Korea to Phase Out Military Service Exemptions, Delays Cuts to AI Researcher Program – Seoul Economic Daily– news.google.com
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Trump promises not to attack Iran before November’s US midterms – The Guardian
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Breaking: FBI Arrests Somali-American Allegedly Planning ISIS Attack in Minnesota– www.westernjournal.com
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The FBI arrested a Somali man in Minnesota on Tuesday who allegedly planned to attack the Mall of America later this month.
CBS News, citing a criminal complaint, reported that 18-year-old Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud posted a video online pledging allegiance to the Islamic State terrorist group in September.
Mohamud allegedly wanted to attack the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, on Oct. 24, during a Hmong Arts Celebration.
The FBI arrested him at gunpoint after he purchased an AK-47-style rifle from an agency source, CBS reported.
TERROR PLOT FOILED #BREAKING: Minnesota ISIS Sympathizer Arrested for Plotting Mass-Casualty Attack at Mall of America. Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud now facing federal charges for receiving a firearm and ammo to commit a crime of terrorism. @FOX9 https://t.co/yBH3FAMIUP
— Paul Blume (@PaulBlume_FOX9) October 7, 2026
France, Germany seek new EU weapon to instantly cut off market access for China – South China Morning Post
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Mali separatists announce withdrawal from strategic northern town – Internazionale
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VA Gov Spanberger accused of trying to register dead felons to receive mail-in ballots | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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Multiple examples have surfaced on social media accusing Democrat Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger of restoring the voting rights of felons and encouraging them to register for mail-in ballots — despite their having been dead for years.
The alleged scandal first came to light with a post showing a recent letter received by the family of Peter Alan Breton.
“I am pleased to inform you that Governor Abigail D. Spanberger has restored your right to vote, to become a notary public, to serve on a jury, and to hold public office,” said the letter, dated Aug. 31, from Secretary of the Commonwealth Candi Mundon King.
“Enclosed is the official grant order that will serve as documentation of Governor Spanberger’s decision,” King added. “As a reminder, all Virginians must be registered to vote in order to cast a ballot. You may register to vote online by visiting the Virginia Department of Elections’ Citizen Portal at [sic] or by scanning the QR Code.”
As an obituary noted, Breton died in 2016. “Pete was surrounded by many loved ones throughout his illness and passage,” it said.
Analyst says Beijing tapping overseas Chinese to annex Taiwan – Taiwan News
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Democratic Bulgaria Proposes NATO Article 4 Consultations, UN Security Council Meeting over Black Sea Attacks – БТА
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Former Chinese Journalist Accuses Jiangxi Investigators of Torture, Coercion– www.visiontimes.com
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A former journalist who spent more than a decade working for publications affiliated with China’s state-run People’s Daily has publicly accused anti-corruption investigators in Jiangxi Province of torturing him and coercing him into signing what he describes as a fabricated bribery confession.
In a complaint published Sept. 28 on the WeChat account “Xiaozhou Fengyu,” Zhou Wenshui used his real name and identified himself as a Hong Kong permanent resident and former editor and reporter for People’s Daily-affiliated publications. He accused Wang Yang, deputy director of the Guixi Municipal Supervisory Commission, and other investigators of abusing their authority during a 2024 investigation. The original complaint was later archived by China Digital Times.
Trump envoy meets Sudanese military chief in Egypt in attempt to end devastating war – The Jerusalem Post
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Alleged Chinese agent accused of surveilling Taiwanese president’s son appears in federal court– www.cbsnews.com
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A suspected Chinese agent appeared in a Los Angeles federal court Monday after she allegedly surveilled the Taiwanese president’s son near Seattle last year.
Orange County, California, realtor Wanying “Heather” Zhang, 34, appeared calm, dressed in a tailored, white zip-up jacket, sweatpants and white sneakers, with shackles on her wrists and ankles. CBS News was first to report that the FBI arrested Zhang on Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport before she boarded a flight to Shanghai, China.
In court, she spoke only to confirm her name and that she understood the charge against her of working as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government.
Trump Economic Good News Ignored by Media Ahead of Midterms– www.newsbusters.org
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When the networks try to drive President Trump’s approval rating as low as possible, they avoid presenting any positive news. In the first term, they routinely skipped good news. Now we’ve compiled “Five Economic Facts the Media Don’t Want You to Know” as we head into midterm elections. The good news is Not News.
