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Shopping for an ACA Plan This Year? Here’s What You Need To Know
Consumers who buy Affordable Care Act health insurance are going to see changes both big and small as open enrollment for 2027 coverage kicks off. These include premium increases, possible additional identity checks, potential delays in working with a broker, and new limits on…
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Education under fire: Gaza’s children face death on their way to school
Children have faced Israeli bombs and sniper fire since the academic year resumed in Gaza.
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Election officials brace for federal interference but expect to persevere
As concerns rise about the potential for federal influence over the results of next week’s midterm elections, many voting experts and advocates remain confident that the nation’s highly localized systems of administering and counting votes will persevere. Facing sinking…
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Trump’s cure for Republicans’ midterm woes is more Trump. Will it work?
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump likes to play make-believe with his supporters. “Just close your eyes,” he tells them, “and pretend I’m on the ballot.” It’s a typically self-involved appeal from someone who has been the center of the nation’s political gravity for more…
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Election officials brace for federal interference but expect to persevere
As concerns rise about the potential for federal influence over the results of next week’s midterm elections, many voting experts and advocates remain confident that the nation’s highly localized systems of administering and counting votes will persevere. Facing sinking…
News North Dakota Monitor
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No butts about it: The 5 most viral moments of the 2026 midterms
President Donald Trump loomed large this election cycle.
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How Trump Destroyed South Africa’s Effort to Slow HIV Transmission
In South Africa, home to the world’s largest population of people living with HIV, efforts to contain the virus have been upended. The post How Trump Destroyed South Africa’s Effort to Slow HIV Transmission appeared first on The Intercept.
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Texas parks department fights to withhold draft agenda amid fears of Boca Chica sale to SpaceX
The Texas Tribune reviewed a copy of a draft Texas Parks and Wildlife agenda that included discussion about ceding control of 1,300 acres in Cameron County, home to Boca Chica Beach and SpaceX’s launch site.
News The Texas Tribune
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With U.S. Senate control at stake, Republicans fear the once-unthinkable: a blue Texas
Ken Paxton and James Talarico are neck-and-neck in the country's most expensive U.S. Senate race on record. The outcome's ripple effects will extend years.
News The Texas Tribune
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This young Latino mayor went all in for John Cornyn. But Ken Paxton is a sore subject.
Erik Gomez, a rising GOP star in South Texas, has modeled his career after Republicans like Cornyn. He’s wrestling with the idea of voting for Paxton.
News The Texas Tribune
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Blackburn’s move to governor leaves Hegseth with potential parachute
Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s (R-Tenn.) bid to become Tennessee’s next governor is leaving a potential opening for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is viewed as one of the top oversight targets in the next Congress if House Democrats take the majority. Hegseth, a former Army…
News The Hill
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New autism study complicates Trump administration’s search for cause
A recently published found associations between certain maternal health conditions during pregnancy and autism diagnoses across racial and ethnic groups, underscoring how much remains unknown as the Trump administration searches for a cause of autism. Researchers from the New…
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5 races that will tell the story of the midterms
A dramatic midterm campaign is in its final days. There have been internal party tensions, deeply controversial ads, and, famously, two Dan Sullivans in Alaska's Senate race. At the center of everything, of course, is President Trump. A House majority is widely assumed to be…
News The Hill
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Proposed billionaire tax could impact California sports teams
The proposed billionaire tax on California's November ballot could slap a one-time 5% levy on wealthy residents, including sports team owners, to raise healthcare funds
News Los Angeles Times Politics
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A historically paralyzed Congress faces its voters
The current Congress has passed fewer bills and conducted less oversight than any of its predecessors in modern history, according to congressional scholars.
News Los Angeles Times Politics
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Election night TV coverage goes full nerd
From NBC's "Kornacki Cam" to CNN's Sightline tool, networks are streaming the raw data behind their midterm election calls. Here's how to follow it Tuesday.
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Welcome to the school where Gen Z learns philanthropy as billionaire wealth explodes—with a 100% job placement rate
Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy is the only college in the U.S. where students can strictly study the art of giving—and grads are in high demand.
News Fortune
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Home heating costs threaten to chill GOP vote in key Senate races
Democrats running for Senate in Maine, Alaska and New Hampshire are zeroing in on the rising cost of home heating as winter — and Election Day — quickly approach. Republican candidates have been on defense in key Senate battlegrounds, arguing against the claim that the GOP has…
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What’s Working: Pikes Peak economy heads up after some challenging years
The region’s $55.1 billion economy is larger than that of Vermont and Wyoming. Plus: More on gas prices, inflation and real job openings.
News Colorado Sun
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CodePink leader adds muscle to well-funded fight to ban restaurant delicacy
An Oregon-based group poured nearly $475,000 into D.C.'s foie gras ban as part of a strategy to "storm the nation" with local ballot campaigns.
News Fox News Politics
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Justice Department seeks to isolate Alaska ballots amid criminal probe over Senate candidate
The latest developments come amid allegations, first reported by The New York Times, that Democrats recruited a spoiler candidate in the toss-up U.S. Senate race.
News NPR Politics
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Liverpool vs Arsenal: Premier League – Predictions, news, teams, lineups
Arsenal, second in the table, travel to Anfield looking to bounce back from their shock League Cup fourth-round exit.
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Age of parody
On Oct. 27, the anniversary of Benito Mussolini’s March on Rome, the dictator’s great-grandson Romano Floriano Mussolini surged forward from his position at far-right back to score his first goal in Italy’s Serie A league for Lazio, the Rome club whose fans traditionally feel…
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Trump welcomes released US detainee Stephen Hubbard to the White House | AJ #shorts
President Donald Trump welcomes Stephen Hubbard, a retired US teacher recently freed after four years’ detention in Russia for allegedly fighting on behalf of Ukraine - to the Oval Office. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X :…
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Rival US and Russian resolutions on Western Sahara fail at UN
UN Security Council rejected the competing proposals, leaving the peacekeeping mission without an approved extension.
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How Trump's oil grab could derail his Venezuela takeover plans | DW News
"To the victor belong the spoils." That's how US President Donald Trump framed his Venezuela strategy, after the US-backed removal of Nicolas Maduro. But after striking oil and gold deals with Maduro's deputy, and declaring that Venezuela could become the 51st US state, Trump…
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Lebanon charges 13 over confiscated Hezbollah explosives
Group calls charges 'unjust', says weapons were meant to be used against Israeli forces in south Lebanon.
News Al Jazeera
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15-year-old boy among 2 critically wounded in Grand Boulevard shooting
A 15-year-old boy was among two people critically wounded in a shooting early Saturday in Grand Boulevard on the South Side. The teen and a 19-year-old man were in the 500 block of East 50th Place around 12:25 a.m. when they were both shot, Chicago police said. The teen was…
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Man shot and killed during fight inside Albany Park home
A man was shot and killed during a fight Friday night inside an Albany Park home on the North Side. An argument between the 35-year-old man and someone he knew broke out at the home around 11:30 p.m. in the 4800 block of North Kilpatrick Avenue when it turned physical, leading to…
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CCTV, zip ties and election watchers: How US mail-in votes are secured and counted
BBC Verify goes to an election centre to get a behind-the-scenes look at how mail-in ballots for the US midterm elections are processed.
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