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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4h
Breaking news: The FBI arrested an OpenAI employee after the company discovered a “sophisticated” recording device in an executive conference room at its San Francisco offices.
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OpenAI employee arrested by FBI after listening device was found at its office
The man was charged with using a listening device planted in the company's office to “intercept oral communications,” the Justice Department said.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4h
OpenAI said on Tuesday that it had discovered a hidden recording device in one of its offices and traced it to an employee, and that the FBI had arrested the worker.
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F.B.I. Arrests OpenAI Employee Accused of Planting Bug in Office
OpenAI said that the employee had placed a device built to evade detection and that he had planned to secretly record meetings in other sensitive spaces.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4h
Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay urged the United States to return to what she described as its traditional role of defender of human rights and liberator for the rest of the world. wapo.st/4rUaFxH
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 5h
JUST IN: As Trump & allies suggested, 11th Circuit delays Nov. 2 arguments on release of Mar-a-Lago volume of special counsel Jack Smith's final report. Appeals court doesn't specify a new date. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Court Order Filed – #135, Att. #2 in United States v. Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia Univ. (11th Cir., 25-14507) – CourtListener.com
ORDER: Motion to continue oral argument filed by Appellee Donald J. Trump is GRANTED in PART. The Court will schedule oral argument at a time convenient to the panel and the attorneys. [132] in 25-145...
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Houston Public Media @houstonpublicmedia.bsky.social · 5h
Texas Attorney General and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton said he would protect Social Security, but that cuts to federal spending are necessary to reduce the budget deficit.
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Paxton says he won’t cut Social Security benefits, responding to leaked audio
Texas Attorney General and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton said he would protect Social Security, but that cuts to federal spending are necessary to reduce the budget deficit in the long-term.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 5h
Donald Trump sued the BBC—and the case keeps going downhill for him. trib.al/S66w5J3
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Trump Tries to Get Out of Deposition as His BBC Lawsuit Backfires
Donald Trump sued the BBC—and the case keeps going downhill for him.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 6h
Featured story: “It’s not that many of them have decided to become Democrats, although some will vote Democratic. They are disillusioned by Trump and are not motivated to turn out to vote for anyone this year.”
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South Texas Is Moving On from Trump
The region looks poised to return to its centrist-Democrat roots, as the president fails to bring down costs and the reality of mass deportations takes hold. But 2028 could be another test.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6h
Trump earlier this year: Kimberly Guilfoyle has been my friend for a long time. I love calling her Kimberlay. That’s my little pet name, right? I hope you come back here in 12 years or whenever the term ends. Trump today: She was not a member of my family. I guess she dated my son a long time ago.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 6h
NEW: SCOTUS will allow a man—who is not accused of committing violence—to remain jailed before trial as part of DOJ's effort to go after "Antifa." There were no noted dissents. The district court ordered pretrial release. DOJ, in an unusual move, appealed. The 6th Circuit reversed on a 2-1 vote.
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ORDER IN PENDING CASE
WAGNER, KYLE V. UNITED STATES
The application for stay presented to Justice Kavanaugh and by him referred to the Court is denied.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
TRUMP TODAY: "She wasn't a member of my family. She I guess dated my son a long time ago" TRUMP NOT EVEN 2 YEARS AGO: "Kimberly has been a close friend and ally"
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Donald J. Trump

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Today, I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Kimberly Guilfoyle as the United States Ambassador to Greece. For many years, Kimberly has been a close friend and ally. Her extensive experience and leadership in law, media, and politics along with her sharp intellect make her supremely qualified to represent the United States, and safeguard its interests abroad.
 
Kimberly is perfectly suited to foster strong bilateral relations with Greece, advancing our interests on issues ranging from defense cooperation to trade and economic innovation.
 
Congratulations Kimberly!



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David R. Brockman, Ph.D. @drdrbrockman.bsky.social · 5h
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 6h
NEW: There are an unusual number of pastors, former pastors and seminarians on the ballot this year, and a lot of them are locked in tight races. So I've rounded up the major races that feature faith leaders, and broke down which ones @rns.org is keeping an eye on. religionnews.com/2026/10/13/a...
