Democrats and outside watchdogs are planning a large presence at polling places on Election Day. They cite concerns that President Donald Trump could use federal government resources to interfere in the midterm elections, which could affect his final two years in office.
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The article says thousands of observers from the right and left are expected to monitor polling places on Election Day.
Democrats and outside watchdogs are planning a large presence at the polls.
Their plans are driven by concerns about possible federal government interference in the midterm elections.
The concern centers on President Donald Trump potentially leveraging federal resources.
The article says the midterm results could affect Trump’s final two years in office.
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Barack Obama campaigned for Democrats ahead of U.S. midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. He criticized President Donald Trump over alleged corruption, his strategy for Iran and White House renovations.
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The article was issued on October 26, 2026.
The midterm elections were ten days away at the time of the report.
The elections will determine control of a closely divided Congress.
Obama campaigned for Democratic candidates.
Obama accused Trump of corruption.
Obama criticized Trump's strategy for Iran.
Obama criticized the appearance of Trump's White House renovations.
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Iran’s hardline Paydari Front has urged parliament and the Supreme National Security Council to begin withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, a step the article says could support Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. The move reflects a widening political split with President Masoud Pezeshkian’s camp, which favors diplomacy to end the conflict with the United States.
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The Paydari Front asked Iran’s parliament and Supreme National Security Council to initiate withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The faction said military efforts should proceed “as quickly as possible.”
The article describes an eight-month struggle between moderates who favor talks and hardliners who oppose negotiations with Washington.
Hardline supporters have held organized nighttime rallies in major Iranian cities for about 200 days.
Paydari-aligned lawmaker Amirhossein Sabeti said talks should not begin unless the United States ends its pressure on Iran’s southern ports or lifts sanctions.
The Paydari Front has filed a motion to impeach Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi after his visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly.
Iran’s parliament is considering a bill that would criminalize interviews with foreign media outlets.
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Unions suspended a planned strike at London’s V&A museums for 29 and 30 October after management made an improved pay offer. The suspension allows talks facilitated by Acas, a UK workplace conciliation service, to continue; the offer’s details have not been disclosed.
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Members of the Prospect and PCS unions had voted to strike over pay and working conditions.
The planned walkout could have closed the V&A’s main galleries in South Kensington and its East London sites.
The unions are seeking a 4% pay rise for staff earning above the living wage and for the V&A to become an accredited London living-wage employer within 12 months.
The unions also want time-and-a-half pay for bank holiday work and changes to working conditions, including heatwave measures and food at East London sites.
The London living wage is £15.45 per hour.
The V&A says all its staff receive at least the London living wage, but some outsourced contractors do not.
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Protests continued in France over the weekend, with demonstrators taking to the streets. CBS News correspondent Leigh Kiniry reported on the demonstrations.
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Demonstrators took to the streets in France.
The protests continued over the weekend.
CBS News aired a report on the protests.
Leigh Kiniry reported on the demonstrations.
The video report was about 1 minute and 35 seconds long.
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President Donald Trump said Norway “sucks” after he was not selected for the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norway-based committee chose Navi Pillay, a former International Criminal Court judge, instead.
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Trump made the remark on Sunday.
Trump was not selected to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
The prize selection committee is based in Norway.
The committee honored Navi Pillay instead of Trump.
Pillay is a former International Criminal Court judge.
Trump said he had told the first lady he would get the Nobel Prize in two weeks; the article excerpt ends before his statement is complete.
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Israelis are due to vote on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. Tens of thousands of Israeli citizens living abroad are flying to Israel to cast ballots because they cannot vote from abroad.
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Israel's election is scheduled for Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
Israeli citizens living abroad cannot vote from abroad, according to the report.
Tens of thousands of Israelis living overseas are expected to travel to Israel for the vote.
The travelers are arriving from countries around the world.
FRANCE 24 reporter Noga Tarnopolsky spoke with some of the travelers at an airport.
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AmiLynne Carroll argues that people should treat resilience as a way to survive hardship, not as a lasting identity or life goal. She says praise for enduring adversity can make people feel unable to seek help or choose a new direction, and calls for support that helps them decide what they want after a difficult experience.
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Carroll says resilience can become a label that makes people feel they must keep enduring hardship.
She describes “borrowed beliefs” as ideas people adopt about themselves from influential people in their lives.
Carroll says survival alone does not tell someone who they want to become.
She cites the World Health Organization’s estimate that depression and anxiety lead to 12 billion lost workdays globally each year.
The WHO identifies excessive workloads, limited support and job insecurity as risks to mental health.
Carroll says her experiences include quadriplegia and a stroke in 2022.
The article gives examples of workers and caregivers whose established roles can make it harder to recognize their own needs or ambitions.
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Tony Dokoupil introduced his new podcast, “Great Question with Tony Dokoupil,” ahead of its Monday evening launch. Its first episode features a conversation with cultural critic Malcolm Gladwell about gun violence.
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The podcast is titled “Great Question with Tony Dokoupil.”
The show launches Monday evening.
Tony Dokoupil gave an inside look at the new podcast.
The first episode features cultural critic Malcolm Gladwell.
The opening conversation focuses on gun violence.
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President Donald Trump criticized comedian Bill Maher in a Truth Social post on Sunday. Trump called Maher a “coward who is afraid to tell the truth” and said Maher’s HBO show, “Real Time,” was no longer “hot.”
