Confronting ugly allegations, FBI Director Kash Patel files new $250 million lawsuit The Atlantic reported that FBI personnel have expressed concerns about the director’s unexplained absences and excessive drinking. He sued a few days later.

BREAKING: Kash Patel files $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic over its report alleging FBI personnel have expressed concerns that the director engages in excessive drinking.

The world wants Chinese tech. China is determined to keep it China’s rivals are learning how to get what China won’t share

China’s rivals are learning how to get what China won’t share

Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go? Four huge media conglomerates forked over $63 million in “settlements” earmarked for Trump’s presidential library. Democrats are trying to track that money—and the latest developments don’t inspire co...

SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for.

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🚨🚨🚨 RENEE GOOD & ALEX PRETTI did NOT deserve to be executed in the streets by ICE!

Trump and his murderous Gestapo must be brought to justice 🚨🚨🚨

"We must strive for peace and not use God to justify violence."

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‘It’s soul-destroying’: struggle to house vulnerable children can leave breaking law as only option Social workers in England say they often have no choice but to place children in unregistered settings because no one else will take them

‘It’s soul-destroying’: struggle to house vulnerable children can leave breaking law as only option

The Week Ahead We seem doomed to another week of war news.

This morning, just after 8 a.m., Trump had a long ramble on Truth Social that concluded, “if they don’t, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!” That’s our start to the week ahead.
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"Diversify"
O' Canada, our home and Native Land, time to diversify for diversity sake.
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Iran executes two men accused of involvement in 'spy network linked to Israel', judiciary news outlet Iran executed two men convicted ​of cooperating with Israel’s ‌Mossad intelligence service and planning attacks inside the ​country, the judiciary's ​news outlet Mizan reported on ⁠Sunday.

Iran executes two men accused of involvement in 'spy network linked to Israel', judiciary news outlet reut.rs/4tWghHy

‘Exam-obsessed’ schools leave pupils unready for work, Alan Milburn says Former minister leading review into young people and work cites survey showing most teachers decry lack of ‘soft skills’ An “exam-obsessed” school system is leaving young people unprepared for work, Alan Milburn has said, as new polling suggests teachers believe pupils are leaving education without the skills they need for adult life. Milburn, a former cabinet minister under Tony Blair and now leading a government-commissioned review into young people and work, said the system had become overly focused on academic sorting rather than real-world readiness. Continue reading...

‘Exam-obsessed’ schools leave pupils unready for work, Alan Milburn says

Quarter of a million people could lose job by middle of 2027 as UK ‘flirts with recession’, analysis says Twin reports from top accounting firms underline scale of economic threat as Iran war shatters business confidence A quarter of a million people could lose their jobs by the middle of next year as Britain “flirts with recession”, analysis suggests, after business confidence was shattered by the US-Israel war on Iran. As the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, summoned bank chiefs for talks aimed at containing the fallout, twin reports from top accounting firms underlined the scale of the economic threat facing the UK. Continue reading...

Quarter of a million people could lose job by middle of 2027 as UK ‘flirts with recession’, analysis says

Iran war live: New peace talks uncertain after US seizes cargo ship Oil prices jumped as Iran vowed retaliation for the U.S. seizure of a cargo ship and rejected a second round of peace talks.

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US military strike on alleged drug boat kills at least three people US strikes on drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean have so far killed a minimum of 181 people. Critics have slammed the Trump administration over the strikes, saying they constitute a violation of international law.

US military strike on alleged drug boat kills at least three people

Too many of our kids are getting killed, because of thoughtless assholes like Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.

This mass shooting today happened in his own district. He said “thoughts and prayers” but did nothing AGAIN.

Remember this when we can take back the House in November.

Breakingviews - Iran catastrophe has some silver linings Donald Trump's Gulf ⁠War has ​caused death and ​destruction in the Middle East, as well as ​global economic ​damage. Yet there are ‌some ⁠positive unintended consequences. It is boosting both renewable ​energy ​and ⁠European unity, while undermining ​the US president’s ​own ⁠power.

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Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrong, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik

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How does Politics in the USA work, you ask ... Follow the MONEY!
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In the AI propaganda war, Iran is winning A joyless theocracy produces wittier videos than the Trump administration

Day after day, a team backing Iran’s theocratic regime releases videos, made with AI, that ridicule Donald Trump and glorify those who resist him

Indonesia rights body criticises military after 12 civilians killed in Papua Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission strongly criticised the military on Monday as it investigated the killing of 12 civilians last week during an operation against ​rebels in Papua province.

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EU population to fall by 12% by 2100: Which countries most affected?
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French peacekeeper killed in southern Lebanon President Macron blames the attack on Hezbollah. The Iran-backed armed group denies "any connection" to the incident.

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"Blue Berets"
Izrael needs to leash its IDF on foreign soil, and Hezbollah should do the same!
The IDF needs retreat; stop destroying Lebanon!
Another Peacekeepers becomes a casualty in service to the UN.
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Ukraine war briefing: Europe needs homegrown missile defence in a year – Zelenskyy Ukrainian president discusses Patriot alternative with other countries; Bulgarian election may be new headache for Kyiv. What we know on day 1,517

Ukraine war briefing: Europe needs homegrown missile defence in a year – Zelenskyy

Forward Guidance with Prime Minister Mark Carney YouTube video by Mark Carney

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Forward Guidance with Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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Parents of the 168 children murdered by the US government have written to Pope Leo. They wrote of their children and their deep grief.
They thanked him for being a voice for peace.
Meanwhile silence from the White House.
But there is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.

One day in the fight for democracy The Trump administration badly wants these records from all 50 states and has sued 30 states that refused its demands. My law firm is fighting the DOJ in all of them.

Days like Friday are a testament not only to the lawyers I work with but also to our clients. The voters who are standing up and the institutions that are fighting back play no small role in protecting democracy. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/one-...

Words can’t describe the pain the Shreveport community must be feeling.

Kids deserve to feel safe — especially at home — but gun violence continues to rob them of that freedom. We have to do more to stop it.

Gabby and I are keeping the families of the victims in our thoughts.

Amid stalled US-Iran negotiations, Iranian officials warning the crucial shipping lane will remain shut until the US lifts its blockade of Iranian ports.
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Comedy trailblazer Eddie Murphy receives AFI Life Achievement Award Eddie Murphy received the American Film ‌Institute’s (AFI) Life Achievement Award on Saturday night in Los Angeles, honoring a career that has shaped comedy and film for more than five decades.

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JD Vance could yet save his political skin. But it will mean turning on Trump – and soon | Simon Tisdall The vice-president has endured his most humiliating – and damaging – week as his boss’s fall guy. How much more can Maga’s great hope take? asks Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

JD Vance could yet save his political skin. But it will mean turning on Trump – and soon | Simon Tisdall

North Korea conducts multiple ballistic missile tests
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