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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, leaves the chamber at the Capitol in Washington.

Government shutdown crisis mode: Senate unveils bipartisan stopgap measure

With just five days to go before Saturday's deadline, the Senate is trying to stave off a federal closure as the hard-right flank seizes control of the House. Senators unveiled a bipartisan stopgap measure to keep offices funded temporarily, through Nov. 17, to buy time for Congress to finish its work.
Houses and armored vehicle destroyed during the fighting between Russian and Ukrainian armed forces are seen Sunday in recently liberated Klishchiivka, Ukraine.

Russian drone strikes on Odesa region hit port area and cut ferry service to Romania

Russia struck the Black Sea region of Odesa in a drone barrage that damaged a warehouse, charred dozens of trucks and injured two drivers in fiery explosions that led to the suspension of the ferry service between Romania and Ukraine, officials said Tuesday.
Former President Donald Trump speaks Monday at a rally in Summerville, South Carolina.

Trump lawyers say prosecutors want to 'silence' him with gag order in his federal 2020 election case

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are slamming prosecutors' request for a narrow gag order in his 2020 election subversion case in Washington, calling it an effort to "unconstitutionally silence" his political speech.
President Joe Biden speaks Tuesday as he joins striking United Auto Workers on the picket line in Van Buren Township, Michigan.

Biden urges striking auto workers to "stick with it" in picket line visit unparalleled in history

Donning a union ballcap and exchanging fist bumps, President Joe Biden told United Auto Workers strikers that "you deserve the significant raise you need" as he stopped in the Detroit area just a day ahead of a planned visit by former President Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination in next year's election.
Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, described the burning papers in a new book set to be released Tuesday.
Cassidy Hutchinson's new book says Mark Meadows' suits smelled 'like a bonfire' from burning papers
A former aide in Donald Trump's White House says chief of staff Mark Meadows burned papers so often after the 2020 election that it left his office smoky and even prompted his wife to complain that his suits smelled "like a bonfire."
More students in schools serving low-income communities will be eligible to receive breakfast and lunch at no cost under a rule change announced Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
More students gain eligibility for free school meals under expanded U.S. program
Millions of additional students in schools serving low-income communities will be eligible to receive breakfast and lunch at no cost under a rule change announced Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
A roadside memorial for cyclist Alyssa Milligan is seen along state Highway 100 near Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tennessee. Milligan was struck and killed by a pickup truck near the site while riding with a friend in September.
New cars are supposed to be getting safer. So why are fatalities on the rise?
Roadway deaths in the U.S. are mounting despite government test data showing vehicles have been getting safer.
A Ukrainian drone pilot reaches for a reconnaissance drone in the Luhansk Region of Ukraine. The drone unit’s task is to destroy Russia’s heavy machinery, armored vehicles and infantry. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
Ukraine is building an advanced army of drones. For now, pilots improvise with duct tape and bombs
Nineteen months into the Russian invasion, and as a grueling counteroffensive grinds on, the Ukrainian government wants to spend more than $1 billion to upgrade its drone-fighting capabilities.
UN says cholera and dengue outbreaks have been reported in eastern Sudan as conflict grinds on
Outbreaks of cholera and dengue fever have been reported in eastern Sudan, where thousands of people are sheltering in crowded camps amid deadly fighting between the country's military and a rival paramilitary force, the U.N. health agency said on Tuesday.
People look at the damages caused by an explosion Tuesday in a residential building in Linkoping, Sweden.
In Sweden, 2 explosions rip through dwellings and at least 1 is reportedly connected to a gang feud
Two powerful explosions have ripped through dwellings in central Sweden, injuring at least three people and damaging buildings, with bricks and window sections left spread outside.
Ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh gather Tuesday as they wait to receive humanitarian aid at a temporary camp in Goris, Armenia. Thousands of Armenians have streamed out of Nagorno-Karabakh after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control of the breakaway region last week.
At least 20 dead in gas station explosion as Nagorno-Karabakh residents flee to Armenia
At least 20 people were killed and nearly 300 others were injured in an explosion at a crowded gas station in Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh region as thousands of ethnic Armenians rushed to flee into neighboring Armenia, the separatist territory's authorities said Tuesday.
Erdogan says Menendez resignation from Senate committee boosts Turkey's bid to acquire F-16s
Turkey's chances of acquiring F-16 fighter jets from the U.S. have been boosted by Sen. Bob Menendez stepping down as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in remarks published Tuesday.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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