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Published: 01 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has confirmed plans to reduce by 20% the number of positions held by generals and admirals across the US military, announcing the measure during a wide-ranging address at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. The announcement came during Hegseth's second annual “State of the Force” address, where he outlined a series of changes...

Published: 01 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A 40-year-old Texas man has been arrested after authorities said they received credible information about an alleged plan to carry out a violent attack at the Texas State Capitol in Austin. Benny Caldera Jr, a resident of Converse in the San Antonio area, was arrested by Texas Department of Public Safety officers at about 3am on Wednesday after...

Published: 01 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Former US Homeland Security Secretary and former South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has filed for divorce from her husband, Bryon Noem, after 34 years of marriage, according to court records. The divorce filing, submitted in South Dakota, lists “irreconcilable differences” as the grounds for the case. The document was signed by Noem's attorney, Michael Sabers, in April and...

Published: 01 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Tennessee officials have been unable to carry out the execution of death-row prisoner Christa Pike after she survived two doses of the lethal injection drug, an extraordinary development that has triggered fresh legal challenges and an independent examination of the state’s execution procedures. Pike, 50, was scheduled to be executed on Wednesday for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old...

Published: 30 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A growing political battle over the future of food and agriculture in the United States is moving beyond Washington’s legislative chambers and into the rapidly expanding world of social media influencers. Major food and agriculture interests are backing a communications campaign designed to respond to the rising influence of Robert F Kennedy Jr’s Make America Healthy Again movement,...

Published: 30 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A growing dispute over the use of taxpayer money for television advertisements featuring Donald Trump has opened a wider debate in the United States over the boundary between government communication and political promotion. Critics argue that several advertisements being broadcast nationally resemble campaign commercials and may breach federal restrictions on the use of public funds for partisan purposes....

Published: 30 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The rapid spread of artificial intelligence-generated images is creating a new challenge for democratic politics, as fabricated photographs and other synthetic media become increasingly difficult for ordinary voters to distinguish from authentic material. The problem is no longer limited to futuristic concerns about technology. Politicians, election officials, campaign organisations and voters are already confronting examples in which apparently...

Published: 30 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online US President Donald Trump has announced a voluntary agreement with some of the country’s largest technology and artificial intelligence companies aimed at strengthening safety controls for advanced AI systems, while also directing the federal government to use the term “Super Intelligence” instead of “Artificial Intelligence” in much of its official communications. The agreement, presented by Trump after a...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Prosecutors in New York have reopened an investigation into allegations of a sexual assault involving a Cornell University student at a fraternity house, following renewed public scrutiny over how the case was initially handled and the consequences faced by members of the fraternity who were identified in connection with the allegations. The investigation concerns an October 2024 incident...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Tennessee is preparing to carry out the execution of Christa Pike, a woman who was sentenced to death three decades ago for the 1995 murder of a fellow student, after Governor Bill Lee rejected her request for clemency. If the execution proceeds as scheduled, Pike would become the first woman executed by the state in roughly two centuries....