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Obama’s Summer Playlist 2023 is here: we pick our favourite tracks

The ex-President’s excellent music taste careers from J Hus, to Bob Dylan, to Rosalía

Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2023

After the byelections, Starmer’s path to power is clear: revulsion at the Tories is essential – but not enough

After 13 years of Conservative misrule, the party has to offer something else besides reassurance says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2023

Who is Margot Robbie married to? What we know about the 'Barbie' star's love life

She's got Ken onscreen, but who is Margot Robbie married to IRL? Let's get to know her hubby

My Imperfect Life · Jul 21, 2023

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans push to ‘expunge’ Trump impeachments

Tribune News Service · Jul 21, 2023

Barack Obama appears in library TikTok video to put focus on book bans

Barack Obama turned to the Kankakee, Illinois, librarians when he kicked off an effort to push back against book bans earlier this week to support their belief that among their library’s 80,000 books, there’s something for each reader.

Chicago Tribune · Jul 20, 2023

Barack Obama releases summer reading list in support of anti-book ban effort

Former president backs the Banned Books Club, which aims to fight censorship, while recommending his summer reads

The Guardian - US · Jul 20, 2023

This year's debate over defense spending threatens to disrupt a tradition of bipartisan consensus-building over funding the military

Each year for the past six decades, congressional representatives from both sides of the aisle have come together to pass the National Defense Authorization Act. Because the bill involves the military – a traditionally popular institution – it has historically received bipartisan support.

The Conversation · Jul 20, 2023

Trump's death wish for Hunter Biden

The former president's violent rhetoric is clearly escalating

Salon · Jul 20, 2023

‘A problematic past’: How my new piece commemorates Amazing Grace

John Newton’s famous words are inextricably fused with one of the world’s most iconic tunes. How do you celebrate Amazing Grace with a new composition? And, should we be celebrating it at all? Composer Roderick Williams on how he wrote Forever?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2023

Obama Condemns Growing Book Bans, Stresses Defense Of First Amendment

‌American Library Association Report Identified Banned Books having strong Indigenous, LGBTQ, and People of Colour Representation‌

Zenger · Jul 18, 2023