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Wednesday, September 9, 2026 · Evening Edition

The Trump administration is moving to rewrite the census itself.

Wednesday, September 9, 2026 · Morning Edition

Verified every claim, name, number, date and URL against the source material.

Tuesday, September 8, 2026 · Evening Edition

Five subcontracted aircraft cleaners were killed on Sunday when a Boeing 767 operated for Amazon overran a runway at Miami International Airport .

Tuesday, September 8, 2026 · Morning Edition

Every claim, name, number, date, and link in the draft checks out against the source material, and the only quotation marks fall on the single quoted word ("blue," S2).

Monday, September 7, 2026 · Morning Edition

Germany's political establishment absorbed a shock as the far-right Alternative for Germany claimed a landslide win in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt — a result that could make it the first far-right party to hold…

Sunday, September 6, 2026 · Evening Edition

Germany's nationalist AfD won a landslide victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, scoring its best-ever result in a state election and potentially becoming the first far-right party to gain power since…

Saturday, September 5, 2026 · Evening Edition

The Trump administration stripped Temporary Protected Status from Pierre Damas Bel, a 20-year-old Haitian immigrant in Springfield, Ohio — an honors neuroscience student at Wright State University, an avid soccer…

Friday, September 4, 2026 · Evening Edition

Two hydroelectric workers were pulled alive from mud-filled tunnels in Nepal nine days after a catastrophic flood barreled through Himalayan river valleys.

Friday, September 4, 2026 · Morning Edition

Volkswagen bosses announced plans to slash a further 50,000 jobs under a so-called transformation plan, sending shares higher .

Friday, September 4, 2026 · Evening Edition

The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously blocked new congressional districts backed by Donald Trump from being used in the November election, ordering a statewide vote on the maps.

Thursday, September 3, 2026 · Morning Edition

The Trump administration is deporting Haitian immigrants into total chaos after months of demonizing them with accusations of eating cats, Salon reports; the removals send people directly into violence back home .

Wednesday, September 2, 2026 · Evening Edition

Multiple people, including two police officers, were injured Wednesday afternoon in a shooting in downtown Minneapolis , prompting the Minneapolis police department to warn the public away from the convention center .

Sunday, August 30, 2026 · Evening Edition

The U.S. military struck Iranian launchers on an island in the Strait of Hormuz , the first publicly acknowledged attack on Tehran's forces in weeks, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced new banking…

Saturday, August 29, 2026 · Evening Edition

Devastating flash floods in Nepal killed at least 670 people and left around 3,000 missing — including 90 Americans — and former USAID disaster-response chief Jeremy Konyndyk suggested Saturday the death toll might…

Saturday, August 29, 2026 · Morning Edition

Catastrophic flooding in Nepal has killed more than 600 people with around 3,000 still missing CBS News reports .

Friday, August 28, 2026 · Evening Edition

The Trump administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education is pushing programs to the brink, with Wisconsin a prime example of how federal pressure closes off students’ learning…

Friday, August 28, 2026 · Morning Edition

A federal judge ruled the Pentagon's ban on Anthropic's AI tools for federal agencies was "illegal and baseless," and ordered it lifted after the administration failed to justify the restriction and the judge found it…

Thursday, August 27, 2026 · Evening Edition

Six months into the war with Iran, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen from hundreds of vessels a day to a handful and sent prices sharply higher S7 ; the threat of sanctions triggered panic buying for food…

Thursday, August 27, 2026 · Morning Edition

The war in Iran is driving diesel to nearly $5.60 a gallon , affecting school districts at the start of the year, while a tanker attack tests Trump's Hormuz claim and Qatar's prime minister arrives in Tehran for…

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 · Evening Edition

Torrential rains sent a wall of mud and debris crashing through communities with little warning, leaving a trail of death and destruction .

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 · Morning Edition

Organizations counseling service members on conscientious objection report a large increase in concerns over U.S. military strikes on alleged drug boats and targets inside Iran, with troops saying they are being asked…

Tuesday, August 25, 2026 · Evening Edition

ICE quietly enacted new rules this month that will keep officers involved in deadly-force incidents—such as firing a gun and using a choke hold—off the streets until the completion of an investigation, reversing a…

Tuesday, August 25, 2026 · Morning Edition

The administration has launched a review that could strip status from as many as 200,000 visa holders and asylum applicants , with cancellations possible in waves .

Monday, August 24, 2026 · Evening Edition

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority handed Trump a victory in his crusade to restrict mail-in voting, issuing an unsigned opinion that blocks state challenges for now over the dissents of the three Democratic…

Sunday, August 23, 2026 · Evening Edition

Border Patrol arrested Luis Manuel Aviles, 48, a handyman in Key West with a valid work permit, as he left for a mechanic appointment while waiting for his Navy son to return from the USS Lincoln ; arrests of military…

Sunday, August 23, 2026 · Morning Edition

In the West Bank, Bloomberg reports that when Loui Ridi hugged his young daughter goodbye at Detroit Metro Airport, she clung to his arm and refused to let go.

