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• A golf course for ‘the people’ faces a presidential makeover

  05-09-2026 13:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump wants to transform East Potomac Park's golf course in Washington, D.C., into a world-class venue
  
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• Inside the Trump FBI push to investigate Fauci and find evidence Covid came from a Chinese lab

  06-09-2026 01:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Many Trump supporters believe the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases covered up a lab leak in Wuhan that they believe caused the pandemic
  
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• Robin Morgan, poet and feminist whose allies included Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem, dies at 85

  05-09-2026 23:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Robin Morgan is considered ‘one of the architects of the contemporary women’s movement’
  
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• New Mexico man killed his cousin during argument over heat of their enchiladas: cops

  05-09-2026 22:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ervin Gutierrez, 22, allegedly fatally shot his cousin Nathaniel Cavazos, 25, after coming over to an Albuquerque apartment for dinner
  
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• Part of the Kennedy Center’s ceiling collapses – sparking calls to allow Trump’s renovations

  05-09-2026 22:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘President Trump has been right: America’s cultural center needs to close, renovate, and be restored—now,’ the Kennedy Center said in a statement
  
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• Two killed as Greek air force jet crashes at annual air show near Athens

  05-09-2026 22:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  The crash of the twin-seat Phantom F4 jet occurred during a low-altitude manoeuvre
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin meets with Trump envoys amid 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv

  05-09-2026 22:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are visiting Moscow and Kyiv over the weekend
  
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• RFK Jr finally admits that measles was the cause of infant’s death in Pennsylvania

  05-09-2026 21:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pennsylvania is one of three states, alongside South Carolina and Utah, that have been hit the hardest by measles this year
  
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• Prankster built GOP midterm convention lookalike website - that just sends people to the Epstein files

  05-09-2026 21:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  It’s not clear who created the site, but the Republican National Committee pinned the blame on Democrats
  
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• Trump team must give 48 hours notice before starting construction on DC arch, judge rules

  05-09-2026 20:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Trump administration claims the announced work at the site will only be standard archaeological analysis in preparation for construction
  
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• Kennedy Center renews call for Trump-backed shutdown after part of a ceiling collapses

  05-09-2026 19:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  A spokesperson for the Kennedy Center is blaming “decades of neglect” for causing part of the ceiling to collapse in the performing arts venue's grand foyer
  
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• Argentine couple to return Nazi-looted portrait to Jewish collector’s family after 80 years

  05-09-2026 19:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Portrait of a Lady, looted by the Nazis during World War II, has been cleared for return
  
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• ‘Dead fish’ smell in Massachusetts town is so bad they are taking property owner to court

  05-09-2026 18:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I would describe it as the worst smell you get at the seashore,’ the town administrator said
  
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• Georgia cop reveals why he shot dead a family’s pet donkey

  05-09-2026 18:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  The officer has been put on administrative leave pending an investigation
  
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• Tetris owner lashes out at Trump team over ‘Build the Wall’ arcade game on new White House site

  05-09-2026 17:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  The company stressed that it had no role in creating the game and added that it takes ‘copyright infringement very seriously’
  
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• Suspected guerrilla drone attack kills at least three soldiers in Colombia

  05-09-2026 17:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Local authorities blamed the attack on the rebel National Liberation Army (ELN)
  
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• Congo wedding party horror as major fire kills at least 22 people

  05-09-2026 17:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  The fire started late on Friday and continued into the early hours of Saturday
  
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• US strikes three Iranian oil tankers after two of its warships targeted with missiles

  05-09-2026 17:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Central Command told Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: ‘If you shoot at two of our ships, we will impose an even higher economic cost’
  
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• Iranian death row prisoner smuggles out desperate plea to the world: Do not forget about us

  05-09-2026 16:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: From behind the bars of a brutal Iranian prison, a political dissident awaiting execution describes life behind bars - and says the war with the US has made carrying out executions easier for the regime. Alex Croft reports
  
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• Meet the young Iranian protestors facing execution

  05-09-2026 16:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  As Iran ramps up executions of protestors, Amirhossein Miresmaeili speaks to the families and friends of those on death row
  
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• Illinois mom murdered her toddler son after becoming ‘very invested’ in Lindsay Clancy case, cops say

  05-09-2026 16:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  The woman reportedly told police that she believed her child was ‘the devil’ or ‘the anti-Christ’
  
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• More Americans are identifying as Democrats in latest troubling sign for Trump and the midterms

  05-09-2026 16:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Democrats now hold their largest party-affiliation advantage over Republicans in years
  
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• Greek air force jet crash starts huge fire at flying show near Athens

  05-09-2026 16:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  A Greek air force jet crashed in front of thousands of spectators at an aerial show north of Athens
  
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• New York gallery sues Alaska Airlines for allegedly ruining half a million dollars in Japanese artwork

  05-09-2026 15:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: Eleven paintings were ‘soaked and sustained significant damage’ when they were transferred between flights during a rainstorm in Honolulu, according to court filings reviewed by The Independent
  
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• New York gallery says Alaska Airlines ruined half a million dollars in Japanese artwork: suit

  05-09-2026 15:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: Eleven paintings were ‘soaked and sustained significant damage’ when they were transferred between flights during a rainstorm in Honolulu, according to court filings reviewed by The Independent
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin orders 72-hour pause in Kyiv strikes, Moscow claims – as Trump’s envoys fly in

  05-09-2026 14:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are set to visit Moscow and Kyiv over the weekend
  
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• Elon Musk launches his steering wheel-free gold Tesla Cybercabs onto US streets

  05-09-2026 14:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk sent dozens of self-driving Cybercabs missing steering wheels and brake pedals onto Austin, Texas, streets Thursday in a bet Americans will get over their fears of “no control” rides and hop inside
  
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• AI companies are dumping $265M into the midterms as data center backlash sweeps through communities

  05-09-2026 14:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘The moral of the story is, trying to bypass communities in developing these data centers is not working, and they’re going to take it to the polls,’ said one expert
  
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• UN votes to adopt new world map that shows the true size of all countries

  05-09-2026 14:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Africa-led campaign asks governments, schools and tech firms to move away from the centuries-old Mercator projection
  
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• Americans face record-high gas prices over Labor Day weekend: ‘It’s completely out of control’

  05-09-2026 13:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Energy costs are continuing to rise amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East
  
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