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Hegseth bars US forces from using undisclosed information to bet on Polymarket, Kalshi

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth barred all Pentagon staff from using undisclosed information to place wagers on forthcoming U.S. military action using betting platforms and prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket.  “Make no mistake why this matters. Our enemies watch movements in these markets,” Hegseth said in a memo, first obtained by CBS News. “When an American…

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Hegseth bars US forces from using undisclosed information to bet on Polymarket, Kalshi

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth barred all Pentagon staff from using undisclosed information to place wagers on forthcoming U.S. military action using betting platforms and prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket.  “Make no mistake why this matters. Our enemies watch movements in these markets,” Hegseth said in a memo, first obtained by CBS News. “When an American…

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New York City Council Set to Ban

A passenger’s death in June became the impetus for the City Council to ban the practice, but the bill will likely face a court challenge before being implemented in 2028.

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The proposed ban on horse carriages gained steam after the death of Romanch Mahajan, an 18-year-old passenger who was thrown from a carriage.
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Presidente do TSE pede à Meta relatório sobre canal Exército do Lula

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O presidente do Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE), ministro Kassio Nunes Marques, concedeu nesta quinta-feira (22) prazo de 24 horas para Meta apresentar um relatório técnico sobre o funcionamento do canal Exército do Lula, criado no WhatsApp para postagens de apoios ao candidato à reeleição Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT).

O ministro atendeu ao pedido protocolado pela campanha do candidato à Presidência Flávio Bolsonaro (PL). 

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A campanha de Flávio alega que há indícios de que as redes operadas pela Meta não estariam cumprindo o plano de conformidade entregue ao TSE para garantir a integridade do processo eleitoral.

Após a plataforma informar à campanha que não encontrou irregularidades, os advogados de Flávio citaram na ação enviada ao Tribunal que a empresa não indicou os critérios adotados para concluir pela ausência de indícios e informações sobre o período temporal que teria sido examinado.

Com a decisão, a Meta deverá realizar uma pente-fino no canal Exército do Lula e prestar informações sobre o suposto comportamento coordenado entre contas e canais, padrões de engajamento, rastreabilidade de conteúdos, análise de atividades publicitárias, entre outros dados.

O Google e o X também deverão informar se identificaram ações coordenadas de hashtags.

Registro

Mais cedo, Kassio determinou o arquivamento do processo que tratou do registro do canal Exército do Lula.

A medida foi tomada após o canal ser registrado no tribunal pela campanha petista, e o TSE aprovar uma resolução para estabelecer que o registro de canais ligados às campanhas deve ser efetivado, assim como sites na internet e perfis nas redes sociais dos candidatos.

 

Matéria atualizada às 16h56 para acréscimo de informações

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Campanha de Lula apresenta acordo com Flávio para abrir sigilos

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O senador Camilo Santana (PT-CE) apresentou nesta quinta-feira (22) um termo assinado pelos candidatos à Presidência da República Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva e Flávio Bolsonaro, em que autorizam a abertura do sigilo bancário, fiscal e telefônico de ambos, ainda nesta quinta, até as 23h59.

"Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva e Flávio Nantes Bolsonaro, candidatos à Presidência da República já qualificados nos autos, vêm, conjuntamente, informar que aceitaram integralmente os termos recíprocos do desafio objeto destes autos e autorizam a abertura total e simultânea dos respectivos sigilos", diz o texto do acordo.

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O documento foi protocolado no Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE) e deve ainda ser analisado pelo ministro André Mendonça, relator do caso na Corte Eleitoral.

Representantes de ambas as campanhas presidenciais foram ao TSE nesta quinta. Na saída, o acordo foi apresentado à imprensa por Santana, que é coordenador da campanha de Lula.

Além do senador petista, estiveram no TSE o presidente do PT, Edinho Silva, o secretário-geral da Presidência da República, Guilherme Boulos, e a deputada Camila Jara (PT-MS).

