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Vance says US has had 'good conversations' with Iran on finding deal to end conflict

By CARA ANNA
Nov 02, 2026 7:22 am - U.S. Vice President JD Vance offered measured optimism on Monday that a deal can still be struck to prevent President Donald Trump from following through on his threat to potentially order new strikes on Iran after the crucial midterm elections in the United States.
Gov. JB Pritzker spending millions in Texas and beyond to extend Democrats’ reach — and his 2028 network

By Daniel C. Vock and Dan Petrella
Nov 01, 2026 12:28 pm - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has spent nearly $39 million so far this election cycle to support fellow Democrats and their causes beyond his own reelection, even though many out-of-state races he’s backing look like long shots. To see why, look at Texas.
Difficult negotiations lie ahead in Israel after Netanyahu's bloc lost its parliamentary majority

By CARA ANNA and IBRAHIM HAZBOUN
Oct 30, 2026 11:03 pm - Israel's final election results confirmed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc lost its parliamentary majority and that weeks of difficult negotiations among very different parties, from ultra-Orthodox Jewish to secular to Arab-led, lie ahead.
Brief truce agreed by Russia and Ukraine allows aid operation and evacuations in Oleshky

By HANNA ARHIROVA
Oct 30, 2026 8:12 am - A humanitarian mission entered the devastated city of Oleshky on Friday, officials said, as Russia and Ukraine observed the most significant truce of the 4½-year war that began with Moscow’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor.
Trump lends support for Darline Graham in South Carolina as Republican anxiety rises in Senate race

By STEVEN SLOAN, MEG KINNARD and ERIK VERDUZCO
Oct 29, 2026 2:01 pm - President Donald Trump was in South Carolina for the second time in a month on Thursday, a sign of growing Republican anxiety about Darline Graham's ability to fend off a robust challenge from Democrat Annie Andrews for a critical U.S. Senate seat.
Inflation heats up again, data shows, days before midterm elections where cost of living dominates

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Oct 29, 2026 10:32 am - An inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve accelerated last month, showing that prices remain elevated less than a week before midterm elections in which the uncomfortably high cost of living for millions of Americans has become a central issue.
Senate is skeptical about making daylight saving time permanent despite Trump's pressure

By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Oct 29, 2026 6:48 am - The Senate is unlikely to act before the end of the year on a House-passed bill that would make daylight saving time permanent, defying President Donald Trump and dashing the hopes of Americans who don’t like having to change their clocks twice a year.
Israelis await final election results as Netanyahu remains far from defeated

By CARA ANNA and SAM MEDNICK
Oct 28, 2026 8:08 am - Anxious Israelis watched election results take shape Wednesday after the highest voter turnout in over a quarter-century, as no clear winner emerged and weeks of negotiating could lie ahead for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an array of opposition parties trying to unseat him.
Defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family land in Miami after fleeing Brazil

By MAURICIO SAVARESE
Oct 28, 2026 6:52 am - Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family arrived in Miami on Wednesday after he refused to concede the election to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and fled the country.
Voters in Israel are deciding whether to oust Netanyahu after 3 years of war

By TIA GOLDENBERG and CARA ANNA
Oct 27, 2026 7:12 am - Israelis are voting in a pivotal election Tuesday as their country wrestles with unresolved wars, continues to reel from Hamas' 2023 attack and is deeply divided over the character of the state and the right person to lead it.

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