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Trump sticks with tariffs even as US voters turn against them before the midterms
Maybe President Donald Trump really does believe that “tariff” is the most beautiful word in the dictionary . Despite higher prices, criticism from trade experts and displeasure among voters, Trump holds fast to his belief that imposing the highest import duties on U.S. trading p...
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Republicans face midterm backlash from factory workers squeezed out of jobs by Trump's tariffs
Nelson Vandermeer voted Republican for decades but balked at supporting President Donald Trump , fearing that the Republican's plan for tariffs on imports would hurt workers more than help. Last year, Vandermeer's premonition came true in a very personal way. The 62-year-old lost...
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Republicans want Abdul El-Sayed to be the main character of the midterms. He's happy to oblige
Abdul El-Sayed , holding a handheld mic and wearing his signature V-neck black shirt, slowly shook his head as a woman at his town hall described how she burned through her savings after undergoing emergency brain surgery. “I’m really sorry for your experience, and I hope that yo...
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October Heat Isn’t Going Anywhere Just Yet
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS Sunday: Mostly sunny, hot and breezy with highs in the upper 80s to mid-90s. Monday: Continued hot and muggy, with heat indices potentially reaching 100 to 108 degrees. Rain chances: Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible during the work ...
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Pope Leo XIV will undergo surgery to remove a nodule on his lung
Pope Leo XIV announced Sunday he will undergo surgery in the coming days to remove a nodular lesion on his lung that was recently discovered during medical checks. The 71-year-old pope said the nodule was found at an early stage and was “circumscribed” or well-localized. The Vati...
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Nonpartisan state Supreme Court elections are being put to the test in Montana
Support for nonpartisan judicial elections is being put to the test in Montana, the latest location in a nationwide battle for bench seats that can determine the fate of consequential state laws. After a series of recent court rulings on abortion, voting and climate change disple...
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Cubans turn to free community pharmacies as medicines grow scarce
Every Thursday and Sunday at noon, dozens of people gather outside an apartment building in Havana’s Vedado neighborhood. Laura Mendoza comes downstairs, checks their names against a list and hands out medicine they requested through WhatsApp. Antihistamines, diuretics, eye drops...
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San Antonio company races to build moon base out of lunar dirt
A local space construction company wants to be the first to build a brick on the moon — and put San Antonio's aerospace sector on the map. San Antonio company races to build moon base out of lunar dirt was first posted on October 11, 2026 at 5:00 am. ©2021 " San Antonio Repo...
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A ferocious Hurricane Simon nears Mexico with 155 mph winds and flooding fears
The eye of Hurricane Simon was just off the Pacific coast of Mexico early Sunday and was expected to move inland later in the day as an extremely powerful storm. Simon has strengthened to 155 mph (250 kph), only just below the threshold for becoming a Category 5 storm, the highes...
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Pakistani president suspends provincial government led by Khan’s party ahead of march
The Pakistani president on Sunday declared a state of emergency in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan and suspended its government, which is led by imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party. It comes ahead of a planned march on Islamabad by s...
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India's 'Cockroach' protest movement leaders freed from detention, vow to continue demonstrations
Leaders of a popular Indian youth movement vowed to continue protests Sunday after being released from detention, a day after police cracked down on demonstrations against a controversial revision of voter lists. The movement is demanding the resignation of the country’s election...
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Kyiv pushes back on Trump’s call for a new Ukrainian president as drones hit Russian data hub
Only Russia is responsible for the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday as he vowed to press ahead with strikes on Russian oil refineries , despite criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump, who blamed him for high diesel prices and said he should ...