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“Excessive Makeover” é uma marca de actuality present que teve sucesso tanto quando aplicado aos participantes que precisavam mudar seus hábitos de saúde, higiene e escolhas de roupas, quanto quando aplicado nas casas dos participantes, que apresentavam mau estado de conservação ou problemas estruturais que precisavam de conserto.
Os programas “funcionaram” porque a premissa é simples: as pessoas e os domicílios – por mais confusos que sejam – podem mudar, podem tornar-se atraentes e funcionais com a quantidade certa de atenção, cuidado e habilidade.
Agora surge uma nova ramificação: “Extremist Makeover”.
Embora ainda não seja um actuality present em uma plataforma de streaming, esta reinicialização está muito avançada em desenvolvimento dentro do Partido Democrata.
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O candidato democrata ao assento no Senado dos Estados Unidos no Maine – atualmente ocupado pela talvez mais moderada, inteligente, confiável, trabalhadora e admirada senadora de ambos os lados do corredor, a senadora Susan Collins – será o ostra Graham Platner.
Platner não é um “liberal”. Ele não é um “esquerdista”. Ele é um extremista. Platner é daquela terra “além da periferia” da política americana que ocasionalmente lança nas praias eleitorais um candidato da esquerda maluca ou da direita maluca após uma campanha primária intrapartidária, um candidato que simplesmente não joga nos “anos 10”, muito menos nos “anos 40”, do futebol político americano.
Os extremistas tiveram sorte nas primárias por uma série de razões excêntricas, e depois os seus partidos fingem estar surpreendidos quando os seus excêntricos nomeados são derrotados nas eleições gerais.
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Assim, prevejo, isso acontecerá com o Sr. Platner, cujas muitas, er, idiossincrasias têm caído à vista do público há alguns meses.
A “excentricidade” mais famosa de Platner até agora é a sua tatuagem “Totenkopf” da caveira usada com orgulho durante a period nazista pela Schutzstaffel (SS) de Hitler, particularmente pela SS-Totenkopfverbaende, um dos três ramos originais da SS, juntamente com a Allgemeine SS e a Waffen SS. Os SS-Totenkopfverbaende eram guardas dos campos de concentração e extermínio. De muitos símbolos vis desse regime, este é igual a qualquer um deles quando se trata de projectar propósitos malignos e matanças mortais e arbitrárias. Pedir essa tatuagem é uma escolha deliberada. Mantê-lo por anos e anos é outra.
O mesmo acontece com as muitas postagens no Reddit que Platner fez ao longo de sua vida, que cobrem a orla da intolerância e o que costumávamos chamar curiosamente de “discurso de ódio”, mas que os democratas agora chamam de “oportunidades de crescimento” ou, mais sinceramente, de audições.
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O senador Collins já enfrentou democratas de esquerda em eleições anteriores. Em sua campanha mais recente, em 2020, os democratas nomearam a presidente da Câmara do Maine, de extrema esquerda, Sara Gideon. Apesar de ter gasto mais de 2 para 1 (os gastos pró-Gideon foram de apenas US$ 48 milhões, enquanto o fundo de guerra de Collins foi de US$ 23 milhões) e de estar atrás em quase todas as principais pesquisas do início ao fim, Collins venceu sua corrida por nove pontos, embora o então candidato Joe Biden tenha vencido o presidente Donald Trump pela mesma margem. Assim, quase 20% dos Mainers em 2020 passaram de votar em um democrata no topo da chapa para um republicano na próxima linha na corrida para o Senado.
Isso não é apenas porque Collins é genuinamente querida e admirada em todo o Maine, o que ela é. Collins é também o poderoso presidente da Comissão de Dotações do Senado e, portanto, está em posição de ajudar os Mainers em todos os níveis, desde todos os funcionários da Bathtub Iron Works, até todos os lagosteiros ou pescadores assolados por regulamentações federais ridículas, e todos os Mainers durante todo o ano assolados pelo aumento dos custos de aquecimento no inverno devido à obstrução dos democratas à autorização dos oleodutos, o que reduziria significativamente o custo de fornecimento de energia para o estado de Pine Tree.
E também não é apenas porque Collins é tão respeitada que ela faz parte do Comité de Inteligência do Senado, onde apenas servem os senadores mais confiáveis de ambos os partidos, supervisionando os programas mais secretos do país.
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É também porque Collins é uma política excelente, sempre andando por todo o seu estado pedindo o voto dos habitantes do Maine.
A senadora Susan Collins, R-Maine, deixa a câmara no Capitólio em Washington, em 24 de julho de 2025. Collins é do ‘Condado’, o enorme e mais ao norte do condado de Aroostook, que é o mais autenticamente do Maine possível.(J. Scott Applewhite/Foto AP)
Collins é do “Condado”, o enorme condado de Aroostook, mais ao norte, que é o mais autenticamente do Maine possível. Collins também é igual a qualquer exemplo de autoridade eleita graciosa e acolhedora que entende que o trabalho do senador é servir seus eleitores, e não se exibir em podcasts de extrema esquerda.
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Collins e Platner não poderiam ser mais diferentes. É possível que o Maine “regular” e acolhedor queira um extremista radical e verbal, lançador de bombas, como seu próximo senador. Mas acho que não.
É raro que Susan Collins represente seu estado em posições de poder e influência e faça isso com classe e humildade. Trocar isso por uma caveira e intolerância on-line não parece uma aposta que os Mainers vão fazer, não importa quantos milhões de dólares os adjacentes à Antifa invistam na corrida da extrema esquerda espalhados por todo o país.
Hugh Hewitt é colaborador da Fox Information e apresentador de “O programa de Hugh Hewitt“ouvido nas tardes dos dias úteis, das 15h às 18h ET, na Salem Radio Community e transmissão simultânea no Salem Information Channel. Hugh leva os americanos para casa na Costa Leste e para almoçar na Costa Oeste em mais de 400 afiliados em todo o país e em todas as plataformas de streaming onde o SNC pode ser visto. Ele é um convidado frequente na mesa redonda de notícias do Fox Information Channel, apresentada por Bret Baier durante a semana às 18h ET. Filho de Ohio e graduado pelo Harvard School e pela Universidade da Michigan Legislation College, Hewitt é professor de direito na Fowler College of Legislation da Chapman College desde 1996, onde leciona Direito Constitucional. Hewitt lançou seu programa de rádio homônimo em Los Angeles em 1990. Hewitt apareceu frequentemente em todas as principais redes nacionais de notícias de televisão, apresentou programas de televisão para PBS e MSNBC, escreveu para todos os principais jornais americanos, foi autor de uma dúzia de livros e moderou uma série de debates sobre candidatos republicanos, mais recentemente o presidencial republicano de novembro de 2023. debate em Miami e quatro debates presidenciais republicanos no ciclo 2015-16 Hewitt concentra seu programa de rádio e sua coluna na Constituição, segurança nacional, política americana e os Cleveland Browns e Guardians.
3 de março de 2026; Scottsdale, Arizona, EUA; O jogador de primeira base do San Francisco Giants, Bryce Eldridge, contra a equipe dos EUA durante um jogo de treinamento de primavera no Scottsdale Stadium. Crédito obrigatório: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Photos
O San Francisco Giants convocou a ajuda dos menores em seu retorno para casa na segunda-feira, após uma viagem de 0 a 6, e uma das convocações resultou em uma vitória derrapante.
