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Citing ProPublica, Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Help U.S. Citizens Sue ICE for Wrongful Detentions

We recently reported that more than 500 American citizens have been detained by immigration agents. Now House members are moving to make it easier for those detained to seek justice through the courts...

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Trump's voter raids have begun

Federal agents launched raids and arrests on Monday against a list of 20,000 Californians, based on unverified voter fraud claims.

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What Russia's doing to Ukraine is 'fine,' Trump says

"Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much," Trump said, hours after a Russian drone strike in a public park killed six people, including two children.

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Big Tech will not broadcast your dissent

Silicon Valley can't help influencing protests and elections—with AI regulation on the line.

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'It's significant': Ukraine fears US is withholding allied-funded air defense supplies to pressure Kyiv

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has yet to approve the transfer of a significant batch of Patriot interceptor missiles for Ukraine, Ukrainian officials and military officers told the Kyiv Independ...

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Zelensky appeals to US lawmakers for answers as White House turns on Kyiv

"We want to understand what is happening, why it's happening, and where all this is heading," Zelensky told a bipartisan group of U.S. senators and representatives.

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Brazil court gives Meta 24 hours to prove equal treatment of Lula and Bolsonaro

Lula's campaign has alleged that the US tech giant is suppressing the incumbent president's online content. His party has filed complaints with the Organization of American States and the United Nations.

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Man who heckled Abdul El-Sayed is former Josh Hawley aide, records show

Thomas Teepell, who worked for Republican senator, demanded El-Sayed disavow Muslim Brotherhood A man who heckled Democratic candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed and demanded he disavow the Muslim Brotherhood at a Michigan townhall is a former aide to the Republican senator Josh Hawley, according to congressional staff records. At the event on Saturday, an attendee who gave his name only as “Tommy” shouted from the crowd, asking whether El-Sayed would disavow the movement. El-Sayed answered: “Sure, yeah, absolutely,” then turned the question around, asking whether the man assumed he wouldn’t. Continue reading...

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Donald Trump finally gets his wish to be Vladimir Putin's BFF

Together at last.

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How Corruption Got This Bad

Over the course of decades, the Supreme Court has legalized behavior that is poisonous to a functioning democracy.

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Abdul-El Sayed turns a question about the Muslim Brotherhood into a viral moment in Michigan’s Senate race

How an Abdul El-Sayed Opponent Handed Him a Campaign Highlight

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Exclusive: Secret pay-for-play text rocks Trump White House

The text is a key piece of evidence in the White House's probe of a missing Kennedy Center donation.

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How Trump’s FBI Purge Saved Lindsey Graham and James Clyburn From a Bribery Investigation

An FBI anti-corruption team launched an investigation into whether South Carolina’s most powerful members of Congress were involved in a bribery scheme, ProPublica found. After Trump gutted the FBI an...

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Trump Tries to Ban Jack Smith Testimony as BBC Lawsuit Implodes

The BBC has subpoenaed Jack Smith as part of Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the media company.

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Alberta voters reject a move toward independence in referendum backing Canadian unity

Voters in Canada's oil-rich province of Alberta have rejected a proposal to begin a process toward independence, results showed early Tuesday, delivering a victory for supporters of Canadian unity.

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On This Nearly Deserted Alaska Island, You Pay to Keep Hundreds of Empty Buildings Wired for Internet

U.S. phone customers pay more than $340,000 a year for an Anchorage company to keep homes and buildings on Alaska’s Adak Island wired for obsolete internet service. All but a few of them sit empty.

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A Kelvin wave raised sea levels on the West Coast. More are coming

A large underwater wave moved up the West Coast, raising sea levels. Scientists say it's driven by El Niño and it's going to happen again.

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Federal agents respond to a reported shooting at a mosque in Columbus, Ohio, officials say

Authorities say federal agents responded Monday to a report of a shooting Monday at a mosque in Columbus, Ohio.

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Rashida Tlaib demands arrest of Israeli soldier linked to Hind Rajab death

US lawmaker says that government must arrest Israeli commander allegedly responsible for attack while he is in the US.

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Voters in Oil-Rich Alberta Reject Leaving Canada

Residents of the province were asked if they wish to remain in Canada or to hold another vote on breaking away, in a referendum that left both sides unhappy.

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Kohen Wiley Shooting ‘Was Justified,’ Mississippi AG Says

The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s…

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Marine life dramatically declined in Gulf of Mexico in years after BP oil spill, study finds

In the years after the 2010 BP oil spill, the number of fish in the deeper parts of the Gulf of Mexico dramatically declined.

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'Help me!' Video of ICE violently detaining man who says he's U.S. citizen sparks outrage

A video of a Long Beach resident screaming that his arm is broken and begging for help as he is pinned to the ground by immigration agents has sparked outrage in the community.

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Judge chastises Trump administration plan to push ahead overhaul of DC golf course

The Trump administration wants to turn a historic public golf course into championship links. Despite a judge's order, hundreds of trees were cut down to make way for the renovation.

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Most Americans think Trump is using presidency to enrich himself, poll finds

Poll finds 66% of Americans think Trump is using position for monetary gain as his approval rating hits a new low Most Americans think Donald Trump is using the presidency to enrich himself, according to a new poll, as the US president’s approval rating falls to a new low ahead of November’s midterm elections. A new Washington Post-ABC poll put Trump’s approval rating at 33% as he continues to crisscross the country as part of his campaign blitz for embattled Republicans. Continue reading...

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Twenty years since my book “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” was published, America’s food system is still a mess—but there are reasons for optimism.

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Many voters believe Mass. has become a worse place to live, Suffolk/Globe poll finds. They want to reelect Healey anyway. - The Boston Globe

With two weeks until Election Day, Governor Maura Healey appears primed to roll to reelection against her Republican challenger, Michael Minogue, a Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll found.

