Nostr notes by Steve Herman

Flávio Bolsonaro has landed in Miami this morning with his wife ...

2026-10-28T14:19:05Z

Flávio Bolsonaro has landed in Miami this morning with his wife and two daughters after losing Brazil's presidential election. https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/flavio-bolsonaro-reportedly-in-florida-after-leaving-brazil-following-election-defeat/

Wired - ICE HSI is engaged in far-reaching spying against ...

2026-10-28T14:06:15Z

Wired - ICE HSI is engaged in far-reaching spying against left-wing activists that rivals the FBI and CIA crackdowns on the 1960s Civil Rights and anti-war movements. https://www.wired.com/story/ice-is-running-one-of-the-largest-anti-left-surveillance-operations-in-us-history/

Update: Death toll rises to 64 from the collision of two ...

2026-10-28T13:09:21Z

Update: Death toll rises to 64 from the collision of two passenger trains in Spain, with officials saying more fatalities are likely. https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20261028/interrumpen-circulacion-linea-alta-velocidad-madrid-andalucia-por-alcance-entre-dos-trenes/17286647.shtml

“Can confirm that Flavio fleeing to US.” - Reuters reporter ...

2026-10-27T18:16:20Z

“Can confirm that Flavio fleeing to US.” - Reuters reporter Gram Slattery

Security personnel lifted off the ground a prominent Egyptian ...

2026-10-27T17:02:58Z

Security personnel lifted off the ground a prominent Egyptian journalist and carried her out of a Cairo courtroom after a judge convicted the Mada Masr editor-in-chief of running an unlicensed website and ordered the independent outlet closed.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypts-mada-masr-editor-lina-attalah-jailed-court-orders-outlet-shut

WaPo - Trump’s proposed arch would cast a shadow over 75,000+ ...

2026-10-27T10:57:15Z

WaPo - Trump’s proposed arch would cast a shadow over 75,000+ graves at Arlington National Cemetery. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2026/10/27/trumps-arch-would-cast-shadow-arlington-cemetery/

Growing body of evidence demonstrates that Trump was an active ...

2026-10-27T00:30:52Z

Growing body of evidence demonstrates that Trump was an active participant in Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women and "DOJ and FBI are doing everything they can to keep the American people in the dark about it." - House Judiciary Democrats https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-10.hjc-dems-staff-report-epstein-and-trump.pdf

Former FBI Director Comey charged again by the DoJ for allegedly ...

2026-10-26T22:25:44Z

Former FBI Director Comey charged again by the DoJ for allegedly directing disclosure of classified information to the New York Times. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.297298/gov.uscourts.dcd.297298.1.0.pdf

Two US senators say the Trump administration is breaking the law ...

2026-10-26T18:18:08Z

Two US senators say the Trump administration is breaking the law by withholding the FISA court decision while it presses Congress to renew America’s most sweeping surveillance program. https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-government-is-hiding-a-secret-court-ruling-about-how-it-spies-on-americans/?_sp=2ad91cb6-3ebf-4ef3-812e-28b972affded.1793038545845.d0281578-97fc-41ea-975f-175c9dc3a275

NYT - A Russian energy giant secretly funded a US firm. The deal ...

2026-10-24T00:24:08Z

NYT - A Russian energy giant secretly funded a US firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/us/politics/in-us-gas-talks-with-kremlin-hidden-financing-for-alaska-project-emerges.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LFE.FwdU.adh3CxeGQdFh&smid=url-share

How much automakers are spending to oppose AM radios in new cars: ...

2026-10-23T22:27:33Z

How much automakers are spending to oppose AM radios in new cars:

Toyota - $1.7 million
AAI (20+ manufacturers) - $1.5 million
Tesla - $650,000
Honda - $520,000
VW -$420,000
BMW - $230,000
Lucid - $80,000
Mazda - $60,000
Volvo - $50,000
GM - $40,000
https://radioink.com/2026/10/23/am-act-opponents-spend-6-3m-in-q3-hoping-for-senate-stall/

WSJ - US expected to remove 50% tariffs on some Canadian products ...

