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Democrats’ push to ban ICE agents’ masking shows whose side they’re really on

Two Manhattan Democrats, Reps. Dan Goldman and Adriano Espaillat, have turned around to push a federal ban on masking by ICE agents, even when nabbing dangerous gangbangers.
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Cubs ‘Engaging in Serious Talks’ With Pirates for $70 Million Starter, Per Report

The Chicago Cubs reportedly are continuing to search for a new starting pitcher, and Mitch Keller is reportedly one the team is watching closely ahead of the trade deadline.
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Lifetime Isas ‘could lead to savers making poor investment choices’, MPs say

Committee says products may not be best use of public money and may have been mis-sold to people on certain benefits

Lifetime Isas could lead to savers making poor investment decisions and may not be the best use of public money, a cross-party committee of MPs has said.

In a report published on Monday, the Treasury select committee described rules which penalise benefit claimants as “nonsensical” and concluded that lifetime Isas, known as Lisas, may have been mis-sold to savers eligible for universal credit or housing benefit.

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About 200 new nurseries to open at schools in England in September

Sites will accommodate 4,000 children as part of ministers’ plan to improve childcare, Bridget Phillipson to announce

About 200 school-based nurseries will open in England this September as part of the government’s plan to improve access to childcare for working parents.

The milestone will be announced on Monday by Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, who will say that the sites will accommodate 4,000 children under school age.

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NHS will use AI in warning system to catch potential safety scandals early

Patient safety measure is part of 10-year plan to tackle poor standards in mental health and maternity services

The NHS is to become the first health system in the world to use AI to analyse hospital databases and catch potential safety scandals early, the government has said.

The Department of Health and Social Care said the technology will provide an early warning system which could detect patterns or trends and trigger urgent inspections. The scheme is part of the 10-year plan for the NHS that is due to be published by Wes Streeting this week.

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Extra cost of being disabled in UK to rise by almost 12% in five years, says Scope report

Estimate by disability charity published on eve of MPs’ vote on restricting welfare payments for new claimants

The extra cost of being disabled is on course to rise by almost 12% to £14,688 in five years, according to a new estimate published on the eve of a controversial vote to restrict welfare payments for new claimants.

A threatened rebellion by more than 120 Labour MPs forced the government into a last-minute climbdown on its welfare bill, by exempting claimants to planned cuts in personal independence payments (Pip), England’s main disability payment.

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Elon Musk calls Trump’s spending bill ‘utterly insane’ as Senate gears up for a vote

Elon Musk criticized Trump’s revised spending bill, especially its impact on clean energy production, in multiple X posts over the weekend.
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Drunk driver crashes into ritzy Montauk art show, racks up $100K in damages in one stroke: cops

Ribeiro De Souza allegedly drove drunk into the Montauk Green art show and caused at least $100,000 worth of damage, local reports said.
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Motocross prodigy Aidan Zingg killed at 16 in tragic race crash

Sixteen-year-old motocross prodigy Aidan Zingg died Saturday after a crash during the Mammoth Mountain MX event in California.
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Trader Joe’s opens new location in Los Angeles — directly across the street from another Trader Joe’s

They’re seeing double.