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A GOP congressman in a swing district faces angry voters: ‘I’m against the party that caused this’

GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick was weaving through the crowd of a fall street festival when he was confronted by a man enraged by the skyrocketing costs he’s experiencing.Dave Woods, a contractor and registered Democrat, held up red signs with big white letters in Fitzpatrick’s face to show how his heating oil and diesel fuel costs have shot up in the last year. But Fitzpatrick walked away to head to his speech.“Where’s Mr. Fitzpatrick to get in the photo shot here?” Woods told CNN after the exchange. “I’m against the party that caused this.”Farther down the street, Ted Wassmer, a

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Iran's Pezeshkian blames US for interim deal failure, urges new try

Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian, in remarks broadcast on state TV on Saturday, blamed the United States for the failure of an interim deal with Iran, but said there should be a new attempt at concluding it."We were having negotiations, the cowards (Americans) messed everything up...I still think we should go and conclude it," Pezeshkian said. (Reporting by Dubai newsroom)

AOC can draw a crowd. The midterms will test whether her politics can win before 2028

This US House district was once a political battleground. Now it shows why Congress is dysfunctional

Divided over Israel, Detroit Democrats unite on rising costs for midterm elections

It was her son’s eighth birthday, but Dayna Broadnax could not afford a present.Broadnax, a 42-year-old single mother of four in Detroit, said soaring gas and grocery prices left little money to pay the bills, let alone buy gifts or throw a birthday party. “It’s hard to tell your kids that you don't have the funds right now to buy them a $3 bag of Skittles,” she said while watching her sons practice with a free basketball team at St. Suzanne Community Resource Center.Ahead of the November 3 midterm elections, Broadnax’s concerns are widely shared in Detroit. Jewish, Muslim and Blac

As winter nears, heating oil emerges as hurdle for Republicans in US Senate races

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‘I have to go in,’ Bend school shooting hero told a 911 dispatcher. ‘People are going to die.’

The good Samaritan who killed a gunman after three students and a teacher were fatally shot at an elementary school recalled his final, desperate choice to Oregon Public Broadcasting: “I’m sorry, I have to go in. People are going to die.”“I just was in full panic, like, ‘No, there’s children, there’s babies in there,’” Kaylub Giamanco told OPB in an exclusive interview.A week ago, a 16-year-old shooter forced his way into Silver Rail Elementary School in the central Oregon city of Bend by firing into the glass panes of an external set of doors, according to police. The shoote

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Ukraine’s defense ministry says access to Starshield has been restored

Ukraine’s full access to Starshield has been restored, the country’s defense ministry said Saturday, two days after US President Donald Trump said Elon Musk had restored access to the military-grade version of his Starlink internet service.“The Ministry of Defense’s monitoring systems are recording a recovery in Starlink/Starshield speeds,” Ukrainian Minister of Defense Yevheniy Khmara said in a statement.“We are recording speeds exceeding 400 km/h; the connection is stable.”He added that the defense ministry is continuing to track the progress.It’s not clear if the restoration

Conservatives funded efforts to undercut Sherrod Brown with Black voters in Ohio, filing shows

Trump says LeBron James showed disrespect during US national anthem

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John Anderson, country music star whose hits included 'Wild and Blue,' dies at 71

John Anderson, whose high, yearning vocals on hits such as “Swingin,” “Wild and Blue" and “Black Sheep” helped earn him a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died at age 71. Anderson's family announced his death Wednesday on his social media accounts. It didn't provide details, including the cause of death. “To the world, he was a gifted country music singer whose voice and songs touched countless lives,” the family wrote. “To us, he was so much more. He was the heart of our family, the one who made us laugh, loved us fiercely, and made ever

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Amy Acton hugs woman who offers support over incendiary ad

Amy Acton was talking school budgets, local hospitals and generational farming at a farm event in northwest Ohio when she called on an attendee and asked her if there was anything she wanted to share.Karen Lortz didn’t want to talk about those issues.“My heart goes out to you,” Lortz said. “May I give you a hug?”The interaction was just a sliver of the outpouring Acton said she’s received in recent days since a political ad from her Republican opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy, surfaced featuring her estranged mother calling her a liar. It has drawn even more attention to one of the most c

