Spain 12-month EU-harmonised inflation falls to 1.7% in September Spain's European Union-harmonised 12-month inflation fell to 1.7% in September, down from 2.4% in the period through August, final data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on ... 10/14/2024 - 7:04 pm | View Link
Spain-Gibraltar passport checks briefly re-established, causing queues Spanish police briefly re-established border controls for Gibraltar on Friday, the Gibraltar government said, causing long lines of rush hour workers on both sides of the border as the enclave also ... 10/11/2024 - 3:59 am | View Link
Spain warns of permanent hard border with Gibraltar after surprise checks cause chaos Spain imposed surprise border controls on its frontier with Gibraltar on Friday morning despite passport checks being suspended during Brexit negotiations over the Rock.Gibraltar had “no choice but to ... 10/11/2024 - 3:42 am | View Link
Warning over new rule for Brits travelling to Spain: From December holidaymakers may have to give hotels and car-hire firms their BANK DETAILS when they check in Holidaymakers will need to provide around 18 extra details to these operators under Spain's planned Royal Decree 933/2021. The details will be kept on file for three years. The regulations were due to ... 10/3/2024 - 11:11 pm | View Link
“The Trump family’s new crypto venture, World Liberty Financial, is off to an inauspicious start after website crashes limited the ability for investors to participate in an inaugural token sale event,” Wired reports.
“The crypto token, WLFI, went on sale at around 9 am Eastern time on Tuesday. At the time of writing, the website continues to be plagued by reliability issues, pushing some visitors to an error page.”
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) endorsed Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) for reelection – her first endorsement for a House incumbent this cycle, Axios reports.
Said Cheney: “Susan and I served together in the House, and while we may not agree on everything, I know that she holds a deep respect for the integrity of our democracy.”
Cheney has also endorsed John Avlon, who is running against Rep.
“Kamala Harris agreed that Donald Trump is a fascist in her most forthright statement yet in casting her presidential opponent as a potential autocrat harboring authoritarian visions should he return to the White House,” The Guardian reports.
When asked if voting for Trump was choosing fascism, Harris immediately replied: “Yes, we can say that.”
“Donald Trump has largely outsourced his 2024 campaign’s get-out-the-vote operation to a Super PAC bankrolled and directed by Elon Musk, the world’s richest man,” Rolling Stone reports.
“In recent weeks, several Republican operatives and other figures in the national party have bluntly and directly informed Trump they fear Musk’s organization is falling down on the job of mobilizing voters to cast their ballots for the Republican nominee.”
“When Vice President Kamala Harris walked off the stage of her rally in Erie, Pa., which included a video compilation of Donald Trump’s recent comments about ‘the enemy from within,’ she told her campaign staff that she wanted to keep using the former president’s own words against him,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The video footage of Trump, which Harris presented for the first time at Monday’s rally, is part of the vice president’s decision to deliver much sharper attacks against her rival during the campaign’s final weeks.
Elon Musk’s offer of free admission to hear his speech in exchange for having voted in Pennsylvania is likely illegal, according to Rick Hasen.
“This is likely illegal, because in a federal election one cannot give anything of value in exchange for someone agreeing to turn out to vote. It is not necessary to offer that a person vote for or against a particular candidate.