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Coercion and corporate expedience meet in a $16m settlement
Ancient warlords excelled at ritual humiliation. Their technique was simple: vanquish the enemy, take his loot, build a fort with it, display his impaled head there. Visitors to Donald Trump’s future presidential library will recognise the warlords’ method. There will be no severed heads, and probably few books. But in other respects the building will be a monument to conquest.
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Should cities run their own supermarkets?
New York’s mayoral front-runner thinks they should

America’s economic data are becoming murkier
Choked for funds, the Bureau of Labour Statistics is cutting corners

A blow to judicial power and a win for Trump
The Supreme Court curtails judges’ ability to block the president’s agenda
Zohran Mamdani, Trump’s “worst nightmare”, may really be a gift to him
The young socialist could exemplify the sort of leader the Democrats need. He also offers Republicans an easy target
On its tenth birthday, gay marriage in America is under attack
Republican support for same-sex marriage is dropping fast
Oklahoma City has been reborn, 30 years after the bombing
Basketball is only the beginning