Month: October 2025
Trump administration: President expands ‘narco’ boat strikes to Pacific Ocean as at least 34 killed in ongoing campaign
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said ‘narco-terrorists’ have ‘no safe harbor anywhere in our hemisphere’
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Go nuclear or ‘go hungry’: GOP senators warm to drastic move of killing filibuster as voters suffer and shutdown nears record
Democrats’ nuclear option had wide-reaching consequences that ultimately empowered Trump, Eric Garcia writes. If Republicans kill the filibuster to reopen the government, it might permanently break the Senate
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Trump says deadly strikes on suspected ‘narco boats’ are justified since 300,000 Americans were killed by drugs. He’s not even close
Critics have pointed out that Trump’s math on the number of drug deaths in the U.S. doesn’t add up
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Republicans are mad about Trump importing Argentine beef, but they don’t want to grill him just yet
The top beef-producing states voted for Trump but his plan to import more beef could hurt cattle ranchers in them
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Bird flu is back with a vengeance – and it’s coming for your Thanksgiving turkey
The nation’s turkey flock has shrunk to its smallest size in 40 years, raising wholesale prices before the holiday season
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Trump flooding San Francisco with border agents in ‘immigration surge operation’: report
More than 100 federal agents, including those from US Customs and Border Protection, are expected to mass outside the city in the next 24 hours
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Met police to use remotely launched drones to bolster emergency response efforts
A new trial will see the drones provide crucial intelligence to officers on the ground and in a central control room
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‘The culture must change’: Police leadership facing once-in-a-generation review after series of scandals
Former home secretary Lord David Blunkett will chair the ‘most significant review of police leadership for a generation’
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Scrapping two-child benefit cap could lift 630,000 children out of poverty
Scrapping the two-child benefit cap would be among the most cost-effective ways to reduce child poverty, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said
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New King Charles 5p coins enter circulation for very first time
Millions of 5p coins will go into circulation featuring the official portrait of King Charles
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