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  1. 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
  2. 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'
  3. 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
  4. World · Mon, Oct 26 · 6 AM CTZelenskyy says U.S.-Ukraine-Russia talks will restart in November
  5. White House · Mon, Oct 26 · 6 AM CTTrump's Monday: Oval Office policy meetings, then a 6 p.m. CT speech in Corinth, Mississippi
  6. White House · Mon, Oct 26 · 6 AM CTEight days out: Trump sharpens attacks on Michigan Senate candidate El-Sayed as ballot fights in California and Alaska continue
  7. Supreme Court · Mon, Oct 26 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court returns to the bench Nov. 2; Baltimore's request to block the Texas-DOJ deportation agreement is still pending
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. World · Sun, Oct 25 · 5 PM CTNobel winner María Corina Machado makes a surprise return to Venezuela after nearly a year abroad
  11. 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'
  12. World · Sun, Oct 25 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Musk says SpaceX closed a Starlink 'loophole' that let Ukraine use it for lethal drone strikes
  13. 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
  14. White House · Sun, Oct 25 · 5 PM CTTrump rallies in Port Huron for Mike Rogers and John James, with Nicki Minaj in the crowd
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. World · Sun, Oct 25 · 6 AM CTBrazil votes today in a presidential runoff between Lula and Trump-backed Flavio Bolsonaro