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Cash Grabs, Court Maps & MBS’s U.S. Pageantry: Medway £680k, Texas Gerrymander Bid, Clintons’ Epstein Depos, Trump’s Photo-Op Piggyback

Medway's School Streets Rack Up £680k, Residents Cry Cash Grab

Medway's School Streets at 11 schools have issued nearly 25,000 penalties since March, pulling in about £680,000. Cars are barred 8:15 to 9:00 and 2:45 to 3:45. Some parents say the gates feel safer. Neighbors say traffic is just shunted onto side roads, exempt locals keep getting ticketed, and the signs could double as eye charts. Also, if the cash is flowing, why are the potholes not? The council insists it is about safety, notes six months of first-time warnings, and promises a review. Translation, they will look into it after they finish counting.

Texas Wants Supreme Court Blessing for New Map, Racial Gerrymander Fight Intensifies

Texas is asking the Supreme Court to overturn a federal ruling that its redistricting map is likely an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The timing neatly aligns with Donald Trump’s effort to help Republicans keep control of Congress. Texas says the lines are fair. Critics see packing and cracking with the precision of a Swiss watch built by partisan cartographers.

Saudi Crown Prince's U.S. Tour Ends With Pageantry and Promises

Mohammed bin Salman wrapped a Washington swing on what the White House framed as stronger footing, with President Trump hailing him as a singular leader in the Arab world. The reception featured a red carpet, a horse parade, and a black-tie dinner rarely granted to anyone, much less an authoritarian under intense human-rights scrutiny. In the Oval Office, Trump brushed aside questions about the CIA’s conclusion that MBS orchestrated Jamal Khashoggi’s killing. The visit ended with Saudi Arabia designated a major non-NATO ally and a U.S. promise to sell F-35s, because nothing says special relationship like pageantry and next-gen jets.

Clintons Ordered to Testify in Epstein Probe, Depos Set for December

House Oversight Chair James Comer says Bill and Hillary Clinton must sit for depositions on December 17 and 18, following bipartisan subpoenas issued in July. The Clintons offered written answers, condemned Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes as abhorrent, and said they have little to add. Comer argues their personal relationships with Epstein and Maxwell are the point. Bill Clinton’s documented ties include more than a dozen flights on Epstein’s jet and White House visits by Epstein and Maxwell. If they appear, the questioning will be behind closed doors, with some video later released. Republicans are floating contempt if they refuse and cite the Bannon and Navarro cases. The committee has pressed former officials across administrations and says DOJ has turned over more than 20,000 documents. A deadly serious subject, wrapped in very familiar political theater.

‘Photo-Op Osmosis’ Alleged as Warren Says Trump Piggybacked on Mamdani’s Shine

Warren says Donald Trump tried to siphon some of Zohran Mamdani’s spotlight after a chummy meeting with New York City’s mayor-elect, joking it is no surprise Trump wants to stand next to Mamdani and say they think alike. When you cannot earn the glow, you loiter under it.

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