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  • Projections show no clear winner in Israel's election
    27 October 2026 by Nick Schifrin
    Israelis turned out in record numbers for their first election since the Oct. 7 attacks and the war in Gaza. Projections show opposition parties won more seats than the coalition led by Prime Minister Netanyahu, potentially setting the stage for a change in government. But Netanyahu's opponents do not have enough seats to form a majority, leading to weeks of negotiations. Nick Schifrin reports.
  • Democrats put economy and affordability at center of final campaign push
    27 October 2026 by Lisa Desjardins
    With one week until Election Day, the final push is on. President Trump is making a swing through Texas, a state Republicans have long counted on, but where Democrats see an opportunity to make gains. With voters pointing to the cost of everyday necessities, the economy is looming large in the final week of the campaign. Lisa Desjardins reports.
  • Poll gauges voter enthusiasm for both parties a week before election
    27 October 2026 by Geoff Bennett
    A new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll released on Tuesday shows Democrats hold an eight-point lead among likely voters. With independents, that lead grows to 13 points. Geoff Bennett breaks down the poll results and what it tells us with Domenico Montanaro of NPR.
  • News Wrap: U.S. providing visas to Bolsonaro and family after loss in Brazil's election
    27 October 2026
    In our news wrap Tuesday, the State Department said it will provide U.S. visas to Flavio Bolsonaro and his family following his loss in Brazil's election, President Trump insists the East Potomac Golf Course will close for renovations despite a judge's order blocking major changes and a ceasefire in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky was holding as a humanitarian truce took effect.
  • Grand jury refuses to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, AP sources say
    27 October 2026 by Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press
    It's the latest setback in the Justice Department's efforts to charge Trump's perceived adversaries.
  • Inside Georgia's push to rebuild trust in elections after Trump's false claims
    27 October 2026 by Liz Landers
    The Trump administration has stepped up efforts to challenge the integrity of elections and assert greater control over how they are conducted. Georgia has been at the center of that debate ever since Trump's false claims about the state's role in the 2020 election. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center, Liz Landers looks at how Georgia is working to restore confidence in the voting process.
  • Why Trump's coalition of evangelical voters could be fraying
    27 October 2026 by Stephanie Sy
    White evangelical Christians have been among President Trump's most loyal supporters for more than a decade, and our new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll shows that most still approve of him. But signs of slippage are emerging ahead of the midterms. Stephanie Sy reports on the overlap of politics and faith.
  • School principal documents Indonesia's worst wildfires in a decade
    27 October 2026 by Sarah Clune Hartman
    Indonesia is battling its worst wildfires in more than a decade, made worse by El Niño. Many were deliberately set to clear land for farming, including palm oil plantations. More than 12,000 schools across Indonesia have closed because of the toxic haze. Nathaniel Undas, a school principal and photographer, has been documenting the fires on social media.
  • Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library celebrates his commitment to conservation
    27 October 2026 by Jeffrey Brown
    This year, the 26th president's legacy received a remarkable new tribute: the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in the Badlands of North Dakota, a landscape that helped shape his lifelong commitment to conservation. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown recently paid a visit for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
  • Daylight saving time is coming to an end again. Here's how the time change may impact you
    27 October 2026 by Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press
    One tip: Try to get outside for some morning sun — it'll help your body clock reset faster.
  • U.S. military says 5 were killed by a strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific
    27 October 2026 by Ben Finley, Associated Press
    Trump has sought to justify the attacks by saying they stem the flow of drugs into the U.S., but critics have questioned the overall legality of the boat strikes as well as their effectiveness.
  • Libertarians could siphon Republican support in the fight for control of the U.S. Senate
    27 October 2026 by Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press
    Third-party Libertarian candidates threaten to siphon votes from Republicans in competitive states and could imperil the party's chances of holding its narrow majority over Democrats.
  • No clear winner in Israeli election, exit polls indicate, as Netanyahu's fate hangs in the balance
    27 October 2026 by Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press
    Final results are expected in the coming days and may vary from the exit polls.
  • Authorities say serial killer Ted Bundy is responsible for the 1974 murder of another Utah teenage girl
    27 October 2026 by Ed White, Associated Press
    DNA connections between Melissa Ann Smith and another Bundy victim helped close the case.
  • WATCH LIVE: 2026 midterms preview, plus your questions on voting
    27 October 2026 by Deema Zein
    Ahead of Election Day, our politics crew takes a closer look at what to watch in the 2026 elections and take your questions around election security and voting rights.
  • Brazil's Flávio Bolsonaro and his family will get U.S. visas after presidential election loss
    27 October 2026 by Matthew Lee, Associated Press
    A senior State Department official said Tuesday that Flávio Bolsonaro and his family will be granted U.S. visas after his weekend loss to incumbent Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a hotly contested race that bucked a trend of conservative electoral results in Latin America.
  • WATCH: Trump says Venezuela sent him 1 million barrels of oil as a 'gift'
    27 October 2026 by Matthew Lee, Associated Press
    President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday plan to show off a newly arrived oil tanker filled with Venezuelan crude to be processed in Texas refineries.
  • Anthropic says risks for investors include blowback from runaway AI
    27 October 2026 by Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press
    The risks laid out by the San Francisco company in its filing Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission range from the mundane to involvement in cyberattacks and the spread of dangerous misinformation.
  • WATCH LIVE: Trump campaigns for Ken Paxton at rallies in Texas
    27 October 2026 by Steven Sloan, Associated Press
    Trump was in Corpus Christi and Lubbock to boost Republican Ken Paxton's competitive U.S. Senate campaign against Democrat James Talarico.
  • Soccer star Kylian Mbappé apologizes for comments about Mao Zedong
    27 October 2026 by E. Eduardo Castillo, Associated Press
    Kylian Mbappé has apologized for comments referring to Mao Zedong as a dictator. He said his remarks were ill-judged and hurt many people in China and Chinese communities worldwide.

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