ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Phone calls, records suggest some Cornell students tried to contain rape allegations
ABC News has reviewed records from Cornell’s internal investigation — which began in November 2024 and lasted through May 2025.
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Ukraine says attacks knocked out over half of Russia's oil refining capacity
Ukraine says its long-range strikes have neutralized over half of Russia's oil refining capacity
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - WATCH: People train to run 50K while eating Taco Bell
ABC News' Danny New talks to the co-founder of the International Taco Bell 50K, an annual event where people run 31 miles while stopping to eat at 11 Taco Bell restaurants along the way.
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WASHINGTONPOST (Dan Merica) - How would Susan Collins approach a new Supreme Court vacancy?
The Maine senator's vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh in 2018 is still an issue as she seeks reelection.
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WASHINGTONPOST (Isaac Arnsdorf) - Four ways the midterm elections could go, one month away
Democrats have polls and history on their side. Republicans have money.
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WASHINGTONPOST (Danielle Douglas-Gabriel) - Thousands of public servants are stuck waiting for student loan forgiveness
A federal program intended to help borrowers catch up on payments has been bogged down by staffing cuts and a surge in applications.
WASHINGTONPOST (Alexandra Tirado Oropeza) - Banned book or not? Can you guess from the plot?
Objections rise from issues like sexual content and profanity or racial slurs and stereotypes. PEN America counted 6,870 bans across 23 states in the 2024-2025 school year.
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YOUTUBE (Fox Business) - Democratic states sue Trump admin over fuel economy standards pullback
Former EPA chief of staff Mandy Gunasekara discusses the state’s argument and how the Trump admin will present its case on ‘The Bottom Line.’
JUSTTHENEWS (John Solomon, Steven Richards) - Jack Smith team secretly met ex-CIA chief John Brennan in 2023, but FBI agents left notes blank
Doesn't democracy die in darkness anymore? Nothing about the substance of the meeting was recorded in the notes even though the U.S. Attorney's Manual requires agents in important cases to confer about notetaking ahead of time, memorialize that discussion and then take substantive notes of contacts with witnesses. Smith's team did neither.
Why is the lack of documentation regarding the meeting between Jack Smith's team and John Brennan considered a matter of accountability?
It is considered a matter of accountability because the team failed to follow the U.S. Attorney's Manual requirements. The manual mandates that for important cases, agents must have a pre-arranged plan for notetaking, document that plan, and record the substance of the contact, none of which occurred in this instance.
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Who were the primary figures involved in the secret meeting reported in 2023?
The meeting involved the team led by Special Counsel Jack Smith and former CIA chief John Brennan.
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What specific procedural violation occurred regarding the meeting between Special Counsel Jack Smith's team and former CIA chief John Brennan in 2023?
The FBI agents involved failed to take substantive notes during the meeting, leaving the notes blank. This violated the U.S. Attorney's Manual, which requires agents in important cases to confer about notetaking ahead of time, memorialize that discussion, and then take substantive notes of contacts with witnesses.
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YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - Trump REVERSES course, tells Republicans to vote by mail now
After multiple failed attempts to severely restrict voting by mail, President Trump now appears to be completely reversing course. Over the weekend, the president encouraged Republicans to cast their ballots any way they can, including by mail. Meanwhile, with affordability a top concern for many Americans ahead of the midterms, MS NOW reporter Alex Tabet spoke with Alaskans who voted for Trump three times and said they are disappointed with his administration. This comes as Trump told MS NOW on Saturday that he has no regrets about his two years back in office. MS NOW White House reporter Akayla Gardner joins Way Too Early to provide analysis.