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Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:
Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed — The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”
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Hegseth says public can watch execution — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday the public will be able to watch the execution of the Fort Hood shooter by firing squad. — Why it matters: The U.S. hasn't held a public execution in 90 years, and Hegseth's remarks raise questions …
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Washington Post:
Fort Hood shooter's execution will be live-streamed, Defense Dept. says — “We'll make sure that people are able to watch it,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday about the firing squad execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan. — SummaryLoading...
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Fort Hood Shooter's Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says — If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history. — Pentagon officials said on Thursday that the Army officer convicted …
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Brett Meiselas / MeidasTouch:
Hegseth Wants Americans to Watch Executions Like Those in Iran and North Korea
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Alasdair Pal / Reuters:
New Zealand censor says it would be powerless to block livestreamed US execution
New Zealand censor says it would be powerless to block livestreamed US execution
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Politico:
ICE shooting in NYC prompts Mamdani outreach to Trump — NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani demanded President Donald Trump end “all ICE enforcement actions in our city” late Thursday after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot a man in Manhattan, according to the NYPD.
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Noah Hurowitz / The Intercept:
ICE Agent on Scene of NYC Shooting Was Posing as Construction Worker, Eyewitness Says — U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents shot a person in New York City on Thursday afternoon, according to police. — The shooting took place around 4 p.m. in Manhattan's Marble Hill neighborhood …
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New York Times:
ICE Agent Shoots Man During Arrest Attempt in New York Neighborhood — The man was in a car with a 5-year-old boy in the back seat when he was shot, the authorities said. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the Trump administration was “terrorizing our city.” — A federal immigration agent shot …
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Wired:
ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
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Spectrum News NY1:
Officials: Man shot by federal agents in Manhattan
Officials: Man shot by federal agents in Manhattan
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New York Daily News, The City Reporter, KTVZ-TV and The Guardian
Myles Miller / Bloomberg:
Mamdani Calls on Trump to End ICE Operations After NYC Shooting
Mamdani Calls on Trump to End ICE Operations After NYC Shooting
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Ellie Fivas / The Washington Sun:
The First Debate in Michigan's Heated Senate Race Was ... Intense — The Michigan Senate debate on Thursday was as heated and personal as the rest of the race has been. — Republican nominee Mike Rogers repeatedly called Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed a “glitchy AI chatbot” …
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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Mike Rogers opens the door for AIPAC support in Michigan Senate race
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Erin Cox / Washington Post:
Takeaways from Michigan Senate debate between Abdul El-Sayed, Mike Rogers
Takeaways from Michigan Senate debate between Abdul El-Sayed, Mike Rogers
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NBC News:
'We don't want this right now': James Talarico off the trail with the flu for 12 days — In final stretch of the Texas Senate race, Talarico has not appeared in person since Sept. 26; he is expected to be back this weekend. Opponent Ken Paxton is calling for “proof of life.”
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Ott Ummelas / Bloomberg:
Nobel Peace Prize Goes to International Jurist Navi Pillay — The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law. — “The system of international law is under tremendous pressure, and its institutions are under attack …
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Reuters:
Former ICC judge Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize — Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge who oversaw a UN report that concluded that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”.
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Washington Post:
Vance, Rubio brush off questions about claim that Guilfoyle asked donor to pay $100K Amex bill — Allegations by former congressional candidate Eric Deters are the latest controversy to swirl around the U.S. ambassador to Greece. — SummaryLoading... Vice President JD Vance and Secretary …
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Elina Shirazi / Daily Mail:
Kimberly Guilfoyle's Champagne-fueled Greek party life now under investigation by the State Department... after 4am requests and unseemly messages are leaked
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Elizabeth Maline / MS NOW:
Trump's triumphal arch faces new pushback from Arlington County — The lawsuit comes ahead of a National Capital Planning Commission final vote on the project scheduled two days after the midterm elections. — The Arlington County Board in Virginia filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Thursday …
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New York Times:
How Trump's Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil — The president's allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry. It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence.
Zach Despart / ProPublica:
Ken Paxton's Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose. — Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business.
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The Texas Tribune
Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
“Go After Anybody”: ICE Gets Terrifying Marching Orders in California … Immigration and Customs Enforcement has quietly launched a 45-day immigration crackdown in California ahead of the midterm elections, instructing its officers to “go after anybody.” — The so-called “Operation Safe California” …
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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy — The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration's actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk. — SummaryLoading...
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Paul Dallison / Politico:
Hitler Mussolini wins local election — Peruvian voters pick their new mayor, despite his unusual name. — Voters in the Peruvian town of Queropalca have chosen their new mayor: Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores. — The unusually named candidate for the center-left Ahora Nación party won 34% of the vote.
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump's meme coin grift hits a new low — Buyers have lost almost everything. He keeps pumping them anyway. … Late next month, President Donald Trump is hosting the “most exclusive dinner in the world” at Trump National Golf Club in Northern Virginia — and you're invited!
Jenna Monnin / The Washington Sun:
Trump Raised Big Bucks for Freedom 250 — But Most Events Appear to be Funded by Taxpayers — President Donald Trump touted a tranche of corporate funding for Freedom 250's private-public partnership to celebrate the semiquincentennial of the nation's founding.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Justice Department seeks criminal charge for former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson — The former Trump aide was a star witness before the Jan. 6 committee. The case is being pursued by the Civil Rights Division, led by Harmeet Dhillon. — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is seeking …
Aleksandar Vasovic / Reuters:
Founder of Russian war blog Rybar arrested in Montenegro — The head of the influential Russian war blog Rybar was arrested in Montenegro on Friday, following warnings of attempts to destabilize the country, its prime minister said. — Mikhail Zvinchuk was detained with his wife and three …
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Politico:
Voters have ‘had enough’ of Mideast turmoil. But the Houthi conflict is just getting started. — Saudi Arabia has no plans to consider a ceasefire with the Houthis until it regains recently lost territory in Yemen — making it likely the fight will escalate ahead of midterm elections …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
California threatens to worsen House Democrats' 2027 headaches — More than half a dozen U.S. House districts in California will send a Democrat to Capitol Hill next year no matter what. Party leadership still has a lot riding on the outcome. … - Democratic Reps. Mike Thompson …
Josephine Walker / Axios:
Trump's foreign worker crackdown comes for Microsoft, Adobe, IT firms — Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the Trump administration is suspending Microsoft, Adobe and several other IT firms' ability to hire foreign-born workers for permanent residency in the U.S.
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