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Former Kentucky Governor Is Arrested Amid Child Support Battle

4 septembre 2026 à 22:10
Matthew Bevin, the former Republican governor, was held in contempt for failing to abide by court orders to file financial disclosure documents, a lawyer said.

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Matt Bevin, a former Kentucky governor, was arrested amid a legal dispute over child support.

In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members

4 septembre 2026 à 22:08
About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that comes in the wake of news reports about the war with Iran and the U.S. military’s diminished stocks of munitions.

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U.S. government investigators are subjecting up to 50 members of the military’s Joint Staff to polygraph tests, according to officials briefed on the move.

Postal Service Internal Watchdog Opens Inquiry After Whistle-Blower’s Complaint

4 septembre 2026 à 19:01
The Trump administration’s effort to screen mail-in ballots for the midterms is facing numerous challenges.

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Workers in City of Industry, Calif., outside Los Angeles, sort through ballots cast during a statewide special election last November.

Trump’s Latest Clemency Grants Benefit Drug Offenders, Union Boss

4 septembre 2026 à 18:57
The president issued pardons or commutations to 30 people on Thursday, continuing his unorthodox and unpredictable use of clemency power.

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President Trump issued a clemency grant on Thursday to Emory Clash Jones, an executive who served a decade in prison for selling crack.

Judge Once Again Blocks Trump Administration’s Plans to Restrict Mail-In Ballots

4 septembre 2026 à 19:27
The ruling arrived before the Supreme Court could decide whether to intervene but appeared certain to set off yet another round of appeals.

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Sorting mail-in ballots in Largo, Fla., last month.

Trump Says He Will Spend Some of His War Chest on Republicans

4 septembre 2026 à 18:01
President Trump said he intends to hold some money back, even as Republican candidates ask for financial support.

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Senator Darline Graham with supporters in Myrtle Beach, S.C. President Trump has spent campaign money only to help Ms. Graham, a Republican of South Carolina who was appointed to her brother’s seat after his death.

What to Know About Trump’s Efforts to Block Mail-in Ballots

4 septembre 2026 à 17:24
We sort through the proposed changes and court challenges, less than two months from Election Day.

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Judge Orders Trump Officials to Divulge Names of Those Who Set Up $1.8 Billion Fund

4 septembre 2026 à 16:52
The plan to create a fund that could have funneled taxpayer money to the president’s allies drew repeated scrutiny, including a rare rebuke from Senate Republicans.

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President Trump supports compensating people like the rioters who were prosecuted for attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Prosecutors Won’t Try to Reinstate Key 9/11 Confession Taken After Torture

4 septembre 2026 à 16:43
The military’s lawyers said they feared an appeal could delay the trial of the man accused of masterminding the attacks, which is scheduled to start in mid-2028.

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The U.S. government had spent years defending the statements to F.B.I. agents at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in 2007 as untainted by the brutal treatment and isolation of Mr. Mohammed in secret overseas C.I.A. prisons, including 183 rounds of waterboarding.

Supreme Court Sides With Republicans in TV Ad Fight

4 septembre 2026 à 18:23
Republican groups had asked the court to clear the way for political parties to pay the same low-cost ad rates as candidates, a move that could undercut a Democratic advantage in the midterms.

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National Republican groups had filed an emergency application to the Supreme Court asking the justices to step in and clear the way for them to get the lower TV ad rates.

RFK Jr. Hires Army Doctor Who Opposed Covid Shots to Investigate if They Killed 2,500 Troops

4 septembre 2026 à 16:43
In a legal deposition, the doctor, Theresa Long, compared immunizing service members against Covid to Nazi doctors experimenting on concentration camp prisoners.

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More than 96 percent of service members were vaccinated against Covid before a mandate that they receive them was rescinded.

Pentagon Agreement With N.I.H. on Biodefense Draws Alarm From Democrats

4 septembre 2026 à 12:24
Under a new partnership, the Defense Department would play a larger role in biodefense and pandemic preparedness. Democrats warned it could allow a Pentagon cash grab.

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The agreement, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times, is focused on chemical and biological defense research.

Gloria Steinem Stayed Positive, Even as the Manosphere Took Hold

4 septembre 2026 à 11:52
The feminist icon thought many women would carry on her legacy. But at an unsteady time for feminism, how will the movement carry on?

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Gloria Steinem hosting a discussion at her home last year, focused on women’s health.

Trump Plans to Use Qatari Jet for Another Overseas Flight Despite Security Concerns

4 septembre 2026 à 16:47
The president intends to travel to Ireland on the plane, the first time he will have used it overseas since questions were raised about its defensive capabilities.

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President Trump deplaning from Air Force One in Las Vegas last month. He said weeks ago that the Boeing luxury jet donated by Qatar would be “maxed out” for security.

A More Confident Iran Emerges After Six Months of War With the U.S.

4 septembre 2026 à 11:21
New intelligence reports have assessed that Iran now has a far better understanding of its capabilities and the limits of U.S. power.

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A crowd mourning Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed at the start of the war. U.S. intelligence reports, some current and former officials said, suggest that any agreement to fully end the war will be hard to reach.

Philippines’ Vice President Faces Arrest Over Assassination Threats

5 septembre 2026 à 02:04
A court issued a warrant for Sara Duterte, who is accused of having threatened President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and two of his relatives.

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Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte at her office in Metro Manila last year, speaking about the impeachment motions filed against her.

Nigel Farage to Speak at Reform UK Conference Amid Scrutiny Over Party Finances

4 septembre 2026 à 05:42
Advisers to the Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage were captured on film apparently arranging contributions from a man posing as a foreign donor.

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The Reform party leader, Nigel Farage, right, with an aide, Dan Jukes, in 2024. British law requires all donations to be disclosed and prohibits political contributions from foreign sources.

Colombia’s De La Espriella Poses With Bodies in a Video Posted Online

4 septembre 2026 à 05:03
In Colombia, as in the United States and El Salvador, leaders are increasingly using images of captured or killed enemies to project power.

Germany’s Far Right, Edging Close to Power, Remains Close to Extremists

4 septembre 2026 à 05:02
The Alternative for Germany party has tried to soften its hard-line image but is still privately working with extremists. It could win a state election on Sunday.

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Ulrich Siegmund, a leader of the Alternative for Germany party in Saxony-Anhalt, speaking in Magdeburg, Germany, on Saturday.
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