I write stories for the Arizona Daily Star. Deserts speak to me. Email: [email protected]
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“Filing a placeholder charge the defendant can’t be tried on, on the last possible day, under seal, in the third case against the same man, is not routine or ‘widely recognized.’ It is exactly what it appears to be: vindictive,” says a DOJ vet. nbcnews.com/politics/justice…
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Breaking News: A federal appeals court declined a Trump administration request to order California to set aside about 20,000 ballots. nyti.ms/4ijteXH
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Charles Kushner, a New Jersey real-estate developer and the father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared, became the U.S. Ambassador to France in 2025. Introducing himself to the French public in a social-media video, he said that he knew “a limited amount about France.” He does not speak French; he has never lived abroad. He served time in federal prison for illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering. The last crime, a blackmail scheme that involved hiring a prostitute to seduce his sister’s husband, suggests a dubious approach to conflict management. Yet Trump saw fit to hand him one of the most coveted posts in American diplomacy, the seat once held by Thomas Jefferson and by Benjamin Franklin, stewarding the relationship with America’s oldest ally.
Since taking up his post, Kushner has earned a reputation for meddling in domestic French politics at sensitive moments. “I don’t see how he can possibly affect the opinions of the French government by regularly irritating them,” the president of the American Academy of Diplomacy said. Lauren Collins reports on Charles Kushner’s Ambassadorship and a new cohort of MAGA diplomats who are underqualified for their posts and overeager to impress the boss back in Washington: newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
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BREAKING: Judge Reyes has issued a preliminary injunction over the golf course and begins with this:
"Rarely, if ever, has the United States Department of Justice urged a federal court not to believe the sitting President."
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As a former contributing writer to the AP Stylebook, I'll make a ruling here: it should be "Dans Sullivan" like Surgeons General. Like Attorneys General, or courts martial. xitter.cf/migold/status/21147937…
The middle-finger picture is one of the most enduring images of Mike Ditka. Who took it remains a mystery. @BradBiggs goes looking for answers.
chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…
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After Elon Musk posted on X saying he had throttled Ukraine’s use of Starlink after it was used for offensive attacks, House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) says the billionaire’s ability to wield that power is “beyond disturbing to me.”
“It cannot and should not be the case that a tech oligarch, a private citizen, who has that much control over our national security, who is unaccountable, who is unelected, with zero transparency, is making life and death decisions on the battlefield in systems that our service members and our partners and allies rely upon,” he adds.
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A wild story: the CEO of a US energy company whose plans were discussed during the Witkoff-Kushner-Putin negotiations resigns. Why? He learned that his company's main investor is a sanctioned Russian company, not the UAE
nytimes.com/2026/10/23/us/po…
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The Trump administration and the Venezuelan government have struck a deal to exploit Venezuela’s oil—but their partnership is good for the rich and no one else, @anneapplebaum reports. theatln.tc/ZjdBmph3
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WaPo reports that a woman featured in a $1 million Republican ad warning that an Iowa Democrat running for congress is “dangerous” for children previously pleaded guilty to child endangerment after driving drunk with her two young kids in the car. washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Within five days of being deported from the U.S., Moussa Diawara says Ghanaian officials forced him onto a flight to Mali, the very country a U.S. immigration judge ruled he could not be deported to. Diawara says he was homeless and went into hiding.
Watch the 60 Minutes report Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
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This is how the candidates are listed on Alaska's ballots. It's clearly marked, which one is the GOP candidate and which one is just a guy
NEW: DOJ is suing to prevent Alaska from certifying its election results until the state investigates whether the other "Dan Sullivan" on the ballot created "voter confusion" to the detriment of incumbent GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan.
w/ @G_Svirnovskiy
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BREAKING: The Justice Department sued Alaska to prevent the certification of the Senate race if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses, citing possible voter confusion. usatoday.com/story/news/poli…
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Holy shit. Comically evil. And also directly punishing the employees who might believe, for a second, you value them.
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NOW: @ZelenskyyUa tells an audience at @HudsonInstitute that Starlink/Starshield service remains slowed and interceptor shipments remain blocked as of today.
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JUST IN: Maricopa County Attorney @Rachel1Mitchell comes down HARD on @azjustinheap over his previous statements on the 52 voters he placed into ineligible status.
"This is not my opinion. This is not a made-up process. This is the law."
"We are now in a place where there is no reason to question the citizenship of 52 voters.
And there certainly is no confirmation that they are not citizens – quite the contrary – they are American citizens.
The law demands that they be allowed to vote."
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Plaintiffs seek injunction blocking building of Trump’s Arch, set to begin 11/5. Govt admits Congress must approve the arch, but says it did so in 1913, when it approved Memorial Bridge, finished 90 yrs ago. Original 1924 plan called for 2 columns, tho not an arch. ...
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NEW: Trump’s mega Venezuelan oil deal, signed by Hegseth and Rubio, benefits an unknown group of investors and was intentionally crafted to keep the next U.S. president or future leaders of Venezuela from undoing it. @propublica saw the secret contract: propublica.org/article/trump…
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We found that USPS cuts have caused at least a one-day delivery/postmark delay, most affecting states that allow ballots to count if they come in after Election Day as long as they’re postmarked by that day.
Rejection rates increased most in areas that voted for Trump in 2024.
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It's the final countdown 🎶
We're one step closer to Roman's first images! The observatory is now fully functional and the team is performing their final checks and calibrations before starting science observations.
go.nasa.gov/4A9menV