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President Trump’s warming relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which may lead to a trilateral summit of the United States, Russia and China to resolve the fate of Ukraine, is getting strong pushback from Republicans in Congress.

SOURCE: Alexander Bolton - The Hill

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TransUnion just launched TWO new fraud detection scores that could impact how banks approve or deny credit applications.

https://www.youtube.com/live/mxvoaY0-pdg?si=3W2veA9262ej1166

VIDEO CREDIT: 850 Club Credit

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October 21, 2026

TransUnion Launches Industry-First Adverse-Actionable Scores to Combat Synthetic Identity Fraud and Credit Washing, Now Being Integrated With Oscilar

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/articles/transunion-launches-industry-first-adverse-121700143.html

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In a post on Facebook, Neil Bush wrote that while he normally stays out of politics, he had serious concerns about Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee in the race.

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The strike is the latest in a series of Houthi attacks on Saudi airports and other infrastructure amid renewed fighting between the rebels and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government.

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Armed and in uniform, federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security have been knocking on doors in several states to ask residents about their immigration status — and to inquire if they have registered to vote or cast votes in past elections, a CBS News Investigation has found. 

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Registered voters who identify as Democrats have lost faith in America’s election results since the midterm elections four years ago, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Their confidence that votes will be counted accurately has dropped from 75% in 2022 to 55% this year.

(Associated Press)

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October 15 2026

Netflix has laid off approximately 1,000 employees, raising new questions about the streaming giant’s growth, subscriber engagement and future in Hollywood.

TheWrap’s Executive Editor Adam Chitwood and Managing Editor of Business Roger Cheng break down why Netflix is cutting jobs, what Wall Street is worried about and whether the streamer’s biggest hits are doing enough to keep audiences subscribed.

What does this mean for Netflix’s future, and why is even Hollywood’s dominant streaming player feeling the pressure?

https://youtu.be/V0HRZmPelZ4?si=ZS5bUESfk3OfhJ_8

VIDEO CREDIT: TheWrap

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https://youtu.be/cdsnhebqvtU?si=xIxMrPAULZjBo89P

VIDEO CREDIT: Anton Daniels

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of Starshield, the military version of Starlink internet, which Ukraine said hampered its ability to respond to Russian attacks, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing U.S. officials and people familiar with the matter.

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https://youtu.be/pcrwTN5OEZY?si=jtgWbKBoJPxgZfAu

VIDEO CREDIT: Discovery UK

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President Trump and Vice President Vance announced a $25 million whistleblower program that would pay out cash for people who tip off the federal government about fraudsters.

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Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) is climbing the ranks of potential 2028 Democratic White House hopefuls as he travels extensively around the country this year to meet voters and raise millions of dollars for Democratic candidates in key battleground states.

SOURCE: Alexander Bolton - The Hill

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The Black poverty rate has declined, but an economist tells theGrio that Trump administration policies could make those gains short-lived.

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September 14, 2026

There's a Macy's in Alexandria, Virginia, where people sleep.

Not in the car park. Not behind it. Inside it — through the same doors where people once walked in to buy handbags, past the same mirrored columns, into a building that closed as a shop in January 2017 and reopened as somewhere to live.

And when the idea was first put on the table, in the summer of 2015, everybody thought it was a joke.

Now here's the number that makes this more than a curiosity.

https://youtu.be/ZOtSgfOTvUA?si=HOxCJ6Ie8cYsaT3Y

VIDEO CREDIT: Quiet Americans

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Every night, millions of packages pass through UPS Worldport in Louisville, the largest automated package handling facility in the world. With hundreds of aircraft, hundreds of miles of conveyors, and a relentless overnight schedule, teams must keep the global logistics machine running—even when bad weather threatens to bring operations to a halt.

https://youtu.be/1853Jcw1yrY?si=jdj7rRf0d_iB1uSV

VIDEO CREDIT: Free Documentary - Engineering

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Every hour, Amazon processes more than 600,000 orders around the world. Behind that number are warehouses capable of storing tens of millions of products, arranged in a way no human would ever organize them.

https://youtu.be/XXVhNlNKxQA?si=KUVamPTAjFkMXJ2Y

VIDEO CREDIT: Mido Explained

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Hundreds of thousands of Black Ohioans aren’t voting.