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UPI: U.S. conducts first ‘large’ removal flight of Chinese migrants since 2018
The announcement comes after President Joe Biden issued a proclamation June 4 temporarily suspending the entry of migrants into the country at the southern border when the daily average is more than 2,500 over a seven-day period.
The Biden administration has been plagued by GOP criticism over its handling of the border, which saw record encounters in December but has seen a drop since, seemingly in response to actions Biden as taken to address the surge.
The next-gen aerospace company Electra has achieved a remarkable milestone with its hybrid-electric test aircraft, which took off in under 170 feet on its first test flight – around 10% of the typical length of conventional airplane runways.
In a company news release, Electra said that test flights of its hybrid-electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft, the EL-2 Goldfinch, took place earlier this year at several Virginia airports. Although the vehicle is designed to take off and land on airstrips about the size of a soccer field (300 feet by 100 feet), as New Atlas described, it needed “almost no runway” to take flight.
MacRumors: Netflix Starts Booting Subscribers Off Cheapest Basic Ads-Free Plan
Netflix is proceeding with its plan to discontinue its cheapest ad-free subscription tier, starting with the UK and Canada, with more countries inevitably to follow.
The streaming giant has reportedly begun notifying users via on-screen messages about the last day they can access the service unless they upgrade. One Reddit user shared a notification they had received from the Netflix app, saying: “Your last day to watch Netflix is July 13th. Choose a new plan to keep watching.” Customers are being prompted to instead choose the cheaper Standard with ads, or the more expensive Standard or Premium 4K plans.
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Canadian subscribers are also receiving notifications about the last viewing day for their Basic plan. In Canada, the price increase is more significant, rising from $9.99 for the Basic plan to $16.49 for the Standard plan. Alternatively, users can save $4 by going with the Standard with Ads plan ($5.99).
UPI: Polls suggest Fourth of July landslide for Labor Party in Britain’s general election
The Yougov MRP poll predicts Keir Starmer’s party could win 431 seats for a majority of 212. If the poll is accurate, it would be the larger single-party majority than Tony Blair’s majority of 179 seats in 1997.
According to final Telegraph poll, Labor will win 39% of the vote, almost twice the 20% of poll respondents who said they will support Conservatives.
Atlantic: The Supreme Court Puts Trump Above the Law
The Court writes that presidents cannot be prosecuted for “use” of their official powers, but what it actually means is they cannot be prosecuted for the flagrant abuse of them. That renders the plain disclaimer on which the opinion rests — that the president is not above the law — a lie. More significant, this opinion depends on an implicit belief that the only person who would act so brazenly is Trump, and that because the majority of the justices on the Court support Trump and want him to be president, he must be shielded from prosecution. In this backhanded manner, Trump’s justices acknowledge that he poses a unique threat to constitutional government, one they just happen to support because he is their guy. These are not justices; these are Trump cronies. This is not legal reasoning; this is vandalism.
Last Updated: 03.Jul.2024 20:21 EDT