Pouco depois, chegaram a advogada Maria Cláudia Bucchianeri, que representa a campanha de Flávio Bolsonaro, e o senador eleito Deltan Dalagnol (Novo-PR).

Pelo acordo assinado, as quebras de sigilo abrangem também familiares dos dois candidatos e pessoas jurídicas ligadas a eles. 

Condições 

O acordo foi assinado após a campanha de Lula insistir e a campanha de Flávio aceitar a inclusão na abertura de sigilo da empresa Alcazar Holdings, de propriedade do advogado Willer Tomaz, que o candidato do PL reconhece como amigo e com quem é alvo de um inquérito no Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) por suspeitas de lavagem de dinheiro.

Por sua vez, Lula concordou com as condições impostas por Flávio, incluindo a quebra dos sigilos de seu ex-chefe de gabinete, Marco Aurélio Santana Ribeiro, o Marcola, além da divulgação dos gastos com cartões corporativos da Presidência e da agenda da primeira-dama, Janja Lula da Silva.

O embate sobre a quebra dos sigilos dos candidatos teve início no último domingo (18), quando Lula desafiou Flávio, durante debate na emissora de TV Band, a uma divulgação simultânea de informações telefônicas e bancárias.

Na última terça (20), Lula protocolou no TSE uma autorização para a quebra de seus sigilos e de suas pessoas jurídicas, caso Flávio fizesse o mesmo.

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Calley Means, top aide to RFK Jr. and major MAHA proponent, quits

Calley Means, a top aide to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced Thursday that he is resigning.

Means, who played a major role in pushing Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda, announced his departure from the Department of Health and Human Services on X, saying he is leaving “with tremendous respect” for President Donald Trump and Kennedy.

“They laid out a vision of combatting the entrenched, dark forces in DC that profit from Americans getting sick,” Means wrote. “More policy and cultural change has happened around these goals in the past 2 years than any time in history — and I know this movement is just getting started.”

I am resigning from the White House with tremendous respect for President Trump and Bobby Kennedy.

They laid out a vision of combatting the entrenched, dark forces in DC that profit from Americans getting sick.

More policy and cultural change has happened around these goals… pic.twitter.com/8vtSjgbmKx

— Calley Means (@calleymeans) October 22, 2026

Means did not say in his statement why he resigned. Neither Means nor the White House immediately responded to MS NOW’s requests for comment.

The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reported Thursday that Means was unhappy about the White House dragging its feet on some of Kennedy’s policy ideas and blamed other administration officials for allowing special interests to have too much influence. The Journal was the first to report Means’ departure.

Means, a former lobbyist and longtime alternative health and wellness proponent, played a critical role in the Trump-Kennedy alliance during the 2024 election. He was a major driving force behind Kennedy’s MAHA policies in the Trump administration. As senior adviser supporting food and nutrition policy, he had a hand in the new U.S. dietary guidelines that encouraged Americans to eat more protein.

Means has long shared Kennedy’s skepticism toward established health policy. He has denigrated mandatory Covid-19 vaccines and the presence of fluoride in water. He has said that children should drink “more raw milk and less juice,” advice that conflicts with warnings from the Food and Drug Administration of the dangers of raw milk.

A 2024 book he published with his sister, Casey Means — Trump’s second failed choice for U.S. surgeon general — argues that the pharmaceutical and food industries have a stake in keeping people sick.

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Asociación Cubana de Naciones Unidas denuncia impacto sin precedentes del bloqueo estadounidense

Señalan que las sanciones recientes transgreden principios como la libertad de comercio y de navegación, evidenciado en la retención de más de 7.000 contenedores en puertos de la región debido al temor a las represalias del Gobierno estadounidense.
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Maracanã: Prejuízo de R$ 300 mil após Vasco x Boca

O consórcio que administra o Maracanã, no Rio de Janeiro (RJ), formado por Flamengo e Fluminense, informou nesta quinta-feira (22) prejuízo de mais de R$ 300 mil. Os danos foram registrados após a partida do Vasco contra o Boca Juniors no estádio, na última terça (20), e revelados antes do jogo do Flamengo pela Libertadores.

