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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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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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Trump says Russia agreed to supply millions of tons of diesel to US, global markets

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Oct. 9 that Russia had agreed to supply millions of tons of diesel fuel to the U.S. and global markets following a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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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: Navanethem Pillay, a tireless advocate for international justice

The 85-year-old South African judge, who notably served on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in the 1990s, recently chaired the United Nations Human Rights Council's Commission of Inquiry, which determined that a 'genocide' was taking place in Gaza.

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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees - ProPublica

Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

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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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The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official

The top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a...

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Pete Hegseth wants to livestream a snuff film

The Defense Secretary plans to telecast the military's first firing squad execution since 1945.

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Caught in the Crackdown: As Arrests at Anti-ICE Protests Piled Up, Prosecutions Crumbled

ProPublica and FRONTLINE found more than 300 protesters and bystanders who were arrested on charges like assaulting an immigration agent or interfering with law enforcement. Over and over, the accusat...

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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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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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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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Rep. Max Miller's girlfriend was just indicted

A grand jury formally charged Jaclyn Alatrash, the congressman's partner of nearly two years, with grand theft.

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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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You’re Funding Trump’s New Ads

But will he ever pay you back?

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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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Margaret Hamilton, whose software sent humans to the moon, dies at 90

Hamilton was in her early thirties when she led the team of software engineers that powered NASA's Apollo missions. She later said, "There was no choice but to be pioneers."

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FCC chief defers to Pentagon on airing US execution on TV networks

The chair of the Federal Communications Commission said on Friday that he would defer to the Pentagon on whether US networks could air a planned December 3 ‌military execution, which would be an unprecedented broadcast.

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Trump says US to get diesel from Russia, relaxing pressure on Moscow to ease prices before midterms

Trump says U.S. will obtain diesel from Russia, relaxing years of US pressure on Moscow to combat prices ahead of midterms

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How Donald Trump made America’s government dumber

DOGE was a huge missed opportunity

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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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In “Musk,” Alex Gibney Punctures Elon’s Self-Mythology

“To make this film, I set out to solve a mystery,” Gibney says in the documentary. “How could Musk assume so much power, and why had we given it to him?”

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Don’t panic about the plague

While the chances of a lab accident triggering an epidemic are virtually zero, the disease remains an active threat in many parts of the world

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There’s nothing wrong with being a food snob

I’ll eat cheap white bread, greasy-spoon sausages and microwave-baked potatoes. But caring about provenance, quality and how our food is produced shouldn’t be dismissed as elitist

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Hannah Arendt and why friendship matters more than truth

In a polarised age, the political theorist’s notion of civic fellowship is essential

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For the jargon of a digitally minded profession, journalese is still strangely anchored in the past

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Whatever happened to big, boozy wine?

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Never mind the ‘risk to humanity’, Anthropic’s IPO raises more prosaic concerns

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Conor O’Clery: I forced myself to attend an execution in the US and came away sickened

The condemned man was truly evil but I found myself shaking after the experience

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Restaurateur Barry Canny, founder of Peploe’s in Dublin, leaves more than €2.8m in will

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