2026-10-23T18:55:15Z

WSJ - US expected to remove 50% tariffs on some Canadian products in a bid to help Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and other Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-expected-to-remove-some-tariffs-on-canada-in-bid-to-help-susan-collins-6a89ed1d?st=GpJYvG

DoJ files a lawsuit to block certification of the US Senate race ...

2026-10-23T16:50:54Z

DoJ files a lawsuit to block certification of the US Senate race in Alaska if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses the contest while another candidate with the same name is on the ballot. https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/10/23/trump-administration-sues-block-possible-democratic-win-alaska-senate-race/

Restrictions on Starlink and its military-grade version have not ...

2026-10-23T11:34:01Z

Restrictions on Starlink and its military-grade version have not been fully lifted along Ukraine's front lines. https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/23/starlink-restrictions-not-lifted-in-ukraine-despite-trumps-claims-defence-officials-say

Election coverage on CBS’ owned and operated TV stations will ...

2026-10-22T12:26:40Z

Election coverage on CBS’ owned and operated TV stations will be sponsored by the sports gambling site DraftKings. https://www.status.news/p/cbs-draftkings-election-results-data

Amazon agrees to reverse course on its proposal to build four ...

2026-10-21T15:04:41Z

Amazon agrees to reverse course on its proposal to build four data centers on the George Washington University’s campus in Ashburn, Virginia. https://wtop.com/virginia/2026/10/loudoun-county-amazon-reach-withdrawn-data-center-project-gw-campus/

NYT - A prominent Venezuelan seeking clemency got it not long ...

2026-10-20T22:58:41Z

NYT - A prominent Venezuelan seeking clemency got it not long after his daughter gave a lawyer close to President Trump an extraordinarily lucrative job. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/politics/julio-herrera-pardon-alina-habba.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KFE.2iCb.MjoUBYPqDJOm&smid=nytcore-ios-share

WSJ - Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version ...

2026-10-20T20:28:14Z

WSJ - Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink relied on by Ukraine. https://www.wsj.com/world/ukraine-starlink-elon-musk-trump-dbc49193?st=KGsRMR

In a new draft prospectus viewed by the Wall Street Journal, ...

2026-10-20T19:35:52Z

In a new draft prospectus viewed by the Wall Street Journal, Anthropic discloses an $80.7 billion net loss for the first half of 2026 and a long list of risk factors. https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-revenue-growth-ipo-accaf0f1?st=YKUo1r

Alberta votes to remain part of Canada. ...

2026-10-20T11:29:56Z

Alberta votes to remain part of Canada. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/livestory/alberta-referendum-results-live-updates-separatism-october-19-2026-9.7387777

WaPo - The Trump administration has not approved the transfer of ...

2026-10-20T00:09:33Z

WaPo - The Trump administration has not approved the transfer of interceptor missiles to Ukraine that are needed to protect the country from Russian missile and drone attacks. https://wapo.st/3UBX1Dd

Trump approval rating sinks to a record low in the latest ...

2026-10-19T20:29:30Z

Trump approval rating sinks to a record low in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-approval-falls-record-low-31-midterms-near-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2026-10-19/

At least one person is dead after a shooting near a mosque in ...

2026-10-19T19:49:48Z

At least one person is dead after a shooting near a mosque in Columbus, Ohio. https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/northeast-columbus-fatal-shooting-mosque/530-a2839f81-41e0-43a2-a1c2-0b76ee6285d2

Israeli police today arrested 10 suspects in connection with West ...

2026-10-19T11:27:43Z

Israeli police today arrested 10 suspects in connection with West Bank attacks on a European diplomatic delegation and a Washington Post photographer. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-crime/2026-10-19/ty-article/.premium/ten-arrested-following-settler-attacks-on-european-diplomats-press-photographer/000001a1-52c2-d6fb-a1e9-7efa96690000

President Trump waives the application of certain sanctions, ...