Trevor McDonald, fazendo sua primeira aparição na liga principal da temporada, arremessou sete entradas de bola única na vitória do San Francisco sobre o San Diego Padres por 3-2. O destro permitiu duas rebatidas e nenhuma caminhada ao rebater oito.
Outras duas convocações também foram titulares. O principal candidato, Bryce Eldridge, serviu como rebatedor designado e fez 0 de 2 com uma caminhada, enquanto o apanhador Jesus Rodriguez terminou 0 de 3 em sua estreia na grande liga.
Para liberar vagas no elenco, os Giants contrataram o outfielder Will Brennan para Sacramento, designaram o outfielder Jerar Encarnacion para atribuição e colocaram o canhoto Erik Miller na lista de lesionados de 15 dias, retroativo a sexta-feira, devido a uma distensão lombar.
Os Giants marcaram apenas nove corridas em sua jornada para enfrentar o Philadelphia Phillies e o Tampa Bay Rays. Cinco dessas corridas resultaram em derrota extra-inning, e os Giants foram eliminados duas vezes.
San Francisco é o pior time nas majors em corridas (106), dwelling runs (19), RBIs (101), bases em bolas (69) e porcentagem na base (0,287) sob o comando do técnico do primeiro ano, Tony Vitello.
Os Giants esperam que Eldridge e Rodriguez possam ajudar a desbloquear o ataque.
Eldridge, de 1,80 metro e 250 libras, tem apenas 21 anos e foi a escolha dos Giants no primeiro turno do draft de 2023.
Em 30 jogos nesta temporada no Triple-A Sacramento, o homem da primeira base está rebatendo 0,333 com um OPS de 0,963. Ele tem seis duplas, cinco dwelling runs, 22 RBIs e 25 corridas. Ele também caminhou 20 vezes.
O maior golpe para Eldridge é sua tendência para rebatidas – 41 vezes em 114 rebatidas nesta temporada – mas os Giants aparentemente sentem que não têm tempo para trabalhar nisso no nível Triple-A.
Os Giants o convocaram brevemente na temporada passada, e ele acertou 0,107 com quatro RBIs e 13 eliminações em 10 jogos.
A MLB Pipeline classifica Eldridge como o 20º candidato no beisebol e o nº 1 no sistema de São Francisco. Rodriguez ficou em 18º lugar entre os candidatos aos Giants.
Em 24 jogos em Sacramento, Rodriguez está acertando 0,330 com dois dwelling run e 14 RBIs. O jogador de 24 anos disputou 431 partidas nos menores desde 2019 e tem uma média de carreira de 0,311 com 34 dwelling run e 240 RBIs.
McDonald, de 25 anos, teve breves passagens pelos Giants nos últimos dois anos, conseguindo um combinado de 1 a 0 com um ERA de 1,50 em quatro jogos (duas como titular). Este ano para Sacramento, ele fez 1-1 com um ERA de 5,40 em cinco partidas (quatro como titular).
Brennan, 28, fez 0 de 9 em cinco jogos pelo San Francisco. Ele jogou pelo Cleveland Guardians em cada uma das quatro temporadas anteriores.
Encarnacion, 28, não foi rebatido em suas últimas 11 rebatidas, deixando-o com uma média de 0,176 e nenhum RBI em 17 jogos nesta temporada. Ele jogou pelos Giants em 2024 e 2025 depois de iniciar sua carreira na liga principal com o Miami Marlins em 2022.
Miller, 28 anos, não tem decisões, duas defesas e um ERA de 3,18 em 12 partidas nesta temporada, seu terceiro ano com os Giants.
Do I feel a bit bonkers writing about prepping in our green and pleasant land? Yes, I do. But I also feel calm and a little smug knowing that there is always, always, something in the cupboard – or under the stairs – for a tasty dinner.
The first rule of stockpiling is that it isn’t panic-buying or hoarding. We don’t need a run on the supermarkets for eggs, bread and toilet roll such as we saw in the early weeks of the pandemic. The goal instead is to build up and maintain a modest store of food in case of emergency. This might be a serious and scary global event, such as a cyber attack or conflict. It might be adverse weather, which some areas of the UK experience every year.
You might also choose to stockpile to offset upcoming food inflation. This week, the British Retail Consortium warned that retailers are facing pressures from rising fuel, fertiliser and commodity prices as well as domestic policies, while the Food and Drink Federation forecast that food inflation could reach as much as 10 per cent by the end of 2026.
“With ongoing instability in the Middle East – particularly its impact on energy markets and shipping routes – analysts are warning food inflation could rise significantly,” explains Séamus Higgins, author of Food and Us: The incredible story of how food shapes humanity. “That makes a strong case for building a small, sensible buffer at home.
“The most practical items to stock up on are those exposed to price volatility, global supply chains, and energy costs, while also offering long shelf life and flexibility,” advises Higgins, an associate professor for food process engineering at the University of Nottingham.
As he writes in Food and Us: “The modern food system is incredibly efficient – but that efficiency depends on a constant flow and just-in-time delivery. Stockpiling, at its best, isn’t panic buying. It’s creating a small buffer between us and a system that was never designed to pause.”
Water
This might seem obvious, but while we are accustomed to clean and free-flowing water, in recent years, supply has failed for a number of days in many areas of the UK. And when there is a water problem, the consequences make themselves known very quickly. Schools and businesses close and everyone’s at home using that same unflushable toilet. Infuriatingly, too many of us in the UK have recent experience of this.
I keep some bottled water in the cupboard at all times now, after our taps stopped running for three days a few years ago. This is a crucial time to think of your neighbours who might not have any or be able to go out and get any. If you have bigger containers, store for washing, too.
Canned essentials
Canned foods are an obvious starter item for would-be preppers. I tend to keep six or more cans of tomatoes in my cupboard and a few each of beans, pulses like chickpeas and lentils, and fish. If needs be, all can be eaten cold and straight out of the can.
Tea and coffee
I tend to buy tea and coffee in bulk because the price varies so much from one shop to another. But from now on, each time I buy a few boxes, I’m also putting one away. Packets of 80 Twinings teabags might cost anything from £3 to £5.
I buy engine oil Lavazza coffee which has gone up in price from £11.50/kg pre-pandemic to £23/kg today, but by buying in bulk – 3kg – I got a price of £13.70/kg last week. This means I can splurge on bags from my favourite coffee shops when I fancy it.
Dried goods
“Build a base of dry goods – rice, pasta, oats and flour – the backbone of a reliable pantry, closely tied to global commodity prices,” advises Higgins. These staples are often on offer in supermarkets, so I tend to stock up when I see a good price.
I’ve seen people say they store huge bags of rice and flour, which might be wise but make sure it’s stored properly – ie doesn’t get damp or infested – and that you use and replace bags as and when, so they don’t go out of date.
UHT drinks
I love my fresh milk but it’s worth keeping a few cartons of UHT dairy and other long life milks in the cupboard for emergencies. Whatever the crisis, it will feel far worse if you can have a decent cup of tea. Add a few bottles of squash and some long life juices if you drink those, too.
Peanut butter and other treats
I know not everyone can eat peanuts but for those who can, peanut butter delivers on so many fronts. It’s a great plant-based source of protein and fibre and it’s also energy dense if you’re low on food supplies. But the main reason I’m stockpiling peanut butter is because it is a winning comfort food and is so versatile, crossing the boundary between sweet (on toast, in porridge, on apple or rice cakes) and savoury (try it with pasta or in a marinade for chicken or a dressing).
