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Israeli exit polls show a deadlock and point to a setback for Netanyahu

Exit polls in Israel's key legislative election on Tuesday suggested no clear victor, with both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and main rival Gadi Eisenkot falling short of a majority. Israel's Cha...

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Flavio Bolsonaro lands in U.S. after fleeing Brazil following election loss

Flavio Bolsonaro lost elections to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and refused to concede defeat (Evaristo Sa)Defeated right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro will be granted ...

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Judge rules a top federal prosecutor is 'unlawfully serving' and bars him from cases

First Assistant U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli in June 2025. (Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press)A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that Bill Essayli is unlawfully serving as Los Angeles’ top federal prosecu...

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Iran war costs rise to over $47 billion, according to Pentagon estimate

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The US military has spent over $47 billion so far to prosecute the war in Iran, more than 25% higher than the Defense ‌Department's estimate in July, acc...

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Trump announces plan to weaken methane rules for oil and gas companies

The Trump administration is moving to weaken a regulation that requires oil and gas companies to limit leaks of methane, a more potent driver of climate change than carbon dioxide.President Donald Tru...

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A Bible-quoting Democrat is threatening the GOP's decades-long grip on Texas

The words “competitive” and “Texas” don’t often show up side by side when it comes to big elections. No Democrat has won a statewide race in the Lone Star State since 1994, and most of the races withi...

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Federal prosecutors fail to get grand jury indictment against Cassidy Hutchinson

Federal prosecutors were rebuffed in their effort to secure an indictment against former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson over her testimony related to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol...

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A Cheesecake Factory joke fuels Trump and Obama's back-and-forth before midterms

With a week to go until the 2026 midterm elections, you'd be forgiven for thinking that President Trump and former President Barack Obama were running against each other this year.While campaigning fo...

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Supreme Court declines to restore judges' power to pause deportation cases

By Andrew Chung Oct 27 (Reuters) - The US Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to reinstate the authority of immigration judges to temporarily postpone deportation cases, keeping in place an agreement be...

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Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for U.S. after presidential election loss, sources say

By Ricardo Brito and Gram Slattery SAO PAULO, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has left the country for the United States after losing Sunday's presidential election and refusing ...

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The midterms are a week away. What do the latest polls say?

The 2026 midterm elections are just 7 days away. So where do things stand — nationwide — in the race to control Congress? Which party has a better chance of, you know, winning? To get a sense of that,...

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Israeli rivals accuse each other of election dirty tricks as votes are cast

Benjamin Netanyahu casts his ballot next to his wife Sara at a polling station in Jerusalem - Pool via Reuters/Yonatan SindelIsrael attracted a record turnout for Tuesday’s crucial election, as Benjam...

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Judge halts tree cutting at Trump's golf course renovation after 400-plus trees removed

A golfer walks in front of cut down trees at East Potomac Golf Links near Hains Point in Washington, DC, October 19, 2026. - Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images A federal judge extended an order blocking tree ...

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FBI raids Beverly Hills mansion as part of former Rep. Eric Swalwell investigation

April 2026 photo of former Rep. Eric Swalwell at a town hall meeting in Sacramento. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)The FBI Tuesday morning raided a mansion in Beverly Hills in connection with an...

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Wartime election has fastest turnout since 1977 as Israelis pass judgment on Netanyahu

By Steven Scheer and Alexander Cornwell JERUSALEM, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Israelis surged to the polls on Tuesday at a pace that shattered records, to pass wartime judgment on Prime Minister Benjamin Neta...

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DOJ files new charges against 2 ex-FBI officials in Hunter Biden case

Federal prosecutors filed new criminal charges on Tuesday against two ex-FBI counterintelligence officials, accusing them of obstructing a congressional proceeding and lying to lawmakers about their r...

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No one won Monday's Powerball. Now $716 million is up for grabs.

Someone could win an estimated $716 million in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing after no ticket matched all six numbers on Monday.The jackpot has gone for more than 30 drawings without a winner, since Au...

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2 men charged over suspected Iran-linked plot at U.S. bomber base in England

LONDON (AP) — Two men were charged Tuesday with national security offenses over a suspected plot against RAF Fairford, a U.S.-run military air base in England, police and prosecutors said. British nat...

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Israelis go to the polls with Netanyahu's political survival on the line

By Steven Scheer and Pesha Magid JERUSALEM, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a fight for political survival in Israel's election on Tuesday, with voters weighing his leadersh...

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Convicted murderer escapes Tennessee prison and flees in stolen truck

This booking photo released by the Tennessee Department of Correction on July 24, 2025, shows Jacob Morley. - Tennessee Department of Correction/AP A 28-year-old convicted murderer serving a life sent...

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Court rejects DOJ's emergency bid to separate Calif. ballots over noncitizen claims

A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration's late-breaking effort to force California to separate mail-in ballots from 20,000 purported noncitizens.A 2-1 ruling from a panel of the ...

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Trump administration attempting to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey again

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is attempting to prosecute James Comey for what it calls a decade-old leak of classified information, an effort the former FBI director's lawyers immediately...

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Iran shrugs off Trump's attack threats and says diplomacy is ongoing

What to know about the Iran war today:President Trump said Sunday he was still deciding between reaching an agreement with Iran and taking action to "finish them off." Mr. Trump has kept open the poss...

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Abortion, voter ID and more: These ballot measures could reshape state laws

The battle for control of Congress is getting the lion's share of the attention in the lead-up to the midterms, but there are a lot of other consequential measures that'll appear on ballots this Novem...

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AI giant Anthropic publicly files for listing on the U.S. stock market

Anthropic (ANTH.PVT) has publicly filed its S-1 investment prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission, giving investors a look at the company's most important financial information ahead o...

