October 13, 2026

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Law:

Kirkland Hides Profits as Big Law Clients Scrutinize Legal Costs
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Kirkland & Ellis is welcoming back Paul Basta
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Polsinelli Strengthens Restructuring & Strategic Capital Practice with Addition of Zach Manning
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AI is changing how lawyers work — and putting the billable hour under pressure
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OpenAI, Anthropic Lawyers See Risk of Bad Actors Tapping Models
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AT&T Uses AI to Reduce Reliance on Outside Law Firms
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Biglaw Firm Will Pay Associates To Be Bad At AI For A While (100 Hours, To Be Precise)
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Legal AI Is Following Contracting Into the Business
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The Worst Of Us
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The Prosecution That Defined An Era — And A Genre
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Law Firms Must Quash Perfectionism, Not Treat Its Toxic Symptoms
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Pacts Protect Attorney-Client Privilege Across Company Families
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Florida can continue to charge veteran lawyers more to take bar exam, appeals court rules
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Off-Duty ICE Agent Is Shot and Arrested After Sleeping on Lawn in California • ‘Wasn’t Very Productive’: Markwayne Mullin Dishes on Tense Call With Trump and Mamdani Over ICE Shooting • Mamdani Rages at ICE After Agents Shoot Into Car With Five-Year-Old in NYC: ‘There Is No Explanation for This’ • Trump officials clash with Mamdani over ICE shooting in NYC • ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests • Man shot by ICE in Bronx is illegal immigrant with rap sheet of alarming crimes -- and 'absolutely not' a New Yorker, neighbors said • NY House Dem Candidate Gets Shoved to the Ground In Confrontation With Police In Anti-ICE Chaos • DHS faces blowback over its attack on a Democratic House candidate • Horrifying footage shows ICE agent shove a child into the street during chaotic arrest • Trump is doing family separation but without the backlash • Trump Immigration Judges Are More Likely to Reject Asylum Claims • DHS Offers Migrant Children $3,000 to Voluntarily Depart US • US immigration fines: ICE finalizes new rules after judge blocks Trump policy; appeals process gets key change • Trump admin violated due process rights of Arizona man deported to random country: Judge
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Pentagon Plans for Public Execution Questioned by Legal Experts
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'I am planning violence': Man boasts about killing Trump and MAGA supporters, feds say
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Kash Patel’s Upcoming Russia Trip Reportedly Sparks Alarm Inside FBI
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DOJ launches antitrust probe of TV networks over Trump pool coverage
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Secret Service Boss Tells 60 Mins About ‘Massive Increase’ in Violent Threats
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AI-Powered ‘Drone Hunter’ Used to Keep Trump Safe
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CBS NY Doesn't Report Key Texts From Jane Doe in Cornell 7 • Bill Maher Calls for Abolishing Frats Amid Cornell 7 Saga • ‘Enablers Will Endlessly Protect Institutions’: The Cornell 7 Case And The Crime Of Looking Away
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Trump’s BBC lawsuit backfires spectacularly as judge drags his children into £7.5billion legal nightmare
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Ilhan Omar's home raided by federal agents in pre-dawn swoop as Trump administration probes Somali-born congresswoman's immigration papers • A source familiar with the investigation said it involves whistleblowers • ‘Compelling evidence’ of criminal activity drove feds to raid Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home: sources
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Smartmatic tells court Mike Lindell has completely ignored his appeal of contempt ruling
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Flock Cameras Are Really Just the Start of Our Dystopian Surveillance Hell, Experts Warn
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As Blanche hits the campaign trail, new DOJ memo relaxes rules around political conduct for Senate-approved appointees
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Children and pregnant woman among nine dead in horror mass shooting after ‘gunman opened fire’ at US home • Pennsylvania shooter who killed 8 was family’s patriarch, father of toddler killed says • Pa. killer grandpa ID’d as it’s revealed pregnant mom was thrilled to deliver ‘blessing’ baby boy
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Police Furious After an Anthropic AI Model Submitted a Bogus Tip About an Unsolved Murder, Posing as a Person Who Might Have Information About the Case
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Man kept ex-girlfriend's severed head in 'carry-on' suitcase with a flower inside
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'Lie or be killed': Mom forced daughter to make up abuse allegations against dad, cops say
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Little boy and girl shot dead by their own father in broad daylight: Police
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Truck driver helped out struggling veteran with housing for a month — then he was murdered
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Man shot woman in the eye, killing her after she told him she 'wasn't ready' to date: Jury
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Man who murdered fiancee's ex-boyfriend after school awards ceremony is headed to prison
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Florida man kicked down apartment door and killed ex-girlfriend's new lover
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Woman mistaken for her neighbor shot dead outside her car in scheme to silence witness
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Bus rider kills driver who wouldn't stop for him, grabs bicycle from rack then leaves: DA
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Man stabbed 70-year-old Publix shopper because he doesn't like people from the 1960s: Cops
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Judges:

