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Can $1 billion power Republicans to victory in the midterms?

By STEVEN SLOAN and THOMAS BEAUMONT
Oct 07, 2026 9:08 am - Republicans are entering the final month of the midterm campaign increasingly anxious that the $1 billion at their disposal may not be enough to fend off sweeping losses as the party reckons with President Donald Trump's unpopularity, persistent cost concerns and the fallout from the war in Iran.
IMF chief urges countries to do more to curb debt and regulate AI

By ELAINE KURTENBACH
Oct 07, 2026 8:20 am - Countries both rich and poor must take faster action to cut debt and counter growing inequality as their economies weather a triple whammy from the artificial intelligence boom, heavy borrowing and shocks from wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, the head of the IMF said Wednesday.
Budding food scrap pickup services across the US want your coffee grounds and eggshells

By ALEXA ST. JOHN
Oct 06, 2026 12:57 pm - Many budding food waste collection services across the country are helping to divert food from landfills and make composting more accessible. It's especially important for those who can't compost at home, who live in cities without municipal curbside pickup or who can't get to a drop-off location.
Paramount and Warner Bros are now one Hollywood giant: Skydance. Here’s how we got here

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS
Oct 06, 2026 8:26 am - It’s official: Skydance-owned Paramount has closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Supreme Court weighs local governments’ climate change lawsuits against oil and gas companies

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MATTHEW DALY
Oct 05, 2026 1:55 pm - The Supreme Court grappled Monday with whether local governments can sue oil and gas companies to help cover costs associated with climate change, an issue with potentially billions of dollars at stake.
Cornell building is sprayed with graffiti blasting school's response to gang rape complaint

Oct 05, 2026 1:20 pm - Cornell's main administration building was splashed with graffiti and a glass door was broken overnight as student groups planned a protest Monday over the university's handling of the alleged 2024 fraternity-house gang rape that has ignited a firestorm of anger on campus and beyond.
Lack of transparency in what space weapons nations are pursuing and even on what's already in orbit

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN and RYAN MANZUK
Oct 05, 2026 11:51 am - Air Force Secretary Troy Meink made headlines recently by confirming the United States has deployed weapons in space. He did not, however, detail what the weapons were, how they work or if they were targeting other objects in space.
Dennis Hastert, disgraced Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84

By Rick Pearson, Christy Gutowski and Jason Meisner
Oct 05, 2026 7:52 am - Dennis Hastert, the nation’s longest-serving Republican House speaker, who helped turn much of President George W. Bush’s agenda into law before his own political legacy was forever fouled by allegations that he molested high school athletes when he was a wrestling coach, died over the weekend, a coroner said Monday. He was 84.
Saudi-backed Yemeni forces expel the Houthis from several areas around key strait, officials say

By AHMED AL-HAJ and SAMY MAGDY
Oct 05, 2026 7:35 am - Forces of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen have recaptured several key areas around Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, Yemeni officials said Monday.
US adds disappointing 29,000 jobs and unemployment ticks up to 4.2% in September

By PAUL WISEMAN
Oct 02, 2026 7:55 am - U.S. employers added a disappointing 29,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up last month, the government reported Friday, a month before voters go to the polls in pivotal midterm elections at a time of discontent over the high cost of living and the state of the economy.

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