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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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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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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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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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‘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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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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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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Americans are losing the art of conversation. An expert explains what most people are doing wrong.

Vanessa Van Edwards, author of "Conversation," explains why small talk feels exhausting and what how people can build meaningful connections.

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The popular chatbot was subject to lawsuits and controversy over its alleged impact on teenage users and its impersonation of copyrighted characters from movies and other media.

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France seizes Russian ‘shadow fleet’ oil tanker in Indian Ocean — Meduza

France’s navy detained an oil tanker called the DF Peak that belongs to the “shadow fleet” on October 12, French President Emmanuel Macron said.

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Kellogg Says Putin Has Failed to Meet War Goals as Russia Loses 30,000 Troops a Month in Ukraine

The former US envoy says Putin has failed to achieve his strategic goals and is trying to exploit upcoming US elections.

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India's ICICI Life Insurance profit rises on higher premium income

India's ICICI Life Insurance reported ‌a 25% rise in its second-quarter profit on Tuesday, ⁠underpinned by higher premium income.

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Anne Aly accuses Liberal MP of racism after 'stoning' comment

The Labor frontbencher says she has received 19 death threats this week alone while calling out Angie Bell's remarks in a social media post.

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Fight the power! Protest and rebellion in America – in pictures

French photographer Jean-Pierre Laffont spent two decades capturing demos, clashes and countercultural gatherings in America. ‘They dreamed of living in a better world,’ he says

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Listen: Could the EU shield the ICC from US sanctions?

The United States has imposed new sanctions on the International Criminal Court, this time targeting the institution itself. The EU, while supportive of the ICC, does little to counter the sanctions.

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Hedge funds are a top draw in Asia as investors look beyond bonds

Hedge funds are drawing in new fans and a rush of capital from Asia, as pensions, family offices and other investors look to alternative managers to help them navigate volatile debt markets and wobbly equities.

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Takaichi pledges support for the ICC and its Japanese president

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Japan will continue to communicate with the U.S. after Washington slapped sanctions on the court.

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Ukraine's Air Force comments on delay of air-raid warning in Kyiv

Yurii Ihnat has stated Ukrainian and allied intelligence will examine why early launch data was missing before Russian ballistic missiles targeted Kyiv.

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Should Cars Just Drive Themselves?

From the daily newsletter: Waymo wants robots to take the wheel. Should we hand over the proverbial keys?

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Prosecutors drop three impeachment charges against Philippine VP Duterte

The Philippine Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, approved the prosecution's withdrawal of most of the charges against Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday, in a trial ‌that could kill her hopes to run for president in 2028.

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Actor Selma Blair arrested in New York after alleged assault on flight

Blair’s lawyer says actor, who has multiple sclerosis, missed several doses of ‘powerful medication’

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Hobbs and Phase Eight warn of order delays after cybersecurity incident

Parent company TFG London has apologised to customers but says there is no reason to believe payment information is at risk.

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U.S. Treasury yields fall as energy prices pull back

Bond yields fell on Tuesday as investors await more economic data releases this week.

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Fire 'utterly heartbreaking' for community in Waterford

Follow updates after a number of people are understood to have died in a fire at a house in Waterford city.

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Russian strike on Ukraine’s Kharkiv kills three — Meduza

Rescuers clearing rubble at a residential building damaged in a Russian strike found the bodies of three people who had been killed, said Oleh Syniehubov, head of the regional administration.

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300 glaciers have disappeared from the American West since the mid-20th century – the survivors have a few things in common

A new study compared the glaciers in the Lower 48 states today against historical data from the mid-20th century. The results show the region’s vulnerabilities as temperatures rise.

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Utah’s coal country pushes back against data centers - High Country News

Carbon County is getting 456 small nuclear reactors and a giant gas plant for data center complexes.

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Oxfam sues French state over tax inequality: 'Wealthiest buy privilege of not following same rules'

Oxfam France has filed a lawsuit against the French state over its tax system, accusing it of 'no longer adequately guaranteeing' equality before taxation.

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South Korea's Lee says Arctic shipping route development to comply with international sanctions

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on ‌Tuesday his government would strictly comply with international rules and sanctions principles as it ⁠develops Arctic shipping routes, seeking to reassure partners over plans to expand use of the route.

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Haze From Indonesia Fires Hinders Efforts to Battle the Blazes

Indonesia’s aerial firefighting efforts have been hampered for more than a week by poor visibility from the forest-fire haze, as the smoke continues to spread across Southeast Asia.

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Emir says Qatar has shown resilience in the face of ‘exceptional events'

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani says Qatar's response has highlighted the strength of state institutions.

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Riyadh airport closes but travel continues to other Middle East destinations

Attacks are limited to Saudi Arabia and Yemen

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