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  1. World · Wed, Oct 28 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Vance sent a letter to Iran's security chief to try to revive talks, WSJ reports; Tehran says it is still talking with mediators
  2. World · Wed, Oct 28 · 5 PM CTIran war has cost more than $47 billion, including about $29 billion in munitions, Pentagon told Congress
  3. World · Wed, Oct 28 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Netanyahu says Arab parties stole the election and demands an 'immediate' probe; his bloc at 53 seats with about 89% counted
  4. World · Wed, Oct 28 · 5 PM CTU.N. again condemns the U.S. embargo on Cuba, but support drops to a 20-year low after a U.S. push: 130-17 with 25 abstentions
  5. World · Wed, Oct 28 · 5 PM CTHouthi missiles hit Aden airport perimeter, wounding civilians; Houthis say Saudi strikes killed 14 at a market
  6. World · Wed, Oct 28 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Oleshky truce holds 30 hours without incident, Ukraine's ombudsman says; Netherlands pledges €500 million in military aid
  7. White House · Wed, Oct 28 · 5 PM CTTrump finds imported robots and industrial machinery threaten national security, orders trade talks first and keeps tariffs as an option
  8. White House · Wed, Oct 28 · 5 PM CTFed holds rates at 3.75% to 4% in a 10-2 vote; Cook and Hammack wanted a hike as Warsh says inflation must come down
  9. White House · Wed, Oct 28 · 5 PM CTTrump says Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola should quit the Senate race and be prosecuted after report on 'Decoy Dan' spoiler effort
  10. White House · Wed, Oct 28 · 5 PM CTJustice Department sues Maryland's Anne Arundel County schools, alleging staff secretly socially transitioned students without telling parents
  11. Supreme Court · Wed, Oct 28 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court: no new orders Wednesday; November sitting opens Monday with a First Step Act habeas case and a Title VII procedure fight
  12. World · Wed, Oct 28 · 6 AM CTU.S. tells Gulf allies to be ready for a 'short, intense' Iran campaign after the midterms, WSJ reports; Trump: 'You'll see Iran in a couple of weeks'
  13. World · Wed, Oct 28 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Netanyahu's bloc gains overnight to 54 seats with about 70% counted, still short of a majority; official results due Nov. 4
  14. World · Wed, Oct 28 · 6 AM CTCuban diplomat accused of shoving a U.S. diplomat at the U.N. is being expelled, Ambassador Waltz says: 'He's gone'
  15. World · Wed, Oct 28 · 6 AM CTU.S. strike kills five aboard suspected drug boat in the eastern Pacific, Southern Command says
  16. World · Wed, Oct 28 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Congo's Ebola outbreak passes 10,000 confirmed cases with 4,887 deaths; CDC still rates U.S. risk 'very low'
  17. White House · Wed, Oct 28 · 6 AM CTTrump in Lubbock unveils plan to roll back Biden-era methane rules, says it will save $45 billion; says he'd pick Ted Cruz for the Supreme Court
  18. White House · Wed, Oct 28 · 6 AM CTGrand jury declines to indict ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson over her Jan. 6 committee testimony
  19. Supreme Court · Wed, Oct 28 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court: Herridge press-sources petition awaits a response due Nov. 6; Big Bend border-wall responses due Thursday; November sitting opens Monday
  20. World · Tue, Oct 27 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Israel's exit polls show no majority; Likud is the largest party but Netanyahu's bloc falls to 50 seats