2026-10-17T01:34:51Z

President Trump waives the application of certain sanctions, restrictions and duties on Russia under a sweeping law targeting Moscow and countries that continue buying its oil and gas. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/10/implementing-the-lindsey-o-graham-sanctioning-russia-and-iran-act-of-2026/

NewsLab link to livestreams of major global news channels ...

2026-10-16T12:46:18Z

NewsLab link to livestreams of major global news channels activated here: https://newslab.org/live-news-channels/

(Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ...

2026-10-15T23:46:12Z

(Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/order-limit-starshield-ukraine-came-inside-white-house-sources-say-2026-10-15/

Mass shooting near an elementary school in Bend, Oregon. ...

2026-10-15T22:00:10Z

Mass shooting near an elementary school in Bend, Oregon. https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/10/multiple-victims-in-shooting-near-bend-elementary-school-shooter-dead.html

Be honest. - Agencies forced to rehire ~25,000 ...

2026-10-15T20:57:11Z

Be honest.
- Agencies forced to rehire ~25,000 'essential' employees
-Public health/safety services degraded
- HHS, HUD, VA crippled
-End of US public diplomacy (State cuts; VOA silenced)
-USAID shutdown linked to spikes in disease, hunger, violence in Africa
- DOGE staff stole private data

UA941 to Newark is declaring an emergency and returning to London ...

2026-10-15T16:55:47Z

UA941 to Newark is declaring an emergency and returning to London Heathrow. https://airlive.net/emergency/2026/10/15/united-flight-ua941-to-newark-is-declaring-an-emergency-and-returning-to-london-heathrow/

Kudos to credentialed reporter Cat Murphy for standing her ground ...

2026-10-15T12:45:01Z

Kudos to credentialed reporter Cat Murphy for standing her ground after a congressman threatened the University of Maryland grad student for recording and questioning him during a post-debate impromptu news conference. https://www.wbaltv.com/article/andy-harris-eastern-shore-forum-clash/74137596

At least 34 children and a teacher died today after the roof of a ...

2026-10-15T10:23:11Z

At least 34 children and a teacher died today after the roof of a private school collapsed in Peshawar, Pakistan. https://www.geo.tv/latest/686623-at-least-four-children-die-in-roof-collapse-incident-at-private-school-in-peshawar

US consumer prices rose 3.7% in September from a year earlier. ...

2026-10-14T12:38:53Z

US consumer prices rose 3.7% in September from a year earlier. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

Ukraine's access to Elon Musk’s Starlink has been ...

2026-10-14T09:59:30Z

Ukraine's access to Elon Musk’s Starlink has been restricted without warning, according to the presidential office, severely disrupting several military missions. https://kyivindependent.com/this-cannot-be-a-coincidence-ukraines-starlink-access-restricted-without-warning-zelensky-adviser-says/

US Treasury Department imposes a $1.21 billion penalty against ...

2026-10-14T00:08:40Z

US Treasury Department imposes a $1.21 billion penalty against BofA for willful anti-money laundering and sanctions violations. https://www.americanbanker.com/news/bofa-gets-1-21b-penalty-for-money-laundering

Blistering language from a federal magistrate in his ruling that ...

2026-10-13T21:49:25Z

Blistering language from a federal magistrate in his ruling that Elon Musk and Kristi Noem smeared the reputation of FEMA’s chief financial officer to justify the illegal firing of the career public servant. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28808299-comans101326/#document/p1

Observer - Andy Burnham is the first UK prime minister to confirm ...

2026-10-11T15:59:57Z

Observer - Andy Burnham is the first UK prime minister to confirm publicly that British authorities are “clear” that there was interference by the Kremlin in the 2016 Brexit vote. https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/from-russia-with-interference-burnham-first-pm-to-confirm-kremlin-role-in-brexit-vote

President Trump, in a social media post, says Russia and Ukraine ...

