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Jet may have experienced ‘some breakup’ before it crashed in Florida, killing 9, NTSB says

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Officials said there may have been “some breakup” of the Learjet 60 before it crashed Sunday afternoon in Palm Beach County , Florida, killing all nine people on board.

The aircraft had departed from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was headed to North Eleuthera, Bahamas, the National Transportation Safety Board said at a news conference on Monday.

The plane crashed around 12:50 p.m. Sunday near the residential neighborhood of Cresthaven in Greenacres, about 7 miles southwest of West Palm Beach.

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Ex-FBI chief in Chicago sues DoJ, claiming he was pressured to investigate Trump’s foes

Douglas DePodesta says he was made ‘scapegoat’ after collapse of case against Broadview Six anti-ICE protesters The former head of the FBI in Chicago has accused the Trump administration of pressuring him to investigate the president’s political opponents and making him a “scapegoat” after a major federal case against anti-ICE protesters fell apart. Douglas DePodesta, who served as FBI special agent in charge from 2024 until July 2026, alleged in a federal lawsuit filed on Monday that the Department of Justice (DoJ) had engaged in “misconduct” and…

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US midterms campaign 'shattering' spending records to be most expensive ever

The US midterms campaign is set to be the most expensive on record - with the total cost projected to reach nearly $12bn (£9bn), according to Open Secrets, an independent organisation that tracks campaign finance. Most of the spending is driven by outside political groups - known as Super Political Action Committees (Super Pacs) - pouring large sums of money into some key races ahead of election day on 3 November. The top individual donor is billionaire businessman Elon Musk, who has spent almost half a billion dollars backing Republican candidates, particularly in Texas where many of his companies are based.