Former Rep. Mike Rogers, a Republican from Michigan, did not say whether he identifies as a MAGA Republican or clarify his position on President Donald Trump’s tariffs against Canada. He was asked about both issues during a Sunday appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” ahead of a competitive Michigan Senate race against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed.
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Mike Rogers is a former Republican representative from Michigan.
Rogers is running for a Michigan Senate seat against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed.
The article describes the race as competitive.
Rogers appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
An interviewer asked Rogers whether he identifies as a MAGA Republican.
Rogers did not clarify his position on President Trump’s tariffs against Canada.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is widely viewed as a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender, but strategists say his election record has not tested him against strong, well-funded opponents. In his bid for a second term, he holds a large fundraising and advertising advantage over Republican Stacy Garrity, renewing questions about how he would handle a competitive primary or general election.
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Shapiro is running for a second four-year term as Pennsylvania governor against Republican Stacy Garrity.
Recent polls cited in the article show Shapiro on pace to beat Garrity by double digits.
Shapiro has spent $42 million on campaign ads, while Garrity has spent $3 million.
Campaign finance reports show Shapiro has raised $64 million this cycle and Garrity about $11 million.
The Republican Governors Association has not bought ads to support Garrity.
In 2022, Shapiro faced Republican Doug Mastriano, who spent about $2 million on ads; Shapiro and his allies spent $55 million.
Shapiro ran unopposed in the Democratic primary in both of his gubernatorial campaigns.
Shapiro's allies say his limited experience against strong opponents reflects his ability to deter capable challengers.
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Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to stop Alaska from certifying its U.S. Senate election result. The department says a second candidate named Dan Sullivan could confuse voters, while the lawsuit has drawn bipartisan criticism and faces questions about federal authority over state-run elections.
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The Justice Department filed its lawsuit on October 22, less than two weeks before the November 3 midterm election.
The lawsuit asks a federal court to declare certification of the race unlawful and bar Alaska from certifying the result.
Republican incumbent Dan S. Sullivan is competing against Democrat Mary Peltola and another candidate named Dan J. Sullivan.
Both Sullivans advanced to the final round of voting after Alaska’s August primaries and are running as Republicans.
Dan J. Sullivan has denied that he is trying to draw votes away from the incumbent or that he coordinated with Peltola’s campaign.
Alaska’s Supreme Court ruled in June that both Sullivans could compete in the race.
The article notes that states administer elections under the Constitution and that experts say the federal lawsuit may be illegal.
President Donald Trump said he authorized the lawsuit.
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French far-right leader Marine Le Pen launched her presidential campaign before a cheering crowd. She said she could restore order and stability after weeks of protests in France.
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Marine Le Pen launched her campaign for the French presidency.
Le Pen is described as a far-right leader.
A crowd cheered as she launched her campaign.
Le Pen presented herself as able to restore order and stability in France.
The campaign launch followed weeks of protests.
Virginia Pietromarchi reported from Orleans.
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Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in the Oct. 25 parliamentary election, saying the student-backed Students’ List had won. He said early projections gave the movement 135 to 140 seats in the 250-member Parliament, compared with about 105 for his Serbian Progressive Party.
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The election followed two years of student-led protests against Vucic’s government.
Vucic said the Students’ List received about 2.2 million votes and his party about 1.7 million.
The Students’ List was shaped by university students, but its candidates were experts, athletes, farmers and artists rather than students.
The protests grew after 16 people died when a train station canopy collapsed in Novi Sad in 2024.
Protesters blamed corruption and problems with renovation work for the station collapse.
Vucic resigned as president the month before the election to lead his party’s campaign for prime minister.
Supporters of the Students’ List celebrated in Belgrade and other cities after Vucic conceded.
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Rep. Ashley Hinson called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “murderer” and said the United States should not make deals with Russia. The article says ABC’s Jonathan Karl asked Hinson about U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff’s remark to Putin, but the provided text ends before describing that remark or Hinson’s full response.
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Ashley Hinson is a Republican representative from Iowa.
Hinson is a candidate for the U.S. Senate.
Hinson called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “murderer.”
Hinson urged the United States not to make deals with Russia.
ABC News host Jonathan Karl interviewed Hinson on “This Week.”
Karl asked Hinson about a remark by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff to Putin.
The provided article text does not include the details of Witkoff’s remark or Hinson’s full answer.
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in the early parliamentary election, saying the student-backed Students' List was projected to win a majority of seats. The result followed years of protests over corruption and democratic concerns, and prompted celebrations in Belgrade and other cities.
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Vucic said the Students' List was projected to win 135 to 140 of the 250 parliamentary seats.
He projected that his Serbian Progressive Party, or SNS, would win about 105 seats.
Vucic said the Students' List received about 2.2 million votes, compared with about 1.7 million for SNS.
The election pitted SNS against an opposition movement shaped by university students, whose candidates included experts, athletes, farmers and artists.
The student movement grew after 16 people died in 2024 when a concrete canopy collapsed at a train station in Novi Sad.
