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• John Oliver blasts the misinformation 'feedback loop between Fox and Trump'

  20-04-2020 18:30
  
  John Oliver blasts the misinformation 'feedback loop between Fox and Trump'. The Last Week Tonight host examines misinformation during the pandemic, and blasts Fox News for its alternate universe pipeline to the president
  
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• John Oliver destroys Hegseth over military’s ‘floating nightmare’ USS Lincoln

  17-08-2026 17:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  The defense secretary claims conditions on the aircraft carrier have been ‘completely misrepresented’
  
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• Nearly a quarter of Republicans say they are poorer in Trump’s second term

  17-08-2026 17:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Most voters say they are worse off after a year and a half of Trump
  
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• Russia expanding secret bases that can launch drones deep inside Nato: report

  17-08-2026 17:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Nato has raised the alarm over the threat of a Russian attack amid repeated incursions by Moscow’s drones
  
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• CBS News correspondent Matt Gutman accused of sexual harassment in new lawsuit

  17-08-2026 17:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  The lawsuit filed by a former ABC field producer details claims that the journalist made inappropriate sexual comments and rated a female colleague’s appearance on assignment
  
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• Big Sur’s most famed attraction may spell its downfall as concerned locals says its ‘unmanaged’ and a ‘ free-for-all’

  17-08-2026 17:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  A 90-mile stretch of some of the most scenic roadway in the nation reopened this year, writes Graig Graziosi, but not everyone is celebrating as California’s Big Sur struggles to find its latest identity
  
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• How desperate will Trump get with his crusade to seize control of federal elections? The clock is ticking

  17-08-2026 17:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump is losing a bogus ‘election integrity’ crusade as he approaches the final days before midterms. Alex Woodward lays out his options on next steps
  
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• Father and son make amazing prehistoric discovery on NJ beach

  17-08-2026 17:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Megalodons went extinct approximately 3.58 million years ago
  
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• Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 23-29 includes Shania Twain and Chris Pine

  17-08-2026 16:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Aug. 23-29 include “Nope” actor Keke Palmer, “Wonder Woman” actor Chris Pine and “Selma” director Ava DuVernay
  
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• Batman would have a field day at this under-seige National Park

  17-08-2026 16:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  One even got caught in a woman’s hair last weekend, says the National Park Service
  
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• Russia jails opposition politician for 11 years over Ukraine war criticism

  17-08-2026 16:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lev Shlosberg was sentenced to 11 years in jail on Monday
  
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• Trump brings back misspelled insult to attack Fox News host over militarized White House ballroom

  17-08-2026 16:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Trump used a phonetic spelling to insult the Fox News host for not using more updated footage of the White House ballroom construction
  
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• Raytheon awarded $22.9 billion ‘landmark’ contract to boost Tomahawk output for US Navy

  17-08-2026 16:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Raytheon said that the deal will boost annual Tomahawk output to over 1,000 missiles, up from its present rate of 60 per year
  
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• Trump rejected by Supreme Court in bid to grab millions back from E Jean Carroll over sex abuse verdict

  17-08-2026 16:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Justices shoot down Trump’s second attempt to reverse defamation and sexual abuse verdict
  
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• Trump gets rejected by Supreme Court in bid to grab back millions from E Jean Carroll sex abuse verdict

  17-08-2026 16:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Justices shoot down Trump’s second attempt to reverse defamation and sexual abuse verdict
  
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• White House denies Trump chief Susie Wiles’ phone was hacked again after UK Prime Minister falls victim to hoax

  17-08-2026 16:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Denial comes after Prime Minister Andy Burnham was taken in by a hoaxer who claimed to be Wiles in a text exchange
  
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• American tourist dies after being struck by lightning hiking Sicily’s Mount Etna

  17-08-2026 16:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Authorities have closed large sections of the volcano's slope to hikers due to prolonged volcanic activity
  
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• Heavily tattooed Nancy Mace shows off her new look as she launches YouTube podcast

  17-08-2026 16:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mace previously said that she got tattooed to ‘reclaim’ her body and to feel ‘the pain that I need to feel’
  
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• Ebola outbreak in DR Congo now country’s deadliest ever – as deaths double in three weeks

  17-08-2026 15:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Someone dies of Ebola every 30 minutes, according to the United Nations , and it is now killing almost one in two recorded cases.
  
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• Burnham exchanged messages with person posing as Trump’s chief of staff Susie Wiles

  17-08-2026 15:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  The new prime minister messaged someone he believed was White House chief of staff Susie Wiles
  
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• Trump again threatens to ‘bomb the s*** out of’ ally Oman over Strait of Hormuz

  17-08-2026 14:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  President had previously threatened to bomb the country in May
  
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• Mount Etna eruption LIVE: Sicily volcano alert as UK flights to Catania Airport hit

  17-08-2026 14:43 via express.co.uk
  British holidaymakers are facing major flight disruption over the coming hours.
  
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• Horror as boy, 16, hacks father to death with axe before killing himself

  17-08-2026 14:30 via express.co.uk
  Police believe the 16-year-old attacked his father while he was sleeping.
  
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• Trump gushes over dictator Kim Jong Un and orders US to scale back military drills with South Korea: ‘Get along great!’

  17-08-2026 14:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  The 11-day joint drills between South Korea and the US military start on Monday
  
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• Donald Trump threatens to 'bomb the s***' out of Oman if it 'gets in our way'

  17-08-2026 14:00 via express.co.uk
  Donald Trump has sent a chilling warning to a country other than Iran.
  
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• Huge inferno engulfs ‘Russian Amazon’ Wildberries after Ukraine’s largest ever drone strike

  17-08-2026 13:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ukraine has successfully targeted Wildberries hubs seven times in six weeks as part of a campaign to bring the war to Russia
  
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• Vladimir Putin secretly installs drone hubs within striking range of NATO countries

  17-08-2026 13:47 via express.co.uk
  Russia is using secret bases to launch strikes on Ukraine and pose a threat to NATO nations.
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv strikes rocket fuel plant after launching largest drone attack of 2026

  17-08-2026 13:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  The attack on the rocket fuel plant was part of what Moscow says was Kyiv’s largest drone attack of 2026
  
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• Trump says the BBC is trying to harass his family after broadcaster tries to subpoena his children

  17-08-2026 13:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump legal team claims the BBC is ‘abusing the deposition process’ as broadcaster fights a $10 billion lawsuit
  
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• Trump roasted over ‘flying palace’ trips with aide: ‘He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie’

  17-08-2026 13:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Democratic senator Jon Ossoff claimed that the president is ‘treating citizens as fools and those who serve as pawns’
  
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