It also has a long shelf life, often well over 12 months, and you can get a kilo that contains nothing but peanuts for £3.99 from Aldi.
To my point about this being a treat: if peanut butter’s not for you, make sure you find something that you love for your stockpile, whether jam or Nutella, bars of chocolate or packets of biscuits.
Frozen goods
Keeping a well-stocked freezer isn’t an option for everyone. You might not have one or manage with a few small drawers, as I do. What’s more, if there’s a power outage, you’ll need to eat all of your frozen food over a day or two, as it thaws. Nonetheless, you can keep a really nutritious pantry in your freezer, Higgins points out, from veg and berries to fish and bread. “The aim isn’t to hoard,” he says, “but to focus on versatility and rotation: buy what you use and use what you buy.”
O contínuo Conflito na Ásia Ocidental destacou a vulnerabilidade estrutural da Índia aos choques energéticos, reforçando a necessidade de reduzir a dependência do petróleo importado e acelerar os esforços para reforçar a segurança energética, de acordo com um membro externo do painel de fixação de taxas do RBI.
Nagesh Kumar, que é diretor do Instituto de Estudos de Desenvolvimento Industrial e também membro do Comité de Política Monetária, disse que a abordagem indiana precisa de se concentrar tanto na intensificação da exploração de petróleo a nível interno como na aceleração da transição para fontes alternativas.
“A elevada dependência do petróleo importado torna a economia indiana altamente vulnerável à volatilidade no mercado de hidrocarbonetos. Embora os fundamentos macroeconómicos da Índia permaneçam resilientes e a economia indiana proceed a ser a grande economia de crescimento mais rápido, com uma taxa de crescimento de quase 7% em 2026-27, é altura de dar prioridade à segurança energética e à resiliência para sustentar a trajectória de crescimento económico acelerado”, disse o Sr. PTI.
With the pressure growing on families due to the cost of living, grandparents are stepping in more than ever to help with childcare. But these relationships are rarely simple, with old, worn-out patterns often passing between the generations. Susan* describes the complex relationship between her mother and her daughter.
“I didn’t even do it, mummy. Why does Granny always shout at me?” Tilly*, my daughter, was just six years old when she asked me this question.
Yet again, my own mother Maria*, 70 at the time, had told my daughter off for the apparent crime of pushing in front of her brother to get into the house after being picked up from school.
While I’ll get to the issue of my own mother “parenting” my child, that cold, wet October day was the first time Tilly noticed – of her own volition – something that had bothered me since she was born in February 2011.
Tilly is one of my mother’s four grandchildren and her only granddaughter. My mum, Maria, now 78, has Michael*, 22, Joe*, 17, Tilly*, now 15, and Johnny*, 13. The first three are mine, Johnny belongs to my brother.
From the second my beautiful, funny, kind, caring daughter was born she seemed to sit neatly in my mum’s firing line. “You’re not feeding her enough, she’s too skinny,” she’d say. “Oh, she’s a misery today isn’t she?” The critiques and criticism of her felt endless – but thankfully, as a babe in arms, she was blissfully unaware of it.
Since realising at six she’s often in the firing line, I’ve watched her relationship with my mother dwindle away to almost nothing in the intervening nine years.
Tilly’s stopped correcting her now, she no longer stands up for herself like she used to because it makes little or no difference. Tilly’s older brother Joe used to tease her mercilessly, yet Mum would always blame Tilly when she lost her temper, rather than Joe for teasing her.
In her Granny’s eyes, if there’s blame to be handed out, it lands right at Tilly’s feet, regardless of her role in whatever has happened.
I’d never tell Tilly, but when I proudly shared the news of my pregnancy, my mum’s instant reaction was, “Don’t you think that’s selfish? You already have two children, you don’t need another”.
What irks me the most about the whole dynamic is that Tilly does what I’ve spent almost five decades doing, having also grown up in the same firing line. She ducks her head and keeps quiet.
I never called out my Mum on her clear and obvious preference of my brother, Peter. I was subjected to the same insults and blame I see her levelling at Tilly now, and I still don’t speak up. It pains me that I haven’t set an example for Tilly to speak up either.
Studies suggest around 42 per cent of grandparents have a favourite grandchild. If I told Tilly this statistic, she’d roll her lovely big brown eyes and cite her older brother Joe as the favourite.
He and my mum share messages and calls. He’s the first to hug her when we go and see her while my sage, eldest son, Michael, advises his sister “not to fall for granny’s propaganda”. He’s seen firsthand how upset Tilly can get by her treatment.
Just a few months ago, Tilly was barely across the threshold of my mother’s home when the berating started about her skin. “Oh Tilly, you’ve not been exfoliating, have you? You need to give your face a good scrub…”
Thankfully, Tilly interrupted her mid-flow changing the subject to what she’d cooked for lunch, but I could see Tilly visibly shrink and she stayed quieter than she’d normally have been the rest of the afternoon we were there.
On the drive home, I found myself starting to excuse my own mother’s behaviour. “You know what she’s like, love. She speaks first and thinks later. She didn’t mean anything by it…”
I found myself trailing off while Tilly shrugged. “I just don’t get it and I never have, but I’m sick of it,” she finally admitted.
Tilly’s actions have echoed her words for a good few years now, too. I’ve noticed a hastening of attitudes that took seed when my incredible daughter was just six.
While the boys respond to their Granny’s text messages and take most of her calls, Tilly leaves her responses a few days or more before she does.
She takes every third or fourth call she receives from her Granny and has recently been cutting them short saying she’s on the way out the door or needs to get ready to meet her friends.
I’m proud of her for distancing herself from a dynamic that’s not exactly a healthy one for her to be in, but Tilly’s resilience and choices on how to handle it have come with a difficult look in the mirror at my own relationship with both my mother and my daughter.
I can’t help but feel I should have stood up for Tilly more when she was little. Why didn’t I call mum out, when she would tell me I should have pushed Tilly to walk earlier? Why didn’t I tell her not to praise the boys for eating seconds while pointing out Tilly hadn’t even finished her first plate of food? Why didn’t I tell her Joe had pushed in front of Tilly to get in the house and Tilly was only resuming her rightful place in the queue when she was berated for it?
In my mother’s eyes, when I was growing up, everything was my fault – just like she sees everything as being Tilly’s doing. I became small and quiet so as not to draw her ire.
As a result, Tilly’s handled it on her own – withdrawing herself from a woman who she could have had a loving and warm relationship with. I feel guilty for my part in their failed relationship, but I fear it’s too late to change it. Even Tilly’s older brother has admitted he feels like the favourite, but not one of us will say anything to my mother.
Just last night when I did my dutiful three times a week call, mum berated me for Tilly ignoring her messages and calls. I didn’t stand up for my daughter – I didn’t have the energy to go round for round with her because I know she wouldn’t take my thoughts and comments kindly. Instead, I said Tilly had been busy revising for the end-of-year exams and prepping for a Duke of Edinburgh expedition.
I then got off the phone as fast as I could and took my incredible 15-year-old daughter for a milkshake. As she slurped and chatted away about her day, my shame for not standing up for her turned to a tiny slither of pride that she and I have an enviable mother-daughter relationship that’s a million miles away from the one I have with my mum and the one Tilly has with her Granny.
