Ilhan Omar’s 2020 memoir describes her childhood in Somalia, her family’s flight during the civil war, and their eventual resettlement in the United States. The article says the memoir’s timeline is broadly consistent with Omar’s publicly listed October 4, 1982, birth date, while noting that the war’s start date is disputed and that the memoir does not specify which event she meant.
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Omar writes that she was eight when civil war broke out in Somalia.
The memoir says Omar spent four years in a refugee camp in Kenya before her family emigrated to the United States.
Omar’s publicly listed birth date is October 4, 1982, which would make her eight for most of 1991.
The article notes that accounts place the start of Somalia’s civil war in late 1990 or January 1991, while the Mogadishu riots occurred in July 1989.
Omar says in her memoir that she stopped wearing the hijab at 16 and returned to wearing it at 23.
The memoir describes Omar as a 20-year-old mother; her daughter Isra Hirsi was born on February 22, 2003.
Omar has denied allegations that her former husband Ahmed Nur Said Elmi is her brother or that their marriage was fraudulent.
The article reports that federal agents searched Omar’s Washington home on October 12 and that investigators obtained a DNA sample, citing a source close to the matter.
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A LendingTree analysis of federal wage data found that private-sector workers in the U.S. information sector had the largest average pay increase in 2024 and 2025. Healthcare and social assistance led private-sector job growth over the same period.
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Average weekly wages in the information sector rose 9.4% from 2024 to 2025, compared with 4.2% across all private-sector industries.
Broadcasting and content providers had the largest wage increase among information subsectors, rising 16.8% from 2024 to 2025.
Average weekly pay for broadcasting and content providers increased by $788, from $4,688 to $5,476.
Motion picture and sound recording was the only sector in the analysis where weekly wages fell, declining 2% from 2024 to 2025.
Five of the 10 employment subsectors with the biggest pay gains were in the information sector.
Healthcare, including social assistance, recorded the largest private-sector employment increase, with hiring up 3.4% over 2024 and 2025.
Private-sector employment overall grew 0.4% during the period.
Employers in social assistance added more than 300,000 workers over the two-year period.
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A federal judge in Boston temporarily blocked a Trump administration rule that gave refugees 10 days to challenge the termination of their legal status. The order pauses enforcement through Nov. 6 while another judge considers whether to block the rule.
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U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick issued the temporary order on Tuesday.
The rule gave refugees 10 days to challenge the termination of their legal status.
The order blocks enforcement through Nov. 6.
The pause gives another judge time to consider whether to block the rule.
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A senior U.S. State Department official told CBS News that Brazil’s Flávio Bolsonaro and his family will receive U.S. visas. Bolsonaro lost Brazil’s presidential runoff to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and reportedly left Brazil for the United States as a deadline to surrender his passports expired.
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A senior State Department official said Flávio Bolsonaro and his family will be allowed to enter the United States.
Lula received more than 64 million votes, while Bolsonaro received fewer than 60 million, a margin of nearly 4%.
Brazilian media reported that Bolsonaro departed for the United States after the election.
Bolsonaro had been ordered to surrender his regular and diplomatic passports by noon Tuesday; the article said it was unclear whether he complied.
Bolsonaro has not conceded defeat and has made unsubstantiated claims of election fraud.
President Donald Trump suggested that Brazil’s election was rigged but provided no evidence.
Bolsonaro’s brother Eduardo lives in Texas and was convicted in absentia in June of illegally lobbying the Trump administration; he received a four-year prison sentence.
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Exit polls from Israel’s election on Tuesday gave the opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot a narrow lead over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud bloc. The polls projected Likud to remain the largest single party in the Knesset, while Arab parties made gains.
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Exit polls showed a narrow edge for the opposition bloc over Netanyahu’s Likud bloc.
Gadi Eisenkot leads the opposition bloc.
Likud was projected to be the largest single party in the Knesset.
Arab parties made gains, according to the article headline.
The election took place on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
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Four Democratic senators say the Trump administration should restore climate funding it canceled for blue states to build trust in a bipartisan permitting reform bill. They question whether the administration would treat renewable energy fairly under the proposed bill.
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Four Democratic senators called for the administration to restore canceled climate funding.
The senators say the funding cuts affect blue states.
They expressed distrust that the administration would treat renewable energy fairly under the permitting reform bill.
The bill was negotiated by Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
The senators sent a letter to the lawmakers who negotiated the bill.
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A Nanotyrannus skeleton named “Jodi” sold for $47.3 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York, far above its $6 million to $9 million estimate. The buyer has not been publicly identified, and a paleontologist warned that private ownership could limit scientific access to the fossil.
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The sale took place on Tuesday after a 12-minute bidding contest involving six bidders.
Sotheby’s said the $47.3 million price made Jodi the second most valuable dinosaur ever sold at auction.
