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October 2026
- Trump pauses Russia sanctions, Iran calls Hormuz closed 8 stories · 51 sources →
- Press secretary out after five days. Oregon school attack kills four. 8 stories · 71 sources →
- Bend school shooting kills four. Trump drops execution livestream. 8 stories · 71 sources →
- Inflation climbs to 3.7%. Starlink curbs hit Ukraine's drones. 8 stories · 67 sources →
- Trump forces out Guilfoyle. Pope Leo has lung cancer. 8 stories · 73 sources →
- Agents search Ilhan Omar's home. Trump lifts sanctions on Russian diesel. 8 stories · 66 sources →
- Trump eases Russian diesel sanctions. Houthis hit Riyadh again. 7 stories · 57 sources →
- Trump says Ukraine needs a new leader. Houthis kill 12 in Riyadh. 8 stories · 50 sources →
- ICE shoots a New York father. Trump buys Russian diesel. 8 stories · 71 sources →
- Pentagon will livestream a firing squad. ICE shoots a man in NYC. 8 stories · 71 sources →
- Mamdani calls Gaza a genocide on Oct. 7. Texas executes Jamaal Howard. 8 stories · 74 sources →
- Trump says Iran could take out LA. Christa Pike is speaking. 8 stories · 70 sources →
- Trump says Iran could 'take out' LA. Bolsonaro leads in Brazil. 8 stories · 70 sources →
- Bolsonaro leads Lula into runoff. US pulls bombers from UK base. 8 stories · 56 sources →
- Trump posts Tom Cotton's cell number. Tennessee prison chief quits. 8 stories · 51 sources →
- Christa Pike survives execution, and hiring slows to 29,000 8 stories · 70 sources →
- Christa Pike survives execution. Cornell rape case reopens. 8 stories · 70 sources →
- Passengers foil Israel-bound hijack. Hegseth cuts 20% of generals. 8 stories · 69 sources →
September 2026
- Trump lets AI firms police themselves. Jack Smith faces the Senate. 8 stories · 74 sources →
- OpenAI pauses its top models. Trump airs a taxpayer-paid ad. 8 stories · 70 sources →
- Five held near a US bomber base in England. Trump rejects Iran's plan. 7 stories · 55 sources →
- Trump rejects Iran's Hormuz plan, bars CNN from Air Force One 8 stories · 55 sources →
- Supreme Court revives Trump voter database, blocks Missouri map. Xi flies home. 8 stories · 73 sources →
- Trump fetes Xi. The Senate falls one vote short of ending the Iran war 7 stories · 72 sources →
- Trump greets Xi on the tarmac. A judge lifts the press ban. 8 stories · 72 sources →
- Trump threatens to annihilate Iran. Greenland signs a US bases deal. 8 stories · 71 sources →
- Networks halt Trump coverage over press ban. Berlin votes left. 8 stories · 69 sources →
- Trump bars three newsrooms, arms his arch. ICE shoots a man in Austin. 8 stories · 53 sources →
- Trump bars three outlets from the White House, and strikes a Greenland deal 8 stories · 51 sources →
- Trump bans CNN, MS NOW, Politico. US gets a Greenland deal. 7 stories · 71 sources →
- UN panel cites US war crimes in Iran. Kennedy Center gets 30-day shield. 8 stories · 71 sources →
- Fed raises rates over Trump's objection. House skips Hegseth vote. 8 stories · 73 sources →
- Trump calls AI fears a hoax. Kennedy Center board votes to close. 8 stories · 71 sources →
- Trump calls AI fears a hoax. Supreme Court blocks his mail-ballot rule. 8 stories · 69 sources →
- Trump waves off an AI slowdown. Iran ship hit, whiskey tariff cut. 8 stories · 58 sources →
- Anthropic's CEO urges an AI slowdown. Trump backs a united Ireland. 8 stories · 57 sources →
- Trump ties the Iran war to 9/11 at 25. Diesel hits $6 a gallon. 7 stories · 71 sources →
- Trump promises $5,000 if GOP wins. Missouri keeps its old map. 7 stories · 74 sources →
- Trump offers every adult $5,000 if the GOP holds Congress. Oil hits $100. 8 stories · 72 sources →
- US destroys five Iranian tankers. Britain bans settlement goods. 9 stories · 71 sources →
- Germany's far right takes 44 percent. Canada's tariffs hit today. 9 stories · 65 sources →
- Man with two pistols charges Amy Acton. US destroys three Iranian tankers. 8 stories · 53 sources →
- US and Iran sink each other's ships. Trump puts $10M into Texas. 8 stories · 54 sources →
- Judge blocks Trump's mail ballot rule. Clancy trial ends in mistrial. 8 stories · 68 sources →
- US diesel hits a record $5.85. Missouri voids Trump's House map. 8 stories · 71 sources →
- US strike kills 4 at an Iran wedding. Chevron returns to Venezuela. 8 stories · 73 sources →
- US strikes hit an Iranian wedding, killing five. Markey wins at 80. 9 stories · 72 sources →
- US and Iran trade strikes. Court clears Trump ballroom, Army chief quits. 8 stories · 73 sources →