A atriz do Empire co-assinou uma postagem nas redes sociais com ‘um aviso para celebridades’ (Foto: John Nacion/Getty Pictures)
Taraji P. Henson convocou celebridades por comparecerem ao Met Gala deste ano, declarando: ‘O QUE ESTAMOS FAZENDO!?!?!?!’
O evento de moda do ano enfrentou reações adversas por abraçar o fundador da Amazon, Jeff Bezos, que, ao lado de sua esposa Lauren Sanchez, foi nomeado presidente honorário.
O papel do bilionário foi anunciado oficialmente com meses de antecedência pela Vogue e pelo Metropolitan Museum of Artwork, com seu envolvimento supostamente incluindo grandes contribuições de financiamento e uma posição de destaque no evento de caridade de alto nível.
Meryl Streep, Zendaya e Bella Hadid foram apenas alguns dos nomes que decidiram não comparecer ao evento realizado em Nova York no domingo.
Após o evento repleto de estrelas, a atriz do Empire mirou nas celebridades que compareceram, com nomes como Beyoncé, Katy Perry e Blake Vigorous indo para o tapete vermelho.
Henson, 55, co-assinou uma postagem de mídia social de Meredith Lynch intitulada ‘um aviso para celebridades’, na qual ela alertava os presentes para não usarem distintivos ICE Out, já que Bezos é ‘parte da razão pela qual estamos nessa bagunça’.
Henson já participou do evento repleto de estrelas, mas optou por não fazê-lo este ano (Foto: Getty Pictures)
Blue Ivy Carter, Jay-Z e Beyoncé compareceram ao evento em Nova York no domingo (Foto: Getty)
Katy Perry cobriu o rosto com uma máscara de robô no evento (Foto: Getty)
Lynch acrescentou que “é uma loucura para mim que este evento seja patrocinado por Jeff Bezos, que apoiou Trump, que reduziu o financiamento das artes”.
Compartilhando seus pensamentos sobre o evento, Henson comentou em resposta, ao lado de emojis de palmas: ‘Estou tão confuso com algumas pessoas que estão indo. Eu fico tipo O QUE ESTAMOS FAZENDO!?!?!?!’
A atriz indicada ao Oscar compartilhou então uma foto da organização de direitos reprodutivos da UE, My Voice My Alternative, que justapunha o tremendous iate de US$ 500 milhões de Bezos com trabalhadores da Amazon em um armazém. Ela legendou a história do Instagram com: ‘Aproveite o MET 😒.’
Henson participa regularmente do evento, que este ano interpretou o tema de 2026 como Moda é Arte.
Grupos de ativistas organizaram uma série de protestos em todo Nova Iorqueincluindo ações direcionadas aos patrocinadores de destaque da gala e aos apoiadores bilionários.
A reação ganhou ainda mais visibilidade em abril, quando o prefeito recém-eleito Zohran Mamdani disse que não compareceria, citando o foco na acessibilidade em vez de eventos de arrecadação de fundos de alto nível.
O envolvimento de Jeff Bezos e Lauren Sánchez Bezos com o evento gerou reação negativa (Foto: Getty)
Antes da gala, as críticas espalharam-se por toda a cidade, desde mídia social às estações de metrô, onde o evento foi zombeteiramente apelidado de ‘Amazon Prime Gala’ e ‘Bezos Ball’.
O grupo ativista Todo mundo odeia Elon estava entre os líderes dos apelos por um boicote, organizando uma série de protestos que chamaram a atenção em Nova York.
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Caption: Passengers wait next to their luggage at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri airport on April 10, 2026. Israel’s military on April 9 warned residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs, long a stronghold of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, of imminent strikes and called for them to evacuate. While Israel regularly issues evacuation warnings before bombing the southern suburbs, the announcement also included the outskirts of Lebanon’s only international airport. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP via Getty Images) Photographer: ANWAR AMRO Provider: AFP via Getty Images Source: AFP Copyright: AFP or licensors
Manchester Airport has been named the worst in the UK for flight delays, according analysis of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) data.
The five worst UK airports by average flight delay time
1. Manchester Airport – 19 minutes.
2. Birmingham Airport – 18 minutes.
3. Bournemouth Airport –17 minutes.
4. Southampton Airport – 17 minutes.
5. Gatwick Airport – 16 minutes.
The most punctual location was Liverpool John Lennon Airport, where the average delay was just nine minutes.
A closer look at the detail
Rory Boland, editor of Which? Travel, said: “Manchester Airport has ranked last in our airport survey for four consecutive years and these new CAA figures validate why this is a particularly poor place to be stranded during delays.
“For passengers already wary of travel uncertainty, seeing such consistent underperformance makes it difficult to book with any real confidence.”
Air passengers and travellers check in at Manchester Airport terminal 2 departure lounge – stock photo. (Photo: Getty)
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What causes the flight delays?
Manchester is the UK’s only two-runway airport other than Heathrow, and was used by 32 million passengers last year.
Staff use tractors to help clear snow from around aircraft after overnight snowfall caused the temporary closure of Manchester airport (Photo: Phil Noble/Reuters) Caption: FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY – APRIL 15: Lufthansa pilots and cabin crew members demonstrate outside Hangar One at Frankfurt Airport, where inside Lufthansa management was celebrating the company’s 100th anniversary, as their strikes escalate on April 15, 2026 in Frankfurt, Germany. The pilots, who were striking Monday and Tuesday and will strike again on Thursday and Friday, are showing solidarity today with cabin crews who have now gone on strike as well through tomorrow. The two labour unions that represent the two groups are seeking to pressure Lufthansa management over better retirement benefits for the pilots and improved working conditions for cabin crews. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images) Photographer: Thomas Lohnes Provider: Getty Images Source: Getty Images Europe Copyright: 2026 Getty Images
A spokesperson for the airport said: “Punctuality is affected by factors that are outside of an airport’s control. The two most significant factors contributing to delays in the last year have been industrial action affecting air traffic control in Europe, and the weather.”
Hantavirus is the same one that claimed the life last year of Betsy Arakawa, wife of actor Gene Hackman (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)
NEWS
Everything we know about hantavirus outbreak
A British crew member has fallen ill following a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
They are the second Briton to develop the virus after three people have died already, said tour operator Oceanwide Expeditions.
What’s the latest?
An outbreak was reported on Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, sailing from Argentina to Cape Verde.
A Dutch passenger died on board on 11 April and his wife died two weeks later after testing positive.
A German passenger died on board on 2 May, but the cause of death has not yet been confirmed.
A British crew member requires urgent care and a UK passenger is in a critical but stable condition.
NEWS
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What is hantavirus and how is it spread?
Hantavirus refers to a strain of viruses carried by rodents, primarily spread to humans by inhaling airborne particles from their droppings.
(The Good Brigade Provider: Getty Images Source: Digital Vision) Rats are a common source of hantavirus (Photo: Denitsa Kireva/ Getty Images/iStockphoto)
The virus can cause two serious illnesses, including Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, which causes flu-like and respiratory symptoms. The other is Haemorrhagic Fever with Renal syndrome, which is more severe and affects the kidneys.
What does the UK say?
This is a deeply worrying time for all those on board the MV Hondius and the families of those affected by the hantavirus outbreak. FCDO consular teams have been stood up across the UK, South Africa, Spain and Portugal to support British nationals.
