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Iran war live: Oil prices rise after Trump says he has offered Iran ‘nothing’
Iran's Revolutionary Guards urge American voters to punish Trump at the ballot box in November midterms
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Backpack has officially been crowned the chunky champion of Fat Bear Week
The event this year featured 16 bears vying for the heavyweight title in a single-elimination, bracket-style tournament
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Trump tells Americans they have no choice but to trust ‘super intelligence’
With tech leaders smiling and nodding beside him, Donald Trump stands athwart a wave of populist anti-AI sentiment yelling ‘calm down,’ writes John Bowden
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Powerful drill roars to life to dig Hudson River tunnel connecting New York and New Jersey
Powerful cutters have whirred to life on a giant drill that will begin boring a new train tunnel under the Hudson River connecting Manhattan to New Jersey
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60 million kids to be auto-enrolled in Trump Accounts
Children cannot access the Trump Account until they are 18, and it can only be used for specific things like paying for a home or education
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Global fertility declines have to end, right? Maybe not
‘Where and when fertility has fallen low, it has tended to keep falling,’ researchers say
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Trump just turned the US government into a tech-bro fever dream
The president tried to reassure everybody that the new, eminently hackable system probably wouldn’t get hacked straight away, while acknowledging that it eventually would. And then Marco Rubio was forced to position a flipbook as a technological innovation, writes Holly Baxter
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Trump rolls out AI takeover of American government
America.gov will employ AI to replace US agency workers for bureaucratic chores
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2028 Olympic torch relay to begin in Atlanta and travel through all 50 states before arriving in LA
Organizers say the torch relay for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will begin in Atlanta, the site of the last U.S. Summer Games in 1996
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Trump envoy warned Greek minister US can bring down ‘any country we want’: report
Greek representatives have denied claims ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle had a heated exchange with energy minister Stavros Papastavrou
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York couple celebrate 70 years of marriage and aiming for UK record
An East Yorkshire couple whose love story has taken them from Skirluagh to Sumatra are celebrating 70 years of marriage today.
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Mounting GOP anger at Hegseth could hamper his $1.5T bid for military funds: report
Republicans unhappy with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over Iran war and Pentagon turmoil – and could block mammoth budget request as a result
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How to Beat Surveillance Pricing Before It Bleeds You Dry
Consumer advocate Lindsay Owen’s new book, Gouged, traces how corporations use software—from ever-changing prices to opaque algorithms—to squeeze every penny from you.
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News organizations barred from White House by Trump ask federal court to block ban until case is resolved – US politics live
CNN, MS Now and Politico say administration has ‘persisted in unpredictably and inconsistently implementing its ban’ despite a judge’s restraining order
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NFL and Hall of Famer Brian Dawkins slam Trump DHS over propaganda video
The NFL has asked the Department of Homeland Security to take down a video on social media showing highlights of Hall of Fame safety Brian Dawkins in reference to a potential caravan of immigrants approaching the U.S. border
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Trump offers Iran critics an extreme endgame: ‘Let them hit us with a nuclear weapon’
Trump continues to insist America faced imminent nuclear threat, even as just half of Republicans say war was ‘worth it’, writes John Bowden
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York couple celebrate 70 years of marriage and aiming for UK record
An East Yorkshire couple whose love story has taken them from Skirluagh to Sumatra are celebrating 70 years of marriage today.
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Trump doubles down on claims US will win war with Iran ‘one way or another’ as talks are in doubt – as it happened
President claims US negotiators spoke with Iranian officials through intermediaries after Iran says it ‘has no plans to negotiate with US’
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Stuck between superpowers: How Australia navigates the China-US rivalry
Australia is increasingly concerned about China's military might - but Beijing is also its biggest trade partner.
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MLB considers Grand Teton National Park for baseball game site, prompting concern
Major League Baseball has been considering holding a game in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming
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Trump sparks outrage by ‘stealing’ from taxpayers for ads: ‘Completely illegal’
Experts rail against ‘corrupt’ use of public dollars for ‘political propaganda’ ahead of midterm elections
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Trump rants about TV shows he doesn’t like in Monday morning social media spree
Joe Scarborough responded to Trump’s comments and pointed out that his show is the No. 1 morning show in the Washington, D.C. market
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These Extremists Are Running for Election in November
With the threat of political violence at unprecedented levels, state and federal GOP candidates are openly sharing racist, pro-militia, anti-vaccine, sexist, antisemitic, and secessionist views.
