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Trump online: A burst of anti-Somali and anti-Muslim rhetoric

In a burst of anti-Somali and anti-Muslim rhetoric, President Donald Trump cast the Somali American community as a threat to Minnesota on Thursday, hours after he labeled Muslim US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed a radical extremist."The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants. There is Violence, Murder, and Mayhem all over the State. The people of Minnesota must fight back," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.Trump urged authorities in Minnesota to ask for federal intervention.Civil rights advocates have criticized the Republican president's rhetoric tow

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Third-place finisher in Brazil election endorses Bolsonaro for runoff against Lula

Brazilian right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro said on Thursday he had nabbed the endorsement of author-psychiatrist Augusto Cury, who ranked third in Sunday's first-round election, for the October 25 runoff against leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.• Bolsonaro shared a video on social media of Cury announcing the endorsement, following local media reports of Cury's support• Cury, from the Avante party, received 2.89% of the valid votes - which exclude blank and null ballots - in the first round• Cury has avoided identifying with either the political left or right, instead camp

Japanese annual household spending drops for 9 straight months

Japan reboots DOGE-style spending review in hunt for funds for Takaichi pledges

Federal budget deficit climbs to $2 trillion as fiscal jitters multiply

The federal budget deficit rose to nearly $2 trillion for the past fiscal year, spurred in part by ballooning interest payments and tariff refunds, the Congressional Budget Office reported Thursday.The gap between the revenue the federal government collects and the amount it spends widened by $218 billion, or 12%, in the last fiscal year, which ended September 30.Net interest payments on the public debt topped $1 trillion for the first time, driven up 11% by the nation’s skyrocketing debt levels and higher interest rates. The US spent more on interest than on any category other than Social S

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Houthis claim new attack against airport in Saudi capital as witness reports evacuation

Several explosions were heard in Saudi Arabia's capital on Thursday, including a large blast at Riyadh’s international airport, a witness told The Associated Press, a day after the kingdom said an attack on the airport killed one person and wounded others. The blasts had an immediate effect on markets, as the price of crude oil jumped and Saudi Arabia slid further into the latest front in the Iran war. Hundreds of flights to and from Riyadh were cancelled, according to flight-tracking site FlightAware. Iran-backed Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen claimed respon

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Christa Pike is walking with help and eating after failed execution attempt, her attorneys say

Christa Pike has begun walking and eating again at a hospital a week after surviving Tennessee’s attempt to execute her with lethal drugs, her attorneys said Thursday. Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital as the state sought to giver her a lethal injection eight days ago for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer. The drug didn’t kill her, and her arms were left burned and blistered, according to her lawyers. For the first few days of her hospitalization, Pike was unconscious and on a ventilator. Her first steps on Wednesday w

Hurricane Isaias strengthens to Category 2 with evacuations underway in the Gulf states

Trump says he'll award fireballer Roger Clemens the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Trump stumps for embattled Texas Senate candidate at raucous rally

President Donald Trump made his third trip to Texas in less than a month Wednesday, attacking Democrats and warning about illegal immigration as he stumped for a Senate candidate who’s privately questioned his political capital and whom the president has publicly insulted in personal terms.Such is the final sprint to the November 3 midterm elections as the GOP faces an increasingly uphill battle to hold on to the Senate, with the path to the majority running through Texas.Republicans are pouring millions into bolstering state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who polls have shown is facing a clos

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US has lost or sustained damage to 81 military aircraft worth up to $3.3 billion in Iran war, congressional report says

The United States military has had 81 aircraft destroyed or damaged in the war with Iran, a Congressional Research Service report released this week says.The number includes both airplanes and helicopters as well as drones, with the MQ-9 Reaper drone – used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, close air support and combat search and rescue – accounting for more than half of the losses.But also on the list are some of the Pentagon’s most-prized assets, including an F-35A fighter jet and an E-3 Sentry, the four-engine jet with a large radar dome atop the fuselage used for tar

Nicolás Maduro and his wife face new charges over alleged torture of Americans

Trump interrupted by protesters as he fights to rally Texas voters behind Paxton in US Senate race

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Iranian operatives used AI to plant fake stories in multiple US media outlets

Operatives in Iran used OpenAI models and fake personas to help plant news articles critical of the US war against Iran in multiple US media outlets, OpenAI said on Thursday.About a dozen outlets around the world ran roughly 100 articles by seven fake journalists, OpenAI said in a blog post. The firm said it banned ChatGPT accounts that were prompting the AI tool in Farsi to tweak articles and editorial pitches, and generate social media comments.Some of the AI-assisted articles had provocative titles, including, “Is America’s Iran Policy Being Privatized? The Jared Kushner Question,” an

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A few inches – and a fan’s arms – separated Anthony Volpe from October heroics. Instead, the Yankees are swept by Tampa

What a hero he would have been.The New York-born heir to Derek Jeter’s spot on the diamond, Anthony Volpe has become an unfortunate avatar of all the ways this iteration of the Yankees has failed to live up to the legacy set by the Jeter Era teams. The first-round draft pick turned homegrown source of hope-unrealized debuted in 2023 and has never had even an average offensive season.This year, he spent over a month demoted to the minors. He entered October with just two home runs.He’ll leave it that way, too.The Yankees season is over. They were swept by the Tampa Bay Rays – who also bes

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As Father Time ticks away, 39-year-old Novak Djokovic enjoyed yet another sweet return to the China Open

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Two star pitchers are facing the choice between being on the mound or in the delivery room. It’s not an easy decision

With less than an hour to go before a playoff game with their season on the line, the San Diego Padres announced star closer Mason Miller wouldn’t be available.It was shocking, a move that could have potentially derailed the Padres’ attempt to stave off elimination as they faced a 2-0 deficit in their best-of-five National League Divisional Series against the Milwaukee Brewers.Miller and his wife, Jordan, are expecting their first child and Jordan went into labor on Tuesday just hours before Game 3 of the series. Faced with choosing between being available for his team and being present wi

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Trump says he has call scheduled with Putin to discuss possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has a call scheduled with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible case of plague at a Siberian research institute. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he would be talking with Putin about the case “very soon.” Health authorities are investigating after the death of an employee at an anti-plague institute, which authorities attributed to pneumonia with an unknown cause. Asked what the U.S. intelligence community was saying about the case, Trump said the U.S. is in “very deep discussions�

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Roberts moves struggling Ohtani to No. 5 spot in Dodgers' lineup in NLDS Game 3 against Braves

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Fact check: Republicans’ deceptive ads on key Democratic candidates’ stances on gender surgery for children

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Hurricane Isaias strengthens as US Gulf Coast prepares for landfall

Hurricane Isaias strengthened on Thursday as it barreled toward the US Gulf Coast, prompting mandatory evacuations in parts of Florida and emergency declarations in

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Trump voters are not pumped about voting in the midterms, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

Voters who backed Democratic former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 are far more enthusiastic about casting ballots this November than those who

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Rogers and El-Sayed trade attacks in combative first Michigan Senate debate

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‘The list of his failures goes on’: El-Sayed’s Obama criticism resurfaced ahead of campaign rally

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French mayor caught in viral video clash says student protesters 'could be my children'

In a video that has gone viral on social media, Bally Bagayoko, the mayor of the French town of Saint-Denis, stands facing police at a march in

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls