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• Times Square billboard calls out migrant deaths, slams border wall

  19-12-2018 23:46 via nbcnews.com
  “We created this ad with the intention of showing people that Trump’s demands aren’t only about a wall, they’re about people’s lives."
  
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• AI leaders warn U.N. of risks to humanity from the technology they are building

  23-09-2026 21:53 via yahoo.com
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or, at least, its people.“If managed poorly, I even believe AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole,” said Dario Amodei, the chief executive officer of Anthropic.“We could lose control of the future to AI,” said his competitor, Sam Altman, CEO of Open
  
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• Iran's president backs diplomacy but rules out surrender after Trump’s threat

  23-09-2026 19:29 via yahoo.com
  By Parisa Hafezi, Humeyra Pamuk and Jana ChoukeirUNITED NATIONS/DUBAI, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Iran and the United States remain far apart on how to end their war but diplomacy must continue, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday, after Iran's president told the UN General Assembly that Tehran would never surrender to US pressure.Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in his speech in ‌New York, condemned what he called "signs of a bullying mentality" from US President Donald Trump,
  
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• Trump administration says White House access is a 'privilege' in media fight

  23-09-2026 18:54 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The extraordinary showdown between President Donald Trump and media outlets whose coverage he dislikes moves Wednesday to a courtroom in the nation's capital, where a judge will hear arguments on whether the president's move banning three news organizations from White House grounds violates the Constitution.The administration plans to double down on its contention that it has the right to decide who can set foot in the White House. "Access to the White House is a privileg
  
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• Judge weighs White House ban on 3 news outlets but issues no immediate ruling

  23-09-2026 18:54 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge heard arguments Wednesday but did not rule from the bench in a case on President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from White House grounds. The hearing marked the latest development in an extraordinary showdown between Trump and media outlets whose coverage he dislikes. Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico beginning Friday, assailing what he called “fake news.” More recently the president has said negative coverage was dangerous for the
  
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• Melania Trump says Donald Trump 'sometimes doesn't want to hear' her feedback

  23-09-2026 17:44 via people.com
  Donald Trump; Melania Trump on ‘Fox & Friends’
  Credit: Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty; FoxNEED TO KNOWMelania Trump insisted that she tells her husband, Donald Trump, how she really feels about his speeches and interviews, even though he “sometimes doesn’t want to hear it”“I always say the truth,” she said during an appearance on Fox & Friends on Wednesday, Sept. 23The first lady made the comments while discussing what she thought about Trump’s Unit
  
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• Elon Musk could join Paramount’s investor group, report says

  23-09-2026 17:31 via semafor.com
  
  The ScoopParamount, looking to firm up its financial picture as it digests Warner Bros. Discovery, is looking for fresh sources of cash. Executives at the company have discussed asking Elon Musk to become part of a syndicate of equity investors into Paramount, according to people familiar with the matter.Musk’s name is one of a number of wealthy individuals that Paramount CEO David Ellison has considered tapping for the syndicate, the people said. Musk and David Ellison’s father, Ora
  
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• Iran's president rules out surrender as indirect talks with U.S. resume in New York

  23-09-2026 16:59 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  By Parisa Hafezi, Humeyra Pamuk and Jana ChoukeirUNITED NATIONS/DUBAI, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a speech at the UN on Wednesday that Tehran would never surrender to the US but still believes in diplomacy, a day after President Donald Trump used the same forum to threaten to "annihilate" Iran.The duelling speeches at the ‌annual UN General Assembly in New York bookended the first shuttle talks between the United States and Iran for months, which appeare
  
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• FBI probes breach of its jobs website as hackers claim to have sensitive data

  23-09-2026 16:50 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is investigating an apparent breach of its jobs website as a criminal hacking group claimed to have accessed “very sensitive data” on nearly all agents and job applicants.“The FBI is aware of claims regarding unauthorized activity affecting FBIjobs.gov and is currently investigating," the bureau said in a statement. The website, the main portal for prospective employees to learn about the FBI and initiate the application process, remained offline
  
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• Mamdani and Spain's PM build ties as the left looks to counter the far right

  23-09-2026 16:46 via yahoo.com
  Two of the key faces of the left in elected office, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, met at an economic event in Manhattan on Wednesday, as world leaders gather in New York for the U.N. General Assembly.Their meeting is the latest in a slate of encounters between left-wing U.S. politicians and kindred figures abroad as they seek to forge ties to counter the rise of right-wing populism.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and i
  
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• How state errors mistakenly put more than 30,000 noncitizens on voter rolls

  23-09-2026 15:44 via yahoo.com
  By David MorganWASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - US states may have added more than 30,000 self-declared non-citizens to the nation’s voter rolls since 2000 because of software glitches and clerical errors made while processing their driver's license and state ID applications, according to official records reviewed by Reuters.The cases expose weaknesses in voter registration systems across a dozen US states governed by both Democrats and Republicans, but at numbers that experts said were too
  