August 2026
- US bombs Larak Island, Iran hits Jordan. Google renames Lake Ontario. 8 stories · 59 sources →
- Trump takes 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil. ICE deports Milo. 8 stories · 55 sources →
- US takes 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil. ICE detains Milo. 8 stories · 74 sources →
- Judge blocks Trump's mail ballot rule. Lake Ontario becomes Lake America. 8 stories · 75 sources →
- Dolly Parton dies at 80. Meta settles, Nepal floods kill 160. 8 stories · 75 sources →
- Canada answers Trump dollar for dollar. Dolly Parton dies at 80. 8 stories · 76 sources →
- Trump adds 50% car tariffs on Canada. Court frees his mail ballot order. 8 stories · 70 sources →
- Canada calls it war as 50% tariffs hit. Iran sanctions land Monday. 8 stories · 35 sources →
- Canada matches Trump's 50% tariffs. Trump flags off a DC race. 8 stories · 79 sources →
- Canada matches Trump's 50% tariffs. The ballroom keeps rising. 8 stories · 79 sources →
- Bessent vows to collapse Iran. US debt hits $40 trillion. 8 stories · 73 sources →
- Angie Nixon wins Florida on $975,000. The debt hits $40 trillion. 8 stories · 76 sources →
- Socialist wins Florida Senate primary. Iran deadline lapses. 8 stories · 75 sources →
- Trump threatens to bomb Oman as the Iran deadline expires. Florida votes. 8 stories · 71 sources →
- Trump cuts the South Korea drills. Democrats split over socialism. 8 stories · 57 sources →
- Trump says 250 days at sea is not long enough. Democrats reset 2028. 8 stories · 56 sources →
- Trump claims Hormuz as U.S. territory. Mangione admits the killing. 8 stories · 64 sources →
- Second carrier heads to Iran. Trump renames the Kennedy Center. 8 stories · 74 sources →
- Wisconsin socialists lose by 3,000 votes. ICE buys shock gloves. 7 stories · 69 sources →
- Wisconsin's socialist loses by 3,311 votes. Trump signs a vaccine order. 9 stories · 73 sources →
- Trump splits the MMR shot. Wisconsin votes on a socialist. 8 stories · 73 sources →
- Iran hardens Hormuz terms, Blanche takes Justice, Netanyahu balks 9 stories · 56 sources →
- Blanche confirmed attorney general 50-49. Iran sets six terms for Hormuz. 9 stories · 58 sources →
- Cassidy hands Blanche the Justice Department. A court halts Trump's ballroom. 8 stories · 73 sources →
- Trump signs two birthright citizenship orders. Fauci held in contempt. 8 stories · 74 sources →
- El-Sayed wins Michigan by a point. Fauci contempt vote, and a Hormuz deal nears. 8 stories · 73 sources →
- Michigan picks El-Sayed over $70 million. Missouri keeps Bell. 8 stories · 74 sources →
- Michigan votes on the party's direction. Blanche gets his AG votes. 8 stories · 70 sources →
- Trump halts an Iran strike. Blanche kills the fund, Michigan votes. 8 stories · 60 sources →
- Trump cancels the Iran strike. His prosecutor drops the pool case. 8 stories · 57 sources →
- US drops the Reflecting Pool case, blames its own contractor. Hamas agrees to disarm. 8 stories · 71 sources →
July 2026
- US strikes Iran, Trump may pull Blanche, Hamas agrees to disarm. 8 stories · 74 sources →
- Fauci takes the Fifth over 100 times. US resumes striking Iran. 8 stories · 77 sources →
- US and Saudi jets strike Iraq, Washington mourns Graham, Fauci's diary opens 8 stories · 75 sources →
- Fauci's diary surfaces as Netanyahu and Zelenskyy meet Trump 8 stories · 74 sources →
- US and Iran hold fire again. Berlin Pride attacked, one dead. 8 stories · 60 sources →
- US pauses Iran strikes, Houthis hit Saudi oil. Maine picks Jackson. 8 stories · 53 sources →
- Trump admits blue-state grant cuts were political. Iran war widens, new tariffs hit 60 nations. 8 stories · 71 sources →
- Oil hits $100 as Iran war widens; Trump slaps tariffs on 60 nations 8 stories · 69 sources →
- US signs Saudi nuclear deal. House votes to merge US, Israeli militaries. 8 stories · 69 sources →
- Iran war hits 11th night at $37.5 billion. Biggs wins Arizona GOP primary. 7 stories · 68 sources →
- US bombs Iran a 10th night as troops die. Trump hits Canada with 50% tariffs. 9 stories · 71 sources →
- US bombs Iran a ninth night as troop toll hits 17. Spain wins the World Cup. 7 stories · 51 sources →
- US retaliates for Jordan attack as Graham's sister enters Senate 5 stories · 54 sources →
- Trump revives election-fraud claims. US bombs Iran. Smoke chokes US cities. 10 stories · 67 sources →
- Trump claims China rigged 2020 vote. US bombs Iran a sixth night. 7 stories · 66 sources →