UK GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON
Caption: TOPSHOT – This aerial picture shows a general view of the cruise ship MV Hondius stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 3, 2026. An outbreak of “severe acute respiratory illness” on board a cruise ship in the Atlantic has left two people dead and a third in intensive care in Johannesburg, South Africa’s health ministry told AFP on May 3, 2026. The outbreak occurred on the MV Hondius, travelling from Ushuaia in Argentina to Cape Verde. The patient being treated in Johannesburg tested positive for a hantavirus, a family of viruses that can cause hemorrhagic fever, South African spokesperson Foster Mohale said. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) Photographer: – Provider: AFP via Getty Images Source: AFP Copyright: AFP or licensors
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Brits are ditching the blue asthma inhaler – here’s why
Caption: File photo dated 07/01/15 of a person holding an Ivax Reliever inhaler for the treatment of asthma, as rising pollen levels this weekend could leave people with asthma at risk of life-threatening asthma attacks, Asthma and Lung UK has warned. PA Photo. Issue date: Friday May 13, 2022. The charity is telling people to ensure they keep on taking their preventer inhalers if they use them and to keep their reliever inhaler with them at all times. See PA story HEALTH Asthma. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire Photographer: Yui Mok Provider: PA Source: PA
More than a million asthma sufferers are switching to a new dual-action inhaler, which both prevents and relieves asthma.
Overuse of the old-style blue inhaler has been linked to a higher risk of attacks, hospital admissions and death.
Do blue inhalers make asthma worse?
Poorly controlled asthma contributes 303,874 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, according to a recent study (Photo: PixelsEffect, Getty Images)
Risk of overuse
Nearly half of blue inhaler users were issued more than two in 2024/25, which doctors warn is a sign of overuse.
Temporary benefits
They use a short-acting beta antagonist (Saba), which treats symptoms only, rather than the underlying inflammation.
Caption: Young woman using her asthma inhaler at home Photographer: milan2099 Provider: Getty Images Source: E+
Overuse can mask poorly controlled asthma and lead to worse outcomes for some patients.
Why Brits are turning to new inhalers
1New inhalers combine a steroid with a long-acting beta antagonist in the same device.
2They treat the inflammation and prevent flare-ups while providing immediate relief.
3Patients can use new inhalers as an anti-inflammatory reliever (Air) and a maintenance and reliever therapy (Mart) daily.
4Medical experts say it is a “life-saving cultural shift”.
What do the numbers say?
Between October and December last year…
1.09m
patients switched to new-style Air and Mart inhalers.
UK health regulator Nice said that for every 10,000 people who switched, there would be…
1,133
fewer GP visits each year.
As well as 144 fewer A&E attendances and and 80 fewer hospital admissions.
George Michael in 1985 during the Wham! years (Photo: Michael Putland/Getty)
music
Careless Whisper voted nation’s favourite
George Michael’s beloved 1984 hit has been ranked the number one track for the eighth year running.
His 1986 hit A Different Corner came in at number two.
I’m never gonna dance again
Careless Whisper came top of Smooth Radio’s All Time Top 500 list.
Michael’s first breakaway single from Wham!, he penned the lyrics when he was just 17-years-old.
Smooth Radio presenter Kate Garraway said: “It’s a fitting tribute to one of the greatest artists of all time.”
George Michael: Outed wil be broadcast on Channel 4 (Photo: Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty)
MUSIC
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Top of the pops
1CarelessWhisper – George Michael
2A Different Corner – George Michael
3Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
4Man In The Mirror – Michael Jackson
5Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel
ROYAL FAMILY
Princess Eugenie pregnant with third child
Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank have moved into Frogmore Cottage, the Grade II listed home of Meghan and Harry. It is understood the Sussexes will retain the residence near Windsor Castle but Eugenie and Mr Brooksbank, who married in 2018, will share the property. (Photo: David Mirzoeff/PA Wire)
Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank are “very pleased” to be expecting their third child to be born this summer, Buckingham Palace said.
The King is “delighted” with the news, while the couple’s sons August, five, and Ernest, two, are “very excited” to welcome a younger sister or brother to the family.
What you need to know
In a photograph shared by Eugenie, 36, Ernest and August can be seen holding a picture of a baby scan. In a statement, Buckingham Palace said: “Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie and Mr Jack Brooksbank are very pleased to announce that they are expecting their third child together, due this summer.”
Analysis
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Could the new baby be king or queen?
Caption: Sarah, Duchess of York with her daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie during a visit to the Teenage Cancer Trust unit at University College Hospital, London. Picture date: Wednesday April 23, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story ROYAL Sarah. Photo credit should read: Aaron Chown/PA Wire Photographer: Aaron Chown Provider: Aaron Chown/PA Wire Source: PA Copyright: PA
The baby, who will not be an HRH, will be born 15th in line to the throne, with the Duke of Edinburgh moving down to 16th place.
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Fifth grandchild for Andrew
The new arrival will be the fifth grandchild of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, following the birth of Princess Beatrice’s daughter Athena Mapelli Mozzi in January last year.
Caption: (L-R) Britain’s Princess Eugenie of York, Britain’s Princess Beatrice of York and Britain’s Prince Andrew, Duke of York leave Buckingham Palace to meet guests at the Patron’s Lunch, a special street party outside Buckingham Palace in London on June 12, 2016, as part of the three day celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II’s official 90th birthday. Up to 10,000 people are expected to attend the Patron’s Lunch along with the monarch, her husband Prince Philip, Prince William and Prince Harry. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images) Photographer: JUSTIN TALLIS Provider: AFP via Getty Images Source: AFP Copyright: AFP Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been mostly laying low since his move to Marsh Farm (Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)
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health
What caused the fatal cruise ship outbreak?
A rare outbreak of hantavirus, transmitted by rodents, has killed three on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, leaving one Briton in intensive care.
What’s the situation?
A suspected hantavirus outbreak has left three people dead and one in intensive care.
It occurred on the MV Hondius cruise liner, which was travelling from Argentina to Cape Verde.
The ship is now grounded in South Africa, and five more suspected cases are under investigation.
One British national is reportedly in intensive care and tested positive for the virus.
NEWS
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What is hantavirus?
Hantavirus cases are usually linked to environmental exposure, such as contact with waste from infected rodents.
In rare cases they can spread between people, resulting in severe respiratory illness.
It can cause two diseases, one that primarily affects the lungs and the other that attacks the kidneys.
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, the respiratory illness, is most commonly found in the Americas.
What are the symptoms?
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So it begins
At the outset, it has flu-like symptoms, such as fatigue and fever, one to eight weeks after exposure.
Respiratory effects
Four to ten days later, coughing, shortness of breath and fluid in the lungs appear.
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Young women patient’s hand receiving IV drip medicine after surgery – stock photo. (Photo: Getty)
No known treatment
There is no specific therapy, so treatment includes rest and fluids. Some may be put on a ventilator.
Neighbours told The i Paper there are stud walls that divide the front room, kitchen and upstairs so that somehow it contains six separate bedrooms.
It seems inconceivable in a home that measures only 925 sq ft in total, according to the listing which was posted online before it was bought for £110,000 in 2023.
This is now a house of multiple occupation (HMO), a sector of the market which has exploded in popularity in recent years in the UK, but is becoming increasingly politically toxic.
‘No to HMOs’ a key message in local elections
This property in Chorley is managed by Serco, the multinational company which holds the contract for providing accommodation to asylum seekers in the North West, among other places.
The i Paper is not identifying the exact location of the property for security reasons.
Last month, an alleged HMO housing asylum seekers in Epsom, Surrey, was attacked during protests sparked by reports a woman had been gang-raped which turned out not to be true.