In my 1996 book Pattern of Deception, I recounted how the networks aerobically denied that economic growth under George HW Bush was real, that the GDP was some kind of illusion. In our 2019 book Unmasked, we listed all the good economic news that the networks avoided. This is still happening. NewsBusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck and CNS News Managing Editor Craig Bannister analyze the good economic news.
Let’s start with this one: Trump’s 2025 tax cut bill lowered the average household’s taxes by nearly three thousand dollars. Or at least kept Trump tax cuts from expiring. The networks hate tax cuts, and routinely pretend they’re just for the wealthy, when they’re much broader than that.
Also: Inflation is lower during President Donald Trump’s second term in office than it was during the Biden Administration. But since it accumulates, the prices are still high.
Despite the war with Iran, the price of gas during Trump’s second term has never come close to its spike during Biden’s time in the White House. The average gas price in 2022 is close to the current average, and it went over $5 a gallon that year. Reporters routinely refer to “soaring” gas prices.
Several Heads of French Humanitarian Aid Organizations Indicted for Embezzling Millions for Hamas– gellerreport.com
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Several heads of French humanitarian aid organizations indicted for embezzling millions of dollars for Hamas.
France is getting what it so richly deserves.
.@ladepechedumidi Several heads of French humanitarian aid organizations indicted for embezzling millions of dollars for Hamashttps://t.co/ypDmYIWsxo
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 5, 2026
The article reports that three people connected to two French humanitarian associations, Baraka and Ensemble C Mieux, have been formally placed under investigation over allegations of financing Hamas through donations ostensibly intended for Gaza relief.
Five people were taken into custody on September 29. Three were subsequently placed under formal investigation on October 3 for alleged terrorist financing, organized misappropriation of funds, and related money laundering.
According to U.S. authorities cited in the report, Faouzi B., Amel O., and Saleem al-Zaq—identified as a member of Hamas’s armed wing—raised more than $2 million between 2020 and 2026, including $1.5 million after the October 7, 2023, attack.
Melanin-inspired nanotechnology might help protect workers from deadly nerve agents– www.techspot.com
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Forward-looking: A team of researchers from Northwestern University set out to put melanin’s many talents to work against nerve agents, a class of dangerous organic chemicals. The newly conceived compound takes its cues from nature and could offer an effective “antidote” to one of the most troublesome legacies of World War II.
The researchers developed a melanin-inspired nanotechnology designed to protect people who work around nerve agents and other hazardous chemicals of the same type. This “allomelanin” compound offers many of the same benefits as natural melanin and should be easy to embed in a variety of fibers as a dye.
The nanotech is described in a study recently published in the journal ACS Nano. The study details a “catalytic porous metallized melanin for the remediation of organophosphorus agents.”
Organophosphorus chemicals form the base of nerve agents and other dangerous compounds. As the CDC explains, nerve agents – or nerve gases – are chemicals designed to disrupt the signals traveling through the nervous system. They act as poisons and can damage a person’s nervous system to the point that they can no longer control the heart’s muscles or their breathing.
Ron DeSantis, Florida Cabinet Declare CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood, and Antifa as Terrorist Groups– legalinsurrection.com
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his cabinet have declared CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Antifa as terrorist groups, along with a host of others, under a new law that took effect over the summer.
Today we officially designated the Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR and Antifa as terrorist organizations per the anti-sharia law signed earlier this year. pic.twitter.com/qIZRIFa7au
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) September 29, 2026
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DeSantis, Florida Cabinet designate more than 90 groups as terrorist organizations
Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet on Tuesday voted to designate more than 90 groups as terrorist organizations, and a legal challenge is already in the works seeking to block the move.
With little comment from the state panel and no public testimony, the Cabinet voted to apply domestic or foreign terrorist designations to a series of groups, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Muslim Brotherhood and antifa.
The designations will also apply to more than 90 organizations already listed as foreign terrorist organizations by the U.S. government, including the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, two Mexican drug cartels and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Under a new law, HB 1471, that took effect July 1, CAIR filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida in Tallahassee, contending that DeSantis is violating the First Amendment and the due process clause of the 14th Amendment.