2026-10-11T14:41:36Z

President Trump, in a social media post, says Russia and Ukraine have agreed to an energy ceasefire "effective immediately" and warns Moscow and Kyiv: "Do not break it!"

Pope Leo XIV reveals that he will undergo surgery to remove a ...

2026-10-11T12:57:24Z

Pope Leo XIV reveals that he will undergo surgery to remove a “localized nodule” in his lung. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-10/pope-leo-xiv-to-undergo-surgery-remove-nodule-lung.html

Ukraine President Zelenskyy says the consequences of President ...

2026-10-10T13:37:36Z

Ukraine President Zelenskyy says the consequences of President Trump and the US “allowing Russia to sell oil products were most clearly felt in Kyiv today, when, following numerous attacks with jet-powered Shahed drones against energy facilities, a ballistic missile attack began as well.” https://t.me/V_Zelenskiy_official/21309

President Trump says President Putin agreed to supply more than 4 ...

2026-10-09T19:45:54Z

President Trump says President Putin agreed to supply more than 4 million tons of diesel to the global market. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/09/trump-putin-russian-diesel-us-global-markets.html

YouTube, Twitch, Meta and Twitter/X aren’t saying whether ...

2026-10-09T16:35:42Z

YouTube, Twitch, Meta and Twitter/X aren’t saying whether they’ll allow the US government to livestream an execution on their platforms. https://www.theverge.com/streaming/1008722/youtube-meta-twitch-government-execution-livestream

Hurricane Isaias is disrupting US. crude oil production in the ...

2026-10-09T14:11:42Z

Hurricane Isaias is disrupting US. crude oil production in the Gulf of Mexico and could limit about 2% of the country’s refining capacity, at a time when fuel markets are already tight around the world. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/09/hurricane-isaias-gulf-mexico-oil-refinery.html

The Democrat now leads the Republican by 4% in the Iowa US Senate ...

2026-10-07T13:08:51Z

The Democrat now leads the Republican by 4% in the Iowa US Senate race, according to a respected poll (although the cited margin of error is 4.4% but still this is a remarkable reversal from earlier polling). https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/10/07/in-key-iowa-senate-race-democrat-josh-turek-leads-ashley-hinson-poll/92108656007/

The US military in Okinawa Prefecture is pausing all operations ...

2026-10-07T08:47:20Z

The US military in Okinawa Prefecture is pausing all operations for two days followed by a fresh curfew for 30 days, after a marine was arrested on suspicion of killing a local woman. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/07/japan/crime-legal/us-military-murder-okinawa-regulations/

August Hanning, who once led Germany's spy service, is under ...

2026-10-06T12:23:24Z

August Hanning, who once led Germany's spy service, is under investigation by prosecutors for espionage and treason. https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-ex-spy-chief-arrested-for-espionage/a-79560278

The commander-in-chief, speaking in Nebraska, suggests he ...

2026-10-06T00:38:42Z

The commander-in-chief, speaking in Nebraska, suggests he wouldn't mind if Iran destroyed two of California's largest cities. https://www.c-span.org/clip/campaign-2026/user-clip-let-iran-take-out-los-angeles-san-diego/5207907

President Trump reverses course and announces that his super PAC ...

2026-10-05T23:33:54Z

President Trump reverses course and announces that his super PAC will now pay for the TV ads promoting him that have been airing nationwide at taxpayer expense. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/us/politics/trump-taxpayer-funded-ads-pac.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVE.YtCK.s-7NpNxH4fC7&smid=nytcore-ios-share

The bestselling novelist and former MP Jeffrey Archer- whose ...

