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POLL: Economic approval falls to a 26% as 65% of Americans blame Trump policies for persistently high inflation. Widespread public frustration over aggressive tariffs and wartime costs threaten Republican congressional control before midterms. apnews.com/article/trum...

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POLL: About 8 in 10 rural voters — an important voting bloc for Trump and fellow Republicans — say Trump policies have a negative effect or no impact on the health of people where they live. Most MAHA supporters, 68%, also feel this way. apnews.com/article/rura...

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 01/10/2026

Gazing 1,000 light-years into the Perseus constellation, the James Webb Space Telescope captures one of its largest panoramas to date. Near-infrared image of the IC 348 stellar nursery reveals a landscape of gas, glowing dust and nine newly discovered brown dwarfs. www.livescience.com/?hl=en-US

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 30/09/2026

WATCH: Mullin defends living conditions inside ICE detention centers during a press conference. Dismissing ongoing criticism and oversight concerns over the treatment of migrant detainees, he bluntly states the federal government is "not providing Holiday Inns."

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 30/09/2026

FlyDubai plane diverted: A pilot on a flight carrying Israelis stabbed another and apparently tried to crash, Netanyahu says. The fight between the two pilots, one of whom was armed with a knife, caused the FlyDubai plane to abruptly descend nearly 17,000 feet . apnews.com/article/isra...

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 29/09/2026

VIDEO: FBI adds alleged Lawrence Bishnoi gang leader Satinderjeet "Goldy Brar" Singh to its Ten Most Wanted list, joining the RCMP to offer a $1 million reward for his arrest. Singh faces charges in the 2023 assassination of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar and U.S. drug trafficking.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 29/09/2026

WATCH: NORAD scrambles armed F-16 fighter jets over Chicago to intercept 10 of 15 aircraft violating an FAA flight ban during Donald Trump's Sunday visit to the Presidents Cup at Medinah. Jets fire flares to warn pilots caught off guard after a system lag delays notice of an extended restriction.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 29/09/2026

Emboldened by a Sept. 4 mistrial where jurors favored Lindsay Clancy 11-1 on a postpartum psychosis defense, attorney Kevin Reddington now challenges whether she killed her three children at all. Seeking an acquittal from Judge William Sullivan pressures prosecutors before a retrial.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 29/09/2026

INFLATION SQUEEZE: Consumer confidence plunges to 81.9 in September to its lowest level since 2014 as the war in Iran drives gas past $4 a gallon and the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates. Holiday plans for begin to drop alongside a cooling labor market and worsening market expectations.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 28/09/2026

POLL: Donald Trump's net approval among white voters flips negative in six red states since January 2025, Civiqs polling of 132,219 voters shows. Net ratings plunge 32 points in Kentucky to -3, 30 in Texas to -3, 26 in Missouri, 25 in Ohio, 22 in Alaska and 19 in Arizona ahead of key Senate races.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 28/09/2026

Bond traders hoping for lower borrowing costs get a reality check Monday after Donald Trump spurns Iran's offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Oil jumps, U.S. Treasuries dump and markets price in fresh central bank rate hikes as war-driven energy prices threaten another inflation spike.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 28/09/2026

VIDEO: Rep. Becca Balint slams Palantir co-founder and JD Vance mentor Peter Thiel over his claim that being evil is at least competent. Calling the ideology disturbing and emblematic of tech America's flaws, the Vermont Democrat urges the public to reject the premise.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 28/09/2026

U.S. voter turnout hits 64.3% in 2024—the second-highest rate in 100 years—and 46.1% in the 2022 midterms despite deep distrust. Even as fewer than 50% of voters expect fair 2026 midterms and 62% fear legal fights over ballots, century-high participation shows anxiety fails to curb voting.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 27/09/2026

WATCH: Nothing says good-faith diplomacy like admitting you see zero reason to deal as long as your neighbor keeps sending oil, gas and potash. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer shrugs off any urgency ahead of new Canada tariffs, leaving Canadian officials to tout secret talks on their own.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 26/09/2026

VIDEO: Four bystanders revive Aaron and Clare Walenga with CPR after a sudden lightning bolt strikes the couple on a Florida trail. The husband suffers temporary paralysis and facial burns while rescuers restore his wife's breathing before paramedics arrive in Winter Park. wsvn.com/news/local/f...

