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Online fast-fashion giant Shein is suing their rival Temu over copyright infringements— the newest update in the ongoing feud between the two Chinese-linked marketplaces. Shein—which was founded in China but is now based in Singapore—is alleging in a suit filed on Monday that Temu, owned by PDD Holdings, stole their designs, posed as Shein on X—formerly Twitter—and embedded Shein trademarks in their designs in what they call a “coordinated scheme.” Shein previously sued Temu in 2023 for intimidation and misleading customers. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “Temu masquerades as a legitimate e-commerce ‘marketplace’ where independent sellers can offer their products for sale,” attorneys for Shein parent company Roadget Business wrote in their lawsuit filed against Temu operators in the U.

You’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover or a leopard by its spots—but you can absolutely judge cottage cheese by its curds. That’s what I’ve always done, wrinkling my nose in disgust at the mere idea of digging into that lumpy stuff. I never once tried it; I didn’t need to.

This article is part of The D. C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. For the top strategists from both parties, there’s one number that dominates their thinking every four years: 270. That, of course, is the baseline of votes in the Electoral College needed to win the White House, and there’s only so many paths that either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump could viably consider to get there. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] But for some quants, there’s another number that tells the story of how Joe Biden beat Trump in 2020: 1 million.

WASHINGTON — The U. S. economy added 818,000 fewer jobs from April 2023 through March this year than were originally reported, the government said Wednesday. The revised total adds to evidence that the job market has been steadily slowing and likely reinforces the Federal Reserve’s plan to start cutting interest rates soon. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The Labor Department estimated that job growth averaged 174,000 a month in the year that ended in March — a drop of 68,000 a month from the 242,000 that were initially reported.

TRENTON, N. J. — New Jersey Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., a 14-term incumbent and a fixture in his hometown of Paterson for more than four decades, died Wednesday, according to a statement from his social media account. He was 87. Pascrell had been in and out of the hospital with an illness recently. “It is with deep sadness that we announce that Bill Pascrell Jr., our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away this morning,” Pascrell’s X accounted posted on Wednesday.

BUCHAREST, Romania — Masked police officers in Romania carried out fresh raids early Wednesday at the home of divisive internet influencer Andrew Tate, who is awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. Romania’s anti-organized crime agency, DIICOT, said it was searching four homes in Bucharest and nearby Ilfov county, investigating allegations of human trafficking, the trafficking of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor, influencing statements and money laundering.