2026-10-05T22:56:58Z

The bestselling novelist and former MP Jeffrey Archer- whose political career was marred by scandal - died "suddenly and peacefully" at the age of 86. His final novel is to be published tomorrow. https://news.sky.com/story/lord-jeffrey-archer-dies-13594813

Former US House Speaker John Dennis Hastert has died at the age ...

2026-10-05T13:31:20Z

Former US House Speaker John Dennis Hastert has died at the age of 84. https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/former-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-dies-at-84/

US rushed over the weekend to withdraw all 12 B-1 Air Force ...

2026-10-04T21:18:39Z

US rushed over the weekend to withdraw all 12 B-1 Air Force bombers from an air base in southern England after commanders received new threats about an Iran-backed plot against the installation. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/us/politics/us-bombers-britain-raf-fairford-iran.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GFE.xxaO.njFwv0q--2Pb&smid=nytcore-ios-share

An employee of the nuclear safety division of the US Department ...

2026-10-01T21:24:55Z

An employee of the nuclear safety division of the US Department of Energy is alleged to have traveled to Yemen on an official passport to provide explosives and drones to the Houthis, a designated foreign terrorist organization. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-energy-employee-arrested-washington-state-charges-attempted-material-support

One of the poorest counties in the country is the planned site ...

2026-10-01T01:02:15Z

One of the poorest counties in the country is the planned site for a $6 billion data center. https://mississippitoday.org/2026/09/30/6b-data-center-planned-for-jefferson-davis-one-of-the-poorest-counties-in-the-country?everlit_referral=true

"Pivot to video" is synonymous with a desperate, ...

2026-09-30T13:37:54Z

"Pivot to video" is synonymous with a desperate, trend-chasing strategy that sacrifices substantive content and leads to layoffs of talented staff to produce superficial videos to chase social media algorithms. Now it's NPR's turn. https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/09/npr-the-quintessential-audio-news-brand-adapts-to-a-video-first-future/

Chinese AI developer Moonshot is conducting an internal review ...

2026-09-30T03:33:12Z

Chinese AI developer Moonshot is conducting an internal review after researchers were able to persuade two of its popular Kimi models to tell them how to make biological weapons and carry out assassinations. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmrergq3j7lgo

White House will tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to attempt ...

2026-09-29T23:17:39Z

White House will tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to attempt to blunt rising gas prices ahead of the midterms. https://www.semafor.com/article/09/29/2026/white-house-taps-strategic-petroleum-reserve

The longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes, recently fired by ...

2026-09-29T19:01:00Z

The longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes, recently fired by the Pentagon, is named E&P's News Executive of the Year. https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/editor-publisher-ep-names-stars-and-stripes-max-d-lederer-jr-news-executive-of,263747?newsletter=262128

The State Department's watchdog finds laws were broken when ...

2026-09-29T18:02:55Z

The State Department's watchdog finds laws were broken when Kari Lake and Elon Musk silenced the Voice of America, ignoring reliable data and that their mistakes "severely diminished the nation’s ability" to counter disinformation and support democracy abroad. https://www.stateoig.gov/report/aud-afa-ib-26-25

President Trump unveils America.gov, an AI-powered "plan that ...

2026-09-29T14:30:45Z

President Trump unveils America.gov, an AI-powered "plan that sits in the palm of your hand" to replace thousands of "terrible government websites."

By the end of this year BBC will switch off all its remaining ...

2026-09-29T11:16:25Z

By the end of this year BBC will switch off all its remaining local medium wave (AM) radio stations. https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/articles/2026/bbc-local-radio-medium-wave

“Iran has won this war. It’s just a question of how much ...

2026-09-28T23:27:02Z

“Iran has won this war. It’s just a question of how much they’ve won by,” Scott Anderson, author of ‘King of Kings,’ tells students in a lecture at the University of Mississippi.

Nvidia has authorized an additional $150 billion to its share ...

