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fromSlate Magazine
1 hour ago

Trump's Most Reviled Voting Company Sold to a GOP Official. That's Not the Worst of It.

Partisan ownership of major voting-system vendors is troubling but represents one symptom of an opaque, private-equity–dominated election systems industry lacking investor transparency.
#economic-inequality
fromTruthout
30 minutes ago
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Democratic Party Leadership Still Refuses to Address the Root of Inequality

U.S. economic and political systems prioritize corporate enrichment, causing widespread poverty and insecurity while blaming individuals instead of addressing systemic causes.
from48 hills
15 hours ago
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Protesting Donald Trump is not enough - 48 hills

Addressing radical economic inequality is essential to protect democracy, achieve universal healthcare and education, and end poverty, homelessness, and unaffordability.
#venezuela
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 hour ago
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Trump is threatening Venezuela. But his own country looks a lot like it | Daniel Mendiola

US under Trump mirrors Venezuela's crisis through authoritarianism, economic collapse, mass migration, and US historical interventions contributing to instability.
fromThe New Yorker
5 hours ago
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The Real Target of Trump's War on Drug Boats

The Trump Administration has conducted lethal strikes on vessels near Venezuela while advocating aggressive military action and citing unproven drug-related justifications.
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fromAdvocate.com
1 hour ago

The Trump administration has yet another Nazi text problem

A Trump administration nominee privately boasted of "a Nazi streak" and exchanged racist, fascist, and homophobic messages, prompting calls that he is unfit for the post.
#donald-trump
fromwww.mediaite.com
28 minutes ago

GOP Senators Break With Trump On Punishing Blue States, Warn MAGA People' Getting Hurt Too

Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) bluntly told Bolton, No, when asked if she supports Trump's threats to cut major projects like the $16 billion rail tunnel under the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey. The Trump administration has been putting pressure on Democrats during the ongoing shutdown by stripping their states of major projects and defunding programs, something that critics long warned was part of the Project 2025 playbook.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
3 hours ago

It's time to invoke the 25th Amendment to protect America from Donald Trump - LGBTQ Nation

Trump's cognitive fitness appears increasingly impaired, prompting renewed consideration of invoking Section 4 of the 25 th Amendment.
fromAxios
5 hours ago

Jonathan Karl's "Retribution" reveals Hunter Biden's fury at Obama over viral stage moment

Behind the scenes: "I almost jumped up on the stage and said, 'Don't ever f--king do that to the president of the United States again - ever," Hunter Biden, still furious months later, told Karl in one of their extensive interviews. The younger Biden insisted his dad was simply taking some time to acknowledge the crowd. "I knew that that was going to be a meme," Hunter recalled. "That really, really, really, really pissed me off."
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fromAxios
1 hour ago

Report on Trump nominee's "Nazi streak" text threatens Senate confirmation

Senate confirmation of Ingrassia faces significant Republican opposition after revealing texts praising white men and Western civilization and ties to extremist figures.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago

Trump's White House Demolition Is the Perfect Symbol of His Presidency

The Trump White House began privately funded construction of a 90,000-square-foot State Ballroom without standard federal review, sidestepping public oversight.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 hours ago

The US refugee program changed my life. Trump's possible overhaul would be disastrous | Bahati Kanyamanza

Proposed US refugee policy would cap resettlement at 7,500 and prioritize white South Africans and Europeans over the world's most vulnerable refugees.
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fromTruthout
1 hour ago

Rutgers University Senate Passes Academic Freedom Resolution After Prof Flees US

Rutgers University Senate unanimously approved a resolution supporting academic freedom after history professor Mark Bray received death threats and harassment from Turning Point USA's watchlist.
fromwww.mediaite.com
52 minutes ago

Echoes of Biden': Fox's Mark Levin Issues Grave Warning About the Trump Administration

The leakers and media are at it again, undermining the President's foreign policy. POTUS says there was no yelling at Zelensky, as the media reported. Zelensky said it was a positive meeting. We have seen the same thing between POTUS and Netanyahu, submitted Levin on Monday night. Someone or some people are relentlessly leaking and undermining President Trump and our allies. The perp or perps must be found out and removed, asap.
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fromGothamist
2 hours ago

Legal experts question Rep. Goldman's call for NYPD to arrest ICE agents if they act unlawfully