Far-right leader Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, shared footage of hooded individuals throwing eggs at the property, claiming it showed “Epsom locals” destroying a “suspected HMO used for housing unvetted fighting-age invaders at the taxpayers’ expense”.
The alleged link between HMOs and asylum seekers first began gaining traction on social media in 2024 when a focus on asylum accommodation led to attacks on hotels during rioting that summer.
But, in the past 12 months, the issue has been taken up by mainstream political parties and is now a hot topic in many areas in the run-up to this week’s local elections.
While Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has vowed to shut down all migrant hotels, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s response is to claim that asylum seekers will be moved into HMOs instead.
Nigel Farage has claimed asylum seekers leaving hotels will be put in HMOs (Photo: Peter Byrne/PA)
In Chorley, where the borough council is controlled by Labour, Reform candidate Mark Wade claimed Lancashire has had “more illegal immigrants dumped on it than anywhere else in the country” and that his party would make efforts to clamp down on HMOs if elected.
He also said the “root cause” of the increase in HMOs is that there are “too many people who are in this country who shouldn’t be here” and that a programme of “mass deportation” under a Reform government would solve it.
Labour has done little to counter such language, with local councillors also expressing “concern” about HMOs and claiming that the town is “inundated”. The council brought in an Article 4 directive which requires increased planning consents for HMOs last September.
The Home Office says it is “scaling up the use of large, basic accommodation sites” such as military barracks for asylum seekers leaving hotels, but with more than 100,000 people having claimed asylum in the UK last year, many are likely to need alternatives.
‘These houses are too small for six people’
The Government contract for providing asylum accommodation was awarded to three private companies – Serco, Mears Group and Clearsprings – and is expected to be worth £15.3bn over 10 years.
For private landlords it is an attractive proposition – the firms will take care of all repairs and maintenance and provide guaranteed income for several years.
But, at the property visited by The i Paper neighbours had no idea Serco was involved and were shocked to learn it has been divided into six bedrooms.
“It’s concerning,” one woman said, who asked not to be named. “These are small houses. They are too small for six people.
“We don’t hear them, they are good neighbours. You don’t know people’s circumstances, if you are an asylum seeker it doesn’t make you any less of a person.
“But if were to try and sell our property, if people realise it’s an HMO next door that will be an issue.”
Neighbours of one HMO in Chorley have voiced concerns that the small terraced house is being divided into six bedrooms (Photo: Steve Morgan)
Government guidance states that rooms in HMOs need not be any bigger than 70 sq ft, smaller than many prison cells.
Serco said all its HMOs “meet mandatory council standards, ensuring they are safe and fit to live in”.
HMOs for professionals ‘face backlash immediately’
Caught in the middle of the HMO debate are Paul Preston and Sylwester Noga, co-founders of the Chorley-based property business Bare Capital.
They have built and managed several large HMOs in Chorley but do not offer them to asylum seekers.
One of their most recent projects was the conversion of a derelict office in the town centre into what they describe as a “luxury, professional living space”.
Bedrooms come fully furnished and cost as little as £650 per month with bills included.
Chorley is close to employers such as BAE Systems and is only a 40-minute train journey into Manchester city centre. Preston and Noga say all their HMO tenants are working professionals including teachers, engineers and NHS staff.
“My brother lives in one of our HMOs,” says Noga.
And yet – when Bare Capital have submitted planning applications to Chorley Council, they have found themselves the victims of misinformation and abuse.
“It’ll get published [online], it tends to be by people with a political affiliation, and there’s a backlash immediately,” Preston told The i Paper.
The pair say they have tried to engage with local media, Facebook pages and councillors to alter perceptions, but the negativity tends to stick.
“As soon as it’s out there that ‘this is going to be a migrant hotel’ it’s difficult to shake that,” Preston added.
Paul Preston and Sylwester Noga say misinformation is putting their buildings at risk (Photo: Steve Morgan)
The atmosphere around HMOs in Chorley, as in many other towns and cities, is becoming hostile.
Preston said he has had far-right TikTokers filming outside his buildings and one left stickers publicising a Tommy Robinson rally.
“No to HMOs” graffitti was spray-painted on a pub following publicity around a planning application.
‘Nobody believes the council’
Wade, a Reform county councillor and candidate for Chorley borough, concedes it is “unfair” for all HMOs to be “tarred with the same brush”.
But he argued this is the consequence of the lack of trust in Government at both local and national level.
“There are genuine cases, there are women’s refuges, there’s student accommodation, that’s important, but nobody trusts the council,” Wade said.
“When the council says, ‘this is not for illegal immigrants’, nobody believes them, that’s the problem why they all get objected to.”
With only a third of the seats in Chorley up for grabs in May, Reform can’t take control from Labour.
But Wade said his party aims to be “influential”, taking positions in relevant committees to HMOs such as planning.
Asked whether he would tell the public if a proposed HMO had nothing to do with asylum seekers, he said: “Of course we have an obligation to tell the truth, but it’s finding out what the truth is.”
Reform candidate Mark Wade says ‘mass deportations’ will remove the need for HMOs (Photo: Steve Morgan)
While Wade accepts there is misinformation around HMOs, he claims it is the fault of “both sides” and that Reform should not be held responsible.
“There’s never nuance in political messages, it’s almost impossible,” he added.
“If you lived in a house with young children, especially young girls, would you want a house full of undocumented men next door?
“It’s nothing to do with the national messaging, it’s to do with that happening, it’s to do with 25 per cent of sexual crimes in this country that are committed by illegal immigrants.”
Wade was likely referencing research into the number of sexual offences carried out by non-British nationals published by the right-leaning think-tank, the Centre for Migration Control, which has been widely cited by Reform politicians, but is disputed by other experts.
Wade insisted that the figures are “not made up”, adding: “You wouldn’t want them next to your children, I wouldn’t want them next to mine.”
A Home Office spokesperson said: “This Government is removing the incentives drawing illegal migrants to Britain and ramping up removals of those with no right to be here.
“That is why we are closing every asylum hotel and moving asylum seekers into basic accommodation including ex-military sites.”
A Serco spokesperson said: “Serco works under the direction of the Home Office who tell us the number of people they expect to house in local authority areas.
“We consult the relevant local authority on the suitability of a rental property, giving it the chance to flag concerns. All our HMOs meet mandatory council standards, ensuring they are safe and fit to live in.”
HMOs in Chorley rise as asylum numbers spike
The number of planning applications for HMOs has increased in Chorley significantly in recent years.
Between 2016 and 2023, there were no more than two a year, according to the council’s planning website.
But between 2024 and 2026 there have been 17 applications for either new HMOs, or retrospective applications for those that already exist as a result of the Article 4 directive which was passed.
Home Office data also shows the number of asylum seekers living in “dispersal accommodation” in Chorley, which usually means flats or houses such as HMOs, has increased.
In December 2017, there were only 34 asylum seekers living in the borough, according to Home Office data.
That has now increased to 229 people in December 2025, of which 225 are being housed in dispersal accommodation.
In the UK as a whole, there were 107,003 asylum seekers in the wider system as of December 2025. Of those, 69,409 were living in dispersal accommodation, most likely to be HMOs.
A dívida nacional dos Estados Unidos ultrapassou o produto interno bruto do país pela primeira vez desde a Segunda Guerra Mundial, marcando um aumento acentuado na carga fiscal do governo.