2026-09-28T12:18:52Z

Nvidia has authorized an additional $150 billion to its share buyback program, which the chip giant says will be the largest such repurchase authorization increase in history. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/28/nvidia-share-buyback-plan-gets-150-billion-boost.html

EU to strengthen its response to hybrid attacks amid warnings ...

2026-09-28T11:55:20Z

EU to strengthen its response to hybrid attacks amid warnings that Russia is planning further sabotage across Europe. https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/28/eu-mininsters-plan-response-to-hybrid-attacks-amid-warnings-of-russian-sabotage

All 50 districts of Bangkok are now public disaster zones due to ...

2026-09-26T11:37:55Z

All 50 districts of Bangkok are now public disaster zones due to sustained rainfall and flooding. https://www.thaipbsworld.com/around-thailand/558612

(Reuters) — Hackers claim they stole psychiatric and medical ...

2026-09-25T23:34:11Z

(Reuters) — Hackers claim they stole psychiatric and medical records of FBI staff. https://www.reuters.com/world/shinyhunters-hackers-say-they-stole-psychiatric-medical-records-fbi-staff-2026-09-25/

A jury in the state of New Mexico finds that Facebook willfully ...

2026-09-25T23:18:05Z

A jury in the state of New Mexico finds that Facebook willfully deceived users with claims that Meta protects user data and keeps harmful information and misinformation off its platforms. https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/new-mexico-jury-reach-verdict-in-states-privacy-violation-case-against-meta/

MFP - Artificial intelligence giant xAI offers to buy out ...

2026-09-25T17:38:03Z

MFP - Artificial intelligence giant xAI offers to buy out residents of Southaven, Mississippi, if they agree not to join a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of “nuisance-level harms" from its plant that powers data centers and Elon Musk's Grok. https://www.mississippifreepress.org/xai-moves-to-buy-out-southaven-residents-who-agree-not-to-sue-it-over-power-plant-noise-letter-shows/

BBC about to be literally decimated. ...

2026-09-25T10:52:59Z

BBC about to be literally decimated. https://www.upday.com/uk/uknews/2000-bbc-jobs-face-the-axe-as-pound500m-cost-cuts-trigger-warning-of-a-doom-spiral/lthqhfl

Sweden and Finland scramble fighter jets to intercept Russian ...

2026-09-25T08:59:12Z

Sweden and Finland scramble fighter jets to intercept Russian military aircraft. https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/25/finland-and-sweden-scramble-quick-reaction-alert-jets-to-intercept-russian-aircraft

A man who was severely injured during the 2024 assassination ...

2026-09-24T23:31:15Z

A man who was severely injured during the 2024 assassination attempt against President Trump in Butler County, Pennsylvania, has died. https://www.wtae.com/article/butler-county-trump-rally-victim-jim-copenhaver-dies/73872405

There's a flea-borne typhus outbreak in Los Angeles. ...

2026-09-24T19:54:05Z

There's a flea-borne typhus outbreak in Los Angeles. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-09-24/flea-borne-typhus-outbreak-warnings-issued-in-la-county

A US senator and Republican candidate for governor of Alabama is ...

2026-09-24T19:27:29Z

A US senator and Republican candidate for governor of Alabama is campaigning today against “furries," warning that such fetishists in airline cockpits pose a danger to commercial aviation. https://www.al.com/politics/2026/09/doug-jones-tubervilles-furry-pilot-senate-floor-speech-is-the-strangest-i-have-ever-heard.html

Today’s Trump–Xi meeting is being boycotted by US TV networks ...

2026-09-24T13:41:16Z

Today’s Trump–Xi meeting is being boycotted by US TV networks in the White House pool—and it won’t reach hundreds of millions of people in 100+ countries who once relied on the Voice of America, according to #SaveVOA. https://savevoa.com/

The anonymous source referred to here was the vice president of ...

2026-09-23T21:47:21Z

The anonymous source referred to here was the vice president of the United States. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/09/23/white-house-cited-anonymous-quotes-politico-ban-it-was-source/

MSNOW - Ford's Theatre, the playhouse where President Lincoln ...