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 26/09/2026

VIDEO: UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric declines to offer color commentary after Benjamin Netanyahu insults 70 diplomats who walk out of the General Assembly hall. Rather than address the speech, the United Nations official points reporters to formal announcements from the briefing lectern.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 25/09/2026

NIH delays biomedical research grants by an average of 42 days as the White House imposes ideological reviews on science spending. While Congress maintains the agency's $47.5 billion budget, administrative bottlenecks slash minority health studies by 29% while pivoting funds into AI.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 24/09/2026

WATCH: An olive ridley sea turtle records the first natural nesting on the West Coast, depositing eggs near Southern California's Seal Beach and Huntington Beach. Federal authorities secure the nesting sites for a 45-to-60-day incubation period as marine biologists monitor the historic anomaly.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 24/09/2026

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is applying "risk management" protocols to the "extreme tail risk" of U.S. military action. Responding to President Trump's "51st state" rhetoric, Carney confirms Ottawa has modeled worst-case security contingencies. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/w...

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 23/09/2026

WATCH: President Trump uses his time at the United Nations to workshop a new acronym, introducing the globe to "super intelligence," or "SI". The commander-in-chief openly wonders if he actually has the power to make the nickname stick, but insists it sounds much better and is much more accurate.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 23/09/2026

POLL: Trump’s rural base is feeling squeezed by the cost of living. About half of rural American voters believe the economy is worse off now than when President Donald Trump returned to office. The survey points to economic frustration among a key group that has backed Trump and other Republicans.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 23/09/2026

Witnesses tell NPR: Houthi seizure of western Yemeni territory grants the rebel group strategic control over the Bab el-Mandeb strait. This chokepoint dominance enables direct blockades of Saudi oil carriers and facilitates drone attacks on infrastructure, driving Brent crude past $100 a barrel.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 23/09/2026

Witnesses tell NPR: Medical workers inside Mokha General Hospital triage mass casualties while artillery fire echoes outside. The sole surviving medical facility restricts care to emergency trauma and neonatal intensive care as a rapid Houthi offensive cuts off access to outside medical transfers.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 22/09/2026

Witnesses tell NPR: Houthi fighters seize the western port city of Mokha, displacing 125,000 Yemeni civilians in days. Families flee with nothing into overwhelmed makeshift camps as major escape routes to the south remain under constant missile fire. www.npr.org/2026/09/22/g...

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 22/09/2026

WATCH: The White House doubles down on its war with the press corps as Vice President Vance defends a media ban. Despite empty microphones and a TV network boycott, the administration insists that silencing critical journalists is a vital national security measure.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 21/09/2026

Germany Vote: Friedrich Merz said he would stay put as German chancellor even after his party suffered its worst-ever result in a state election, with a tally showing the conservatives crashing out of a regional assembly for the first time in the country’s post-World War II history.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 20/09/2026

VIDEO: Lead you absorbed as a child may cause dementia as you age. Americans born between 1951 and 1980 are invisibly scarred by lead exposure that embedded the toxic metal into their bones. It reemerges later in life. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 19/09/2026

A global shortage of supertankers spikes shipping costs by $26 a barrel from Houston to Asia, fracturing international oil trades. This logistical bottleneck isolates major energy consumers from U.S. crude, forcing refiners to prioritize localized sourcing to survive tightening global margins.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 18/09/2026

VIDEO: Iran downs at least two American MQ-1 unmanned aircraft. U.S. officials confirm the loss of the military drones but omit the exact variant and location of the incidents. The loss follows prior drone shootdowns in the region.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 18/09/2026

WATCH: Colorado Parks and Wildlife safely tranquilizes an 80-pound juvenile mountain lion found in a Westminster residential tree. The rapid relocation to the mountains west of Castle Rock highlights urban encroachment challenges as young predators disperse to find their own territories.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 18/09/2026

Heat and drought: Why beer at Oktoberfest could soon be in short supply. No hops, no beer: heat and drought are hitting hop fields in Austria and Germany, as well as spring barley for malt. Is a beer shortage looming? Farmers and brewers are testing irrigation and switching to winter barley.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 18/09/2026

Freddie Mac reports the 30-year fixed mortgage rate hits 6.95%, the highest level since January 2025. Driven by inflation and surging oil prices that push 10-year Treasury yields near 5%, these rising loan costs sideline home buyers and continually stall the U.S. real estate market.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 17/09/2026

Photo of Trump shows printout that seems to refer to Kennedy Center demolition. The image surfaced hours after the president warned that the performing arts venue could eventually be “ripped down” without his administration’s intervention. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 16/09/2026

