Politics

Mayor vs. the Monorail.

The mayor of Shelbyville, Indiana, potential home of a proposed $2 billion data center, says he only sees signs opposed to the project “in shitty houses.” As ever, there’s a Simpsons quote for that.

A ‘big bang’ reversal of Brexit is both unrealistic and unnecessary

Going back would create some big new problems but Switzerland provides an alternative model

We must not grant AI agents legal personhood

What kind of sanctions could keep a non-human corporation in check?

The Obama Presidential Center

The $850mn campus aims to revitalise Chicago’s South Side, but stumbles with its monumental centrepiece

Trump says Netanyahu will have ‘no choice’ but to accept a deal with Iran

US president tells FT that he ‘calls the shots’ after urging the Israeli leader not to retaliate against Tehran

Could Nigel Farage’s call for ‘rage’ cost Reform UK the Makerfield by-election?

Latest polling shows Labour’s Andy Burnham pulling away from the rightwing populists, his main challengers

The mayor of Shelbyville, Indiana, says only people who live in ‘shitty houses’ oppose data center

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Democrats roiled by allegations against Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner

Political outsider’s campaign is overshadowed by accusations of inappropriate behaviour

Top Goldman Sachs lawyer Kathy Ruemmler to remain with bank despite Epstein ties

General counsel resigned after revelations about relationship with disgraced financier but now will stay on as adviser

Inside the CBS mutiny against Bari Weiss and David Ellison

A saga that started with Trump’s assault on ‘60 Minutes’ has turned into a full-blown crisis

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman is leaving Microsoft’s board.

Hoffman, who joined Microsoft’s board in 2017, won’t stand for reelection at the company’s next shareholder meeting, as reported earlier by Bloomberg.

New York lawmakers pass one-year ban on new data centers

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