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A scheduled scan and a published card are different events. A quiet scan may publish nothing; an older card is not presented as proof that the latest scan succeeded.
1h scan; card published ; 3 publisher pages; upstream origin unresolved 1–3.
Democrats have taken control of both the House and Senate, marking the first time in history that a Republican president will face a Democratic majority in Congress. The shift comes after a major midterm loss, with Democrats gaining at least 30 seats in the House and 30 in the Senate, including a significant victory in Texas.
1h scan; card published ; 3 publisher pages; upstream origin unresolved 1–3.
Cristiano Ronaldo, 41, announces his international career retirement after 234 matches and 146 goals for Portugal. The announcement follows a conflict with his coach and a recent public apology.
1h scan; card published ; 3 publisher pages; upstream origin unresolved 1–3.
An Airbus A320 en route from Dublin to Rome was diverted to Évreux airport after a bomb alert, with 151 passengers and six crew members safely evacuated. The aircraft, escorted by a Rafale, landed securely at Évreux.
1h scan; card published ; 3 publisher pages; upstream origin unresolved 1–3.
Joshua Wong, a key figure in Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, has been sentenced to 10 additional years in prison for colluding with foreign forces. The 30-year-old activist, who has already served six years, will now face a decade-long sentence under Beijing's national security law. The ruling underscores a continued crackdown on dissent in the city.
1h scan; card published ; 3 publisher pages; upstream origin unresolved 1–3.
US and Iran celebrate Democratic victory in midterm elections as Iran's leadership views it as a strategic win. The election results mark a significant shift in US political power, with Democrats gaining control of both chambers of Congress. The victory is seen as a potential challenge to Trump's military decisions and a boost for diplomatic efforts to end the war with Iran.
1h scan; card published ; 3 publisher pages; upstream origin unresolved 1–3.
Democratic control of Congress after the 2026 midterms leaves Trump with significant executive power, despite a narrow Senate majority. The 218-217 House majority and 53-47 Senate majority give Democrats control over federal spending, but Trump retains veto authority and can use executive orders to influence policy.
Publisher breadth is not editorial independence. Unknown upstream origins are never counted as independent reporting. Open a news article to inspect the pages read and its origin test.
Exact article spans resolve against a versioned public gazetteer before bounded public-data enrichment runs. The current public store contains 326 resolved places and 3211 of 10170 mentions matched to their own coordinates; unresolved names are not moved to a capital.
Heat counts distinct ingested news-event clusters. Grey means no ingested observation, not that nothing exists. A zero is a measured zero. Semantic place confidence is an unvalidated rubric, not a probability.
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