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Citing ProPublica, Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Help U.S. Citizens Sue ICE for Wrongful Detentions

We recently reported that more than 500 American citizens have been detained by immigration agents. Now House members are moving to make it easier for those detained to seek justice through the courts...

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Trump's voter raids have begun

Federal agents launched raids and arrests on Monday against a list of 20,000 Californians, based on unverified voter fraud claims.

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He Tried to Set Limits on His State’s School Vouchers. Billionaires Helped Bankroll a Campaign to Unseat Him.

A high-ranking Republican had wanted only to curb the unchecked growth of West Virginia’s voucher program, not destroy it. In the ensuing backlash, three PACs — affiliated with the Koch family and Jef...

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What Russia's doing to Ukraine is 'fine,' Trump says

"Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much," Trump said, hours after a Russian drone strike in a public park killed six people, including two children.

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This Cybersecurity Agency Is Supposed to Protect U.S. Elections. Officials Fear It’s Been Compromised by Trump.

DHS appointees made an unusual request of its agency that protects election systems: Secretly acquire a voting machine and hack it. Though not acted on, the request shows how the Trump administration...

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Big Tech will not broadcast your dissent

Silicon Valley can't help influencing protests and elections—with AI regulation on the line.

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'It's significant': Ukraine fears US is withholding allied-funded air defense supplies to pressure Kyiv

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has yet to approve the transfer of a significant batch of Patriot interceptor missiles for Ukraine, Ukrainian officials and military officers told the Kyiv Independ...

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Zelensky appeals to US lawmakers for answers as White House turns on Kyiv

"We want to understand what is happening, why it's happening, and where all this is heading," Zelensky told a bipartisan group of U.S. senators and representatives.

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Brazil court gives Meta 24 hours to prove equal treatment of Lula and Bolsonaro

Lula's campaign has alleged that the US tech giant is suppressing the incumbent president's online content. His party has filed complaints with the Organization of American States and the United Nations.

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Man who heckled Abdul El-Sayed is former Josh Hawley aide, records show

Thomas Teepell, who worked for Republican senator, demanded El-Sayed disavow Muslim Brotherhood A man who heckled Democratic candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed and demanded he disavow the Muslim Brotherhood at a Michigan townhall is a former aide to the Republican senator Josh Hawley, according to congressional staff records. At the event on Saturday, an attendee who gave his name only as “Tommy” shouted from the crowd, asking whether El-Sayed would disavow the movement. El-Sayed answered: “Sure, yeah, absolutely,” then turned the question around, asking whether the man assumed he wouldn’t. Continue reading...

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Abdul-El Sayed turns a question about the Muslim Brotherhood into a viral moment in Michigan’s Senate race

How an Abdul El-Sayed Opponent Handed Him a Campaign Highlight

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Exclusive: Secret pay-for-play text rocks Trump White House

The text is a key piece of evidence in the White House's probe of a missing Kennedy Center donation.

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Trump Tries to Ban Jack Smith Testimony as BBC Lawsuit Implodes

The BBC has subpoenaed Jack Smith as part of Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the media company.

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Exclusive: Senators blast Trump's plan to rig child deportation proceedings

"Under your plan," they wrote, the children’s attorneys work for the administration: "That is unacceptable."

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A Kelvin wave raised sea levels on the West Coast. More are coming

A large underwater wave moved up the West Coast, raising sea levels. Scientists say it's driven by El Niño and it's going to happen again.

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Federal agents respond to a reported shooting at a mosque in Columbus, Ohio, officials say

Authorities say federal agents responded Monday to a report of a shooting Monday at a mosque in Columbus, Ohio.

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Rashida Tlaib demands arrest of Israeli soldier linked to Hind Rajab death

US lawmaker says that government must arrest Israeli commander allegedly responsible for attack while he is in the US.

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Alberta voters reject a move toward independence in referendum backing Canadian unity

Voters in Canada's oil-rich province of Alberta have rejected a proposal to begin a process toward independence, results showed early Tuesday, delivering a victory for supporters of Canadian unity.

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How Corruption Got This Bad

Over the course of decades, the Supreme Court has legalized behavior that is poisonous to a functioning democracy.

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Voters in Oil-Rich Alberta Reject Leaving Canada

Residents of the province were asked if they wish to remain in Canada or to hold another vote on breaking away, in a referendum that left both sides unhappy.

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Kohen Wiley Shooting ‘Was Justified,’ Mississippi AG Says

The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s…

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Marine life dramatically declined in Gulf of Mexico in years after BP oil spill, study finds

In the years after the 2010 BP oil spill, the number of fish in the deeper parts of the Gulf of Mexico dramatically declined.

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'Help me!' Video of ICE violently detaining man who says he's U.S. citizen sparks outrage

A video of a Long Beach resident screaming that his arm is broken and begging for help as he is pinned to the ground by immigration agents has sparked outrage in the community.

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Judge chastises Trump administration plan to push ahead overhaul of DC golf course

The Trump administration wants to turn a historic public golf course into championship links. Despite a judge's order, hundreds of trees were cut down to make way for the renovation.

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Most Americans think Trump is using presidency to enrich himself, poll finds

Poll finds 66% of Americans think Trump is using position for monetary gain as his approval rating hits a new low Most Americans think Donald Trump is using the presidency to enrich himself, according to a new poll, as the US president’s approval rating falls to a new low ahead of November’s midterm elections. A new Washington Post-ABC poll put Trump’s approval rating at 33% as he continues to crisscross the country as part of his campaign blitz for embattled Republicans. Continue reading...

