Tech firms were quick to abandon their once-proud commitments to diversity and defense of immigrants following the 2024 election and quietly acquiesced to Trump’s attacks on once-scared cows like higher education, free trade and the rule of law.
In 1910, following the death of his father, King Edward VII, King George V acceded to the throne and Mary became Queen.
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Natasha Leake,
Vanity Fair,
2 June 2026
In the 2010s, when Cairo faced an Islamist insurgency in Sinai, including a local branch of the infamous Islamic State, Israel acceded to Egypt’s deployment of additional forces beyond what was permitted in that historical agreement to combat the mutual threat.
Since 2009, the Glen Canyon Institute has advocated for a management plan in which water managers would allow Lake Powell to drain and instead send all water downstream to Lake Mead.
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Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
The candidate has criticized the city's handling of the homelessness crisis and advocated for a more effective approach to addressing encampments and connecting people with services.
Late Friday, however, state officials adopted a new structure for the emissions program, called cap-and-invest, that analysts say will likely reduce wildfire mitigation funding by $200 million per year.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
Taken together, those cultural threads help explain why food – and especially meat – carries an outsized symbolic role in Texas politics, where the official state dish, adopted in 1977, is chili, defined by its significant meat base.
Other races The first candidate to be endorsed for office Friday was Ron Schutz.
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Jay Gabler,
Twin Cities,
30 May 2026
The charter association also has changed tack in the race for state superintendent of public instruction by backing San Diego Unified school board President Richard Barrera, the same candidate endorsed by the California Teachers Assn.
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