Jodi was discovered by Jodi Pierson in 2019 on her privately owned land in Montana’s Hell Creek Formation.
The skeleton is 19.6 feet long and about 9.6 feet tall on its armature, with approximately 191 fossil bone elements.
Sotheby’s said Jodi is one of only three substantial Nanotyrannus skeletons known to science.
Sotheby’s describes Nanotyrannus as a carnivorous tyrannosaurid that lived about 67 million years ago alongside Tyrannosaurus rex.
Paleontologist Thomas R. Holtz Jr. said fossils in private hands may become inaccessible to researchers and the public, and argued that museums could use the money to acquire several specimens.
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The U.S. military said it struck an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific on Tuesday, killing five people. The attack brings the reported death toll from U.S. strikes on boats to at least 240 in more than 70 strikes; the military provided no evidence that the boat carried drugs.
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U.S. Southern Command said intelligence indicated the vessel was involved in drug trafficking.
A video posted on X showed a small boat before an explosion enveloped it.
The Trump administration began targeting people it calls “narcoterrorists” in September 2025.
President Donald Trump has described the United States as being in an “armed conflict” with cartels in Latin America.
Critics and military legal scholars have questioned the strikes’ legality and effectiveness.
The Pentagon’s watchdog plans to review whether the military followed its targeting framework, but not the legality of the strikes.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in September that the United States would seek regional allies’ approval for future attacks, while retaining the option to act unilaterally.
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Some beneficiaries may receive two federal payments during the week of October 26, 2026, because the November Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payment is scheduled early. The October 30 SSI payment is not extra money, and recipients should not expect another regular SSI payment in November.
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Social Security beneficiaries born from the 21st through the 31st who follow the regular birthday-based schedule are scheduled to receive their October payment on October 28.
The November SSI payment is scheduled for October 30 because November 1 falls on a Sunday.
A person who qualifies for SSI and receives a Social Security payment on October 28 could receive both payments that week.
SSI recipients received their regular October payment on October 1; the October 30 payment is their November benefit.
People receiving both Social Security and SSI generally follow a separate schedule, with Social Security paid on the third of the month and SSI on the first.
Social Security beneficiaries whose birthdays fall from the 1st through the 10th were scheduled to be paid October 14; those born from the 11th through the 20th were scheduled for October 21.
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Surveys show Democrats with a narrow lead in both the House and Senate one week before the midterm elections. CBS News election analyst Anthony Salvanto discussed the polling, and Sabato’s Crystal Ball managing editor Kyle Kondik joined the program.
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The article reports that Democrats lead in polling for both chambers of Congress.
The reported leads are narrow.
The elections are one week away, according to the article.
CBS News analyst Anthony Salvanto discussed the polling.
Kyle Kondik, managing editor of the nonpartisan newsletter Sabato’s Crystal Ball, joined the discussion.
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President Donald Trump made his third trip to Texas this month ahead of the midterm elections. He is trying to help his party hold its majority in Congress, while left-leaning politicians have recently won elections in other countries.
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Trump made three trips to Texas this month.
The trip took place before the U.S. midterm elections.
Trump is seeking to help his party defend its majority in Congress.
The report also noted recent election wins by left-leaning politicians internationally.
CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes reported from Texas.
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A remark by former President Barack Obama about The Cheesecake Factory prompted a dispute between Republicans and Democrats as the midterm election cycle approached its end. The provided article excerpt gives no details about the remark or the parties’ responses.
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The article describes a remark by former President Barack Obama about The Cheesecake Factory.
The remark led to a dispute between Republicans and Democrats.
The dispute occurred as the competitive midterm election cycle neared its end.
The excerpt does not provide further details about the remark or the responses.
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CBS News reports that its polling shows economic issues have given Democrats an edge in the midterm elections. Democratic strategist Chuck Rocha and Republican strategist Terry Sullivan discuss how high gas prices and other economic concerns are affecting the race.
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The report focuses on how high gas prices may affect the midterm elections.
CBS News polling indicates economic issues have given Democrats an edge.
Democratic strategist Chuck Rocha joined the discussion.
Republican strategist Terry Sullivan joined the discussion.
The video segment is 4 minutes and 47 seconds long.
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Anthropic’s IPO filing describes risks that could affect its business, including competition, costs, regulation and potential dangers from advanced AI. The filing warns that highly autonomous systems could accelerate AI development beyond the company’s ability to assess and safeguard new models, and it discusses possible social and regulatory consequences if people treat Claude as sentient.
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The SEC published Anthropic’s S-1 filing ahead of a widely anticipated initial public offering.
The filing’s risk-factors section spans 93 pages and more than 70,000 words, according to the article.
Anthropic lists common business risks such as competition, costs, customer acquisition and regulation.