As pro-Trump rulings boost Justice Alito’s stature, retirement speculation swirls
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Supreme Court recusals in spotlight as Alito drops from oil case
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Trump tells Justice Thomas that SCOTUS must stop judges from intimidating his lawyers
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Judge orders the Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded promotional TV ads • Judge wastes no time putting emergency stop to Trump's publicly funded 'propaganda' ads
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Trump admin asks 9th Circuit to reverse judge and allow president to fire US attorney
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Judge in Kennedy Center case extends discovery deadlines and enlarges scope of information
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'Broadview 6' judge wastes no time thwarting DOJ's attempt to keep internal probe quiet
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Judge sanctions DOJ attorney for accusing detainee's lawyer of misconduct without evidence
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Judge halts tree removal at DC golf course that Trump has proposed overhauling • Fire from Judge • 'Furious' judge holds extraordinary hearing after hundreds of trees felled at golf course
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Judge who abused alcohol, sexually harassed colleagues cannot run for office
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Florida judge suspended over AI deepfake phone call
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From Biglaw To TV Judge
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What Judges Want in Law Clerks
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Federal Court Says Flock ALPR Database Searches Require A Warrant
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Advocate Taps Underdog Nostalgia Ahead of Supreme Court Debut
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Wall Street:

Stock futures are mixed as bank earnings roll out; memory names slide after sell-off in Korea
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Dow rises 400 points on Friday as Wall Street scores winning week
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Living with Mom and trading on margin: The dangers of Wall Street’s record stock borrowing binge
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Wall Street Sees an Ominous Sign in Bond Market’s Latest Selloff
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Wall Street’s record-breaking trading streak set to cool
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Layoffs:

The Netflix Ax Is Coming as Stock Languishes
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Tech CEO who cut his staff from over 1,000 to 120 says AI is boosting the value of high-agency generalists
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McKinsey: Automation could absorb half of US work hours by 2035. The bigger challenge is skills
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Krugman: Will AI Crowd Out Jobs?
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AI Is Helping Drive A Decline In Call Center Jobs
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Religion:

‘Long live October 7’: Seattle Jewish community faces wave of vandalism
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Tech:

The huge lurking leverage of AI hyperscalers
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Why Big Tech Is Borrowing Billions to Fund AI Spending
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AI Data Centers Cost Billions to Build. This Is Why
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Broadcom CEO says many AI investors have ‘no clue,’ likens boom to a casino
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AI’s mathematics blitz pushes science into strange new territory
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A Florida local newspaper ran an op-ed. It was an Iranian AI fake.
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Data centers emerge as attractive targets in war
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The AI Data Center Boom Is Causing a Gigantic Spike in Smog-Spewing Gas Power Plants
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Graph of Data Center Spending Compared to All Other Construction
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Bill Gates warns cyberattacks most imminent AI threat
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Crypto Gurus Concerned AI Is Poised to Crack Blockchain Math, Allowing Hackers to Steal Funds With Impunity
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International robot/human fight promoter ordered to cease in California
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Anthropic AI Model Goes Rogue, Submits Fake Unsolved Murder Tip
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AI companies plot "the day after"
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Sacked OpenAI Insiders Say the Company Is Firing Anyone Who Warns What’s Really Going On
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Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting
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Noonan: Sam Altman Is No Oppenheimer
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Micron, Nvidia and AI chip stocks fall as report on OpenAI’s revenue causes ‘undue concern’ • AI Bubble Teetering on the Brink as OpenAI Admits to Massive Financial Failure in Leaked Documents
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Mainstream News Anchors Now Talking About the AI Bubble Bursting at Any Moment
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Walmart Running Into Trouble as Its Super-Expensive Robots Can't Handle the Realities of Warehouse Work
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OpenAI Says Teens Can Talk About Suicide for Hours Before ChatGPT Will Notify Parents
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Education:

Trump Fee for Post-Grad Work Imperils Foreign Talent Pipeline
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Man stabbed 'goodie two shoes' university instructor who gave him 'work to do': Police
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Trump’s Moves to End DEI Ignore Evolution of Academic Freedom
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Substitute teacher fired over OnlyFans account says business is booming
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Autos:

Chinese carmakers increasingly rely on overseas markets as September exports surge
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Trump says more car plants are being built in the US than ever before. That's not correct.
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Elon Musk’s 250,000 Cybertruck Goal Falls Well Short: New Data Shows Only 13% of Goal Sold Annually
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The era of the 400-mile range EV is upon us
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Sports:

LIV Golf Bankruptcy Lands Law Firm Blank Rome in a Sublease Hazard • Can a financier really revive LIV Golf? • DP World Tour decision delivers another blow to LIV Golf's future • DP World Tour forcing players to 'make a choice' with LIV Golf at crossroads
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How the Man City cheating scandal created a geopolitical minefield
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Pickleball company files for bankruptcy as founder acknowledges business mistake: 'I own it' • Pickleball Facility Franchisor Files For Bankruptcy • The Picklr Bankruptcy: Inside the Chapter 11 Crisis • Rapid expansion and aggressive corporate lease guarantees • Lease Guarantees Strain Expansion
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Economy:

Americans’ debt problems are flashing a warning not seen since the Great Recession
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America’s Household Financial Stress Is the Worst Since 2010 — Nearly 1 in 5 Families in Debt Are Behind on Payments
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Fed Says Household Income, Wealth, Debt Stress Increased From 2022 to 2025
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Borrowing costs still too low to cool inflation, economists say in survey
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Inflation Squeezes Household Budgets as Debt Delinquencies Climb
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Democrats Tie Corruption to High Costs in Final Midterms Push
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US consumer sentiment near record low as frustration over economy mounts
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Trump's trade wars sting US manufacturers ahead of midterms
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Investors brave US Treasury rout to lock in highest yields in decades
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U.S. federal budget deficit hits $2 trillion in fiscal year 2026
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Trump Announces White House Inquiry Into Fed Governor Lisa Cook • White House to Hold Its Own Hearing on Claims Against Fed’s Cook
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The surprising post-pandemic drop in income inequality
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3 charts that show the AI economic divide
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Advisors to the ultra-wealthy steer clients back to bonds as yields climb
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Junk bonds are ‘flashing yellow.’ Watch these warning signs
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Gen Z and millennials are both moving to Texas cities, but for different reasons
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Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford win Nobel memorial prize in economics
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There’s Even a Pay Gap Between Male and Female AI Agents
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What a Year of Free Money Meant: Softer Diapers, Clean Laundry, a Visit to Six Flags
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Trump shows no signs of budging from trade policies many Americans don’t like as elections loom
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Is the US economy as narrow as its stock market?
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Trump Appeals Court Loss That Blocked $100,000 H-1B Fee Policies • State AGs Say New Proposed H-1B Visa Charge Is Unconstitutional Tax
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Chicago beats Miami, Manhattan as America's toughest rental market
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Lawler: Update on MBS Yields and Spreads
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Early Look at Local Housing Markets in September
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Fannie Mae tightens condo loans for 2027 as Florida, Texas, and Arizona prices slide
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It's a great time to buy a house — if you can stomach a 7% rate
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Two charts show how far homeownership is slipping out of reach as mortgage rates skyrocket
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Jeff Bezos says he gets why socialism is surging but politicians blaming 'greedy landlords' have housing all wrong
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Filing Alert: NY: AZ 175th Street Chapter 11
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Filing Alert: A&J Realty Miami Chapter 11
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Oil/Gas:

