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• Trump goes into hiding from the press

  25-04-2020 21:17 via cnn.com
  
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• Republicans rally around Susan Collins amid pay-to-play allegations

  24-09-2026 02:47 via usatoday.com
  
  WASHINGTON – Maine Sen. Susan Collins' Republican colleagues swiftly came to her defense the day after the news outlet ProPublica published an investigative story that laid out evidence of alleged involvement in a pay-to-play scheme involving a defense contractor.
  The story, which came out on Tuesday, Sept. 22, said that records and emails showed the FBI sought to launch a sweeping investigation examining Collins' interactions with a top donor who won lucrative federal contracts. By l
  
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• Australia says OpenAI agent hacked into government website

  24-09-2026 02:17 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  By Renju Jose and Chris ThomasSYDNEY, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Australia said on Wednesday an OpenAI agent breached a government health data portal in June, gaining unauthorised access to files, in what could be the first ‌known instance of an AI agent hacking a government website.The breach is one of the highest-profile incidents of ‌AI agents accessing external systems outside the United States,coming on top of several recent breaches globally by rogue AI agents that have alarmed governme
  
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• Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes approved for halfway house move in 2027

  24-09-2026 01:47 via abcnews.com
  
  Theranos founder and convicted felon Elizabeth Holmes has been approved for placement in a community correction center, or halfway house, and is scheduled to be placed there next year, according to an update from the Department of Justice's Victim Notification System, ABC News has learned.Holmes is scheduled to be placed in the Austin Transitional Center in Del Valle, Texas, on Aug. 23, 2027, according to the notification.Benjamin Fanjoy/Bloomberg via Getty Images - PHOTO: Elizabeth Holmes, foun
  
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• 8 sailors assigned to U.S. carrier group that fought in Iran war attempted suicide, Navy says

  23-09-2026 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  Aircraft on the deck of the US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln as it docks for a rest stop at Laem Chabang Port, Thailand, on September 3, following a long deployment in the Middle East. - Chalinee Thirasupa/ReutersEDITOR’S NOTE:  This story contains discussion of suicide. Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. In the US, call or text 988 for help. The International Association for Suicide Prev
  
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• Trump’s press ban faces scrutiny as judge raises due process concerns

  23-09-2026 22:44 via thehill.com
  President Trump's decision to ban a trio of news outlets from the White House complex last week and revoke their hard press badges appeared to be on thin ice Wednesday after a key hearing where the sides presented their arguments.Due process "wasn't followed here," U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, said near the start of the afternoon hearing.  
  CNN, Politico and MS NOW sued on First Amendment grounds after they were denied access to the White House grounds on
  
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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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• 'I voted for President Trump,' Renee Good’s mother says in call for ICE accountability

  23-09-2026 17:02 via thehill.com
  Donna Ganger, the mother of Renee Good, who was fatally shot by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis earlier this year, said Tuesday she voted for President Trump and thought that federal immigration officers would “protect” Americans.
  Ganger said it is “torture” that “as a mom and as a family, we could not protect” Good, who was killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer on Jan. 7 in an incident caught on video that triggered a na
  
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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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