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President Trump campaigned for Republican candidates in Tennessee on Saturday as the GOP faces a rough forecast with midterms less than three weeks away. Taurean Small has more.
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Trump says Putin agrees to major release of diesel to US, global markets
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The founder of Indian youth movement, Abhijeet Dipke, and fellow leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained at Delhi airport on Saturday (Oct 10) ahead of a protest demanding the resignation of India's chief election commissioner.
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President complains about not winning prize in year he started war with Iran and says: ‘We will not forget, Norway’ Donald Trump complained Friday about not winning the Nobel peace prize for 2026, a year in which he started a war with Iran. At what was supposed to be a rally for other Republican candidates in Syracuse, New York, the US president devoted a long portion of his speech airing his grievances with the Nobel committee. Continue reading...
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The SDP and Obi-Kwankwaso Movement have rejected the FG’s 30-day petrol discount, calling it a temporary palliative and a gimmick ahead of the 2027 electio Read More: https://punchng.com/sdp-ok-movement-reject-tinubus-petrol-discount/
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Conservative commentator Katie Zacharia is expected to be named the next White House press secretary, replacing Karoline Leavitt.
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Vice President JD Vance suggested the federal government wouldn’t livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, contradicting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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Pentagon said execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, would be broadcast live US politics live – latest updates The US is facing worldwide condemnation over a “barbaric” plan to execute a disabled man by firing squad and livestream it to the public, with critics comparing the Trump administration to dictatorships in Iran and Afghanistan. The Pentagon confirmed on Thursday that the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people at a military base at Fort Hood in Texas in 2009, would be livestreamed on 3 December. Continue reading...
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Candidates traded personal attacks and clashed over a range of issues in closely watched US Senate debates on Thursday, with control of Congress at stake With just weeks left in the contentious midterm election campaign, candidates in a trio of highly-competitive Senate races debated Thursday night, clashing over the economy, tariffs, the Iran war and abortion rights, with control of the upper chamber at stake. In Georgia, incumbent Democratic senator Jon Ossoff faced GOP representative Mike Collins. In Michigan, Democrat Abdul Al-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers debated over the state’s open Senate seat. And in Maine, longtime senator Susan Collins met Democratic challenger Troy Jackson. Democrats need to flip four Republican-held Senate seats to win the majority. Continue reading...
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Vice-president also says Adobe is barred from visa program that allows high-skilled workers to apply for US residency Microsoft is suspended from applying for permanent residency for workers employed through a US visa program for high-skilled workers, JD Vance announced on Thursday. The US vice-president accused the tech company of abusing the H-1B system, which allows those on the visa to work while they apply and are in process for a green card. Continue reading...
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Lawyers for CNN, MS NOW and Politico will be back in court as the legal battle continues over President Trump's decision to ban their reporters from the White House.
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Trump has faced a bipartisan backlash over ads that critics say violate prohibitions on taxpayer-funded propaganda.
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The proposed deal would also make Trump’s club the “permanent United States Presidential Golf Course,” which could be used “by all past, current and future” presidents, the club’s attorney said in a letter.
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In an often-testy debate, GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine touted her five terms in Congress and took aim at some Trump policies — while Democrat Troy Jackson argued Collins has failed to effectively push back.
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California governor critcizes president for ‘putting a target on two of our biggest cities and one of America’s largest naval hubs’ California to ‘actively monitor’ possible threats after Trump said Iran could ‘take out’ LA and San Diego Susan Collins, the Republican senator for Maine, pointedly distanced herself from Donald Trump in a televised debate with Democratic challenger Troy Jackson on Tuesday, as she sought to present an image of independence in a state that has voted against Trump three times. Proclaiming herself as not the US president’s “favorite senator”, Collins made the highly unusual boast for a Republican that she had voted with Joe Biden, a Democrat, more than 90% of the time when he was president. She also emphasized her differences with her fellow Republicans, saying she voted against her own party more than any other senator. They can take out a city. Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. Continue reading...
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Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Troy Jackson debated for the first time Tuesday in Maine, trading attacks over President Donald Trump, the cost of living and abortion in one of the most closely watched Senate races in the country.
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Tennessee suspended all scheduled executions and its top prison official resigned after Christa Pike survived two lethal injection doses on Wednesday. The unprecedented incident prompted an independent investigation and renewed legal challenges to the state's capital punishment protocols.
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David J Rush used his job at spy agency to acquire Florida real estate and gold bars worth tens of millions of dollars A former senior CIA official pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Virginia to a charge that he abused his position and government funds to enrich himself by acquiring Florida real estate and hundreds of gold bars worth tens of millions of dollars, according to court records. David J Rush fabricated a “highly classified” government program to justify the acquisition of luxury property in south Florida that he intended to resell for personal profit, according to a court filing. Rush separately concocted a bogus “sensitive government activity” to obtain the gold bars, the filing also says. Continue reading...
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