Week 5 NFL power rankings roundup: Eagles sit at No. 1 ahead of matchup vs. Cardinals The Philadelphia Eagles sit atop the throne as the No. 1 team in the Week 5 NFL Power Rankings USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 4, 2022
Stunning developments dog Herschel Walker’s campaign at pivotal time ATLANTA — Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker has weathered crises that have leveled other campaigns and still remained within striking distance of Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock thanks to relatively unshakable support from many in the GOP base. Tribune News Service · Oct 4, 2022
Herschel Walker denies paying for ex girlfriend’s abortion after report turns own son against him Presented with receipts in Fox News interview, Walker says he ‘send[s] money to a lot of people’ The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022
Fact check: Did Kamala Harris really say racial ‘equity’ would decide Hurricane Ian support? VP’s discussion about effects of climate change is misconstrued by her eager opponents The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022
How Marjorie Taylor Greene and conservatives are taking Kamala Harris’s ‘equity’ comments out of context VP’s discussion about effects of climate change is misconstrued by her eager opponents The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022
Democrats lose ground in key Wisconsin and Pennsylvania Senate races Both Democratic nominees are getting hammered for their progressive positions on criminal justice issues. Axios · Oct 2, 2022
Biden and first lady to visit Florida and Puerto Rico after Hurricane Ian devastation Biden and DeSantis have put aside their political differences to respond to the hurricane The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2022
Who is Tucker Carlson really ‘rooting for’ in Ukraine? The Fox News host’s fawning commentary and mirroring of Putin propaganda has unsettled even allies on the right The Guardian - US · Oct 2, 2022
The Pa. Senate race is tightening as Oz closes in on Fetterman PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania’s Senate race is getting very, very close. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Sep 30, 2022
Russians push baseless theory blaming US for burst pipeline The Kremlin and Russian state media are aggressively pushing a baseless conspiracy theory blaming the U.S. for damage to natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022
Digested week: Liz Truss emerges after disastrous mini-budget with little to say While the British PM was choosing her words carefully, politicians in France were letting their clothes do the talking The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2022
Russian state TV seizes on Tucker Carlson claim that US is behind attack on Nord Stream pipeline State television programmes in Russia prominently featured the Fox News host’s claims about fate of the pipeline The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022
CNN+ reportedly cuts loose final traces of moribund streaming platform A last round of pink slips were doled out to workers hired by the Cable News Network’s short-lived streaming platform CNN+ on Wednesday, according to the Daily Beast, which reports the last 20 or so employees hired to launch the moribund project were finally cut loose. Tribune News Service · Sep 29, 2022
Tucker Carlson suggests US blew up Nord Stream pipeline – and lists possible Russian ‘retaliations’ ‘Ok, we’ve entered a new phase’, says Fox News anchor The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2022
Los Angeles Times · Sep 28, 2022 Commentary: We’re old, we’re progressive and we vote The GOP has been flailing a little in recent weeks, as an election once expected to be a typical midterm blowout has tightened considerably. If the GOP expects that older voters will bail them out as in elections past, our advice is, think again.
Reason · Sep 28, 2022 Trump's Declassification Claims Are Implausible and Irrelevant The potential crimes that the FBI is investigating do not hinge on the current classification status of the records that the former president kept at Mar-a-Lago.
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2022 Chelsea Clinton says her family is ‘the reason that Fox News was created’ Former first daughter was 12 when she moved into White House after father’s 1992 win
The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022 Top Republican on House Oversight Committee slammed for ‘disgusting’ comment about Hunter Biden’s assistant James Comer claims president’s son is involved in ‘national security nightmare’
Salon · Sep 25, 2022 “The Murdochs” is CNN's "Succession" This seven-part series is, yes, a fair, balanced look at the world Rupert Murdoch has created to fit his view
Salon · Sep 24, 2022 MAGA candidates scrub "big lie" claims Blake Masters in Arizona, Tiffany Smiley in Washington State and Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania have all made pivots
The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022 Allison Rice: Gang violence ruled out as motive in mystery shooting of LSU student The FBI, the DEA and the ATF have joined the investigation into 21-year-old Allison Rice’s death
Salon · Sep 23, 2022 GOP allies reject Trump's Fox claims “The process is probably more complicated than that,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham
The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022 Trump says he threatened Taliban leader with satellite image of his house “He said, I understand, your Excellency’
The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022 Trump threatens to deport ‘millions and millions’ of immigrants if re-elected Trump’s comments on Venezuela come after Ron DeSantis accused of transporting migrants to Martha’s Vineyard
The Guardian - AU · Sep 23, 2022 Crikey and Lachlan Murdoch’s lawyers have first day in court as judge warns of ‘hyperbole’ Murdoch’s barrister moves to strike out parts of Crikey’s defence calling it ‘embarrassing and irrelevant’. Plus: Speers moves to the capital