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Faith leaders on the ballot: 11 races to watch
(RNS) — The Democratic clergy running are making some races unexpectedly tight.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5h
Breaking News: Pope Leo has a form of lung cancer, ​the Vatican said. He is recovering after surgeons removed part of his right lung.
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Pope Leo Has Lung Cancer, Vatican Says
The surgeons removed the lower lobe of the pope’s right lung after finding a cancerous nodule.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 5h
BREAKING: North Carolina's election board will be sending letters to over 1,000 state voters who have been flagged as potential noncitizens through a faulty federal database. It remains unclear whether recipients who do not verify their citizenship status will be able to cast a ballot this fall.
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North Carolina sends vague letter to voters flagged by citizenship database
The letter provides flagged voters “with instructions on how to voluntarily request removal from the voter rolls if they were registered in error or provide information verifying their U.S. citizenshi...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 7h
Over 100,000 people have already voted today in Georgia in the first day of in-person voting.
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CNN @cnn.com · 7h
From $4 gas and 7% mortgage rates to surging airfares, the Iran war is significantly raising the cost of living for inflation-weary consumers ahead of the midterm elections. cnn.it/4hLQGxR
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
"Most nations avoid public executions for the pretty obvious reason that turning a person’s death into propaganda is an assault on human dignity. It creates perverse incentives for jackals like Hegseth to target individuals for spectacular acts of violence in the name of self-aggrandizement."
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The fascist spectacle of streamed executions
It’s a sign of a deeply sick society.
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CNN @cnn.com · 7h
In the final three weeks of the fall campaign, James Talarico is seeking to build a coalition of voters to break a 38-year streak of Democrats falling short in their bid for Senate. cnn.it/47BkNSZ
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 7h
That $366 million Elon is spending to try and convince voters that Congress should stay Republican? It's more money than McCain's 2008 campaign spent. But it's also, relative to Musk's net worth, the same as a household at the median income spending $32.
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The 2026 question: Which is more powerful, money or people?
Elon Musk has spent $366 million this election cycle. Philip Bump examines what that kind of money can buy in American politics.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram @star-telegram.com · 8h
The locally-based non-denominational church called for wickedness to be sent out of the county and for righteous leaders to be elected.
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Mercy Culture protests ‘evil spirits,’ prays for God’s intervention in Tarrant
The locally-based non-denominational church called for wickedness to be sent out of the county and for righteous leaders to be elected.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 8h
Empty seats in a place where Trump has previously enjoyed massive support is not a good sign for Republicans ahead of the midterms, especially as he played to a similarly diminished crowd in the Buckeye State earlier this month. trib.al/UTD8vZD
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 8h
NEW: Pro-voting groups sued to force Texas officials to fix its online voter registration process after a backlog of ~600k applications was revealed before the midterms. Election workers have been left scrambling due to the state's registration errors, saying the backlog dates back to last fall.
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Texas' backlog of voter registrations needs immediate fix, voting groups say in lawsuit
Pro-voting groups are going to court after a backlog of nearly 600,000 applications was revealed just before the midterm elections.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h
WOW. Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, among others, "chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an impeccable record of public service. ... The attacks against Ms. Comans were based entirely on false information" and many officials "knew [they] were untrue."
In conducting this hearing, the Court is not called upon to resolve factual disputes between
the parties. The facts set forth in this Memorandum Opinion and Order were proposed by the
Plaintiff, unobjected to by the Government, and then deemed admitted by the Court. Dkts. 74, 75,
77.2 These facts establish that high-ranking government officials, including then Secretary of DHS
Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, engaged in a coordinated public relations campaign to impugn the
personal and professional integrity of Ms. Comans. For reasons unfathomable to this Court,
officials chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an
impeccable record of public service. In short, Ms. Comans was professionally targeted and
personally attacked by government officials for no legitimate reason. The attacks against Ms.