Protests blamed corruption and misconduct during renovation work for the disaster.
Vucic resigned as president the previous month to campaign for prime minister.
Supporters of the Students' List celebrated in Belgrade and other Serbian cities after Vucic conceded.
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California Democrats redrew congressional district lines in an effort to flip five seats held by Republicans. President Donald Trump called the move a “giant scam,” as the two sides clashed over issues including immigration and healthcare.
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Democrats redrew district lines in California.
The redrawn districts aim to help Democrats flip five Republican-held seats.
President Donald Trump called the move a “giant scam.”
The article describes clashes between the two sides over immigration and healthcare.
The article raises whether the redistricting will affect election results.
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat in the country’s snap parliamentary election, saying preliminary results showed his party had lost to a student-led protest movement. The election followed two years of protests over a 2024 train station canopy collapse that killed 16 people.
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Vučić said final results were not yet available but that it was clear his party had lost.
Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in a snap parliamentary election to a student-led movement, ending his party’s hold on power. Turnout reached nearly 70%, the highest since Yugoslavia broke up in 1992, after almost two years of protests sparked by a deadly train station canopy collapse.
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A representative sample by CESID-IPSPS projected 138 seats for the Student List and 104 for Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party in the 250-seat parliament.
Vucic said preliminary results showed the Student List had won and conceded the election.
Ethnic minority parties are expected to take the remaining seats.
Nearly 70% of eligible voters turned out, according to the article.
The protests began after a canopy collapsed at a train station in Novi Sad in 2024, killing 16 people.
Student-led demonstrations against perceived corruption and authoritarianism continued for almost two years before the snap election.
Police cordoned off an area near the election commission headquarters in Belgrade, and local media reported several violent incidents during voting.
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A bus carrying mourners collided with a cement truck near Mtito Andei in southeastern Kenya on October 25, killing at least 24 people and injuring 24 others, police and hospital officials said. The crash’s cause remains under investigation, while officials cited dangerous overtaking as a possible factor. After a similar fatal crash on the same highway earlier in October, the government said it would increase road-safety enforcement and inspect public transport vehicles.
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The crash occurred around 7:45 a.m. on the highway between Nairobi and Mombasa.
The bus belonged to Power of the Word Church International and was carrying people returning from their pastor’s funeral in western Kenya.
A Makueni County official said the bus driver tried to overtake several vehicles before hitting the oncoming truck; the NTSA also cited dangerous overtaking as a possible cause.
A separate multi-vehicle crash on the same highway on October 3 killed 17 people.
President William Ruto ordered inspections of vehicles used for public transport.
Transport Minister Davis Chirchir said the government would step up enforcement against speeding and unsafe overtaking, improve dangerous road sections, and strengthen commercial-driver checks and training.
Kenyan media reported NTSA figures of 5,009 road-crash deaths in 2025 and 2,150 deaths in the first half of 2026.
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Democrats in battleground districts are attacking Republicans over Medicaid cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill law. They are making the issue prominent in advertisements and debates, while Republicans struggle to respond.
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Democrats are targeting Republicans in battleground districts over Medicaid cuts.
Democrats are raising the issue in advertisements.
Democrats are also challenging Republicans on the issue at debates.
The cuts are part of the One Big Beautiful Bill law.
The law is expected to reduce Medicaid funding by nearly $1 trillion.
The article says the Medicaid cuts will help pay for tax cuts.
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat in the parliamentary election after preliminary results showed the student-backed movement ahead. The movement grew out of protests following a 2024 railway station roof collapse that killed 16 people.
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Vučić said a stratified sample of preliminary results showed his side had lost.
The student-backed movement challenged Vučić’s Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).
CeSID and Ipsos estimated voter turnout at 67.6% by 7 p.m., the highest since 1992, according to the article.
The movement named 250 candidates for the 250-seat parliament.
Protests began after a concrete canopy collapsed at Novi Sad railway station in November 2024, killing 16 people.
The article says allegations of poor construction and corruption helped fuel the protests.
Vučić called snap elections after resigning the presidency the previous month, according to the article.
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Lorne Doerkson will become premier of British Columbia after his Conservatives won a majority in a snap provincial election. The result ended nearly a century without a Conservative provincial victory and dealt a major defeat to Premier David Eby’s New Democratic Party, which won 27 of 93 seats.
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The Conservatives are projected to win 64 seats in the 93-seat legislative assembly, while the Green Party won two.
Doerkson took over as Conservative leader just weeks before the election, after Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned amid internal party conflict.
Doerkson was first elected to the provincial legislature in 2020 and previously worked as a rodeo announcer and newspaper publisher.
Eby called the election two years early, saying he wanted a larger majority to pass his party’s policies.
Eby said he accepted full responsibility for the NDP’s defeat and resigned as the party’s provincial leader.
Doerkson has pledged to speed up forestry and mining permits and triple natural gas production by 2035.
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Australia’s parliament has resumed amid calls for MPs to pay tribute to independent MP Helen Haines, who was allegedly attacked last week. The session is also expected to address political safety and conduct, while a Victorian audit examines the use of police cells to hold prisoners for extended periods.
