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A fresh turn in a familiar voiceIn early September, Representative Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez—still known as the 14‑year‑old congresswoman from New York’s 14th district—took the st...
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In a late‑night interview with the BBC on August 8, 2026, Hunter Biden confirmed that his father’s prostate cancer has spread to the bones, a development that brings the disease to stage...
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Health woes forced Schenectady’s seven‑member council into a sudden reshuffle. On Aug. 25, 2025, former councilman Joe Mancini stepped down after 19 months of a four‑year term, citing ...
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Shashi Tharoor, the Indian National Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram, said Saturday that his remarks about Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ program were misread as an attack on th...
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On July 7, 2026, Gray Media Inc. (NYSE: GTN) released its second‑quarter earnings, revealing a 9 % year‑over‑year revenue jump to $839 million—well above the upper end of the company...
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In the August 8, 2026 primary, Gary Cordery, a local contracting business owner, defeated fellow businessman Ken Fujiyama to become the Republican nominee for governor of Hawaii. The general...
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On August 8, 2026, a Marquette Law School survey revealed that the U.S. Supreme Court’s national approval rating sits at 47 percent—slightly up from 46 percent in May and a bump from 42 ...
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Shannon Taylor, the Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney, secured the Democratic nomination for Virginia’s 1st Congressional District in the August 4, 2026 primary. The district, which...
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In a decisive move that could alter how online betting markets display odds, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an advisory today telling regulated prediction‑market op...
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In a race that made headlines across the country, Dr. Abdul El‑Sayed edged past Representative Haley Stevens by fewer than 15,000 votes in Michigan’s August 4, 2026 Democratic primary fo...
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The Coca‑Cola Company’s online personalization tool, part of its long‑running Share a Coke campaign, has come under fire after a series of tests revealed that the system blocks certain...
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Scholars have dubbed Trump’s 2024 campaign a “spectacle presidency,” a style that favors image over policy. The comparison to Immortan Joe, the warlord from Mad Max: Fury Road, is meta...
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From the shadowed balcony of Ford’s Theatre to the street‑corner protests of the 2020s, the United States has witnessed a lineage of left‑wing violence that has morphed in methods, mot...
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On Aug. 5, 2026, the Red Sea erupted into a fresh flare‑up of Yemen’s long‑standing conflict. The Iran‑backed Houthi militia struck a Saudi oil tanker in the northern waters, announc...
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On July 28, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) named Oklahoma, Louisiana, Idaho, Tennessee and Utah as finalists for its new Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus (NLIC) program. The plan wou...
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A 38‑year‑old man from Downey, California, was taken into custody Sunday after law‑enforcement officers discovered a loaded pistol and illegal ammunition in his vehicle at Trump Nation...
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Athens, Georgia, is set to become the focal point of the state’s 2026 midterm elections this week, with a series of high‑profile events that bring together the most prominent candidates ...
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In a decisive move that could shape federal‑state disputes over voter data, a Denver judge tossed a Trump‑era lawsuit that sought the most sensitive pieces of Colorado’s voter rolls.Th...
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The United States House of Representatives’ Ethics Committee has recommended that Representative Chuck Edwards (R‑NC) be censured for sexual harassment, and the committee has opened an i...
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In the first half of 2026, Chevron’s joint ventures with Venezuela’s state oil company, PDVSA, pumped a record 280,000 barrels per day—about 15 % higher than the previous six‑month p...
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Justin Overbaugh was confirmed by the Senate in September 2025 after Secretary of War Pete Hegseth named him Deputy Under Secretary of War for Intelligence and Security. A retired Army colon...
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California’s Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) operates a public portal that catalogs the state’s “behested payments” – money solicited by elected officials and routed to ...
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On Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, FarmFest—Minnesota’s marquee late‑summer gathering for farmers and political hopefuls—kicked off in Redwood County. The American Farm Bureau, the event’s ...
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