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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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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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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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Winner of 2026 Nobel peace prize to be announced - Europe Live

The winner will be announced in a ceremony that starts at 10am UK time (11am CEST) The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced this morning, with all sorts of speculation about who could be this year’s worthy winner. (Despite his hopes, Donald Trump is very unlikely to win it, again.) Continue reading...

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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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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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US imposes sanctions on ICC, hours after Nobel award to former judge

The court rejected the US sanctions as an attack on international law and warned in a statement that 'history will judge this moment.'

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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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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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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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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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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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EXCLUSIVE: Friend of suspected FBI data thief says he warned 'crazy' teen not to hack bureau

A friend of the suspected thief of a massive cache of personal data from the FBI says he begged the teenager not to do it.

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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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South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize

South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for advancing human rights and international law.

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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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Founder of Rybar, Russian war propaganda channel, detained in Montenegro

Mikhail Zvinchuk, his wife Valeria Zvinchuk, and three other associates were detained in an operation by Montenegrin police and security service on the morning of Oct. 9, local media reported.

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Trauma endures in Paris suburb after police grenade shatters teenager's jaw: 'They maim a student, leave, and then what? How are we supposed to pick up the pieces?'

On September 28, 14-year-old Eden suffered a fractured jaw and lost most of his teeth after he was struck in the face by a tear-gas grenade fired at close range, just a few meters from his high school, where a protest was taking place. Students, teachers and parents spoke of their fear, anger and sense of helplessness.

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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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Open letter to the US administration: The G20 invitation to Putin should come with conditions

The Trump administration recently announced that it has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to December's G20 summit in Miami. This invitation erodes the well-deserved isolation of Putin for his...

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Hitler Mussolini wins local election

Peruvian voters pick their new mayor, despite his unusual name.

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Drugs in jars, bags of cash: Tennessee ignored warnings from Arizona's botched executions

Christa Pike's botched execution in Tennessee was not the first to go wrong on Frank Strada's watch. Before he took charge of Tennessee's prisons, Strada oversaw three botched executions in Arizona.

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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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The U.S. last held a public execution in the 1930s. The Pentagon wants to change that

The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan at Ford Hood, the site of his 2009 mass shooting. That would be the first public execution in the U.S. since the 1930s.

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PSNI chief asks NI secretary to review decision to let Orange Order march on Garvaghy Road

The parade from Drumcree Church into Portadown did not happen due to a large protest on the Garvaghy Road.

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US plans first public military execution in nearly a century

A public execution - the first in the US in nearly a century. Live streamed with no bar as to who can watch.

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Gifts for Under $50 Exceed Their Expectations, Not Your Budget

These first-rate gifts allow you to give extravagantly for under $50.

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Review: The world's first trillionaire gets an exhausting, though not exhaustive profile in 'Musk'

Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney didn't score an interview with the bullish entrepreneur, but his four-hour profile finds ways around that.

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EU Says China Accord Could Cut Hybrid Car Exports by Half

The European Union said China will slash millions of hybrid car exports to the bloc, offering a potential trade detente before EU leaders meet next week to discuss further action against Beijing.

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Italy’s politicians are obsessed with short skirts

A parliamentary fight over hemlines shows the battle of the sexes is still on

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Trump pushes Mexico for more cross-nation tie-ups between energy companies, FT reports

US President Donald Trump has insisted on more deals and tie-ups between Mexican and ‌US energy companies in a call with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

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Walking through flames: Orangutan rescued in Indonesia fires

Dozens of orangutan have been rescued from wildfires burning across parts of Sumatra and Borneo in recent months.

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Lionesses take control of World Cup playoff tie but unfancied Greece still in fight

* World Cup qualifying playoff: Greece 1-3 England * Stanway, Le Tissier and Russo on target England secured a 3-1 first-leg victory over Greece in their Women’s World Cup playoff tie but were unable to produce the convincing performance they would have hoped for, against a hugely unfancied Greek side. Georgia Stanway’s neat finish, Maya Le Tissier’s first England goal and Alessia Russo’s low strike were enough to give England control but a Ioanna Papatheodorou goal for Greece means that the tie is not definitively over, going into Tuesday’s second leg. Continue reading...

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Liberal Democrat councillor calls for party leadership shake-up over lack of impact

We spoke to Liberal Democrat leader of Devon County Council, Julian Brazil

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House of the Week: A Colorful Compound With a Treehouse and Mini Golf

Eschewing typical 30A beach homes, an architect created a vibrant property packed with whimsical features.

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Quinn Emanuel issues warning over data-center financing

The law firm’s March memo on data-center debt was making the rounds in recent days, laying out worst-case scenarios for the AI buildout.

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Trump Sends Obamacare ‘Refund’ Checks Ahead of Midterm Elections (Gift Article)

The $500 checks are accompanied by a letter signed by the president that criticizes the Biden administration for overcharging Americans for health insurance.

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President Trump has offered Katie Zacharia, a conservative commentator, the White House press secretary job, White House officials said

President Trump has offered Katie Zacharia, a conservative commentator, the job of White House press secretary, White House officials said Friday.

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Breaking: Powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake hits off coast of Panama

The US Tsunami Warning System shows potential tsunami threats across much of Central America's Pacific coast as well as in Colombia and Ecuador after the earthquake.

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France emerges as Europe’s new bond-market basket case, and Le Pen could make it worse

Italian bond yields are tame, while in France the inevitable budget clashes are likely to rattle bond investors

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Anne Carson’s Point of View

The new Nobel laureate invokes ancient history while understanding its inaccessibility.

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Trump to push US officials to use Defense Production Act to raise oil, fuel output, three sources say

President Donald Trump will soon issue a directive to some ‌of his department heads to find ways to control prices of diesel fuel which are near record highs in ⁠the weeks before the November 3 congressional elections that will determine control of Congress, three industry sources said on Friday.

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Don't Piss on My RHONY Vacation and Tell Me It's a Private Island

This week, the RHONY reboot cast members tore each other down in a tropical paradise.

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Kelly Hunt investigation leads Anchorage detectives to Shaktoolik

The 19-year-old went missing in Anchorage in January while traveling back to college in Soldotna.

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California High Speed Rail vows to seek reimbursement after consultants spent wildly

During an Oct. 9 board meeting the authority announced action following an Inspector General’s report that detailed nearly $600,000 in inappropriate travel expenses.

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Willie Nelson endorses James Talarico. See who else has his support

Nelson, a longtime supporter of Democratic candidates, has increasingly lent his voice to Texas politics ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.

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Roger Marshall’s complicated history of blurring the line between taxpayer dollars and campaign cash

Editor’s note: This story is a collaboration between Kansas Reflector and MS NOW.

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Trump administration relaxes rules around political events for Blanche, other Senate-approved appointees

The Department of Justice is making it easier for Attorney General Todd Blanche and other Senate-confirmed DOJ appointees to participate in political activities, according to a new internal memo obtai...

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