Hina Shamsi, director of the ACLU National Security Project, said attorneys intend to file a motion Thursday on behalf of CAIR-Florida seeking a preliminary injunction against the designation.
“There is nowhere in that notice any allegation or evidence that CAIR has engaged in any violent or dangerous act in violation of Florida or U.S. law,” Shamsi said Tuesday outside the Cabinet meeting. “And that’s the first requirement for something as serious as this.”
Republican Attorneys General Sue Abortion “Shield Law” States in Supreme Court – Truthout
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Federal Judge Blocks New York’s First-of-Its-Kind Crackdown on Algorithmic Rent-Setting – Law Commentary
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Trump approves new fuel economy standards, reversing Biden’s EV push– www.cnbc.com
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President Donald Trump on Saturday said he approved new fuel economy standards, reversing former President Joe Biden’s stricter policies meant to fuel electric vehicle adoption.
Since the Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards were established in 1975, they have been periodically updated, typically to make vehicles more efficient. Under former President Joe Biden’s standards, automakers would have had to increase the fuel efficiency of their passenger cars and light trucks to roughly 50 miles per gallon by 2031. The stricter standards were designed to incentivize electric vehicle production and sales in the U.S.
Trump presented the policy change as a boon for both automakers and consumers, though the final standards have not yet been publicly detailed.
“These new Standards will take the waste out of building cars in America. That means LOWER PRICES, saving families thousands on a new, beautiful, and safe car — Far better than the Environmental Monsters that we were building heretofore,” he wrote in the Truth Social post. “Every Manufacturer, from General Motors to Ford to Stellantis, has called me wanting to build here, and now they can!”
The regulatory change would fulfill a campaign promise from Trump to rescind policies that encouraged or incentivized electric vehicles.
AI Data Center Boom Creates Blue-Collar Jobs Amid Backlash – The Tech Buzz– news.google.com
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ICE: Arrests of Illegal Immigrants, ‘Collaterals’ Will Continue– legalinsurrection.com
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ICE officers can still arrest illegal immigrants without additional criminal histories, including during operations targeting someone else. The Trump administration says that has not changed.
President Donald Trump told Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin that anyone in the country illegally remains “on the table” for arrest and deportation. ICE field offices also received new guidance reaffirming that authority.
“I’ve spoken on the phone with President Trump and nine ICE & DHS sources about this today. Here’s what I’ve learned.
Yes, this verbal guidance did go out to ICE offices across the country last night. I’ve spoken with ICE agents who received it & were shocked & frustrated by it. It’s unclear who it started with. However, I’m told it’s erroneous, was some type of “miscommunication” during conversations about prioritizing “worst first”, and there is no change in immigration enforcement policy. President Trump tells me anyone in the country illegally remains “on the table” for ICE arrest & deportation. I’m also told new guidance went out to ICE field offices tonight to reaffirm this and that yes, arrests of illegal aliens and “collaterals” without additional criminal history will continue. ICE sources confirm to me they received the new guidance.
I’m not really sure what happened here – but everyone is on the same page, including President Trump, in telling me that his immigration enforcement agenda isn’t scaling back.”
I’ve spoken on the phone with President Trump and nine ICE & DHS sources about this today. Here’s what I’ve learned.
Yes, this verbal guidance did go out to ICE offices across the country last night. I’ve spoken with ICE agents who received it & were shocked & frustrated by it.… https://t.co/BVGsEbvjCu
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) September 27, 2026
Muslim group fears ‘France will become Catholic again’– www.lifesitenews.com
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A French Muslim apologetics group that actively opposes a Catholic revival has predicted that France could “become Catholic again” within a few generations, following the Pope’s enthusiastic reception in Paris.
On September 25 the group Miséricorde pour l’Houmanité (“Mercy for Humanity”) published a message on X predicting that “France will become Catholic again” amid what it described as a growing Catholic revival, strengthened by American Catholic influence. The group lamented that such a revival could undermine Islam’s spiritual influence in Western Europe.
Je suis triste quand je vois toute cette effervescence autour du catholicisme, je prédisais cela depuis des années et j’ai l’impression d’être un agent de la CIA qui assisterait impuissant au retour de l’Union Soviétique.
