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Daily Mail
16 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
This season's modern-preppy fashion pieces you need if you want to look chic this summer, from £17
Following hot on the tails of Miu Miu's coveted preppy runway looks, the high street is here with an offering to challenge the designers. From sports jackets and perfectly placed pleats to polo dresses and chunky loafers – they've got it all. Throw yourself head first into this trend and lean into it from top to bottom for maximum effect; think knitwear round your shoulders, thick socks pulled up high and oversized frames. If you feel like you've walked off the set of the next season of Rivals, you are probably doing it right. The joy with this trend is that it is transitional, so you aren't parting with your cash for something that will be of no use to you next season. It revolves around neutral colours with injections of burgundy, navy and forest green; meaning that you can often style up with most of your existing wardrobe, and ultimately get a lot more cost per wear. Jumper, £140, and shirt, £120, Dress, £179, Earrings, £75, Socks, £17, Shoes, £99, Blazer, £149, Dress, £46, Earrings, £32, Shoes, £175, Dress, £35.99, Earrings, £32, Bag, £365, Jacket, £42, Top, £119, Trousers, £34.90, Socks, £17, Trainers, £90, Blazer, £370, and trousers, £240, Pyjama shirt, £79 (part of set), Earrings, £145, Shoes, £225, Cardigan, £345, Dress, £299, Glasses, £150, Earrings, £32, Hair: Jamie McCormick using Hair by Sam McKnight. Make-up: Jose Bass using Chanel Les Beiges Golden Hour Collection and No1 de Chanel Body Serum-In-Mist. Model: Georgina at Models 1.
Scoop
4 days ago
- Sport
- Scoop
Zoe Hobbs Takes Win In Finland
New Zealand athletes delivered strong results overnight at the prestigious Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland. The Paavo Nurmi Games are a World Athletics Continental Tour Meeting, one step down from the Diamond League in prestige. Kiwi results were headlined by a sharp return to form for Oceania's fastest woman, sprint star Zoe Hobbs. Hobbs clocked an impressive 11.07s to win the women's 100m final after a strong 11.09s in her heat, signalling a timely boost in speed as the European season heats up. With less than 90 days until the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo kicks off, Hobbs is timing her run to the championships well. In the pole vault, Imogen Ayris soared to a new outdoor personal best of 4.61m to claim second place on count back, with teammate Olivia McTaggart close behind in third with a clearance of 4.51m, rounding out another consistent showing for New Zealand's pole vault squad. Just one day after running a World Championships auto qualifier of 8:13.86 in Stockholm, George Beamish backed up with a gritty 8:17.77 for seventh in the men's 3000m steeplechase. Beamish was using the double-header of races for an early season simulation of the World Athletics Championships competition schedule.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Arizona's governor is no 'Commie Katie' for nixing a do-nothing bill on China
Suddenly, 'Cartel Katie' is now 'Commie Katie.' Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has apparently jumped out of the pocket of the Mexican bad guys and is now in league with the Chinese bad guys. Or so the story goes, if you're inclined toward fantastical tales and conspiracy theories. Republicans are losing their minds over Hobbs vetoing a bill that was advertised as barring the People's Republic of China from buying or owning property near military bases in Arizona. 'A total disgrace,' charged the bill's sponsor, Senate Majority Leader Janae Shamp, after Hobbs' June 2 veto. 'A disgrace to Arizona and a threat to our national security,' thundered Karrin Taylor Robson, who is running for governor. Naturally, Fox News picked up the story, activating the MAGA lynch mob on X. 'Katie Hobbs needs to be investigated, YESTERDAY, for ties to China,' one member of the MAGA Nation said from atop her high horse. 'This is outrageous and dangers AF. 'Katie Hobbs is a Chinese asset,' said another. 'TREASON!' cried still another. Naturally, Team Kari Lake was there to pour on the gasoline. 'Communist China already thinks America is for sale,' said Kari Lake War Room, which has morphed from handling Lake's campaign to Lake's PR. 'It seems like Crooked @katiehobbs is open to hearing offers.' Or maybe … Hobbs just read the bill? The idea behind Shamp's bill is a good one, what with reports of China buying up property to spy on military bases and critical infrastructure and such. Shamp told a House committee in March that China recently tried to lease property near Luke Air Force Base. You don't have to be a genius to figure out why China would want proximity to Luke, where pilots train on the F-35 stealth fighter. Or to figure the damage our enemies could do from within. (See: Ukraine's drone attack on Russia's air force.) That's probably why an agency of the Treasury Department already can review foreign land purchases around sensitive installations. Still, it can't hurt to have a state law reinforcing our defenses. Senate Bill 1109 started out strong, barring governments, officials or businesses from China, Russia, North Korea and Iran from buying property in the state. Other than permanent U.S. residents, no citizens of those countries would have been able to buy property here. The lone exemption would have been for homes on less than two acres that are at least 50 miles from a military base or 25 miles from a military practice range. But the bill was watered down to apply only to the Chinese government and its administrative subdivisions. And even then, not all the time. Opinion: Arizona's do-nothing Legislature lives up to its name 'The People's Republic of China may acquire real property or any interest in real property in this state by devise or descent, the enforcement of security interests or the collection of debt, if the People's Republic of China sells, transfers or otherwise divests from the real property within three years after acquiring the real property,' the bill says. So … the bill says Chinese President Xi Jinping can snap up a piece of Arizona? He just has to sell it within three years? OK, I feel safer. Hobbs' office called the bill a 'political stunt.' 