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Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Today, the Tompkins County district attorney’s office has re-opened the criminal investigation into the Cornell 7; two babies in Pennsylvania have died from congenital measles; Trump has asked the Supreme Court to let him gut transgender care in prisons; ICE has purchased $1.3M in robot dogs; Donald offered to sell arms to China; the 5 men arrested in the alleged terror plot in the UK are out on bail; a whistleblower says the administration halted repairs on the Kennedy Center despite arguing that it's in desperate need of attention; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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