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Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years for 2006 sexual assault of Miriam Haley
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years after his 2025 New York conviction for first-degree criminal sexual act against Miriam Haley in 2006.
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White House television pool goes dark after Trump bars CNN, MS NOW and Politico
ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News have joined CNN in suspending White House TV pool coverage after Trump barred CNN from its assigned duties. CNN, MS NOW and Politico are suing, alleging their White House bans violate the First and Fifth Amendments.
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European investigators report that the US Justice Department has not answered Epstein evidence requests
Prosecutors in Poland, Norway and Latvia and police in Britain report that the US Justice Department is stonewalling their investigations and has not answered their Epstein evidence requests for over a year.
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Trump offers voters $5,000 if Republicans win —an offer other democracies prosecute a bribery
Trump told the Republican Party’s first midterm convention that every adult US citizen would receive $5,000 if his party retains control of Congress on 3 November. Laws in democracies such as Germany, Canada and the UK would treat such an offer as bribery.
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Canada's counter-tariffs on $27.6 billion of US goods take effect as Trump moves against Bombardier
Canada's counter-tariffs on $27.6 billion of US goods took effect on 8 September, hours after Trump moved to bar Bombardier jet sales in the United States.
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Trump tries to bill Europe for Ukraine weapons already paid for, overvalued by $8.1bn and past their useful life
Congress appropriated $45.8 billion to buy weapon replacements from US manufacturers. Europe has already sent $4.8 billion to the US Treasury for weapons the US does not pay for.
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Leon Black, who paid Epstein $170 million, sues House Oversight to void its subpoenas and skips his deposition
Leon Black sued House Oversight on 3 September 2026 to void subpoenas for his NDAs and testimony, then skipped his Epstein deposition. Democrats on the panel want him held in contempt.
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Trump policies are killing pregnant women and infants in abortion ban states and aid-dependent countries
Studies find excess infant and pregnant women's deaths across the 14 states that banned abortion after Dobbs, and an 11 per cent rise in maternal deaths in countries reliant on US aid.
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Zelenskyy awards right-wing billionaire and top Trump backer Elon Musk Ukraine’s Order of Freedom
Zelenskyy awarded Elon Musk Ukraine’s Order of Freedom weeks after reports that Musk refused Ukraine’s request to lift Starlink limits blocking strikes inside Russia. Decree No. 835/2026 cited Musk’s role in protecting human life and freedom and strengthening Ukraine–U.S. relations.
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ICE guns down an unarmed father in Houston, Texas, family calls for an investigation
ICE shot an unarmed Houston construction worker and father of 3 as he drove to a job site. His family, members of Congress and human rights groups want an investigation
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Under cover of the World Cup, ICE rounded up 10,000 people in five days
ICE detained 10,000 people in five days on a White House order, pushing detention above 63,000, amid record contractor profits and rising deaths in custody.
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'I know everything': Brazilian model Amanda Ungaro, Paolo Zampolli, and how the Epstein Network Brought Them Both to Trump's White House
Flown to New York on Epstein's jet at 17, partnered for two decades with the man who claims to have brought Melania to the US, deported before she could post bail after a single phone call to a federal official - Amanda Ungaro speaks out