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Between the TV spots, the mailers and the texts, it’s hard to find a clear read on the election. Follow the final week with reporters who have covered campaigns, Congress and the White House for decades.

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The Washington Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 5:23 AM UTC

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Movie Review: In the family drama 'Gentle Monster,' the evil is coming from inside the house trib.al/fHrQOYu

Movie Review: In the family drama ‘Gentle Monster,’ the ev

"Gentle Monster" lets you fall a little bit in love with Lucy, Philip and their young son Johnny, before blowing everything up. This is a film about moral and societal evils and the webs we

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The Washington Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 4:22 AM UTC

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The Philippines' top diplomat leads a humanitarian mission to Myanmar trib.al/KHAKfQi

The Philippines’ top diplomat leads a humanitarian mission to My

The Philippines' top diplomat arrived in Myanmar on Wednesday to oversee the distribution of humanitarian aid, as Myanmar's military-backed government seeks to improve strained relations wit

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The Washington Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 3:55 AM UTC

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Pete Hegseth fires top military planner Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia trib.al/6Kxavfp

Pete Hegseth fires top military planner Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon's top military planner, a defense official said Wednesday, the latest in a series of generals to be ousted and one that comes even as Preside

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The Washington Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 3:21 AM UTC

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Brewers win first World Series title, beating Rays in Game 5 trib.al/WgFkwy0

Brewers win first World Series title, beating Rays in Game 5

The small-ball Milwaukee Brewers playing in the smallest market in the majors are World Series champions for the first time in franchise history.

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The Washington Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 3:01 AM UTC

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Sen. Chris Murphy, Connecticut Democrat, said Wednesday that the Trump administration is engaged in a cover-up effort to hide the extent of the damage done to U.S. military bases in the Middle East by Iran this year. trib.al/BM8Ak6i

Senator accuses Pentagon of coverup to hide damage Iran has done to U.

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The Washington Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 2:49 AM UTC

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Justice Department announces Trump plans for East Potomac Golf Course are in the works; course will close Nov. 15 trib.al/9MZ5h0E

Justice Department announces Trump plans for golf course are in the wo

The Justice Department filed notice Wednesday night that President Donald Trump's announcements that there are plans for renovating the East Potomac Golf Course and there are plans to close the p

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The Washington Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 2:41 AM UTC

How the Champagne harvest could impact your New Year's Eve trib.al/zQfHDA8

How the Champagne harvest could impact your New Year’s Eve

With this year's Champagne harvest at nearly half of last year's size, will there be a Champagne shortage for New Year's Eve? There are toasting alternatives for holiday celebrations, b

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The Washington Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 2:27 AM UTC

Ken Burns wins a $250,000 prize for bringing American history to life trib.al/8Ng0Acm

Ken Burns wins a $250,000 prize for bringing American history to life

Documentary maker Ken Burns has won a $250,000 prize for his "significant contributions to promoting knowledge and understanding of American history."

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The Washington Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 2:15 AM UTC

Trump, Vance and Obama are making closing stretch appeals to midterm voters in pivotal states trib.al/O4v6St6

Trump, Vance and Obama are making closing stretch appeals to midterm v

President Donald Trump's campaign to keep Republicans in control of Congress in the Nov. 3 midterms is returning to Ohio for the third time in a month on Wednesday, while former President Barack

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The Washington Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 2:03 AM UTC

Gaza residents watch Israel election, hoping to unseat Netanyahu as airstrikes continue trib.al/of2vSTC

Gaza residents watch Israel election, hoping to unseat Netanyahu as ai

In the southern Gaza Strip, where Israeli airstrikes are still a regular occurrence despite a ceasefire, residents of the city of Khan Younis were following the results of Israel's election close

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The Washington Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 1:35 AM UTC

A federal judge rebuffed the Trump administration's demand that California sequester 20,000 ballots from registered voters who the feds say likely are noncitizens, saying the request was unprecedented and trampled on the state's ability to run its own election. trib.al/wDAWGYM

Judge says California can count ballots of 20,000 suspected noncitizen

A federal judge rebuffed the Trump administration's demand that California sequester 20,000 ballots from registered voters who the feds say likely are noncitizens, saying the request was unpreced

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The Washington Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 1:24 AM UTC

Judge says California can count ballots of 20,000 suspected noncitizens trib.al/6RAdOE1

Judge says California can count ballots of 20,000 suspected noncitizen

A federal judge rebuffed the Trump administration's demand that California sequester 20,000 ballots from registered voters who the feds say likely are noncitizens, saying the request was unpreced

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The Washington Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 1:23 AM UTC

China takes Mbappe's apology 'seriously' after backlash over his 'Chinese dictator' comments trib.al/CQDbKZn

China takes Mbappe’s apology ‘seriously’ after backl

China's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday it has taken soccer star Kylian Mbappe's apology "seriously" for comments considered to be disrespectful of Mao Zedong, the founding leader

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The Washington Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 1:12 AM UTC

Who is Gadi Eisenkot, the man with the best chance to oust Netanyahu? trib.al/3IWIoII

Who is Gadi Eisenkot, the man with the best chance to oust Netanyahu?

Hawkish, reserved and unpolished, Israel's former military chief has a viable chance of unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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The Washington Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 1:01 AM UTC

Lawsuit seeks to block ICE from hiding locations of detainees with final removal orders trib.al/gIk0udo

Lawsuit seeks to block ICE from hiding locations of detainees with fin

Groups that provide legal services to immigrants filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to stop the Trump administration's new policy of hiding the locations of tens of thousands of detainees with fin

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The Washington Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 12:44 AM UTC

Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96 trib.al/3i8LilH

Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights ic

Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation's fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase "Si, se puede!" that became a

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The Washington Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 12:32 AM UTC

Scientists have identified a possible new dwarf planet orbiting the Sun beyond Pluto, which would be the sixth dwarf planet confirmed in the solar system. trib.al/tlDUdc9

Scientists identify possible new dwarf planet beyond Pluto

Scientists have identified a possible new dwarf planet orbiting the Sun beyond Pluto, which would be the sixth dwarf planet confirmed in the solar system.

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The Washington Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 12:21 AM UTC

Putin seeks to expand ties with African countries at Russia-Africa summit trib.al/pKuE0AL

Putin seeks to expand ties with African countries at Russia-Africa sum

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hosted dozens of African leaders at a Russia-Africa summit, part of Moscow's efforts to expand its influence across the continent.

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The Washington Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 12:11 AM UTC

U.N. condemns Cuban embargo, though more nations sit out after Trump administration push trib.al/Yb8MJNG

U.N. condemns Cuban embargo, though more nations sit out after Trump a

The U.N. General Assembly condemned the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba for the 34th year on Wednesday, even as Washington's campaign to influence the outcome led to a number of countries voting ag

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The Washington Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 12:10 AM UTC

Under U.S.-Uzbekistan bilateral framework, Washington agreed to consider Uzbek agricultural and industrial goods favorably. In return, Uzbekistan agreed to reduce or eliminate tariffs on U.S. products. @vaughn_cockayne buff.ly/2EOLXbF

Uzbekistan-U.S. deepening trade relations after business summit, inves

Economic partnerships between the U.S. and Uzbekistan have continued to deepen, the American Uzbek Business Investment Council said following this month's investment summit in Samarkand, even tho