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Monday, October 05, 2026

Former Republican House Speaker John Dennis Hastert died at age 84. A judge called him a 'serial child molester' after he admitted to sexually abusing boys while he was a high school coach. He was sentenced to a little over a year in jail and paid a $250,000 fine. read more


We previously covered the absolute disaster of an investigation that led to a 23-year-old Florida woman spending 13 days in a maximum-security jail over a fatal hit-and-run she had absolutely nothing to do with. read more


Global oil stockpiles are "scarily thin" owing to the U.S.-Iran war, Saudi Aramco chief executive Amin Nasser said Monday, days after G7 nations agreed to release more of their inventories to ease supply concerns. read more


With Election Day less than a month away, President Donald Trump is touting two federal cash-payment programs already underway while renewing a much larger $5,000 check promise contingent on Republicans retaining Congress. read more


The U.S. Air Force has brought home its bombers stationed at a U.S.-run military air base in England used to strike Iran following an investigation into a planned terror attack ... read more


The head of Germany's foreign intelligence agency also cautioned that NATO countries must beware of Moscow's "little green men." read more


Trisha Thadani: Cancer patients are being persuaded to spend tens of thousands on unproven treatments by alternative-medicine clinics. read more


The man who alerted Congress to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's ties to child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein has died. read more


Citadel CEO Ken Griffin announced Wednesday that he has pledged $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University, with $2 billion earmarked to establish a new campus in Miami. read more


Beni Rae Harmony, 24, announced on Friday that she will join Trump's White House press team as the new assistant press secretary. read more


The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great. read more


It's all part of a unique push for permanent daylight saving time. read more


Tony Lyons, the leading organizer of the Make America Healthy Again movement, promised to raise $100 million to support Republicans this year. He's nowhere close. read more


The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show. read more


Sunday, October 04, 2026

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are intensifying military and civilian preparations for a possible Russian attack as uncertainty grows over future U.S. support for NATO, according to an exclusive report by The Atlantic. read more


An OpenAI employee focused on AI safety has quit the company and warned that top artificial intelligence firms aren't doing enough to mitigate the technology's risks, joining a growing chorus of employees raising alarms from within the industry. read more


 

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