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EU to bolster tracking of Russian shadow fleet and hybrid attacks with new Arctic Strategy

"When we see Russia rebuilding its Arctic military footprint, pursuing hybrid strategies against its neighbors, and reshaping the security of the Arctic, it impacts the EU as a whole," said European C...

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Google Cloud outage hits UK banks

LONDON (AP) — Online services for a number of U.K. banks in and around London were disrupted by a Google Cloud outage Tuesday.

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Curfews bring calm to Paris as France cracks down on weekend rioters

PARIS (AP) — Paris returned to calm on Tuesday after its first quiet night since a weekend marred by France’s worst rioting in years, as authorities imposed curfews in several cities in an effort to prevent another round of rioting and looting.

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Exiled critic of Rwandan President Kagame found beheaded in Uganda

Robert Kabera, a former Rwandan soldier living in Uganda, where he had become a vocal critic of his government back home, was found decapitated near Kampala. Rwandan authorities have been accused of assassinating opponents of President Paul Kagame. FRANCE 24's Aurore Bayoud reports from Kigali, Rwanda.

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Midterms 2026: The farmers calling for more migrant workers

As the US midterms approach, immigration is once again dominating the country’s political discourse and Arizona’s largely agricultural Yuma County, just miles from the Mexican border, is no exception. But here, farmers like John Boelts are calling for more legal migrants, warning that without the labour they provide essential crops may go to waste or never be planted at all. France 24’s Sam Ball and Barbara Gabel sent this report.

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Houthi rebels strike Yemen’s government forces, killing at least 53

The attack, one of the deadliest since a resurgence in fighting this summer, wounded an additional 200 recruits at the military camp in the southern province of Shabwa, officials said.

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Panasonic speeds up efforts to turn windows into solar panels

Panasonic is targeting windows and exterior walls with “power-generating glass” that can be customized in size, transparency and design.

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‘Unguarded moments’: a lost archive of street photography – in pictures

Little-known photographer John Baer captured everyday life before putting down his camera in 1954. His son discovered the images decades later after his death, and John Baer: The Extraordinary Ordinary / A Memoir in Photographs, 1945–1954 marks their first public release

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Five takeaways from Alberta’s separation referendum

Separatists now look at other options, including rallying UCP members to oust Premier Danielle Smith at next month’s annual party gathering

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2026 Elections in the US territories - Pasquines

Candidates, sample ballots, key dates and results for the November 3 elections in Guam, the US Virgin Islands, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands.

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The Crossword: Tuesday, October 20, 2026

1983 title role for Barbra Streisand: five letters.

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Syria’s first DNA-based identifications offer hope for families of the missing

DNA testing has helped identify the remains of missing people in at least three cases in Syria this year, the country's first such identification cases and a breakthrough in efforts to establish the fates of people missing after years of war.

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Why Is Strategy So Difficult?

It can be studied, but rarely mastered.

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‘Terror of kings’: why the 1066 appearance of Halley’s comet terrified the medieval world

The sudden appearance of such a bright comet must have made a deep impression on those who witnessed it.

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BBC Scotland among three services axed in major cuts, BBC confirms

BBC Scotland will be among three broadcast services to close down from next year, it has been confirmed.

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Massachusetts election 2026: Governor, Congress, Senate races

Election Day is fast approaching for the state’s highest offices, congressional seats, and other campaigns, and the Globe is here to help you navigate the Nov. 3 vote.

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Massachusetts ballot questions, explained

Massachusetts voters will decide on a record-tying nine statewide ballot questions on Nov. 3, making it the busiest slate the state has seen in more than three decades.

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Operation Metro Surge could prompt teacher layoffs in St. Paul

The unprecedented midyear layoffs would target teachers who work with English learners, whose numbers shrank after the surge in immigration enforcement.

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Iran denies collapse is close as US claims IRGC running out of money

Iranian authorities defiant despite financial strain, saying they want to lift US blockade and pressure on their terms.

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Why Rubio is visiting Reliance’s oil refinery in India, the world’s largest

Reliance is central to Washington’s efforts to punish Russian energy buyers and contain oil prices amid the war on Iran.

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Michigan heckler the son of Republican adviser paid for ‘influencer marketing’ against El-Sayed

Timmy Teepell’s firm paid $250,000 by America Next, which has been trying to gin up ‘organic’ opposition to El-Sayed Man who heckled El-Sayed is former Josh Hawley aide, records show The man who attempted to ambush Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed with a question about his supposed allegiance to the Muslim Brotherhood – which El-Sayed parlayed into a viral clip for his campaign – is the son of a political operator who recently received $250,000 for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed, the Guardian has learned. In the now-famous exchange, a man – first identified by the Handbasket as Thomas “Tommy” Teepell – asked El-Sayed if he would “disavow” the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed said he would, but then asked: “What are you implying? Do you assume that I wouldn’t?” What followed was a five-minute exchange that has drawn over 50 million views across several

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Google Cloud services largely back up in UK

Alphabet's Google ‌said on Tuesday full ⁠service has been restored in its London-based cloud ‌region ⁠after a "power event" ⁠disrupted multiple cloud ⁠services.

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‘I don't recognise the country I grew up in anymore’: some Israelis are tempted by exile

From our special correspondent in Tel Aviv – Since 2023, Israel has experienced an unprecedented brain drain. With the October 27 legislative elections approaching, many graduates are considering leaving the country if the right-wing and far-right coalition led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains in power.

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Powerful nor’easter churning up the East Coast

Strong winds and coastal flooding are possible, but the storm is expected to stay far enough offshore that it will affect only the easternmost parts of the country.

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