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How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump’s “Big Lie” Into a Movement

In July, not long before President Donald Trump delivered a primetime address questioning the legitimacy of American elections, the pioneering conservative election lawyer Cleta Mitchell and about two dozen of her associates logged onto a private video briefing with the White…

Oct 28, 2026

How religion collided with race and politics in Brazil’s presidential election

Since Brazil’s runoff elections, most attention has been focused on President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s surprise upset.

Oct 28, 2026

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Israel Kills Six Palestinians in Gaza and Burns a Displacement Camp

Israeli forces killed six Palestinians in Gaza in 24 hours, shot a six-year-old girl in Khan Younis and burned a camp that displaced more than 800 people.

Oct 27, 2026

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Hacker Attacks the US Federal Election Commission a Week Before the Midterms

The FEC has shut down its web-facing services and its filing system has been offline since Monday night after a hacker tried to breach it, Reuters reports. Campaign money is going unreported a week before the vote.

Oct 27, 2026

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Flávio Bolsonaro Flees to the USA After Defying an Order to Surrender His Passports

Two days after losing to Lula, Flávio Bolsonaro missed the Supreme Court's deadline to hand over his passports, flew out of Argentina on an Italian passport and landed in Miami on Wednesday. The State Department says it will give his family visas; his convicted brother already lives there.

Oct 27, 2026

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USA Kills Five More People at Sea

Southern Command killed five people on a boat in the eastern Pacific on Tuesday and offered a clip and three phrases. At least 240 people are dead in more than 70 strikes and not one has been named.

Oct 27, 2026

Putin hopes hardship will force Ukrainians to sue for peace – polling suggests it won’t work

Vladimir Putin has a theory of victory in Ukraine.

Oct 27, 2026

School librarians are vanishing from Michigan schools just when they are needed most

Fewer than 10% of Michigan public schools report having a school library staffed with a trained school librarian.

Oct 27, 2026