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10 things you need to know today: July 30, 2023

1 Federal judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against CNN A federal judge on Friday dismissed a $475 million lawsuit against CNN from former President Donald Trump. The lawsuit claimed that the network had defamed the former president by referring to his false claims about the 2020 presidential election as a “big lie,” which Trump alleged created…

Is Ohio’s Issue 1 blowout a fluke or a sign of things to come?

After months of bombastic (and frequently convoluted) messaging from Ohio conservatives, a mid-summer push to head off a November ballot initiative to enshrine abortion access into the state’s constitution failed dramatically, with voters rejecting a Republican-led proposal to significantly raise the threshold for constitutional amendments by a double-digit margin as of Wednesday morning. Opponents of the measure heralded the…

Is Ohio’s Issue 1 blowout a fluke or a sign of things to come?

After months of bombastic (and frequently convoluted) messaging from Ohio conservatives, a mid-summer push to head off a November ballot initiative to enshrine abortion access into the state’s constitution failed dramatically, with voters rejecting a Republican-led proposal to significantly raise the threshold for constitutional amendments by a double-digit margin as of Wednesday morning. Opponents of the measure heralded the…

Poland warns Europe must brace for Belarus and Russia’s ‘growing aggressiveness’

Eastern European countries should expect “further provocation” by Belarusian leader and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the Polish Ambassador to the US has warned. As on Tuesday, one high-ranking official issued a warning about Minsk and Moscow’s “growing aggressiveness”. Speaking as Warsaw is sending 10,000 troops to its border with in support to the al:…

In birthplace of the beach holiday, where are the tourists?

Resilience Europe In birthplace of the beach holiday, where are the tourists? | View caption Hide caption Despite being the original spots for beach getaways, England’s seaside towns can’t compete with today’s cheap foreign tour packages. That is spurring them to rethink their approach to tourism. Though they enjoyed a brief renaissance during the pandemic…