Nation and World Politics
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Allies hope a Trump win changes the system for mortgages. Some warn it will make them pricier
Oct 25, 2024 6:44 am - If Donald Trump wins the presidential election, Republicans hope he will fulfill a longstanding GOP goal of privatizing the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which have been under government control since the Great Recession.
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Trump says gas should be $1.87 a gallon. Here’s what that would mean.
Oct 24, 2024 1:08 pm - It’s become a common refrain during Donald Trump’s presidential campaign: Gasoline prices would plummet if he returned to the White House, falling as low as they were whe...
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6 key moments from the Kamala Harris town hall with CNN
Oct 24, 2024 9:14 am - Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to undecided voters at a town hall event hosted by CNN on Wednesday in Pennsylvania. Here are six key moments from Harris’s appearance ...
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Trump says he’d fire special counsel Jack Smith in ‘two seconds’ if elected againOct 24, 2024 9:02 am - Former president Donald Trump said Thursday that he would “fire” special counsel Jack Smith on his first day back in the White House if he is elected again, making clear ...
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Putin presides over BRICS summit seeking to expand Russia's clout
Oct 24, 2024 7:52 am - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday presided at the closing session of a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, praising its role as a counterbalance to what he called the West's “perverse methods."
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Russia amplified hurricane disinformation to drive Americans apart, researchers find
Oct 24, 2024 7:31 am - Russia has helped amplify and spread false and misleading internet claims about recent hurricanes in the United States and the federal government's response, part of a wider effort by the Kremlin to manipulate America's political discourse before the presidential election, new research shows.
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Israeli strike on Gaza shelter kills 17 as Blinken says cease-fire talks will resume
Oct 24, 2024 7:29 am - An Israeli strike on a school where displaced people were sheltering in the central Gaza Strip killed at least 17 people on Thursday, mostly women and children, Palestinian medical officials said.
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Efforts by Russia, Iran and China to sway US voters might escalate, new Microsoft report says
Oct 23, 2024 2:13 pm - Foreign adversaries have shown continued determination to influence the U.S. election – and there are signs their activity will intensify as Election Day nears, Microsoft said in a report Wednesday.
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Harris decries Trump after John Kelly says he wanted generals like Hitler’s
Oct 23, 2024 12:18 pm - Kamala Harris said Wednesday that recently reported comments Donald Trump made to his longest-serving chief of staff offer a window into who the former president “really is" and the kind of commander in chief he would be.
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Boeing reports $6 billion quarterly loss ahead of vote by union workers who have crippled production
Oct 23, 2024 7:59 am - Boeing reported a loss of more than $6 billion in the third quarter and immediately turned its attention to union workers who will vote Wednesday whether to accept a company contract offer or continue their crippling strike, which has dragged on for nearly six weeks.