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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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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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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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“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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Hegseth Wants Public to Watch First Firing Squad Execution Since WWII

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Nidal Hasan’s execution should be watched by everyone.

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Musk Loses Trillionaire Status As SpaceX And Tesla Drop Wipes Out $36 Billion

Elon Musk’s fortune fell over $36 billion on Thursday, just days after he regained his trillionaire status.

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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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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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UK man charged with plot against Farage motivated by extreme left-wing mindset, prosecutor says

A British man charged with murdering a former British minister and later charged with a terrorism offence targeting Reform ‌UK leader Nigel Farage was motivated by an extreme left-wing mindset and hostility to Reform, prosecutors said on Friday.

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The Mini Crossword: Friday, October 9, 2026

The “T” of hiking’s P.C.T. or A.T.: five letters.

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The fight over using super for housing has deep roots in Australian politics. But would it actually work? | Emily Millane

Ultimately, the debate is a battle for power over Australians’ savings pool of $4.8tn dating back to the scheme’s inception * Past/Present is a column which places current events in historical context Should you be able to take money out of your super to pay for housing? One Nation has recently suggested you should. Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has also revived the idea. The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, tells us the Coalition and One Nation are “coming after super” and want to “vandalise” the retirement savings scheme. He also predicts the next federal election will be a referendum on super. In the midst of a national cost of living crisis and housing shortage, it would seem reasonable to ask about the balance between how much money we are saving for retirement and how much money we have to use now. It would also seem uncontroversial to discuss whether altering that balance will assist with cost-of-living pressures or add to them. Continue reading...

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Ivy League-trained psychologist: The No. 1 moment kids ‘learn the most’ from their parents—it’s the ‘ultimate relationship strategy’

Parenting mistakes are also opportunities to impart lessons to your kids that can help them lead happy, successful lives, says child psychologist Becky Kennedy.

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Old soccer meets new football: Australia Cup final heaves with significance | Jack Snape

South Melbourne and Melbourne Victory clash on what promises to be a ‘special and historical night’ and in a triumph of the competition’s concept One club represents new football, a keystone entity in the contentious reboot of Australia’s round ball game 21 years ago. It was a brand designed to bring together Melbourne’s sporting tribes. The reality was something different. The other club can trace its roots back to the 1950s, and a proud history including four titles in the now defunct National Soccer League, intertwined with the pride and community of European post-war migration. The club has delivered many of Australia’s football’s most meaningful days. Or, as it seemed to some in recent decades, fading memories. Continue reading...

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The Block secured a Victorian government property for $38 per sq metre. Neighbours and MPs want to know why

Historic former psychiatric hospital in Sunbury was sold to Channel Nine for $1m in the cheapest real estate purchase in the show’s history * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Community groups and MPs are demanding answers from the Victorian government after it sold a 2.6 hectare (6.4 acre) site containing a former psychiatric hospital for just $38 per sq metre, so it can be renovated on the next series of The Block. It was revealed this week the government had sold the historic Sunbury property to Channel Nine for $1m – the cheapest purchase in the reality show’s history. Three of it’s buildings will reportedly be converted into five homes by the program’s contestants. Continue reading...

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As federal politicians vow to cut immigration, regional Queensland businesses need ‘every hand we can get’

International working holidaymakers make up over 60% of the staff in some regional hospitality companies * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A working holiday visa changed Sydney Schetter’s life. The barista came to Australia from a small town outside Edmonton in Alberta in 2019. When she returns to Canada after her visa runs out next month, she won’t be alone. Continue reading...

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Mao’s Last Dancer Li Cunxin on his long-awaited follow-up: ‘I don’t think my publisher expected it to take 14 years!’

As The Lucky Son picks up where Cunxin’s 2003 memoir left off, the renowned Chinese Australian ballet dancer reflects on sacrifices made by his wife, his years at a stockbroker, and his success leading the Queensland Ballet * Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Some people live such extraordinary lives that a single autobiography simply won’t suffice. Li Cunxin has now written two. The renowned ballet dancer and former artistic director of Queensland Ballet had hoped he was finished writing his story after the phenomenal international success of his 2003 memoir, Mao’s Last Dancer. But life had other plans. “Actually, I had signed a contract with Penguin Random House for a follow-up,” Cunxin says, from his home in Brisbane. “It was going to be about the lives of my brothers and friends in China, and the ways the country has changed over time. But then I was offered the job at Queensland Ballet and I had to dedicate all my time to that. I don’t think they were expecting [the sequel] to take 14 years!” Continue reading...

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Japan to launch research study on rapid-response space transport

The move comes as more countries, including China, Russia and the U.S. continue to bolster their military capabilities in space.

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Zack Polanski loses his byelection bid – and the Green party’s Zionism motion has outraged its closest allies in Europe

Polanski came under pressure from within his party and beyond it.

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Baltic countries seek EU ban on Russian grain transit

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia proposed a European Union ban on Friday on Russian grain exports ‌through the bloc in a letter addressed to European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

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Authors of best-selling Christian book charged in child abuse case

A couple who authored a best-selling Christian book have been charged in connection with the alleged abuse of teen girl, an arrest affidavit says.

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Regulatory change opens door to one-stop mental and physical healthcare in NJ

New Jersey is working to make it easier for low-income patients to get mental and physical healthcare services in the same place, awarding two publicly funded contracts to nonprofit community health systems to expand these programs in parts of the Garden State.The New Jersey Department of Human Services announced this week that it will provide some $391,000 to St. James Health, a community health center in Newark, and nearly $275,000 to Zufall Health, which serves patients in central and northern parts of the state.

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South Korea and Japan are buffeted by hacks as AI lowers bar for cybercriminals

Nine South Korean banks and two mega-churches are investigating cyberattacks that may have involved AI tools, while Japanese companies have been hit by a surge in cyber incidents.

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Here’s what is taking over S.F. Union Square’s most contentious food kiosk

An Italian espresso and pizza bar is set to open in San Francisco’s Union Square as the city continues to invest in the neighborhood’s revitalization.

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SALT Tax Cap Has Couples Considering Divorce or Skipping Marriage to Save $20,000

The higher cap on the federal tax deduction is the same for a single filer or a married couple, prompting some high earners to look for ways around the marriage penalty.

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Tensions over La Grande gas tax tap into debate shaping tight Oregon governor race

La Grande’s debate about how to fix its transportation system taps into a much broader, statewide conflict that is shaping an incredibly tight race for Oregon governor.

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