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Third aircraft carrier and thousands of troops head to Mideast as Trump weighs new Iran strikes
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Third aircraft carrier and thousands of troops head to Mideast as Trump weighs new Iran strikes
The U.S. military is moving roughly 9,000 troops aboard a group of ships to the Middle East.
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October 5, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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October 4, 2026
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October 4, 2026
On Friday night, just before 11:00, Trump announced that his administration “will, immediately, begin sending ‘Checks’ of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicar...
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October 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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The best way to be sure your vote counts is to vote early and in person.
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October 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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Over a dozen states have important voter registration deadlines today. Check your registration and make a plan to vote at IWillVote.com. Then ask friends and neighbors to do the same.
October 5, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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The Week Ahead
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The Week Ahead
October 4, 2026
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October 5, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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Once and for all
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Once and for all
Trump threatens to defeat his fellow Americans permanently
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October 4, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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What Trump’s homelessness policy means for the most vulnerable
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What Trump’s homelessness policy means for the most vulnerable
The Trump administration is shifting federal policy and dollars away from the “Housing First” approach that has been at the heart of federal homelessness policy.
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October 4, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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New Yorkers, avoid any risk of Election Day shenanigans and mail-in ballot interference by voting early!

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Early Voting
Learn about in-person Early Voting in New York State
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October 4, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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October 3, 2026
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October 3, 2026
On Saturday, October 3, the Power to the People festival, organized by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, took over the stage at the Merriweathe...
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October 4, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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“There are always people who profit from war or government policies. The difference is that the people profiting should not be the people making the decisions to make that policy. And that is what is happening here...”

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Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN
At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.
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October 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Start with the mirror, Sam
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Start with the mirror, Sam
The last desperate card for MAGA senators facing defeat and repudiation is the Supreme Court.
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October 3, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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Opinion | If claims from Renee Good lawsuits are true, ICE didn't give her a chance
Cedric Alexander: The two most troubling allegations from the new Renee Good lawsuits
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October 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings.

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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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October 2, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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A federal district court just held that police use of Flock cameras without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment.

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constitutionally collect this information about one car-and its driver-by following that vehicle on public roadways over a month. But this leaves the question of why is it the government's business where everyone goes all the time? The government cannot go snooping through our personal lives and business without an adequate basis to do so. That is what the Supreme Court has said since its decision in Katz through its decision in Chatrie this year, nearly sixty years later. It is not too much to draw the line at indiscriminate mass surveillance. No doubt, ALPR technology comes with remarkable benefits that the Court cannot ignore. But the Fourth Amendment requires courts to draw a line when the cost is too great. Alaniz's search in just the ALPR system provided him with more than 50 individual records of Kyle's whereabouts across the country for an entire month. The Court finds that because the ALPR systems Alaniz used to search Kyle's historical location information intruded on her reasonable expectation of privacy in the whole of her physical movements, it was a search under the Fourth Amendment. Based on the information in the record, the only reason Alaniz conducted that search was because he saw her license plate was from California. That search was not supported by probable cause, and it was done without a warrant in violation of Kyle's Fourth Amendment rights. That search also has a nexus to the remainder of the traffic stop because Alaniz began following Kyle's car while
October 2, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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Economist Justin Wolfers says today’s lackluster jobs report reflects Trump’s immigration policies:
“American population growth has stopped overnight, which really does change our economy in really fundamental ways.”
October 3, 2026 at 4:11 AM
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On the anniversary of Thurgood Marshall becoming the first Black Supreme Court Justice, we look at how a man once shut out by segregation spent his life opening doors for others.
October 3, 2026 at 4:35 AM
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Trump is going on a red-state campaign tour, which may feel pointless, except red state Republicans may be in trouble. Senate Republicans' campaign arm is diverting $8 million in ad spending to Kansas, in fear that incumbent Roger Marshall is in danger of losing his seat.
October 3, 2026 at 6:01 AM
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The man who took out full page ads demanding the death penalty for five Black and Latino teenagers falsely accused of rape is out here worried that the seven majority white Cornell frat boys accused of rape "won't get a fair shake".
October 3, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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Imagine if President Obama had flown around the country with a substitute wife because Michelle hated his guts. The media would have filed impeachment papers themselves
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Trump's human binky made the trip to Alabama with him

#TravelWithNatalie

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October 3, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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Trump wants the Supreme Court to rule that DHS can imprison-indefinitely-immigrants who enter the US illegally

He wants ICE to arrest millions of migrants and keep them incarcerated-maybe for years-until they can be deported

Even if they have legal status

In violation of their due process rights
October 3, 2026 at 3:53 AM
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A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally
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A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally
President Donald Trump is trying to rally voters in the Dayton, Ohio, area on Saturday. But days ago, 1,400 workers were laid off from a truck factory there.
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October 3, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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October 2, 2026
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October 2, 2026
Trump held a campaign rally tonight in Mobile, Alabama, the city where, as Shawn McCreesh of the New York Times recalled, his MAGA rallies really took off in August 2015, when more than 30,000 people ...
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October 3, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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Trump’s last close-up
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Trump’s last close-up
The gold, the mirror and the men who mistake a stage set for power
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October 2, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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Another Bad Day in Court for Trump
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Another Bad Day in Court for Trump
Today, as Trump was busy trying (and failing) to convince his own people that “affordability” is a word made up by Democrats, the courts were having a field day with him.
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October 2, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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September 30, 2026
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September 30, 2026
A Washington Post headline today read: “U.S.
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October 1, 2026 at 5:53 PM