Politics & Policy
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Trump confirms strike against Iran nuclear facility possible, but U.S. won't use nuclear weapons
Trump's remarks followed reports that the Pentagon was drawing up plans for strikes that would use the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, also known as the "mother of all bombs," or MOAB.
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Elon Musk makes major contributions to Texas in bid to get Ken Paxton elected to Senate next month
Financial disclosures found that Musk donated $158 million to the GOP through the Senate Leadership Fund in September alone, which was disbursed to a political action committee, Texas PAC, funding Paxton's campaign.
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Trump claims Cornyn, Karl Rove would be partly to blame if Ken Paxton loses Texas Senate seat
The criticism comes as Paxton is locked in a tight race with Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico and comes after Cornyn lost his bid for reelection in the primaries earlier this year.
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DOJ charges 16 aliens for alleged election crimes
Collectively, they hailed from Italy, the Bahamas, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Liberia, Lithuania, Ghana, Germany, Bosnia, Brazil, Canada, and South Africa.
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Karoline Leavitt lands Fox News contributor gig
Leavitt departed the White House after giving birth to her second child. She briefly returned from maternity leave before opting to leave the administration.
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Trump administration closely monitoring reports of plague death, lab accident in Russia
The Moscow Times reports health officials in Siberia placed nearly 200 people under observation after a laboratory worker died from the plague.
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Angela Paxton supports GOP ticket despite divorce from Ken Paxton
She does not mention Ken Paxton by name in the 30-second advertisement
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Bolsonaro, Lula advance to runoff in closely watched Brazilian presidential election
If no candidate secures more than 50% of the vote, the two top contenders will face each other in a runoff on Oct. 25
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Group says FDA's proposed food additive safety rule 'toothless'
For nearly 70 years, the FDA has relied on a voluntary disclosure system, where manufacturers can self-certify their own chemical products.
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Taxes, gas prices key in Ohio congressional race
The race between Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving woman in Congress, and former State Rep. Derek Merrin shows differences in key policy priorities while also showing some overlap.
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Georgia State Election Board asks Justice Department to investigate voting machines
The leader asked the officials to require an update to the state’s voting machine software and prohibit the use of QR codes for ballot tabulation amid concerns about potential software vulnerabilities.
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Election 2026: Once marquee matchup for U.S. Senate losing spotlight
North Carolina’s seat in the U.S. Senate, held by second-term Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, has been the state's headline act for the 2026 midterms since each formally declared to run in July 2025
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'Worst of the worst': ICE deports murderers, human traffickers
Under the Trump administration, ICE and DHS have worked to implement his pledge of mass deportations, with an emphasis on the "worst of the worst" criminal illegal aliens.