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The Elizabeth Holmes doc has broken the brains of the Independent’s Culture desk

Have you recently left the movie theater reeling after seeing Nathan Fielder’s ‘You Can See Everything’? You are absolutely not alone. Here at ‘The Independent,’ debate about the documentary has taken over debate on the US culture desk. Here, four writers try to make sense of what they saw

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Can the new federal voucher program help public schools? Democrats are torn

The new scholarship tax credit program could help public school families pay for some educational services, but advocates worry it could do more harm than good.

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French retailers begin filing insurance claims after weekend of looting

Shop owners in France are counting the cost of the weekend's riots as the government works on new measures to help them recover from widespread looting. Also in this edition: Germany welcomes new investments from Nvidia into its tech scene, and energy prices continue to climb after new Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia.

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Zelensky accuses US of again failing to warn Kyiv of impending attacks

Russia launched fresh attacks on Ukraine’s energy and civilian infrastructure this Monday. The Ukrainian president said Kyiv had once again received no advance warning of the attacks from partner countries that had previously shared intelligence. He also accused the US of deliberately delaying EU-paid weapons delivery. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Ukraine.

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Google Cloud services face outage in London, Revolut services down too

Multiple Google Cloud services experienced disruptions in the company's London ‌region on Tuesday, according to its service status page, while British digital bank Revolut also reported a service outage.

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The Dubai firm that promised 30% returns — then stopped paying

Prospective clients who flocked to the Burj Khalifa were promised double-digit returns but thousands are now facing losses

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PM Babiš blames press for ANO election loss, renews calls to abolish license fees for Czech public media

Andrej Babiš vows no policy retreat after ANO's election flop. With the opposition gaining ground in a weekend senate vote in Czech Republic, the prime minister has moved to scrap public media license fees.

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How (and why) we developed ‘The Age of Heat Storms’

Frustrated by a gap between climate scientists and the public, this reporter took a new look at a familiar phenomenon: heat waves. What he found was heat storms.

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Heat Storm Tracker

Follow the supersized heat waves reshaping our world

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Reuters Climate Monitor

How today's temperatures compare to the historic average

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Giant ‘heat storms’ are scorching Earth. The story of the biggest one.

Supersized heat waves used to be rare. No longer. Reuters reveals the rise of ‘heat storms.’ They now swarm the globe, upending life and the climate everywhere.

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Lawmaker reportedly loses leg as car ramming stuns Australia

Helen Haines, 65, was in critical but stable condition Tuesday after being struck by a car outside her rural electoral office. Authorities charged the driver in what they said was a deliberate attack.

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Kazakhstan Drops Drug Charges Against Russian Rapper Navai - The Moscow Times

Authorities in Kazakhstan have dropped drug smuggling charges against popular Russian hip-hop artist Navai and deported him from the country, local police said Tuesday.

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Billionaire Mukesh Ambani launches India’s biggest-ever IPO

Low-cost broadband provider Jio Platforms aims for £81bn valuation when it floats on the stock market on Wednesday Business live – latest updates India’s second-richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is launching what could be the country’s biggest-ever initial public offering (IPO), despite a stock market downturn. Mumbai-based Jio Platforms, a telecoms company backed by Meta Platforms and Google, is hoping to raise up to 302bn rupees (£2.4bn) and is targeting a 10.3tn rupeesvaluation when it floats on the stock market from Wednesday. Continue reading...

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Before the Bell: What every Canadian investor needs to know today

A look at Tuesday morning’s market action

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Fewer than 1 in 3 families want a second child amid rising costs, study finds

Research by Meiji Yasuda Life found that there was an almost 57% drop in the number of parents wanting a second child compared to 2020.

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Play Catalogues: Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Can you sort the items into the correct order?

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Storm Austen: Rain warning for Ireland on Thursday for first named storm of the season

The warning for the 26 counties will be in place from 7pm on Thursday until 8am on Friday.

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Britain seeks to break Apple's grip on contactless payments

Britain's competition regulator said on Tuesday it was seeking to loosen Apple's grip on contactless payments by proposing that the company lower fees and remove technical barriers, helping rival services compete with Apple Pay.

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'We're in crisis': The California coastal town under siege from fires, high surf, El Niño

Few cities in California last week felt the full brunt of the climate crisis more than the small coastal town of San Clemente.

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Walmart launches joint membership with Sam's Club as it leans into delivery, gas discounts

Walmart is now offering a joint membership with Sam's Club for $120 per year as the retailer further leans into convenience.

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Early US flu season, current strain may signal risk for younger people; doctors urge shots

Doctors are urging Americans aged 6 months and older to get vaccinated against the flu after an unusual early rise in cases on the West Coast that virologists are still working to understand.

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Bread, butter and a slice of cheese: It’s Copenhagen’s coolest breakfast

The nouveau Bolle med ost first appeared in a post-peak-pandemic onslaught of bread-baking and have since become a calling card for the city’s best bakers

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Zelenskyy: In any case, we have more in common than US and Russia do

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine wants to maintain open, pragmatic and honest relations with the United States, stressing that Kyiv and Washington have more in common than Russia and the US.

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The hidden water crisis beneath the American west

As the area dries, cities and farmers draw on groundwater, the leading source of water loss across the Colorado River Basin

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