O confronto entre Vasco e Boca, válido pela semifinal da Sul-Americana, ocorreu após um longo debate entre o Cruzmaltino e a dupla Fla-Flu sobre a utilização do estádio. O consórcio relatou que inúmeros prejuízos foram identificados desde então, impactando a estrutura do local.

Em comunicado, o consórcio detalhou que a vistoria de dois dias identificou 489 cadeiras danificadas, sendo 47 no setor visitante. Além disso, foram contabilizados oito vasos sanitários, dois bebedouros, duas torneiras, duas descargas, duas saboneteiras e oito corrimãos avariados. O prejuízo financeiro apurado já supera R$ 300.000,00.

Danos adicionais e busca por ressarcimento

A nota da administração do Maracanã também mencionou danos à sinalização e à pintura do estádio, causados pela colagem de adesivos por torcedores vascaínos. O levantamento desse prejuízo específico ainda está em andamento, segundo o consórcio.

O consórcio Fla-Flu afirmou que adotará todas as medidas necessárias para garantir o ressarcimento integral dos prejuízos decorrentes dos danos causados ao Maracanã.

Reparos incompletos para jogo do Flamengo

A administração do estádio ressaltou que, apesar de todos os esforços e medidas para reparar os danos e assegurar as melhores condições operacionais, o curto intervalo entre a partida do Vasco e o jogo do Flamengo impediu a conclusão total dos reparos.

O comunicado explicitou que “o reduzido intervalo entre os dois eventos impossibilitou a conclusão integral dos reparos antes da abertura dos portões para o confronto” entre Flamengo e Estudiantes.

Cenário para Flamengo x Estudiantes

Flamengo e Estudiantes se enfrentam às 21h30 (horário de Brasília) desta quinta-feira (22), em busca de uma vaga na final da Libertadores. A partida de ida, na Argentina, terminou em empate sem gols. Assim, quem vencer no Maracanã avança, e um novo empate levará a decisão para os pênaltis.

A Fla-Flu Serviços reiterou, por fim, seu compromisso com a preservação e integridade do Maracanã, bem como com a segurança e as condições adequadas de uso de suas instalações.

Ronaldo e Roberto Carlos assinam SAF com aporte milionário em time paulista

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Amy Winehouse musical in development for West End

Stage show based on late singer reportedly set to feature her best-loved songs with involvement from her father Mitch

A musical based on Amy Winehouse is in development for London’s West End.

The project is still in early stages with Catherine Schreiber, a Tony award-winning producer (Cabaret, Rent), attached to the project, according to Variety. Casting is reported to currently be under way.

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Cheryl Hines, Rachel Campos-Duffy spill on private Cabinet wives club navigating life in Washington

Spouses of Trump administration Cabinet members say they lean on one another as they navigate life in Washington, offering a behind-the-scenes look at their friendships on the latest episode of Fox News' "the Girls" podcast.

On Thursday's episode, actress Cheryl Hines, wife of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy, wife of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, discussed how Cabinet spouses lean on one another through occasional lunches, girls' nights out and reunions at crowded White House events.

"We actually get together like once a month or, you know, we have a club that we're part of. It's like an international club and most of us are in it," Campos-Duffy said. "We see each other then, and then sometimes we'll go to lunch or next week I think we're just doing a girls' night out after."

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Hines, known for her role on HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm," said seeing familiar faces at administration events can be comforting, as Cabinet spouses often gravitate toward one another in a crowd.

"As you guys know, there are so many events going on for the White House, for the Cabinet. So, whenever there's a big sea of people at a party, and I use the term loosely, you know, Rachel and I will gravitate and go, ‘How's it going? How's it going?’ It's nice to have a pal," Hines said.

Campos-Duffy added that while the spouses often see one another at events, they find it difficult to have meaningful conversations in a crowded room, so they make time to get together outside official functions.

