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“Nancy Pelosi is unleashing her political machine to block one of California’s most prominent state lawmakers from replacing her in Congress, bringing an increasingly bitter feud to a head inside San Francisco’s Democratic establishment,” Politico reports. ”The latest clash erupted after Pelosi and her allies publicly blasted Scott Wiener’s campaign last week over an AI-powered […]

“The contest to succeed Lindsey Graham, complete with a crowded field of Republicans, offers a rare dynamic for a red-state primary in the age of President Donald Trump: There’s no clear Trump-aligned candidate,” the Washington Post reports. ”Trump is trying to rally his supporters behind Graham’s sister, Sen. Darline Graham, a candidate who many conservative […]

“The final stretch of primary season has scrambled the battle for Congress, as scandals, insurgent victories and voters’ rejection of party leaders’ preferred candidates reshape a small but critical set of races,” the Washington Post reports.

An AI interview is increasingly the first step of a hiring process. Since there’s no human on the other end, candidates are scheduling them whenever—even deep into the night.

“Another round of intense heat is expected to sweep across large swaths of Europe this week. Forecasters warned that rapidly rising temperatures, combined with persistently bone-dry conditions, could worsen a severe threat of wildfires,” the New York Times reports. “The latest heat wave will be Europe’s fifth since May, as a broad area of high […]

“In late March, several thousand angry demonstrators gathered at a park in Milwaukee for a ‘No Kings’ protest to denounce President Trump’s administration. For the crowded field of Democrats running for governor of Wisconsin, the event was the perfect chance to engage fired-up primary voters,” the New York Times reports. “Only one campaign appeared to […]

“President Donald Trump has held his fire since senators skipped town for five weeks without advancing his elections security bill. Some Republicans don’t expect that to last,” Politico reports. “Senators punted until at least September any vote on a framework for a third party-line spending bill that includes parts of the SAVE America Act, rather […]

“The Trump administration is offering grants of tens of millions of dollars to cities across the U.S. to create more Memphis-style enforcement surges – on the condition that they abandon progressive ideologies on policing,” The Guardian reports.

“Iran is replacing its top national security adviser with a longtime military commander whose appointment could represent a further consolidation of power by the country’s old-guard security establishment,” the New York Times reports. “Mohsen Rezaei, who led Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps during the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s, will be the new secretary of […]

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Three years ago the European Commission rejected calls for binding anti-piracy legislation, issuing a 'recommendation' instead. A new study commissioned by the European Parliament concludes that this soft approach has fallen short. It calls for a binding EU Regulation built around the 30-minute blocking clock popularized by Italy's Piracy Shield.

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Photos by Stacie Joy The Tompkins Square Library is checking out a two-week late-summer break.  The New York Public Library branch at 331 E. 10th St., between Avenue A and Avenue B, will be temporarily closed from today through Aug. 22 for "needed building work ahead ...

St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery received city approval for a plan to sell some of its unused development rights to a proposed residential project on Third Avenue. As The Living Church magazine first reported, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) approved t...

A new bar-restaurant concept called Tompkins Social Club is in the works for 503 E. Sixth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.  The applicants are on tonight's Community Board 3 SLA committee docket for a new liquor license. The principals aren't new to the bar-restaur...