Instead, pluralism, naturally associated with diversity and popular agency, was made into the cultural face of capitalism—it was branded as a false openness mimicking the free market, as a flattening that might cause art and art history to lose the threads of progress and quality.
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Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
Aguilar was taken into custody during a SWAT operation involving multiple law enforcement agencies.
John McClain, the veteran music executive who was co-executor of the Michael Jackson estate and helped engineer the financial recovery of the singer’s legacy and properties, died Monday due to complications from a fall, a rep for the estate confirms to Variety.
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Jem Aswad,
Variety,
27 May 2026
Michael Jackson named McClain as his estate executors, alongside lawyer John Branca, in his will.
Agents in Jira are generally available, allowing teams to assign work items to AI agents using the same interface as for human assignees, with full audit logging designed for compliance teams.
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Steve McDowell,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2026
To assign a task, simply tick a box, add a description, choose assignees, and input an optional due date.
The Executive Office for Immigration Review, the U.S. Department of Justice subagency that oversees immigration courts and established the dedicated docket, did not respond to a request for comment.
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Cindy CarcamoStaff Writer,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2022
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro, D.-Conn., asked the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate whether or not the FDA, a subagency of HHS, took appropriate and effective action.
During the search for the missing mother and daughter and Fieramusca, FBI agents followed Green.
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Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
What does work is a containment pattern that treats every agent action as an external call requiring authorization at the action level, not the session level.
Trump’s initial goal, along with Israel, was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program, which is a favor to the world, destroy its ballistic missile program, and halt its financing of terrorist proxies.
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Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
Many voters have learned to treat the pump price as a proxy for tracking inflation.
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Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
30 May 2026
Speaking between ballots, Tafoya repeatedly reminded delegates about the importance of winning the general election, while Schwarze encouraged them not to compromise their principles.
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Jay Gabler,
Twin Cities,
30 May 2026
Frederiksen said Tafoya's broadcasting career could be an asset in a primary race, though her appeal to convention delegates remains an open question.
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