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For Biden, Sinwar’s death injects uncertainty — but also an opening — into resolving Gaza conflict

By Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee, Kylie Atwood and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — For months, frustrated American officials looking to end the war in Gaza have mused quietly about the one scenario they believed could loosen deadlocked ceasefire talks: the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, believed to be hiding deep underneath Gaza in the group’s

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Independent panel issues scathing report on Secret Service and recommends leadership overhaul after Trump shooting

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — An independent panel of former law enforcement officials appointed under Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas recommended a complete overhaul of Secret Service leadership after reviewing the agency’s security failures that led to the near assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania this summer. In one of the most

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Yellen warns that sweeping tariffs are ‘deeply misguided’ in swipe at Trump

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned on Thursday that “deeply misguided” proposals for sweeping tariffs would ramp up inflation and hurt American businesses, offering a clear critique of former President Donald Trump’s economic policy. The warning, delivered during a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City,

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In the twilight of his term, Biden greets global audience weary of war and wary of US politics

By Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — Over the course of President Joe Biden’s term, he’s held dozens of calls and multiple face-to-face meetings with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, all with the goal of deepening a relationship based on democratic ideals and shared values. In return, Scholz spent considerable political capital on Biden’s behalf: Releasing a

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At least 30 election deniers and 2020 fake electors serving as Trump electors this year

By Marshall Cohen, Danya Gainor, Alison Main, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Casey Tolan and Bob Ortega, CNN (CNN) — More than a dozen Republicans who were “fake electors” in 2020, including several facing criminal charges, are serving as former President Donald Trump’s official electors in battleground states this year, according to a CNN survey. Another 16 GOP

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Overseas voters – now a bloc that could be crucial for Democrats – targeted by GOP lawsuits in battleground states

By Tierney Sneed, Alayna Treene and Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — An overseas ballot process that has long been seen as sacrosanct by both parties, due to its connection to US military members serving in foreign countries, is the target of multiple GOP-backed lawsuits filed in recent days. The new legal assault comes as ballots

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Former President Donald Trump answers a question as moderator Enrique Acevedo looks on during a Univision Noticias town hall event on October 16 in Doral

At Univision town hall, Trump refuses to back off false claims about Haitian migrants eating pets in Ohio

CNN By Gregory Krieg and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeated his false claim that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating their neighbors’ pets, using a town hall with undecided Latino voters to prop up misinformation that has been rejected by local and statewide leaders from both parties.

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US B-2 bombers strike Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen

By Oren Liebermann, Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US carried out a round of strikes in Yemen against the Iran-backed Houthis on Wednesday evening, according to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, targeting five underground weapons storage facilities using B-2 stealth bombers. The facilities housed advanced conventional weapons used to target military and civilian vessels

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Boone County sheriff explains Amendment 6 would reinstate court fee to fund retirement benefits

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri voters will decide in November whether to reinstate a $3 court fee to help fund retirement benefits for county sheriffs and prosecutors. The official ballot language states, “Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to provide that the administration of justice shall include the levying of costs and fees to support salaries

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Conservative states kick off new fight to limit access to abortion pill mifepristone despite Supreme Court decision

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Four months after the Supreme Court tossed out a high-profile challenge to the abortion drug mifepristone, and as abortion access is a major flashpoint in the presidential election, three conservative states are following through on a promise to bring the issue back to the forefront with a new lawsuit. The states –

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Biden eulogizes Ethel Kennedy, whose late husband he counted among his political inspirations, as ‘a hero in her own right’

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday eulogized Ethel Kennedy, the human rights activist and widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, as “a hero in her own right,” remembering her decades of public service and personal friendship to him and his family. “She got me through a time I didn’t want

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At Univision town hall, Trump refuses to back off false claims about Haitian migrants eating pets in Ohio

By Gregory Krieg and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeated his false claim that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating their neighbors’ pets, using a town hall with undecided Latino voters to prop up misinformation that has been rejected by local and statewide leaders from both parties. Asked

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