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A new Justice Department antitrust probe targets five major US TV networks for briefly pausing their shared White House pool coverage last month. The networks coordinated the suspension after President Trump revoked credentials for CNN and other outlets. Read more: cnn.it/4hHxIsd

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Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 08/10/2026

DOJ’s civil rights division has hired a new class of lawyers. And it’s really quite unsettling. Here are some highlights from a @nytimes.com investigation. youtube.com/shorts/ZnqWM...

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DOJ’s new hires

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 08/10/2026

“The problem with AI is that the same AI that knows biology so well that it could invent a new medicine or a new cancer drug can't be separated from the AI that knows how to make new pathogens,” says Tristan Harris, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 08/10/2026

Maricarmen, the 87-year-old pensioner in Spain whose eviction from her lifelong home sparked nationwide protests, died on Wednesday. “She literally put her body on the line for seven years, which is how long she fought this eviction for,” says Spanish journalist Maria Carrion.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 10/10/2026

"She promised me that she would be my ride or die in the Trump administration, no request too big, too small, as many requests as I wanted," said Eric Deters, the Republican donor who accused Kimberly Guilfoyle of asking for payment in exchange for access to top officials. to.pbs.org/47dJYur

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‘It was a definite quid pro quo.’ GOP donor who accused Guilfoyle of corruption speaks out

A Republican donor is accusing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle of asking for $100,000 in exchange for access to top Trump administration officials. Amna Nawaz speaks with Eric Deters, a f...

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 07/10/2026

"The Israeli government exploited the trauma, the pain, the fear of the Israelis after the October 7 massacre to change the status quo from conflict management to ethnic cleansing," says Maoz Inon, who lost his parents in the October 7 attack.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 08/10/2026

Christa Pike's lawyers say she is "angry and confused" after regaining consciousness following her botched execution last week. Speaking outside a court in Nashville on Wednesday, they said the 50-year-old is "very aware" of what happened "up to a point" and that her prognosis remains unclear.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 06/10/2026

In Tennessee, lawyers for Christa Pike say she is awake and speaking after surviving a botched execution attempt last week.

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Shirley L. Smith @shirleysmithvi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The fact that people are cheering at Trump's absurd comment is also alarming.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 05/10/2026

The Cornell rape case is part of a broader pattern of "investigators, police officers and even prosecutors deciding at the outset that the allegations are not worth pursuing, and dismissing the case before any kind of investigation gets off the ground," says law professor Deborah Tuerkheimer.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 06/10/2026

The demonstrations began in September at a single school in the economically deprived suburbs of Paris, where students protested teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms and dilapidated school buildings beset by rats, falling debris and more.

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French High School Students Lead Mass Protests over School Funding, Inequality; Thousands Arrested

Nearly 2,000 French high schools are blockaded or closed today amid massive student-led protests over school funding and inequality. The demonstrations began in September at a single school in the eco...

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 02/10/2026

President Trump is no longer content to re-write his own scandals and alleged crimes, he is now apparently intent on re-writing the history and legacy of another scandal-plagued President: Richard Nixon. MS NOW’s Ali Velshi explains.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 02/10/2026

Tennessee officials failed to carry out the lethal injection of death row inmate Christa Pike on Wednesday. Her attorneys say she is alive and in critical condition after being given two doses of pentobarbital meant to kill her. to.pbs.org/4dkllQm

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What we know about Tennessee's botched execution of Christa Pike

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 02/10/2026

After 48 years, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon is nearing the end of its mandate. Its planned withdrawal comes at a time when the Israeli military occupies around 6% of Lebanese territory. to.pbs.org/4rRTPj5

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On the ground with UN peacekeepers as Lebanon-Israel mission nears its end

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 02/10/2026

Pete Hegseth says he is fundamentally reshaping the culture of the military. He's removing senior officers, dismantling diversity initiatives and putting a new emphasis on religious faith and what he calls a "warrior ethos." to.pbs.org/4yu3ZZV

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A look at Hegseth's attempts to reshape the Pentagon

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he is fundamentally reshaping the culture of the U.S. military. He's removing senior officers, dismantling diversity initiatives and putting a new emphasis on relig...

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 28/09/2026

The new film "Britain's Gaza Secrets Exposed" documents how the U.K. government downplayed evidence of Israeli war crimes in Gaza. "It's quite extraordinary, the level of duplicity that was going on, in order for us to keep selling Israel arms," says executive producer @bendepear.bsky.social.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 29/09/2026

Danish Afghan filmmaker and journalist Nagieb Khaja joins us in Copenhagen to discuss his reporting on the U.S. military, the Taliban and U.S.-backed Afghan police forces during the war in Afghanistan.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 30/09/2026

Award-winning Danish Afghan journalist and filmmaker Nagieb Khaja’s documentary "Winning Heart and Minds" looks at on how Western forces made the Afghan people vulnerable to physical and sexual violence during the war in Afghanistan.

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Afghans “Have Been the Victims” of U.S. Military, Taliban, Cartels & More for Decades: Nagieb Khaja

Award-winning Danish Afghan journalist and filmmaker Nagieb Khaja’s most recent documentary, Winning Heart and Minds, is an investigation into what went wrong in the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. In th...

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 26/09/2026

"It's one thing for the president to literally roll out the red carpet. It's another for him to do that and be at the airport," Jonathan Capehart says. "I have no confidence that the United States is in a better position now than before President Xi got here." to.pbs.org/4AtJIVL

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Brooks and Capehart on Trump's warm welcome for China's Xi Jinping

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit, President Trump's warm welcome for t...

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