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Yonette Joseph

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NYT editor/shape shifter. “I am alive, and drunk in sunlight.” -George RR Martin, "A Storm of Swords"

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 2h
The Trump administration may have just signed up your American child — and more than 60 million others — for a 530A savings account www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
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What to Know About Trump Accounts as More Than 60 Million Children Are Auto-Enrolled (Gift Article)
The Trump administration may have just signed up your child — and more than 60 million others — for a 530A savings account (if you haven’t already done so).
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 3h
Critics expressed anger that the protagonist in the welfare ad was a white man. Several demanded that Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders take it down, issue an apology and fire the staff members who helped produce the TV spot, accusing her of engaging in “anti-white racism.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Ad About Welfare Fraud Draws MAGA Backlash (Gift Article)
Far-right influencers piled on Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, President Trump’s former press secretary, over a campaign ad about Medicaid work requirements in Arkansas.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 4h
NY Governor Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case (Gift Article)
Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the New York State attorney general to investigate allegations by a former Cornell University student that several men sexually assaulted her.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5h
President Trump said that Secret Service officials have encouraged him to replace the current Oval Office, according to a new interview with Time magazine. “I said, ‘My ass, you can’t build a new one. This is a special place,’” Trump said.
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Trump says Secret Service wants him to ‘take down’ Oval Office
The president also said he is looking into designating the White House room as a “federal landmark,” potentially preserving his changes.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 4h
New CNN owner is negotiating to keep Mark Thompson in place without oversight from Bari Weiss, the CBS editor in chief, when the networks’ parent companies merge www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
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David Ellison’s Vision for CNN: Same C.E.O and No Bari Weiss, for Now. (Gift Article)
David Ellison is negotiating to keep CNN’s chief executive, Mark Thompson, in place without oversight from Bari Weiss, the CBS editor in chief, when the networks’ parent companies merge.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 5h
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Musk's AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela's president | TechCrunch
President Trump reportedly asked for Grok's opinion before invading Venezuela and capturing Nicolás Maduro.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5h
TSA says it is removing chairs at document checks in airports, requiring staff to stand for their shift. TSA explained the reason as twofold: to ensure its employees meet its fitness standards and to create an amiable environment for travelers.
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TSA officers must now stand up on the job
The agency is removing chairs from document-checking stations.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 5h
AP Movie Review: In 'Digger,' a 'Dr. Strangelove' for the climate change era apnews.com/article/digg...
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Movie Review: In 'Digger,' a 'Dr. Strangelove' for the climate change era
Just as the fate of the world hangs in the balance in “Digger,” movie creator Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s over-the-top climate-disaster satire teeters on the brink.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 5h
Inside a Billionaire’s Paradise With Crypto’s Most Powerful Ex-Convict Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
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Inside Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao’s Life After Prison (Gift Article)
Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 5h
ICYMI: ‘No Beardos, No Weirdos, No Wimps’: Hegseth Lays Out His Military Vision In his “State of the Force” address, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focused on the culture war and accused reporters of “treason” over Iran war coverage. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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In Speech, Hegseth Targets Diversity, Transgender People, Reporters and Iran (Gift Article)
In his “State of the Force” address, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focused on the culture war and accused reporters of “treason” over Iran war coverage.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
Trump campaigns for Ken Paxton in Texas: "He can be a pain in the ass sometimes, I'll be honest. Is he here, by the way? Oh, there he is. I didn't even know if he was here! I don't care."
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 6h
Trump says he regrets nominating Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court time.com/article/2026...
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 8h
Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal by Prosecutors wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Exclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal
A revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 9h
Tennessee suspends executions as Christa Pike’s lawyer says failed lethal injection leaves her in critical condition www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Tennessee suspends executions as Christa Pike’s lawyer says failed lethal injection leaves her in critical condition
Independent inquiry ordered after failed execution of Pike, who was convicted of 1994 murder
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 11h
A dual UK-Iranian national has been arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts in connection with the incident at RAF Fairford, Counter Terrorism Policing said www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Dual UK-Iranian national arrested over RAF Fairford incident
The 27-year-old man was arrested in Westminster, London, the force said.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 13h
Renee Good’s Family Sues ICE Agent and Top Officials Over Minnesota Killing www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Renee Good’s Family Sues ICE Agent and Top Officials Over Minnesota Killing (Gift Article)
The fatal shooting of Ms. Good set off protests during the Trump administration’s immigration operation early this year in Minnesota.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 13h
(AP) — A DC judge permanently dismissed the case charging an Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 18h
Public anger comes for John Roberts The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.” Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him. (Gift Article)
After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 18h
Cornell Police Report Omitted Student’s Claim She Was Raped www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Statement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped (Gift Article)
Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike has been taken to hospital after she was still alive following two lethal injections during her execution, her lawyer says. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike taken to hospital after attempted execution, lawyer says
One of her attorneys told the BBC that Pike, 50, was in hospital after two syringes of pentobarbital had been administered.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sardinemaxxing. Lollls. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/m...