'The final version of the bill does nothing to protect America's military from the People's Republic of China,' spokesman Christian Slater told me. 'In fact, it allows the PRC to own land in Arizona for three years. And then, it opens the floodgates to allow the Chinese Community Party proxies, including party members, party-aligned businesses and other community-aligned organizations to own land near military bases and critical infrastructure.' Shamp didn't respond to my question about why her bill offers a three-year grace period for China to own Arizona property … even property near military bases. I guess she figured there was no reason to. It's better, for purposes of maximum echo chamber outrage, to skip over such inconvenient details. Far more believable — in some corners, at least — to simply insinuate that Hobbs is in league with spies and saboteurs and otherwise odious enemies of her lifelong home. The MAGA Nation eats that stuff up. Reach Roberts at Follow her on X (formerly Twitter) at @LaurieRobertsaz, on Threads at @LaurieRobertsaz and on BlueSky at @ Subscribe to today. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Why did Katie Hobbs veto a China bill? Easy. She read it | Opinion
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
‘Dead on arrival' House GOP budget sparks blame game 18 days before deadline
Photo via Getty Images With just 18 days to go until the deadline to pass a budget before the state government shuts down, Arizona lawmakers are finally taking action — but the spending plan put together solely by House Republicans was criticized by opponents as farce that will never actually become law. As with any other legislation, the state budget must be approved by a majority in both the Arizona Senate and House of Representatives — which are both controlled by Republicans — and get a signature from Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs. The deadline to pass the budget is the end of the state's fiscal year, June 30. Senate Republicans and Hobbs have collaborated on their own budget proposal, which is expected to be introduced June 16. After negotiations between Hobbs and House Republicans broke down a few weeks ago, that chamber's budget leaders decided to craft their own proposal. During a House Appropriations Committee meeting Thursday, committee Chairman David Livingston said that, even though Hobbs, House and Senate Democrats and Senate Republicans were left out of the drafting process, the budget proposal still included some of their requests. 'Some people in this room are very happy,' the Peoria Republican said. 'I have other people in this room that are very disappointed. That's the case. This budget, I think, comes down the middle.' SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX But during a Thursday morning press conference, Democratic lawmakers fiercely disagreed with that assessment, claiming that the House Republican budget proposal was cobbled together rapidly after the lawmakers who created it skipped out on three weeks of budget negotiations between Hobbs and Senate Republicans. 'Now, in a desperate attempt to become relevant to the budget, House Republicans have introduced this sham, written haphazardly behind closed doors to appease the far-right Freedom Caucus. And, as you would expect, it is awful,' said House Minority Leader Oscar De Los Santos. The proposal, De Los Santos said, is dead-on-arrival and has no chance of getting a signature from Hobbs. And that's assuming it garners the backing of at least 31 of the chamber's 33 Republicans. Livingston agreed that the final budget will look different than the one his committee approved Thursday, saying that he welcomed amendments to it. But Republican Rep. Matt Gress, a former budget director for Gov. Doug Ducey who worked with Livingston to craft the House proposal, repeatedly promised that the majority of their plan would make it into the final product. Livingston said that the top priorities in the budget bills that he sponsored are supporting law enforcement — including a 5% raise for Department of Public Safety and corrections officers — as well funding roads, infrastructure and rural hospitals. While the proposal provides continued funding for the Department of Developmental Disabilities Parents as Paid Caregivers Program, which was at the center of a bitter fight between Hobbs and legislative Republicans this spring, it includes proposals that lawmakers know Hobbs would never agree to. Those include a significant shift in control of federal funds from the governor to the legislature and new restrictions and monitoring requirements on entitlement programs, like the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System — the state's Medicaid program — and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly called food stamps. It would also bar Arizona's public universities from providing scholarships to students without legal immigration status, even if the money comes from private donors. 'I mean, this is a hodgepodge of vetoed bills,' De Los Santos said, claiming that the scholarship ban is a 'slap in the face' to the voters that passed Proposition 308. In 2022, Arizona voters approved Proposition 308, which guarantees in-state tuition and access to state-funded financial aid for every Arizona student regardless of citizenship status as long as they attend a high-school in the state for at least two years and graduate. During Thursday's Appropriations Committee meeting, Livingston blamed Hobbs for ending budget negotiations between her office and House Republicans, claiming that she simply stopped sending them counter-proposals. A spokesman for Hobbs told the Arizona Mirror that wasn't true. 