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  1. World · Mon, Oct 19 · 6 AM CTUpdate: France holds 2,331 over weekend riots, jails dozens and orders local curfews as ministers admit 'we failed'
  2. World · Mon, Oct 19 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Canada names the four soldiers killed in the Wainwright training fire; 39 hurt, at least 19 critical
  3. World · Mon, Oct 19 · 6 AM CTRiyadh's Kingdom Centre sends office workers home as Houthi missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia mount
  4. World · Mon, Oct 19 · 6 AM CTUN maritime chief says about 6,000 sailors remain trapped near the Strait of Hormuz as attacks on ships mount
  5. World · Mon, Oct 19 · 6 AM CTAlbania's anti-government protests turn violent for a sixth day; U.S. lawmakers urge restraint
  6. World · Mon, Oct 19 · 6 AM CTFlorida obtains no-bond state arrest warrant for Raúl Castro over the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown
  7. World · Mon, Oct 19 · 6 AM CTNational Guard member shot in the leg while breaking up a fight on Capitol Hill; suspect also wounded
  8. White House · Mon, Oct 19 · 6 AM CTPutin floats a Trump-Xi summit on Ukraine without Zelensky; Rubio says there was 'no pause' in U.S. intelligence for Kyiv
  9. White House · Mon, Oct 19 · 6 AM CTToday: Trump and the first lady sign an executive order in the Rose Garden, then Trump holds a rally near Wichita
  10. White House · Mon, Oct 19 · 6 AM CTTrump unveils plan to rebuild DC's East Potomac golf course; judge orders government lawyers to explain at Monday hearing
  11. Supreme Court · Mon, Oct 19 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court releases an order list at 9:30 a.m. ET today; no arguments until the November sitting opens Nov. 2
  12. World · Sun, Oct 18 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Carney says four Canadian service members killed, dozens hurt in Wainwright base fire
  13. World · Sun, Oct 18 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Macron says looters 'need to pay' as France's riot arrests climb to about 2,400
  14. World · Sun, Oct 18 · 5 PM CTUnrest spreads to Italy: Meloni condemns 'gangs of thugs' after violent protests in Milan, Bologna and Turin
  15. World · Sun, Oct 18 · 5 PM CTIran says its Hormuz reopening terms still stand as Houthi-Saudi fighting escalates
  16. White House · Sun, Oct 18 · 5 PM CTTrump defends Russia sanctions pause; Bessent says only the diesel embargo was lifted and calls Zelensky's Starlink charge 'reckless'
  17. White House · Sun, Oct 18 · 5 PM CTTrump endorses Netanyahu before Israel's Oct. 27 election, says otherwise America would have to 'do this work ourselves'
  18. White House · Sun, Oct 18 · 5 PM CTHoman says Rep. Ilhan Omar could be denaturalized if immigration fraud is proven
  19. Supreme Court · Sun, Oct 18 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court: Trump administration asks justices to limit courts' power to erase federal rules for everyone; orders due Monday
  20. World · Sun, Oct 18 · 6 AM CTDeadly fire at Canada's CFB Wainwright army base leaves multiple dead and injured; cause not yet confirmed