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GOP senator: Putin is ‘anything but a humanitarian’ thehill.com/homenews/senate/…

GOP senator: Putin is ‘anything but a humanitarian’

Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) slammed Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff’s characterization of Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian,” instead calling the Russian leader “an evil killer.”…

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Iran: 7 ships hit in the Strait of Hormuz thehill.com/policy/defense/6…

Iran: 7 ships hit in the Strait of Hormuz

Iran said on Thursday its navy hit seven oil tankers traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to exacerbate regional tensions and the global energy crisis that is driving inflation. The …

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Politico corrects story on Susie Wiles after White House threatens ‘consequences’ thehill.com/homenews/media/6…

Politico corrects story on Susie Wiles after White House threatens ‘consequences’

Politico issued a correction late Wednesday to a story it published about White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and the backstory on what led to ousted press secretary Katie Zacharia’s firin…

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Social Security says it’s ‘corrected’ tens of millions of records. Here’s why thehill.com/homenews/6164678…

Social Security says it’s ‘corrected’ tens of millions of records. Here’s why

The agency said it has added 17 million death dates to records that previously had none and updated citizenship information.

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Acton responds to Ramaswamy’s ad: ‘It’s despicable’ thehill.com/homenews/campaig…

Acton responds to Ramaswamy’s ad: ‘It’s despicable’

Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee in Ohio’s governor race, responded for the first time to a controversial campaign ad from her opponent Vivek Ramaswamy that featured her estranged mother cal…

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Live updates: Trump heads to Iowa, candidates make final pitches with 10 days until midterms thehill.com/homenews/adminis…

Live updates: Trump heads to Iowa, candidates make final pitches with 10 days until midterms

Candidates for Senate seats in Michigan and Kansas made their closing arguments to voters in debates on Wednesday night. While the debate between former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and Abdul El-Saye…

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Talarico, Paxton in dead heat for Texas Senate, Abbott leads governor’s race: Poll thehill.com/homenews/6163841…

Talarico, Paxton in dead heat for Texas Senate, Abbott leads governor’s race: Poll 

Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton are in a dead heat for the Senate in Texas, according to new polling of one of the cycle’s most closely watched contests.  Talarico notched 48…

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El-Sayed’s alleged ties to Muslim Brotherhood shake up Michigan Senate race thehill.com/homenews/campaig…

El-Sayed’s alleged ties to Muslim Brotherhood shake up Michigan Senate race

Senate Republicans are making a last-ditch effort to save former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) in the Michigan Senate race by pouring money and effort into highlighting what they say are significant t…

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4 key moments from debates in Michigan, Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota thehill.com/newsletters/morn…

4 key moments from debates in Michigan, Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota

In today’s issue:  Memorable moments from final debates  Trump adds Mississippi to southern tour  Supreme Court blocks transgender prison policy  Witkoff’s ‘humanitarian’ comment faces backlas…

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Rubio, Hegseth point fingers at Musk in Starlink slowdown thehill.com/homenews/adminis…

Rubio, Hegseth, point fingers at Musk in Starlink slowdown

Top Trump administration officials are starting to point fingers squarely at SpaceX founder Elon Musk for the decision to slow down his company’s Starlink satellite internet services and its milita…

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WHCA condemns removal of journalist from White House pool thehill.com/media/6164506-wh…

WHCA condemns removal of journalist from White House pool

White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) President Jacqui Heinrich on Wednesday condemned the White House’s decision to restrict a journalist’s access to cover President Trump after the presi…

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China expresses ‘firm opposition’ to Trump administration sanctions tied to former Google engineer thehill.com/policy/technolog…

China expresses ‘firm opposition’ to Trump administration sanctions tied to former Google engineer

China slammed the Trump administration’s move to sanction five Chinese companies linked to a former Google engineer accused of intellectual property theft, calling it “egregious.”…

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Kornacki sees tide ‘working against’ Democrat in Minnesota Senate race thehill.com/homenews/campaig…

Kornacki sees tide ‘working against’ Democrat in Minnesota Senate race

Steve Kornacki, NBC News’s chief data analyst, on Wednesday morning said there is growing indication that Minnesota’s tight Senate race could swing in the GOP’s favor in the November election…

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Celebs focus on Dems winning House in eleventh hour midterms fundraising thehill.com/blogs/in-the-kno…

Celebs focus on Dems winning House in 11th hour midterms fundraising

With less than two weeks before the midterm elections, some high-profile names are adding their voices to a flurry of fundraising pitches warning of the dangers of Republicans maintaining control o…

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NSA warns organizations to patch security flaws identified by AI thehill.com/policy/technolog…

NSA warns organizations to patch security flaws identified by AI

The National Security Agency (NSA) warned organizations Wednesday to immediately patch a pair of security flaws or take their systems offline, after artificial intelligence discovered vulnerabiliti…

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Social Security corrects death, citizenship information for millions of numbers thehill.com/homenews/adminis…

Social Security corrects death, citizenship information for millions of numbers

The Social Security Administration announced Tuesday it corrected millions of Social Security Number (SSN) database files, including death records and citizenship information, partially using the S…

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Omar said she will have to move due to threats following federal raid thehill.com/homenews/house/6…

Omar said she will have to move due to threats following federal raid

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said she will have to move out of her apartment in Washington, D.C., because of threats she’s received after federal agents executed a search warrant at her residence last…

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1 killed, 8 wounded in Saudi Arabia airport attack thehill.com/policy/internati…

1 killed, 8 wounded in Saudi Arabia airport attack

An attack on an airport in Saudi Arabia by the Iranian-backed Houthis killed one person and injured eight others, officials confirmed Wednesday. Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation s…

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Trump to hold rally in Mississippi thehill.com/homenews/campaig…

Trump to hold rally in Mississippi

President Trump is scheduled to hold a rally in Mississippi next Monday, a notable choice for a last-minute midterm event given the state’s reliably Republican history. The visit is raising alarm t…

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Former Minnesota GOP governor sees ‘political layer’ to Omar probe thehill.com/homenews/state-w…

Former Minnesota GOP governor sees ‘political layer’ to Omar probe

Tim Pawlenty, the former Republican governor of Minnesota, acknowledged on Tuesday morning there was a “political layer” to the Trump administration’s investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). …

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