2026-09-23T15:15:03Z

MSNOW - Ford's Theatre, the playhouse where President Lincoln was assassinated, has been mentioned among federal properties that could carry Donald Trump's name. https://www.ms.now/news/trump-fords-theatre-name-kennedy-center?cid=eml_mda_20260923&user_email=1b58f056e9a32795f0c9e3c3ed07989126e27ee1d4e6b2839569e8246a0ee755

A federal judge has ruled against environmental and wildlife ...

2026-09-22T18:22:37Z

A federal judge has ruled against environmental and wildlife conservation groups trying to prevent a land exchange in Texas between SpaceX and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. https://www.texastribune.org/2026/09/21/texas-spacex-land-swap-deal-wildlife-refuge-approval/

Deadly typhoon in Japan triggers widespread flooding and ...

2026-09-22T12:35:50Z

Deadly typhoon in Japan triggers widespread flooding and landslides. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/news/20260919de51188/

Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany celebrates ...

2026-09-20T21:20:26Z

Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany celebrates another regional election win, scoring 37% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, while the prime minister’s CDU has its worst performance at the polls since 1949. Even Friedrich Merz acknowledges “it’s a disaster.” https://www.dw.com/en/alice-weidel-merz-can-no-longer-stay-in-office/video-79348464

Studiously impartial C-SPAN calls for the Trump administration to ...

2026-09-20T20:03:55Z

Studiously impartial C-SPAN calls for the Trump administration to immediately restore White House access to the journalists of CNN, MSNOW and Politico.

VOA's Mandarin Service (now firmly under Trump administration ...

2026-09-11T15:07:57Z

VOA's Mandarin Service (now firmly under Trump administration control) for part of its 9/11 coverage runs an English-language infomercial for Silverstein Properties. https://www.voachinese.com/a/world-trade-center-exhibition-20260910/8196552.html

President Trump’s promise of a $5,000 cash payment for your ...

2026-09-11T03:58:56Z

President Trump’s promise of a $5,000 cash payment for your vote reminds me of the inducement offered by a huckster during the 1974 election for governor of Nevada. https://newsguy.substack.com/p/when-candidates-promise-dividends?r=1g77q&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

The Persian Service of the Voice of America (no longer ...

2026-09-09T03:13:03Z

The Persian Service of the Voice of America (no longer independent of administration control as mandated by law) has posted fake (AI generated) video of a volcanic eruption. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdCMxYelg7V/?stkn=MXBtMjNxY2tlcDdvZg==

As authors wait for their cut of the largest copyright settlement ...

2026-09-05T13:39:26Z

As authors wait for their cut of the largest copyright settlement in US history some are accusing the publishers of their books of trying to squeeze them out of a percentage of the payout. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/books/anthropic-settlement-ai-copyright-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-1A.-PnU.tvlhnRmpo75q&smid=nytcore-ios-share

GPU maker NVIDIA to acquire AI platform Hugging Face for $13 ...

2026-09-03T12:13:59Z

GPU maker NVIDIA to acquire AI platform Hugging Face for $13 billion. https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-to-acquire-hugging-face/

After presidential pressure Apple follows Google and Lake Ontario ...

2026-09-02T02:22:00Z

After presidential pressure Apple follows Google and Lake Ontario is now Lake America.

Nepali Times - A drone operator in China accidentally captured ...

2026-08-29T19:58:10Z

Nepali Times - A drone operator in China accidentally captured the rupture as it happened on Langtang.

https://nepalitimes.com/nepal-avalanche-was-live-on-drone-camera

Update: British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been ...

2026-08-29T17:09:44Z

Update: British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported back to the UK, according to DHS.

A federal judge in California, in a damning 90-page decision, ...

