N. A. Courtney

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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you've done. - Aristophanes
First since 1861: US paper currency to bear Donald Trump’s signature - The Times of India

International Business News: US President Donald Trump's administration has once again stirred controversy, this time with a proposal to include his signature on American paper cu.

The Times of India
Trump offers his Cabinet a long story about special Sharpies

President Donald Trump turned an otherwise serious Cabinet meeting into a long Sharpie story, arguing that it shows how he saves government money. He interrupted Thursday's talks on Iran, airport security lines, oil prices, and shaky markets to say the White House once used fancy pens that cost $1,000 each. Trump says he asked Sharpie for custom black markers with a gold White House logo that cost $5 each. The Sharpie monologue came after a number of his Cabinet secretaries offered sobering comments about missile strikes, Tehran’s uranium enrichment efforts and the troops that remain in harm’s way in the Middle East.

AP News
Trump's problem 'far more alarming' than 'dementia' fears: former aide

President Donald Trump's mental fitness has become a growing concern, but a former staffer warned the problem is even worse than the public realizes.Miles Taylor, a former chief of staff for the Department of Homeland Security, published a column for The i Paper recounting an alarming anecdote from ...

Raw Story
10 Famous Movie Lines You Probably Didn't Know Were Improvised

Some of the most iconic lines in film weren’t scripted. How many of these did you know were improvised?

Mental Floss
AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying

LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity

The Guardian

Voting in favour were 123 states, while Argentina, Israel and the US voted against. There were 52 abstentions, including the UK and members of the EU.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/25/un-votes-slave-trade-gravest-crime-against-humanity-reparatory-justice

UN votes to describe slave trade as ‘gravest crime against humanity’

Members call for reparatory justice as landmark resolution aims for ‘political recognition at the highest level’

The Guardian
Trump ATTACKS at Supreme Court as FEUD ERUPTS

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Republican presidents send maternal deaths soaring when they take office: study

When Republican presidents take power in the United States, women around the world die at higher rates during pregnancy and childbirth, according to a new peer-reviewed study.Research published in BMJ Global Health found that global family planning aid drops sharply under Republican administrations ...

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