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Last Notes npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman NASA's Swift space telescope fell uncontrolled to Earth today, 22 years after it launched but just three months after a private spacecraft was supposed to boost it to a higher, life-extending orbit. https://www.space.com/space-exploration/missions/nasa-swift-space-telescope-crashes-to-earth npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman President Trump has no public appearances on his schedule today, according to the White House. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman It could be a while before the US Senate race is called in Mississippi. Provisional ballots are allowed to be counted for up to five business days after the election. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Two helicopters collide near Mt. Everest. https://kathmandupost.com/money/2026/11/03/indian-national-killed-new-zealander-injured-in-mid-air-collision-near-everest npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman An unvaccinated child has died of measles in Lewis County, New York. https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/lewis-county-child-is-new-yorks-first-measles-death-in-more-than-30-years/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Ukraine's air raid alert system was hacked. https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-air-raid-alert-system-hacked-air-force-says-as-false-nuclear-chemical-warnings-sound/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Two days before Election Day, a federal judge says no to the DoJ election lawsuit in Alaska, asking the state to delay certification if Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses. https://www.webcenterfairbanks.com/2026/11/01/court-dismisses-doj-lawsuit-attempting-delay-election-certification-separate-ballots/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The worst-ranked team in NCAA Division I basketball recruited a nearly 7-foot-tall forward from China, hoping he could turn around the program at the historically Black school. But then ICE arrested the MVSU player a day after newest Delta Devil arrived on campus in Mississippi. https://mississippitoday.org/2026/10/28/how-mvsu-lost-and-regained-a-star-basketball-recruit-from-ice-detention/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The parent company of Google is suddenly worth a half trillion dollars less. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/29/alphabet-google-microsoft-msft-shares-today-earnings.html npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman DoorDash acquiring Instacart for $17 billion. https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/doordash-to-acquire-instacart npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman USDA is sending more relocation notices to employees as part of its sweeping reorganization plans, despite a court order putting those actions on hold. https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/10/usda-sends-more-relocation-notices-seemingly-violation-court-order/416900/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman New World screwworm detected in Arizona, with the potentially fatal infestation now affecting dogs and cats. https://www.tpr.org/public-health/2026-07-03/31-confirmed-new-world-screwworm-infestations-texas-tracker-and-what-you-need-to-know npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman There's a declared emergency at the US Department of Energy Savannah River Site after a fire in a room led to "an unfiltered ground-level radiological release." https://www.wtoc.com/2026/10/28/radiological-release-triggers-emergency-response-srs/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Flávio Bolsonaro has landed in Miami this morning with his wife and two daughters after losing Brazil's presidential election. https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/flavio-bolsonaro-reportedly-in-florida-after-leaving-brazil-following-election-defeat/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Wired - ICE HSI is engaged in far-reaching spying against left-wing activists that rivals the FBI and CIA crackdowns on the 1960s Civil Rights and anti-war movements. https://www.wired.com/story/ice-is-running-one-of-the-largest-anti-left-surveillance-operations-in-us-history/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Update: Death toll rises to 64 from the collision of two passenger trains in Spain, with officials saying more fatalities are likely. https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20261028/interrumpen-circulacion-linea-alta-velocidad-madrid-andalucia-por-alcance-entre-dos-trenes/17286647.shtml npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman “Can confirm that Flavio fleeing to US.” - Reuters reporter Gram Slattery npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Security personnel lifted off the ground a prominent Egyptian journalist and carried her out of a Cairo courtroom after a judge convicted the Mada Masr editor-in-chief of running an unlicensed website and ordered the independent outlet closed. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman WaPo - Trump’s proposed arch would cast a shadow over 75,000+ graves at Arlington National Cemetery. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2026/10/27/trumps-arch-would-cast-shadow-arlington-cemetery/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Growing body of evidence demonstrates that Trump was an active participant in Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women and "DOJ and FBI are doing everything they can to keep the American people in the dark about it." - House Judiciary Democrats https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-10.hjc-dems-staff-report-epstein-and-trump.pdf npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Former FBI Director Comey charged again by the DoJ for allegedly directing disclosure of classified information to the New York Times. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.297298/gov.uscourts.dcd.297298.1.0.pdf npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Two US senators say the Trump administration is breaking the law by withholding the FISA court decision while it presses Congress to renew America’s most sweeping surveillance program. https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-government-is-hiding-a-secret-court-ruling-about-how-it-spies-on-americans/?_sp=2ad91cb6-3ebf-4ef3-812e-28b972affded.1793038545845.d0281578-97fc-41ea-975f-175c9dc3a275 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman NYT - A Russian energy giant secretly funded a US firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/us/politics/in-us-gas-talks-with-kremlin-hidden-financing-for-alaska-project-emerges.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LFE.FwdU.adh3CxeGQdFh&smid=url-share npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman How much automakers are spending to oppose AM radios in new cars: npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman WSJ - US expected to remove 50% tariffs on some Canadian products in a bid to help Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and other Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-expected-to-remove-some-tariffs-on-canada-in-bid-to-help-susan-collins-6a89ed1d?st=GpJYvG npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman DoJ files a lawsuit to block certification of the US Senate race in Alaska if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses the contest while another candidate with the same name is on the ballot. https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/10/23/trump-administration-sues-block-possible-democratic-win-alaska-senate-race/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Restrictions on Starlink and its military-grade version have not been fully lifted along Ukraine's front lines. https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/23/starlink-restrictions-not-lifted-in-ukraine-despite-trumps-claims-defence-officials-say npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Election coverage on CBS’ owned and operated TV stations will be sponsored by the sports gambling site DraftKings. https://www.status.news/p/cbs-draftkings-election-results-data npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Amazon agrees to reverse course on its proposal to build four data centers on the George Washington University’s campus in Ashburn, Virginia. https://wtop.com/virginia/2026/10/loudoun-county-amazon-reach-withdrawn-data-center-project-gw-campus/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman NYT - A prominent Venezuelan seeking clemency got it not long after his daughter gave a lawyer close to President Trump an extraordinarily lucrative job. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/politics/julio-herrera-pardon-alina-habba.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KFE.2iCb.MjoUBYPqDJOm&smid=nytcore-ios-share npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman WSJ - Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink relied on by Ukraine. https://www.wsj.com/world/ukraine-starlink-elon-musk-trump-dbc49193?st=KGsRMR npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman In a new draft prospectus viewed by the Wall Street Journal, Anthropic discloses an $80.7 billion net loss for the first half of 2026 and a long list of risk factors. https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-revenue-growth-ipo-accaf0f1?st=YKUo1r npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Alberta votes to remain part of Canada. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/livestory/alberta-referendum-results-live-updates-separatism-october-19-2026-9.7387777 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman WaPo - The Trump administration has not approved the transfer of interceptor missiles to Ukraine that are needed to protect the country from Russian missile and drone attacks. https://wapo.st/3UBX1Dd npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Trump approval rating sinks to a record low in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-approval-falls-record-low-31-midterms-near-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2026-10-19/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman At least one person is dead after a shooting near a mosque in Columbus, Ohio. https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/northeast-columbus-fatal-shooting-mosque/530-a2839f81-41e0-43a2-a1c2-0b76ee6285d2 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Israeli police today arrested 10 suspects in connection with West Bank attacks on a European diplomatic delegation and a Washington Post photographer. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-crime/2026-10-19/ty-article/.premium/ten-arrested-following-settler-attacks-on-european-diplomats-press-photographer/000001a1-52c2-d6fb-a1e9-7efa96690000 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman President Trump waives the application of certain sanctions, restrictions and duties on Russia under a sweeping law targeting Moscow and countries that continue buying its oil and gas. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/10/implementing-the-lindsey-o-graham-sanctioning-russia-and-iran-act-of-2026/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman NewsLab link to livestreams of major global news channels activated here: https://newslab.org/live-news-channels/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman (Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/order-limit-starshield-ukraine-came-inside-white-house-sources-say-2026-10-15/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Mass shooting near an elementary school in Bend, Oregon. https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/10/multiple-victims-in-shooting-near-bend-elementary-school-shooter-dead.html npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Be honest. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman UA941 to Newark is declaring an emergency and returning to London Heathrow. https://airlive.net/emergency/2026/10/15/united-flight-ua941-to-newark-is-declaring-an-emergency-and-returning-to-london-heathrow/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Kudos to credentialed reporter Cat Murphy for standing her ground after a congressman threatened the University of Maryland grad student for recording and questioning him during a post-debate impromptu news conference. https://www.wbaltv.com/article/andy-harris-eastern-shore-forum-clash/74137596 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman At least 34 children and a teacher died today after the roof of a private school collapsed in Peshawar, Pakistan. https://www.geo.tv/latest/686623-at-least-four-children-die-in-roof-collapse-incident-at-private-school-in-peshawar npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman US consumer prices rose 3.7% in September from a year earlier. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Ukraine's access to Elon Musk’s Starlink has been restricted without warning, according to the presidential office, severely disrupting several military missions. https://kyivindependent.com/this-cannot-be-a-coincidence-ukraines-starlink-access-restricted-without-warning-zelensky-adviser-says/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman US Treasury Department imposes a $1.21 billion penalty against BofA for willful anti-money laundering and sanctions violations. https://www.americanbanker.com/news/bofa-gets-1-21b-penalty-for-money-laundering npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Blistering language from a federal magistrate in his ruling that Elon Musk and Kristi Noem smeared the reputation of FEMA’s chief financial officer to justify the illegal firing of the career public servant. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28808299-comans101326/#document/p1 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Observer - Andy Burnham is the first UK prime minister to confirm publicly that British authorities are “clear” that there was interference by the Kremlin in the 2016 Brexit vote. https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/from-russia-with-interference-burnham-first-pm-to-confirm-kremlin-role-in-brexit-vote npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman President Trump, in a social media post, says Russia and Ukraine have agreed to an energy ceasefire "effective immediately" and warns Moscow and Kyiv: "Do not break it!" npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Pope Leo XIV reveals that he will undergo surgery to remove a “localized nodule” in his lung. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-10/pope-leo-xiv-to-undergo-surgery-remove-nodule-lung.html npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Ukraine President Zelenskyy says the consequences of President Trump and the US “allowing Russia to sell oil products were most clearly felt in Kyiv today, when, following numerous attacks with jet-powered Shahed drones against energy facilities, a ballistic missile attack began as well.” https://t.me/V_Zelenskiy_official/21309 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman President Trump says President Putin agreed to supply more than 4 million tons of diesel to the global market. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/09/trump-putin-russian-diesel-us-global-markets.html npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman YouTube, Twitch, Meta and Twitter/X aren’t saying whether they’ll allow the US government to livestream an execution on their platforms. https://www.theverge.com/streaming/1008722/youtube-meta-twitch-government-execution-livestream npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Hurricane Isaias is disrupting US. crude oil production in the Gulf of Mexico and could limit about 2% of the country’s refining capacity, at a time when fuel markets are already tight around the world. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/09/hurricane-isaias-gulf-mexico-oil-refinery.html npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The Democrat now leads the Republican by 4% in the Iowa US Senate race, according to a respected poll (although the cited margin of error is 4.4% but still this is a remarkable reversal from earlier polling). https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/10/07/in-key-iowa-senate-race-democrat-josh-turek-leads-ashley-hinson-poll/92108656007/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The US military in Okinawa Prefecture is pausing all operations for two days followed by a fresh curfew for 30 days, after a marine was arrested on suspicion of killing a local woman. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/07/japan/crime-legal/us-military-murder-okinawa-regulations/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman August Hanning, who once led Germany's spy service, is under investigation by prosecutors for espionage and treason. https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-ex-spy-chief-arrested-for-espionage/a-79560278 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The commander-in-chief, speaking in Nebraska, suggests he wouldn't mind if Iran destroyed two of California's largest cities. https://www.c-span.org/clip/campaign-2026/user-clip-let-iran-take-out-los-angeles-san-diego/5207907 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman President Trump reverses course and announces that his super PAC will now pay for the TV ads promoting him that have been airing nationwide at taxpayer expense. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/us/politics/trump-taxpayer-funded-ads-pac.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVE.YtCK.s-7NpNxH4fC7&smid=nytcore-ios-share npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The bestselling novelist and former MP Jeffrey Archer- whose political career was marred by scandal - died "suddenly and peacefully" at the age of 86. His final novel is to be published tomorrow. https://news.sky.com/story/lord-jeffrey-archer-dies-13594813 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Former US House Speaker John Dennis Hastert has died at the age of 84. https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/former-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-dies-at-84/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman US rushed over the weekend to withdraw all 12 B-1 Air Force bombers from an air base in southern England after commanders received new threats about an Iran-backed plot against the installation. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/us/politics/us-bombers-britain-raf-fairford-iran.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GFE.xxaO.njFwv0q--2Pb&smid=nytcore-ios-share npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman An employee of the nuclear safety division of the US Department of Energy is alleged to have traveled to Yemen on an official passport to provide explosives and drones to the Houthis, a designated foreign terrorist organization. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-energy-employee-arrested-washington-state-charges-attempted-material-support npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman One of the poorest counties in the country is the planned site for a $6 billion data center. https://mississippitoday.org/2026/09/30/6b-data-center-planned-for-jefferson-davis-one-of-the-poorest-counties-in-the-country?everlit_referral=true npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman "Pivot to video" is synonymous with a desperate, trend-chasing strategy that sacrifices substantive content and leads to layoffs of talented staff to produce superficial videos to chase social media algorithms. Now it's NPR's turn. https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/09/npr-the-quintessential-audio-news-brand-adapts-to-a-video-first-future/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Chinese AI developer Moonshot is conducting an internal review after researchers were able to persuade two of its popular Kimi models to tell them how to make biological weapons and carry out assassinations. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmrergq3j7lgo npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman White House will tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to attempt to blunt rising gas prices ahead of the midterms. https://www.semafor.com/article/09/29/2026/white-house-taps-strategic-petroleum-reserve npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes, recently fired by the Pentagon, is named E&P's News Executive of the Year. https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/editor-publisher-ep-names-stars-and-stripes-max-d-lederer-jr-news-executive-of,263747?newsletter=262128 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The State Department's watchdog finds laws were broken when Kari Lake and Elon Musk silenced the Voice of America, ignoring reliable data and that their mistakes "severely diminished the nation’s ability" to counter disinformation and support democracy abroad. https://www.stateoig.gov/report/aud-afa-ib-26-25 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman President Trump unveils America.gov, an AI-powered "plan that sits in the palm of your hand" to replace thousands of "terrible government websites." npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman By the end of this year BBC will switch off all its remaining local medium wave (AM) radio stations. https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/articles/2026/bbc-local-radio-medium-wave npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman “Iran has won this war. It’s just a question of how much they’ve won by,” Scott Anderson, author of ‘King of Kings,’ tells students in a lecture at the University of Mississippi. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Nvidia has authorized an additional $150 billion to its share buyback program, which the chip giant says will be the largest such repurchase authorization increase in history. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/28/nvidia-share-buyback-plan-gets-150-billion-boost.html npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman EU to strengthen its response to hybrid attacks amid warnings that Russia is planning further sabotage across Europe. https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/28/eu-mininsters-plan-response-to-hybrid-attacks-amid-warnings-of-russian-sabotage npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman All 50 districts of Bangkok are now public disaster zones due to sustained rainfall and flooding. https://www.thaipbsworld.com/around-thailand/558612 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman (Reuters) — Hackers claim they stole psychiatric and medical records of FBI staff. https://www.reuters.com/world/shinyhunters-hackers-say-they-stole-psychiatric-medical-records-fbi-staff-2026-09-25/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman A jury in the state of New Mexico finds that Facebook willfully deceived users with claims that Meta protects user data and keeps harmful information and misinformation off its platforms. https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/new-mexico-jury-reach-verdict-in-states-privacy-violation-case-against-meta/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman MFP - Artificial intelligence giant xAI offers to buy out residents of Southaven, Mississippi, if they agree not to join a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of “nuisance-level harms" from its plant that powers data centers and Elon Musk's Grok. https://www.mississippifreepress.org/xai-moves-to-buy-out-southaven-residents-who-agree-not-to-sue-it-over-power-plant-noise-letter-shows/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman BBC about to be literally decimated. https://www.upday.com/uk/uknews/2000-bbc-jobs-face-the-axe-as-pound500m-cost-cuts-trigger-warning-of-a-doom-spiral/lthqhfl npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Sweden and Finland scramble fighter jets to intercept Russian military aircraft. https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/25/finland-and-sweden-scramble-quick-reaction-alert-jets-to-intercept-russian-aircraft npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman A man who was severely injured during the 2024 assassination attempt against President Trump in Butler County, Pennsylvania, has died. https://www.wtae.com/article/butler-county-trump-rally-victim-jim-copenhaver-dies/73872405 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman There's a flea-borne typhus outbreak in Los Angeles. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-09-24/flea-borne-typhus-outbreak-warnings-issued-in-la-county npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman A US senator and Republican candidate for governor of Alabama is campaigning today against “furries," warning that such fetishists in airline cockpits pose a danger to commercial aviation. https://www.al.com/politics/2026/09/doug-jones-tubervilles-furry-pilot-senate-floor-speech-is-the-strangest-i-have-ever-heard.html npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Today’s Trump–Xi meeting is being boycotted by US TV networks in the White House pool—and it won’t reach hundreds of millions of people in 100+ countries who once relied on the Voice of America, according to #SaveVOA. https://savevoa.com/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The anonymous source referred to here was the vice president of the United States. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/09/23/white-house-cited-anonymous-quotes-politico-ban-it-was-source/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman MSNOW - Ford's Theatre, the playhouse where President Lincoln was assassinated, has been mentioned among federal properties that could carry Donald Trump's name. https://www.ms.now/news/trump-fords-theatre-name-kennedy-center?cid=eml_mda_20260923&user_email=1b58f056e9a32795f0c9e3c3ed07989126e27ee1d4e6b2839569e8246a0ee755 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman A federal judge has ruled against environmental and wildlife conservation groups trying to prevent a land exchange in Texas between SpaceX and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. https://www.texastribune.org/2026/09/21/texas-spacex-land-swap-deal-wildlife-refuge-approval/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Deadly typhoon in Japan triggers widespread flooding and landslides. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/news/20260919de51188/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany celebrates another regional election win, scoring 37% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, while the prime minister’s CDU has its worst performance at the polls since 1949. Even Friedrich Merz acknowledges “it’s a disaster.” https://www.dw.com/en/alice-weidel-merz-can-no-longer-stay-in-office/video-79348464 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Studiously impartial C-SPAN calls for the Trump administration to immediately restore White House access to the journalists of CNN, MSNOW and Politico. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman VOA's Mandarin Service (now firmly under Trump administration control) for part of its 9/11 coverage runs an English-language infomercial for Silverstein Properties. https://www.voachinese.com/a/world-trade-center-exhibition-20260910/8196552.html npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman President Trump’s promise of a $5,000 cash payment for your vote reminds me of the inducement offered by a huckster during the 1974 election for governor of Nevada. https://newsguy.substack.com/p/when-candidates-promise-dividends?r=1g77q&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The Persian Service of the Voice of America (no longer independent of administration control as mandated by law) has posted fake (AI generated) video of a volcanic eruption. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdCMxYelg7V/?stkn=MXBtMjNxY2tlcDdvZg== npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman As authors wait for their cut of the largest copyright settlement in US history some are accusing the publishers of their books of trying to squeeze them out of a percentage of the payout. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/books/anthropic-settlement-ai-copyright-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-1A.-PnU.tvlhnRmpo75q&smid=nytcore-ios-share npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman GPU maker NVIDIA to acquire AI platform Hugging Face for $13 billion. https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-to-acquire-hugging-face/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman After presidential pressure Apple follows Google and Lake Ontario is now Lake America. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Nepali Times - A drone operator in China accidentally captured the rupture as it happened on Langtang. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Update: British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported back to the UK, according to DHS.