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I No Longer Have to Make Life Decisions Thanks to My Infinite Tins of Fish (Gift Article)
Now I can’t even look at the word t*na.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: MS NOW EXCLUSIVE. Republican Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway. GOP Judiciary staff told Schmitt the texts — obtained from the Trump DOJ — were "unvetted." Schmitt still used them.
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Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.
As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to figure out how Eric Schmitt’s bombshell fell apart so embarrassingly, it turns out he was warned that the texts were unvetted.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
(AP) — Experts say Swiss glaciers lost 5.5% of their ice this year, second-biggest annual loss, due to heat waves and less snow.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Supreme Court allows execution of Christa Pike to go ahead, overturning a last-minute reprieve www.bbc.com/news/article...
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US Supreme Court allows execution of Christa Pike to go ahead
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Justice Dept. Tries to Rebuke Federal Judges for Speaking to The NYT www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Justice Dept. Tries to Rebuke Federal Judges for Speaking to The Times (Gift Article)
Judge Patrick J. Schiltz had warned that the administration’s actions “created a grave threat to the rule of law.” The attorney general accused him of “obvious bias.”
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NPR @npr.org · 30/09/2026
The Pentagon made last-minute changes to forms that many overseas U.S. citizens use for absentee voting, removing a category of citizens that Republicans have been pushing to block from voting. n.pr/4iT13Ru
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Trump officials changed forms for overseas voters amid a GOP push to restrict voting
The Pentagon made last-minute changes to forms that many overseas U.S. citizens use for absentee voting, removing a category of citizens that Republicans have been pushing to block from voting.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Pete Hegseth appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of warfare
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Pete Hegseth appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of warfare
A year after his explosive tenure at Doge, the SpaceX CEO is back in the Trump administration’s good graces Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that Elon Musk will co-lead a government project to study the future of warfare, marking the SpaceX CEO’s first return to government since he ran the chaotic, so -called “department of government efficiency”, or Doge. Musk will be joined by Palmer Luckey, CEO of the defense tech company Anduril, and Newt Gingrich, the former Republican speaker of the House. A defense department press release on the effort, called Project Meridian, described its goal as “identifying the capabilities required to achieve absolute technological dominance on the next-generation battlefield”. The project will run for 120 days and culminate in an unclassified public report of its recommendations. Continue reading...
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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 30/09/2026
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The Trump Administration Has Been Sued More Than 750 Times. Track These Cases.
Follow the lawsuits and rulings that are challenging President Trump's executive orders.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Google restricts access to new AI model over safety concerns: statement
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
No criminal laws were broken, Federal Reserve watchdog finds in probe of renovation costs that Trump had criticized Powell over www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Watchdog finds Fed mishandled renovations that Trump tried to oust Powell over
The Fed’s watchdog found cost overruns but no evidence of criminal violations after the Justice Department dropped an investigation into the renovations earlier this year.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Reuters: Brendan ⁠Carr, ⁠chair of the ‌FCC, said Wednesday that taxpayer-funded television ads featuring ⁠Trump ​are not improper and do ‌not raise any ​red flags. "There's nothing in there that strikes ‌me to merit ‌any ‌sort of ‌FCC ⁠review or any liability for ​any broadcaster."
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ken Paxton told conservative donors and lobbyists last week that Trump’s midterm convention in Dallas had hurt Paxton politically, according to an audio recording obtained by The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Ken Paxton, G.O.P. Nominee in Texas, Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him (Gift Article)
Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump’s border wall construction cut into an ancient ground carving older than Stonehenge www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Trump’s border wall construction cut into an ancient ground carving older than Stonehenge
The Las Playas Intaglio carving of a huge fish is at least 2,000 years older than the first Egyptian pyramid, according to researchers’ estimations.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Officials of three Israeli government agencies said the pilot and co-pilot had gotten into a fight. Passengers described to Israeli news outlets a terrifying melee that left one crew member bleeding from a stab wound and ended with his attacker subdued by passengers. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...
