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As Republicans and Democrats were making their final pitch to voters on the eve of Election Day, President Donald Trump opted to forgo the campaign trail and instead spoke at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, drawing attention to an expensive, problem-plagued repair job in a place far away from most of the people his party wants to persuade. It was an unusual place to make a closing argument for Republicans to keep control of Congress. But it conforms with the way the president has devoted considerable time, attention and money in his second term on beautifying his Washingto

Major automakers urge US Congress to pass permanent ban on Chinese vehicles

Fox News ratings drop is due to ‘viewer fatigue,’ Murdoch says on eve of midterms

ICE officer indicted on allegations he ran over undocumented Mexican immigrant released on bond

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer accused of running over an undocumented immigrant from Mexico with a vehicle was released on a $30,000 bond Monday after appearing in court for a bond hearing, according to his attorney.A grand jury indicted Mario Alberto Morales Friday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly struck the man, causing multiple leg fractures. Morales’ next court hearing is set for December 2, according to his attorney David Lindenmuth.Morales was driving an ICE vehicle, a Jeep Grand Cherokee, near Houston on October 10 when he

US Treasury auction changes loom in 2027; dealers eye long-end cuts

US to suspend South Africa and Rwanda from duty-free trade access

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OpenAI says its AI is getting better at doing things humans do, like shopping and meal planning

People already use OpenAI’s ChatGPT for things like helping with homework and creating presentations.Now, the tech giant claims its AI models are getting better at everyday tasks largely left up to humans — like shopping and creating a budget.OpenAI on Monday announced a new internal tool for assessing how AI handles tasks like these, along with research on how its own models performed. OpenAI claims its GPT-6 Astra model scored 93.1% at finding the right kindergarten after moving, a 98% score at managing community volunteers preparing for a flood and a 90.4% score at creating a meal plan

El-Sayed, Michigan Democrats push to galvanize voters after stunning Senate race defection

Trump administration takes California ballot fight to Supreme Court

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How Trump’s noncitizen voter lists could affect the midterms

As Americans head to the polls on Tuesday for midterm elections, lists the Trump administration has compiled of possible noncitizen voters could be used to contest the validity of the results.With US President Donald Trump’s Republican Party fighting to maintain control of Congress, here’s how the lists could affect the midterms.WHAT HAS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAID ABOUT THE LISTS?The Trump administration has acknowledged sending letters to election officials in five states — California, Washington, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Nevada — as of October 30, saying it identified nonci

Here’s where Trump’s housing agenda stands before midterms

America’s housing market is paralyzed, with buyers pulling back and builders growing more pessimistic ahead of the midterms.Adding to the strain: Mortgage rates have surged back above 7% in recent weeks, hitting a three-year high of 7.4% last month. The average 30-year fixed rate eased slightly to 7.24% last week, according to Freddie Mac.America’s housing woes run deep. Homebuilding hasn’t kept pace with demand since the 2008 financial crash decimated the country’s housing industry. Elevated mortgage rates have also pushed up monthly payments for buyers, all while home prices keep cli

Sen. Chris Murphy hospitalized with stroke and expected to make full recovery, his team says

Democratic leaders enter the midterms ‘confident and paranoid’

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Michigan Democrat's endorsement of Republican ruffles critical Senate race

A prominent Michigan Democrat endorsed Republican Mike Rogers on Sunday, giving President Donald Trump's Republicans an unexpected boost in a critical US Senate race two days before midterm elections that will decide control of Congress.US Representative Haley Stevens, who lost the Michigan Democrats' Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed in a bitterly contested race, publicly backed Rogers and appeared with him at a Detroit church, threatening to worsen divisions in a state viewed as crucial to Democratic hopes of retaking the US Senate."I don't belong in Abdul's campaign," Stevens said in a vid

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'Grasping at straws': Judge dismisses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter

Saying the president was “grasping at straws,” a federal judge on Saturday threw out Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over a story reporting on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice, ruling that the president did not prove the defendants made defamatory statements with actual malice as required by law. The ruling said the lawsuit had attempted to “manufacture” flaws in the Journal’s investigative reporting. W

