Is the Wrexham ‘fairytale’ good or bad for football?

Accrington Stanley owner Andy Holt’s tweet was dripping with Lancastrian sarcasm. “Congratulations Ryan, I honestly don’t know how you do it! Fabulous achievement. Best of luck with the treble,” it read. He was replying to Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds’ celebratory post following his side’s second successive promotion. Holt is one of English football’s most intriguing…

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No Bias Found in F.B.I. Report on Catholic Extremists

A memo by the F.B.I. warning of possible threats posed by “radical-traditionalist” Catholics violated professional standards but showed “no evidence of malicious intent,” according to an internal Justice Department inquiry made public on Thursday. Republicans have seized on the 11-page memo, which was leaked early last year, as a talking point. They have pointed to…

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Chinese Exports Are Threatening Biden’s Industrial Agenda

President Biden’s trillion-dollar effort to invigorate American manufacturing and speed a transition to cleaner energy sources is colliding with a surge of cheap exports from China, threatening to wipe out the investment and jobs that are central to Mr. Biden’s economic agenda. Mr. Biden is weighing new measures to protect nascent industries like electric-vehicle production…

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