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Police arrest 15-year-old boy in Tallahassee mass shooting that left 11 injured

The Tallahassee Police Department arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with the Oct. 24 mass shooting that left 11 people injured outside Bragg Stadium after Florida A&M University's homecomin...

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U.S. military ready to strike Iran within 96 hours if Trump gives the order

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in Sparrows Point, Maryland, on October 6. - Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images US forces in the Middle East are prepared to laun...

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What's at stake as Israel holds its most important election in years

Getty Images When Israelis go the polls on October 27, they will face a familiar question: Should Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest-serving prime minister, stay in power? Nearly every recent e...

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Trump critic Lula wins 4th term in Brazil, but Flávio Bolsonaro refuses to concede

By Lisandra Paraguassu, Brendan O'Boyle and Luciana Magalhaes SAO PAULO, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won a historic fourth term on Sunday, the country's electoral ...

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9th Circuit panel questions basis for feds' request to block 20,000 California ballots

A voter casts her ballot in Boyle Heights on Saturday, the first day of early voting in Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)In a rare Sunday hearing, a federal appeals court judge appointed ...

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Serbia's veteran ruler concedes defeat to student-led movement in snap election

Vucic is a relentless campaigner (SASA DJORDJEVIC)The dominant force in Serbian politics for over 14 years, Aleksandar Vucic, who conceded defeat in a snap parliamentary poll on Sunday, rose from the ...

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Venezuelan opposition leader returns after 10 months in exile

Images by the Press Team of Maria Corina Machado team on Sunday shows the opposition leader arriving at Santa Rosa church in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. After more than 10 months in exile, Venezuelan opp...

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Trump says he's weighing deal with Iran against action to 'finish them off'

What to know about the Iran war today:Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that a potential resumption of war with Israel and the U.S. would not change his country's positions, after Pre...

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LIV Golf faces a make-or-break deadline — and only 4 players have signed on

Dustin Johnson and other players are considering whether to continue with LIV Golf.ASSOCIATED PRESSOne way or another, LIV Golf is in its final days as originally created. The tour began life as a PGA...

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U.S. Marine indicted over robbery and murder of Japanese woman in Okinawa, officials say

A 20-year-old U.S. Marine stationed in Okinawa, Japan, has been indicted on charges stemming from the death last month of a woman found strangled in a hotel, authorities said on Sunday.LCpl. Devin Jac...

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Democrats see an opening in deep-red Mississippi, and Trump is taking notice

Why are major Democrats and Republicans flocking to Mississippi in recent weeks?In a climate where polls show President Donald Trump's approval ratings cratering, Democrats are unusually optimistic ab...

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These Trump voters have soured on his presidency — and could be key to the midterms

The midterm campaign is being fought in areas President Donald Trump carried in the last election, and largely among voters who have supported him in the past but have soured on his presidency.Rick Se...

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Inflation under Trump is only about half the rate under Biden. Voters are still just as mad.

So far in President Trump's second term, prices in the US have risen only about half as quickly compared to his predecessor's four years in office. Yet Trump has a 72% disapproval rating on the issue ...

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Economic pressures put new Midwestern states in play for the midterms

Supporters listen as Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks at a rally at Wayne State University in Detroit on October 22. - Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images Democrats could be poised for ...

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Trump announces $4 billion Audi factory in Georgia ahead of midterms

By Bo Erickson and David Shepardson PERRY, Georgia, Oct 24 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that Audi plans to build a $4 billion assembly plant in Georgia that will produce...

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'Weaponizing the law': California AG slams DOJ's attack on alleged noncitizen voting

People cast their ballots at St Mary's Episcopal church during the first day of early voting in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday.Photograph: Chris Torres/EPA California’s attorney general on Satur...

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Brazil's tight runoff tests Trump officials' bid to bring Bolsonaros back to power

By Gabriel Stargardter SAO PAULO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Two US State Department officials led a campaign to restore the right-wing Bolsonaro clan to power in Brazil and successfully pushed for sanctions ...

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Obama rebukes Ramaswamy over Acton ad and hits Trump on costs at Ohio rally

In his first rally of the 2026 midterm cycle, former President Barack Obama slammed President Donald Trump and Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, calling out the latter’s much-maligned camp...

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Democrats' midterm money fight exposes divisions over race, ideology and strategy

Democrats have more midterm targets than they can afford to tackle — and they are sparring over where to spend the limited cash they have.The party's progressive and establishment wings are squabbling...

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DOJ wants California to set aside 20,000 voters' ballots. The state is refusing.

The Justice Department is pressing California election officials to set aside mail-in ballots from people it believes are noncitizens. It is warning that officials who count those ballots could face c...

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Police fire tear gas and arrest dozens as France sees more protests

Clashes broke out in Paris late Saturday after demonstrations over the high cost of living and the country's education system earlier in the day remained largely peaceful.The French Interior Ministry ...

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DOJ orders California counties to set aside ballots from suspected noncitizens

Election workers sort ballots during early voting ahead of the midterm election at San Francisco County's election operations facility at City Hall in San Francisco, California, on October 21, 2026. -...

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Trump denies wanting a pool back in the White House but suggests he might move press

President Donald Trump has suggested he may boot the journalists and media who cover the president from their longtime press briefing room inside the White House. In a Truth Social post on Saturday, T...

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France protests begin under heavy security as police seek to prevent fresh unrest

By Juliette Jabkhiro and Alessandro Parodi PARIS, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Demonstrators took to the streets of France on Saturday under the watch of 70,000 police officers, with unrest appearing markedly l...

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Ukraine says satellite access is back, amid questions over why it was curtailed

Ukraine said its access to the Starlink and Starshield communications network had resumed Saturday after days of limited access and questions over who had ordered the restrictions.Ukraine's Defense Mi...

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