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Speaker Milton Dick plans to call for civility in parliament, and some politicians are expected to sign a civility pledge.
The pledge says signatories will act with honesty, respect and compassion in their political lives.
Pauline Hanson said One Nation cartoons would remain despite criticism.
Cabinet minister Mark Butler said threats of violence and death against MPs, their families and staff have changed dramatically during his nearly 20 years in parliament.
Victoria’s auditor-general is examining whether police and justice agencies manage cell and prison capacity in ways that support human rights and the justice system.
Reports said people held in Victorian police cells sometimes spent more than the recommended 14 days there, with some transported hundreds of kilometres.
The audit is underway and is expected to be tabled early next year.
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A stagnant U.S. housing market has left sellers with fewer buyers and less bargaining power. Many are cutting prices or paying some buyer costs, while others take listings off the market or delay major plans.
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High mortgage rates, years of home-price increases and inflation have made homes harder for many buyers to afford.
Sellers now outnumber buyers in many areas, and homes may take longer to sell.
Some sellers are lowering prices and offering money toward repairs or other buyer costs.
Liz Suder listed her Murphy, Texas, home for $750,000 in April 2025 and later agreed to sell it for $650,000, with $9,000 toward repairs.
Suder said the sale took more than a year and delayed her plans to buy a smaller home.
Rick Ganga listed his Blaine, Washington, home for $825,000 on June 1 and later lowered the price to just under $800,000, but had received no offers at the time of the report.
Ganga said he could not afford a larger price cut because he had not built enough equity in the home.
Ganga is postponing plans to transfer to another state for work until his home sells.
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At a rally in Port Huron, Michigan, President Donald Trump made remarks about the appearance of rapper Nicki Minaj, who attended the event. His comments followed a remark about Ohio Senate candidate Jon Husted and drew responses from commentators on social media.
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Trump spoke at a rally in Port Huron, Michigan, on Sunday.
The rally included a midterm campaign message.
Trump referred to earlier remarks he had made about Ohio Senate candidate Jon Husted’s body.
Trump said he had looked at Husted’s backside, then made a similar comment about Nicki Minaj.
Minaj, whom the article describes as an ally of Trump, attended the rally.
Trump asked Minaj to stand up after commenting on her appearance.
Conservative commentator Eric Daugherty praised Trump’s remarks in a post on X.
MeidasTouch editor-in-chief Ron Filipkowski criticized the comparison in a post on X.
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Mary Peltola said she would reschedule campaign events in Fairbanks and Bethel after a car crash caused minor injuries. Her campaign said the accident happened while she was traveling with family to another campaign stop.
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Peltola is a former Democratic U.S. representative from Alaska.
She planned campaign events in Fairbanks and Bethel, Alaska.
She announced that she would reschedule those events.
The crash caused minor injuries.
Peltola and her family were in the vehicle involved in the crash.
The vehicle was traveling to Peltola’s next campaign stop when the crash happened.
Her campaign reported the accident in a statement shared Sunday.
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Bulgaria’s presidential election ended without a winner, setting up a Nov. 1 runoff between incumbent Iliana Yotova and opposition candidate Andrey Gyurov. The campaign focused on Bulgaria’s ties with Russia and the West, security concerns in the Black Sea, and rising energy costs and inflation.
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Election officials said the presidential race would be decided in a runoff on Nov. 1.
Incumbent President Iliana Yotova is backed by Progressive Bulgaria and the Socialist Party.
Andrey Gyurov, a former caretaker prime minister and deputy central bank governor, is backed by pro-Western opposition parties.
The election drew record-low turnout, which observers linked to mistrust of politicians and voter apathy.
The campaign addressed Russia’s war in Ukraine and drone attacks on commercial vessels near Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast.
The Bulgarian government asked its partners for help strengthening maritime security.
Candidates also addressed rising energy prices and inflation.
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The UK government has not decided whether to approve drilling at the Rosebank oilfield, and Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh is weighing the application. Chancellor John Healey reportedly supports approval, while Fahnbulleh has questioned Rosebank’s contribution to UK energy security and its environmental impact; a decision is expected before year-end.
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Fahnbulleh is responsible for deciding whether to approve the Rosebank licence, though the prime minister could make the final call if ministers disagree.
Healey reportedly backs approval and has said oil and gas revenues could contribute to a new energy wealth fund.
Fahnbulleh said the case for approving the Jackdaw gasfield does not apply to Rosebank, which is an oilfield whose output would mainly be exported.
Rosebank is expected to produce about seven times the emissions of Jackdaw, according to the article.
Fahnbulleh is understood to believe Rosebank would contribute less to UK energy security because most of its oil would be exported.
Labour MPs have warned of significant opposition within the party if the government approves Rosebank, and some have discussed seeking a parliamentary vote.
A final decision on Rosebank is expected before the end of the year.
Fahnbulleh said a planned energy wealth fund would receive £2bn in the budget and support renewables, nuclear power and other clean energy projects.
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