It is abundantly clear that the Trump administration is unwilling to police its own officers or hold them accountable for gross misconduct. Accordingly, NYPD - pursuant to the department's own mission, values and oath of office - has an obligation to intervene and take appropriate action, including arrest, when federal immigration officers engage in conduct that is unlawful under state law and beyond the scope of their federal enforcement authority.
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fromview.nl.npr.org
2 hours ago

In 1975, New York City ran out of money. For a decade it had managed to pay for its hundreds of thousands of city employees and robust social services by taking on billions of dollars in debt. But eventually investors were no longer willing to lend the city any more money. New York teetered on the edge of bankruptcy the city shuttered more than a dozen firehouses, teachers went on strike and garbage piled up in the streets.
#white-house-renovation
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 hour ago

Threats Must be Taken Seriously!' MAGA Influencers Fume Over Colombia's President Saying He Wants to Get Rid of Trump'

The problem is that I doubt that this is on Trump's mind. But I trust that the democratic resolve of the American institutions, which do not exist yet in Colombia, are able to put science and truth above slander and arrogance and greed. You mission is not to change Trump, Coronell summed up. No, the president replied. Your mission is to seek the best possible negotiation for those millions of Colombians who depend on those jobs and that economy.
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#trump
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fromLGBTQ Nation
2 hours ago

GOP governor candidate will ban same-sex marriage, top campaign aide promises - LGBTQ Nation

A Ciattarelli campaign adviser publicly called for banning same-sex marriage, and Ciattarelli did not repudiate the adviser’s anti–marriage-equality remarks.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 hour ago

Fox News host Laura Ingraham joins business venture with Donald Trump Jr

Laura Ingraham joins a SPAC with Donald Trump Jr. and Chamath Palihapitiya to raise $260M, despite previously criticizing Hunter Biden's business dealings.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
24 minutes ago

Trump-Pardoned Jan 6 Rioter Charged With Threatening to Kill Top Democrat

A January 6 rioter pardoned by Donald Trump allegedly threatened to assassinate House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries via text messages and has been charged.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 hour ago

Trump Fan On CNN Battles Accusation Donald Trump Is a Racist!'

Batya Ungar-Sargon condemned racist Young Republicans' messages, urged Republican leaders to repudiate extremists, and criticized failing to immediately and vociferously condemn anti-Semitism and anti-black racism.
fromHarper's Magazine
52 minutes ago

Weekly Review, by Harper's Magazine

Fishermen in Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago reported being afraid to return to work after the Trump Administration conducted the seventh of its lethal air strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats since September, eighty-three year-old senator Mitch McConnell fell to the floor while answering a question from two volunteers about whether he supported ICE's practice of abducting people off the streets,
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fromwww.mediaite.com
10 minutes ago

Pro-Trump Outlet Details Military Leaders Ripping Into Pete Hegseth: 'He Lost Us'

Secretary Pete Hegseth's public grandstanding and policy pronouncements have alienated senior military leaders, contributing to resignations, loss of trust, and talent bleed.
fromThe Nation
47 minutes ago

Trump Is Waging War On His Own Country

He told the hundreds of generals and admirals gathered to hear him that some of them would be called upon to take a primary role at a time when his administration has launched occupations of American cities, deployed tens of thousands of troops across the United States, created a framework for targeting domestic enemies, cast his political rivals as subhuman, and asserted his right to wage secret war and summarily execute those he deems terrorists.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
4 hours ago

ICE intensifies surveillance of immigrants with facial recognition programs, human tracking, and social media monitoring

ICE is acquiring expansive surveillance tools, including biometrics, spyware, and social-media monitoring, raising concerns about targeting immigrants and threats to free expression.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago

It Was Kind of Funny!' CNN's Scott Jennings Throws Down With Liberal Colleague Over Trump's AI Poop Bomb Video

President Trump posted a fabricated video of him bombing No Kings protesters with feces, prompting sharp debate about its humor and appropriateness.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago

Trump Threatens to Put a FAST, FURIOUS & BRUTAL' End to Hamas If It Doesn't Disarm

President Trump warned Hamas to disarm immediately or face a 'FAST, FURIOUS, & BRUTAL' end and said regional allies offered heavy ground forces to enter Gaza.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 hour ago

Hunter Biden Blasts Trump's Fecal No Kings' AI Video: Painting A Target' On Young Influencer Harry Sisson

Hunter Biden condemned Trump's feces-themed AI video as juvenile and dangerous, saying it paints a target on young influencer Harry Sisson.
fromNewsOne
18 hours ago

