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@durbin.senate.gov chides Attorney General Pam Bondi over her refusal to answer or discuss certain issues during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, telling her that eventually she will have to answer for her conduct

"It's my job to grill," @durbin.senate.gov
tells AG Pam Bondi, a Trump loyalist, when she expressed frustration with his questioning at Senate Judiciary hearing

Trump doesn't let shutdown interfere with celebrating Navy's 250th anniversary at rally-like event President Donald Trump is marking the Navy's 250th anniversary by joining a celebration at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia.

"“Let’s face it, this is a rally,” Trump told the crowd of about 10,000 sailors in their dress-white uniforms." apnews.com/article/trum... 
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Judge blocks Trump’s National Guard deployment in Portland for second time The ruling came in an emergency hearing Sunday night.

The judge, "a Trump appointee, concluded that Trump’s assessment was “untethered to facts” www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Syrian electors cast ballots in indirect vote for first post-Assad parliament Members of Syria's electoral colleges will gather on Sunday to vote for new lawmakers, a milestone in the country's shift away from the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad and a major test of inclusivity under its current Islamist-led authorities.

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Islamic Jihad backs Hamas response to US Gaza plan Palestinian Islamic Jihad, an ally of Hamas which took part in the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, endorsed on Saturday the group's response to the U.S. plan to end the war in Gaza.

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Putin says Tomahawk supply to Ukraine would destroy U.S. relations He said any supply of such missiles would trigger a 'qualitatively new stage of escalation.'

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Shell CEO: Trump attacks on windfarms hurt investment, unpredictability bad for business, embraces DEI tinyurl.com/bdddyfvn

Pentagon plans widespread random polygraphs, NDAs to stanch leaks The Pentagon is planning to require thousands of uniformed and civilian officials to sign nondisclosure agreements and submit to random polygraph testing.

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Exclusive: Nevada's acting US Attorney urged voter fraud probe to help Republicans, document shows Nevada's top federal prosecutor has asked the FBI to investigate debunked Republican claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election, a probe she hopes will influence congressional races and ensnare Democrats, according to a government document seen by Reuters.

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U.S. Deports Planeload of Iranians After Deal With Tehran, Officials Say

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Moldova's pro-EU government edges towards majority in pivotal vote Moldova's ruling pro-EU party pulled comfortably ahead of its Russian-leaning rival in a crucial parliamentary election as final results trickled in on Monday, a relief for the government as it seeks to keep the country out of Moscow's orbit.

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National Weather Service at ‘breaking point’ as storm approaches

Holy war: How Russia recruited Orthodox priests to sway Moldova's voters Russia paid for Moldovan Orthodox priests to make Moscow pilgrimages and gave them debit cards loaded with hundreds of dollars on their return home. In exchange, priests created Telegram channels to influence Moldova's elections, promoting traditional values over ‘gay Europe.’

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Visual evidence upends Israel’s official story for deadly attack on Gaza hospital Israeli troops say they targeted a Hamas camera in an August strike, but a Reuters investigation found the device belonged to one of the news agency’s journalists. An Israeli official now says troops fired without required approval. The five journalists who died in the strike are among 200 killed by Israel that it has yet to fully explain.

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Exclusive | Trump Takes Aim at Chip Makers With New Plan to Throttle Imports The administration wants domestic manufacturing to match imports and would impose tariffs on those companies that don’t step up production.

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Police records and witness accounts complicate DHS narrative of fatal Chicago-area ICE shooting Police records and witness accounts from a Chicago suburb where a man was fatally shot by a federal immigration enforcement agent earlier this month complicate the picture of the event presented by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which said the agent fired his weapon after the man drove his vehicle toward agents.

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India’s richest man buys $33 billion in Russian oil — risking Trump’s ire As Trump punishes India for purchasing Russian oil, billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries finds itself at the center of a diplomatic firestorm.

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Trump aide Homan accepted $50,000 in bribery sting operation, sources say In the alleged scheme, Homan promised immigration-related government contracts when he joined the Trump administration in exchange for the money.

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Judge strikes Trump's lawsuit against New York Times over its content - www.reuters.com/business/med...

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Sen Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov on @cnbc.com "I think billionaires, yes, ought to be paying more in taxes. I think that right now, the idea that Jeff Bezos pays taxes at the same rate as a Boston public school teacher makes no sense at all."

@warren.senate.gov Elizebeth Warren on @cnbc.com: "I'm just concerned right now about the economy overall, and I recognize that rate cuts by themselves are not going to fix the problems that Donald Trump is causing."

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