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Trump throws ‘Gatsby’-themed gala as SNAP benefits expire
I hope everyone had a good Halloween. The president certainly did — he spent his weekend throwing a Great Gatsby–themed party at Mar-a-Lago. Now, “The Great Gatsby,” for those who might’ve missed the symbolism in high-school English, is a story about excess, illusion and the moral decay behind wealth…
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Yugoslavia is still playing
Even though only two of its remnant nations, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, are still competing in the World Cup, the former Yugoslavia continues to punch well above its weight in global soccer. Though the region accounts for barely 0.2 percent of the world’s population, players with roots from there make up 7.5 percent of those who reached the round of 32, including former U.S. captain Christian Pulisic, who is of Croatian descent.
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Why isn’t Donald Trump at the US match against Bosnia?
Our White House correspondent Sophia Cai, a member of the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network, has been covering World Cup politics in regular video dispatches for our sister publication “Bild.”
Here’s her latest report explaining why President Donald Trump has yet to attend a World Cup match, and how he keeps up from the White House.
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Priorities, priorities
LONDON — Unexpected halftime entertainment for the England-DR Congo match was provided by Reform UK. The right-wing party that polls show would win a general election (but does not yet have enough MPs to field a soccer team) chose the moment to unveil its AI policy thinking.
England was losing as MP Danny Kruger opened with “I can’t believe you’re all here” — and announced the need for a Patriotic Compact on AI to a sparsely filled room.
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