DHS Uses Black Teen's Video To Falsely Depict Black Youths As ICE Agent Hunters

It's bad enough that our sitting president sits up in either the Oval Office or in some golf cart somewhere, posting racist and/or Democrat-hating AI-generated videos during a time that would be better spent - oh, I don't know - running a country that is currently operating without a funded federal government. But, since Trump has been back in office, the social media feeds the White House and other federal agencies have also become little more than government-run 4chan threads for MAGA rubes who communicate their political ideologies through memes because they don't read books.
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fromWIRED
48 minutes ago

Inside the Trump Adminstration's Bluesky Invasion

"That's fine. Nobody can ever say we're not attempting to be transparent or attempting to communicate to as many people as possible. That's the name of the game."
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 hours ago

Trump EPA seeks to weaken scrutiny for some of US's most toxic chemicals

A proposed rule would weaken EPA safety reviews for many toxic chemicals, shorten review timelines, reduce scrutiny, and block state bans or restrictions.
#george-santos
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fromFast Company
3 hours ago

White House remodeling begins with Trump's demolition in the East Wing

White House began demolishing part of the East Wing to build a $250 million ballroom without required approval from the National Capital Planning Commission.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago

Lawrence Jones Says Zohran Mamdani Wants to 'Eliminate' Jews

I believe Zohran Mamdani poses a danger to the security of the New York Jewish community, Rabbi Cosgrove said. Mamdani's refusal to condemn insightful slogans like globalize the intifada,' his denial of Israel's legitmacy as a Jewish state, his calls to arrest Israel's prime minister should he enter New York, and his thrice-repeated accusation of genocide in Thursday's debate. For these and so many other statements past, present, and unrepentant, he is a danger to the Jewish body politic of New York City.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 hours ago

UK elderly population at record high as life expectancy for men continues to increase

Men in the UK are reaching very old ages at a faster rate than women, increasing their share of the elderly and centenarian populations.
fromCaribbean Life
2 hours ago

Queens BP Donovan Richards Jr. Diwali celebration honors seven - Caribbean Life

I couldn't be prouder to represent this borough of constituents, from 190 countries, that speak 360 languages, and dialects, he said, thanking Senator John Liu for putting forward a law to make Diwali a holiday.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago

Kaitlan Collins Drops Blizzard of Comey Receipts on Trump

Comey's lawyers argue that President Trump's repeated public attacks and social media posts demonstrate vindictive prosecution, seeking dismissal of the indictment.
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fromThe Nation
1 hour ago

Trump Has Handed Coal Miners a "Death Sentence." But They're Not Going Without a Fight.

The Trump administration refused to enforce a federal silica-exposure rule that would have halved miners' silica exposure, endangering Appalachian coal miners' health.
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fromQNS
2 hours ago

Over 200 attend 'anti-casino' town hall in Flushing, criticize Sen. Liu over support of Metropolitan Park - QNS

Planned Metropolitan Park casino development faces local opposition after state legislation reclassified Citi Field parking lot, advancing an $8 billion Hard Rock resort and casino proposal.
fromenglish.elpais.com
6 hours ago

Florida Hispanics on the legalization of open carry: It feels like the Wild West'

The state already permitted carrying weapons as long as they were kept inside a car or somewhere out of public view, but a court declared a 1987 ruling prohibiting open carry unconstitutional. Now, people can walk around with pistols in their waistbands or rifles and submachine guns slung on their shoulders, except in places where it is expressly prohibited, such as businesses or private properties, which decide whether or not to allow it.
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fromSFGATE
52 minutes ago

Pentagon calls Netflix's content 'woke garbage

Netflix's dramedy Boots portrays a closeted gay Marine recruit and drew Pentagon criticism labeling Netflix's programming 'woke garbage'.
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 hour ago

The Federal Reserve Wants To Bring In A 'New Era' Of Crypto

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller says the central bank is entering a "new era" in payments - one that openly embraces decentralized finance (DeFi), distributed ledgers, and digital asset innovation as part of the mainstream financial system. Speaking Tuesday at the Fed's first-ever Payments Innovation Conference in Washington, Waller said the central bank intends to play an "active role" in the crypto revolution transforming the global payments landscape.
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fromwww.npr.org
6 hours ago

