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Do You Really Own Your Home? A Tax Revolt Says No.

The argument that property taxes make Americans renters in their own houses has fueled the biggest anti-tax uprising in half a century, and local governments are scrambling.

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US delaying Patriot missiles already paid for under NATO initiative, Zelensky says

Zelensky has appealed to Washington repeatedly, making the case for additional Patriot missiles as Russia intensifies strikes against Ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure.

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Abdul El-Sayed flipped the script on a bigoted gotcha attempt

The Senate candidate made quick work of a town hall attendee's insistence that he disavow the Muslim Brotherhood.

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Zelensky: Ukraine has retaken more territory than Russia captured this fall

"The trend this year continues," Zelensky said, "Since the start of fall, our warriors have liberated more territory than the Russians have managed to capture. The same was true at other points this y...

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US resumes intel sharing on Russian missile launches with Ukraine, Zelensky says

"We are very thankful for this... Now it works," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

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He Tried to Set Limits on His State’s School Vouchers. Billionaires Helped Bankroll a Campaign to Unseat Him.

A high-ranking Republican had wanted only to curb the unchecked growth of West Virginia’s voucher program, not destroy it. In the ensuing backlash, three PACs — affiliated with the Koch family and Jef...

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This Cybersecurity Agency Is Supposed to Protect U.S. Elections. Officials Fear It’s Been Compromised by Trump.

DHS appointees made an unusual request of its agency that protects election systems: Secretly acquire a voting machine and hack it. Though not acted on, the request shows how the Trump administration...

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Trump plows forward with plan to build the golf course of his dreams in DC

Regardless of how much it costs or how much is lost.

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Border czar Tom Homan says Rep. Ilhan Omar could be denaturalized depending on investigation

The federal probe into Omar’s immigration status involves family text messages and seized personal items.

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What a Ken Paxton Senate Win Could Mean for Federal Anti-Abortion Efforts

As Texas attorney general, Paxton has advanced anti-abortion policy in his home state and prevailed where others have failed. Allies who’ve witnessed his victories see an opening to keep moving their...

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Ukraine and the U.S. are at odds over Starshield. Here's what to know

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he believes the U.S. government is behind his military's loss of normal access to the key satellite communications service used by the Ukrainian military.

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Photographer attacked by settlers in the West Bank feels insulted by Netanyahu

The attack on Heidi Levine and Palestinians during the sensitive olive harvest again highlights the rampant settler violence that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed on a small number of trou...

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America Is Now an Ally of Russia

Donald Trump has abandoned the Western order.

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Macron: 'How can French people do this to France?'

"Public buildings, shops and town halls were attacked and in some cases destroyed," he says

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Jackson doesn't regret telling Collins to 'shut up' after protester interrupted Maine Senate debate

"She said that it was a Troy supporter. She accused me of setting that up. I had no idea who it was,” Jackson said.

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Zelenskyy Says Trump Is Pushing Ukraine to Capitulate to Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Donald Trump of trying to pressure Kyiv into surrendering to Russia, escalating a week-long row with the US president.

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Trump Endorses Netanyahu as Best U.S. Partner in Tight Israeli Election

The president praised the embattled prime minister for his endurance, saying any other candidate would be the “wrong Leader.”

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Zelenskyy says Starlink restrictions for Ukraine came from US government

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated on NBC's Meet the Press that the signal to impose speed limits on Starlink terminals came from the US government.

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Zelensky speaks to US envoys as Trump accuses him of not wanting to end the war

Zelensky spoke to Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Sunday as Russia and Ukraine carried out drone strikes on each other's energy sites.

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US threatens Europe over Starlink restrictions

Ambassador Andrew Puzder warns about ‘devastating’ retaliation if Brussels goes ahead with plans to limit spectrum access for non-EU companies

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US treasury secretary tells Zelenskyy to be very careful what he says about Starlink

Scott Bessent has called President Zelenskyy's assertion that the US government signalled Starlink restrictions "very reckless" during an interview with NBC News.

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JD Vance’s Biggest Problem

Republican voters want Donald Trump. The vice president’s attempts at mimicking him always fail.

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Macron says nothing justifies 'unbridled' violence in France protests

'Tonight, we all feel anger and shame,' said the French president in an address to the nation, adding that there must be a distinction between protesters with 'legitimate demands' and 'those who destroyed, smashed and looted.'