Comans were based entirely on false information, and many government officials knew the
accusations were untrue at the time they were made. With no regard for the truth and with no
consideration for the personal and professional effect on Ms. Comans, government officials
exploited their access to mass media outlets to broadcast false information. These false
statements reached hundreds of millions of people. The purpose of this Order is, to the best of
this Court’s ability, to correct the public record and establish as a matter of law that the
statements made by these officials about Ms. Comans were objectively and demonstrably false.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 9h
blue-collar workers now oppose Trump's tariffs 58% to 36% agglomerations.eig.org/p/american-w...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
CNN: "I spoke with one White House official who said a lot of them are 'missing Karoline today'"
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h
COOK POLITICAL moves four governor races in Dem’s direction: “.. Democrats remain in an increasingly strong position to regain a majority of governorships for the first time since 2010.” @cookpolitical.com #AKgov www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/gov...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10h
A military archbishop condemned the Pentagon’s planned live stream of the execution of the Fort Hood shooter, saying it risked replicating the tactics of terrorists and urging Catholic soldiers to “request to be excused” from participating in the firing squad.
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Archbishop for U.S. military urges Catholics to recuse themselves from firing squad
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio also condemned the planned live stream of the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, saying it risked replicating the tactics of terrorists.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 10h
The Supreme Court takes up the Trump administration’s bid to prevent a watchdog group from seeking information about the Department of Government Efficiency, which played a key role in firing thousands of federal workers and canceling government funding.
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Supreme Court to hear Trump attempt to withhold DOGE documents
The justices took up an appeal by the Trump administration seeking to prevent the disclosure of information about the inner workings of the agency used to downsize government.
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 10h
A must-read story about how Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton trumped up fraud charges against a Muslim community - despite repeated warnings that there were "legal holes" in the case.
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How Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton Trumped Up Fraud Charges Against a Muslim Community
Bureaucrats found legal holes in the governor and attorney general’s crusade against a North Texas mosque. The state proceeded anyway.
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 10h
Meanwhile, as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick continues his fight for "religious liberty," this is the type of stuff his Republican colleagues are doing in his backyard - with no apparent pushback from him.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 9h
The Supreme Court agrees to consider the Trump administration’s bid to deny asylum to a man officials say provided material support to terrorists in Nigeria by cooking food for them.
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Supreme Court to weigh if Nigerian who cooked for terrorists can be denied asylum
The Trump administration appealed after a lower court ruled that a Nigerian man could not be denied asylum for spending six months cooking for a terrorist group.
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Lauren Turek @laurenfturek.bsky.social · 9h
As part the special class and lecture series on the US 250th I'm co-teaching this semester, my students are creating a podcast of interviews with our guest lecturers (I'll also be sharing the audio of their lectures). Our 1st episode just dropped, featuring an interview with @jimambuske.bsky.social!
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Telling Stories of the American Revolution with Dr. Jim Ambuske
The United States at 250: Remembering and Forgetting · Episode
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Julie Zebrak @juliezebrak.bsky.social · 9h
Good. It looks like it took getting Sally Yates on board to get that done.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 9h
Diesel's like $8.40 out here now...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 9h
BREAKING: TRO granted! Court has halted the Trump admin tree removal at E. Potomac Golf Links, where we are contesting the dumping of toxic East Wing debris & creation of a hideous Trump golf course Huge win for clients & cocounsel Democracy Forward, Lowell & Assoc, & us at Democracy Defenders
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 13h
NEW: Texans spent decades steadily tearing down the church-state wall, claiming it is a myth meant to obscure America's true Christian roots. Now, Trump is helping them export their playbook nationally. The result: A federal bureaucracy remade in their Christian nationalist image. (Gift link)
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Texans Spent Decades Tearing Down the Church-State Wall. Now They Have Trump’s Ear.
Dan Patrick calls the separation of church and state a lie and has worked to infuse Christianity into Texas institutions. Trump is helping him take that strategy nationwide.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h
Guilfoyle has now reached the stage where Trump pretends he doesn’t really know who she is.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h
Q: "Have we stopped sharing intel with Ukraine?" Trump: "No, we haven't. We help them…We are sharing intel."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
CNN on Zacharia: "Some White House officials are already wondering how long she'll keep the job. They tell Kaitlan Collins her performance was unlikely to satisfy President Trump. One White House official called the appearance 'unusual.' Another called it 'brutal.'"
