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  1. World · Sat, Oct 31 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Iran's supreme leader orders an 'immediate' and 'geographically unrestricted' response to any new attack, as the Revolutionary Guard claims a fourth tanker fire in Hormuz
  2. World · Sat, Oct 31 · 6 AM CTOil settles at a six-month high as traders brace for possible escalation with Iran after the midterms; Brent ends October up 13.6%
  3. World · Sat, Oct 31 · 6 AM CTSaudi air defenses shoot down a 'hostile drone' over the Riyadh region Saturday as Houthi attacks on the kingdom continue
  4. World · Sat, Oct 31 · 6 AM CTState Department approves a $2.1 billion sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 missiles to Ukraine, paid for with allied money, but delivery may be years away
  5. World · Sat, Oct 31 · 6 AM CTLavrov concedes no ground on Ukraine at the G20 in Atlanta and Europeans scrap the family photo; Rubio speaks with him briefly as Oleshky evacuations continue
  6. World · Sat, Oct 31 · 6 AM CTPoland's President Nawrocki forces his way into the Constitutional Tribunal after Tusk-aligned judges suspend its chief, and calls crisis talks over 'the threat to internal security'
  7. White House · Sat, Oct 31 · 6 AM CTFederal judge temporarily bars the Justice Department and DHS from threatening election workers with prosecution over suspected noncitizen ballots
  8. White House · Sat, Oct 31 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Feds 'surge' law enforcement to Alaska in the 'Decoy Dan' Senate probe; U.S. attorney says DOJ will seek expedited discovery by Monday
  9. White House · Sat, Oct 31 · 6 AM CTICE arrests Guinean national accused of attacking an NYPD officer, ending a manhunt after New York City released him despite a detainer
  10. White House · Sat, Oct 31 · 6 AM CTTrump's push to oust Rep. Ilhan Omar raises a constitutional question; legal experts say the Supreme Court's Powell ruling may not protect her if she is found not to be a citizen
  11. Supreme Court · Sat, Oct 31 · 6 AM CTCalifornia noncitizen-ballot fight may be headed to the Supreme Court after the Ninth Circuit rejects DOJ's bid a second time, 2-1
  12. Supreme Court · Sat, Oct 31 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court opens its November sitting Monday; Catholic preschools' religious-discrimination case is argued on Election Day, Nov. 3
  13. World · Fri, Oct 30 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Iran says four tankers hit trouble in Hormuz on Friday, including a supertanker it says struck a mine and caught fire; Oman rescues 25 crew from the burning tanker RITI
  14. World · Fri, Oct 30 · 5 PM CTThursday's Hormuz tanker attack named as the Louise 1, hit by limpet mines; UKMTO says October brought the most reported strikes of the war
  15. World · Fri, Oct 30 · 5 PM CTTrump says the Iran war is 'going to get wrapped up soon' as Qatari mediators carry edits of a peace draft to Tehran; Brent oil climbs to $117.56
  16. World · Fri, Oct 30 · 5 PM CTHouthis target Yemen's presidential palace in Aden with two missiles, police official says, hours after Saudi forces intercept a drone near Riyadh and a ballistic missile
  17. World · Fri, Oct 30 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Starving Oleshky residents begin evacuating under a truce Melania Trump helped broker, as Russian strikes black out Dnipro for more than 350,000
  18. World · Fri, Oct 30 · 5 PM CTRubio opens G20 foreign ministers' talks in Atlanta, with Russia's Lavrov at the table, warning of 'interconnected economic and geopolitical crises'
  19. White House · Fri, Oct 30 · 5 PM CTTrump welcomes Stephen Hubbard, the 74-year-old American freed from a Russian prison, to the Oval Office
  20. White House · Fri, Oct 30 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Trump puts Kansas and Iowa rallies back on for Sunday, a day after canceling them, alongside nearly 20 tele-rallies; Daytona Beach rally tonight