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• EU considers denying entry to American visitors over US failure to contain coronavirus

  23-06-2020 23:26 via cnn.com
  
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• Iran under scrutiny after plot foiled near UK base used by US military

  28-09-2026 20:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Just days after left-wing British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband shook hands with the Islamic Republic of Iran’s top diplomat at the United Nations, U.K. authorities arrested five men with possible links to Tehran who allegedly sought to bomb a military base in Fairford used by American forces.Armed officers arrested the five suspected terrorists who were traveling in three vans reportedly packed with explosive material. The authorities seized the five British nationals and the vans a mere
  
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• Supreme Court Justice Alito recuses himself from climate case involving oil companies

  28-09-2026 20:17 via yahoo.com
  By John KruzelWASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will not participate in an upcoming case involving a bid ‌by oil companies to scuttle a lawsuit seeking to hold them liable ‌for helping fuel climate change, a court official said on Monday.Alito owns stock in several ​oil and gas companies but not Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy, the two companies involved in the dispute to be heard by the court on October 5. He had initially declined calls from wa
  
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• Trump puts sanctions relief on the table as U.S.-Iran talks continue, U.S. official says

  28-09-2026 19:33 via cnn.com
  
  A satellite view shows an overview of the Natanz nuclear facility near Natanz, Iran, on June 30. - Vantor/Reuters
  President Donald Trump is willing to give Iran sanctions relief and release frozen funds as part of a final deal, but only if Tehran offers “concrete progress” on the nuclear issue, a US official told CNN Monday, as mediators try to bring both countries back to the negotiating table.
  The United States is having “positive and constructive discussions through the medi
  
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• Number of measles cases nears 3,700 — with the epicenter in Pennsylvania

  28-09-2026 18:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  The growing number of measles cases across the U.S. this year is nearing 3,700, federal data shows, as an outbreak in Pennsylvania continues to surge. There are now 3,659 confirmed cases this year, according to the latest update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That total includes new cases from Pennsylvania, where 129 cases have been reported over the past seven days, a dashboard from Pennsylvania’s health department shows, bringing the total to 890.Possible measles ex
  
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• FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey resigns in latest shake-up at bureau

  28-09-2026 18:34 via yahoo.com
  The conservative firebrand whom the Trump administration installed as a No. 2 at the FBI announced Mondaythat he is resigning from the bureau.Andrew Bailey, the former Missouri attorney general who has supported debunked claims that the 2020 election was stolen, told bureau employees in an email that he was leavingto spend more time with this family, according to three people familiar with the personnel move who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a matter they were not authorized to
  
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• UK airbase terror suspects being released on bail as Iran denies connection

  28-09-2026 17:46 via foxnews.com
  
  United Kingdom police are releasing five terror suspects on bail Monday after they were arrested on suspicion of a terror plot targeting a U.S. air base in Britain this weekend.Laurence ​Taylor, head of ​Counter Terrorism Policing, confirmed that investigations into the five men are ongoing, "including ⁠that this may be actively committed ​by proxies ​or ⁠individuals either knowingly or unknowingly working on ⁠behalf ​of a ​foreign state." Me
  
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• Russian drones hit science academy in the historic heart of Kyiv

  28-09-2026 17:18 via yahoo.com
  A residential building was hit in the eastern city of Kharkiv (SERGEY BOBOK)Russian drones struck Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences in the historic heart of Kyiv on Monday, in the latest deadly daytime attack on the Ukrainian capital.Kyiv has increasingly faced Russian drones and missiles as Europe's worst conflict since World War II grinds through its fifth year.The capital again came under fire after an air force alert warning of approaching drones.Video footage shared online appeared to
  
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• President Trump to announce new $15 billion steel plant to be built in Iowa

  28-09-2026 16:56 via foxnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump is unveiling Monday plans for a massive steel plant in Iowa that the White House says will be the largest in American history and promises to bring 1,750 permanent jobs to the state.The roughly $15 billion steel plant is touted as a major new investment and evidence that Trump's economic agenda is bringing heavy manufacturing back to the U.S. with just over a month until the midterms. It will create between 5,000 and 6,000 construction jobs during its first phase.Trump is
  
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• President Trump announces new $15 billion steel plant to be built in Iowa

  28-09-2026 16:56 via foxnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump is unveiling Monday plans for a massive steel plant in Iowa that the White House says will be the largest in American history and promises to bring 1,750 permanent jobs to the state.The roughly $15 billion steel plant is touted as a major new investment and evidence that Trump's economic agenda is bringing heavy manufacturing back to the U.S. with just over a month until the midterms. It will create between 5,000 and 6,000 construction jobs during its first phase.Trump is
  
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• Trump rolls back car fuel efficiency standards

  28-09-2026 15:26 via thehill.com
  The Trump administration has rolled back car fuel efficiency standards requiring automakers to ensure their cars and light trucks were using less fuel.
  While the Biden-era standards would have been expected to get the nation’s car fleet to average 50.4 miles per gallon by 2031, the Trump administration on Monday brought that number down to 34.9 miles per gallon. 
  The administration argued that this would make cars cheaper, though opponents of the move point out that car owners could
  
