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2026-08-31 · The Guardian

Desperate rescue attempts continue in Nepal to reach people thought to be trapped | First Thing

🔮 Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said the US attack killed and wounded several soldiers and citizens and would be met with “punishment” from Tehran. assertive

2026-09-07 · The Guardian

Elon Musk thanked by German far-right leader after landmark election win praised by Russia | First Thing

🔮 - Will the AfD be able to form a state government? assertive

2026-09-08 · The Guardian

First Thing: Trade dispute escalates as new Canadian tariffs on US goods come into effect

🔮 - Will the AfD be able to form a state government? assertive

2026-09-09 · The Guardian

Conflicting court rulings on Missouri map threaten November’s election | First Thing

🔮 Clashing court rulings plunged Missouri’s congressional elections into uncertainty less than two months before the November midterms that will decide which party controls a closely divided Congress. assertive

2026-09-10 · The Guardian

Trump makes highly unusual promise of $5,000 for all if Republicans win midterms | First Thing

🔮 The outlandish proposal, which would cost over $1tn, immediately raised ethical concerns. assertive

2026-09-11 · The Guardian

Nation pauses to remember September 11 on 25th anniversary | First Thing

🔮 We have comprehensive coverage of the anniversary, which will be marked by ceremonies around the world. assertive

2026-09-14 · The Guardian

First Thing: Oil prices surge as attacks on Saudi Arabia stoke supply fears

🔮 Saudi traders said the kingdom would run out of oil stocks for export if it did not reopen within days. assertive

2026-09-15 · The Guardian

States given clearance for mail-in voting as US supreme court thwarts Trump | First Thing

🔮 We will keep fighting to protect the right to vote of every single citizen in this country.” assertive

2026-09-22 · The Guardian

‘Literally state-run TV’: Trump launches YouTube channel amid boycott by US networks

🔮 With major US networks agreeing to not cover the president while the dispute continues, on Monday the White House announced the new 24/7 YouTube live stream, which it promised would feature “top past moments, announcements, and the latest and greatest from the administration all in one place”. assertive

2026-09-23 · The Guardian

Trump addresses UN with mixture of boasts, threats and jibes | First Thing

🔮 The president doubled down on his defence of AI development, saying warnings about runaway agents were a “hoax”; announced the US would build new military bases in Greenland; attacked the international criminal court as a “rogue organisation”; and prompted the Cuba’s delegation to stage a walkout when he described the country as a “failed state”. assertive

2026-09-25 · The Guardian

Netanyahu lambasts Israel’s critics at UN as New York protesters detained | First Thing

🔮 He branded Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a “tyrant”, described Zohran Mamdani as the “antisemitic mayor of New York”, and declared that Israel’s war in Gaza was not a genocide, “it’s the opposite of genocide”. assertive

2026-09-29 · The Guardian

Anthropic warns of AI ‘existential risk’ as concerns emerge over Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s model | First Thing

🔮 Anthropic is telling investors that advanced AI could pose “catastrophic or existential risks to humanity”, according to reports, as it prepares for a potential $2tn flotation. assertive

2026-10-02 · The Guardian

Christa Pike left in ‘critical condition’ as Tennessee halts all executions | First Thing

🔮 The New York attorney general, Letitia James, said the federal government was showing “callous disregard” for Americans’ health and the environment, and future generations would pay the price. assertive

2026-10-05 · The Guardian

Son of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro takes election lead in Brazil | First Thing

🔮 Brazil’s presidential race will go to a second round after the far-right candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, beat the incumbent leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, but failed to secure the outright majority he needed to avoid a runoff. assertive

2026-10-07 · The Guardian

Israel marks third anniversary of 7 October Hamas attacks | First Thing

🔮 California couple charged with child abuse in surrogacy scheme involving at least 21 children Silvia Zhang and her husband, Guojun Xuan, are expected to face conspiracy to commit child abuse charges. assertive

2026-10-09 · The Guardian

Hegseth promises execution live stream as Trump appears to ‘pause’ war on Iran | First Thing

🔮 The defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has said the execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad will be livestreamed next month, in a radical departure from the previous norm. assertive

2026-10-14 · The Guardian

First Thing: Pope Leo recovering from surgery after lung cancer diagnosis

🔮 She said she would “vigorously defend my name, my reputation and my integrity” and that “my commitment to President Trump, the America First movement, and the country I love will never end”. assertive

2026-10-16 · The Guardian

First Thing: Three young children killed in Oregon elementary school shooting

🔮 “He will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed,” Trump said. assertive

2026-10-23 · The Guardian

First Thing: Former DHS aide Lewandowski investigated over claims he profited from government role

🔮 Donald Trump has been ordered by a US judge to cooperate with the discovery process mandated for his lawsuit against the BBC and to sit for a deposition by 11 December – or else he could be subject to sanctions, including possible dismissal of the $10bn lawsuit. - What request has Trump claimed he made of Google? assertive

2026-10-28 · The Guardian

Both blocs claim upper hand in crucial Israeli election | First Thing

🔮 Israel could be in for weeks of political haggling after exit polls and partial official results showed neither Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition nor the opposition bloc led by the former general Gadi Eisenkot had won enough seats to form a government. assertive

2026-10-29 · The Guardian

Explosive book targets Jared Kushner’s role in US foreign policy | First Thing

🔮 The campaign of the Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola was behind an effort to recruit a challenger with almost the same name as the Republican US senator Dan Sullivan, who will both appear on the ballot in next week’s midterm elections, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. assertive

2026-10-30 · The Guardian

First Thing: Alaska Senate race descends into legal acrimony over second Dan Sullivan

🔮 JD Vance letter may offer last chance to avert fresh conflict between US and Iran Hopes of averting a major new conflagration between Iran and the US could rest on Iran’s response to a personal letter from the US vice-president, JD Vance. assertive

2026-11-02 · The Guardian

John Leeson, voice behind Doctor Who’s K9, dies at 83

🔮 Originally only intended to appear in that single script, the production team believed the character would be popular with younger viewers, and decided to have the metallic mutt join the Tardis team. assertive

2026-11-02 · The Guardian

Stevens defects to back El-Sayed’s Michigan opponent as Trump delivers anti-Muslim tirade | First Thing

🔮 The president bashed El-Sayed, a practicing Muslim, in brazenly racist terms, saying that Congress would have to “get a special metal detector for Abdul” if he were elected. assertive

2026-11-03 · The Guardian

First Thing: US goes to polls in vote that will define the last years of Trump’s presidency

🔮 We have a dispatch from Shrai Popat in New Hampshire, where Republicans were hoping to flip a Senate seat but now worry Trump may be dragging them down, and David Smith has been in Austin, where James Talarico is making an extraordinary bid to break the Texas Democrats’ losing streak. assertive

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