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Israel envoy seeks hostages 'at any cost,' says Canada has strained ties during war

Israel envoy seeks hostages 'at any cost,' says Canada has strained ties during war

OTTAWA — Israel's ambassador to Canada says the war that started a year ago has profoundly changed Israelis' views on peace in the Middle East — and strained his country's long-standing strong relationship with Canada.
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Opponents use parental rights and anti-trans messages to fight abortion ballot measures

Opponents use parental rights and anti-trans messages to fight abortion ballot measures

CHICAGO (AP) — Billboards with the words “STOP Child Gender Surgery.” Pamphlets warning about endangering minors. “PROTECT PARENT RIGHTS” plastered on church bulletins.
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Locked in Mideast wars and battered by sanctions, Iran is wary over US presidential election

Locked in Mideast wars and battered by sanctions, Iran is wary over US presidential election

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — America's presidential election next week comes just after Iran marks the 45th anniversary of the 1979 U.S. Embassy hostage crisis — and for many, tensions between Tehran and Washington feel just as high as they did then.
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America's European allies face challenging times, whoever wins the presidential election

America's European allies face challenging times, whoever wins the presidential election

BERLIN (AP) — The United States' European allies are bracing for an America that's less interested in them no matter who wins the presidential election — and for old traumas and new problems if Donald Trump returns to the White House.
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The US election system is secure. But human nature is a vulnerability

The US election system is secure. But human nature is a vulnerability

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hacking a local election system in the United States wouldn't be easy, and secretly altering votes on a scale massive enough to change the outcome of the presidential race would be impossible , election officials have said, thanks t
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New law makes dueling presidential transitions possible

New law makes dueling presidential transitions possible

WASHINGTON (AP) — There will be 77 days between Election Day and inauguration , a period in which the president-elect may ready his or her administration to take over power from President Joe Biden .
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Speaker Mike Johnson is pulling closer to Trump to save the GOP's House majority

Speaker Mike Johnson is pulling closer to Trump to save the GOP's House majority

HOLLAND, Ohio (AP) — Wherever House Speaker Mike Johnson goes, Donald Trump , seemingly, is not far away.
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A knock at the door, a chat with a neighbor, a text: Campaigns make final swing-state push

A knock at the door, a chat with a neighbor, a text: Campaigns make final swing-state push

CROSS PLAINS, Wis. (AP) — At this stage of the election , the arguments have been made, the airwaves flooded with ads, the inboxes and doorsteps stuffed with flyers. What’s left is to get out the vote .
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Judge sets hearing on $1M-a-day sweepstakes from Elon Musk PAC helping Donald Trump

Judge sets hearing on $1M-a-day sweepstakes from Elon Musk PAC helping Donald Trump

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia judge is holding a hearing Thursday morning in the city prosecutor’s bid to shut down Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day sweepstakes in battleground states.
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Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio's first and only female House speaker, to lie in state at Statehouse

Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio's first and only female House speaker, to lie in state at Statehouse

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The late Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio’s first and only female House speaker and a force in state and national Republican politics, is set to lie in state Thursday at the Ohio Statehouse ahead of a public funeral service.
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