Energy
Washington Bought 55% of a Joint Venture, Not 65 Billion Barrels of American Oil
President Trump announced on Friday that the United States had entered a deal giving…
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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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Politics
The US Bombed Iran Under a Standing Order Trump Issued Five Days Earlier
American forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of…
Law & Justice
Northern Cyprus Says Bad Weather Sank the Filo Jet. Its Own Leader Says the Sea Was Fine.
A 43-meter catamaran carrying 267 people went down about four nautical miles off Kyrenia…
Politics
The Roman Space Telescope, the Mission This White House Tried Repeatedly to Cancel, Launches This Morning
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to lift off from Kennedy Space…
Elections
Lindell Never Paid the $825,000, and the Court Rejected His Recount Theory Anyway
Minnesota’s chief justice signed a six-page order on Saturday denying Mike Lindell the statewide…
News Media
Renaming a Lake Costs Trump Nothing. Refusing to Repeat It Cost the AP Its White House Seat.
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America,” and…
Government
The Executive Order Creating a Space Academy Does Not Create a Space Academy
President Trump signed an executive order at NASA’s Johnson Space Center on Friday that…
War & Conflict
Ukraine Opened a Negligence Investigation Into the Warehouse Where 27 of Its Own People Died
A Russian drone hit a warehouse in Myla, near Kyiv, and at least 27…
Immigration
ICE Did Not Need a Case Against Milo Yiannopoulos, Only the Hearing He Skipped
Milo Yiannopoulos is in ICE custody in Louisiana on a deportation order an immigration…
Apps & Software
Best Enterprise File Sync and Share Solutions for IT-Governed Collaboration
Every Enterprise File Sync and Share (EFSS) demo looks the same. A folder syncs.…
Apps & Software
Best Facebook Video Downloader for iPhone in 2026 (No App Needed)
Search the App Store for a Facebook video downloader and you will find a…
Gaming
How Long Have Humans Played Dice Games? The Answer Might Surprise You
Dice feel almost too simple to have much of a fascinating history. Roll them…
Elections
The Chinese Parts in America’s Voting Machines Are Real, Which Is Why Homeland Security Can Get Away With This
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin sent a letter this week warning that the companies…
Education
Minnesota Never Voted on the Gun Bill Annunciation’s Parents Spent a Year Fighting For
Church bells rang across Minneapolis at 8:26 on Thursday morning, one year to the…
Immigration
A Judge Ruled the Farmworker Pay Cuts Illegal. The Pay Cuts Are Still in Force.
A federal judge in California held on Wednesday that the Labor Department broke the…
Politics
Because Harald V Refused to Abdicate, Norway’s New King Inherits a Monarchy Mid-Scandal
Norway’s King Harald V died at Oslo University Hospital early Friday morning at the…
Law & Justice
Meta’s Toughest Child-Safety Term, a One-Hour Daily Cap, Only Applies if TikTok and YouTube Settle Too
Meta agreed on Wednesday to pay states at least $12.19 billion over ten years…
Artificial Intelligence
House Leaders Still Have No Floor Date for the One Energy Bill Nobody Voted Against
Politico reported this week that pressure is building on House Republican leaders to schedule…
Business
Target’s Apology Describes a Safeguard the Company Cut in 2025, Not One That Failed
Target pulled a children’s Halloween costume on Monday and said it was sorry, calling…
Government
Australia Sent Us an Incident Management Team. Ours Is Cleaning a Reflecting Pool.
Nearly 300 National Park Service staffers drawn from the agency’s incident management teams have…
Entertainment
After Michelle Obama Asked If Comedy Helps Politics, Jon Stewart Said He Has No Way to Know
On Michelle Obama's IMO podcast, Jon Stewart questioned whether satire helped or harmed America.…
Entertainment
Culural Icon Rocky Horror Picture Show’s Tim Curry had passed
Tim Curry, who died at his North Hollywood home late Tuesday night at the…
Artificial Intelligence
The AI Boom Is Running Into a New Problem: Computing Power Is Getting Too Expensive
Another wave of corporate reports shows that the boom in artificial intelligence continues to…
Breaking News
Nepal Spent Fourteen Months Watching Tibet for the Next Flood. This One Started at Home.
A wall of water came down the Bhote Koshi river in Nepal’s Rasuwa district…
Celebrities
Bryson DeChambeau Went Public With a Girlfriend the Same Summer His League Ran Out of Money
Bryson DeChambeau spent Sunday afternoon walking off a golf course in Indianapolis with his…
Health
Three States Have Issued Orders About Baby Gabriel. Only One of Them Can Be Obeyed.
A judge in Dallas spent Tuesday deciding who is allowed to hold a two-week-old…
Health
The New NFL Brain Study’s Real Finding Is the Floor, Not the Headline
For a decade the NFL had one reliable defense against the brain-bank numbers, and…
Crime
Illinois Refused Sean Grayson a Medical Release in July. He Died in Prison in August.
Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County deputy who shot Sonya Massey in her own…
Immigration
The State Department Paused Visa Appointments Worldwide Five Days After a Judge Voided Its Country List
On Friday a federal judge in Manhattan threw out the Trump administration’s ban on…
Breaking News
Fourteen Newborns Died in an Islamabad Nursery Fire That Started with an Air Conditioner
A fire that began in a nursery air conditioner killed 14 newborn babies on…