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Democrats: Embrace Incivility!

Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff is leading the rise of the rude Democrat. More should follow his lead.

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Trump and Putin claim French protests are evidence of 'migrant chaos' and 'Europe's decline'

The MAGA movement and the Kremlin, along with European far-right groups, described the demonstrations in France as a consequence of immigration and the decline of 'Western civilization,' while other observers saw them as a sign of the Macron era's twilight.

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US Supreme Court to review 1868 federal ban on home distilling of liquor

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The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide the legality of a federal ban on the home distilling of alcoholic spirits that was enacted in 1868 after the US Civil War ‌to crack down on liquor tax evasion.

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EU tourist arrivals fell from 5 million in 2019 to 160,000 in 2025 as sanctions, cancelled flights and other restrictions due to Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine severed Western leisure travel, prompting Moscow to look east.

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COMMENTARY: Ballooning global imbalances risk amplifying messy AI unwind

Global imbalances are expanding, with the US trade deficit on one side and outsized Asian surpluses on the other posing growing risks to economies and markets worldwide. AI lies at the heart of it.

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Anthropic wants outside input on Claude’s values. But who gets the final say?

Anthropic invited law professors and democracy experts to its campus to grapple with questions about who should have the final say over the values directing the technology.

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City recyclers across Colorado can now ask for reimbursement as part of state program charging packaging producers

Colorado's fee on producers of packaging is finally helping local cities expand or improve their recycling efforts, four years later.

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Saudi Arabia Decides Against Holding In-Person Investor Conference

Saudi Arabia has decided not to hold its flagship investor conference in person next week and instead will hold it fully online or postpone the event entirely, people familiar with the matter said.

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Israel arrests 10 after West Bank settler attacks on Westerners

Police said they raided several locations across the occupied territory and seized cars and potential evidence related to the attacks. The arrests come as violence increases in the West Bank.

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Gardaí examine drugs debt theory as motive for Cork gun murder

Paul ‘Bosco’ O’Connor (56) from Connolly Road in Ballyphehane, on the southside of Cork city was found shot dead in Mallow.

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Trump dislikes seeing Russian missiles hit Kyiv apartments, Rubio says

U.S. President Donald Trump does not like seeing Russian ballistic missiles strike apartment buildings in Kyiv and kill civilians, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview with the con...

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Paris’ Louvre Museum Closes Amid Demonstrations

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Iran accuses Netanyahu of trying to drag U.S. into another war

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to drag the United States into another war.

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Mamdani Can No Longer Avoid the Issue of the NYPD

The mayor has been able to put difficult questions about policing on the back burner—until now.

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Russia’s Lavrov discusses US war and regional security during Tehran visit

GCC states have pressed Moscow to help halt Iranian attacks and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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French protest violence: A ‘Christmas present’ for Le Pen’s far right?

Le Pen is positioning her party as more capable than centrist or left-wing forces before the 2027 presidential election.

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An ex-OpenAI employee accused of planting a ‌recording device in an executive conference room at the AI company appears to have received considerable support from the Saudi government, a court ⁠filing showed on Monday.

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The aurora borealis could potentially be visible from northern states like Alaska and Minnesota.

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Ukraine warns Putin-Trump-Xi summit would encourage Moscow to keep fighting

A three-way meeting among the leaders of Ukraine, the United States and Russia could help end the war sooner, while a Russia-China-U.S. summit would only encourage Russian President Vladimir Putin to...

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Russia targets Ukraine's energy infrastructure overnight, damaging 10 sites and leaving 500,000 families without power

Russian forces launched missile strikes on several energy facilities overnight and on the morning, causing power outages in 10 Ukrainian oblasts, national grid operator Ukrenergo reported on Oct. 19.

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Zelenskyy says Ukraine got no early warning from partners as Russia hits the power grid again

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is grappling with the implications of recent Washington moves benefiting Russian President Vladimir Putin, including waiving U.S. sanctions on Moscow and signin...

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Tourism veteran joins ALBBAA as marketing director

Candace Johnson brings two decades of tourism and economic development experience to efforts promoting the Black Belt nationwide.

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Exclusive: Saudi to decide on postponing FII after Wall Street lobbying

Executives are backchanneling safety concerns to PIF head Yasir Al-Rumayyan ahead of Saudi’s flagship investment conference.

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