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  1. White House · Thu, Oct 22Vance pauses Nebraska rally to lead crowd in the Lord’s Prayer as woman gets medical help
  2. White House · Thu, Oct 22Trump posts early-voting calls and endorsement lists for 12 states on X
  3. World · Wed, Oct 21 · 6 AM CTRussia frees retired American teacher Stephen Hubbard as Trump envoy Witkoff meets Putin
  4. World · Wed, Oct 21 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Iran's Guards now claim a third tanker hit a mine near Hormuz; maritime monitors say recent claims are unproven
  5. World · Wed, Oct 21 · 6 AM CTUpdate: France to deploy troops for Saturday's protests as curfews bring a calm night; more than 2,500 taken into custody
  6. World · Wed, Oct 21 · 6 AM CTBritain sends RAF Typhoon jets to help defend Saudi Arabia from Houthi missiles and drones
  7. White House · Wed, Oct 21 · 6 AM CTTrump and Vance launch fraud whistleblower rewards: $10,000 to $30,000 for tips that lead to charges
  8. White House · Wed, Oct 21 · 6 AM CTDHS launches nationwide ICE operation against illegal immigrants accused of SNAP food-stamp fraud
  9. White House · Wed, Oct 21 · 6 AM CTTrump tells North Carolina rally the Pentagon will invest $1.5 billion in chipmaking there
  10. White House · Wed, Oct 21 · 6 AM CTTrump urges data centers to pay communities a 'dividend' and says big ones must make their own electricity
  11. Supreme Court · Wed, Oct 21 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court denies stay; Florida executes William Reaves for 1986 killing of a deputy
  12. Supreme Court · Wed, Oct 21 · 6 AM CTNext at the Court: November sitting opens Nov. 2; Catholic preschool religious-liberty case argued Nov. 3
  13. Breaking World · Tue, Oct 20World News Update: SpaceX launches Bandwagon-5 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida; Iran says its mines set two tankers ablaze near Hormuz
  14. World · Tue, Oct 20 · 6 AM CTIran's Revolutionary Guard says its mines set two oil tankers ablaze south of the Strait of Hormuz
  15. World · Tue, Oct 20 · 6 AM CTAlberta votes to remain in Canada, about 76% to 24%, CBC News projects
  16. World · Tue, Oct 20 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Some French synagogues canceled Sabbath prayers and told Jews to hide kippahs as riots spread
  17. White House · Tue, Oct 20 · 6 AM CTToday: Trump and Vance unveil a $25 million fraud whistleblower reward program, then Trump rallies in North Carolina
  18. White House · Tue, Oct 20 · 6 AM CTTrump tells Kansas rally 'just look at France' to see what's at stake in the midterms
  19. White House · Tue, Oct 20 · 6 AM CTUNC settles Trump administration probes with a 'color-blind' admissions pledge and antisemitism rules, no payment
  20. White House · Tue, Oct 20 · 6 AM CTKansas man charged with threatening to shoot Trump, claiming he 'mapped out roofs' near the Wichita speech site