A dívida pública period de 31,27 biliões de dólares no remaining de Abril, ultrapassando o PIB dos EUA de 31,22 biliões de dólares entre Abril de 2025 e Março de 2026, de acordo com um relatório recente. análise pelo Comitê para um Orçamento Federal Responsável.
“Fora de um breve período no início da pandemia da COVID-19 – quando o PIB caiu temporariamente – a dívida só excedeu o PIB durante dois anos no remaining da Segunda Guerra Mundial”, concluiu o suppose tank apartidário, que se concentra em questões fiscais e que favorece défices mais baixos.
Gastos federais disparou durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Em contrapartida, o recente aumento da dívida foi alimentado por uma combinação de reduções fiscais, aumento da despesa governamental com pagamentos de juros e o desafio de servir uma população envelhecida, o que está a tornar programas como o Medicare e a Segurança Social mais dispendiosos. de acordo com para a Fundação Peter G. Peterson.
Pagamentos de juros são os principais gastos do Medicare
A crescente dívida do país está a traduzir-se em pagamentos de juros federais mais elevados, com os EUA a gastarem agora mais para pagar essa dívida do que para financiar a defesa nacional ou o Medicare.
“Entre outras implicações, nos nossos níveis atuais de dívida, os gastos excessivos e a dívida nacional ameaçam a nossa futura defesa nacional e prontidão militar”, disse Jonathan Williams, presidente e economista-chefe do apartidário Conselho de Intercâmbio Legislativo Americano (ALEC), à CBS Information. “Caso em questão, os pagamentos líquidos de juros sobre a dívida nacional excedem agora 1 bilião de dólares anualmente.”
A dívida detida pelo público representa o valor devido a terceiros fora do governo federal, como empresas, indivíduos, governos estaduais ou locais e países estrangeiros. A dívida bruta do país – que inclui dinheiro que o governo federal deve a si mesmo – está se aproximando de US$ 39 trilhões, de acordo com aos dados do Tesouro dos EUA.
A questão é se essa dívida crescente augura uma potencial calamidade financeira ou se é administrável para uma nação com uma economia em crescimento e ainda dinâmica. Embora o quadro possa permanecer obscuro durante anos, falcões fiscais como o Comité para um Orçamento Federal Responsável estão a soar o alarme.
O que está a causar o aumento da dívida dos EUA?
A dívida do país aumentou desde a crise financeira world de 2008-09, quando rondava os 5 biliões de dólares. No centro da questão está um descompasso entre receitas e despesas, de acordo com a Fundação Peterson.
Por outras palavras, os EUA estão constantemente a gastar mais do que arrecadam através de receitas fiscais e outras fontes, exigindo que o governo emita mais dívida para financiar programas federais.
Com que rapidez a dívida está subindo?
Prevê-se que a dívida federal proceed a aumentar durante a próxima década, com o Gabinete de Orçamento do Congresso a projectar que a dívida detida pelo público atingirá 53 biliões de dólares em 2036. A dívida deverá aumentar de cerca de 101% do PIB dos EUA este ano para 120% em 2036, ultrapassando o seu máximo anterior de 106% em 1946, disse a agência num comunicado de Fevereiro. relatório.
É certo que essa previsão representa um conjunto de escolhas políticas – e não forças económicas imutáveis. Alguns especialistas dizem que os EUA poderiam estabilizar a situação exercendo disciplina fiscal. Por exemplo, o Comitê para um Orçamento Federal Responsável na segunda-feira proposto reduzir o défice – a diferença entre a despesa federal e as receitas fiscais – para 3% do PIB, ou cerca de metade do seu nível precise.
Isso “colocaria a relação dívida/PIB numa trajetória descendente, com alguma margem de manobra”, disse o grupo. “Uma meta de défice de 3% do PIB oferece um caminho credível e exequível para a estabilização da dívida, o crescimento da economia, a preservação da flexibilidade fiscal e o reforço da confiança do mercado nas finanças do país.”
Quais são os riscos?
A dívida crescente do país poderá levar a uma série de problemas económicos, de acordo com a Fundação Peterson. Isso inclui o aumento dos custos dos juros, que poderia impedir os gastos em programas federais, e um risco maior de uma crise financeira, segundo economistas. Os investidores também poderão perder a confiança na estabilidade fiscal do país, levando a descidas na classificação do crédito dos EUA.
A acumulação de mais dívidas também exerce pressão ascendente sobre os preços, o que significa que os custos diários aumentam para as famílias americanas, de acordo com para o Laboratório de Orçamento de Yale.
“A precise dívida federal é claramente insustentável, não importa quantas vezes o limite máximo da dívida seja aumentado”, disse Williams da ALEC à CBS Information. “Se o Congresso não começar a implementar políticas fiscalmente responsáveis de uma forma apartidária, os americanos pagarão o preço em impostos mais elevados e num crescimento económico mais lento e na forma de uma terrível inflação de preços.”
O que os mercados estão sinalizando?
Alguns especialistas salientam que os EUA possuem uma economia vibrante e em crescimento, com uma forte classificação de crédito, o que significa que, embora o aumento da dívida seja uma preocupação, não é nada que os EUA não possam resolver – pelo menos por enquanto.
Notavelmente, a economia cresceu a um ritmo mais rápido do que os juros médios pagos sobre a dívida durante quatro dos últimos cinco anos, uma “lacuna positiva que deverá manter sob controlo o crescimento do rácio dívida/PIB”, escreveu Jacob Manoukian, chefe de estratégia de investimento dos EUA no JPMorgan Chase, num relatório de 2025. relatório.
E também há poucas provas de que os pagamentos de juros possam tornar-se tão elevados que “sobrecarreguem a política monetária e contribuam para uma maior inflação”, acrescentou.
Entretanto, a dívida dos EUA continua a ser muito procurada, sinalizando que os investidores não vêem qualquer perigo imediato na situação fiscal do país.
“As famílias (diretamente e através de fundos mútuos) e os investidores estrangeiros continuam a ser compradores ávidos de dívida norte-americana recentemente emitida”, disse Manoukian.
If the polls are to be believed, a bruising set of local election results are on the way for Sir Keir Starmer and his government. Following multiple policy U-turns, the hiring and subsequent sacking of Peter Mandelson and anaemic economic growth, the Prime Minister’s critics argue that these elections will deliver a verdict on his leadership and the “change” he promised the nation.
But if voters do send that message, is it really time to get rid of Sir Keir? Replacing a PM is far from simple, and while it can sound like a fresh start, you only need to look back to the latter years of the Conservative government to see the chaos and panic a leadership change can cause.
So, should Labour replace the PM after the local elections? Our columnist Ian Dunt, political editor Hugo Gye and Spiked’s chief political writer Brendan O’Neill offer their perspectives.
The funniest thing about the psychodrama devouring Labour is that no one outside of SW1 gives a fig about it.
Sir Keir, his spads, the sulking frontbench and centrist dads with podcasts to churn out can think about little else. Their every waking hour is consumed by thoughts of which faction will prevail. After the electoral bloodletting of 7 May, they wonder, who will hold the party chalice?
Will Starmer and his ever-shrinking clique cling on? Will Burnham-Rayner barge in? Perhaps we have the Second Coming of Ed Miliband to look forward to.
The way they talk, you’d think it was a rerun of the War of the Roses rather than a catfight between the knackered heirs to the fast-fading red rose of Labour. But no one normal cares. In the world beyond Westminster, the great Labour tussle elicits a shrug of the shoulders, if that.
