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Ken Paxton Says He’s Tough on Crime. His Trust Invested $600,000 in a Convicted Fraudster’s Company.
Four years after North Texas home builder Scott Sherman completed a federal prison sentence for mortgage fraud, his new construction materials business received a $600,000 cash infusion. The…
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‘Absolute Acoustic Silence’: Triangular UFO Spotted by Federal Agents
A newly released report says the craft “was executing a slow, controlled, perfectly vertical ascent directly…
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More than 60 Christians killed in Ethiopia ‘massacre’, church official says
One resident, whose 75-year-old father was killed, described it as an ambush, saying they were surrounded.…
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Trump ‘hasn’t made a decision’ on whether to resume Iran strikes, Rubio says
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Protests spread to Germany as hundreds of thousands march again in France
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Infighting Likely to Grip CCP as Xi Jinping’s Health Fails, Experts Say
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Inside the Times’s Decisions on the Alaska Senate Race Story
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Trump calls $50 million contract for ex-lawyer Habba Mildon ‘not acceptable’
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Eisenkot vows to swiftly utilize Knesset majority ‘against Oct. 7 government’
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World
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Record number of purges as Xi emphasises ‘party discipline’ at China political gathering
Xi’s anti-corruption campaign has become “an effort to consolidate and maintain authority”, observers say. Read the full story…
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‘Absolute Acoustic Silence’: Triangular UFO Spotted by Federal Agents
A newly released report says the craft “was executing a slow, controlled, perfectly vertical ascent directly over the…
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More than 60 Christians killed in Ethiopia ‘massacre’, church official says
One resident, whose 75-year-old father was killed, described it as an ambush, saying they were surrounded. Read the…
Politics
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The 2026 Midterms Will Be Uniquely Difficult for Polls
Polls are again under scrutiny, with some rushing in to proclaim their demise. But it isn’t that polls…
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Even WaPo forced to admit there’s a BIG problem with election polling
The Washington Post has admitted that polling for the midterm elections may suffer from the same inaccuracy issues…
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Are Trump Voters Refusing to Take Polls? And Other Polling Risks.
If my inbox is any indication, we’ve reached the point when everyone just wants to know whether the…
Science & Tech
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Expert Judgement Can Be Easily Hacked by AI, Anthropic Study Finds
In a recent study, 86% of participants followed Claude’s advice—but only a small fraction acknowledged the agent had…
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ChatGPT’s Election-Related Anti-Deepfake Measures Are Intriguing, but Incomplete
OpenAI has called it a “layer of friction.” It’s not a very thick layer.
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‘Absolute Acoustic Silence’: Triangular UFO Spotted by Federal Agents
A newly released report says the craft “was executing a slow, controlled, perfectly vertical ascent directly over the…