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UN holds annual vote on condemning US embargo on Cuba as tensions spill into public

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations is set to vote Wednesday on a resolution condemning the decades-long U.S. economic embargo on Cuba as the Trump administration intensifies its campaign to undermine Cuba’s socialist government, including by threatening military intervention. The annual exercise aimed at calling out the U.S. government’s “maximum pressure policy” has been put…

Louisiana residents sue to unwind SpaceX tax deal

Three Vermilion Parish residents and a new nonprofit have sued parish officials for alleged open meetings violations related to the landmark SpaceX deal. The stakes of the open meetings suit, filed Monday, are high. It could void the tax incentive agreement reached to land the $100 billion bill, if the court grants the relief sought….