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So why, if the homes are unregistered and therefore illegal, are English councils still placing children in them?

From BBC • May 20, 2026

After a period when oil prices—and therefore other assets—would respond to Trump’s every utterance, now the reaction is largely a shrug.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

The bond market, therefore, is the ultimate arbiter of a country’s fiscal health.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

The controversy has therefore become less about Homeric mythology itself and more about ongoing cultural disagreements over representation, identity and who audiences view as worthy of iconic roles in modern entertainment.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

But, by this time, I began to want to live upon free land as well as with Freeland; and I was no longer content, therefore, to live with him or any other slaveholder.

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass