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Federal judges have repeatedly rejected the Trump administration's efforts to wrest control over state voting processes and intimidate state and local elections officials. LA Times
VOA VIEW: Liberal media judges.
Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani and Democrat JoAnna Mendoza are battling over some of the hardest-fought political turf in America. But for voters, it's more of a proxy fight over the president. LA Times
With Tuesday's election barreling toward them, Becerra and Hilton traded barbs and did their the best to gin up support as they crisscrossed California in what has been a relatively sedate race to succeed Democrat Gavin Newsom LA Times
VOA VIEW: Becerra is an idiot.
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Think about how bad Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed must be for Haley Stevens to cross the political aisle and endorse Republican Mike Rogers New York Post
Incumbent Alaska Sen. Dan S. Sullivan on Sunday warned that the alleged scheme by allies of Dem rival Mary Peltola to recruit another Dan Sullivan onto the ballot "is working" and confusing voters. New York Post
VOA VIEW: It will be all be known.
Diabetics could be in for a rude awakening as research found common medications are setting off a cascade of unnecessary additional prescriptions. New York Post
VOA VIEW: A medical mess.
A $2 million private jet crashed into a South Florida mobile home park — apparently demolishing at least one trailer in a massive fireball. New York Post
The Connecticut senator, who has been campaigning for fellow Democrats, has been viewed as a potential candidate for president in 2028. New York Times
Flash flooding prompted mandatory evacuation orders in parts of the Southwest on Sunday as heavy rains in the normally arid region have already brought deadly flooding this fall. Washington Times
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Police in Birmingham, Alabama, said one person was killed and eight others were wounded Saturday when shots rang out after a football game between two historically Black colleges. Washington Times
NASA-funded scientists have determined that a meteorite found four years ago in Mali's Sahara Desert is an ancient piece of Mars crust. Washington Times
Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who was overseeing deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro's trial in New York City, died Wednesday at 92, a court spokesman said. Washington Times
A former government contractor has been arrested by the FBI for allegedly leaking national defense information on social media, according to the Justice Department. Washington Times
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Four more people have been charged with participating in a criminal intimidation campaign against University of Michigan officials to try to force the school to cut financial ties to Israel, federal authorities said Friday. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: They should tried hard.
Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani and Democrat JoAnna Mendoza are battling over some of the hardest-fought political turf in America. But for voters, it's more of a proxy fight over the president. LA Times
VOA VIEW: The outcome will be interesting.
Shootings on Friday night in California and Michigan at Halloween Spirit stores, a retailer selling costumes and decor, killed two people, authorities said. CBS
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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said 13 were Disney employees and four were Universal Studios employees among those arrested during a law enforcement sting. CBS
Robert Leider was appointed as the ATF's top attorney last year, shortly after former Attorney General Pam Bondi abruptly fired the agency's former chief, claiming without evidence that the bureau was "targeting gun owners." CBS
"We don't want to be replaced by machines," said one advocate for immigrant farmworkers. CBS
VOA VIEW: The US is not trying to promote immigrants.
A massive chemical leak in Toledo, Ohio, is forcing some people out of their homes while others have been told to shelter in place. CBS
After a top Army general was fired this week, a Pentagon official said he had failed polygraph tests. Some attorneys say the disclosure could run afoul of privacy laws. CBS
VOA VIEW: It was off base.
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Binance says it has restored backing for 90% of assets affected by its $6.3 billion hack and is planning to resume withdrawals, subject to security checks. CNBC
President Donald Trump denied writing a birthday letter to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which was the subject of a 2025 Wall Street Journal article. CNBC
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced new Series I bond rates through April 2027. CNBC
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AI agents from startups including Dazzle, Duckbill and Wajo still rely on human workers for calls and other real-world tasks when software falls short. CNBC
Three people were killed when two helicopters collided midair near an Oregon airport, including a 22-year-old flight instructor and a student pilot. Federal investigators are probing the cause. FOX News
A woman was shot outside the Virginia GOP's headquarters in Richmond on Thursday. The party said all staff members are safe and there is no indication the shooting was politically connected. FOX News
Stone Romberg drowned after swimming out to untangle a seagull from his fishing line when an ocean current swept him away from the Florida shore. FOX News
Sydney Loofe's friend catfished her killer's girlfriend on Tinder, providing the first major break in the Nebraska murder investigation. FOX News
State Secretary Marco Rubio denied reports the Trump administration was involved in the flight of presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro from Brazil. UPI
McDonald's is being sued by four people on claims it misleads customers into believing its popular McRib sandwich contains actual pork rib meat. UPI
VOA VIEW: Were is the proof?
Hundreds of Ukrainians who have been stranded in Russian-occupied Oleshky returned home Saturday via Russia and Belarus. UPI
Bodum USA has recalled 5.9 million 8- and 12-cup French press coffee makers after the glass in dozens of the devices cracked or broke. UPI
The Military has referred fired general Brett Sylvia for prosecution after Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth accused him of leaking sensitive information. UPI
VOA VIEW: It has to be proven.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that his country is ready for a “doomsday” war with the U.S., but that he is leaving diplomacy on the table so as not to “miss any chance for peace.” Trump will not fall for their deception.
Araghchi made the comments during an appearance on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” following last week’s United Nations General Assembly. The U.S. and Iran have been locked in an on-again, off-again war since Feb. 28, which has caused a global oil shock that has spiked gas prices and fanned the flames of inflation. “If you ask us, there is no reason why we should go back to diplomacy, but I am still trying diplomacy because I think we shouldn’t miss any chance for peace,” Araghchi said. “We are ready to negotiate as much as we are ready to face any challenge ... We stand firm in the face of any aggression against us, even if it comes to a doomsday war.”
Araghchi had proposed reopening the strait and resuming nuclear talks with the U.S. within seven days if the Trump administration accepts its conditions. U.S. President Donald Trump recently rejected Iran’s proposal, which could have opened the critical chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has severely disrupted the strait during the conflict, restricting oil and gas exports out of the Persian Gulf. The Wall Street Journal reported that in addition to rejecting the deal, Trump said he expected to resume bombing Tehran after the U.S. midterm elections in November.
In a separate interview on NBC News, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Waltz said that Iran’s most recent offer was a “cynical attempt to put something on the table that they knew was unacceptable.” “The president will leave all options on the table to ensure the world is safe from Iran holding the world hostage with a nuclear weapon,” Waltz said.
Iran is sticking to its position that it would only reopen the crucial Hormuz strait if its conditions are met, despite a rebuke from Trump, while a senior Iranian military leader stressed his country’s readiness to continue fighting. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Sunday claimed that it seized an autonomous U.S. submarine. “Our conditions are clear; any progress toward the opening of the Strait of Hormuz is contingent upon the fulfillment of these conditions, and we will not back down from them,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on his Telegram channel translated by Google.
“During our meetings with mediators, these conditions were fully conveyed, explained, and elaborated upon, and the mediators, in turn, relayed them to the American side,” he said on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
