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Before the final midterm whistle, Senate spends time on sports

The last thing the Senate does before the midterms could be a bill on college athletics. It’s been on the to-do list for a while, but as senators think about their closing message ahead of the election, not everyone is sure it’s the best call. Many Republicans blame Democrats for…

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'We Are Not Into Bestiality,' FBI Director Kash Patel Tells Members of Congress

Wait, what?

Reason

Trump Ally Defends FBI Hiring Rule Change on Bestiality After Senators Call Decision 'Weird'

FBI Director Kash Patel defended changes to hiring standards that allow some bestiality and animal-cruelty cases to receive individual review.

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Kash Patel Faces Brutal Senate Grilling Over FBI Decision To Drop Bestiality From Automatic Hiring Disqualification

FBI Director Kash Patel defended revised hiring rules before senators, saying the removal of bestiality as an automatic disqualification would prevent trafficking victims from being unfairly rejected.

International Business Times UK

FBI Bestiality Hiring Rule Explained: Why Kash Patel Scrapped Automatic Ban and Senators Are Alarmed

FBI Director Kash Patel defended revised hiring standards before senators, saying they could prevent trafficking victims from automatic exclusion while lawmakers questioned the policy's wording, risks and approval process.

International Business Times UK

Kash Patel says FBI won’t automatically reject some applicants over prostitution, bestiality. Here’s the catch

FBI Director Kash Patel defended a controversial policy shift that allows victims of prostitution and bestiality to apply for positions, facing backlash from Democrats at a Senate hearing. Tensions flared as Patel addressed concerns over agent dismissals and election day strategies. He reaffirmed that the reforms were designed to prevent…

The Economic Times

Kash Patel Defends Shocking FBI Bestiality Hiring Rule Meant to Shield Human Trafficking Victims

FBI Director Kash Patel told senators he didn't originate the FBI rule easing bestiality hiring bans, defending it as a shield for human trafficking victims forced into abuse.

International Business Times UK

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Kash Patel Grilled Over FBI Bestiality Rule After Saying 'We Did Not Want To Punish Victims'

FBI Director Kash Patel defended revised hiring standards allowing some past bestiality or animal-cruelty cases to receive further review, prompting criticism from senators and former officials.

International Business Times UK

FBI had one key hiring policy changed. GOP Senator grills Kash Patel for the reason: ‘What planet did you parachute in from?’

Patel says, "We have great canines."

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'What Planet Did You Parachute In From?': Senators Grill FBI Director Kash Patel Over Hiring Policy

FBI Director Kash Patel defended a reworked hiring policy and faced Sen. Dick Durbin's harshest attack yet in his first Senate hearing since 2025.

Latin Times

Kash Patel defends FBI hiring policy on applicants who have engaged in bestiality

Senators question FBI chief on move to cut restrictions on agent applicants who have engaged in bestiality

The Guardian - US

Bestiality takes over Kash Patel’s testimony as Senators zero in on new rules for applicants

FBI director defends loosening hiring practices amid purge of agents and apparent staffing crisis at the law enforcement agency

The Independent UK

FBI chief Kash Patel defends loosening of employment standards on bestiality, prostitution

FBI Director Kash Patel is defending the bureau’s loosening of hiring requirements regarding prostitution and bestiality, saying the changes were meant to enable victims of those acts to apply for employment without fear of automatic disqualification

The Independent UK

Trump finally turns on the faucet: MAGA PAC drops $10M to save Ken Paxton

ANALYSIS: Texas attorney general Ken Paxton is getting serious financial backing from Donald Trump. But he’s already proven that money can’t buy everything in Texas, writes John Bowden

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Trump needs to stump up $200M for Republicans to win Texas, senator pleads: ‘We need help’

John Kennedy says Trump needs to give Ken Paxton a fundraising boost after polls show Democratic candidate James Talarico closing in

The Independent UK

Kirk Douglas’s touching gift to daughter-in-law Catherine Zeta-Jones

Legendary actor is said to have left a number of personal belongings to his family, including son Michael

The Economic Times

In 1976, famously hot European summer gave hints about intense heatwave, now deadly warning about global warming issued as weather scientists predict dangerous new pattern

World Meteorological Organization's head of climate information said the current pattern of heat across Europe, the world's fastest-warming continent, reflected the interaction between a persistent pattern of high-pressure systems across the Northern Hemisphere and a warmer climate.

Roll Call

FCC opens door to larger local broadcast ownership groups

Local television ownership groups could grow after the Federal Communications Commission took a controversial vote to remove the national ownership cap. The FCC voted, 2-1, at its August open meeting Thursday to lift the cap, which limited individual broadcasters’ ownership to stations that in aggregate reached no more than 39 percent…

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Iran deja vu: Trump once again threatens massive escalation against Tehran only to walk back

President Trump repeatedly threatened Iran with military action during the ongoing conflict. He then withdrew these threats, citing diplomatic progress and allied requests. Gulf allies like Saudi Arabia and the UAE influenced his decisions to avoid escalation.

Benzinga

Chuck Schumer Backs Bipartisan Stopgap Spending Bill: 'We Want to Fund the Government'

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) backed a newly released continuing resolution (CR), saying the temporary government funding measure would prevent a shutdown while allowing lawmakers to continue negotiations over a broader bipartisan budget agreement.

The Independent UK

Top Republican squirms over whether Trump’s $1.8B ‘slush fund’ is dead or not

Jim Jordan expresses tacit support for fund that has many Senate Republicans in revolt against the White House

The Independent UK

Democrat vows to investigate Jeanine Pirro over Reflecting Pool fiasco: ‘Radical, unethical and unconscionable’

Democratic lawmaker vowed to investigate how and why Trump appointee’s office charged a man with destruction of property before having all the information in the case

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In face of GOP criticism, Trump considers withdrawing Blanche’s nomination for now. Will it be ‘risky?’ Senator says, ‘Well, yeah, duh’

“This has nothing to do with Todd.”

Benzinga

RFK Jr. Accuses Fauci of ‘Incalculable’ Harm as Rand Paul Revives Claims of a COVID ‘Coverup From the Very Beginning’ Ahead of Senate Showdown

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. blamed Dr. Anthony Fauci for "incalculable damage" to public trust after Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released more than 1,000 pages of Fauci’s pandemic-era journals on Monday ahead of a Senate hearing on Wednesday.

The Conversation

Air Force One is more than transportation – it has defined how presidents run the country and meet the world

Air Force One used to be a high-flying symbol of American technology, ingenuity and power. For many, it was also a source of national pride.

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