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U.S. Senator Ed Markey and Representative Seth Moulton.Joseph Prezioso | Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc | Getty ImagesArtificial intelligence has rocketed to the front of next Tuesday’s Massachusetts Senate Democratic primary, as Rep. Seth Moulton tries to unseat Bay State political titan Sen. Ed Markey. Moulton, a six-term House member, has capitalized on a fumbling answer from Markey during a recent debate where the senator said he did not know whether he used AI on his personal electronic devices. Moulton said Markey’s answer is “why we need a new generation of leaders” and has turned the answer into advertising.…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The head of the Polish Olympic Committee has been detained as part of a fraud investigation into a collapsed cryptocurrency platform with links to the country’s rightwing opposition. Radosław Piesiewicz, president of the committee, was arrested on Thursday in a probe into alleged bribes linked to a sponsorship deal with Zondacrypto, which stopped trading in April after losing investors at least 350mn zlotys (€81mn), according to investigators.Piesiewicz is the first prominent arrest in the scandal, which has also reverberated through the country’s…

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on August 27, 2026 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that he said will “immediately” change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America.”Trump’s attempt to rename the Great Lake, which straddles the U.S. northern border with Canada, came as a recent breakdown in trade talks between Washington and Ottawa has led to new retaliatory tariffs and a rapidly deteriorating relationship.Trump in recent days had repeatedly threatened to take the…

Harrop, who has said he joined the SNP in 2014, has written on the Wings Over Scotland website, external about his efforts to obtain information, claiming the Scottish government has a “pathological aversion to transparency and accountability”. The particular information request that could potentially trigger a Supreme Court ruling asks for material relating to the internal discussions among ministers, advisers and civil servants about whether they could claim an FOI exemption for material gathered by James Hamilton. While some information was divulged, the government claimed legal privilege over some of the correspondence, with the Court of Session eventually ruling those…

Texas Senate candidate James Talarico (D-TX) speaks at a campaign rally on March 2, 2026 in Houston, Texas. Talarico is visiting various locations around the state in the lead up to tomorrow’s primaries. Danielle Villasana | Getty ImagesTexas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is out with a new plan, first shared with CNBC, to break up what he says are healthcare monopolies and bring down the cost of prescription drugs. And he’s teaming up with entrepreneur Mark Cuban to launch it.Talarico, a member of the Texas House of Representatives who is running against state Attorney General Ken Paxton in one of…

In May, the first part of Milburn’s report, which was commissioned by the government, said the reasons for the rise in rates among men were “complex”, but could be down to more health issues, the “erosion of traditional employment routes” and “a growing gap in educational outcomes”.He also said the “Neet problem is grounded in social disadvantage” and highlighted higher rates among certain groups, including young people who:have grown up in povertyhave special educational needs or disabilities (SEND)don’t have a GCSE-level qualificationare Black, African and CaribbeanThe report warned that one in six young people would be out of work in…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the UK property myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Flat owners fighting to replace expensive or unresponsive management companies in their blocks have won a case in the UK’s highest court that strips freeholders of a powerful tool to derail resident-led takeovers.The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favour of a group of London leaseholders who were prevented from taking control of their building’s management due to a minor technicality.Property lawyers said the precedent-setting decision, which overturns an earlier judgment from the Court of Appeal, should facilitate other “right to manage”…

An MS has said she has faced criticism for attending the National Eisteddfod because she is a member of Reform.The party’s deputy Welsh leader, Helen Jenner, said online commenters said she had no right to be at the Welsh language festival because of her membership of the right-wing party.Jenner, who grew up on Anglesey, said the criticism was ridiculous but that it didn’t bother her.She made the comments to the BBC Wales political podcast, Walescast.”I see the odd comment [online], surprisingly, from some quite professional people making remarks about me.”She said a recent comment had claimed she had “no right…

Speaking ahead of Burnham’s visit, First Minister Michelle O’Neill called for a “fair budget settlement that actually works for public services”.”The reality is that we are so underfunded – have been for years,” she told reporters on Wednesday.”If Andy Burnham wants to make a difference, then he can make a difference by actually changing the funding arrangement, because what we have currently does not cut it.”Talks between Treasury officials and the executive have been taking place over the summer.On Monday, Northern Ireland secretary Sir Chris Bryant said it was “shocking” that a Stormont budget had yet to be agreed.He said…