Nation and World
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Republican leaders reject Trump’s demands to scrap Senate filibuster to end shutdown
Oct 31, 2025 11:05 am - Back from a week abroad, President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster and reopen the government after a monthlong shutdown, breaking with majority Republicans who have long opposed such a move.
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Multiple people have been arrested in Michigan in a Halloween weekend attack plot, FBI director says
Oct 31, 2025 9:33 am - Multiple people who had been allegedly plotting a violent attack over the Halloween weekend were arrested Friday in Michigan, FBI Director Kash Patel said in a social media post.
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Judge says she’ll likely order Trump administration to send SNAP funds to states
Oct 30, 2025 7:46 pm - A federal judge on Thursday indicated she would probably order the Trump administration to use reserves to partially fund food assistance for about 42 million Americans i...
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Noem suggests Chicago immigration blitz includes 5 other states, claims no U.S. citizens detained
Oct 30, 2025 7:37 pm - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem traveled to northwest Indiana Thursday and indicated the immigration enforcement campaign that’s rocked the Chicago area actually extends to five other states, none of which have so-called sanctuary protections and two of which are led by Republicans.
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Deal between the US and China is undoing damage from a self-inflicted trade war
Oct 30, 2025 4:33 pm - BUSAN, South Korea — Three-digit tariffs are off the table, but import duties on each other are higher than in January. Rare earth materials will flow more smoothly,...
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US stocks sink as Wall Street sees both good and bad in Big Tech profits, US-China relations
Oct 30, 2025 3:47 pm - The U.S. stock market sank from record heights as Wall Street sifted through mixed developments on everything from the U.S.-China trade war to profits for Big Tech behemoths. The S&P 500 fell 1% Thursday and edged further from its all-time high set on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 1.6% from its record set the day before.
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Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba pick up pieces after Melissa's destruction
Oct 30, 2025 3:35 pm - SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba — The rumble of large machinery, whine of chain saws and chopping of machetes echoed through communities across the northern Caribbean on Thursday ...
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Palestinian militants hand over 2 sets of remains of hostages to Red Cross in Gaza
Oct 30, 2025 3:27 pm - JERUSALEM — Israel’s military said Thursday that Palestinian militants handed over the remains of two more hostages, in the latest indication that the fragile ceasefire a...
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Judge questions the Trump administration's plan to suspend SNAP benefits for millions
Oct 30, 2025 3:22 pm - BOSTON — A federal judge in Boston on Thursday seemed skeptical of the Trump's administration's argument that SNAP benefits could be suspended for the first time in the f...
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Pentagon readying thousands of Guard ‘reaction forces’ as U.S. mission widens
Oct 30, 2025 8:13 am - The Defense Department’s newly established “quick reaction force” within the National Guard is being readied for civil unrest missions in U.S. cities.