Nation and World Politics
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Trump says US will halt $4B in aid to Israel as the Mideast ally shifts to buying military hardware
Nov 03, 2026 8:29 am - The United States will stop providing $4 billion in aid each year to Israel in 2027 but will sell arms to its closest ally in the Middle East, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.
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Election Day unfolds with relatively few problems. Some voters disrupted by weather, machine issues
Nov 03, 2026 7:44 am - The final day of voting in this year’s midterm elections arrived Tuesday against a backdrop of uncertainty after a year in which President Donald Trump has tried to interfere in how states run their elections and sown doubts about the outcome should Republicans lose.
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Democrats win the US House and Senate as voters deliver a strong rebuke to Trump and Republicans
Nov 03, 2026 7:07 am - Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress, delivering a decisive rebuke of Republican governance in Washington and ushering in a new era of congressional resistance to President Donald Trump.
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US strikes Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz, official says, leaving unclear what comes next
Nov 03, 2026 7:05 am - The United States launched strikes on Iranian targets, a U.S. official said, in what appeared to be a limited operation on the eve of Tuesday’s crucial midterm elections.
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US Attorney Andrew Boutros ordered to testify under oath about alleged ‘Broadview Six’ improprieties
Nov 02, 2026 5:39 pm - A federal judge on Monday ordered embattled U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros and several underlings to testify under oath later this month about alleged misconduct in the failed “Broadview Six” case against a group of Operation Midway Blitz protesters.
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Trump spends the day before midterm Election Day promoting his Reflecting Pool makeover
Nov 02, 2026 2:43 pm - As Republicans and Democrats were making their final pitch to voters on the eve of Election Day, President Donald Trump opted to forgo the campaign trail and instead focused on his renovations at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, drawing attention to an expensive, problem-plagued repair job in a place far away from most of the people his party wants to persuade.
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Trump administration appeals to Supreme Court to sideline 20,000 disputed California mail ballots
Nov 02, 2026 12:16 pm - President Donald Trump's administration appealed to the Supreme Court on Monday in its push to sideline thousands of disputed California mail ballots the day before the pivotal midterm elections.
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Ex-Chicago FBI boss sues US attorney and Kash Patel alleging he was scapegoated for failed Midway Blitz casesNov 02, 2026 10:41 am - Four months after being forced into retirement, ex-Chicago FBI boss Douglas DePodesta is suing U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros, Kash Patel and the Department of Justice claiming he was scapegoated for the failed “Broadview Six” prosecution and other Operation Midway Blitz prosecutions.
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Voters fear the America they've known is slipping away. On that, the left and right agree
Nov 02, 2026 8:01 am - The stakes in Tuesday’s midterm elections are so high that Shane Dunn voted for the first time in his life, at age 65.
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Russian bomb attacks on aid center and shelter kill 18, Ukrainian president says
Nov 02, 2026 7:25 am - Russia bombed an aid distribution center and neighboring shelter in southern Ukraine on Monday, killing 18 people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.