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  1. World · Tue, Oct 27 · 6 AM CTIsrael votes: turnout is the highest since 1981 as Netanyahu and Eisenkot fight a near-tie; exit polls at 3 p.m. CT
  2. World · Tue, Oct 27 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Iran's president goes to Moscow to meet Putin as Qatar tells Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz
  3. World · Tue, Oct 27 · 6 AM CTBritain charges two men in a suspected Iranian plot at RAF Fairford, a base used by U.S. forces in the Iran conflict
  4. World · Tue, Oct 27 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Oleshky truce begins and both sides say it is holding; civilian evacuation now planned for Friday
  5. White House · Tue, Oct 27 · 6 AM CTTrump in Corinth: 'I can't take a chance' on the Mississippi Senate race; today he rallies in Corpus Christi and Lubbock, Texas
  6. White House · Tue, Oct 27 · 6 AM CTJustice Department charges James Comey a third time, alleging he leaked national defense information in 2016
  7. Supreme Court · Tue, Oct 27 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court: Sotomayor denies Louisiana's bid in Devon Energy case; Baltimore deportation fight still awaits an order; Big Bend responses due Thursday
  8. World · Mon, Oct 26 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Saudi, Pakistani and Turkish chiefs meet Iran's president in Tehran as reports say U.S. forces could strike within 96 hours of an order
  9. White House · Mon, Oct 26 · 5 PM CTTreasury Secretary Bessent tells Iranians: 'don't pay your taxes' and fill your gas tanks now, predicting Iran's economy will shrink more than 25%
  10. World · Mon, Oct 26 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Brazil's election chief says the two-hour voting extension did not change the result as Flávio Bolsonaro pushes to annul Lula's win
  11. World · Mon, Oct 26 · 5 PM CTIsrael votes Tuesday: Eisenkot leads Netanyahu by 8 to 10 points in most polls as Netanyahu denies plans to fire his army chief
  12. World · Mon, Oct 26 · 5 PM CTLimited ceasefire for starving Ukrainian town of Oleshky: residents told buses will start taking them out Tuesday morning
  13. White House · Mon, Oct 26 · 5 PM CTTrump lands in Memphis and heads to Corinth, Mississippi, for a 6 p.m. rally for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith
  14. White House · Mon, Oct 26 · 5 PM CTDHS says ICE arrested convicted murderers and child sex offenders over the weekend in several states
  15. White House · Mon, Oct 26 · 5 PM CTTrump says he's thinking about moving the press corps out of the briefing room, but denies any pool plan
  16. Supreme Court · Mon, Oct 26 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court: Big Bend border-wall responses due Thursday; Baltimore deportation-pause fight fully briefed with no order yet; November sitting opens Nov. 2
  17. World · Mon, Oct 26 · 6 AM CTLula wins a fourth term in Brazil's runoff, 51.79% to 48.21%; Flávio Bolsonaro refuses to concede and calls for the vote to be annulled
  18. World · Mon, Oct 26 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Saudi, Pakistani and Turkish security chiefs meet Iran in Tehran as an intelligence memo warns Iranian plots against Americans are at 'advanced stages'
  19. World · Mon, Oct 26 · 6 AM CTIsrael votes Tuesday: final polls show Eisenkot's party ahead of Likud, but neither bloc near a 61-seat majority
  20. World · Mon, Oct 26 · 6 AM CTZelenskyy says U.S.-Ukraine-Russia talks will restart in November