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• SpaceX's Starship rocket reaches orbit for 1st time despite failure of an engine

  28-09-2026 14:50 via tech.yahoo.com
  SpaceX launched its enormous Starship into orbit for the first time Monday and successfully delivered the most advanced Starlinks yet, but cut the flight short to ensure safety.The spacecraft reentered over the Pacific and splashed down north of Hawaii three hours after blasting off from Texas. The company had been aiming for a 10-hour flight, spanning six full laps around Earth, to prove its readiness for NASA's Artemis moon program.Starship tipped over and erupted in flames upon splashdown, a
  
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• SpaceX launches Starship rocket to orbit for 1st time

  28-09-2026 14:50 via tech.yahoo.com
  
  SpaceX launched its enormous Starship into orbit for the first time Monday, aiming for six full laps around Earth to prove its readiness for NASA's Artemis moon program.Starship’s 14th flight is set to launch on Monday, Sept 28. The 75-minute launch window opens at 7:15 a.m. CT. Live coverage of the mission starts ~35 minutes before launch → https://t.co/uQKQvgaTmJ— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 27, 2026 The spacecraft almost didn't achieve the long-desired goal after one of its en
  
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• Pope Leo leans into statesman role, urging peace in an era of renewed war

  28-09-2026 14:46 via yahoo.com
  METZ, France - Pope Leo XIV capped a four-day trip to France in the intellectual birthplace of the European Union, heralding its success at “tearing down walls that were dividing it” and leaning into his role not only as spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics but as an increasingly influential statesman. In back-to-back addresses delivered symbolically in a conference center named after Robert Schuman, the late French foreign minister who was a founding father of the European Unio
  
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• SpaceX's massive Starship is finally going to orbit — and the effects could be seismic

  28-09-2026 14:24 via cnn.com
  
  The SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy booster lift off for a 13th test flight from the company's launch complex in Starbase, Texas, on July 24. - Steve Nesius/Reuters
  For live updates on SpaceX Starship’s 14th test flight, follow CNN’s coverage here.
  People near the sandy shores of Texas’ southernmost coastline are accustomed to the earth-shattering roar of the most powerful rocket ever made: Since 2023, various prototypes of SpaceX’s Starship have taken flight from the are
  
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• Nvidia unveils record $150 billion stock buyback plan

  28-09-2026 14:13 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  The valuation on Nvidia (NVDA) is too appetizing for CEO Jensen Huang to ignore any longer. The king of AI chips revealed a stunning new $150 billion stock buyback plan on Monday — the largest share repurchase authorization increase in history. It brings the company's total buyback authorization to $235 billion. "NVIDIA's growth is being driven by a once-in-a-generation platform shift to AI and accelerated computing," Huang said in a statement. "Our cash generation gives us the capacity to
  
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• Republicans join Democrats in questioning Trump's taxpayer-funded TV ads

  28-09-2026 13:45 via time.com
  
  A screenshot of President Donald Trump's 2023 ad for the 2024 presidential elections. —Screenshot from Donald Trump's Truth Social account @realDonaldTrump“This is the final battle,” Donald Trump could be heard saying in one of the taxpayer-funded television ads that aired ahead of the November elections and elicited scrutiny across political parties for potential violations of federal law.The 30-second ad is a black-and-white video of Trump walking down a hall over audio of hi
  
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• Developer offers $10,000 checks to all households in township if data center is built

  28-09-2026 13:40 via tomshardware.com
  
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  NorthPoint Development wants to build a data center on 1,300 acres in the Pocono foothills, near Hazle Township, Pennsylvania. As well as seeking to charm the local government with various funding packages, it has proposed paying checks of $10,000 per household. Despite the Pennsylvania town’s median income of $60,000, the offer isn’t being warmly welcomed by lo
  
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• 5 British men arrested near U.S.-run air base released on bail as investigation continues

  28-09-2026 13:37 via nbcnews.com
  LONDON —Police have arrested five British nationals in connection with a massive security operation near a base used by the U.S. Air Force to facilitate strikes on Iran, the counterterrorism officials running the operation said Monday.The five men, all from London and in their early to mid-20s, were arrested Sunday on suspicion of terrorism and explosives offenses after three suspicious vehicles were seen moving toward RAF Fairford, a royal air force station about 90 minutes west of London
  
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• Iran says it's up to Trump to choose between war and diplomacy

  28-09-2026 13:32 via cbsnews.com
  
  What to know about the Iran war today:Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that Tehran is "fully prepared for the war to be resumed," and also for the possibility of renewed diplomacy with the U.S. aimed at ending the seven-month conflict, and it's "up to President Trump to choose."Mr. Trump told Axios on Sunday that he expected talks with Iran to resume this week, insisting again that the Islamic Republic is "losing badly" and eager to strike a peace deal. Last week, Iran pr
  
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• Republicans' frustrations with Hegseth mount as Iran war costs build

