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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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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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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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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 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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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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Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter 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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Local residents say the creosote-soaked ties are a health and fire hazard.

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The Royal Ballet School celebrates its centenary with a 12-course banquet

World premieres and rarities made for a sparky tribute to Ninette de Valois’s star-making institution

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Venezuelan favorite Arempas had to close half its restaurants. Crushed, its owners point to Trump’s immigration crackdown.

The couple acknowledged it’s a tough time for restaurants in general. “But the Latino businesses, we are hit with double the strength."

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Japan’s Prudential Life ordered to halt operations for over three months

The suspension order comes after numerous former and current employees were found in January to have improperly received ¥3.1 billion from customers.

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Four signs it is about to get uglier in the bond market

It is white-knuckle time in the bond market.

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National Bank updates its Dividend All-Stars portfolio with three additions

One stock was removed from the portfolio

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We’re all going to die, but not from AI

That artificial intelligence could destroy humanity is a story imposed by the AI industry itself. It’s time to challenge it

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Student loan forgiveness is a ticking tax bomb again, study warns

A tax exemption for student loan forgiveness expired, meaning borrowers could face a big, surprise bill from the IRS.

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Acton discusses plans for small business during Bexley campaign stop • Ohio Capital Journal

Dr. Amy Acton promised to “give a voice” to Ohio’s small business community during a Tuesday visit to Fox’s Bagel and Deli in Bexley. The Democratic candidate for governor described several ideas…

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German Far Right Taps Musk for Company Car After BMW Pulls Out

Germany’s Alternative fuer Deutschland has asked Elon Musk to provide the party’s first state parliament leader with a company car after BMW AG refused to.

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‘Do no harm’ vs. doing the most: Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton’s wildly different strategies

Neither approach by Steve Hilton and Xavier Becerra appears to have moved the needle much in the race to become California’s next governor.

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Lansing police chief warns there may be a serial killer in Michigan’s capital city

Five people have died along a river trail in Lansing since last October. Authorities are investigating whether the deaths are connected.

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Possibly the Most Monstrous Reality Show Ever Made

And what it got right

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Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay, former U.N. human rights chief, awarded Nobel Peace Prize

The trailblazing South African human rights lawyer and International Criminal Court judge was recognized for her work “ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted.”

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PSC eliminates paper copies, preserves late-night electronic filing

Commissioners eliminated paper-copy requirements and preserved the electronic filing deadline after objections, while postponing a request for easier public commenting.

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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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Medicaid reckoning awaits next California governor after program’s rapid expansion

Medicaid Reckoning Awaits Next California Governor After Program’s Rapid Expansion

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Freeloader Friday: 115 Free Things To Do This Weekend - Racket

Street fests, lawn parties, family fun, and more.

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The Unbearable, Unstoppable Moguls of Digger and The Social Reckoning

Two movies, two unfolding catastrophes. And in both movies, holding the rich to account is an epic struggle.

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COMMENTARY: Morning Bid: Bonds, bombs and barricades

Could bond market pain be contagious? Volatile oil prices, rising political risk in Europe, more Middle East fighting, and news of another round of mammoth AI corporate borrowing kept tensions in the sovereign debt market as taut as ever this week.

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Man threw bottle at PSNI over alcohol disruption - court

A man who threw a bottle at a PSNI Land Rover on the Garvaghy Road, "out of frustration" because he could not get to the off licence, has been handed jail sentences totalling six months.

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Robert Jenrick launches scathing broadside against ‘Kensington Kemi’

Reform UK shadow chancellor seeks to associate Tory leader with metropolitan elite as party relations sour further * UK politics live – latest updates Robert Jenrick has launched an extended attack on Kemi Badenoch for being part of a metropolitan elite, saying a coalition deal with the Tories would be like being “handcuffed to a zombie”. The Reform UK shadow chancellor repeatedly called the Tory leader “Kensington Kemi” and claimed her party was for people who moan about the decline of Mayfair clubs and complain that they cannot find Ottolenghi recipe ingredients in the shops. Continue reading...

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Tory tax break for banks has cost UK public purse £6bn, says TUC

Exclusive: Chancellor urged to reverse Rishi Sunak’s tax surcharge cuts to claw back billions in lost revenue * Business live – latest updates Tax cuts for big banks have deprived the UK government of £6bn in revenues, according to campaigners, who are calling on the chancellor, John Healey, to increase taxes and force lenders to pay their “fair share” in the upcoming budget. Calculations by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), which represents unions with more than 5.3 million members across England and Wales, shows that the public purse is billions of pounds worse off as a result of tax cuts introduced under the Tory chancellor Rishi Sunak in 2023. Continue reading...

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Hurricane Isaias disrupts U.S. oil production in Gulf of Mexico, threatens refineries

The hurricane could tighten a fuel market that is already facing big disruptions from the wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

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ALDOT suspends lane closures amid severe weather

The pause will cover major routes in 10 south Alabama counties as officials urge drivers to avoid unnecessary travel during severe weather.

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