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  1. World · Sun, Oct 25 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Trump says 'there will not be a strike today' on Iran, but weighs whether to 'finish the job' or make a deal
  2. World · Sun, Oct 25 · 5 PM CTBrazil's runoff goes into overtime: a Supreme Court justice extends voting two hours at Lula's request; count paused
  3. World · Sun, Oct 25 · 5 PM CTNobel winner María Corina Machado makes a surprise return to Venezuela after nearly a year abroad
  4. World · Sun, Oct 25 · 5 PM CTUpdate: More than 1,300 arrested in France as unrest spreads across Europe; Trump says he told Macron 'You are destroying France'
  5. World · Sun, Oct 25 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Musk says SpaceX closed a Starlink 'loophole' that let Ukraine use it for lethal drone strikes
  6. White House · Sun, Oct 25 · 5 PM CTUpdate: 9th Circuit panel appears skeptical of DOJ bid to set aside about 20,000 California mail ballots
  7. White House · Sun, Oct 25 · 5 PM CTTrump rallies in Port Huron for Mike Rogers and John James, with Nicki Minaj in the crowd
  8. White House · Sun, Oct 25 · 5 PM CTAG Blanche won't say whether Trump ordered DOJ's Alaska lawsuit over two Dan Sullivans on the Senate ballot
  9. Supreme Court · Sun, Oct 25 · 5 PM CTFull 5th Circuit rules illegal immigrants never admitted to the U.S. have no constitutional right to bond hearings, ahead of a Supreme Court fight
  10. Supreme Court · Sun, Oct 25 · 5 PM CTNo new Supreme Court orders since Oct. 21; Baltimore deportation-pause application still pending as Nov. 2 arguments near
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. World · Sun, Oct 25 · 6 AM CTBrazil votes today in a presidential runoff between Lula and Trump-backed Flavio Bolsonaro
  14. World · Sun, Oct 25 · 6 AM CTEx-army chief Gadi Eisenkot narrowly leads Netanyahu's Likud in polls ahead of Tuesday's Israeli election
  15. World · Sun, Oct 25 · 6 AM CTGerman man arrested after arson fire nearly destroys Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat in the Bavarian Alps
  16. White House · Sun, Oct 25 · 6 AM CTTrump says he'd be 'allowed' to preemptively pardon junior staffers against post-midterm Democratic probes
  17. 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'
  18. White House · Sun, Oct 25 · 6 AM CTNicki Minaj to join Trump at a Port Huron, Michigan, rally today for Senate nominee Mike Rogers
  19. White House · Sun, Oct 25 · 6 AM CTTrump administration has directly authorized about $43 billion in farm aid on top of what Congress enacted
  20. 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