  28-09-2026 12:50 via semafor.com
  
  The NewsDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth is running into a wall of congressional GOP resistance as he tries to secure $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon next year.Lawmakers’ growing reluctance to fulfill Hegseth’s eye-popping budget request reflects real intraparty concerns about his leadership, his relationship with Congress, and the ongoing war with Iran. It also punctuates months of drama at the Pentagon over the ouster and resignation of various top officials, in addition to reports of
  
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• Hurricane Polo takes aim at Mexico as Nolo threatens Hawaii with flooding

  28-09-2026 12:45 via yahoo.com
  Hurricane warnings are in effect for parts of Mexico's Baja California Sur as Hurricane Polo, a Category 3 storm, heads toward the peninsula. Polo is expected to reach the west coast of Baja California Sur on Monday, cross the peninsula Monday night and move inland over southern Sonora by early Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. Forecasters said it should still be near major hurricane strength when it hits Baja.In Hawaii, Hurricane Nolo has strengthened into a Category 4 storm
  
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• Cornell rape civil lawsuit prompts prosecutor to reopen criminal investigation

  28-09-2026 12:34 via abcnews.com
  
  Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the investigation of alleged "gang rape" at a Cornell University fraternity in 2024 after a civil lawsuit filed earlier this month sparked outrage about the incident. Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said in a statement that his office is considering whether to bring criminal charges related to the incident, though he said the allegations in the civil complaint are “dramatically different” than the woman&
  
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• Accused drug lord 'The Spider' extradited to U.S. from Colombia

  28-09-2026 12:21 via cbsnews.com
  
  A Colombian warlord, whose extradition to the United States had been delayed for several months while he was designated a peace negotiator by the country's previous government, was flown to California and placed in custody of federal agents. Geovany Andres Rojas faces drug trafficking and terrorism charges in the United States. For years, he acted as a spokesman and leader of Comandos de la Frontera, a rebel group known for trafficking cocaine in Putumayo, a Colombian province that borders Ecuad
  
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• John Fetterman accidentally calls himself a 'lifelong Republican' during an event

  28-09-2026 12:00 via yahoo.com
  Senator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, speaks at the Texas Tribune Festival, in Austin, on Saturday. Photograph: Brian Cahn/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock
  With speculation about whether he may defect from the Democratic party swirling around him, US senator John Fetterman described himself seemingly unintentionally as a “lifelong Republican” during a fireside chat in Texas over the weekend.
  Fetterman made the comment when someone listening to him speak with CBS News politic
  
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• Nvidia debuts system designed to stop AI agents from going awry

  28-09-2026 11:00 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Nvidia Corp. introduced a new double-layered artificial intelligence security system that it says would’ve prevented the recent high-profile breach of Hugging Face by OpenAI’s AI models.Most Read from BloombergKroger Sets New Dress Code Rules for Its Grocery-Store WorkersCanadian Oil No Longer Takes Long Road to Asia as Freight SurgesEllison Pledges $9.2 Billion More in Oracle Shares for LoansMcDonald’s Selloff Hits 30% as Big Mac Inflation Spurs PushbackIran Say
  
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• 'Is it really worth it to keep going on?' Economic pain hits America's farm belt.

  28-09-2026 11:00 via cnn.com
  
  John Yeley is the seventh generation to run his family's farm in Illinois. - Courtesy John Yeley
  John Yeley has spent the last 26 years working on his farm, which his family has owned since 1852.
  Yeley is the seventh generation to run his farm in Illinois, just over the state line from Indiana. Although he plans to keep doing so, he’s not sure he wants his 16-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter to take over because the current economics are so rough.
  “Right now, the way all of this
  
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• At every turn, Trump's ideas for aiding U.S. consumers run into resistance

  28-09-2026 11:00 via washingtonpost.com
  First came a proposal to permit tariff-free beef imports, but that immediately angered America’s farmers and ranchers. Then came a plan to ban exports of domestic diesel fuel, but that met with pushback from major oil companies. Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post.In between, President Donald Trump pitched the idea of simply cutting $5,000 checks to adult Americans frustrated, polls show, by high food and gas prices
  
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• British police investigate possible Iran link after arrests near U.S.-run base

  28-09-2026 10:11 via yahoo.com
  FAIRFORD, England (AP) — Police were holding five men on Monday and examining suspected explosives found near a U.S.-operated air force base in England, as counterterror detectives investigated whether the arrests foiled an attempted attack linked to Iran.The men were detained early Sunday after three vans were spotted near RAF Fairford, a U.K.-owned base operated by the U.S. Air Force that has been used by American bombers during decades of conflicts in the Middle East.The five, who have
  
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• State Dept. denies arms sale offer to China amid claim Trump floated idea to Xi

  28-09-2026 10:09 via upi.com
  President Donald Trumps speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a state dinner at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI
  Sept. 28 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump offered to sell U.S. weapons to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, according to the U.S. ambassador to China, an extraordinary overture that would mark a dramatic departure frp, Washington's longstanding policy toward Beijing.
  "President Trump continues to say, 'Hey, we sell arms to other people aroun
  
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