'Cancer doesn't care': Patients pushed past divisive politics to lobby Congress

Breast cancer survivors from different political backgrounds united in Washington to lobby Congress for continued cancer research and patient support.
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fromAdvocate.com
5 hours ago

daily newsletter 10/20/25

The Trump administration's policies are attacking vulnerable communities while courts restore diversity lessons and Karine Jean‑Pierre criticizes Project 2025; George Santos's sentence was commuted.
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fromIndependent
11 hours ago

Ksenia Samotiy: Irish voters take note - Donald Trump's actions represent everything a president shouldn't be

A US leader used AI to mock 'No Kings' protesters, embodying a political culture that mistakes ridicule for strength.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
5 hours ago

Shackelford: Donald Trump applies his strongman approach to Latin America

The second Trump administration reasserts U.S. hemispheric influence, using economic power to back favored autocrats and punish opponents, undermining democratic norms.
#government-shutdown
fromThe Atlantic
4 hours ago

If Trump Wants Peace, He'll Need to Go to War With Israel's Hard Right

When Donald Trump arrived in Israel last week to celebrate his Gaza agreement, Israelis of all stripes fell over themselves to thank him for his efforts to end the war and bring hostages home. The Knesset was lit up in red, white, and blue; its members gave the president a two-and-a-half-minute standing ovation when he arrived. A Tel Aviv beach was decorated with a giant silhouette of his face.
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fromAbove the Law
16 hours ago

4th Time The Loser - See Also - Above the Law

Legal and political updates: Jeanine Pirro loses a fourth case; a DOJ whistleblower defends the Constitution; tax-law school choices; ATL costume contest; Loggins objects.
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fromThe Nation
7 hours ago

The Real Lesson From Zohran Mamdani's Ascent

Public financing allowed Zohran Mamdani to mount a competitive mayoral campaign by matching small-dollar donations and funding substantial advertising, staffing, and outreach.
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fromIndependent
11 hours ago

Fionnan Sheahan: Don't mention the banks -the left is unified in ignoring Catherine Connolly's repossession cases

A presidential candidate's campaign falters as supporters struggle to explain a past scandal similar to Chappaquiddick, undermining electoral prospects.
fromAxios
15 hours ago

Scoop: Ted Cruz's phone records targeted by Jack Smith in Trump invstigation

Cruz's phone records were ultimately not analyzed as part of Smith's Jan. 6 Capitol attack investigation because AT&T did not comply with the subpoena, according to a source directly familiar with the situation. Between the lines: The disclosure makes Cruz the ninth Republican senator for whom the Justice Department sought phone records, according to a copy of a subpoena obtained by Axios.
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#national-guard-deployment
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
15 hours ago

University of Arizona latest to turn down Trump's policy demands

Seven of nine elite universities approached declined a Trump-era compact tying funding consideration to admissions, hiring, and international-student limits.
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fromThe Nation
6 hours ago

Trump's Caribbean Killing Spree

US military strikes off Venezuela killed at least 21 people, targeting alleged cartel members without presented evidence after labeling drug cartels terrorists.
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fromFortune
7 hours ago

Trump immigration policies would slash workforce estimate by 15.7 million and slow GDP growth by a third over the next decade, study says | Fortune

Immigration restrictions will shrink the U.S. labor force by millions and cut annual economic growth by nearly one-third over the next decade.
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fromwww.npr.org
6 hours ago

Blue New Jersey is expecting a very close race for governor this November

New Jersey's gubernatorial race between Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli is unusually close, drawing high-profile endorsements and increasingly personal attacks.
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fromAxios
6 hours ago

Dem Senate candidate embraced "antifa supersoldier" label

Platner's past Reddit references to an "antifa supersoldier" and engagement with the Socialist Rifle Association could be used as political liabilities in his Senate campaign.
#national-guard
fromAxios
15 hours ago
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Chicago, D.C., Portland lead legal fights over Trump's National Guard push

fromAxios
15 hours ago
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Chicago, D.C., Portland lead legal fights over Trump's National Guard push

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fromwww.mercurynews.com
15 hours ago

Thousands in Bay Area to see health care costs spike as Democrats blast Trump and GOP

Expiration of the expanded Affordable Care Act premium tax credit would raise premiums by about $125 monthly for 1.7 million Californians.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
12 hours ago

Ron Paul Rips Hysterical' Trump For Calling His Son a Nasty Liddle Guy'

President Trump publicly insulted Sen. Rand Paul and Rep. Thomas Massie for not reliably supporting the Republican Party, prompting Ron Paul's response.
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fromSlate Magazine
6 hours ago

