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A blue plaque honoring late actor David McCallum was unveiled at his birthplace in Glasgow but contains an error, listing the address as Partick instead of Hillhead. Glasgow Clyde College, which created the plaque with the Lord Provost, apologized and said it will be corrected.
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A federal district judge dismissed President Trump's election-interference lawsuit against the Des Moines Register, its parent company, and pollster Ann Selzer, rejecting claims that an inaccurate pre-election poll constituted consumer fraud. The ruling invoked First Amendment protections for political speech, and the article frames the case as an early test of Trump's broader litigation campaign against media outlets.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received $4 million in book advances from allies within the Make America Healthy Again movement over the past year, according to a new report. The article details the advances, other financial disclosures including housing and airfare gifts, and an ethics expert's call for transparency.
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Daisy Edgar-Jones attended a Q&A for the new adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, where she stars as Elinor Dashwood, wearing a black-and-white ensemble. The film has received mixed to lukewarm reviews ahead of its September 25 UK release.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington for his first state visit in over a decade, with AI, export controls, tariffs, and political prisoners expected on the agenda. Separately, a federal judge appeared skeptical of the Trump administration's arguments defending its ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House. A state dinner is planned with major tech and AI executives in attendance.
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Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said that former Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt would have advised Trump not to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House coverage, arguing the move would backfire. The article notes Trump's media ban faces legal jeopardy after a judge questioned the due process and networks backed out of the press pool in solidarity.
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PBS NewsHour interviews novelist Marlon James about his Booker-shortlisted novel 'The Disappearers,' which depicts gay men surviving violence and ostracization in 1980s-90s Jamaica. James discusses how performance and code-switching became survival strategies, and how the novel draws on his own experiences with homophobia and the church.
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Elizabeth Holmes has been approved to transfer from federal prison to a Texas halfway house in August 2027, per a DOJ victim notification obtained by ABC News. The development comes amid promotion of a new documentary in which her husband says he once wondered if she was scamming him. Holmes was convicted in 2022 of fraud and conspiracy tied to Theranos and ordered to pay restitution.
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The White House launched a 24/7 YouTube stream called Trump TV after banning reporters from CNN, Politico, and MS NOW. The three outlets sued over access and First Amendment rights, while critics including Gavin Newsom condemned the move as state-run media and autocratic behavior.
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The report says there was no network TV coverage of President Trump as he met New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and prepared for the UN General Assembly, attributing the coverage difficulty to his ongoing fight with the media and an 'unprecedented media ban.'
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CNN, MS NOW, and Politico sued President Trump over the White House banning them, saying the ban violates the First Amendment. The report is brief and centers on the press-freedom dispute.
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico are suing the Trump administration over removal of White House access, calling it a First Amendment assault. After CNN was removed from the TV pool, the pool declined to provide a replacement for Trump’s UN General Assembly trip.