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Iran Braces for More War, No Matter the Outcome of the U.S. and Israeli Elections

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is jockeying to stay in power, and President Trump is in a tough midterm fight, yet Iran’s leaders do not expect a major shift in Israeli or U.S. policy.

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A campaign billboard last week in Tel Aviv showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Trump.
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Trump and GOP Close Midterms With Ugly Personal Attacks

Facing backlash over inflation and anger with the president, Republicans have turned to an onslaught of baseless claims about Democratic candidates.

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President Trump has repeatedly redrawn the bounds of acceptable discourse in American politics. Many Republicans are following his lead.
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Trump’s Plane Flyover Is a Halloween Trick for Startled D.C. Residents

A White House social media account said the surprise Air Force One flight was part of a Halloween event hosted by the president and the first lady.

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President Trump and Melania Trump, the first lady, during a Halloween event at the White House on Thursday.
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Judge Blocks Expediting Migrant Children’s Asylum Cases, For Now

Lawyers for the children praised the pause on fast-tracked interviews of unaccompanied minors, calling it a blow against the Trump administration’s “deportation assembly line.”

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An unaccompanied five-year-old migrant surrendered to Border Patrol officers last year.
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Justice Dept. Confirms Alaska Inquiry Even as Its Focus Remains Unclear

Democrats and former officials have accused the department of pursuing a political goal in the guise of a legal one: to publicize a scheme, sordid but not illegal under state law, damaging to Democrats.

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Michael J. Heyman, the U.S. attorney for Alaska, spoke to the media during a news conference Friday in Anchorage.
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Minnesota Declined to Buy a Prison for $75 Million. D.H.S. Paid $495 Million.

The recent purchase of the prison to hold immigrants is among the acquisitions facing scrutiny in the Trump administration’s mass deportation push.

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The Prairie Correctional Facility was purchased by the Department of Homeland Security to serve as an immigrant detention center in Appleton, Minn.
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Alina Habba’s Husband Ignited Drama in Trump’s Circle. Now He’s Under Scrutiny.

Turhan Mildon, who married Alina Habba this summer, presents himself as a 29-year-old billionaire with ties to global leaders. His story has inconsistencies.

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Turhan Mildon in Kinshasa in 2023.
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Obamacare Policies Hit Again With Steep Premium Increases for 2027

Premiums will increase an average 13 percent next year for millions of Americans, on top of an earlier steep increase. It adds to the problems facing the program, which the Trump administration has weakened.

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The average price of health insurance in the Obamacare marketplaces will rise by 13 percent next year.
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Prosecutors Suggest They May Seek Additional Comey Charges

At a hearing in federal court, prosecutors defended an unusual, 11th-hour criminal case accusing the former F.B.I. director of leaking classified information a decade ago.

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During President Trump’s second term, the Justice Department has pursued James B. Comey without pause.
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