"We do find that time, which is actually really great," Campos-Duffy said.

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The conversation also offered a humorous glimpse into life at home with one of the administration's most outspoken advocates for healthy living. Kennedy has championed the "Make America Healthy Again" movement, urging Americans to cut back on ultra-processed foods and raising concerns about seed oils.

"Well, once in a while, he will catch me eating potato chips, and then I won't stop because, you know, it's okay. I'm not shoplifting. But he'll say, ‘Are you [going to] do this in front of me?’ I was like, ‘Yes.’ But yeah, he definitely makes it … He brings it to the forefront, shall we say," Hines said.

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When Fox News host Harris Faulkner asked whether Kennedy ever gives in to his own cravings, Hines said the health secretary has a hard time stopping at just one bite.

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"If you're eating, like, a piece of cake or something, the problem with Bobby is he can't have a bite. He has to have the whole thing," Hines said, laughing.

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Omar says raid was trying to ‘freak her out,’ 17 items including phones taken

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said the federal law enforcement raid on her home was an attempt to “freak all of us out,” revealing that agents took 17 items, including her phones.  “Well, I mean, you don’t show up to somebody’s house that early in the morning unless you’re trying to freak them out,” Omar told MS…

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Omar says raid was trying to ‘freak her out,’ 17 items including phones taken

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said the federal law enforcement raid on her home was an attempt to “freak all of us out,” revealing that agents took 17 items, including her phones.  “Well, I mean, you don’t show up to somebody’s house that early in the morning unless you’re trying to freak them out,” Omar told MS…

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Hegseth’s team broke WWII-era globe from Eisenhower’s office

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s team dropped and damaged a historic World War II-era globe previously used by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, a source familiar with the incident told The Hill on Thursday. While moving the artifact to the secretary’s office, Hegseth’s staff lost control of the 30-inch floor globe, causing it to crash on its…

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Hegseth’s team broke WWII-era globe from Eisenhower’s office

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s team dropped and damaged a historic World War II-era globe previously used by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, a source familiar with the incident told The Hill on Thursday. While moving the artifact to the secretary’s office, Hegseth’s staff lost control of the 30-inch floor globe, causing it to crash on its…

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Social Security Administration pushes yet another Trump-centric message as elections approach

In July several Democratic senators wrote to Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano with a specific concern. The agency he leads, they wrote, has sent “unsolicited” messages to Social Security recipients, pushing misleading statements about Donald Trump.

“You are misusing official resources to heap praise on him,” the letter said, adding that the Social Security Administration appeared to be “bombarding Americans with blatantly partisan emails” touting the president.

If Bisignano saw the letter, he apparently didn’t care.

On Thursday morning, with less than two weeks remaining in the election cycle and with early voting underway across much of the country, the Social Security Administration sent out yet another political message, which began:

Last year, President Donald J. Trump signed into law the Working Families Tax Cuts, which included a historic tax cut for America’s seniors. That law also created Trump Accounts, individual investment accounts for America’s children designed to grow with the U.S. economy and build long-term savings.

Today, nearly 70 million Trump Accounts are open for all American children. … Trump Accounts are one of the most significant investments in the next generation of Americans in our nation’s history, by giving every American child a stake in our country’s success and a strong financial foundation for the future.

The relatively brief email referenced the president’s surname 10 times.

It also misnamed the Republicans’ domestic policy megabill: At Trump’s insistence, the GOP package was named the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Republicans later decided that name wasn’t doing them any favors, so party officials were told to start referring to the package as the “Working Families Tax Cut Bill” or the “Working Families Tax Plan” as part of a clumsy rebranding, which the Social Security Administration has apparently embraced as part of its election-season messaging.

Making matters worse is the broader pattern. In early July the Social Security Administration sent out an unsolicited email celebrating Republican tax breaks — it referred to Trump, by name or title, six times in a five-paragraph email — which followed related political emails to Social Security beneficiaries in July 2025 and August 2025.