Brent crude at $104 a barrel
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Oil prices rise as Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ frays
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The IEA wants to empty its oil reserves faster. A federal watchdog says the US isn’t ready for what comes next
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Trump strikes deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and global markets • ‘Morally Wrong’: Trump Sparks Anger on Left and Right With Russian Sanction Lift • Trump's diesel deal with Russia irks allies, unlikely to reduce prices • Trump’s plan to buy Russian oil runs counter to congressional efforts to pressure Putin • Senators Slam Trump’s Diesel Deal With Russia in Rare Bipartisan Rebuke • Trump Crows Putin Will Bail Out the US Diesel Market, Weeks After New Sanctions • Fox’s Kilmeade Throws Down With Campos-Duffy in Fiery Debate on Trump-Putin Deal • GOP Senator Says Trump May Be Breaking the Law With Russia Deal • Six senators call for Trump administration to ‘immediately reverse course’ on Russian diesel plan • ‘Disgusting!’ Republican Congressman Destroys Trump for Kowtowing to Putin • Trump says Ukraine should get a new president as he blames Zelenskyy for US diesel prices • Zelenskyy says Russia strikes energy facilities despite Trump claim of an energy ceasefire • Russia attacks Ukrainian power plant hours after Trump ‘ceasefire’
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Hurricane Isaias disrupts U.S. oil production in Gulf of Mexico, threatens refineries
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The Hormuz Rebound Is Not Energy Security
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Images:

Getty Images to File for Bankruptcy, Go Private Via Koch Deal • Seattle-based Getty Images to restructure via bankruptcy • Getty Images announces 'prepackaged' bankruptcy, to go private • AI Strikes Again - Getty Images Heads For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Banking:

Jackson Area Federal Credit Union Shuttered; Five Star Assumes Member Accounts
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Tax:

SALT Cap Quirk Turns Couples Off Marriage
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Politics:

Tracking approval and key issues • It’s unclear what Trump does and doesn’t know anymore • Trump Tells Cheering Crowd: ‘I Could Say the Stupidest Things and You’d Clap’ • President Trump toys with renaming Atlantic and Pacific 'Trump Ocean' • Trump's midterm road show reveals GOP troubles — and his own priorities • Trump is failing to arrest decline in popularity, FT poll shows • Trump says he cares for Americans. They think he’s more focused on his wealth, an AP-NORC poll finds
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Cook Political Report Shifts 18 House Races Left, Including Four GOP-Held Seats
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Democrats have a 60% chance of controlling the Senate • Democrats have an 85% chance of winning the House
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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans • Elon Musk quietly becomes this year’s biggest known campaign donor as he tries to save Republicans • Elon Musk lashes out as ‘Musk’ arrives in theaters • Paid advertisements for ‘Musk’ are being rejected by social media companies • Alex Gibney on ‘Musk’ and Why a 4-Hour Film Was Necessary
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They came to Washington to dismantle government. Now, they're profiting from it.
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A Spanish-language radio show overflows with voters’ frustration in Pennsylvania battleground • ‘This is not what we expected’: Latino voters were key to Trump’s win in a swing Pennsylvania district. Now some say the economy is ‘worse’
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Trump is discovering that ‘dollar diplomacy’ doesn’t work
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America’s Elected Officials Are Living in Fear
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Young men who carried Trump to victory are mad. Vance is trying to win them back
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South Carolina Could Go Blue
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Darline Graham opposes Chinese manufacturing. Her husband's employers rely on it • Feud spills onto South Carolina debate stage as Darline Graham, Annie Andrews snipe in Senate race
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Paxton Said in Deposition That Donor Gave Him Stocks to Please God • ‘Got to be more careful’: Paxton leaks prompt Republican handwringing
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Speaker Johnson Floats Leaving Politics to Start ‘Lawn Business’ If GOP Loses House • Mike Johnson now says he will remain GOP leader even if Republicans lose House majority
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Scott Bessent Mocks Elizabeth Warren’s Microscopic Native American Heritage in ‘Snarky’ Letter
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An indelible stain on Norway: Trump fumes over Nobel Peace Prize snub
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How Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil
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Democrats start leaking names from redacted Epstein files
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Woman Escorted From Trump Rally Gives President Double Middle Finger on Way Out
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ABC News Acknowledges Errors in Trump Sons Report It Mysteriously Deleted
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One acre of Yosemite has kicked off a battle over the future of national parks
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Katie Zacharia Picked as Trump’s New White House Press Secretary • Who Is Katie Zacharia? Everything You Need to Know About Trump’s New Press Sec • The Deleted Tweets of the New White House Press Secretary
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Peter Thiel slams Obama, Pope Leo in new ‘Antichrist’ lectures
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Trump Claims He Knows Little About Kimberly Guilfoyle Scandal: ‘It’s Too Bad’ • Donald Trump says he is ‘looking at’ firing envoy to Greece over alleged misconduct • Democrats eye Guilfoyle’s ouster and possible prosecution following corruption allegations • Trump, Rubio weigh firing US envoy to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle, source says • Ex-Fox News Boss Blasts Outlet for ‘0 Reporting’ on Kimberly Guilfoyle Scandal • What to Know About the Controversy Surrounding Kimberly Guilfoyle
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Defense Secretary ‘Pentagon Pete’ Hegseth Hit With Ominions Warning About His Future From Democrats • Democrats unite around Hegseth impeachment push
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Trump Says He ‘Absolutely’ Approved Livestreamed Execution • George Carlin Once Predicted Televised Executions to ‘Distract People’ • Mike Johnson balks at Trump plan that threatens to become ‘recruiting tool for terrorists’ • Hegseth plan for public execution condemned by Catholic leader • Kelly calls to remove Hegseth 'immediately' over public execution plan • Hegseth's public execution plan meets the age of viral violence • JD Vance says he won't watch livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter • Gruesome reality of firing squad deaths from bleeding out to misfiring as row erupts over livestream terrorist execution • ‘Government-Backed Snuff Film’ • Phil Donahue's Prediction of Live Executions Comes True
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Sparks fly as Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers face off in first Michigan Senate debate
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Jon Ossoff: Mike Collins 'Hired Half the Third Reich'
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Talarico Resurfaces After Days Off the Campaign Trail, Which Fueled Wild Rumors • James Talarico Explains Campaign Absence Amid MAGA Theories • Talarico Spox Rages After MAGA Influencers Promote Bizarre Conspiracy Theory
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Max Miller’s Girlfriend Indicted on Three Criminal Fraud Counts
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How John Fetterman spends his time comes under more scrutiny as he weighs future in the Senate
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Roger Marshall’s complicated history of blurring the line between taxpayer dollars and campaign cash
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Trump’s Proposed ‘Triumphal Arch’ Draws Suit by Virginia County
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Federal appeals court upholds $25M judgment against Sen. Jim Justice
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Religion:

Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them.
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Television:

Judge halts Cable One-Mega Broadband deal near the finish line
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Telecom:

Verizon posts worst day since 2002 as SpaceX U.S. network plans whack cell provider stocks
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Consumer Protection:

CFPB Adopts ‘Lighter Touch’ Bank Supervision Amid Funding Battle
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Trucking:

Multiple trucking companies file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
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Theme Parks:

Six Flags parkgoer riding Goliath roller coaster with son falls to his death as wife, daughter looked on
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Crypto:

SWI Turns FTX’s Former Bitcoin Mining Infrastructure Toward AI Boom
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Celebs:

Elon Musk is now richer than any American ever — and it’s not even close
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Big bankruptcies decline while pace holds above historical average: Cornerstone
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US Bankruptcy Filings Rise 11 Percent in First 9 Months of 2026
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Mass Torts:

Circling like sharks: Companies are buying up LA County's $4-billion sex abuse settlement
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Buffalo Diocese Abuse Survivor Rejects Settlement Deal
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Litigation Finance:

For New York’s Litigation Funders, Reducing Deal Risk Is Tricky
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Aviation:

Air travel emerges as dangerous front line in global conflicts
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Investigation into FlyDubai Attacker Puts Spotlight on an Australian Mosque
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Selma Blair screamed maniacally as she was dragged off plane after alleged midair crew attack • Selma Blair’s in-flight meltdown triggered by missed meds, ‘severe confusion’: lawyer
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Food/Beverage:

What led to True Food Kitchen’s bankruptcy?
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Crumbl store closures reveal a bigger problem
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Pie Five Pizza is down to 13 locations
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Starbucks Considers Taking Over Chipotle as America Edges Closer to All Food Chains Being Owned by Like Three Companies
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The world needs Ukraine’s grain. Its farmers are running out of reasons to plant
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America’s Favorite Fruit Is Being Bruised by the Iran War
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Climate:

Hurricane Isaias hit Florida ‘like a freight train’ as storm leaves over 420K in state without power
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Experts Fear El Niño Is About to Wreak Havoc
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They War-Gamed Dimming the Sun. It Went Even Worse Than You Think
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NYC climate change suit against Big Oil runs out of gas
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IP:

Character.ai files for bankruptcy—Disney bids $20 million after copyright dispute • Character AI files Chapter 11 as child-safety lawsuits mount • Character.AI files Chapter 11 after Disney and Google take its leaders • Character.ai : AI company that Elon Musk’s xAI and Meta once 'fought' to partner with has filed for bankruptcy
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Celebs:

Sean 'Diddy' Combs punished behind bars after VIP prison life exposed: report
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Healthcare:

Filing Alert: FL: Mirra-Access Holdings Chapter 11
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Private Medicare Plans Are Raising Costs And Forcing Millions To Find New Insurance
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$14M in medical debt erased for nearly 11,000 Texans
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As U.S. Medical Debt Burdens Persist, AI Is Poised For A Bigger Role In Collections
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Marshall’s 18% Medical Debt Interest Exceeded Other Kansas Providers Reviewed
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66 hospitals closing departments or ending services
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21-year-old NYC native goes to the hospital for a simple broken ankle -- and dies for shocking reason: lawsuit
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The giant cavity in America’s dental care industry
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U.S. doctors are aging, raising concerns about patient safety
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Compensation:

Executive MBA Ranking 2026: Alumni pay recovers from Covid dip
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Prediction Markets:

Senator Who Tried to Ban Prediction Markets Gets Hired by Kalshi as a Lobbyist
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Gambling Addiction Group in Shambles After It Turns Out It’s Funded by Kalshi
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Space:

Patriots Quarterback Drake Maye Is a Moon Landing Truther, Prompting Response From NASA
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Fraud:

DOJ Urges Companies to Self Disclose Fraud and Avoid Prosecution
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DOJ Fraud Division’s Rise Weakens Premier White Collar Unit
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Summer Camps:

Bankruptcy judge greenlights lawsuits against Camp Mystic
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Utilities:

Retired PREPA workers warn their pensions are “in check” amid possible overhaul
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Hedge Funds Snap Up LA Fire Deals as Political Backlash Sputters • 3 Cents On The Dollar: Hedge Funds Gorge On LA Fire Claims As Sacramento’s Crackdown Goes Up In Smoke
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Sovereigns:

Rich Countries Are Now on Front Lines as World’s Risk Map Shifts
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UK:

