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Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins

In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica has revealed the...

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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death

“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.

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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.

Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...

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2026 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to South Africa's Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay

The former UN human rights commissioner was recognized for her efforts to promote peace and international law

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Number of teens who identify themselves as gay or bisexual is in ‘free fall’

Conservatives have trumpeted the data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but researchers say the reasons for the decline are unclear.

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DHS shoots New York man with five-year-old in car

Federal agents surrounded and fired into the man's vehicle, reportedly with a young child inside.

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Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed

The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”

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Nobel Peace Prize Live Updates: Navi Pillay, Former U.N. Human Rights Commissioner, Wins

Ms. Pillay, a South African lawyer, led an investigation that determined that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a finding the Israeli government rejected.

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“Go After Anybody”: ICE Gets Terrifying Marching Orders in California

ICE has launched a new crackdown just weeks before the midterms.

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Pete Hegseth says public can watch Fort Hood shooter's execution

Hegseth said Nidal Hasan is "gonna get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be."

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Trump calls on AI to speed up science—while continuing to defund it

Tech firms are giving big to a White House AI science program amid the destruction of institutions like the NIH.

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UN says Pentagon plan to livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter would amount to torture – US politics live

Condemnation comes amid fierce backlash from US lawmakers who branded the move ‘grotesque’ and compared it to actions of some terror groups and oppressive governments * Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed According to rights group Amnesty International, at least 17 public executions are known to have been carried out in 2025 – six in Afghanistan and 11 in Iran. The Death Penalty Information Center says that 135 soldiers have been executed by the US military since 1916. Continue reading...

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Trump says voter fraud is rampant. The evidence says otherwise.

On this week’s “More To The Story,” conservative activist J. Christian Adams is challenged on his claims of widespread voter fraud in the US. Then he abruptly ends the interview.

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Hegseth says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be a public event

Officials clarified execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be livestreamed Pete Hegseth has said the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, will be a public event when the sentence is carried out later this year. Officials later clarified the execution will be livestreamed and that more details would follow, the Associated Press reported. In an interview with Real America’s Voice, the Pentagon secretary said the firing squad would carry out the sentence at Fort Hood, Texas, at 1pm on Thursday, 3 December. This would be the first US military execution in more than 60 years. Continue reading...

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Russian strike on buses kills 30 in Ukrainian frontline city

Two buses were blown up in the frontline city of Kramatorsk on Thursday, in one of the deadliest attacks in weeks.

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South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize

South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for advancing human rights and international law.

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Execution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low | Paul Daley

A proposal to livestream the killing of Nidal Hasan by firing squad opens a window ever wider to the Trump administration’s complete moral vacuity More fool me! Here I was thinking nothing that America’s Trump administration could do or say, no matter how politically and morally bankrupt, no matter how venal or violent, was capable of shocking me any longer. Then I woke to today’s news that one of the Trump cabinet’s bigger boofheads – the uber Christian nationalist, crusader-fantasist and “secretary of war” Pete Hegseth had announced that America would have a public firing squad execution of murderer Nidal Hasan. Paul Daley is a Guardian Australia columnist Continue reading...

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High school protests draw tens of thousands across France for second time in a week

While turnout did not reach the levels seen on October 6, the 'Act IV' of the high school student movement continued on October 8, drawing large crowds from Paris to Marseille and Lyon. Though the atmosphere was mostly positive, there were also clashes at the end of marches.

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Exclusive: House Democrats ask Kimberly Guilfoyle for records related to alleged pay-to-pay scheme

Democrats from the House Oversight Committee on Thursday asked U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle for financial records and communications with Trump administration officials after allegatio...

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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy

The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.

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Measles is surging in the US. These graphics show how bad it has gotten

The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991. Since the beginning of last year, large outbreaks have been reported in several states, including Texas, Utah, South Carolina and, now, Pennsylvania.

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'We always respond in kind' — Zelensky addresses Ukrainian attacks on Russian data center

"We certainly are capable," Zelensky said about striking Russian data centers. "We always respond in kind. Regarding data centers, as you all know, they have been and still are striking our data cente...

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How 'Musk' director Alex Gibney became a critic

A trove of documents and interviews with people close to tech billionaire Elon Musk reveal a damning picture of his rise as one of the world's richest and most powerful men.

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Ukrainian investigative journalist Mykhailo Tkach detained in Austria while on assignment

The acclaimed journalist was reportedly on an editorial assignment in Vienna with his colleague Yaroslav Bondarenko when he was detained by Austrian authorities.

