Two senior aides to Nigel Farage, the firebrand leader of the U.K.'s populist Reform party, have stepped down after the party was accused of breaking British electoral law concerning foreign funding in the wake of an investigative news report in which a journalist posed as a wealthy American's son who wanted to donate to the party.
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was released from federal custody Friday after pleading not guilty to lying to investigators about the circumstances that led to the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Minnesota immigration crackdown last winter.
Hayley Cuccinello
Sept. 4, 2026, 8:25 AM PDT / Updated Sept. 4, 2026, 11:30 AM PDTBy Marlene Lenthang, Rebecca Cohen and Corky Siemaszko
A judge on Massachusetts’ top court Friday denied a last-minute attempt by Lindsay Clancy’s lawyers to prevent the judge who had presided over her triple-murder trial from declaring a mistrial.
David Folkenflik
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial went home without a verdict Thursday following a dramatic sixth day of deliberations.
Gloria Steinem is a feminist icon whose own history in the public eye began with her career as a journalist. Steinem, who died on September 2, 2026 at the age of 92, was in that role when wrote a story for the Aug. 20, 1965 issue of LIFE that was a sardonic look at Pop Culture. “A thing is either widely recognizable or it isn’t,” she wrote, “and whether it is good or bad needn’t be held against it.”
and Annie BlackmanUpdated on September 3, 2026
NEED TO KNOW
- Gloria Steinem died on Wednesday, Sept. 2, at the age of 92, a post on her official Instagram announced
- In 1972, Steinem cofounded Ms., America’s first feminist magazine, where she served as editor for 15 years
- Steinem also cofounded the Women’s Media Center, with Jane Fonda and Robin Morgan
Gloria Steinem, the enduring feminist activist and writer, has died. She was 92. A joint post shared on Steinem’s Instagram with Gloria’s Foundation confirmed that the women’s liberation leader “passed away peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by some of the many who loved her.” Steinem died on Wednesday, Sept. 2.
According to information released by Reuters, the breach has affected court systems in Ontario, Canada, 11 U.S. states, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, indicating a widespread issue that may impact many individuals involved in legal proceedings. The full extent of the compromised information is still unclear.
The question facing Trump is no longer whether Pete Hegseth is loyal; it is whether he is making America’s military more capable of fighting the war it's in and the wars to come
There is an old principle in democratic warfare: generals command battles, but civilian leaders are responsible for the military they send into them. When wars go badly, governments sometimes demand accountability at the very top—not because every battlefield failure belongs to the defense minister, but because the minister is ultimately responsible for strategy, readiness, manpower, weapons, logistics, and the chain of command.
Trump Mohammad Bin SalmanThe president would be giving Riyadh capabilities that its fighting to keep away from Tehran
Analysis | QiOSKgoogleTrita ParsiSep 02, 2026
A final deal between the United States and Iran is slipping further out of reach. Since the Memorandum of Understanding collapsed in July, the prospects for reviving it have deteriorated by the day. While Tehran publicly demands a return to the MOU, Trump’s current position is that even if Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz, he would neither return to the agreement nor lift the blockade on Iran. And even in the unlikely event that he did, the MOU could not come back into force as long as Israel continues to bombard Lebanon. Iran is unlikely to accept an MOU minus Lebanon: its demand for a regional ceasefire is non-negotiable.