WATCH: Jagged blue glaciers calve violently into the freezing ocean, but the real threat lurks unseen beneath the waves. A Scientific Data study reveals warming waters, not hotter air, drive five-sixths of polar ice melt, unleashing a new, accelerating threat for future sea level rise.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 16/09/2026

More than half of Americans express deep concern over the environmental footprint of artificial intelligence, up to 53% from 41% last year. The unease grows as tech firms build sprawling data centers across rural regions, stressing local electricity grids and community water supplies.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 15/09/2026

Recent charts show the federal funds rate stalling at 3.75%. As surging oil prices from the Iran war drive inflation, the Fed reconsiders its March rate-cut forecast. A hike would likely inject massive volatility into the economic and financial landscape.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 15/09/2026

Trump and Burnham rebuff direct pleas from MBS for military aid against Houthi rebels. Sources reveal the kingdom refuses to mount operations alone, while European intelligence warns the crown prince cannot retake Yemen's captured Red Sea port of Mokha. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 15/09/2026

A forest of mics feeds partisan dread, as gap-toothed satire turns every head. Where frantic pundits scream and pry, Alfred jabs power right in the eye. No sacred spin survives the grin; the circus drowns in deafening din. "What, me worry?" taunts the youth, while farce becomes our bitter truth.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 15/09/2026

VIDEO: US military on high alert in Middle East. About 50,000 American service members are on high alert as tensions rise. Houthis recently seized part of the Yemeni coast, and a drone strike crippled a major Saudi pipeline, threatening global oil supplies.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 14/09/2026

VIDEO: Donald Trump's 2024 campaign warnings of historic economic collapse collide with modern fiscal turbulence. As 10-year Treasury yields top 5% alongside $109 oil and $40 trillion in debt, the administration faces structural inflation forces that defy political promises.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 14/09/2026

VIDEO: Trump said Ukraine should stop “knocking out diesel fuel in Russia” and suggested Kyiv could target “plenty of other targets” instead. “We spoke to Mr. Zelenskyy about it,” Trump said, adding: “Don’t hit diesel fuel because that’s hurting the world.”

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 14/09/2026

Twenty-five states have laws or education standards that require or expect public schools to provide instruction specifically on the Sept. 11 attacks, and another 13 have optional mentions of 9/11. Others have laws on school observances or no requirements at all. apnews.com/article/sept...

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 13/09/2026

VIDEO: Scattered sandals and shattered concrete litter a courtyard where dozens of women had just gathered to celebrate a wedding. A deadly U.S. strike hits a home in the Iranian town of Kuhestak, punching a crater through the roof and turning a joyous gathering into a mass funeral procession.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 12/09/2026

VIDEO: Ferguson, Missouri, residents launch a recall against city council members backing a $2 billion data center at the former Emerson Electric campus. Opponents cite utility and environmental risks, while officials argue the development secures municipal solvency.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 12/09/2026

Perched on a ridge in Lebanon, displaced families watch gray smoke billow from the village below. Israeli drones systematically drop explosives onto Mansouri homes, turning the occupation of the south into a grim spectator sport for residents mourning lost livelihoods. apnews.com/article/leba...

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 11/09/2026

WATCH Vice President JD Vance pause his remarks to address a protester he says was waving a Mexican flag inside the convention center, adding, “My friend, if you love Mexico so much, get your ass over there. I’ll buy you the plane ticket.” www.nbcnews.com/now/video/vp...

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 11/09/2026

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels capture Mayun island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, seizing a strategic choke point for Saudi crude exports. The military offensive exposes Riyadh's reliance on U.S. operational green lights while giving Tehran direct leverage over global oil prices

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 11/09/2026

VIDEO: Defense attorneys for Alex Murdaugh successfully move his double murder retrial to Sumter County. The venue transfer highlights the severe legal complications of prosecuting high-profile cases after intense true-crime media saturation taints the local Colleton County jury pool.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 10/09/2026

WATCH: Tying a $5,000 national payout to an election victory sounds like bribery, but experts say it skirts the law. A criminal defense attorney tells the AP that Donald Trump's promise to pay every adult if Republicans hold Congress is legal, though it faces massive hurdles.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 10/09/2026

Brent crude oil tops $102 a barrel as the seven-month U.S.-Iran war escalates, driving domestic diesel toward $6 a gallon. With Tehran threatening retaliation against an American naval blockade and Washington ruling out relief before midterm elections, energy inflation fears surge globally.

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