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Clash Between Pilots Prompts Distress Signal on Flight From Dubai to Tel Aviv: Live Updates (Gift Article)
Israel and Saudi Arabia scrambled jets over fears of a hijacking on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The plane landed safely in Saudi Arabia.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jack Smith is into women’s sports. It never entered the Republican senator’s mind. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Jack Smith Defends Trump Charges as Senator’s Perjury Claim Falls Apart (Gift Article)
A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them. In private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models (Gift Article)
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Victor Marx, a Christian ministry leader and black belt, knows how to tell a story. There is the one about how his stepfather forced him to kill a man at age 7. And his claim that he once cast a demon out of a teenage girl. Marx is the Republican nominee for governor of Colorado.
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Victor Marx, Colorado Governor Nominee With Sensational Past, Splinters the G.O.P. (Gift Article)
Some Republicans in the state fear that the sensational biography of Victor Marx, their party’s candidate for governor, could drag down the rest of the ticket.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cornell does not deny that submitting essays — which it calls reflection papers — were part of the punishment that a panel decided on for some of the men accused of gang rape. But it stated that it was not the only consequence for any of them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
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Cornell University Rape Investigation: What We Know (Gift Article)
Prosecutors have reopened the case of a woman who said she was sexually assaulted on campus in 2024. The woman’s lawsuit brought renewed pressure to reopen the investigation.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 30/09/2026
Former Homeland Security secretary Kristi L. Noem filed for divorce from her husband, according to court records, citing “irreconcilable differences.” Noem and Bryon Noem married in 1992 and had three children together, according to the filing.
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Former DHS secretary Kristi L. Noem files for divorce
The former DHS secretary cited “irreconcilable differences” in filing for divorce from her husband.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Trump administration is preparing to add a question on next year’s tax returns asking people whether they are a citizen or legally authorized to work in the US, expanding an attempt to cut tax refunds for immigrants or push them out of the tax system entirely www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/b...
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Trump Administration Prepares to Ask Tax Filers if They Are U.S. Citizens (Gift Article)
The new question, included on a draft version of the primary tax form, comes as part of an anti-immigrant turn at an agency that long prioritized tax administration.
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NPR @npr.org · 29/09/2026
The sudden change was precipitated because of Chinese displeasure over one document that the U.S. had planned to show. n.pr/4AG0S2f
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Potential Taiwan tension sparked 'last minute' change in Trump-Xi National Archives visit
The sudden change was precipitated because of Chinese displeasure over one document that the U.S. had planned to show.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The man was reportedly leaving A train at Utica Avenue station when a stuck bag dragged him back and on to tracks www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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New York man killed after bag caught in subway train doors, police say
Man, 57, was reportedly leaving A train at Utica Avenue station when stuck bag dragged him back and on to tracks
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is already the worst year on record for killings of people with albinism in Madagascar: 13. Mostly children have been killed for body parts, which some believe can bring good fortune. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Murdered for their eyes: people with albinism living in terror in Madagascar
The country is struggling to address a rise in attacks, with a record 13 people – mostly children – killed this year for body parts, which some believe can bring good fortune
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump agrees to end court fight against $5 million verdict in E Jean Carroll case www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump agrees to end court fight against $5m verdict in E Jean Carroll case
The verdict stems from Carroll’s 2023 sexual abuse and defamation civil trial against Trump
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Atlanta Hawks Iowa Hawkeyes
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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 29/09/2026
In Nine Key Senate Races, Five Republicans Won’t Commit to Campaigning With Trump Three campaigns left their positions unclear, and two said they would not join the president on the trail. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Judge Orders New York to Scrap Rollout of Second-Home Tax and Start Over www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
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Judge Orders New York to Scrap Rollout of Second-Home Tax and Start Over (Gift Article)
A Staten Island judge sided with a group of homeowners who had sued the city over its introduction of the tax, dealing a blow to Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Huh. Suspect supposedly foiled RAF Fairford ‘bomb plot’ by ringing police himself. www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
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Suspect foiled RAF Fairford ‘bomb plot’ by ringing police himself
As counterterrorism officers focus on whether the five men from London were proxies for Iran, they are also investigating the motives of the one who called 999
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Axios @axios.com · 29/09/2026
"In Iowa, we should brace for losing everything, definitely the governor's race and maybe the Senate race and who knows what else," one top GOP campaign consultant told Axios.
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"Brace for losing everything": Farm crisis fears grip GOP in Iowa
Trump's policies have cause severe financial problems for farmers. Iowa is especially vulnerable.
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