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Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed

The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be "public.

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It’s happening, Utah: Fall temps are finally on the way

The remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel are expected to bring cooler temperatures and rain.

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O'Neill asked to attend PSNI interview over protests

Sinn Féin deputy leader and Northern Ireland's First Minister Michelle O'Neill has received a letter from the PSNI asking her to attend a voluntary interview under caution in connection with protests...

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Live updates: Hurricane Isaias strengthens to a Category 3 ahead of expected landfall

Hurricane Isaias was expected to strengthen into a major hurricane Friday as it headed toward the U.S. Gulf Coast. Hurricane Simon was headed toward part of Mexico’s Pacific coast.

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China and EU reach ‘understanding’ on hybrid cars, Beijing says

Statement follows two days of talks aimed at avoiding full-scale trade conflict

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Vessel struck by unknown projectile off UAE coast amid surge in attacks, UKMTO says

A vessel was struck by an unknown projectile 13 nautical miles west of Al Jazeera in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, causing a fire that has since been extinguished, ‌British navy affiliated agency UKMTO said, citing multiple sources.

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It’s Known as the Stress Hormone. I Spent Weeks Tracking Mine. Everyone Is Getting a Key Thing Wrong.

It’s having a moment in the spotlight.

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Baltimore might spend $8.5M on properties it sold for $175,000

Baltimore officials have proposed buying back a swath of properties the city once owned at nearly 50 times the sales price with plans to offer them as apartments for the homeless.

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Man accused of murdering farmer Mike Gaine wants new barristers ahead of trial

Michael Kelley (54) is charged with a single count of murdering Mike Gaine (56) at Carrig, Kenmare, Co Kerry in March 2025.

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Digested week: Don’t worry about the plague, go and read some Anne Carson

The world may be going to hell in a handcart, but at least now I get to say I know a Nobel prize winner

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Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream execution puts US in dubious company

Only Iran and Afghanistan routinely carry out sentences in public, with Saudi Arabia appearing to have ended practice

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Childcare providers face squeeze with fees due to drop further despite funding increase

Minister announces record €650m-plus funding for next year for sector

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Police and protesters clash in Brussels amid anti-austerity rally

Police and protesters clashed in Brussels on Friday as tens of thousands of people rallied separately in the Belgian capital against rising living costs and budget-tightening measures introduced by the government.

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They are livid—and suspicious.

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ICC urges members to make sure it can continue despite US sanctions

The International Criminal Court on Friday strongly rejected the sanctions imposed on it by the US government ‌and called on its member states to make sure it can continue to function.

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China and Europe agree to cut Chinese hybrid vehicle exports by half

Europe's trade chief Maroš Sefčovič cast the two days of talks with China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Beijing as a positive first step.

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Trump Announces White House Hearing to Investigate Fed’s Lisa Cook

A committee will evaluate the mortgage-fraud allegations made against Cook.

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The AI election: Wall Street braces for midterms amid mounting opposition to data centers

Public opinion faces off against corporate capital spending in the November midterms.

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Magnitude 3.2 earthquake rattles Long Beach after midnight

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake rattled Long Beach just before 1 a.m. on Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

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US measles cases rise to 4,080, CDC says

The US CDC on Friday reported 4,080 confirmed measles cases in the country as of October 8, up 193 from a week ‌earlier.

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“Lincoln in the Bardo” Gets an Opera at the Met

What to do this week, in New York City and beyond.

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Mullin says ICE didn’t know 5-year-old boy was in car when officer fired

Federal authorities said Oscar Belgal used his car to ram government vehicles and endanger officers.

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‘The smell of death is everywhere’: Inside the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Russian-occupied Oleshky, where hundreds are trapped without food, electricity, or medicine — Meduza

Since 2022, residents of Oleshky in Ukraine’s Kherson region have lived under occupation. In 2023, the city was flooded after the Kakhovka dam was blown up: the flooding destroyed dozens…

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Humza Yousaf: Vulnerability is a strength—we can’t see it in today’s leaders

The former first minister of Scotland on the podcasts he can’t live without, an alternative national anthem and the next James Bond

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor handed compensation over Royal Lodge repair bill

The former prince was forced to surrender the lease on Royal Lodge after public outcry over his relationship with convicted sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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SoftBank seeks $100 billion from Gulf states for AI, FT says

Founder Masayoshi Son has held early talks with potential investors including those in the United Arab Emirates, the newspaper said.

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