Dans 45 ans la France redeviendra catholique et nous…— Miséricorde pour l’Humanité France (@MisericordeF) September 25, 2026
Trump Invokes Rare Authority To Cancel Nearly $1,000,000,000 In Congressionally Approved Spending– dailycaller.com
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President Donald Trump has moved to cancel more than $800 million that Congress approved for refugee aid, migrant education and diversity programs.
The White House announced late Friday it would rescind $810 million in appropriated funds through a rare budgetary tool called a pocket rescission, according to CBS News. The largest cut, $567 million, hit Health and Human Services (HHS) accounts that funded nonprofits serving refugees and asylees, according to the administration.
Officials argued the money is no longer needed because illegal crossings have fallen sharply under Trump’s border policies. They labeled the spending wasteful and harmful to taxpayers. (RELATED: Lisa Murkowski ‘Strongly’ Objects To Trump Admin Quest To Cancel $5 Billion In Foreign Aid)
The reductions also covered $70 million for programs the administration branded “Woke International Education,” $56 million in Housing and Urban Development (HUD) counseling grants and $25 million in migrant student education. The education money once paid for an LGBT youth summit and “Therapy for Latinx” workshops.
Among the groups losing support was Southwest Key Programs, which received $40 million and faced a Justice Department suit alleging its staff sexually harassed and abused unaccompanied minors, according to the White House. Another was Global Refuge, an immigration nonprofit led by a former policy director for Michelle Obama.
The cuts drew a rebuke from Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, according to CBS News. She called the package an effort to “undermine Congress’s Constitutional power of the purse” and said lawmakers received no warning, according to her statement on X.
Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration. This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress’s Constitutional power of the purse.
This move…
— Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) September 25, 2026
Scientists engineered bacteria to make stronger silk fibres using mussel protein fragments, boosting tensile strength by up to 345% |– timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Scientists have engineered bacteria to produce a silk-based protein using a surprising ingredient: a protein fragment from mussels. The approach combines an artificially designed silk protein with mussel foot protein 5, or Mfp5, which the researchers found could improve the strength and toughness of the resulting fibres. According to the study published in Nature Communications, titled ‘Bi-terminal fusion of intrinsically-disordered mussel foot protein fragments boosts mechanical strength for protein fibres’, attaching Mfp5 fragments to both ends of the protein encouraged interactions between protein molecules. The researchers also demonstrated that the engineered protein could be produced in a bacterial bioreactor at a substantially higher titre than some previously reported recombinant silk proteins.
Trump administration cracks down on fraudulent ‘birth tourism’– www.lifesitenews.com
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the Trump administration will restrict visas for individuals who “engage in or facilitate” birth tourism, a practice that exploits the United States’ 14th Amendment granting automatic citizenship to any child born within the U.S.
“Foreign commercial birth tourism networks have exploited the U.S. immigration system to sell U.S. citizenship for profit. These networks advertise and coach foreign nationals to lie on U.S. visa applications and collect tens of thousands of dollars to arrange births on American soil for the sole purpose of obtaining U.S. citizenship,” Rubio explained in a press release.
The new policy targets foreigners “who knowingly engage in, have engaged in, or facilitate birth tourism to the United States, including owners, operators, and managers of commercial birth tourism facilitation networks, visa ‘fixers’ who coach applicants to commit fraud, foreign medical providers who knowingly abet and facilitate such travel and the fraudulent use of our Medicaid system, and other individuals who support, abet, and enable commercial birth tourism.”
The Trump administration has sought to use every tool at its disposal to defend the integrity of U.S. citizenship, protect American public benefits and U.S. taxpayers from exploitation, and safeguard national security according to the Secretary of State.
“By restricting visa issuance of those who both engage in and profit from this fraud, we are sending a clear message: The United States will not allow foreigners to exploit our immigration system and violate the sanctity of U.S. citizenship,” he declared.
Venezuela releases dozens of prisoners following meeting between Trump and interim leader– abcnews.com
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BOGOTA, Colombia — Human rights groups in Venezuela said that significant numbers of political prisoners were released in the South American country on Saturday, though the total number of those freed has still not been determined.
