Nation and World Politics
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The first presidential election since the Jan. 6 attack will test new guardrails from Congress
Oct 29, 2024 11:58 am - This presidential election, the first since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol, will be a stress test of the new systems and guardrails that Congress put in place to ensure America’s long tradition of the peaceful transfer of presidential power.
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Trump says his New York rally marked by crude and racist insults ‘was like a lovefest’
Oct 29, 2024 11:54 am - Donald Trump on Tuesday called his rally at New York's Madison Square Garden, an event marked by crude and racist insults by several speakers, a “lovefest.”
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Ballot drop box fires highlight concerns that election conspiracy theories are making them a target
Oct 29, 2024 9:53 am - Two ballot drop boxes in the Pacific Northwest were damaged in a suspected arson attack just over a week before Election Day, destroying hundreds of ballots at one location in Vancouver, Washington.
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Satellite photos show Israeli strike likely hit important Iran Revolutionary Guard missile base
Oct 29, 2024 8:56 am - Israel’s attack on Iran likely damaged a base run by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard that builds ballistic missiles and launches rockets as part of its own space program, satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press on Tuesday showed.
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Harris reaches for a big moment in her closing argument for ‘turning the page’ on Trump
Oct 29, 2024 8:08 am - Vice President Kamala Harris will pledge to Americans that she'll work to improve their lives while Republican Donald Trump is only in it for himself as she delivers her campaign's closing argument Tuesday from the same site where the former president fomented the Capitol insurrection in 2021.
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Israeli strike in northern Gaza kills at least 60, officials say, as Hezbollah announces new leader
Oct 29, 2024 7:13 am - An Israeli strike on a five-story building where displaced Palestinians were sheltering in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 60 people early Tuesday, more than half of them women and children, Gaza’s Health Ministry said.
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Trump ally Steve Bannon is released after serving 4 months in prison for contempt of Congress
Oct 29, 2024 7:10 am - Longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon was released from prison early Tuesday, after serving a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021.
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North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to fight in Ukraine, Pentagon says
Oct 28, 2024 10:41 am - North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to train and fight in Ukraine within “the next several weeks,” Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said Monday.
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Israel to vote on severely restricting UN agency that is a lifeline for Gaza
Oct 28, 2024 10:30 am - Israel's parliament is scheduled to vote Monday on a pair of bills that would effectively sever ties with the U.N. agency responsible for distributing aid in Gaza, strip it of legal immunities and restrict its ability to support Palestinians in east Jerusalem and the West Bank.
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Here’s what to watch in the final full week of the presidential campaign
Oct 28, 2024 8:07 am - Uncertainty reigns entering the final full week of the 2024 campaign with Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump locked in a fiercely competitive presidential contest. What happens in the coming days will be pivotal in deciding the winner.