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Kennedy Pledged to Advance Anti-Vaccine Group’s Agenda. Here’s What He Is Doing.

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For Larry Ellison, Buying Trump Is the Bargain of the Century

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EU leaders rally around Zelenskyy at Brussels summit as his ties with Trump deteriorate

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Are we alone? The science behind why intelligent life could be the rarest thing in the Universe

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Disney Offers $180 Million Soft Landing to Staff at Bankrupt AI Firm

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Tesla Just Won in Court: Self-Driving Buyers Can’t Sue as a Class

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Texas’ gerrymandered congressional map might come up short for GOP

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Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Hits All-Time Low 17 Days Before Midterms

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Pete Hegseth introduced annual testosterone screening for troops, prompting questions about fertility, treatment risks and long-term medical costs

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Trump declines to blame Putin for Ukraine war, amid transatlantic tensions

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Iran war live: Tankers reported hit in Hormuz; drones intercepted in Riyadh

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Trump: California officials will ‘go to jail’ if state ignores DOJ voter roll suit

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Trump’s October barrage

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Delegates walked out of IMF steering committee meeting when Russian official spoke, sources say

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Amazon Has Now Deployed Over 1 Million Robots, Which Is Bad News for Its 1.5 Million Workers

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IBM spent $11 billion on growth as its own software stalls

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Elon Musk Is Beyond the Pale

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Starlink restrictions in Ukraine a ‘planned operation’, Zelenskyy says

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White House Pulled Ukraine’s Starshield Support, Insiders Say

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Crypto Firms Launch Quantum Alliance as 6 Million Bitcoin Sit Exposed

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Tesla’s wild new Roadster comes with a deep range cut

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Trump’s decision to waive Russian sanctions outrages Congress, but no quick counter seen

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Zelensky says Musk-owned satellite system still restricted in Ukraine

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‘I’m very popular’: As his poll numbers hit new lows, President Donald Trump tells supporters in Tennessee he ‘could say the stupidest things’ and...

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Starlink restrictions in Ukraine a ‘planned operation’, Zelenskyy says

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The Ukrainian president said a “test” showed that speed restrictions on the satellite service were not in place in other European countries. Starlink …

White House Pulled Ukraine’s Starshield Support, Insiders Say

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US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have dinner at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, in December …

JPMorgan CEO raises new safety question about your money

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Convenience comes with a serious catch. Follow ticker I bet everyone has felt that uncomfortable little jolt when a subscription renewal hits their …

Russia Appears to Step Up Efforts to Influence U.S. Voters (shared)

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One campaign has created social media posts focusing on U.S. support for Israel to sow discord ahead of the midterm elections. Less than three weeks from elections that could shift the balance of power in Congress, more signs are emerging that Russia and other foreign governments are once again …

Tech stocks erase $1 trillion of wealth as oil surges to $110 for the first time since May

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The sharp drop in tech shares came as concerns resurfaced about ballooning AI debt, rising interest rates and high gas prices. Tech stocks shed more than $1 trillion in value Friday, as the price of oil soared to its highest levels in five months. The Nasdaq 100 index, which tracks most of the …

‘Blatant Corruption’: Donors Pouring $330 Million Into Trump Ballroom—and Reaping Benefits

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"Under Donald Trump, there’s a two-tiered justice system," said one watchdog leader. "Big Tech plays by a different set of rules because they bought …

‘We’re done’: Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries as ‘only leverage’ for peace talks

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Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Peter Zalmayev, Founder and Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative, LIVE from Kyiv. As Zelensky declares Ukraine "done" with Trump's self-declared energy ceasefire and resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries, Zalmayev warns: "When you talk about the …

Trump’s Democracy-for-Diesel Deal Shames Us All

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If President Trump does not understand what will happen to him if he proceeds with his plan to trade away support for Ukraine’s democracy for Russian diesel, let me spell it out: He will enter the history books in the chapter on leaders who sold out their country’s democratic values to appease a …

Is the US limiting Starlink in Ukraine? The risks could be catastrophic

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The drone has become the signature weapon of the Russo-Ukraine war. On any day in Ukraine, tens of thousands of drones are out hunting the …

Is the world pricing the risk of a US diesel export ban?

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A spike in diesel prices is hammering broad sectors of the U.S. economy – especially agriculture and shipping – and becoming a flash point ahead of …

Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space

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The Atlantic writer Josh Tyrangiel says Musk and Bezos each want to colonize the moon, mine its resources and launch thousands more satellites. He says their only real competition is each other.

