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Voters enter their ballots into scanners at early in-person voting in Cleveland, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Ukraine launches more than 1,000 drones at Russian oil terminals, data centers in massive attack

Ukrainian servicemen prepare a "Chaklun" strike drone used for deep-strike operations against Russian positions in Crimea, in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov, File)

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Ukraine hit a key oil export terminal in St. Petersburg and targeted a major data center in Leningrad early Sunday in one of its largest-ever aerial assaults on Russia.

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Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate run dogged by alleged ties to Islamic extremists

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Trump bets his MAGA rallies can beat midterm blue wave

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President Donald Trump listens as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Netanyahu gets Trump endorsement in reelection bid just nine days ahead of Israeli election

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Trump bets his MAGA rallies can beat midterm blue wave

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Netanyahu gets Trump endorsement in reelection bid just nine days ahead of Israeli election

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‘Zero chance’ that Trump will replace chief of staff Susie Wiles, he says

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Kathy Hochul pledges allegiance to criminal illegals

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Pope Leo XIV appears at the window of his study in the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the traditional noon blessing after praying the Angelus, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, a day after he returned from the hospital, where he had lung cancer removed on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo tells faithful in St. Peter’s Square he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery

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Judge hauls DOJ lawyers into court after reading Trump’s social media post a bout golf course rev

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White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles listens during a cabinet meeting, Friday, July 31, 2026, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md., Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

‘Zero chance’ that Trump will replace chief of staff Susie Wiles, he says

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Trump waives placing new sanctions on Russia

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Troy Jackson not sorry for telling Sen. Susan Collins to ‘shut up’ in Maine Senate debate

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Trump dominated rural America. Iowa is testing whether Democrats can win them back

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N.J.’s Sherrill calls Fort Hood shooter ‘guy who’s in a wheelchair,’ rips firing squad

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DOJ moves to oust judge who blamed Trump for cutting trees at D.C. golf course

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Secret Service deputy director resigns amid scrutiny over interview, security lapses

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Ilhan Omar’s citizenship, marriages and finances give feds plenty of avenues to probe

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Golfers pass workers as the National Park Service begins cutting down trees at East Potomac Golf Links, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Enraged judge halts Trump team after Park Service cuts 430 trees on National Mall golf course

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Rush to cut permitting red tape runs into law to protect America’s historic sites

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Trump, after bipartisan backlash, cancels livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter

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Two dead, 11 injured after a truck drives through a soccer match in Kansas

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Man charged with drugging, raping NYC college student who later died of fentanyl overdose

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No Kings rallies across America urge voters to cast ballots early ahead of midterms

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Man asleep in Tesla crashes into California cop car, injures 2

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A man tries to extinguish a fire during clashes between protesters and police in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

Macron condemns those who ‘sought to bring down the Republic’ after rioting mars nationwide protests

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Protesters run from water sprayed by police water cannons during an anti-government demonstration outside the Education Ministry, in Tirana, Albania, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Hameraldi Agolli)

Riots in Tirana enter a fifth day as Albania’s anti-government protests escalate

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Kenya’s Ebola cases rise to 7, including health workers who cared for the first patient

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‘All eyes’ on Commanders as they look to rebound against 49ers

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The Milwaukee Brewers pose for a team photo after Game 4 of baseball's National League Championship Series between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Two of MLB’s smallest spenders will meet in the World Series for first time since 1991

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From inflated revenues to inflatable bananas: A look at the bizarre craze at scandal-hit Man City

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Umpire Larry Smith is assisted from the field after getting injured during an NFL football game between Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars in London, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Ian Walton)

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Pope Leo XIV leaves Rome's Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, after Tuesday's surgery to remove a lung cancer. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo returns to the Vatican 4 days after lung cancer surgery

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This picture, released by Vatican Media on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, shows Pope Leo XIV, flanked by his personal secretary, Monsignor Edgard Iván Rimaycuna Inga, left, celebrating Mass at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, where he is recovering after having cancer removed from his right lung. (Vatican Media via AP)

Pope speaks with Putin, denouncing recent attacks as he shows recovery from lung surgery progressing

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Trump touts his power at Kentucky rally to energize voters ahead of midterm elections

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