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Nigel Farage to Speak at Reform UK Conference Amid Scrutiny Over Party Finances

Advisers to the Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage were captured on film apparently arranging contributions from a man posing as a foreign donor.

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The Reform party leader, Nigel Farage, right, with an aide, Dan Jukes, in 2024. British law requires all donations to be disclosed and prohibits political contributions from foreign sources.
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LA Mayor Karen Bass Eases Street Vending Crackdown After Debate

Mayor Karen Bass said food vendors discourage restaurant patrons, mentioning them alongside homeless encampments. Her opponent, Nithya Raman, said vendors should be brought into the system.

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Street vendors are ubiquitous presences across the Los Angeles area, offering foods from many cultures.
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White House Construction May Have Contributed to Close Call With Trump’s Helicopter

A controller let a jet take off after missing warnings that Marine One was about to fly through the area, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

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A passenger jet came within a mile of Marine One in early August, after an air traffic controller at Ronald Reagan National Airport appeared to have missed multiple warnings.
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A Movement to Restrict Social Media for Children Has Taken Hold Globally

Governments around the world have passed or proposed a range of bans or restrictions on young teens using addictive social media platforms.

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A 15-year-old using social media apps in Australia in July, more than half a year after the country had implemented a ban on children under 16 using many platforms.
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Australia Bans Generative A.I. From Official Music Charts

Under new rules, recordings developed using generative A.I. will only be allowed if they are “substantially human-made,” the peak body says.

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The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), which oversees the charts of the country’s most popular music, said the changes will apply from Friday.
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Push for Online Gun Sales Meets a Surprising Opponent: Small Gun Dealers

The Trump administration wants average Americans to be able to buy guns online and have them shipped to their doors. Small gun stores warn it could upend the industry and risk public safety.

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Colin Overbey, the manager for Dunn’s Attic in Ormond Beach, Fla., is one of hundreds of people lobbying the A.T.F. to halt proposals that could alter the gun industry.
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s ‘Road Trip’ Highlights America, and Some of Its Sponsors

The transportation secretary’s six-part YouTube series is fueling ethical concerns over family adventures funded in large part by corporate sponsors regulated by his department.

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The reality road trip series tracks Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, his wife, their nine children and his son-in-law.
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Trump, Who Has Amassed Enormous Wealth in Crypto, Hosts Industry Leaders

President Trump called on Congress to pass a major cryptocurrency bill that would tilt regulation in the industry’s favor.

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President Trump at the White House with crypto executives on Wednesday. A onetime crypto skeptic, Mr. Trump embraced the technology on the campaign trail in 2024.
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How Cyclospora Evaded the U.S. Food Safety System to Sicken Thousands

The Trump administration delayed a rule last year that could have sped up the effort to pinpoint the source of the contamination. Critics charge that food safety oversight has eroded overall.

© Al Drago for The New York Times

Last year the Food and Drug Administration cut a program that tracked cyclospora outbreaks and delayed a rule that would have required companies to swiftly provide supply chain records in investigations of foodborne disease outbreaks.
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France’s Top Court Strikes Down Ban on Social Media for Children

The move was a setback for President Emmanuel Macron, who championed the ban. He vowed to pass a new version before he leaves office next spring.

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France’s Constitutional Council said that the ban was too wide-ranging, and did not take into account the age, maturity or family situation of children.
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