Law & Justice
Supreme Court Refuses Trump’s Request to End Gender-Affirming Care in Federal Prisons
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to let the Trump administration begin taking hormone…
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Mark Masterson
Mark Masterson has written more than 1,700 articles for Live News Chat since 2022 and files most days. His beat is the news the networks on this site are carrying live: US politics, world affairs, breaking news, and the courts, with regular work on technology, sport and entertainment. Because the site exists to point readers at live coverage, most of his reporting is written within hours of the broadcast it follows, and is sourced from primary material where one exists: the filing, the transcript, the agency release, the company statement. Originally from Canada, he has worked in online publishing for over a decade. Corrections and story tips go to security@livenewschat.eu, and the standards his work is held to are set out in the Live News Chat editorial policy.
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Economy
GTA 6’s ‘$1 Billion Sick Day’, a Figure Back in US Headlines This Week, Works Out to About $400 Million on Its Own Numbers
“His figure is an academic projection rather than an official forecast.” That caveat sits…
Government
Trump Promises Fraud Tipsters 1% With ‘No Limit’, Not the $30,000 Cap His Own Justice Department Published the Same Day
“I will be the arbitrator of all of these decisions.” That was the president…
Politics
Ramaswamy Confirms His Campaign Made the Ad of Amy Acton’s Mother Calling Her a Liar. It Is Spending $4 Million to Run It.
What the ad says. Donna Arthur, Amy Acton’s estranged mother, calls her daughter a…
Politics
Russia Freed a 74-Year-Old American Teacher as Witkoff Met Putin, and Nobody Has Said What Moscow Got
Vladimir Putin opened his Wednesday meeting with Steve Witkoff at the Constantine Palace outside…
Politics
After Denials From Trump, Rubio and Hegseth, the WSJ Says Musk Ordered the Starlink Speed Cap on Ukraine
Five days ago we wrote that nobody would own the speed cap on Ukraine’s…
Gaming
What Separates Winners And Losers In A Penalty Shootout
Why penalty shootouts are not a pure lottery: how pressure, timing, goalkeeper preparation and…
News Media
Christiane Amanpour Is Leaving CNN After 43 Years. In May She Warned That What Ellison Did to CBS Could Happen Next.
Christiane Amanpour told viewers on Monday that she has “decided to separate from CNN,…
Government
A Federal Judge Found a Strong Showing of Bad Faith in Trump’s East Potomac Golf Course Tree Cutting
“There is no universe in which all of this just coincidentally happened at the…
Elections
28 Noncitizens Charged With Voting in California After DHS Said 190,000 Were on the Rolls
“I will not disenfranchise thousands of Californians based solely upon an unsupported and likely…
Politics
France Now Counts 1,800 Arrests and 1,500 Damaged Businesses, Not the 400 First Reported
France now counts 1,800 arrests from Saturday’s marches, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said on…
Science
The Amelia Earhart Search Team Says the Object in Satellite Images Was a Pile of Trees
“Accomplished our goal to determine what the Taraia Object was.” Rick Pettigrew, executive director…
Government
After 158 Years, the Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Making Whiskey at Home Is a Federal Crime
Scott McNutt owns a still. He has used it to make fuel alcohol, which…
Society/Culture
The Design History Hidden in a Deck of Playing Cards
Explore how playing cards evolved through printing, corner symbols, reversible figures, and changing card…
Artificial Intelligence
Oracle’s Cost to Insure Its Debt Hit a Record, and Banks Are Still Trying to Sell $38 Billion of Its Data Center Loans
Suppose you hold $10 million of Oracle bonds and want to insure them against…
Elections
Is Alberta Voting to Leave Canada Today? Not on This Ballot
Nobody in Alberta is being asked to leave Canada today. They are being asked…
World News
Fire at Canada’s Wainwright Military Base Kills Several as Alberta Hospitals Are Overwhelmed
Canada’s defence minister confirmed Saturday night that people died and others were hurt when…
War & Conflict
Ukraine’s 1,015-Drone Night, by Russia’s Own Count, Sets St. Petersburg’s Oil Terminal Ablaze
The drone attack on St. Petersburg began at 2:50 a.m. on Sunday, and by…
Breaking News
A Truck Drove Through a Youth Soccer Game in Wichita and Killed a Child and an Adult
A truck drove through a youth soccer game at the Stryker Sports Complex in…
Politics
France Arrests 1,200 After Masked Protesters Burn a Town Hall During Nationwide Marches Over Schools and Prices
Masked protesters set fire to the 143-year-old town hall in Limoges on Saturday, and…
Politics
No Kings Rallies Hit More Than 40 Georgia Towns Tomorrow. Early Voting Just Set a First-Day Record.
Tomorrow’s No Kings rallies in Georgia are not protests in the old sense: organizers…
Politics
Trump’s Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Is Out After Five Days, Six Fewer Than Scaramucci
Katie Zacharia stood at the lectern on Tuesday for under 15 minutes, could not…
Gaming
How to Read a Pokies Paytable for Australian Players 2026
Learn how to read a pokies paytable in Australia, covering wagers, paylines, ways, symbol…
Sports
The Brewers Swept the Dodgers. They Are Going to the World Series for the First Time Since 1982.
Milwaukee finished a four-game sweep of the two-time defending champions Thursday night with a…
Law & Justice
Trump Says Leakers “Should Be Shot.” The Law He Would Charge Them Under Caps the Sentence at 10 Years.
Donald Trump stood in front of a rally crowd in Bullhead City, Arizona, on…
Government
Trump’s Justice Department Tells an Appeals Court the Presidential Records Act Is Unconstitutional, a Law Its Own Lawyers Backed in 1978
“At least insofar as declaring the President’s official papers to be public property ……
Vehicles
Is Paint Protection Film Worth the Investment for a New Vehicle?
This article explains how paint protection film works, what it costs, and who benefits…
Politics
Ukraine’s Military Starlink Got a Speed Cap Days After the US Threatened to Cut Its Intelligence, and No One Will Own It
Overnight on Oct. 13 and 14, Ukraine’s military Starlink terminals began dropping their connection…
Breaking News
Four People Were Killed at a Bend, Oregon, Elementary School, and the Shooter Is Dead
Four people were killed Thursday afternoon when a gunman opened fire inside Silver Rail…
Law & Justice
Six Days After Saying He “Absolutely” Approved It, Trump Cancels the Livestream of the Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution
Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday that Nidal Hasan “will die, as…