What’s behind the BBC’s funding crisis? An expert explains

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In the run-up to the renewal of the BBC charter in January 2028, the corporation is facing perhaps its greatest ever funding crisis. It is staring …

Ukraine Finds a New Set of Targets

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As Donald Trump intervenes to protect Russia’s oil refineries, Ukraine plays the few cards it has left. Ukrainians have gotten used to awful news. But even by their standards, the past several days have felt dismal. Russian missile strikes are pounding Ukrainian cities relentlessly. Donald Trump …

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Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won’t.

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It wasn’t the kind of call a grocery store gets every day. A customer with a thick Eastern European accent was on the phone saying he wanted to buy …

How Trump Is Selling Out Ukraine (shared)

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The Ukrainian journalist Illia Ponomarenko on his new book, The Land of Tears and Hope, a history of his country Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube In this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum discusses President Trump’s announced diesel deal with Russia, the …

Fed Interest Rate Hike Seems More Likely This Month After Alarming Inflation Data

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New inflation data released on Wednesday is raising the odds of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike later this month, potentially putting a …

Houthis reportedly strike Saudi national oil company headquarters

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Iran-backed Houthi fighters reportedly hit the headquarters of Saudi Arabia’s national oil company in overnight strikes, stoking a conflict that …

Operation Vivaldi: success of Ukraine’s counteroffensive shows it has learned to manoeuvre on a drone-filled battlefield

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Russia’s drone and missile attacks on Ukraine’s population and infrastructure continue to dominate coverage of the conflict. But on the ground, …

Inflation worsened last month to 3.7% in sign that prices remain elevated as midterm elections near

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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation accelerated last month as gasoline and many other goods and services became more expensive, evidence that rising prices remain an economic challenge just a few weeks before midterm elections that have focused heavily on affordability. The consumer price index rose …

Across the US, people don’t want data centers coming to their communities

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Regardless of their views on politics or climate change, most Americans oppose the development of data centers in their communities. These large …

Why the Paramount-Warner merger is a problem for democracy

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Media critic Ben Bagdikian warned in 2004 that five corporations had accumulated “more communications power than was exercised by any despot or …

The Forces Driving Up Bond Yields Take a Troubling Turn (shared)

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Some analysts say investors are demanding a higher “term premium” to buy government debt, reflecting growing worries about debt levels and deficits. Analysts have attributed much of the rise in government bond yields this year to inflationary pressures from the war in Iran and the bullish growth …

Inside Trump, Netanyahu’s dilemma: Strike Iran before elections or wait

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump last week discussed the possibility of launching a major new operation against Iran …
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Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space

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The Atlantic writer Josh Tyrangiel says Musk and Bezos each want to colonize the moon, mine its resources and launch thousands more satellites. He says their only real competition is each other.

A Lab-Leak Story You Haven’t Heard (shared)

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. believes that RSV originated in a government science experiment. You’ve almost certainly had RSV. Most of us catch it before we turn 2. Usually it feels like a cold: runny nose, cough, maybe a fever. But RSV (short for “respiratory syncytial virus”) can take a dangerous turn. …

How bionic eyes are becoming a reality

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If you’ve delved into the worlds of Star Trek, The Terminator or William Gibson’s cyberpunk novel Neuromancer, you’ll know that enhanced, electronic …

Clues to Why a Breakthrough Pancreatic Cancer Drug Eventually Stops Working (shared)

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Researchers are asking why patients, like former Senator Ben Sasse, inevitably develop resistance to the drug daraxonrasib. Last week, the former senator from Nebraska Ben Sasse announced that his Stage 4 pancreatic cancer had developed resistance to a cutting edge treatment. Cancer specialists were …

‘Consumers Will Pay the Price’: Fury as Trump Pushes Through Rule Change to Make Vehicles Less Efficient, More Polluting

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"Oil companies will get a windfall from gutting the fuel economy standards, but the rest of us are going to be handing over more of our hard-earned …

An AI model has found a new ‘CRISPR-like’ biological system. Here’s what it means for science

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Anthropic announced today that its Claude artificial intelligence (AI) system identified a previously unknown biological system in the DNA of viruses …

What the U.S. Supreme Court’s pesticide ruling means for gardeners and farm workers

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In June, the United States Supreme Court ruled that state goverments’ duty-to-warn laws do not oblige chemical manufacturer Monsanto to disclose a …

Will AI really kill us all? The science behind the hype

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Nature examines whether the technology might spell the end for humans, and why AI companies are calling for a slowdown. Concerns that artificial …
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