Linton Bloomberg Joins Haynes Boone's London Office, Expanding Cross-Border Restructuring Capabilities
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Sidley Austin pushes restructuring expansion with hires from Slaughter and May and Clifford Chance
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Canadian PM (and Former Central Banker) Mark Carney Is Pressuring UK to Abandon Plans to Nationalize Water
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Norwich named England's most financially stressed city
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Private equity puts string of UK high street names up for sale
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UK construction company plunges into liquidation after 16 years
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Prince Harry booed as he's spotted at Leicester Tigers game holding beer
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Russell Brand arrives at a London court for his trial on rape and sexual assault charges
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Christian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says report
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Major life events leave half financially vulnerable
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Nine in ten use AI to manage their finances
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EU:

China, EU reach agreement to reduce Chinese hybrid vehicle imports
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Canada:

Flexibility and uncertainty define insolvency and restructuring in Canada
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What is Wrong With Canadian Insolvency Law: Utilitarianism, the Purpose Error, and the Erosion of the Separation of Powers
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MENA:

‘Going bankrupt’: Iran shopkeepers struggle amid war
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Houthis bombard Saudi air links in effort to cut kingdom off from rest of world • Houthi strikes on Riyadh airport killed three Saudis as war escalates • Saudi Arabia faces its toughest moment of war • Attacks on Riyadh threaten Saudi confidence • Saudi Arabia horror as Houthis blow up plane in brutal Riyadh airport attack • Houthis show military reach with missile strikes on Riyadh • Saudi Arabia's terrified Crown Prince MBS 'is moving between heavily guarded palaces with bunkers as Houthi attacks intensify'
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Anger as man sentenced to death for Facebook comment
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Billion-dollar conflicts threaten to tear apart Trump’s Board of Peace
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Strait of Hormuz Attacks Up as Sources Say Iran 'Well-Stocked' With Missiles
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Praise pours in for Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay even as Israel criticizes selection
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An Israeli Election Like No Other
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World’s Energy Order Tested Again as Iran War’s Reach Extends Further
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South Korea:

Abusive Bankruptcy Filings Batter Korea's KOSDAQ Market
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Netherlands:

Bankruptcies up by 16 percent in September, year on year
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Russia:

Putin throws Trump midterm lifeline as Russian tyrant agrees to 'immediately supply US with 300,000 tons of diesel' • The Kremlin relishes in the US-Russia diesel deal and Trump’s criticism of Zelenskyy • Trump accused of contradicting Russia sanctions law with diesel deal with Putin • Furious Zelensky blitzes key oil hub • US official: Trump cut deal with Putin after Zelensky ignored his requests • Zelensky Dumps Cold Water on Trump Claim of a Russia-Ukraine ‘Energy Ceasefire’ • Trump’s Russian diesel gambit is cynical and won’t work • Why Trump is going for Zelenskyy’s jugular • Zelenskyy says Ukraine received no intelligence from partners on incoming missile strike on Kyiv
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Twisted Putin wants Kyiv ‘to drown in sewage’ as tyrant blitzes power plants after 80 dead in two days of brutal strikes
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The US threatened to halt arms sales to Europe for use in Ukraine unless Kyiv stopped striking Russian refineries • Europe pledges support for Ukraine as rift with US widens
(DBN)

NATO should prepare for deadly Russian ‘hybrid’ attack, says Poland
(DBN)

Russia steps up bid to kill European defense chiefs, spy agencies warn
(DBN)

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France:

Nobel winner Krugman says France may have become ‘too big to save’ • Krugman: What’s the Matter With France? • How a college-application portal became central to the youth protests sweeping France
(DBN)

France is flirting dangerously with the end of capitalism
(DBN)

French bond contagion fears are rattling the euro
(DBN)

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India:

India’s Narendra Modi faces ‘bitter pill’ as Cockroach protests mount
(DBN)

Modi says India trusted partner as supply chains weaponized
(DBN)

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China:

China’s growing debt burden limits space for economic stimulus
(DBN)

Four tests for a valid debt-to-equity swap
(DBN)

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Australia:

Hospitality industry faces crisis with rising insolvencies
(DBN)

After a $1.8billion collapse, failed pub baron Jon Adgemis resurfaces among Sydney's elite
(DBN)

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Hungary:

Travel agency bankruptcy: Hungarian holidaymakers face huge losses as insurance falls short
(DBN)

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