How Trump Is Winking at the Anti-Abortion Movement While Seeming to Support IVF

The Trump plan provides modest IVF cost reductions through voluntary employer encouragement and a single drug discount, falling far short of 'free IVF'.
fromNature
15 hours ago

The TrumpRx website won't slash drug prices - but this will

US President Donald Trump announced a deal with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on 30 September, aimed at improving the affordability of drugs for people in the country. This is the first concrete step under Trump's 'most-favoured nation' policy, which intends to align US medicine prices to those in other wealthy countries. But it is unlikely to deliver the promised reductions in drug costs, and the knock-on effects could adversely affect public health globally.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 hours ago

Rogue president': growing number of US judges push back against Trump

Federal courts increasingly reject Trump's emergency claims and expansive executive actions, constraining National Guard deployments and deportation policies while upholding constitutional limits.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
14 hours ago

Fox Correspondent Praises Trump's AI Video of the President Dropping Feces on Protesters: A Nice Touch'

Fox Business hosts mocked nationwide 'No Kings' anti-Trump protests and reacted approvingly to an AI-generated Trump video showing him dropping feces on protesters.
#white-house
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
5 hours ago

UK braces for 75mph winds and heavy rain after Met Office issues weather warning

Met Office yellow warnings cover much of England and Wales with gusts up to 75 mph, risking power cuts, coastal damage and threats to life.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
14 hours ago

Trump DOJ Prosecutor Sent Journalist Dozens of Texts Then Tried to Claim Off the Record'

Lindsey Halligan, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, sent dozens of texts to Anna Bower and claimed the conversation was off the record.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
8 hours ago

Business news live - Government borrowing in September hits highest level since Covid

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
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fromVulture
17 hours ago

Kenny Loggins Objects to Trump's Use of 'Danger Zone' in AI Video

"This is an unauthorized use of my performance of 'Danger Zone.' Nobody asked me for my permission, which I would have denied, and I request that my recording on this video is removed immediately."
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#immigration-enforcement
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fromAxios
15 hours ago

Exclusive: Trump judicial nominee "indefinitely" stalled by criminal probe

Guard's judicial nomination is indefinitely paused amid an investigation into diversion of $10 million in secret settlement funds linked to a DeSantis-controlled political committee.
fromCbsnews
5 hours ago

Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to murder Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week

Court documents obtained by CBS News said Christopher Moynihan was arrested Sunday after saying in text messages that he planned to "eliminate" Jeffries when the top House Democrat spoke at an event in New York City on Monday. According to a court filing by prosecutors in the New York state criminal case, Moynihan wrote, "Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live."
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fromPortland Mercury
9 hours ago

Update: Oregon Calls For New Hearing After Appeals Court Rules National Guard Can Deploy to Portland

The 9th Circuit ruled President Trump can deploy the National Guard in Portland, prompting Oregon officials to seek a full-court rehearing to block federal troop deployment.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
5 hours ago

Stephen Colbert Offers Dietary Advice to King Trump' After Insane' AI Poop Video

Stephen Colbert lambasted Donald Trump for sharing an AI-generated video showing him, as 'King Trump,' dropping feces on protesters, and criticized defenders of the clip.
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fromLos Angeles Times
5 hours ago

L.A. City Council candidate to be fined $17,500 for ethics violation

Jose Ugarte, deputy chief of staff to Curren Price, agreed to pay $17,500 for failing to disclose outside income from his consulting firm (2021–2023).
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
7 hours ago

Woman wins right to work from home every day in landmark case

An Australian retail bank employee won a tribunal ruling allowing permanent remote work after Westpac sought to reinstate mandatory office attendance.
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fromwww.thelocal.com
7 hours ago

US government almost doubles price of ESTA visa waiver

Nationals of Visa Waiver Program countries must obtain an ESTA, now $40, to enter the US for short visits under 90 days; apply early and note passport-linked validity.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 hours ago

CIA playing most important part' in US strikes in the Caribbean, sources say

The Central Intelligence Agency is providing the bulk of the intelligence used to carry out the controversial lethal air strikes by the Trump administration against small, fast-going boats in the Caribbean Sea suspected of carrying drugs from Venezuela, according to three sources familiar with the operations. Experts say the agency's central role means much of the evidence used to select which alleged smugglers to kill on the open sea will almost certainly remain secret.
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