Fights over loyalty to America, party and Trump dominate Michigan and Kansas Senate debates

Senate Democrats launch first ad in Mississippi as their midterm optimism spreads in the South

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Vance intensifies rapidly and could become a major Category 3 hurricane off Mexico's Pacific Coast

Hurricane Vance rapidly strengthened into a Category 2 storm Friday as it neared Mexico’s Pacific Coast, the National Hurricane Center said. Vance had maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (177 kph) as it churned about 385 miles (620 kilometers) south-southwest of Acapulco, according to an advisory from the Miami-based hurricane center. The storm was nearing major hurricane strength, the center said, though gradual weakening was expected to start by Saturday. The hurricane's outer bands were already funneling gale-force winds and rough seas into Mexico

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Fire devastates former Nazi guest house 'Eagle's Nest'

Firefighters battled for hours to contain a blaze that engulfed the former Nazi guest house known as "The Eagle's Nest" in southern Germany, while police investigated the cause after detaining a man near the scene, authorities said on Saturday. Around 200 firefighters and emergency workers near Berchtesgaden in Bavaria were battling the flames after the building, known as the Kehlsteinhaus, caught fire on Friday, police said.Built in 1938 as a guest house for Nazi officials and their guests, the building sits in a spectacular Alpine setting above Berchtesgaden. Adolf Hitler used it occasio

France braces for another weekend of protests as authorities launch massive security operation

A shooting in the Paris suburbs kills 1 and wounds five in a suspected racist attack

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At least 9 people killed in unprecedented shooting at church in Jordan

At least nine people were killed and another 40 injured after gunmen opened fire on a church in Jordan’s southern Karak province, in an unprecedented attack that has left the nation stunned.The “unidentified” gunmen have not yet been captured, the public security agency said in a news conference Friday afternoon, adding that the shooting was a terrorist attack against Christians attending a funeral in the town of Hmoud.Jordan’s King Abdullah said Jordan will “harshly” respond against those responsible for the “terrorist act.”“The blood of Jordanians is precious, and we will s

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The Iran war’s toxic impact on one of the planet’s most unique seas

The conflict in the Middle East is shaping up to be yet another US war with a toxic legacy.Bombs and missiles have released heavy metals and harmful chemicals into the atmosphere. US-Israeli and Iranian strikes have hit oil facilities, igniting fires that covered Tehran in thick black smoke and oil-saturated rain, exposing millions to pollution which could have long-lasting health impacts.And these strikes are also affecting the Persian Gulf. Attacks on ships and oil infrastructure in the waterway have produced oil spills visible from space.A spill from a tanker has temporarily closed beaches

Meghan ‘deeply distressed’ over child sex abuse image allegations against father

New York City bans horse-drawn carriages from June 2028

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Meghan Markle 'deeply distressed' over child sex abuse image allegations against her father

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, said Friday she was “deeply distressed” by a report that her father had a large collection of images depicting child sex abuse and revealed she had been told of “disturbing allegations” against him in 2018. CNN's Anna Stewart reports.

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Trump DOJ sues to block Alaska US Senate results if Republican incumbent loses

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Airfares are way up compared to last year. Don’t expect it to change this holiday season

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First on CNN: DOJ brings criminal charges against FBI officials it believes hampered Biden corruption investigation

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Trump keeps hinting he’ll resume the Iran war after the midterms. These Iowa GOP voters sound wary

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KFile: Mike Collins joked about pushing Pelosi from a plane, suggested hanging US leaders

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Comcast flags over $1 billion in restructuring charges in fourth quarter

Comcast on Thursday flagged more than $1 billion in charges for the fourth quarter as it changes its organizational structure, ahead of the planned spinoff of its NBCUniversal

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Zuckerberg makes deal with Meta to help him pay billionaire tax if it passes

Mark Zuckerberg has made a deal with Meta to help him pay a proposed billionaire tax that is on the ballot in California

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Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas indicted on drug and money laundering charges

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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