Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
NEW YORK — It's not easy being a Republican in New York. It'll be even harder this midterm election year. Across the deep blue state, the GOP is being outraised and outpolled in key races. The reality is familiar enough for the perpetual underdogs — they haven't won a statewide contest in more than 20 years. But their woes are compounded now by President Donald Trump's abysmal favorability, prodigious ...
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Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was scrambling to shore up his premiership Monday, as he prepared to face lawmakers furious that his government has become embroiled in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. The Labour leader faced calls from opposition politicians to resign over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador despite knowing his links to sex offender Epstein. Starmer was due to address Labour MPs ...
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Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Family of media tycoon say he will 'die a martyr behind bars' amid widespread criticism from press freedom groups Jimmy Lai, the media mogul and prominent pro-democracy activist, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Hong Kong for national security offences, a punishment his daughter said could mean "he will die a martyr behind bars". Claire Lai said the sentence was "heartbreakingly cruel" given her ...
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Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Juan Pablo Guanipa was 'violently' taken from a residential neighbourhood in Caracas, according to opposition leader María Corina Machado Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said on Monday one of her closest allies was kidnapped hours after being released from prison. The government had released several prominent opposition members from prison on Sunday after lengthy politically ...
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Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
– The Bhumjaithai Party of Prime Minister is on track to win the most seats in Thailand's general election, according to unofficial results released by the state Election Commission after about 94% of polling stations had reported Monday. It's the first decisive victory of a conservative party in Thailand in years. Sunday's election came against a backdrop of slow economic growth and heightened nationalist ...
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Sunday, Feb 8th, 2026 -
Noam Chomsky, the Philadelphia-born and educated intellectual, told Jeffrey Epstein to "ignore" negative media attention as the disgraced financier was being accused of abusing women and girls, emails recently released by the U.S. Department of Justice show. after the Miami Herald published a series of investigative reports on Epstein months before he was arrested and charged with sex trafficking. The latest ...
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Sunday, Feb 8th, 2026 -
Washington — A whistleblower complaint containing allegations related to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard includes highly-classified details about a National Security Agency intercept of a call between two foreign nationals who discussed a person close to President Trump, a senior U.S. intelligence official and an attorney for the whistleblower confirmed to CBS News. Last week, ...
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