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  1. World · Thu, Oct 29 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Trump says no, he did not direct Vance to restart Iran peace talks; says the outreach was about medical supplies
  2. World · Thu, Oct 29 · 6 AM CTHegseth fires the Pentagon's top war planner, Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, as Trump weighs renewed Iran strikes
  3. World · Thu, Oct 29 · 6 AM CTNorth Korea fires about a dozen short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast
  4. World · Thu, Oct 29 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Israel's election committee asks Shin Bet to probe alleged foreign interference; Arab parties projected at a record 19 seats
  5. World · Thu, Oct 29 · 6 AM CTRussia says it downed most of 613 drones aimed at Moscow overnight; Russian strike damages a school building in Kharkiv
  6. World · Thu, Oct 29 · 6 AM CTSpain mourns 68 killed after one high-speed train struck another from behind, its second deadly rail disaster this year
  7. World · Thu, Oct 29 · 6 AM CTDefeated Brazilian candidate Flávio Bolsonaro lands in Miami after refusing to concede to Lula
  8. World · Thu, Oct 29 · 6 AM CTEmergency declared, then lifted, at the Savannah River nuclear weapons site after a lab fire; no contamination found
  9. White House · Thu, Oct 29 · 6 AM CTJudge refuses DOJ bid to set aside 20,000 California ballots tied to suspected noncitizens; administration appeals to the 9th Circuit
  10. White House · Thu, Oct 29 · 6 AM CTDHS investigates leak that may expose about 40,000 employees, including ICE and Border Patrol staff and undercover agents
  11. White House · Thu, Oct 29 · 6 AM CTTrump rallies in Ohio for Husted and Ramaswamy as Obama campaigns in Atlanta; the two trade jabs over Iran and the White House
  12. Supreme Court · Thu, Oct 29 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court: responses in the Big Bend border-wall fight are due today; no new orders since Tuesday; November sitting opens Monday
  13. 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
  14. World · Wed, Oct 28 · 5 PM CTIran war has cost more than $47 billion, including about $29 billion in munitions, Pentagon told Congress
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. World · Wed, Oct 28 · 5 PM CTHouthi missiles hit Aden airport perimeter, wounding civilians; Houthis say Saudi strikes killed 14 at a market
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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