Midterm campaigns make final push as early voters hit the polls

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3, and early voting is underway throughout the country.

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U.S. military strike alleged drug boat in Pacific, killing 5 people

The latest attack brings the number of people who have been killed by the U.S. military's boat strikes to at least 240 in more than 70 strikes.

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Qatari mediators hand Iran new proposal to end the war

Iran rejects "unacceptable" ideas after Qatari mediators presented Tehran with a new draft deal to end the war, the Reuters news agency reports.

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Classified material missing from Epstein files, documents suggest

Missing pages and a reference to classified documents contradict the Justice Department's claims about the Epstein files.

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Iran war has cost $47 billion, U.S. military says

The war with Iran has cost the U.S. military at least $47.1 billion as of mid-October, according to a new estimate from U.S. Central Command obtained by CBS News.

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Grand jury won't indict Cassidy Hutchinson over Jan. 6 testimony

Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., failed to secure an indictment against Cassidy Hutchinson over her testimony about the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

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Brazil's Flávio Bolsonaro heading for Ecuador, Argentina says

Flávio Bolsonaro, who lost Brazil's presidential election, was en route to Ecuador after stopping off in Argentina with his family, an Argentine agency said. Earlier, a State Department official told CBS News they would receive U.S. visas.

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Trump says Obama "wouldn't understand" White House renovations

"I would try and explain that to a guy like Obama, but he wouldn't understand," President Trump said at a rally in Mississippi.

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DOJ asks Washington to set aside ballots from 400 alleged noncitizens

Federal prosecutors said they sent a letter to the Washington secretary of state with a list of 400 people they claimed are not U.S. citizens.

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New charges tossed against ex-FBI officials in Hunter Biden probe

The unsigned and unsworn superseding complaint comes just hours before the defendants were due to appear in federal court in Washington, D.C. for a preliminary hearing.

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In Trump's pardon economy, victims lost out on $119M in restitution

Small businesses and retirees are left empty-handed as fraudsters, some represented by Trump allies, win clemency.

• Oct 27

John Thune's balancing act: Inside his push to save the GOP majority

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has tried to balance passing the president's agenda and preserving the independence of the Senate. The midterms are his biggest test yet.

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Judge continues to block Trump from cutting down trees at D.C. golf course

"The Court earlier stated, 'I am not the Lorax. I do not speak for the trees,'" U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes wrote. "The Court still does not speak for the trees. It speaks only for the rule of law."

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Venezuelan officials allowed Maria Corina Machado to return, Rubio says

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Venezuela's interim government told the U.S. "weeks and weeks" earlier that opposition leader Maria Corina Machado could return to the country without interference.

• Oct 26

Court dismisses DOJ's request to force California to set aside ballots

A federal appeals court on Monday dismissed the DOJ's effort to force California election officials to set aside thousands of ballots that the Trump administration claims may have been cast by alleged noncitizens.

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