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When asked to disavow the Muslim Brotherhood, Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed compared himself to former President John F. Kennedy (JFK), referencing how the 35th president had been questioned about his allegiance to his faith as the United States’ first Catholic president. OANN
VOA VIEW: He should not be elected.
In May, the administration held back $1.3 billion in Medicaid funds over concerns about hospice and in-home care programs. Now it's deferring $1.2 billion more. LA Times
Two large sections of central Paris were shut down in a curfew Monday night as France was reeling from a weekend of nationwide rioting and looting that left much of the country shaken. LA Times
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Abdul El-Sayed just revealed where the Democratic Party seems headed on Israel. The Jewish state is “not actually our friend,” he says. The Michigan wannabe clearly sees Israel as America’s enemy. New York Post
VOA VIEW: He is sick and should lose big.
President Trump has talked about replacing the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room with an indoor swimming pool. New York Times
The president called for the return of Stephen James Hubbard, a Michigan teacher seized from his home in Ukraine months after Russia invaded that country. New York Times
A urologist’s inquiry into the magician’s final days is the latest effort to grapple with outstanding questions about his demise. New York Times
A third of Americans think that Christa Pike -- the woman who survived two lethal injections in Tennessee last month -- should be executed again. OANN
VOA VIEW: It stands to reason.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has identified more than $270 million in suspicious transactions potentially linked to fraudulent schemes targeting federal student aid programs. OANN
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Gas prices have begun to slowly lower in the United States even as oil costs have risen significantly in the last few weeks. OANN
A New Jersey food importer filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump's power to invoke a Depression-era law to levy a 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods. Washington Times
Beijing on Tuesday expressed "firm opposition" to the Trump administration's sanctions on five Chinese companies connected to a former Google engineer accused of intellectual property theft. Washington Times
Metal debris that fell in a field in Scott Township, Minnesota, roughly 158 miles northwest of Minneapolis, came from a Chinese commercial rocket, according to reports. Washington Times
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The Old Farmers' Almanac said parts of the Midwest and upper South have the greatest potential for snow during Thanksgiving week. Washington Times
Chicago police said they arrested a man early Tuesday after shots were fired outside of a federal building in the city. Washington Times
An orange glow emanates from a smoke-enveloped alleyway on Derby Street in Salem, Massachusetts. Washington Times
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Visitors to Marina State Beach, 100 miles south of San Francisco, had an unusual cameo in their photos and videos Saturday: a breaching great white shark. Washington Times
A Texas man who was accused of killing his pregnant wife two years ago fled to Italy. Officials there have agreed to send him back to the U.S. to face charges on the condition that he faces a lesser charge, not capital murder. CBS
With two weeks until election day and control of Congress on the line, President Trump says he plans to spend more than $400 million on the races. Nancy Cordes reports. CBS
An American Airlines jet reported a brake problem and then blew out a tire while making an emergency landing in Chicago Tuesday. CBS
President Trump said successful whistleblowers will get 1% of any fraud they report, although there may be limits. CBS
VOA VIEW: Time will tell.
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U.S. diplomatic missions across the Middle East have issued a new round of warnings to Americans amid attacks by Iran-backed Houthi militants against Saudi Arabia. CBS
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The USDA said farmers don't need crop insurance to qualify and can prepare to apply by creating a Login.gov account. CBS
The 737 Max 10, the largest model in the family, was set to start flying in 2020, but increased scrutiny and other safety issues delayed its certification. CNBC
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Housing data deteriorated further in September, according to separate reports Tuesday. CNBC
VOA VIEW: These are hard times.
New data on the housing market's performance in September is bleak, with sales, construction and sentiment all falling more than expected. CNBC
Walmart is now offering a joint membership with Sam's Club for $120 per year as the retailer further leans into convenience. CNBC
Novo released new evidence that its experimental CagriSema injection can improve upon the weight loss with its blockbuster GLP-1 obesity injection. CNBC
VOA VIEW: Doctors will have the final say.
Louisiana State University senior Leah Fonte and fiancé Shane Hirstius were allegedly struck by an impaired driver while walking along a Baton Rouge road. FOX News
A no-bond Florida arrest warrant charges Raúl Castro with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown. FOX News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that the United States has resumed sharing intelligence about Russian strikes with Ukraine. UPI
The federal government has banned the artificial intelligence application DeepSeek in all civilian agencies, the Department of Homeland Security said. UPI
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Ukraine has denounced Russia's recruitment of Cuban citizens for its military, telling the U.N. that they are a major group of foreign recruits. UPI
VOA VIEW: Russia is causing a major problem.
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., confirmed Monday that his office received mail containing a suspicious white powder, the latest of a string of cases. UPI
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Aranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that his country is ready for a “doomsday” war with the U.S., but that he is leaving diplomacy on the table so as not to “miss any chance for peace.” Trump will not fall for their dissention.
Araghchi made the comments during an appearance on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” following last week’s United Nations General Assembly. The U.S. and Iran have been locked in an on-again, off-again war since Feb. 28, which has caused a global oil shock that has spiked gas prices and fanned the flames of inflation. “If you ask us, there is no reason why we should go back to diplomacy, but I am still trying diplomacy because I think we shouldn’t miss any chance for peace,” Araghchi said. “We are ready to negotiate as much as we are ready to face any challenge ... We stand firm in the face of any aggression against us, even if it comes to a doomsday war.”
Araghchi on Friday had proposed reopening the strait and resuming nuclear talks with the U.S. within seven days if the Trump administration accepts its conditions.
U.S. President Donald Trump recently rejected Iran’s proposal, which could have opened the critical chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has severely disrupted the strait during the conflict, restricting oil and gas exports out of the Persian Gulf. The Wall Street Journal reported that in addition to rejecting the deal, Trump said he expected to resume bombing Tehran after the U.S. midterm elections in November.
In a separate interview on NBC News, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Waltz said that Iran’s most recent offer was a “cynical attempt to put something on the table that they knew was unacceptable.” “The president will leave all options on the table to ensure the world is safe from Iran holding the world hostage with a nuclear weapon,” Waltz said.
Iran is sticking to its position that it would only reopen the crucial Hormuz strait if its conditions are met, despite a rebuke from Trump, while a senior Iranian military leader stressed his country’s readiness to continue fighting. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Sunday claimed that it seized an autonomous U.S. submarine.
“Our conditions are clear; any progress toward the opening of the Strait of Hormuz is contingent upon the fulfillment of these conditions, and we will not back down from them,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on his Telegram channel translated by Google.
“During our meetings with mediators, these conditions were fully conveyed, explained, and elaborated upon, and the mediators, in turn, relayed them to the American side,” he said on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
