2026-10 archive

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• NASA: APOD: 2026 October 15 – The Milky Way over Manhattan

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• Guardian: US lawmakers unveil bill to hold Wall Street’s ‘Epstein-connected’ bosses to account

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• Guardian: Online ads weaponised to deliver ‘zero-click’ spyware, researchers say

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• Guardian: ‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums

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• NPR: After booting 760K off ACA health plans, the Trump administration adds some people back

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• NASA: Fires Arrive in the Amazon Rainforest

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Democratic and Republican strategists discuss campaign pressures and Trump's role in the midterms. Their assessments are political analysis, not independent polling findings.

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• PBS: Democratic and GOP strategists on how Trump's unpopularity is shaping the midterms

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• PBS: WATCH: Nebraska voters hear from Harding, Powell in midterm House debate

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• NPR: These swing voters regret voting for Trump and it's influencing their midterm choices

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• PBS: Justice Department threatens California with legal action over claim of noncitizens on voter rolls

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• NPR: Ukraine says its Starshield access is back

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• NPR: Group that plants fruit trees in vacant lots grows to cities nationwide

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• PBS: LIVE MAP: Track the path of Hurricane Trudy

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• BBC: Russia accuses Ukraine of attacking oil refinery after Zelensky says strikes to resume

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• NASA: NASA to Host News Conference Previewing US Spacewalks 100, 101

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The BBC documents opposition to data-centre expansion across several states and resulting political shifts. Arizona enacted a three-year pause on new data-centre tax breaks, a concrete policy response distinct from campaign rhetoric.

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• BBC: How backlash against data centres could shape the US midterm elections

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• Guardian: Texas Democrat James Talarico faces grilling from voters at town hall in tight Senate race

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• Guardian: Bad news for Trump ahead of the midterms: it’s still the economy, stupid
• Guardian: Key US voters say economy is getting worse ahead of midterms, exclusive poll finds

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• PBS: ICE officer appeared to intentionally hit a man with a vehicle in Houston, Texas prosecutor says

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• Guardian: Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza denies using AI to write prize-winning story

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• BBC: US teenager appears in court over alleged Hindu temple shooting plot

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• Science News: Brain implants are helping people who’ve lost their voice

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• BBC: White House defends new press secretary over her legal credentials

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• NPR: Essential items to stock in your medicine cabinet for cold and flu season

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• Science News: Can math stay human in the age of AI?

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• BBC: Retired US generals call on Pentagon to cancel 'barbaric' execution livestream

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• PBS: Attorney for banned outlets on legal fight over White House press access

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• Guardian: Is your boss watching you? The rise of AI surveillance at work - video

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• PBS: Fraternity culture under scrutiny in wake of Cornell allegations

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• PBS: How immigration policies shaped America and evolved throughout its history

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• Guardian: Could AI ‘change the stakes’ in the development of bioweapons?

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• PBS: Lawyers for Federal Reserve's Lisa Cook say White House hearing set up by Trump is 'biased'

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• Guardian: US officials considering ad campaign to urge South African Afrikaners to emigrate

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• Guardian: Anatomy of a lie: how misinformation is spreading through US midterm campaigns

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• PBS: Iowa's water quality and cancer rates forced into forefront of state politics