'Representative Livingston's comments are out of touch with reality and make clear he is in over his head,' said Christian Slater. 'His sentiment is not shared by the number of stakeholders who spoke today in opposition to his partisan and reckless budget, or Senate Republicans, House Democrats, and Senate Democrats, who are all in active negotiations with the Governor's Office. 'As Senate Republicans themselves have publicly noted, the House Republicans have refused to engage in serious negotiations.' Taking a dig at Republicans in the Senate, Livingston also called the proposal they've negotiated with Hobbs the 'governor's budget.' Senate GOP leaders declined to respond to Livingston's statement. During the Appropriations Committee meeting, representatives from industries, state departments and other causes gave some praise to the budget plan, but mostly criticized it for cutting funding to programs they said were vital to people in need. Livingston asked that any of them who requested more funding for their causes to find an equal amount of money from somewhere else in the budget to cut. None of them had immediate suggestions. Budget documents were first posted online late Wednesday afternoon, and were made up of 15 complicated, multipage bills. The Appropriations Committee meeting began at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Democrats on the Appropriations Committee complained that the process of voting on the House Republican budget was a waste of time, with a bipartisan budget plan soon to be released by the Senate. 'A vote on this budget is a vote to waste time on distraction,' said Rep. Kevin Volk, a Tucson Democrat. The budget bills ultimately were approved by the Appropriations Committee along party lines. Lawmakers in the House are in for a long day Friday, with plans for amendments to the proposals and a possible vote likely sometime that evening. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
Time of India
12-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Why a US education bill on antisemitism drew criticism and was vetoed
Governor Katie Hobbs. (Getty Images) Arizona antisemitism bill: A bill in the US state of Arizona aimed at banning the teaching or promotion of antisemitism in public K-12 schools, colleges, and universities has been vetoed by Governor Katie Hobbs. The legislation would have introduced strict penalties for educators and institutions, but it drew national attention for what many saw as an attack on academic freedom and free speech. The measure passed Arizona's legislature with a 33-20 vote, including support from a few Democrats. However, Governor Hobbs, a Democrat, vetoed the bill, saying it posed serious risks to educators. 'It puts an unacceptable level of personal liability in place for our public school, community college, and university educators and staff,' she said, as quoted by the Associated Press. Educators risked lawsuits and penalties Under the proposal, teachers and administrators could be sued by students over 18 or by parents of younger students for creating a 'hostile education environment' related to antisemitism. Those found in violation would be denied immunity and made personally responsible for paying damages, with the state prohibited from covering any legal judgments. As reported by the Associated Press, public educators would have faced escalating penalties: a first offense would bring a reprimand, a second a certificate suspension, and a third offense would lead to certificate revocation. College staff faced similar consequences, including suspension without pay and eventual termination. The bill also blocked universities and colleges from recognizing student groups that host speakers accused of promoting antisemitism, calling for genocide, or encouraging others to engage in antisemitic acts. Opponents warned of vague definitions and censorship Opponents said the bill's language was overly broad and could be used to target discussions about the Holocaust or criticism of Israel. Lori Shepherd, executive director of the Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center, said the bill could 'threaten teachers' ability to provide students with a full account of the holocaust,' as reported by the Associated Press. She warned that classroom conversations could be labeled antisemitic 'depending on how a single phrase is interpreted, regardless of intent or context.' Democratic lawmakers attempted to replace the term 'antisemitism' with 'unlawful discrimination' and remove the lawsuit clause, but those changes were rejected. Sponsor defends bill, calls veto disgraceful The bill's main sponsor, Republican Representative Michael Way of Queen Creek, called the veto 'disgraceful' and said it misrepresented the bill's purpose. He said it aimed to stop 'egregious and blatant antisemitic content' in schools, as quoted by the Associated Press. He added that claims the bill threatened educators' speech were 'disingenuous at best.' Part of a wider national trend The Arizona bill joins similar efforts across the US. In Louisiana, a resolution asks universities to adopt antisemitism policies and track reports. In Michigan, lawmakers want to add antisemitism to the state's civil rights law. Governor Hobbs acknowledged antisemitism is a serious issue in the US but said parents and students already have channels through the state Board of Education to report it, as reported by the Associated Press. Is your child ready for the careers of tomorrow? Enroll now and take advantage of our early bird offer! Spaces are limited.