Why? Because working-class Brits know Labour is a busted flush. Who cares who is at the helm of the ship if the ship is going down? What people want is change. Something different. They don’t want a made over Labour Party – they want Reform UK.
Poll after poll shows that Nigel Farage’s Reform has made deep inroads with working-class voters. The people Labour was founded to represent are abandoning it in their millions and taking a punt on a cocky new party.
Among Labour types who only meet a working-class person when one comes round to fix the plumbing, the typical explanation is that the poor dears of Labour’s old heartlands have fallen for Farage’s demagogic tricks. He’s hypnotised them with promises of an immigration crackdown and lower taxes, they moan with staggering paternalism.
Such condescending drivel won’t wash. These communities have simply clocked that Labour doesn’t like them anymore. Labour views them as “gammon”. As Europhobic fools whose vote for Brexit plunged Britain into mayhem. As a “problematic” blob to be managed rather than represented.
Labour turned on its voters long before they turned on Labour.
The party’s great moral error is to think it has a “Keir Starmer problem”. And that a bit of Burnham spit ‘n’ polish, or a dash of Rayner swagger, will improve things.
They are mistaking a historical crisis for a personnel problem. It is not merely Starmer’s government that is withering – it’s Labour itself. We are witnessing one of the most extraordinary realignments in the political history of these isles.
It feels like an unspoken, unbloody revolt. Working people around the country have decided, through reason and deduction, that Reform should be the vessel of their moral hopes, not Labour. It is as radical a transformation as the founding of the Labour Party was 126 years ago.
No fresh face at the top of Labour – do they have any? – can overturn the epoch-shaking decision of working-class Britons that a whole new political machine is called for. They feel that Reform takes them seriously.
Consider the question of national sovereignty. To the Oxbridge set who work in Westminster, live in leafy suburbs and summer at Lake Como, borders are at best an irrelevance, at worst an inconvenience.
But to the working classes they really matter. They feel strongly that porous borders are bad for both the security and pride of the nation. They know that their very Britishness — a thing they truly cherish — will become a joke if Britain can’t even define and control its own boundaries.
As the chattering classes obsess morning, noon and night over the failed vetting of Peter Mandelson, ordinary people are worried about the arrival of unvetted men into the UK every week. You can call them racist, if you like. But that is to wilfully misunderstand their desire for social stability.
And it is to make the very mistake Labour made: to think you can sneer at people and still count on their votes. Those days are over. The working classes have rebelled. Quietly, politely and firmly.
As Labour once more fixates on its own navel, its old voters look to a new, Farage-hued future. Labour wants to change its top brass — but these voters want to change the world.
Movie star Traitors revelou outro elenco inacreditavelmente empilhado (Foto: Cody Burridge/BBC/PA Wire)
O fã dos Traidores, Richard Osman, opinou sobre quem ele acha que poderia ser o primeiro expulso do Movie star Traitors, depois que o present revelou mais um elenco inacreditavelmente empilhado.
O Aeroporto de Inverness deu ao tapete vermelho do Met Gala uma corrida pelo seu dinheiro no fim de semana, enquanto o próximo grupo de Traidores e Fiéis do showbiz fugiam para o castelo escocês.
A lista de nomes inclui Richard E Grant, Maya Jama, Bella Ramsey e Joe Lycett, entre um complete de 21 rostos famosos.
Dado que a primeira série de 2025 provou ser o maior espetáculo terrestre do ano, não é surpresa que o prognóstico já esteja em andamento.
Na disputa está tudo, desde quem será capaz de soletrar corretamente o nome da estrela da indústria Myha’la em um quadro-negro, até quais celebridades serão as escolhidas por Claudia Winkleman para a torre.
O autoproclamado superfã de Traidores, Osman, agora apresentou uma sugestão convincente sobre quem pode estar entre os primeiros a deixar o castelo quando o programa for ao ar ainda este ano.
O substituto de Richard Osman na Home of Video games, Michael Sheen, está entre a escalação (Foto: BBC/Exceptional TV/Matt Frost)
A programação está repleta de comediantes, talvez em uma tentativa de recriar a dinamite televisiva que period o castelo de Alan Carr.
Entre eles está a dupla Romesh Ranganathan e Rob Beckett, que apresentam juntos o programa Sky Rob e Romesh Vs. É um fato que Osman e sua co-apresentadora de podcast, Marina Hyde, especularam que poderia torná-los vulneráveis a mentes suspeitas (e teimosas).
Falando no podcast The Relaxation is Leisure, Hyde disse que a equipe de produção da BBC terá cuidado ao tornar Ranganathan ou Beckett um Traidor, visto que seria “muito óbvio”.
Osman então apontou: “O problema é que, como você não tem nada em que se agarrar nessas primeiras semanas, as pessoas vão presumir que já fizeram isso de qualquer maneira. Então é um pouco para esconder nada.
Ele acrescentou: ‘Romesh ficará encantado em ser eliminado depois de um dia. Ele está tão ocupado.
‘Romesh ficará encantado em ser eliminado depois de um dia. Ele está tão ocupado’ (Foto: John Phillips/BAFTA/Getty Photos for BAFTA)
Romesh Ranganathan e Rob Beckett fizeram uma série de reveals juntos (Foto: Dave Benett/Getty Photos for Common Photos)
Quem está na segunda série de Movie star Traitors?
Amol Rajan – Emissora
Bella Ramsey – Ator
James Acaster – Comediante
James Blunt – cantor e compositor
Jerry Corridor – modelo e atriz
Joanne McNally – Comediante
Joe Lycett – Comediante
Julie Hesmondhalgh – Ator
King Kenny – Criador de Conteúdo
Leigh-Anne Pinnock – Músico
Maya Jama – Emissora
Michael Sheen – ator
Miranda Hart – Ator
Myha’la – Ator
Professora Hannah Fry – radialista e cientista de TV
Richard E. Grant – Ator
Rob Beckett – Comediante
Romesh Ranganathan – Comediante
Ross Kemp – ator
Sebastian Croft – Músico
Sharon Rooney – Ator
Mais tarde no bate-papo, ao escolher quem poderia ser o grupo do conclave, Osman reiterou sua crença de que Ranganathan e Beckett serão ambos Fiéis – não que isso impediria o Beeb de brincar com eles.
“Eu realmente quero que os dois suspeitem um do outro, mas ambos sejam inocentes”, disse Osman. ‘Essa é a história mais engraçada, se ambos estão assumindo que um deles é um Traidor.
‘Imagino alguns dos botões que eles irão apertar, algumas das tarefas que as pessoas terão que realizar, eles tentarão direcionar as suspeitas de Rob e Romesh um para o outro.’
Entre as reações ao elenco de estrelas, alguns reclamaram da onipresença de Ranganathan na indústria de TV (nos últimos anos, ele liderou programas na BBC, ITV e Sky, além de co-apresentar os Baftas).
Osman apontou isso como uma razão pela qual Beeb estaria relutante em selecionar a estrela recentemente roubada de Final One Laughing como Traidora.
Ele disse: ‘Acho que se eles vão ter um quadrinho como Traidor, não acho que possam ter Romesh porque estarão cientes dessa coisa de onipresença. E se de repente ele estiver bem no meio do seu negócio, será uma impossibilidade.
Movie star Traitors retorna para a segunda temporada na BBC ainda este ano.
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