Nation and World
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Lower-priced new cars are gaining popularity, and not just for cash-poor buyers
Oct 22, 2024 7:41 am - Across the industry, auto analysts say, an “affordability shift” is taking root. The trend is being led by people who feel they can no longer afford a new vehicle that would cost them roughly today’s average selling price of more than $47,000 — a jump of more than 20% from the pre-pandemic average.
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How Project 2025’s rightward vision became a flashpoint in this year’s election
Oct 22, 2024 7:38 am - For the past year, Project 2025 has endured as a persistent force in the presidential election, its far-right proposals deployed by Democrats as shorthand for what Donald Trump would potentially do with a second term at the White House.
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Israeli strike destroys building near Beirut as Blinken presses for Gaza cease-fire
Oct 22, 2024 7:33 am - The Israeli military leveled a building in a suburb of Beirut on Tuesday that it said housed Hezbollah “facilities,” sending smoke and debris into the air a few hundred yards from where a spokesperson for the militant group had just briefed journalists about a weekend drone attack that damaged the Israeli prime minister's house.
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Biden is 'deeply concerned' about the release of secret documents on Israel's possible attack plans
Oct 21, 2024 5:44 pm - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is “deeply concerned” about the unauthorized release of classified documents on Israel's preparation for a potential retaliatory attack o...
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Central Park Five sue Donald Trump for presidential debate comments
Oct 21, 2024 4:44 pm - The men formerly known as the Central Park Five before they were exonerated filed a defamation lawsuit on Monday against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Wi...
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Harris and Trump locked in dead heat in seven-state poll, with some voters still weighing their options
Oct 21, 2024 4:32 pm - With two weeks of campaigning left before the 2024 election, Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are running nearly evenly across the seven bat...
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McDonald’s agreed to Trump event but says it isn't endorsing a presidential candidate
Oct 21, 2024 4:26 pm - McDonald’s Corp. agreed to host former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania store over the weekend but said it isn’t endorsing a candidate in the U.S. presidential race.
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Liz Cheney helps Harris seek moderate votes as they paint Trump as a dangerous choice
Oct 21, 2024 2:52 pm - Kamala Harris teamed up with Liz Cheney on Monday to make a bipartisan appeal to Republican voters uneasy about Donald Trump, describing the former president as a malignant force that needs to be removed from American politics.
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Trump blasts FEMA as he surveys storm damage in North Carolina
Oct 21, 2024 8:30 am - Surveying storm damage in North Carolina, former President Donald Trump on Monday blasted federal emergency responders whose work has been stymied by armed harassment and a deluge of misinformation, but he said he was not concerned that the aftermath of Hurricane Helene would affect election results in the battleground state.
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White House says health insurance needs to fully cover condoms, other over-the-counter birth control
Oct 21, 2024 8:30 am - Millions of people with private health insurance would be able to pick up over-the-counter methods like condoms, the “morning after” pill and birth control pills for free under a new rule the White House proposed on Monday.