- Trump reverses ICE traffic-stop pause after two killings. House Democrats split on Israel aid. 8 stories · 65 sources →
- US bombs Iran a fourth day and drops the Hormuz toll. ICE halts car stops after two deaths. 8 stories · 64 sources →
- Graham dies at 71. Trump claims the Strait. ICE kills a man in Maine. 8 stories · 64 sources →
- Lindsey Graham dies at 71. US hits Iran again. McConnell breaks silence. 7 stories · 55 sources →
- US bombs Iran as Hormuz closes. Lindsey Graham dies at 71. 8 stories · 51 sources →
- ICE kills the wrong man in Houston. Trump empties the election agency. 8 stories · 60 sources →
- Trump ends the Iran deal, Platner quits, a parasite spreads. 8 stories · 76 sources →
- Trump declares Iran deal 'over,' US strikes again. Platner quits Senate. 7 stories · 65 sources →
- US bombs Iran anew, deal 'over.' Platner falls on rape allegation. 7 stories · 69 sources →
- Platner accused of rape, Senate bid unravels. Trump muscles FIFA. Kyiv burns. 7 stories · 62 sources →
- Trump's storm-delayed 250th rally, Patriot Front marches DC, McMorrow quits Michigan 7 stories · 58 sources →
- Trump's stormy 250th warns of communism. Iran buries Khamenei. 6 stories · 42 sources →
- Trump warns of communist menace at 250. Mamdani rebukes. Ukraine hits St Petersburg. 6 stories · 62 sources →
- Trump's $1.4B crypto haul, ICE hits 10,000 arrests, Russia batters Kyiv. 7 stories · 65 sources →
- Court upholds birthright citizenship. Denver picks a socialist. Trump made $2.2B. 8 stories · 64 sources →
- Supreme Court saves birthright, bars trans athletes. Denver picks a socialist. 8 stories · 62 sources →
June 2026
- Supreme Court splits Trump's power, socialist wave widens, Iran talks unravel 6 stories · 67 sources →
- Iran ceasefire fractures, socialists sweep, Venezuela buries 1,400 7 stories · 41 sources →
- US-Iran war reignites in Hormuz, Mamdani's left ascends, Haitians face deportation. 7 stories · 45 sources →
- US bombs Iran again, NYC primaries hand socialists three House seats, Supreme Court ends Haitian TPS 6 stories · 59 sources →
- SCOTUS opens the deportation gates, Venezuela's twin quakes, NYC's socialist rout 6 stories · 60 sources →
- Mamdani slate sweeps NYC, Senate caves on Iran war, Venezuela quakes kill 164 7 stories · 60 sources →
- Mamdani's slate sweeps NYC, Senate breaks with Trump on Iran war 6 stories · 60 sources →
- Iran oil sanctions lifted, Starmer quits, Colombia tilts right 8 stories · 60 sources →
- US and Iran reach 60-day roadmap as Starmer quits and Colombia elects the right 6 stories · 48 sources →
- Strait closes again as Iran MOU hangs, Trump-Meloni feud erupts 5 stories · 45 sources →
- Iran's MOU holds, Obama Center opens, Trump gets Qatar's jet 6 stories · 57 sources →
- Iran deal stalls, DSA takes DC and NYC, Musk crosses $1 trillion 6 stories · 60 sources →
- Trump signs Iran MOU at Versailles, Minneapolis protesters federally charged 7 stories · 58 sources →
- Iran deal terms still secret, Musk hits a trillion, Trump goes 2-for-3 7 stories · 60 sources →
- Iran war ends on paper, Musk hits a trillion, White House shuts down Anthropic 7 stories · 58 sources →
- Iran ceasefire holds, Musk hits a trillion, Platner takes Maine 7 stories · 63 sources →
- Beirut bombing stalls Iran deal on Trump's 80th; Anthropic AI cut off 6 stories · 49 sources →
- Iran's ceasefire holds, Musk hits a trillion, Platner takes Maine 7 stories · 44 sources →
- An Iran ceasefire, Musk becomes a trillionaire, Trump turns 80 6 stories · 53 sources →
- Iran's second night of strikes, and the Epstein files crack 7 stories · 52 sources →
- Apache down in Iran, Platner wins Maine, Gates talks Epstein 7 stories · 43 sources →
- Iran war day 102, and the House locks in $70B for ICE 6 stories · 56 sources →
- Iran's ceasefire collapses, LA's mayor race splits three ways 6 stories · 44 sources →
- Congress moves to end the Iran war, Platner implodes in Maine 8 stories · 55 sources →
April 2026
March 2026
- Iran war day 30, and the longest shutdown in US history 6 stories · 21 sources →
- Iran ground buildup as 'No Kings' protests sweep again 7 stories · 23 sources →
- One month of the Iran war, and Trump's approval collapses 7 stories · 29 sources →
- Iran nears a ground invasion, the IOC bans trans athletes 6 stories · 29 sources →
- Iran war, day 26, plus a White House oil-futures scandal 6 stories · 16 sources →
- Iran war costs climb, and a Georgia abortion-pill arrest 7 stories · 17 sources →
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