Americans need to be able to rely on ostensibly apolitical federal agencies for accurate information, free of partisan taint. When the public sees Trump rant online or during a media interview, most probably realize it’s best to approach his nonsense with skepticism.

But when people get unsolicited official statements from the Social Security Administration, they should be able to have some confidence that the agency isn’t trying to lobby them with political messaging.

And yet, here we are, watching the SSA join a list of politicized agencies, being used as partisan tools in the White House’s political toolbox, creating a dynamic in which many Americans are likely to approach the next message they receive from the government about Social Security with some skepticism.

This post updates our related earlier coverage.

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Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in his own BBC defamation case

At a distance, it’s tempting to think Donald Trump would want his defamation case against the BBC to move forward as quickly as possible. The president, however, has apparently been reluctant to sit down for a deposition in his own lawsuit.

Over the summer, attorneys for both sides negotiated a schedule, which included plans for an Oct. 16 deposition. That didn’t happen: The Republican’s lawyers recently canceled the session and said he was unavailable “due to other matters of national importance.”

Left unsaid was that the “matters of national importance” were campaign rallies in red states as the president tried to rescue the careers of Republicans struggling in their campaigns due to his historic unpopularity.

Lawyers for the British broadcaster, dissatisfied with this state of affairs, went back to court to ask the judge to force Trump to set a firm date to submit to questioning in the case. This proved effective, as U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett on Thursday morning ordered the plaintiff to sit for a deposition by Dec. 11.

An Associated Press report noted that Lett went on to say that if Trump failed to comply with the new deadline, the court could penalize him, possibly by dismissing the lawsuit altogether.

While Trump has earned a reputation as a president who loves to file outlandish lawsuits against major news organizations, this gambit against the BBC was weird even for him.

Late last year, Trump sued the British broadcaster for $10 billion over a news program that focused on the Jan. 6 attack. Defending the litigation, Trump told reporters that the network “literally put words in my mouth,” adding, “I guess they used AI. … They actually put terrible words in my mouth having to do with Jan. 6 that I didn’t say.”

That wasn’t quite right. For one thing, the BBC didn’t use artificial intelligence. For another, the network did air a program that edited Trump’s Jan. 6 speech, connecting two clips that were delivered roughly 50 minutes apart, but the news outlet didn’t manufacture words or phrases out of whole cloth.

Nevertheless, the editing sparked a controversy that led to an internal investigation, and the BBC ultimately fired some senior officials and issued a written apology.

Trump, however, apparently doesn’t want an apology. He wants $10 billion.

The president has filed a great many dubious lawsuits against independent news organizations, nearly all of which have ended in failure, and given what’s publicly known about his case against the BBC, there’s no reason to assume it will fare any better.

As for why Trump appears reluctant to be deposed, his lawyers haven’t offered any explanation, though it’s worth emphasizing that the president has a rather embarrassing track record when it comes to his performance in depositions in other, unrelated cases — a point one would expect his attorneys to be aware of.

Another point of contention in the BBC case is the network’s interest in speaking to former special counsel Jack Smith, whom Trump’s lawyers want to exclude. That matter has not yet been resolved. Watch this space.

This post updates our related earlier coverage.

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Marine Le Pen The Only Presidential Candidate to See Support Rise in Wake of French Riots

The wave of Islamo-leftist unrest in France has apparently redounded to the benefit of National Rally leader Marine Le Pen, who is the only presidential candidate to see their poll numbers climb after the outburst of violence last weekend.

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White House: 'Need More Progress' from CCP, 'Everyone Else' on Narcotic Exports

On Wednesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Sara Carter stated that while there has been “some progress” from China on narcotic exports, but “we need more progress. We need

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Trump’s Intensifying Sabotage of the ICC, for Israel’s Sake

The battle to save the global court and its capacity to enforce accountability for the most heinous crimes is one struggle with many fronts, writes Marjorie Cohn.

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