Saturday, August 22, 2026 · Evening Edition

A federal judge struck down the Trump administration's indefinite visa ban on nationals from 75 countries , ruling the policy illegally discriminated on the basis of nationality .

Saturday, August 22, 2026 · Morning Edition

Ukrainian drone barrages struck a Samara oil refinery and an e-commerce warehouse deep inside Russia , part of a widening infrastructure war in which Russian strikes killed at least two people in Ukraine a day after a…

Friday, August 21, 2026 · Evening Edition

Ed Martin, a former "Stop the Steal" advocate whose work at senior Justice Department posts was marked by brash, bumbling efforts to use the department to punish critics of President Donald Trump, is leaving the DOJ,…

Friday, August 21, 2026 · Morning Edition

House Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee are calling for DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin to abandon a $20 million contract for electric shock gloves — the G.L.O.V.E. — that deliver a jolt via a hidden switch…

Thursday, August 20, 2026 · Evening Edition

Timothy Noah in The New Republic reports that current and former National Economic Council directors Kevin Hassett and Larry Kudlow went on Fox News last week amid signals Trump wants to cut taxes for the rich yet…

Thursday, August 20, 2026 · Morning Edition

JD Sports slashed profit forecasts as cost-of-living pressures, fuelled by the US war on Iran, deter shoppers, especially in the US, weighing on sales of trainers , while former Navy leaders warn the Iran war is…

Wednesday, August 19, 2026 · Evening Edition

Florida executed William Silvia five days after the first triple execution day in the United States since 2010 ; ten more executions are scheduled before the end of the year — two in Florida, five in Texas, two in…

Wednesday, August 19, 2026 · Morning Edition

Hospital workers on strike are sounding the alarm over a crisis of workplace violence: they are 7 times more likely to be injured at work due to violent acts than the general working population .

Tuesday, August 18, 2026 · Evening Edition

Leaked emails reveal Britain's domestic spying service attempted to recruit a high-ranking BBC board member as a key agent of influence while the state broadcaster was embroiled in a bitter legal and journalistic…

Tuesday, August 18, 2026 · Morning Edition

Internal emails reveal ICE collaborated with the Iranian regime to stage deportation flights while Trump prepared for war ; agents handed over specific nationals at Tehran's request and accidentally deported the wrong…

Monday, August 17, 2026 · Evening Edition

The Justice Department watchdog will review a DEA tactic that permitted deadly fentanyl to hit streets while agents stood down to protect larger prosecutions, according to PBS News .

Monday, August 17, 2026 · Morning Edition

In Wisconsin, private schools operating as "Quasi-Public" institutions receive 100% of their students' tuition through voucher programs while facing almost no accountability , ProPublica reports.

Sunday, August 16, 2026 · Evening Edition

Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea .

Sunday, August 16, 2026 · Morning Edition

The Department of Homeland Security plans to spend $20 million to equip Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with gloves that can deliver an electric shock , a 2024 admission by a law enforcement officer that…

Saturday, August 15, 2026 · Evening Edition

Israeli warplanes killed 11 people in Lebanon, including three children, as attacks escalate; Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam demanded “Israel must halt this escalation” Truthout reports .

Saturday, August 15, 2026 · Morning Edition

More ships have come under attack in the Strait of Hormuz as talks to end the war in the Middle East remain stalled and the US readies new economic measures to force Iran to capitulate — economic warfare waged from…

Friday, August 14, 2026 · Evening Edition

President Trump dismissed the mental health crisis aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on Friday, telling reporters a nearly nine-month deployment is "not nearly long enough" even as families demand attention to sailors…

Friday, August 14, 2026 · Morning Edition

ICE cooperation agreements operate in darkness; NPR found Walton County deputies making immigration arrests under a program whose details have been hard to come by .

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 · Evening Edition

Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to outfit officers with electric shock gloves manufactured by Compliant Technologies, which markets the devices as a nonlethal tool to make individuals compliant during arrests.

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 · Morning Edition

Lebanese banker Antoun Sehnaoui has assembled a network of business and media operatives and a fascist Christian goon squad in Beirut and Washington dedicated to doing Israel's dirty work as the deadly Israeli…

Tuesday, August 11, 2026 · Evening Edition

The Trump administration has barred Medicaid and CHIP from funding gender-affirming surgeries and hormones for transgender minors , cutting off federal care while leaving states to foot the bill .

Tuesday, August 11, 2026 · Morning Edition

The Republican Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general in a razor-thin predawn vote Saturday.

Monday, August 10, 2026 · Evening Edition

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Colombia Monday morning, leaving more than 100 people dead and many more missing as the search for survivors continues.

Monday, August 10, 2026 · Morning Edition

Donald Trump told Punchbowl News his voters just might not show up for GOP candidates this fall, a striking admission of midterm weakness.