine, available tickets cost between £700 and £2,200, with hospitality packages more than £3000. Such figures for a ceremony lasting less than four hours have incensed the unions, who say that profits are not being shared with ordinary workers.
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Startling video of a woman furiously screamed at her boyfriend in an airport has left viewers aghast, with many urging him to 'run'. The young woman and her partner are seen involved in an argument in the waiting area of Fort Lauderdale Airport, Florida. The woman yells at the top of her lungs that she 'hates' her boyfriend in an expletive-ridden tongue-lashing.
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Thousands of protestors marched through central Barcelona this evening, waving placards and squirting holidaymakers with water guns in the latest expression of anger at perceived overtourism in Spain. Under the slogan 'Enough! Let's put limits on tourism', some 2,800 people - according to police - marched along a waterfront district of Barcelona to demand a new economic model that would reduce the millions of tourists that visit every year. Protesters carried signs reading 'Barcelona is not for sale,' and, 'Tourists go home,' before some used water guns on tourists eating outdoors at restaurants in popular tourist hotspots. Chants of 'Tourists...
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Parliament has five new independent Pro-Gaza MPs - including Jeremy Corbyn - who won seats after squeezing the Labour vote in Muslim areas by campaigning for a Free Palestine. Barrister Ayoub Khan, who quit the Lib Dems over Gaza, is the new MP for Perry Barr who left Labour rival Khalid Mahmood close to tears in a defeat where he used TikTok to harness the youth vote. Local optician Shockat Adam also used Instagram and WhatsApp as he forced out Labour stalwart Jonathan Ashworth MP for Leicester South in another huge shock.
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Ukraine is too corrupt to join NATO, the US is set to tell leader Volodymyr Zelensky in a major blow to his nation's security ambitions. The defence bloc will request at its annual summit next week, in Washington DC, that Ukraine takes 'additional steps before formal membership talks progress', a senior US official told the Telegraph. Zelensky has been pushing for NATO ascension after Russia's brutal invasion ends to protect itself from future invasion, as the pact compels its members to militarily defend allies if they are attacked.
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Growing Democratic uproar over President Joe Biden's shockingly feeble debate performance on Thursday night appears to be turning into a full-blown party revolt. 'For Biden's own good and the good of the country, he should step aside immediately,' major Democratic donor and former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson told DailyMail.com. 'The fact that it has now been three days and Biden has done nothing to reassure us confirms my worst fears.' Tilson has given the party more than $300,000 in recent years.
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Celebrities have lashed out at Donald Trump, the debate moderators, and the state of US politics - but none were willing to claim Joe Biden won. The president and his predecessor faced off in the first of two debates in Atlanta on Thursday night on topics from the economy to immigration and foreign affairs. Biden, suffering from a cold, spoke hoarsely and appeared confused and sometimes incoherent at the start of the debate, but improved as it went along.
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Jill Biden has been accused of treating her husband like a toddler after she praised him for 'answering all the questions' during his disastrous CNN debate with Donald Trump last night. The 81-year-old US President's wife helped him on to stage at a 'Let's Go Joe' event in Atlanta where she then appeared to baby him about how well he had performed against his rival. Experts are calling for him to stand aside and let someone else fight Trump in November - with some friends and supporters claiming that it is Jill Biden who should tell her husband to throw...
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The former head of US intelligence slammed the celebrations surrounding the release of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange this week and called the Australian 'no hero.' Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today show, James Clapper, who served as head of the intelligence community under former President Barack Obama, called Assange's actions wrong and illegal. Clapper went on to say that US assets in Afghanistan were likely killed due to Wikileaks revealing their identities in government documents.
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A 750ft cargo ship has sunk in the Red Sea days after Yemen's Houthi rebels said they launched a blistering drone attack on the vessel, reportedly killing one mariner on board. Dramatic footage released by the group shows the moment a barrage of rockets slammed into the MV Tutor, with a direct hit triggering a huge explosion after striking the centre of the defenceless coal carrier. It would be the second ship sunk as part of the rebels' campaign targeting Red Sea shipping after the Rubymar, which was carrying more than 41,000 tonnes of fertiliser, went down in March around...
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In the world of modern dating, where endless swiping on apps often leads to frustration, people are turning to unconventional methods to find true love. One such person is Vera Dijkmans, who took a unique approach by having potential suitors complete a 15-question quiz to see if they met her high standards. The influencer, from the Netherlands, received an overwhelming 5,000 applications from hopeful men eager to win her heart.
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When California native David Klein moved to the quiet city of Gallatin, Tennessee, 25 years ago, he did so to escape the chaos of West Coast urbanization. Now, he says, it feels like it is 'chasing' him. Since the pandemic, an influx of outsiders from the Golden State and elsewhere have turned a once tranquil community into an overcrowded 'hell'.
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Taylor Swift fans have complained about not being able to see the stage during her Wembley show despite paying up to £700 for tickets. The megastar is in the midst of her first London leg of the Eras Tour - but fans who attended Saturday's show have expressed their frustrations. Some people raged as they revealed they had paid up to £700 for 'unobstructed' tickets yet ended up barely able to see the stage.
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Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska has opened up about coming 'close to psychological burnout' caused by Russian president Vladimir Putin's barbaric invasion of her homeland. She told of trying to stay strong for her husband. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, as well as her children - and people across the war-torn nation. Russian forces invaded in February 2022 with the conflict still dragging on as Ukraine resists - with Mr Zelensky this week making a new appeal to the West for more crucial military equipment.
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Discussion of the WNBA has reached a fever pitch this week, and not for entirely positive reasons. It might have been bound to happen as Caitlin Clark proceeded through the league's most high-profile rookie season, but Chennedy Carter's shoulder has sparked a referendum on the nature of WNBA stardom.
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When I was a Masters student in Liverpool in 1996, I deliberately walked the long way into the city centre from university every day. It wasn’t superstition or paranoia. It was because I longed to experience the infamous Bold Street Time Slip. A handful of people claim to have been strolling down this gently sloping thoroughfare only to be suddenly transported back to the 1950s.
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