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Pete Hegseth's firing squad livestream has fans in the defense industry

Co-founders of Palantir and defense tech firm Anduril are defending "public and brutal" executions.

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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.

With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis,...

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Who’s the Shadow President?

Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · October 1 · 36m

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Homeland Security raids Ilhan Omar's residence

Trump's fixation on the Minnesota lawmaker has exploded into full-on lawfare weeks before the elections.

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Exclusive: Finland pushes to all but eliminate Russian travel in EU

"The Kremlin must see that continued aggression will deepen its isolation. I ask you to take these proposals forward as an urgent priority," writes Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen in a letter...

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Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ has already gotten under Elon Musk’s skin. It goes nationwide this week

Elon Musk has been vocal against Alex Gibney's documentary “Musk,” calling the filmmaker names like “idiot” and “horrible human.”

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Ukraine's EU accession bid advances with new chapter

Ukrainian lawmakers on Monday passed legislation protecting the rights of national minorities, which removes a major hurdle in Kyiv's bid for membership.

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French Navy intercepts Russian shadow fleet tanker in Indian Ocean

The tanker DF Peak, previously named Kaliningrad, has falsely sailed under the flag of Benin and is sanctioned by the U.S, EU, Switzerland, Canada, and Japan.

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Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say

Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.

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Archbishop of the US military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad

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A disastrous day for French supermarkets after massive cyberattack targets refrigeration systems

Freezers and cold-storage rooms at several hundred stores overheated overnight from October 11 to 12, causing tons of merchandise losses. The vulnerability, linked to software made by the Danish company Danfoss, has been identified. France’s cybercrime office has opened an investigation.

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US threatens to cut intel sharing with Ukraine in push to protect Russian oil refineries, sources confirm

The Kyiv Independent had learned that the Trump administration had threatened senior Ukrainian military and government officials in a push to protect Russian oil refineries. Two Ukrainian officials s...

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Government spent $10 million on pro-Trump ads after president said super PAC would fund

Nearly $22 million in taxpayers funds has been spent to air the ads, with nearly half spent after Trump promised to fund what the White House calls public service announcements through his super PAC.

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If the Nidal Hasan Execution Is Livestreamed, We Are a Barbaric Nation

The only countries to carry out public executions in 2025? Iran and Afghanitisan. That’s the company Pete Hegseth wants America to keep.

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Trump’s feds raid home of Ilhan Omar as part of criminal investigation

Raid comes as Omar, the first Somali American elected to Congress, has drawn President Donald Trump’s ire for years

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Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear

The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.

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How Ken Paxton Fabricated “Horsesh*t” Case Against a Texas Mosque

Paxton and Governor Greg Abbott charged a mosque with fraud despite multiple bureaucrats finding issues with their case.

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'Block, blunt and break': NATO top commander unveils defensive strategy in face of Russian threat

In a speech in Warsaw, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe Alexus Grynkewich insisted on the alliance's readiness, while downplaying the odds of an imminent conflict.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home searched by federal agents, report says

The search was reportedly related to a criminal investigation.

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Elon Musk is the midterms' biggest disinformation risk

The world’s wealthiest man pours money into GOP candidates while backing a floridly fake story about a Democrat on the platform he owns.

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Maps show how Israel's ‘Yellow Line' keeps squeezing Palestinians in Gaza

A year into a 'ceasefire', Israel restricts access to 65 percent of Gaza and crams 2.1 million people into the rest.

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Chicago police find killer in 65-year-old cold case murder of little girl — one of their own

DNA technology that didn’t exist when Gloria Kowalewicz, 8, was killed in 1960 led investigators to Thomas F. McInerney Jr., who was a homicide detective for the Chicago Police Department.

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‘Defeat These Questions’: A Senator’s Fiery Rebuke to the UCP Referendum | The Tyee

Paula Simons stood to urge fellow Albertans to reject ‘a scurrilous smear campaign’ against newcomers.

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Musk Bankrolls Republicans In Midterms As Biggest Donor—While Attacking Talarico

Musk has now given more than $276 million both directly and through his super PAC, the New York Times reports.

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GOP Group Spends Thousands to Help Susan Collins—in Wrong Portland

The people of Portland, Oregon, were probably very confused about why they were being flooded with information about the Maine Senate race.

