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Thursday, September 03, 2026

Ex-House intel committee chair, now running against Abdul El-Sayed, instead saw photo of Osama bin Laden's body read more


In internal meetings, officials worried the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms. read more


Wednesday, September 02, 2026

The US has reached a deal with Venezuela to control more than 65 billion barrels of its proven oil reserves, President Donald Trump announced. read more


The Dutch central bank announced Wednesday that it has moved billions of dollars worth of its gold reserves out of North America in a move it described as "crisis preparedness" in a time of global political unrest. read more


A lawsuit filed this month alleges that there's a simple reason some stations in the Freedom Fuel Network ... read more


The U.S. State Department has proposed requiring parents applying for passports for their children to provide proof of their own citizenship or immigration status as part of President Donald Trump's latest effort to limit birthright citizenship. read more


Donald Trump unleashed a vicious attack Friday on New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman,,, read more


President Donald Trump's proposed 250-foot triumphal arch will have "adverse" effects on dozens of historical landmarks, the National Park Service found. read more


The NBA has taken five first-round picks from the Los Angeles Clippers and $30 million, as well as suspending owner Steve Ballmer for one year, for circumventing the salary cap when signing Kawhi Leonard four years ago. The league found that Leonard was rewarded with over $28 million in side deals orchestrated by the team. Leonard also has to give back $700,000.


The problem with living like a local is simple math: When everyone does it, no locals are left. Tourists push out the very communities they claim to love. ... The cost of this fantasy is real housing. Short-term rentals strip homes from the market. A McGill University study found that in Canada's largest cities, landlords removed nearly 14,000 homes from the long-term market to serve tourists. In New York City, as many as 13,500 housing units vanished into the short-term rental void, driving up rents for actual residents by hundreds of dollars a year. read more


The FBI previously refused to hire job applicants if they admitted to hiring sex workers or stealing from an employer -- or engaging in acts of bestiality. read more


A record number of Americans believe there is widespread corruption in the U.S. government, reaching the highest level of distrust in two decades, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday. read more


Loui Ridi: As Israeli settlers encroach on his home, one Palestinian American man has hoisted the American flag. read more


Nathan Vilas Laatsch (29) of Alexandria, VA, a former IT specialist for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), pleaded guilty to transmiting national defense information (NDI) to a foreign government. read more


The U.S. military is experiencing a "beyond critical" shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe largely driven by President Donald Trump's war with Iran, a U.S. defense official in Europe and a NATO official told The Associated Press, raising concerns about vulnerabilities in NATO countries to a potential Russian attack. read more


The U.S. Space Academy will be for students looking to enter the U.S. Space Force ... read more


 

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