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Relatives of Epstein victim appear in attack ad targeting Republican congressman
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BREAKING: Supreme Court starts term with PIVOTAL cases
Democrats Expect Record Number of Women in Party in House After Midterm Elections
Spain’s Leader Calls Early Election After Housing Crisis Roils Government
Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children
Disappointed by Trump? There Is a Better Way to Be a Republican.
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What Are the Biggest Questions in Science Today? 100 Scientists Weigh In.
We asked 100 scientists about unsolved problems in their fields. They sent back provocations — on the origins of life, the possibilities for human pro...
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Relatives of Epstein victim appear in attack ad targeting Republican congressman
Family of Virginia Giuffre criticizes Colorado’s Jeff Crank for voting to block a vote to release the Epstein filesTwo relatives of Virginia Giuffre, ...
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Democrats Expect Record Number of Women in Party in House After Midterm Elections
Democrats are increasingly confident they will have a record number of women serving in the House next year, after backing women in competitive distri...
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Spain’s Leader Calls Early Election After Housing Crisis Roils Government
Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish prime minister, has faced challenges including a migration crisis and several corruption scandals involving his inner circl...
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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusa...
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Disappointed by Trump? There Is a Better Way to Be a Republican.
What is the future of the conservative movement?
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Dennis Hastert, former House speaker disgraced by molestation allegations, dies aged 84
The Republican, who was sent to prison in 2016 in a hush-money case tied to the allegations, died over the weekendDennis Hastert, the longest-serving ...
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Midterm Elections: Who Is Winning the Race for Congress? Latest Data
It’s Oct. 5 — 29 days away from the midterms. Here’s the state of play.
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Trump’s former press secretary Karoline Leavitt to join Fox News
Youngest press secretary in White House history left earlier this year after the birth of her second childKaroline Leavitt, who stepped down as White ...
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We Need to Rethink How We Diagnose Mental Illness
More than half of people who qualify for one diagnosis also qualify for another during their lifetime.
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In a Major Boost for the Right, Another Bolsonaro Nears Brazil’s Presidency
Flávio Bolsonaro’s first round lead leaves President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva three weeks to find the votes to stop Brazil’s, and Latin America’s, ri...
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Burst of Attacks in Gulf Heightens Fears Over Fragile Energy Trade
Strikes on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia came as the region’s exporters were getting more oil to the world ma...
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Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sex Scandal, Dies
The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.
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CNN C.E.O. Mark Thompson Says He Will Stay On Under New Owner Skydance
Mark Thompson told the network’s employees that he had faith that David Ellison, the chief executive of Skydance, would support “independent news that...
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The surprising, cut-throat race for Los Angeles mayor
Karen Bass is fighting for her political life as progressives battle to lead the US’s second-largest cityKaren Bass has never lost an election. But th...
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Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s ‘Machine Gun,’ Has a New Gig at Fox News
A fierce and nimble speaker, Ms. Leavitt is the second of Mr. Trump’s former press secretaries to join the cable news network.
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Saudi and Yemeni Forces Attack Houthis to Retake Control of Red Sea Coast
The offensive is an effort to wrest control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait from the Houthis, who are backed by Iran.
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Housing, Corruption and a Migrant Surge: Why Spain Is Holding an Early Election
Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, dissolved Parliament on Monday, after months of spiraling crises.
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2026 midterms could be the end of Pennsylvania’s split legislature, with effects on affordability, election reform, marijuana and more
Pennsylvania has a split legislature, and both chambers are up for grabs in the 2026 midterms.
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We’ve tracked $80M of spending on almost 170 AI-generated political ads this year – it’s weird
Almost 170 ads and $80 million in spending and only 31% with a disclaimer: Here’s what researchers found when they tracked AI in this year’s campaign ...
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Vance wants voters to ‘give us another chance’. But he is cornered | Sidney Blumenthal
The vice-president’s recent remarks seek to maintain a posture of strength while they inadvertently expose political realitiesJD Vance has parachuted ...
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Discoveries in Neuroscience
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were awarded the prize for their work on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.
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Nobel Prize awarded for showing how nerve cells shape feelings
US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded for their work.
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Campaign ‘all coming from DC,’ Paxton says
“I don’t control message or what we’re doing,” Texas GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton said during a small fundraising event in September.
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Nobel Prizes 2026: What to Know
The recipients of the six awards in science, literature, economics and peace work will be announced this week.
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I found out I had cancer when my son kicked me
Ben Lidgey was accidentally kicked in the testicles by his son, which may have saved his life
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Trump’s recent statements on the economy are even more bonkers than usual | Steven Greenhouse
Our ‘genius’ president is revealing his ignorance of economics, fueling concerns about the threat he poses to the worldDonald Trump recently made a bo...
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The Supreme Court’s New Term, and a Race for Nuclear Power on the Moon
Plus, why school music classes are under threat.
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Family of Epstein Victim Appears in Ad Targeting Republican
In a tough new ad for the Democrat running against Representative Jeff Crank, the brother and sister-in-law of Virginia Giuffre say the congressman re...
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5 Challenges David Ellison Faces as He Snags His Hollywood Prize
The tech scion has given his combination of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount a new name: Skydance. Now he must make tough decisions about news, mo...
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