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North Korea Nearly Triples Missile Launches, Adds Submarine Test

North Korea had carried out 16 ballistic missile launches through October 12, 2026, compared with six in all of 2025 and 12 in 2024, according to a tracking analysis published by The Korea Times on October 24 and updated October 26. Pyongyang also conducted cruise missile tests on seven separate occasions through October 14, including […]

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World

Trump Administration Weighs Easing Sanctions on Russia-Linked Tankers

The Trump administration is considering loosening sanctions on tankers in the global “shadow fleet” that carries Russian, Iranian and Venezuelan oil, Reuters reported on October 15, citing people familiar with internal discussions. The stated goal is to bring down record-high freight rates. The timing has drawn scrutiny: the deliberations follow a separate decision just one […]

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Politics

DOJ Watchdog: FCI Berlin Prison Holding ICE Detainees Short of Officers and Clinicians

The Justice Department inspector general found FCI Berlin, a New Hampshire federal prison holding ICE detainees, at half its rated population yet 54 staff short, with months-long medical delays and overnight rounds not walked.

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Politics

FTC Sues Dollar General After Seven State Settlements: Why Regulators Arrive Late

The FTC and 20 states sued Dollar General after seven state settlements and 29,265 pricing complaints. The delay shows what federal consumer protection can and cannot do, from political texts to AI.

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Geopolitical

Machado Returns to Venezuela as Rodriguez Clings to Power Past Her Term

Opposition icon María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela on October 25 after ten months in exile, nearly a year after a U.S. military operation captured Nicolás Maduro. But the Maduro ally the Trump administration chose to back is still ruling past her legal mandate — and no election date has been set. Here’s the verified timeline and the open questions.

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Politics

Ways and Means Subpoenas CCP-Linked Nonprofits Over Data Center Campaign

House Republicans say a nonprofit network bankrolled by Shanghai-based businessman Neville Roy Singham has quietly fueled dozens of local campaigns against U.S. data centers — and that Beijing may be behind the push. Three subpoenaed groups call it a McCarthy-era witch hunt. Here’s what’s verified, what’s alleged, and what’s still unproven.

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UK & Home Office

Hoxha Ruling: Tribunal Finds Fake Bank Records and Certificates in EU Settlement Appeals

The Upper Tribunal found forged bank statements, council tax bills, residence cards and death certificates in five EU Settlement Scheme appeals. One had been allowed on evidence the Home Office was not served in time.

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Politics

Palm Beach Audit: $903,000 Paid Before Approval on $54M Sheriff HQ Renovation

Palm Beach County paid a contractor for sheriff headquarters work up to 355 business days before commissioners approved it, and paid $223,243 in fees it could not document, an inspector general audit found.

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Politics

IRS Watchdog Flags 86 Undetected Searches of Public Figures’ Tax Records

A Treasury inspector general audit found IRS name searches of public figures went unflagged, 22 employees kept their jobs after browsing taxpayer records, and 276 victims were never told.

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Featured Legal Ethics & Reform World

The Pilot Without a Scorecard: What the End of the France Returns Deal Shows About Measuring Border Policy

Britain’s ‘one in, one out’ pilot with France has closed. Official figures show 1,087 returns against about 28,000 small-boat arrivals, at roughly £56,000 each, and no published test of whether it deterred anyone.

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Featured Legal Ethics & Reform World

The Unread Entry: What the EXR Judgment Reveals About Home Office Records and the France Returns Scheme

A High Court test case on Britain’s France returns scheme turned on a Home Office caseworking entry nobody read. The government won the legal standard it wanted and lost the case anyway.

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Featured Legal Ethics & Reform Politics US

The Shortcut Problem: What the Voter-Roll Ruling Reveals About Building Election Integrity on Flawed Data

A federal judge vacated the Justice Department’s nationwide voter-roll program. The goal was lawful; the method was not. What the 78-page opinion found, what DOJ argues on appeal, and what remains unproven.