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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…
News The Hill
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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.
News Los Angeles Times Politics
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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…
News The Hill Campaign
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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.
News Al Jazeera
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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…
News Washington Examiner
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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.
News Al Jazeera
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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…
News Chicago Sun-Times
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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.
News BBC US & Canada
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Flávio Bolsonaro vows to continue father’s political fight in Brazil
Flávio Bolsonaro vows to continue father's political fight in Brazil
News Al Jazeera
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FBI Visits Dan J. Sullivan Donor In Candidate's Home Town As Alaska Senate Inquiry Widens
An Anchorage-based FBI agent visited a boat dealership in a small fishing community accessible only by air or water where the candidate lives.
News HuffPost Politics
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Democrats Get Triple Boost in Key Senate Battlegrounds Days Before Midterms
Democrats lead Senate races in Maine, Michigan and Texas, all key battlegrounds that could shape control of Congress.
News Newsweek
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Talarico Makes Final Election Pitch to Texans: ‘You Are My Slingshot’
The Democratic candidate for Senate has led in polls. But because it’s Texas, he remains the underdog.
News The New York Times Politics
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Pete Ricketts Leads Dan Osborn in Nebraska Senate Race, Poll Finds
Voters see Dan Osborn, the independent seeking to unseat Senator Pete Ricketts, as more like a Democrat than an independent, a Times/Siena poll found.
News The New York Times Politics
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Trump and GOP Close Midterms With Ugly Personal Attacks
Facing backlash over inflation and anger with the president, Republicans have turned to an onslaught of baseless claims about Democratic candidates.
News The New York Times Politics
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In Nebraska Senate Race, the Independent May Have an Identity Problem
Dan Osborn trails by six points, and voters don’t seem to buy that he’s truly independent from Democrats.
News The New York Times Politics
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Early voting sets midterms record nationally, breaking 2022 mark
As of early Friday, more than 46 million Americans had cast ballots ahead of Election Day, eclipsing the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, when 45.9 million Americans voted early, according to the University of Florida’s Election Lab.
News Maryland Matters
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As Midterms Near, Top Law Firms That Capitulated to Trump Are on the Sidelines
None of the firms that struck deals to avoid crippling executive orders are publicly involved in the major legal efforts to check the Trump administration’s attempts to meddle in the midterm elections, a review by The New York Times shows.
News The New York Times Politics
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A Halloween Tale: Ghost Stories of the U.S. Capitol
The ghost stories, dating back to the 19th century, are fitting for a building where the past rarely stays dead.
News The New York Times Politics