The company says future AI systems that substantially automate AI research and development could pose catastrophic or existential risks to humanity.
Anthropic warns that highly autonomous systems could advance AI faster than the company can evaluate and safeguard new models.
The company says public acceptance of AI sentience could bring regulatory requirements, public pressure or advocacy efforts that constrain its operations.
Anthropic says it might adopt additional policies, safeguards or limits if it judged them necessary, even beyond legal requirements.
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Vice-President JD Vance accused Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed of supporting rioters and said he would help lead destruction in Detroit. The article reports that President Donald Trump and other allies have also attacked El-Sayed, including with claims tied to his Muslim faith, as the state’s Senate race approaches.
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Vance made the remarks at a campaign stop in Howell, Michigan, on Tuesday.
Vance linked El-Sayed to protests in Paris and said he and commentator Hasan Piker would lead or cheer on rioters in Detroit or New York.
El-Sayed is the Democratic candidate for a Michigan Senate seat sought by Republican Mike Rogers.
Trump has called El-Sayed “on the side of the terrorists” and has repeatedly used his middle name, Mohamed.
El-Sayed said the attacks focus on his name and faith rather than issues such as gas, groceries and access to doctors.
The article says researchers have described the campaign as an unusually concentrated wave of Islamophobic rhetoric in U.S. electoral politics.
Senator Chris Murphy criticized what he called a coordinated effort to delegitimize Muslim Americans.
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Democrats are preparing for possible election interference after President Trump made remarks and his administration took actions involving multiple states. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit in Alaska that could affect certification of election results if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses reelection, arguing that a win for…
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Democrats are preparing for possible election interference.
President Trump has made remarks related to election concerns.
The Trump administration has taken actions targeting multiple states.
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit in Alaska last week.
The lawsuit could block certification of results if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses reelection.
The article excerpt ends before explaining the Justice Department’s argument.
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President Donald Trump highlighted a ship he said carried one million barrels of Venezuelan oil during a visit to Corpus Christi, Texas. He also campaigned for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who is running against Democrat James Talarico in a closely contested race.
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Trump said the oil shipment was a result of a U.S. victory in a recent war with Venezuela, but the article said the shipment’s circumstances and details were not immediately verified.
The article links Trump’s focus on oil to high fuel prices amid the U.S.-Israel war with Iran and the approaching midterm elections.
The U.S. had received Venezuelan crude before the January 3 abduction of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, and shipments have increased this year.
The Trump administration announced in August a deal involving a 35 percent Pentagon stake in North America Blue Energy Partners, which oversees 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves.
The White House said in September that the deal’s first shipment would likely reach U.S. reserves in November; experts questioned whether it would have a short-term impact.
Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent Senator John Cornyn in the Republican primary.
Polling cited in the article showed Democrat James Talarico leading Paxton by 1.7 points on the RealClearPolitics average, within the margin of error.
Trump urged supporters to vote and repeated attacks on Talarico at the Corpus Christi event.
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Israel held its first general election since the October 7, 2023 attacks, with turnout reported at its highest level in decades. The vote focused on Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership, the war in Gaza, Israel’s security and political direction, and the influence of different voter groups.
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The election took place on October 27, 2026.
It was Israel’s first general election since the October 7, 2023 attacks.
The report said turnout was among the highest in decades.
The election raised questions about Netanyahu’s leadership and his pledge to maintain U.S. support for Israel.
The article described Israeli divisions over prolonged conflict and the country’s future security policies.
The report highlighted the potential influence of ultra-Orthodox voters and Palestinian citizens of Israel.
Live coverage cited exit polls showing the opposition with a narrow edge but no clear majority against Netanyahu.
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The U.S. government is granting visas to Flávio Bolsonaro and his family after he lost Brazil’s presidential election, a senior Trump administration official told Axios. Administration officials said they would not comment further until the family is safely in the United States.
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A senior Trump administration official told Axios that the U.S. government is granting visas to Flávio Bolsonaro and his family.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated Flávio Bolsonaro in the presidential election.
Flávio Bolsonaro is the son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
Administration officials declined to comment further until the Bolsonaro family is safely in the United States.
The article notes that the story is breaking and may be updated.
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The Pentagon is funding a naval training facility in Ecuador’s largest city as the United States expands security cooperation with the South American country. Two U.S. officials told The Hill that Virginia-based contractor Culmen International secured a contract to help with the effort, which is part of a broader push to combat drug cartels in the Americas.
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The Pentagon is funding a naval training facility in Ecuador.
The facility is planned for Ecuador’s largest city.
The United States is deepening security cooperation with Ecuador.
The effort is part of a broader campaign to combat drug cartels in the Americas.
Two U.S. officials familiar with the effort spoke to The Hill.
Virginia-based contractor Culmen International secured a contract to help with the project.
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