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Trump approval at record low; Hispanic voters sour on Republicans, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

President Donald Trump's approval rating held at a record low in recent days, as many Hispanic voters panned his job performance and planned to spurn his Republican Party in next month's midterm elections, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday.The six-day poll showed 32% of Americans giving a thumbs up to Trump's presidency, unchanged from a September Reuters/Ipsos survey that saw the leader's rating at the lowest of his political career. Hispanic voters helped propel Trump to victory in the 2024 presidential contest, when he won nearly half the Hispanic vote compared with rou

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IMF research shows better tax system design can raise revenue, growth without higher rates

Governments can improve revenue growth without raising tax rates by improving the design of their tax systems, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday, arguing that avoidable distortions in tax systems are restraining economic growth.Here are some findings of IMF research highlighted in its Fiscal Monitor publication ahead of IMF-World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok next week.• Value-added taxes that are not fully credited to business inputs can quietly become a tax on production, raising costs that cascade through supply chains. Poorly designed employment taxes can discourage peopl

US closes review of US airlines' data privacy without seeking penalties

A celebratory remark after a soccer game deepens rift between Haiti and the Dominican Republic

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Appeals court weighs judge's authority to restore Trump administration funding cuts to Harvard

A federal appeals court heard opposing arguments Monday over whether a judge had the authority to restore billions of dollars in funding that the Trump administration cut from Harvard University. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs ruled last year that the cuts amounted to illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection of the administration’s demands for changes to Harvard’s governance and policies. The government had tied the move to Harvard’s delays in dealing with antisemitism, but the judge said the university’s federally backed research had little con

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As Iran war drives up gasoline prices in US, Trump blames Ukraine, Democrats

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US accuses California woman of spying for China, surveilling Taiwan president's son

US authorities arrested a California woman on Sunday and accused her of spying on a son of Taiwan's president at the behest of Chinese officials, the FBI said.The FBI arrested Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather, at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday before her planned departure to China, the agency said in a statement. Authorities charged Zhang, 34, of Irvine, California, with acting as an unregistered foreign agent. Zhang surveilled a son of Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, the FBI said. The agency did not directly name Zhang's alleged target, but later shared a New York Pos

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NFL suspends an official two games for swearing at Arizona tight end Trey McBride

The NFL on Monday suspended a line judge two games for swearing at Arizona tight end Trey McBride. Line judge Jeff Seeman was caught on camera cursing at McBride during the Cardinals’ loss at the New York Giants on Sunday. The incident drew the ire of union leader JC Tretter, a retired offensive lineman who played eight seasons. “This kind of behavior from an official towards a player is unacceptable,” Tretter, the NFL Players Association’s executive director, said on social media along with a video clip of the incident. “Players are consistently held acc

US Air Force removes all bombers from British air base targeted by a suspected terror attack

2 killed, dozens hurt as gunfire erupts at homecoming block party in south Georgia

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Brazil election heads to runoff after campaign dominated by crime, corruption and Trump

Brazil’s presidential election is heading to a runoff after a surprise first-round victory for right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of US President Donald Trump, who will face leftist incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after neither secured more than 50% of the vote on Sunday, the threshold required to win outright.With the other candidates eliminated, Lula and Bolsonaro will compete again in the second round on October 25, in an election playing out against a backdrop of corruption scandals, deep political polarization and growing voter fatigue.Bolsonaro, the 45-year-old son of i

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Christa Pike's lawyer says she has not regained consciousness since her failed Tennessee execution

Christa Pike has remained unconscious and on a ventilator at a hospital in the four days since her failed execution in Tennessee, and her prognosis might not be known for days more, one of her lawyers said Sunday. Little has been released about Pike's condition since Wednesday night's execution attempt. She has since remained hospitalized under guard as doctors try to get the massive dose of the barbiturate pentobarbital out of her system. When asked whether she ever regained consciousness after the execution attempt, Assistant Federal Defender Stephe

US Marine arrested on suspicion of murder in Okinawa, sparking outrage in Japan

Blazing triple-digit heat bears down on Braves-Dodgers NLDS opener in Los Angeles

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What is pneumonic plague and how dangerous is it?

A 28-year-old lab researcher at a Russian institute dedicated to studying plague and dangerous pathogens died of pneumonia of an “unknown” origin.The Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute operates in Siberia, where several other people are quarantined. Rospotrebnadzor, the Russian agency that oversees infectious disease, has downplayed the link between the researcher’s death and her work, but the case has prompted questions about the type of plague that causes pneumonia.The US State Department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they are monitoring the situation closely.

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FBI arrests California woman accused of spying on Taiwan leader's family for China

The FBI arrested a California real estate agent as she prepared to fly to China, accusing her of secretly working for Beijing to surveil the president of Taiwan's family in the U.S., federal officials said. The case comes at a fraught moment for U.S.-China relations, with Taiwan persistently at the center of their military and diplomatic rivalry. Beijing claims the island as part of its own territory. The FBI and federal prosecutors allege Wanying Zhang surveilled the house of the president's son and sent photos, videos and license plate information for his vehicle

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US removes all Air Force bombers from UK base following new threat

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Yemeni government launches offensive to seize all areas from Iran-backed Houthis

Yemen’s Saudi-backed, internationally recognised government said on Sunday it was launching a major military campaign to recapture all areas of the country controlled by the .The government’s armed forces would press the offensive “until the country is liberated from the grip of the terrorist militia,” Yemeni President Rashad al-Alimi said in a televised address. A military spokesman later called on the Houthis to lay down their weapons.The Houthis, known formally as Ansar Allah, have held Yemen’s capital Sanaa and vast parts of the northwest, where most of the population live, sinc

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Russian drone slams into Kyiv bridge in escalating campaign as Germany’s chancellor arrives to airsirens and explosions

A Russian drone struck a major bridge in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in the city to the sound of air raid sirens, explosions and air defense systems being activated.Merz is in Kyiv to display support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky amid Russia’s escalation of strikes on the city.“Ukraine needs all our support in the coming weeks,” Merz said.Highlighting attacks on Ukraine’s towns, residential buildings and energy, he said: “If Russia is not stopped, sooner or later its war machine will turn ⁠against us.”Video foot

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Dennis Hastert, former US House speaker and admitted child molester, dies at 84

Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican US House of Representatives speaker who later admitted to sexually abusing boys as a high school wrestling coach and

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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