White House has labeled ads ‘public service announcements’ and has responded defiantly to criticism
Trump campaign ads paid with public money violate federal law, critics say
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'Bad news' for economy as Diesel prices hit 'unwelcome milestone' of £2 per litre
'Bad news' for economy as Diesel prices hit 'unwelcome milestone' of £2 per litre
It shows diesel at exactly 200p for the first time on record.
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📺 HAPPENING NOW: The Senate will vote on Republicans' latest attempt to sneak a voter ID requirement through the chamber by attaching it to a congressional stock-trading ban. The last-ditch effort comes just as the Senate packs up for the campaign trail. Stream below👇
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US bans $1 billion of Canadian imports. Here’s what you won’t see on shelves anymore
US bans $1 billion of Canadian imports. Here’s what you won’t see on shelves anymore
The move is a fresh escalation in President Donald Trump’s second-term trade dispute with the neighboring nation
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Supreme Court lets Trump resume third-country deportations reut.rs/4yZZNRd
Supreme Court lets Trump resume third-country deportations
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump's administration resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own without offering them the chance to show the harms they may face, bolstering a tool his administration has used for rapid expulsions as part of his immigration crackdown.
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JUST IN: King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as Morocco's first woman prime minister after her liberal-centrist party came out on top in a September 23 parliamentary election, the royal palace said reut.rs/4e5QO94
Exclusive: The Trump administration used Homeland Security funds to finance a set of controversial pro-Trump advertisements that recently began airing on television. on.wsj.com/4dGYi28
Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
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More than 40 million depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Yet plastic pollution in the lake water isn’t regulated, and manufacturers are moving to dramatically increase the amount of plastics produced.
Great waste in the Great Lakes: How plastic pollution is clogging our waters
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A former Boulder County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested early Monday morning after deputies saw him use an AR-15 to shoot at the Sheriff’s office entrance. He is also suspected of shooting at the Broomfield Police Department earlier that night.
Former Boulder County deputy shoots at jail, Broomfield PD with AR-15, officials say
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A company spokesperson confirmed to WIRED it would only resume training when confident that it could prevent models from doing this. www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI Pauses Training Its Most Powerful Models After Rogue Agents Target Government
Sam Altman says the company “have not been as fast as we would have liked” at dealing with security breaches, after news of further incidents over the summer forces another temporary halt.
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Mike Johnson says opposition to data centers "is a Chinese psyop. I really believe that. That's not a conspiracy theory."
NEW: ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for nearly a year.
The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting
ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...
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British police have arrested five men on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism and explosives offenses outside RAF Fairford, a base in western England operated by the U.S.
Air base at the center of a UK terror probe has been used by the US Air Force during the Iran war
British police have arrested five men on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism and explosives offenses outside RAF Fairford, a base in western England operated by the U.S.
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The foreign ministers of Russia and Germany met in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Saturday in the first such talks since before Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. https://cnn.it/47l6bqn
Jaan Tallinn spent the past week at the U.N., his latest stop in a year of trips to tell anyone who will listen: AI could end humanity. One of Anthropic’s earliest investors, he stands to make billions from the company’s expected initial public offering. Concerns about AI motivated him to invest.
He’s Completely Terrified of AI—and He’s About to Make Billions Off It
One of Anthropic’s earliest investors, Jaan Tallinn dances hip-hop and warns about “racing to build a technology that could end humanity.”
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The White House announced President Trump was cutting $810 million of congressionally approved spending using a controversial legal tactic called a pocket rescission.
What Supreme Court said about rare power Trump defies Congress with
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The Senate rejected a resolution to block President Trump from ordering further strikes on Iran. Four Republicans defied Trump and joined Democrats in voting for it. One Democrat, Sen. John Fetterman (Pennsylvania), voted against it.
Senate rejects measure to block Trump from ordering more strikes on Iran
The administration ignored passage of a similar resolution in June, arguing that it lacks the force of law.
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Presley Gerber arrived at Resolutions Living in Santa Monica around 10 p.m. Saturday, a law enforcement source tells NBC News. Just hours later, police found him dead in a room where he’d been sleeping, the source says.
Sober home where Presley Gerber died is not required to be licensed like rehab facilities
Presley Gerber arrived at Resolutions Living in Santa Monica around 10 p.m. Saturday. Hours later, police found him dead in a room.
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U.S. equities fell on Wednesday as Treasury yields marched higher amid concerns among investors that more interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve may be coming down the pike. cnb.cx/4cZzD8N
Dow tumbles more than 300 points, Nasdaq drops 1% as Treasury yields surge: Live updates
U.S. equities fell on Wednesday as Treasury yields marched higher amid concerns among investors that more interest rate hikes from the Fed may be coming.
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has accused the US and Israel of committing “terrorism” against his country, a day after Trump threatened to “annihilate” Iran if a peace deal cannot be reached jrnl.ie/7171082
US delegate leaves the room as Iran's president tells UN that country is 'victim of terrorism'
For the first time ever, the president of a country at war with the US addressed the UN in New York this afternoon.
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www.npr.org/2026/09/23/n... ICE plans to create "mobile detention facilities" for immigrant detainees in Pennsylvania. Acting ICE Director described wanting squads of trucks rounding up immigrants and having the deportation process run like "[Amazon] Prime, but with human beings." #ICE #Blues
ICE is looking into 'mobile detention facilities'
Buried in the paperwork for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's expansion in Pennsylvania is a document requesting "mobile detention facilities."
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The Trump administration plans to limit the number of refugees admitted to the country to 17,500 mostly white South Africans, the administration told Congress Tuesday.
Trump administration tells Congress it will admit 17,500 white South African refugees
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“.. a rising clamour for an intervention on Monday from politicians representing agricultural districts as the price of diesel, the lifeblood of American industry and its farming heartlands, jumped to a fresh record ..” #ExportBan @financialtimes.com ⛽️ www.ft.com/content/319c...
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
BREAKING: Trump’s job approval has fallen to an abysmal new low: 🟢 Approve: 29% 🟤 Disapprove: 68% That’s the lowest approval rating Trump has recorded with any pollster across either of his terms. American Research Group | Sept. 16–20 | Registered voters
America's big money apartment landlords are staring down a looming debt, the Wall Street Journal warned on Monday. The alert lands days after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since 2023.
WSJ lays bare new crisis about to crash Trump's economy as 'chickens come home to roost'
America's big money apartment landlords are staring down a looming debt, the Wall Street Journal warned on Monday.The alert lands days after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since 2023. Apartment owners owe more than $1.8 trillion over the next decade, with roughly $757 b...
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