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JPMorgan Alerted U.S. to Epstein Transfers Involving Wall St. Figures

A billion…

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/b...

North Carolina Is the Canary in the Election Coal Mine Americans don’t have to imagine what attempts to subvert an election could look like, because it’s already happening in one state.

Modern authoritarians seldom cancel elections, because they prefer the veneer of democratic choice that voting provides, and because they can tilt the playing field toward themselves. “No one likes an election better than Vladimir Putin,” the Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias told me.

‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures At 90, McCullin has spent seven decades recording conflict and tragedy – while escaping snipers, mortar fire and capture. He reflects on pain, pride and regret

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Analysis | Why companies will just keep nudging you to try AI The prodding to try AI products as you watch TV, surf the web or stare at your phone is a classic tactic in technology. It’s annoying, but it works.

Analysis: In a bid for new users, more companies are nudging people to try AI products, reflecting a familiar pattern in tech — that success comes from making products unavoidable.

The mysterious rise of cancer among young adults in the Corn Belt Communities across the Corn Belt are confronting a rise in cancers among young adults — and few clear explanations.

What’s driving cancer rates aming young people in the corn belt? www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

YouTube video by Central Oregon Daily News Ronald Reagan's 1987 address on tariffs

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Read excerpts from Reagan’s 1987 speech on tariffs | CNN Politics President Donald Trump canceled trade talks with Canada on Thursday, citing a recent ad released by the government of Canada’s Ontario province that quoted former President Ronald Reagan’s 1987 radio ...

What President Trump does not want you to see..

www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

He was a top executive. He blew the whistle — twice…

What Happens When the US Stops Funding the Science Behind SpaceX? NASA’s shrinking budget threatens the public science behind SpaceX’s success, and it could weaken America’s ability to develop breakthrough technologies.

Great question for Huntsville, Alabama and for all Americans…https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-24/as-trump-defunds-nasa-elon-musk-s-spacex-runs-on-borrowed-science

Opinion | Trump Revives Foreign Aid, Helping Needy Billionaires

Trump Revives Foreign Aid, Helping Needy Billionaires www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...

Trump administration considers sale of federal student loan debt The discussions have taken place among senior Education Department and Treasury Department officials.

Students should be worried about this...
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The obvious economics of preserving the Amazon It provides Brazil’s world-beating farmers with water, and keeps carbon locked up for the rest of us

Destroying the world’s largest rainforest is not just environmentally devastating, it is also economically unrewarding. That suggests a trade

CPI Report Live Updates: Inflation Edged Higher in September The Consumer Price Index rose 3 percent from a year earlier, accelerating slightly from the previous month. The report was delayed because of the government shutdown.

Breaking News: U.S. inflation edged higher in September, rising 3% from a year ago, according to data released belatedly because of the government shutdown.

California police say shrapnel hits and damages a patrol vehicle during Marine Corps drills California authorities say metal shrapnel from an exploding artillery shell hit and damaged a state highway patrol vehicle as the Marine Corps fired live rounds over a freeway during exercises observe...

Absurd.
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Russia's latest big Ukraine offensive gains next to nothing, again Hundreds of thousands of Vladimir Putin's troops are losing their lives for barely any land

Despite relentless attacks, and huge losses, Russian forces have achieved no major objectives in their summer campaign against Ukraine. Our data analysis suggests that Vladimir Putin will struggle to win on the battlefield

Mapped: Trump's Deployment of National Guard Troops Read more here.

President Donald Trump so far has sought to deploy National Guard and active-duty soldiers to five major Democratic-led cities across the U.S.: Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles; Chicago; Portland, Oregon and Memphis, Tennessee.
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America’s Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues With proposals for a 450-foot statue of Prometheus on Alcatraz and a 650-foot George Washington, MAGA adherents are racing to build America’s largest statue.

They are building monuments to Western supremacy at the very moment they defeat Western values, including democracy.

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...

Opinion | Thanks a Lot, Boomers

Murphy Davis was saying this nearly 30 years ago…

Thanks a Lot, Boomers www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/o...

Scenes From a Day of Mass Protests

Scenes From a Day of Mass Protests www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

Trump Targets Democratic Districts By Halting Billions During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How Plastic Goods Took Over the World, Creating a Throwaway Culture Author Saabira Chaudhuri writes about brands’ drive for disposability in her new book, Consumed.

“Digging into the history, she discovered that companies such as Coca-Cola Co., PepsiCo Inc. and Nestle SA had been aware of the problem for decades. Chaudhuri began tracing how plastic waste became so pervasive — and why it persists despite public backlash. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Among Portland Protests, It’s Frogs and Sharks and Bears, Oh My!

Among Portland Protests, It’s Frogs and Sharks and Bears, Oh My! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Opinion | Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It

Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Putin’s War in Ukraine Is Breaking Russia’s Hold Over Its Former Empire When Vladimir Putin joins summits of former Soviet states in Tajikistan this week, the leaders around the table will most likely declare their close bonds with Russia. In reality, many have been dista...

“[C]ountries such as Kazakhstan, Armenia and Azerbaijan were once firmly in Russia’s orbit. Now they are forging deeper ties with … China, the European Union, Turkey or the Gulf states, as they seek to protect themselves against further Kremlin aggression.”
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The Moral Foundation of America The idea that everyone has intrinsic rights to life and liberty was a radical break with millennia of human history. It’s worth preserving.

Elaine Pagels: “The idea that everyone has intrinsic rights to life and liberty was a radical break with millennia of human history. It’s worth preserving.”

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

YouTube video by Elle Cordova They did the Monster Slash

You laugh until you cry…

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Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment

How to Save the American Experiment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...