The prisoner releases follow a meeting Tuesday between Interim President Delcy Rodríguez and President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In her speech at the UN, Rodríguez said Venezuela, whose government has been widely accused of jailing dissidents, stealing elections and stifling freedom of speech, has “begun a process of democratic transformation.”
In a message posted on X, the Venezuelan human rights group Clippve said seven political prisoners were released from a prison on the outskirts of Caracas on Saturday morning, including Wilder Vasquez, a university student who had been sentenced to five years in prison for participating in a 2018 plot to kill former President Nicolás Maduro. Vasquez has long claimed he was innocent. His sentence had expired in 2023.
In another X message, the human rights group Justicia Encuentro y Perdon said that 29 people were released from Venezuelan prisons Saturday, including 12 inmates who were on its list of political prisoners.
“Seventeen of those freed were not in our database of political prisoners,” the organization said. “Our team continues to verify information to update our registry.”
America’s ‘AI czar’ could revolutionize our form of government– www.theblaze.com
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Donald Trump is considering a small handful of candidates for “AI czar” — notionally, a Cabinet-level role overseeing the industry, the technology, and something the president is calling, perhaps in the spirit of Space Force, the “AI Force.”
Trump has not specified much beyond that. Nobody rumored to be under consideration seems especially eager for the job.
Perhaps we don’t need someone with the power of a czar to rule AI. Perhaps we need someone with the authority of a saint to counsel us about it.
Plenty of reasons suggest themselves.
Not quite everything is computer. Many crucial components of America’s good working order still require special and undivided attention of their own. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is no longer being considered because of the importance of his current role. The logic is arguably the same for White House science and technology adviser Michael Kratsios and other potential candidates.
And, as the untimely demise of Czar Nicholas II and his family at the hands of the communists reminds us, a czar invested with enough power and authority can swiftly become a scapegoat or blood sacrifice of the highest order.
Which brings us to the momentous possibilities unsealed simply by creating a high office called AI czar.
Polls show most Americans think democracy is doing poorly. For a growing share across the political spectrum, that is not necessarily a bad thing.
Hungarian Parliament Lifts Immunity of Prime Minister and Two Former Ministers – Hungarian Conservative
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Trump wants Zelensky to ease strikes on Russian refineries, Ukraine official says deal must go both ways– www.reddit.com
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HAMAS IN OUR SCHOOLS: Antisemitic Narratives Are Reaching K-12 Classrooms– gellerreport.com
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The devastating harm of this indoctrination is incalculable. Just today comes a story of North Carolina High School students planningto “kill as many Jews as possible” in North Carolina. These things don’t just happen. They are made to happen.
For years my colleagues and I have reported on the infiltration of jihadis and far left radical anxious to use schools and textbooks to proselytize for Islam. It fell on deaf ears or was widely derided as conspiracy nuttery.
Hamas in our schools? Concern surfaces that anti-Israel narratives are reaching K-12 classrooms
What children learn about terrorism, Israel, and Jewish identity is being shaped in public classrooms, but questions have arisen as to whether schools are vetting the teachers and materials presenting those subjects.
OpenAI pauses training after a model escaped containment, and its kill switch failed– www.techspot.com
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What just happened? As almost every new day brings stories of another AI agent going rogue and breaching an organization’s systems, OpenAI has announced a pause in the training of its most powerful artificial intelligence models. The announcement came hours after the company disclosed more incidents of its agents acting concerningly, and a separate report that its agents unsuccessfully tried to hack into a US Department of Education website.
OpenAI’s incident report links the pause to a separate September 20 escape from a restricted training environment. An internal research model found a gap in DNS filtering and used it to contact an external chatbot while attempting to answer a research question – so much for keeping it offline.
The company says the suspension covers training, evaluations, and running its most capable models with tools. Work will resume after OpenAI validates its fixes and completes additional adversarial testing. The particular model involved will not resume training; the company plans a fresh run with additional alignment improvements.
The monitoring system did raise an alert within 15 minutes, which a human acknowledged three minutes later. Unfortunately, the automatic shutdown failed to happen, and the run continued for another two and a half hours before someone stopped it manually.
Separately, Transluce reported that agents apparently linked to OpenAI attempted to break into the US Education Department’s civil rights website. OpenAI has not confirmed that incident, while the department said it found no evidence its website or databases were affected.