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Former 'American Idol' singer Caleb Flynn is on trial in wife's killing. He says a burglar did it
A former Ohio music pastor who appeared on the singing competition “American Idol” is on trial over allegations that he killed his wife while having an affair
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Trump has filled his Cabinet with ‘head-nodders’ and ‘yes people’
President Donald Trump likened to ‘a very strong monarch’ surrounded by ‘weak barons’ in new report, a characterization the White House has rejected
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Giggle for God: America’s witty church signs aim to inspire, attract drivers and passersby
Many churches across America have roadside signs with frequently changing messages that range from the practical to the witty to the profound
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How school districts are coping with the high cost of diesel for their buses
Diesel powers more than 87 percent of the buses that shuttle about 23.5 million students to school and school-related activities
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'Sad' 80s singing legend hasn't seen bandmates in 10 years after split
80s singing legend Tony Hadley has said he is "sad" after not seeing his Spandau Ballet bandmates in 10 years following their split.
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Massie hits out at Trump over TV ads: ‘This is legal... in banana republics’
The Republican Representative and other critics accuse the president of misusing taxpayer dollars to pay for the pre-midterms commercials, which prominently feature the commander-in-chief
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Streeting says farmer who ‘foiled bomb plot’ at RAF base only has ‘partial picture’
Police investigating whether Iran is linked to incident near Gloucestershire base used by US bombers
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Iran says it ‘has no plans to negotiate with US’ despite Trump claims – US politics live
Trump had told Axios he expected talks to resume a day after he rejected Iran’s proposal to reopen the strait of Hormuz
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Trump offered to sell arms to China, US ambassador claims
Arms sales to China are prohibited under US law, a state department official said denying the reports
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RAF Fairford: What happened and who is behind the alleged terror plot?
Major incident declared over suspected plot against RAF Fairford, a Gloucestershire airbase used by the United States Air Force
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Trump guts fuel-efficiency rules as Americans get hammered at the pump
The Trump administration on Monday plans to release new fuel economy standards that would relax regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks
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Trump administration set to roll out lower fuel economy standards for cars, light trucks
The Trump administration on Monday plans to release new fuel economy standards that would relax regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks
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Trump’s new doomsday ad warns of ‘final battle’ for America — at taxpayer expense
‘We will rout the fake news media, and we will liberate America from these villains once and for all,’ Trump says in the ad
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X-energy just crossed a major line in its US nuclear plans
The race for America's next nuclear reactors just gained something they desperately need, and it is still unfinished
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Republican says Trump’s support of Ken Paxton in Texas primary was ‘colossal mistake’
Thom Tillis says Trump’s decision to back Paxton instead of John Cornyn has put the Senate seat at risk for Republicans
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RAF Fairford: All we know about alleged terror plot as five men arrested near airbase
Major incident declared over suspected plot against RAF Fairford, a Gloucestershire airbase used by the United States Air Force
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How school districts are coping with the high cost of diesel for their buses
Diesel powers more than 87 percent of the buses that shuttle about 23.5 million students to school and school-related activities
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Netanyahu battles October 7 warnings revelations with UN speech
With Israel’s election approaching, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is battling new revelations of alleged warnings about Hamas’ 7 October attack and countered the political storm with a fiery UN speech directed at his voters and the world.
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Dangerous driver clocks 115mph with nine-year-old child in car
A dangerous driver travelled at speeds of more than 115mph with a nine-year-old child in the passenger seat in Nottinghamshire. Johnpaul Allen, 32, of Park Hall Road, Mansfield Woodhouse, narrowly avoided an oncoming car when he swerved past an unmarked police vehicle on the A60 between Worksop and Cuckney. Officers had to drive at more than 115mph to keep up with him. Allen was jailed for six months and banned from holding a licence for 16 months after pleading guilty to dangerous driving at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday (15 September).
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Democracy blindsides Silicon Valley’s power players looking to transform the world with AI
‘The push against datacenters speaks to the frustration of people who don’t feel they are making the choices in their lives’
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Watch: Salman Rushdie denounces ‘horrifying’ behaviour of ‘thin-skinned’ Trump
Sir Salman Rushdie said he looked forward to the “demolition” of Donald Trump in a wide-ranging interview with The Independent's editor-in-chief, Geordie Greig. The Booker Prize-winning author criticised the US president’s decision to rip down the White House’s East Wing to replace it with a ballroom, and described Trump’s planned 250-foot triumphal arch as “ridiculous.” “We’ll see if he builds it,” the author told The Talk Show. “I look forward to the day when there is no more Trump and every ugly thing he's built gets torn down.”
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Rory Stewart reveals family’s reaction to viral Newsnight moment
Rory Stewart has revealed his family’s reaction to his viral moment on BBC Newsnight. The former Conservative minister spun in his chair and stared at a fellow panelist, New Statesman political editor Ailbhe Rea, during his appearance on 18 September. Presenter Matt Chorley later told The Guardian that he believed Stewart was genuinely “probably just intently listening to what Ailbhe had to say, and that behaviours that look normal in person can appear to be strange on screen. Stewart later said his family told him to disable all of his social media on his phone.
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Anthropic and OpenAI sound the alarm on AI safety — and seek to shape how it's controlled
As tech titans warned an AI-weary world that their own advanced systems could endanger humanity, the question emerged: What do they have to gain