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10h
UPDATE: Trump was asked what state Zacharia passed the bar exam. Trump deferred to Zacharia to answer. Zacharia said, "When I moved to China." Which makes absolutely no sense. She appears to waive away follow up questions. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 10h
@ashleyrparker.bsky.social attended a Donald Trump rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, and reported on why the president is stumping in deep-red states even as his party fears that its congressional majorities may be at risk.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
DOOCY: Has the US stopped sharing intel with Ukraine? ZACHARIA: I'll have to get back to you on that
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 12h
Now hiring: We're seeking a paid intern to cover the 2027 Texas Legislature. If you're finishing your schooling and want hands-on experience in political/policy journalism, apply by October 30. 20/hours per week and located at our Austin office:
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2027 Legislative Internship
The Texas Observer is hiring for an intern to help cover the 2027 Texas legislative session, running from January through early June. The Observer’s Legislative Internship program is for student…
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 12h
After a woman obtained public records indicating a Google datacenter would cover only one-third of the cost of a new solar plant to power the facility — contradicting its promises that ratepayers would not be on the hook — her electricity company sued her.
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An Arkansas Mom Obtained Public Records About a New Data Center. Then She Got Sued.
Cases in Arkansas and California show how desperately we need a federal law against lawsuits intended to chill free speech.
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CNN @cnn.com · 12h
White House asks Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign as US ambassador to Greece after a series of reports about alleged misconduct. cnn.it/4B4Nvce
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Trump: I will be the last Republican president in the history of our country
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13h
BREAKING: The Supreme Court takes up Trump administration request to review a lower court decision allowing discovery into DOGE. The case is one of three new cases granted today.

CERTIORARI GRANTED
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U.S. DOGE SERVICE, ET AL. V. USDC DC, ET AL.
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BLANCHE, ATTY GEN. V. OZURUMBA, IZUCHUKWU
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The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted.
BERRY, COREY D. V. UNITED STATES

The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted.QUESTIONS PRESENTED
The district court in this case entered a wide-ranging and intrusive discovery order against the U.S. DOGE Service (USDS)—a body within the Executive Office of the President tasked with advising the President—to determine whether that body's influence renders it an "agency" subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA),
5 U.S.C. 552. This Court previously granted certiorari, vacated the court of appeals' denial of a writ of mandamus, and remanded for the court of appeals to "narrow" discovery in light of "separation of powers concerns." On re-mand, respondent withdrew several of its discovery re-quests, and the court of appeals again denied the government's mandamus petition without any new analysis regarding the remaining discovery, which includes numerous requests for internal communications and a deposition of USDS's head. The questions presented are:
1. Whether the court of appeals' order departed from this Court's instructions and the separation-of-powers principles that this Court articulated in Cheney
v. United States District Court, 542 U.S. 367 (2004).
2. Whether a court may order broad discovery against an Executive Office advisory body—potentially providing much information sought on the merits of a plaintiff's FOIA claims—to determine whether FOIA's disclosure requirements apply in the first place.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12h
Breaking News: President Trump asked Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign as a U.S. ambassador to Greece after reports that she asked a Republican donor to pay off her credit card.
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Trump Has Asked Kimberly Guilfoyle to Resign, White House Says
Ms. Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, has faced a string of damaging reports.
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CNN @cnn.com · 12h
Temperatures will plummet to their lowest levels since spring for many east of the Rockies later this week as a potent cold front slices across the country. cnn.it/47ihqQx
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12h
Pope Leo XIV was admitted to a Rome hospital Tuesday for surgery to remove a lung nodule, as the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics prepared to undergo his first major medical procedure after 17 months as pontiff.
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Pope Leo enters hospital for surgery on lung nodule
Several hundred people gathered at Rome's Gemelli Hospital before the pope's operation, news of which had caught many in Vatican City off guard.
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