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Oct 20, 2026 - World

President also announces incentive program for people to report fraud, as administration continues attack on MinnesotaSign up for the Breaking News US emailSend us your questions about immigration and the midtermsA new survey reveals a widening “empathy gap” between Republicans and white evangelicals and the rest of the American public.On Tuesday, the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute released its annual American Values Survey. The survey found that white evangelical Protestants are the only religious group in which a majority does not agree that empathy is foundational moral value (42%). Instead, a majority (54%) say empathy can be dangerous when it leads people away from a society guided by God’s truth, PRRI said. Continue reading...

Oct 20, 2026 - World

Services for the digital bank Revolut, including withdrawals from ATMs, bank transfers and bank card top-ups, were disrupted, which a source close to the matter attributed to the Google Cloud failures.

Oct 20, 2026 - World

Scott Kirby says wealth inequality is a ‘danger to society’ and calls for inheritance tax in recent interviewScott Kirby, the CEO of United Airlines, is under scrutiny from conservative politicians and commentators for saying wealth inequality is a “danger to society” and calling for a national wealth and inheritance tax in a recent interview.Talking to the New York Times, Kirby was asked about the growing public distrust of CEOs and whether he felt any responsibility to quell that distrust. Continue reading...

Oct 20, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump delivered a stark warning to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday, suggesting his country faces an increasingly grim future unless he reaches a deal with Russia.Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump argued that Russia’s military advantage would only grow as the war drags on.“Ukraine has to want to settle this war. Zelensky has to want to settle this war. And if he doesn’t, I think it’s going to be a very bad thing,” Trump said.The president went on to complain about the billions of dollars the United States has spent supporting Ukraine, arguing that American taxpayers have received little in return.“We want Zelensky to make a deal. He can make a deal,” Trump insisted. The president also suggested Zelensky wasted earlier opportunities to negotiate better terms.“Could have made a good deal then. Could have made a much better deal then, probably, possibly than he can make now,” he said.Trump then pointed to Russia’s larger population while appearing to praise the country’s military’s resources as reasons Ukraine should negotiate.“And if they don’t make a deal, ultimately it’s just going to get, in my opinion, it’s just really just going to get worse.”Trump also claimed that personal animosity between Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin was a major obstacle to ending the war.

Oct 20, 2026 - World

The statement revealed in court papers raises questions about the reliability of the list of 20,000 people in CaliforniaThe justice department’s list of suspected non-citizens in California includes a “high percentage” of people born in the United States, Los Angeles election officials said on Tuesday.The statement, made in court papers, raises further questions about the reliability of a list of 20,000 people the justice department provided to election officials in Los Angeles last week. The department sent the county and California secretary of state the list last week and gave them a 48-hour deadline to segregate ballots cast from anyone on the list unless they could verify their citizenship. California election officials refused and the Department of Justice sued them on Thursday. Continue reading...