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WorldOil rises as Iran says war deal remains distant, US strikes Qeshm
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PoliticsSupreme Court quickly rejects Trump effort to target alleged noncitizen voters in California
The Trump administration alleges that about 20,000 noncitizens may be registered to vote in California, an assertion local officials dispute.
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PoliticsHow an attempt at Democratic unity exploded with Stevens’ Senate endorsement flip
As recently as Saturday night, the prospect of Democrat Haley Stevens endorsing Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s Senate race had seemed implausible.
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PoliticsComplaint filed against all 122 judges in Colorado election
(The Center Square) - With the general election just one day away, all 122 Colorado judges on the ballot are named in a former state official's request for judicial misconduct investigations. Christopher Gregory, the former executive director of the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline, on Sunday evening filed a “Request for Evaluation” with the same commission for all of the judges.
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PoliticsUS senator wants 'full accounting' of Air Force One White House flyover
WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - US Senator Tammy Duckworth, the top Democrat on a subcommittee that oversees aviation regulation, asked government agencies on Monday for a full accounting of why they allowed a White House flyover last week by the presidential airplane in what she said was a "dangerous stunt." The flyover, part of a children's Halloween party attended by President Donald Trump on Thursday, forced a temporary halt to traffic at Reagan Washington National Airport that delayed fli
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PoliticsByron Donalds Offers Florida More of the MAGA Same in Governor's Race
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WorldGerman police deployed to protect plundered shops in Frankfurt
Police remain deployed in Frankfurt after riots on Saturday evening, with the "considerable" damage to property yet to be precisely assessed, a spokesman said. The unrest followed demonstrations by young people demanding better schools, relief from rising living costs and greater social justice - part of a day of protest in many cities across Germany.
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PoliticsWho will win the midterms? How the US elections will be won and lost
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PoliticsJudge cites 'weaponization' in tossing charges for ex-FBI agents accused of lying about Hunter Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed a criminal complaint against two former FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about Hunter Biden, citing what he said was the “weaponization” of President Donald Trump's Justice Department just before the midterm elections.In a scathing, hourlong ruling read from the bench, U.
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PALM BEACH, Oct 31 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Saturday it was "unacceptable" for one of his former lawyers, Alina Habba Mildon, to secure a $50 million contract for herself while working at the US Department of Justice. "I thought it was totally obnoxious and outrageous, and it's not acceptable," Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.
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WorldIran targeted US air defenses then hit aircraft and buildings on Mideast bases, AP analysis finds
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The Republican-led state government urged the judge to dismiss the “unwarranted federal interference” in the Senate race.
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PoliticsA record number of health professionals are running for office. Could they help heal US politics?
At least 125 doctors, nurses and public health experts are on the ballot for Tuesday’s midterm elections — an unprecedented number from fields that historically offered fewer paths to elected office than boardrooms and courtrooms.
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PoliticsAlabama Republicans thought they had drawn a safe US House seat. A Black congressman had other ideas
Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act this year, U. Shomari Figures knew he was going to be targeted.
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PoliticsAds accusing Republican candidates of protecting Epstein fill airwaves in final midterm push
But select Democrats, too, are being accused of having ties to the late sex offender as country prepares to vote
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Politics‘A lot of Republicans have held their tongues’: Anger at Trump is growing
Few Republicans are willing to publicly lambast the president. But they’re more blunt in private.
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WorldIran live updates: Trump hints at future strikes on Pickaxe Mountain, downplays war
U.S. officials told ABC News the strikes on Qeshm were defensive in nature.
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PoliticsJustice Department urges sanctions for database analysis critical of its noncitizen voting claims
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Sunday defended the accuracy of a list of what it says are more than 20,000 suspected noncitizens registered to vote in California and suggested that a federal judge consider whether an immigrant rights group and its lawyers should face contempt charges after they published an analysis of the names. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg allowed the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, or CHIRLA, access to federal government data on 20,000 people
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PoliticsMichigan polls tighten as Stevens backs Rogers; Jewish leaders launch write-in
(The Center Square) – The latest polling out of Michigan shows Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers locked in a neck-and-neck race. Two polls released Sunday found El-Sayed leading Rogers within the margin of error, while a third showed the Democrat with a 9-percentage-point lead.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Democrats need a net gain of at least four seats in November's midterm elections to wrest control of the US Senate from Republicans, with voter discontent over President Donald Trump, the Iran war and rising prices putting races in once-solidly Republican states into play. Republicans hold a 53-47 majority, and a Democratic takeover looked unlikely at the start of the year.
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OpinionOpinion - Alaska’s decoy scandal brings back the usual suspects for shady election tactics
Marc Elias is back. The notorious Democratic lawyer who played a critical role in the 2016 Russia hoax is again in the news. His law firm has been identified by the New York Times as part of the expanding scandal involving Democratic effort to confuse voters in Alaska with a decoy candidate named Daniel J.…
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PoliticsReflecting Pool vs. the state of the economy: Trump and Dems clash in closing messages
WASHINGTON (AP) — As midterm campaigns careened toward their conclusion, Democrats pushed through intraparty divisions Monday to stay focused on voters’ economic frustrations, while Republicans cast their opponents as dangerous radicals. President Donald Trump, the GOP's most powerful voice, seemed more interested in his plans for beautifying Washington, D.
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