BREAKING: Former Federal Reserve governor Adriana Kugler, who suddenly stepped down in July, repeatedly broke the central bank’s trading rules, trading before policy meetings and blackout periods.

Her husband traded Apple $AAPL, Southwest Airlines and Cava $CAVA and others.

Pope Leo returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.

The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD

Judge finds BHP Group liable in dam collapse that led to Brazil’s worst environmental disaster A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse a decade ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a major river, k...

A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse a decade ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a major river, killing 19 people and devastating villages downstream. https://to.pbs.org/3K3NyiL

“Got my baby daddy actin like my baby mama”

Raskin on Ghislaine Maxwell: "The fact she was able to be transferred to a prison camp where no sex offenders had ever been allowed to enter before, much less live there, is an indication they've got some kind of meeting of the minds about what Trump can provide to her & what she can provide to him"

Trump's Political Prosecutions in Trouble as Challenges Mount to His Acting U.S. Attorneys Read more here.

NEW: Despite Trump's efforts to keep loyalists in acting U.S. attorney positions, judges have already ruled three of these appointments unlawful. This week, challenges continued to mount as a watchdog group requested two state bar associations investigate one of the attorneys.

Settlement Forces Transparency from Election Deniers on Georgia Board Read more here.

NEW: In a major win for transparency, Georgia’s election board agrees to stop conducting its business in secret after a government watchdog group exposed how members of the board used private emails and messaging apps to discuss election rules.

Let me be clear—House Democrats have been the ones pushing to get the Epstein files out. We’ve been calling for truth and transparency while Republicans drag their feet and play politics. But thanks to House Democrats, the truth’s coming out, one way or another.

Today's shocking release of emails has me asking whether the shutdown was always just about Republicans protecting Trump from the Epstein Files? And, if so, what does that tell us about the last ten months and the next 3+ years.

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I think he’s alive in hiding.

Why keep saying “alleged”?

A PBS News image of a quote from an email. The email, written by the late Jeffrey Epstein, discusses Donald Trump.

The late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein specifically referenced his relationship with President Donald Trump in writing before Trump was elected to office and in the runup to the 2020 election, according to newly obtained emails released Wednesday by the House Oversight Committee.

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graphic showing the prices of various food products rising significantly since one year ago

“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One"

Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...

NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”

All the U.S. military strikes against alleged drug boats The U.S. military has killed dozens of people in targeted strikes on small vessels in waters off South America since early September.

The U.S. military has killed dozens of people in targeted strikes on small vessels in waters off South America since early September. https://to.pbs.org/4hCqmoj

It turns out that nobody will vote for you to care for their children when your leader AND HER HUSBAND get arrested for being sexual predators.

Are you an Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) enrollee? Have your monthly premiums increased?

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Trump literally pardons every corrupt politician he can find, doesn't he? he LOVES corruption. drain the swamp, am I right?

In Blow to Trump’s Power Grab, Federal Judge Blocks Troop Deployment In Oregon Read more here.

A federal court temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard troops in Oregon, with plans to issue a permanent block by Friday. While the current order bars deployment, the final order will presumably also bar troop federalization.
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Trump Falsely Says Gas Prices Have Reached A 20-Year Low—Here’s The Real Data The national average price of gas is around $3.10, just above the level it was at one year ago.

The national average price of gas is around $3.10, just above the level it was at one year ago.

Will he be taking them

Why are people still on Meta platforms?

BREAKING: Senator John Kennedy is introducing two bills to stop Congress from getting a paycheck during the shutdown

In New Jersey, Trump-Appointed Prosecutor Vows to Hunt Fraud While Bomb Threats Disrupt Voting Read more here.

The NAACP sued Virginia election officials for allegedly rejecting “innumerable” applications from college students in violation of federal law and the Constitution. The applications were tossed over missing address information that is not required. https://bit.ly/3JtH0d7

A declaration of famine is rare. It's now happened twice in 2025, this time in Sudan Famine declarations are relatively rare. But the leading international authority on hunger crises this week declared that regions of war-torn Sudan face catastrophic shortages of food.

Famine has now been declared in regions of Sudan. What does it take for such a declaration to be issued?

A gun violence 'action plan' calls for a new emphasis on prevention Dozens of leaders in medicine, criminal justice and more issued an urgent call for collective action to tackle the gun violence crisis in the U.S.

Dozens of leaders in medicine, criminal justice and more issued an urgent call for collective action to tackle the gun violence crisis in the U.S.

Famine is gripping two regions of war-torn Sudan, hunger monitoring group says The world's leading authority on hunger crises says famine has spread to two regions of war-torn Sudan.

Two regions of war-torn Sudan are enduring a famine that is at risk of spreading to other areas of the northeastern African country, where paramilitary fighters have been battling the military for power for more than two years, a global hunger monitoring group said. https://to.pbs.org/4onhZj5

"I don’t know of a greater criminal in history. He doesn’t have any policies, he has whims. It scares the sh*t out of me. The ignorance, the hubris, the lies, the perfidy."
- Harrison Ford on Donald Trump

In Big Win for Voters and Democrats, Court Blocks Trump’s Demand for Voter ID on Registration Form Read more here.

NEW STORY: In a major win for voters, a federal court permanently blocks a provision of Trump’s anti-voting order requiring proof-of-citizenship for voter registration, holding that the president lacks authority over election regulation.