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Scientists Found a Sleeping Brain's Energy Falls Even as Blood Flow Rises Just Before It Starts to Dream

Blood volume in a mouse's cortex begins climbing about 50 seconds before REM sleep starts, but researchers found neuronal ATP levels then drop sharply, suggesting dreaming may be more energy-intensive than the brain's fuel supply can keep up with.

Sep 27, 2026/2 min read

A nineteenth-century anatomical model of a human brain, illustrative of the organ studied in the REM sleep research and not the mouse imaging apparatus used in it

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The Trump Administration Moved to Cancel $810 Million Congress Had Already Approved, Mostly for Refugees

Using a manoeuvre called a pocket rescission, the White House timed the cancellation so the money expires before Congress can act, drawing objections from senators of both parties who call it an illegal line item veto.

Sep 27, 2026/2 min read

The west side of the United States Capitol in Washington, illustrative of Congress's spending authority at issue in the rescission dispute, photographed in September 2013

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The Supreme Court Blocked Missouri's Republican Congressional Map for a Third Time in Three Weeks

The unsigned ruling leaves Missouri voting under its 2022 district lines this November, ending a Republican push to redraw the state's map mid cycle and gain a seventh US House seat.

Sep 27, 2026/3 min read

The Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, DC, which issued the Missouri congressional map ruling, photographed in May 2019

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Trump Rejected Iran's Seven Day Plan to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Calling It Unacceptable

Iran's foreign minister offered to have the strait open within a week if Washington lifted its naval blockade, released frozen funds and ended oil sanctions, but Trump said the proposal mirrored a deal Tehran had already broken.

Sep 27, 2026/2 min read

A crude oil tanker in the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, illustrative of tanker traffic through a strategic strait and not the Strait of Hormuz itself, photographed in December 2014

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A Judge Restored CNN, MS NOW and Politico's White House Access, Saying Trump's Press Ban Was Likely Unconstitutional

US District Judge Timothy Kelly granted a 14-day restraining order after finding the outlets' press passes were revoked without due process, though reporters from the three outlets said they were still turned away hours later.

Sep 26, 2026/2 min read

The James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, illustrative of the press access at the centre of the ruling and not a photograph of this dispute, taken in May 2024

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Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic Resigned as President to Run for Prime Minister in a Snap Election He Called Himself

Vucic stepped down after nine years in office, ending his term immediately after returning from the UN General Assembly, and will head his party's list for the 25 October vote he called after months of street protests.

Sep 26, 2026/2 min read

The House of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in Belgrade, seat of the parliament Vucic dissolved to call the snap election, photographed in November 2023

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Dozens of Delegations Walked Out as Netanyahu Told the UN General Assembly 'We Prevented a Second Holocaust'

Israel's prime minister addressed a half-empty hall on Thursday, attacked New York's mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan by name, and thanked Donald Trump for joining the strikes on Iran.

Sep 26, 2026/2 min read

The United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York, where Netanyahu addressed a chamber that emptied within minutes, a file photo taken in April 2011

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Iran's Pezeshkian Told the UN 'We Have Been the Victims of Terrorism', Rebutting Trump's Threat to 'Annihilate' Iran

Opening with photographs of children killed in the war's first strikes, Iran's president became the first leader in UN history to address the General Assembly in person while his country remained at active war with the United States.

Sep 25, 2026/2 min read

The United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York, where Iran's president addressed the chamber, photographed in April 2011

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Trump and Xi Extended Their Trade Truce to 10 January but Left Rare Earths and Taiwan Unresolved

Treasury Secretary Bessent confirmed the Busan truce runs two more months, shorter than the six-month extension many had expected, with soybean and rare-earth pledges still lagging. Two more Trump-Xi meetings are pencilled in for Shenzhen and Miami.

Sep 25, 2026/2 min read

The North Portico of the White House in Washington, where Trump hosted Xi Jinping's state visit, photographed in November 2014

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Passed Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the Highest-Grossing Film Ever at the US Box Office

After 47 days in theatres the film's domestic total passed the 936.6 million dollar mark The Force Awakens set in 2015, and it is the first film since Avatar: The Way of Water to top the weekend chart six weekends running.

Sep 24, 2026/2 min read

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A Judge Grilled the Justice Department on Trump's Press Ban but Left Without Ruling; CNN, MS NOW and Politico Wait

Wednesday's hearing tested the government's national-security defence of barring three outlets, with Judge Kelly noting the 1977 Sherrill precedent on due process. He set no date for a ruling but said he would 'try to get an answer as soon as I can'.

Sep 24, 2026/2 min read

The exterior of the White House West Wing, home of the press operation at the centre of the ban, photographed in November 2022