New York City police officers are on duty outside the Lotte Palace Hotel during a United Nations General Assembly leaders reception, late Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Zelenskyy Urges Support for New US Sanctions on Russia After Trump Puts Them on Hold

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged supporters Saturday to speak out in defense of new U.S. sanctions against Russia, hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order pausing a sweeping package of restrictions targeting the Russian economy. The White House’s decision has further raised fears that Ukraine could be left exposed…

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‘A new kind of power’: investigation reveals spread of Palantir’s influence across Europe

‘A new kind of power’: investigation reveals spread of Palantir’s influence across Europe

This report, painstakingly compiled over months by a consortium of European journalists, is essential reading for us here in Britain. Palantir, the controversial data surveillance firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, is finally facing pushback in the UK. The British government is its most important customer outside the US, a vast lucrative business which the Nerve…

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Trump will rally in Dalton with Mike Collins, Rick Jackson as Georgia midterm stakes rise

Donald Trump’s midterm campaign blitz arrives in Georgia on Friday for a rally with top Republican candidates in a state that has long been the epicenter of the president’s false claims about election fraud. In Dalton, the population center of conservative northwest Georgia, Trump will appear with Senate candidate Mike Collins and gubernatorial nominee Rick…

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New York City police officers are on duty outside the Lotte Palace Hotel during a United Nations General Assembly leaders reception, late Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump Increased Investments in Drugmakers That Benefited From Medicare Exemptions, Democrats Say

WASHINGTON (AP) — Investments in pharmaceutical companies made on behalf of President Donald Trump increased significantly after he returned to the White House last year, with his portfolio adding millions of dollars in stock in firms that benefited from a Republican-backed law that shields certain medications from Medicare price negotiations, according to a report from…

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