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Farage Challenger Faces £37,000 Bill After Losing Court Case

A by-election candidate who sought to wind up Reform UK lost his case and was ordered by an insolvency judge to pay £37,000 ($49,300) of the party’s legal expenses.

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Bloomberg· Oct 19, 1:46 PMFarage Challenger Faces £37,000 Bill After Losing Court Case

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Judge weighs challenge to Trump's East Potomac Golf takeover after rejecting 'baseless' request for recusalA federal judge on Monday pressed the Trump administration about President Trump’s plan to shut down and renovate East Potomac Park next month despite a previous court order barring any future work at the property while a lawsuit to stop it plays out. Trump in a Truth Social post just minutes before Monday’s hearing...

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