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• Harris, Newsom, AOC among Dems considering 2028 White House bid

  23-09-2026 14:54 via newsmax.com
  Former Vice President Kamala Harris (Getty Images)Former Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned for Michigan's Democrat Senate nominee this week, one of five Democrats taking visible steps toward possible 2028 presidential campaigns.
  Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat nominee for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat, joined Harris at a Detroit event on Black maternal healthcare this week; her fall schedule also includes stops in Nevada and Georgia, the Associated Press reported.
  Harris has said
  
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• Republicans bet big on Latino voters in Texas. That bet is suddenly looking shakier.

  23-09-2026 14:32 via yahoo.com
  (Corrects Trump's approval rating in paragraph three)By David Hood-Nuño and Evan GarciaDONNA, Texas, Sept 23 (Reuters) - South Texas unfurls in long stretches of highways across flat landscapes dotted with pump jacks, mesquite trees, and gas stations sporting prices that voters swear should not be this high. This territory swung heavily to Donald Trump in 2024 — but may shift again in 2026.From the outskirts of San Antonio, through historic, sprawling ranchlands to the border city o
  
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• Republican Bruce Blakeman closes gap on Kathy Hochul in New York governor's race

  23-09-2026 12:30 via nypost.com
  
  Republican Bruce Blakeman has caught up within single digits of Democratic incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul’s lead in the New York gubernatorial race with six weeks left until the Nov. 3 election, a new poll of likely voters found.
  Blakeman is closer to pulling off an upset of Hochul than GOP challenger Lee Zeldin was during the same time period in 2022, a new Siena University survey reveals.
  Hochul leads Blakeman by 9 points — 50% to 41%, according to the poll.Republican Bruce Blakeman
  
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• Hegseth impeachment fight could put Democrats in a bind after the midterms 

  23-09-2026 12:00 via thehill.com
  The impeachment effort against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posed a dilemma for Republican leaders ahead of the midterms. In the lame duck, it could be Democrats in the bind.
  Hegseth is leading an unpopular war in Iran, and GOP leaders were eager to avoid an impeachment vote this month, which would have put some vulnerable Republicans in a tough spot heading into November’s elections. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) defused the issue by punting that vote until after the elections.
  But the
  
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• ‘I am the code’: Trump clashed with ballroom architect over safety concerns

  23-09-2026 11:00 via washingtonpost.com
  In the weeks leading up to his resignation last year, the first architect on the White House ballroom clashed with President Donald Trump over design features that the architect believed violated building safety codes, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions and corroborating documents reviewed by The Washington Post. James McCrery II withdrew from the project last October after warning repeatedly that Trump was insisting on a preliminary design that did not provide adequate em
  
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• The messy tax battle brewing between baby boomers and millennials

  23-09-2026 10:47 via businessinsider.com
  
  Getty Images; Tyler Le/BITaylor Scriber, a millennial living in Texas, is trying to join the growing ranks of his generation and buy his first home. He's been scouring listings with his real estate agent, taking a few tours to see what suits him best, and estimating his potential costs, including property taxes.The final piece of that homeowning puzzle has been stuck in Scriber's craw lately. After reading recent headlines about property taxes in the Lone Star state being slashed for older resid
  
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• NATO jets scrambled in Poland and Romania as Russia strikes Ukraine

  23-09-2026 10:07 via abcnews.com
  
  NATO military aircraft were deployed in Polish and Romanian airspace overnight and on Wednesday morning, in response to the latest wave of Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, officials in both allied nations said.Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 161 drones -- of which 82 were jet-powered -- and an unspecified number of Banderol cruise missiles into the country overnight. Air defenses intercepted or suppressed 119 drones and three cruise missiles, the air force said, with impact
  
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• Justice Department says Trump can deny journalists White House access

  23-09-2026 09:45 via yahoo.com
  Three leading US news outlets went to court after being banned from the White House by President Donald Trump (Jim WATSON)CNN, MS NOW and Politico can be shut out from areas of the White House at President Donald Trump's request, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday, a day ahead of a court hearing.The three leading outlets went to court after Trump ordered on Friday that they be barred from the presidential mansion as punishment for distributing what he calls "fake news."A US district judge
  
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• Iranian president lands in U.S. as Trump weighs making deal or driving Iran 'into hell'

  23-09-2026 08:33 via cbsnews.com
  
  What to know about the Iran war:Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in New York late Tuesday night for the U.N. summit. Pezeshkian said just before leaving for the U.S. that he would "firmly defend" its positions in the war and use the opportunity to "convey Iran's plight." Iranian state media say he will address the world body on Wednesday.President Trump told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday he has a "big decision to make" on whether to make a deal or drive Iran "into hell with no
  
