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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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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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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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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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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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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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EU votes through largest ever Russia sanctions list

"This is the single largest expansion of our sanctions list since Russia started its war," chief EU diplomat Kaja Kallas said, adding that more than half of the roughly 1600 listings "are connected to...

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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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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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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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Zelenskyy: EU will provide Ukraine with €3 billion in military aid next week

Following talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the EU for recent defence funding and said further support is expected soon, as...

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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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Anti-Troy Jackson Ad Runs in Oregon, Not Maine

An executive with the Republican super PAC that paid for the ad attacking Mr. Jackson, the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, blamed its vendor running the ad in Oregon.

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Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Explained

Many cities and states are observing the day. President Trump has declared himself a supporter of Columbus Day.

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Japan cabinet backs plan to help oil importers pay for higher transport costs

Japan's cabinet approved three bills on Tuesday to strengthen energy supply security, including measures to offset higher costs of importing crude oil through routes that bypass the Strait of Hormuz, Industry ‌Minister Ryosei Akazawa said.

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Investors brave US Treasury rout to lock in highest yields in decades

Government bond funds are attracting record inflows as borrowing costs hit their highest level in decades

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Why Trump is going for Zelenskyy’s jugular

No matter how much America’s allies urge the president to back Ukraine, he cannot forgive its leader for showing up his dealmaking impotence

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The election supercycle set to drag Europe right

In the space of 12 months, four of the five biggest EU member states will go to the ballot box. The bloc may never be the same

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Who’s really hiring you — HR or cyber security?

Fraudulent use of AI in the jobs process is forcing the warm and fuzzy realms of the former to work with the suspicious minds of the latter

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UK chances of keeping £3.8bn bitcoin haul rise after High Court ruling

Judge in London rules that Chinese victims of massive crypto fraud cannot rely on English law to seek compensation

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Asia warned over zombie companies

Share of groups unable to service debt in region has doubled since 2008, IMF says

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Trump Stands By As Crowd Member Violently Assaults Protester At His Ohio Rally

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Liberal candidate for marginal seat dumped weeks out from election

Opposition leader Jess Wilson says the party replaced Grant Hutchinson, its candidate for the east Melbourne seat of Croydon, after new information emerged about civil legal action he is involved in.

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Robots are proving to be a handful for Elon Musk

Elon Musk called designing a human hand for robots "shockingly difficult" and said it's problem Tesla is working on for Optimus.

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Asian stocks dive on AI jitters ahead of US bank earnings

Asian stocks fell sharply on Tuesday as investors fretted about the durability of the rally in AI shares and increased competition while a widening conflict in the Middle East soured risk ‌sentiment ahead of the tone-setting US earnings season.

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‘Super app’ aimed at UK students uses servers owned by Chinese firm on US blacklist

ZyMix platform has contract with Tencent, which US alleges has links to People’s Liberation Army A new messaging and payment “super app” marketed at British students uses servers owned by a Chinese company that has been put on a US military blacklist for its alleged affiliation to the People’s Liberation Army. ZyMix, which is being pushed on university campuses as the UK’s first super app designed “for gen Z”, combining chat, payments and community features, has a contract with a German-based subsidiary of Tencent Holdings, a Chinese conglomerate in Shenzhen. Continue reading...

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Women ‘more likely to be told autoimmune conditions are psychological’

Cambridge University study suggests stark gender divide in misdiagnosis, with women also waiting longer for treatment Women with autoimmune conditions are up to 74% more likely than men to be told their symptoms are psychological or psychosomatic, and face much longer waits for a diagnosis and treatment, a study suggests. Hundreds of millions of people – about one in 10 globally – are affected by autoimmune conditions, which can cause a range of health issues including fatigue, muscle pain and rashes. Continue reading...

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Time — David Tennant and Siobhan Finneran are outstanding in profoundly moving prison drama

A cynical veteran officer and a naive newcomer meet in a young offenders’ institution in the third season of Jimmy McGovern’s hard-hitting BBC series

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Europe’s skills passport is missing a page, EMPASS wants to add it

Employers are reporting skills bottlenecks because CVs and qualifications often fail to capture skills they are looking for. Europe needs bridges between education and employment.

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IMF forecasts 3.1% global growth in 2026, with eurozone at 1.1%

The IMF raised its 2026 global growth forecast to 3.1%, citing resilient economies and AI investment. However, high energy prices linked to conflicts will weigh on growth, with eurozone expansion forecast at 1.1%.

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Is my €1,000 monthly childcare bill really falling to €550?

Calculating your childcare costs requires navigating a series of interconnected fees and subsidies

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Young, cautious or lump-sum investor: How much might I make in my new investment account?

We look at four different scenarios that could unfold for different types of investor

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My Education on the Border of the Syrian War

In Kilis, the last Turkish town on the road to Syria, jihadis and spies mixed with reporters trying to prove themselves.

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LIVE: IMF publishes updated World Economic Outlook

YouTube video by Reuters

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House building slides in September

Construction industry grew only narrowly last month but companies optimistic for future

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Credit unions win again as Re-turn, Ryanair and RTÉ fare poorly for customer service

Customer experience scores fell globally but hit highest level in Ireland in almost a decade

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ESRI report examines options around taxation of wealth

Report comes as Irish household wealth grew dramatically over 10 years to 2023

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New Irish albums reviewed and rated: Basht, Meryl Streek, Morgana, Wasps vs Humans, Whozyerman?

October 2026 releases include Poor Advice, Stories They Don’t Teach You at School, The Whole Thing Was Very Very Emotional, The Day Homo Sapiens Destroyed the Earth, Belly of the Beast

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Meta was prepared to write an up to $200 billion AI check before knowing whether its model would work

The Meta CEO said that the company was prepared such a risky bet on AI, that the CFO was concerned and pulled Alexandr Wang aside.

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