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As Donald Trump aggressively fights multiple legal and political threats, New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik has become his most powerful ally in Congress in key ways by echoing Trump’s dangerous falsehoods and pushing outlandish conspiracy theories around the January 6 attack on the Capitol.To bolster Trump, Stefanik has mimicked Trump’s calling convicted January 6 prisoners “hostages”, declined in a TV interview to say she would certify the 2024 election in advance, and filed ethics complaints against two judges overseeing cases against Trump or his allies.Stefanik’s emergence as a major Trump cheerleader has sparked sharp criticism from historians, ex-Republican members and…

‘Look at this – can you see what it is?” The architect Anne Thorne is showing me around Cannock Mill, the eco-village on the outskirts of Colchester, Essex, that she designed in collaboration with a group of her friends who had grown tired of London life. We are standing behind a terrace of terracotta and honey-toned houses; even on a dreich day, the 1-hectare (2.4-acre) site has a distinctly Mediterranean vibe. There are well-tended grounds, a communal allotment and a fire pit.Thorne is gesticulating at a tiny path. “It’s a frog passerelle,” she enthuses. I have no clue. “So that…

Marcus Rashford has been subject to internal disciplinary action by Eric Ten Hag after he reported feeling unwell on Friday after allegedly attending a party in Belfast in the early hours of Thursday morning.United issued a statement on Monday night saying the incident “has been dealt with as an internal disciplinary matter”, and a report in The Sun claimed the England player went out drinking on Thursday before flying back to Manchester on a private jet early in the morning and missing training.He subsequently missed Sunday’s 4-2 FA Cup win over Newport County. Rashford and his agent and brother Dwayne…

A modern-day ocean explorer has claimed to have possibly solved one of the great mysteries of modern aviation by publishing sonar images which he claims may show the wreckage of the the airplane flown by Amelia Earhart at the bottom of the Pacific.Earhart’s plane disappeared over the Pacific in 1937 as she sought to become the first woman to fly around the world. Ever since then, mystery has surrounded the American aviator’s fate amid intense speculation as to what happened to her.But Tony Romeo, a pilot and former US air force intelligence officer, told the Wall Street Journal on Friday…

At the end of 2022, Ollie Pope was publicly announced as Ben Stokes’ vice-captain for the first time after the defeat of Pakistan in Rawalpindi, the closest rival to England’s win in Hyderabad. . Stokes did not have an official deputy at the time, but Pope would step into a leadership role if the virus sweeping through the camp prevented the captain from playing.Eyebrows raised. After all, their backstories suggest they were a very different pair of cricketers: a hyperactive, academic-averse kid from working-class Workington who was replaced by Durham while playing for Cumbria. Discovery, while Pope was born in…

Alzheimer’s can be spread from human to human through rare medical accidents, research suggests, although experts stress there is no evidence the disease can be passed between people through everyday activities or routine care.Researchers say a handful of people who received human growth hormone from the pituitary glands of deceased donors have gone on to develop early onset Alzheimer’s – likely because the hormones used were contaminated with proteins that seeded the disease in their brains.“We’re not suggesting for a moment you can catch Alzheimer’s disease. This is not transmissible in the sense of a viral or bacterial infection,” said…

One of this year’s national favorites is the focus of a British Horseracing Authority investigation after it was revealed the £75m fortune owned by Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman The Crown Prosecution Service is responsible for being “frozen or restrained” by a court order.The BHA has confirmed it is aware of the media reports and is “in contact with those involved to understand what impact, if any, there will be on their involvement in motorsport”. It is investigating whether Monbeg Genius, one of the leading contenders in Britain’s most famous show jumping race, is one of the properties…

US authorities have revealed that they captured the convicted killer of the professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson with a clever ruse: by placing an advertisement on social media purportedly seeking a yoga instructor, which in turn lured the fugitive out of hiding.Investigators with the US Marshals Service came up with the ad idea while on an international manhunt for Kaitlin Armstrong, a former yoga instructor who had fled to Costa Rica after killing the 25-year-old Wilson in May 2022 in Austin, Texas, according to newly released information on the case reported on Sunday by the CBS News show 48 Hours.Armstrong…

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who made headlines at the 2022 Winter Olympics when she tested positive for doping at age 15, has been banned for four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.The ruling also means that all results achieved by Valieva after failing the exam on December 25, 2021, are now removed from the record books.However, Kass did not immediately deprive Valiyeva’s Russian team of its gold medal in the team competition. In a statement explaining his ruling, Cass said the powers “are outside the scope of this arbitration proceeding and must be reviewed by the relevant…

The prospect of getting through Monday while missing out on breakfast, lunch and dinner is enough to make most people weep. But not Rishi Sunak, who does this every week while also running the country – and experts say it might bring benefits.A source close to the prime minister told the Sunday Times that Sunak undertook a 36-hour fast at the start of every week, consuming only water, tea or black coffee from 5pm on a Sunday to 5am on Tuesday.While the practice might sound like the type of extreme regime championed by Silicon Valley’s tech-bros, Adam Collins, associate professor…