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• China's Xi to kick off state visit with rare planeside welcome from Trump

  23-09-2026 06:03 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — When Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington on Wednesday, he's expected to get a rare greeting from President Donald Trump, who will be on the tarmac to welcome his counterpart instead of waiting for him to drive up to the White House. Trump's decision to greet Xi at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington rather than receiving him at the executive residence shows how far the U.S. president is going to honor China's leader as he makes his first state visit
  
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• China's Xi arrives in Washington and gets a rare planeside welcome from Trump

  23-09-2026 06:03 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday, where he was met with a rare planeside greeting from President Donald Trump, who was there to welcome his counterpart instead of waiting for him to drive up to the White House. Trump's decision to greet Xi at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington rather than receiving him at the executive residence shows how far the U.S. president is going to honor China's leader as he made his first state visit to the
  
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• Harvey Weinstein set to be sentenced for sexual assault after 6-year legal odyssey

  23-09-2026 06:02 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The first time Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to prison, reporters, advocates and the curious public crammed the courtroom to witness the disgraced Hollywood honcho’s #MeToo reckoning.Hours later, the world began shutting down as the COVID-19 pandemic raged. Now, after an overturned conviction and two retrials, Weinstein is set to be sentenced again on Wednesday for one of the same crimes — more than six years after his first sentencing in March 2020.Weinstein,
  
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• Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in prison for 2006 sexual assault

  23-09-2026 06:02 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul, was sentenced in Manhattan to 15 years in prison Wednesday for a felony sex crime in another #MeToo reckoning.Weinstein’s sentencing for sexually assaulting one-time TV production assistant Miriam Haley followed a legal odyssey spanning more than six years. His 2020 conviction was overturned by New York's highest court, citing testimony from other women whose allegations weren’t part of the case. A second jury found W
  
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• Missouri congressional map returns to Supreme Court for a 3rd time

  23-09-2026 05:55 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The fight over Missouri's congressional map returned to the U.S. Supreme Court for a third time late Tuesday, after an appeals court ordered the revival of new districts backed by President Donald Trump.The new map was drawn to help Republicans gain a U.S. House seat in the pivotal midterm elections, which will determine control of Congress. The Supreme Court has twice blocked efforts to use it in November.The latest emergency appeal comes after an unusual federal appeals
  
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• El Niño predicted to cause nearly half a million more deaths

  23-09-2026 05:10 via yahoo.com
  BENGALURU, India (AP) — This year's powerful El Nino and the record global heat it's driving, along with severe droughts, wildfires and shrinking water supplies, could lead to nearly half a million more deaths worldwide by the end of February, according to a research report released Wednesday. The grim warning by the University of Chicago-based Climate Impact Lab says that as many as 451,000 more heat-related deaths between June and the end of February could be attributed to El Nino, compa
  
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• Lukashenko reveals bizarre argument he and Putin have over who is the ‘bigger dictator’

  23-09-2026 03:50 via foxnews.com
  
  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko revealed during a speech to youth leaders in Minsk that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin regularly joke and argue over which of them qualifies as the ultimate dictator.The Belarusian leader's comments at "Youth. Belarus. Future." Sept. 17 also underlines the close alignment between Moscow and Minsk with Lukashenko enjoying his position as Europe’s longest-serving head of state.Lukashenko has ruled over Belarus unhindered since 1994, with Put
  
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• Macron says situation in Strait of Hormuz 'was probably underestimated'

  23-09-2026 03:31 via abcnews.com
  
  In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with ABC News' David Muir, French President Emmanuel Macron said the "main objective" of his meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday was "to find the right deal in order to open" the Strait of Hormuz and address the escalating global energy crisis that has caused the price of gas, diesel and jet fuel to spike.  Macron told Muir that when the war started, "the Iranian regime discovered they had this card in their hands," in their ability to cl
  
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• Hurricane Polo explodes into one of Pacific's strongest ever — but landfall isn't forecast

  23-09-2026 03:03 via nypost.com
  
  Hurricane Polo has exploded into a monstrous Category 5 storm with 180-mph winds, becoming the second-strongest hurricane ever recorded in the eastern Pacific as it threatens Mexico’s southwestern coast with life-threatening floods and mudslides.
  The National Hurricane Center said Polo was still strengthening after rapidly intensifying on Tuesday. The storm is expected to remain “extremely dangerous” for the next several days as it tracks northwestward over an ocean environmen
  
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• Two students dead in Mississippi

  23-09-2026 02:23 via nbcnews.com
  Police are investigating the death of two students from the University of Mississippi. Authorities say packaged kratom sold from a retail store was discovered in both cases. NBC News’ George Solis has the late details.
  
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