Over 40% of names on DOJ list of alleged noncitizens are not on Calif. voter rolls, analysis finds

Middle East on edge as fears mount that Iran war could restart after the midterms

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Italian taxpayers are paying millions to keep Russian yachts afloat

An expensive floating eyesore has marred views in the port of Trieste, northern Italy, for more than four years, and it is costing Italian taxpayers millions to maintain, the city’s mayor says.Russian oligarch Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko’s “Sailing Yacht A,” one of the world’s largest sailing vessels and worth around $600 million, was in Trieste for maintenance in March 2022 when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led to widespread sanctions and seizures of Russian assets.Among them was Melnichenko’s 468-foot craft, once dubbed the “world’s ugliest yacht” and known simply as “

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On Day of the Dead, tourists bump shoulders with celebrating families in San Andrés Mixquic

As night falls over the cemetery in San Andrés Mixquic, a historic village on the outskirts of Mexico City, the family of Ángel Jiménez del Águila huddles around his grave.“Salucita for our dead,” says Jesús, one of Ángel’s sons, raising a toast to his father, who died in 2010.Only a few hours remain before the door between the world of the living and the dead opens: the family has gathered to honor Ángel during the Day of the Dead, a traditional Mexican celebration of departed loved ones held November 1 and 2.After days of cleaning graves and decorating headstones with marigolds,

Notorious hacker says stolen crypto is like ‘holding a hot potato’

Starved residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky return to Ukraine during a rare local ceasefire

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Polish PM Tusk vows support for tribunal amid court crisis

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk sought to offer assurances that the country's Constitutional Tribunal will operate in accordance with the law, after President Karol Nawrocki, an ally of the previous hard-right government, accused him of staging a forced takeover of the court.Late on Friday, the Constitutional Tribunal said its longest-serving judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska had suspended Bogdan Swieczkowski, the tribunal's president and an appointee of Tusk's nationalist predecessor, and was now in charge of the court.The move escalated a battle between Nawrocki and Tusk's pro-European governm

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Why this year’s World Series won’t prevent a labor dispute that imperils the 2027 season

The Milwaukee Brewers play in Major League Baseball’s smallest media market and their payroll is the 19th highest of the league’s 30 teams. Their World Series win this week would seem to puncture the claim that baseball needs a dramatic economic overhaul to be fair for the proverbial little guys.And yet, all indications are that the owners still intend to wage what is likely to be a contentious war in the upcoming labor negotiations, which will ratchet up in about a month and could wind up wiping out a significant portion of the next season.But commissioner Rob Manfred told reporters just

What do Kylian Mbappé and Hello Kitty have in common? They’ve both angered China

Reunited after 1,711 days: Oleshky evacuees return to Ukraine under Melania Trump-brokered ceasefire

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Republicans, Democrats make midterm closing arguments as Michigan rift roils Senate race

Democrats sought to contain a rift in Michigan's US Senate race after one of their own crossed party lines to endorse the

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Sectors bracing for a pivot as US midterm elections loom

As the US midterm elections approach, Corporate America is bracing for a potential shift in the balance of power in Washington.

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Short of space, the Guggenheim sold a Kandinsky for $62,000. It may fetch $80 million at auction

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US voters in a sour economic mood heading into midterm elections

On the eve of elections that will decide whether President Donald Trump's Republican Party keeps control of Congress, voters' minds are on the economy, with high and

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How officials are preparing for Election Day disruptions — including from Trump

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How an attempt at Democratic unity exploded with Stevens’ Senate endorsement flip

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Binance withdrawals resume following $6 billion hack

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A record number of health professionals are running for office. Could they help heal US politics?

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Trump rallies in Iowa and Kansas as Republicans fight to keep Senate and House control

President Donald Trump has wrapped up the final weekend of a turbulent midterm campaign with rallies in Iowa and Kansas

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls