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  1. World · Sun, Oct 25 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Iran says it shot down a U.S. drone over Bandar Abbas as Trump keeps a Sunday strike on the table
  2. World · Sun, Oct 25 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Saudi-led coalition intercepts 10 Houthi missiles as Riyadh's airport tries to reopen after a two-week closure
  3. World · Sun, Oct 25 · 6 AM CTBrazil votes today in a presidential runoff between Lula and Trump-backed Flavio Bolsonaro
  4. World · Sun, Oct 25 · 6 AM CTEx-army chief Gadi Eisenkot narrowly leads Netanyahu's Likud in polls ahead of Tuesday's Israeli election
  5. World · Sun, Oct 25 · 6 AM CTGerman man arrested after arson fire nearly destroys Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat in the Bavarian Alps
  6. White House · Sun, Oct 25 · 6 AM CTTrump says he'd be 'allowed' to preemptively pardon junior staffers against post-midterm Democratic probes
  7. White House · Sun, Oct 25 · 6 AM CTAt Georgia rally, Trump touts a $4.2 billion Audi plant in Macon and calls Ossoff a 'far-left extremist'
  8. White House · Sun, Oct 25 · 6 AM CTNicki Minaj to join Trump at a Port Huron, Michigan, rally today for Senate nominee Mike Rogers
  9. White House · Sun, Oct 25 · 6 AM CTTrump administration has directly authorized about $43 billion in farm aid on top of what Congress enacted
  10. Supreme Court · Sun, Oct 25 · 6 AM CTPreview: Catholic preschools shut out of Colorado's universal pre-K take their case to the Supreme Court on Election Day
  11. Supreme Court · Sun, Oct 25 · 6 AM CTNo new Supreme Court orders over the weekend; Baltimore deportation-pause application still awaits action
  12. World · Sat, Oct 24 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Trump says the U.S. could strike Iran 'tomorrow' or reach a deal; WSJ reports carrier crews loading munitions
  13. World · Sat, Oct 24 · 5 PM CTSaudi Arabia intercepts two Houthi ballistic missiles fired toward Mecca and Medina
  14. World · Sat, Oct 24 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Jordan church attack death toll rises to 9; government blames 'extremist takfiri ideology'
  15. World · Sat, Oct 24 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Nearly 1,000 arrested across France as 70,000 police face renewed nationwide protests
  16. World · Sat, Oct 24 · 5 PM CTZelenskyy says Ukraine's Starlink and Starshield speeds are restored after a week of front-line disruption
  17. White House · Sat, Oct 24 · 5 PM CTTrump and the first lady vote early in person in Florida; President says he voted Republican 'very much so'
  18. White House · Sat, Oct 24 · 5 PM CTUpdate: 9th Circuit will hear DOJ's noncitizen-ballot appeal Sunday before a panel with two Trump appointees
  19. White House · Sat, Oct 24 · 5 PM CTJustice Department aims to send election monitors to all 50 states for the midterms
  20. Supreme Court · Sat, Oct 24 · 5 PM CTSwitchblade and body armor rulings raise gun-rights hopes ahead of the Supreme Court's Dec. 2 AR-15 argument