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The U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands have both earned recognition in Condé Nast Traveler’s 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards with the USVI ranking 12th among the Best Islands

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Speaking at POLITICO’s Competitiveness Summit in Paris, Stéphane Séjourné said he hoped the agreement would help “break the deadlock, particularly in the European Parliament” on the IAA.

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This feedback changed how Nestlé's CEO leads the food and beverage giant

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Formula 1 has confirmed Rwanda will host a race from “the early 2030s” when the series returns to Africa after about 40 years.

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Why global oil markets will be watching Alibaba

Beijing has now curbed fuel exports twice this year and shifted to monthly from annual quotas. It means traders have to watch China's ⁠domestic demand, from shopping festivals to winter stockpiling, for clues on supply from a country with nearly 20% of global refining capacity.

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Labor can't count on One Nation fading away, Chalmers warns

Labor is projecting confidence it can defeat One Nation despite the minor party's sustained polling strength and growing voter frustration.

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In Wisconsin, many young men who voted for Trump have soured on him

Traces of the affection and adulation the President once commanded have become hard to find

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UK PM Burnham levels sweeping accusations at Iran and Russia

Andy Burnham told Parliament that it was highly likely Iran was behind threats to an RAF military base in England and said Russia interfered during the 2016 Brexit referendum.

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Katie Zacharia To Give Her First White House Press Briefing

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I Traced Jane Doe’s Path the Night of Her Assault. I Learned Something All the Reports Are Leaving Out.

Students should have been studying for exams and packing for fall break.

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Russian attacks kill at least 10, injure 74 across Ukraine over past day as Moscow hits homes, railway infrastructure

Overnight on Oct. 13, Russian forces launched five ballistic missiles, 108 Shahed-type attack drones, including 74 jet-powered versions, as well as Gerbera and Parodiya decoy drones, and nine Banderol...

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Takaichi to finalize Japan’s foreign resident policy by March

The policy will consider future population projections, as the country seeks to balance a reliance on foreign workers with a shrinking population.

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‘Some things are worth dying for’: Karl Bushby’s incredible 28-year walk home, through deserts, kidnappers and polar bears

On his record-breaking trek, Karl Bushby was held at gunpoint, arrested, menaced by a polar bear and left by two separate girlfriends. Now he’s nearing home after 28 years – and he has a few stories to tell

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Waterford city house fire: Number of people, including children, feared dead

Emergency services are at the scene of the house fire in the Birchwood estate, near the city

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The Luxury Beverly Hills Condo Project Borrowing Money From Its Future Residents

Condo buyers are lending to developer Cain through a program known as Founder Bonds to help fund its $10 billion real-estate project.

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Healey rejects calls to equalise capital gains and income tax rates

UK proposal had been backed by senior Labour figures, triggering nervousness among entrepreneurs and investors

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Jimmy Kimmel Has Defiantly Petty Response To Donald Trump’s Rally Attack On Him

The late-night host doubled down.

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Kupor: ‘Super Intelligence’ task force will press companies on AI safety

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Watch as the WSJ’s Josh Dawsey returns to South Carolina to ask young voters how they feel about President Trump and the economy

Watch as a WSJ reporter visits his college town—where the University of South Carolina is booming, but students are worried about their futures.

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AI labs are offering companies big money to hand over their employees' private Slack DMs and emails

AI labs are offering companies big money for internal data like employee emails and Slack DMs, raising major cybersecurity and privacy concerns.

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Gas Traders Pile Into El Niño Bet Despite Arctic Cold Risk

Traders are piling into bearish US gas bets as El Niño points to a mild winter, even as forecasters warn sudden Arctic outbreaks could jolt prices.

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Mapping Africa's energy wealth and 560 million who remain without power

Africa is rich in energy, yet hundreds of millions Africans still live without electricity, most of the world's total.

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Is the European Security Council the EU’s answer to hybrid attacks?

The European Commission proposed a new European Security Council (ESC) to respond to a recent surge in state-sponsored hybrid warfare, like cyberattacks and sabotage.

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College for less? Maryland universities are betting discounts will draw students

Several Maryland colleges, including Mount St. Mary’s University, Loyola University Maryland and Towson University, are offering new discounts on tuition to entice prospective students.

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LIVE: Foreign ministers debate Europe’s security at Warsaw forum

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Germany's Merz: I will prioritise welfare reform over popularity

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday ‌he was ready to sacrifice his popularity in opinion polls to push through long-overdue welfare system reforms that benefit younger people.

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