2026-08-29T00:10:31Z

A federal judge in California, in a damning 90-page decision, rules the government cannot revoke the F-1 visas of international student journalists because it doesn't like their reporting and such retaliation violates their First and Fifth Amendment rights. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.454120/gov.uscourts.cand.454120.108.0.pdf

President Trump announces that the US has struck a deal with ...

2026-08-28T23:56:55Z

President Trump announces that the US has struck a deal with Venezuela to get majority control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/28/trump-announces-deal-with-venezuela-to-secure-more-than-65-billion-barrels-of-oil-reserves.html

Far right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos apprehended by ICE in ...

2026-08-28T18:13:17Z

Far right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos apprehended by ICE in Louisiana - TMZ

Haakon VIII ascends to the throne as king of Norway following the ...

2026-08-28T13:41:17Z

Haakon VIII ascends to the throne as king of Norway following the death today of his father, King Harald V, who was 89. https://www.nrk.no/norge/den-nye-kongen-kjem-til-slottet-1.18005104

Meta, mid trial, agrees to settle claims that Facebook and ...

2026-08-26T13:07:50Z

Meta, mid trial, agrees to settle claims that Facebook and Instagrams harmed children with the owner of the social media platform to pay 29 states more than $16 billion. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/meta-settles-with-us-states-over-social-media-harms-2026-08-26/

Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. ...

2026-08-25T18:14:38Z

Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/dolly-parton-dead-country-music-1236680877/

A commercial airliner (Airbus A319) over Texas has reported a ...

2026-08-23T14:35:19Z

A commercial airliner (Airbus A319) over Texas has reported a failure of an engine, declared an emergency and requested rescue and firefighting services be on standby for the plane’s arrival at MFE (McAllen International Airport).

quoting
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Air to Ground Message:

OS KMFE EMERGENCY DEST KMFE ETA 1509 ARFF Y ENG 1 FAIL

Area: Austin, TX, USA
Type: Airbus A319
A: #abfcedcec3a
F: #fb32818ac10

#acars #vdlm2

Tens of thousands of people in Indiana still without electricity ...

2026-08-22T21:32:28Z

Tens of thousands of people in Indiana still without electricity 11 days after storm. https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2026/08/22/gary-blackout-hits-11th-day-braun-tells-nipsco-to-speed-up-repairs/91422531007/

“You’re at war when you get attacked. We got attacked,” ...

2026-08-22T16:56:05Z

“You’re at war when you get attacked. We got attacked,” Canadian Prime Minister Carney to reporters as he vows “dollar for dollar” retaliatory tariffs on the US from Sept. 8. https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps-tariffs/article/pm-carney-to-speak-at-11-et-after-trade-talks-with-us-break-down-live-updates-here/

Nancy Kissinger has died at the age of 92. ...

2026-08-20T23:31:19Z

Nancy Kissinger has died at the age of 92. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/us/nancy-kissinger-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.61A.Ny1X.69Ejp8ZK8t_x&smid=url-share

A 26-year-old car salesman becomes a Belgian prince after his ...

2026-08-20T23:12:12Z

A 26-year-old car salesman becomes a Belgian prince after his royal father acknowledges him as son and heir. https://www.nieuwsblad.be/binnenland/belgische-autoverkoper-wordt-prins-buitenlandse-media-smullen-van-verhaal-van-prins-clement/160290829.html

FT - Deep concern among investors over the US’s mounting public ...

2026-08-20T14:12:56Z

FT - Deep concern among investors over the US’s mounting public debt burden and whether policymakers will be able to contain the eruption of inflation triggered by President Trump’s war in Iran. https://www.ft.com/content/0c01cdd9-93e8-469c-8f09-a6d68c91fbc3?shareType=nongift

US national debt surpasses $40 trillion. ...

2026-08-19T20:37:43Z

US national debt surpasses $40 trillion. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/business/economy/us-debt-40-trillion.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6lA.TP8z.T2acwyJunYgI&smid=url-share