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Trump made the comments in a Truth Social post on Sunday.
Trump called Maher a “coward who is afraid to tell the truth.”
Trump also called Maher a “complete and total loser.”
Trump said Maher’s HBO show, “Real Time,” was not “hot” anymore.
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Newsweek reports that a 2013 Father’s Day post attributed to Representative Ilhan Omar, referring to her father as “Nur Said,” is no longer available at its original URL; the outlet says it has not established when or why it was removed. The post has drawn renewed attention amid scrutiny of Omar’s marriage and immigration history, allegations she denies and that the article says remain unproven.
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An online archive shows a June 2013 post from Omar’s X account wishing her father, “Nur Said,” a happy Father’s Day.
The post is no longer available at its original URL, and Newsweek says it has not determined when or why it was removed.
A recent federal court filing identified Omar as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar.”
Omar told reporters, “My name is Ilhan Abdullahi Omar.”
Omar has denied allegations that her former husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, was her brother or that their marriage was fraudulent.
The Congressional Black Caucus identified Omar’s father as Nur Omar Mohamed in a statement after his death in 2020.
Newsweek reported that federal agents searched Omar’s Washington home on October 12; a source close to the matter said investigators also obtained a DNA sample.
President Donald Trump called for Omar to resign, but the article notes that the court filing alone does not establish his claim that she used a fraudulent identity.
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A woman who faked pregnancies to deceive several men, including former “Bachelor” star Clayton Echard, was sentenced to 30 days in jail. The report does not provide further details about the sentence or the case.
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The woman faked multiple pregnancies.
Clayton Echard was among the men she deceived.
A court sentenced her to 30 days in jail.
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Japanese prosecutors indicted U.S. Marine Devin Jacob Ballard in connection with the alleged murder and robbery of Anna Yagi in Naha, Okinawa, on 3 October. The case has prompted protests and renewed calls for action over crimes involving U.S. military personnel in Okinawa.
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Ballard, 20, was stationed at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
Prosecutors allege Ballard strangled Yagi, 39, with a telephone cord and took her backpack and wallet.
Ballard was arrested on suspicion of killing Yagi at a hotel in Naha.
Media reports said Ballard denied the allegations, while investigators told Japanese news outlets that some of his statements suggested involvement.
Security footage reportedly shows a man believed to be the suspect entering the hotel with Yagi and leaving alone with her belongings.
About 55,000 U.S. service members are stationed in Japan, with Okinawa hosting the largest concentration.
Around 100 people protested in Naha and Tokyo earlier this month.
Okinawa Governor Genta Koja and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called for measures to prevent similar incidents; Takaichi said Japan had lodged a strong protest with the United States.
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Serbia’s student-led movement won a parliamentary election, ending Aleksandar Vucic’s long rule and prompting celebrations. The movement has not yet named its leaders and faces a range of challenges ahead.
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The student-led movement won Serbia’s parliamentary election.
The result ended Aleksandar Vucic’s long rule.
Mass celebrations followed the election result.
The movement’s leaders have not yet been named.
The article says the incoming movement faces a long list of issues.
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A London court gave singer Chris Brown an eight-month suspended sentence after he pleaded guilty to affray over a 2023 incident. The sentence is suspended for 12 months, so he will not serve it in prison unless the suspension is revoked.
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Brown pleaded guilty to affray in July.
The incident took place at a venue in Hanover Square, London, on February 19, 2023, according to the Metropolitan Police.
Prosecutors said Brown struck a victim on the head twice with a glass bottle at a nightclub.
Affray carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison.
Judge Tony Baumgartner announced Brown’s sentence at Southwark Crown Court on Monday.
Brown’s vocal coach, Omololu Akinlolu, also pleaded guilty to affray.
Akinlolu received a four-month suspended sentence, suspended for 12 months.
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A recent CBS News poll examined the motivations of people who may vote for Democrats in the midterm elections. The report says most are motivated by opposition to President Donald Trump and Republican policies; CBS News’ Anthony Salvanto discussed the findings.
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The poll focused on people who may vote for Democrats in the midterm elections.
The report says most of those voters want to stop President Donald Trump and Republican policies.
CBS News’ Anthony Salvanto discussed the poll data.
The article does not provide specific poll percentages or other detailed results.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won re-election on Sunday, October 25, according to the article. His conservative rival, Flávio Bolsonaro, refused to accept the result and said he would seek to annul the vote.
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Lula won Brazil’s presidential election runoff on October 25.
The article describes Lula’s win as his fourth term.
As Israel approaches an election, immigrants who moved there from the United States and Italy express sharply different views about Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s political direction. One recent immigrant supports Netanyahu, citing his experience and ties with Washington, while another wants a change in government because of the human and economic costs of recent years and what he sees as an unequal military burden.
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A Maariv poll published October 23 projected 48 seats for Netanyahu’s coalition parties and 54 for the main opposition bloc.
Neither bloc reached the 61 seats needed for a majority in Israel’s 120-seat Knesset, according to the poll.
A September Israel Democracy Institute survey found that foreign affairs and security were the top electoral concerns among Jewish respondents identifying with the right.
The survey found that economic concerns led among centrists, while religion-and-state issues ranked first among respondents on the left.
Jen Aziz, 36, moved from New York to Israel this summer and said she plans to vote for Netanyahu.
Aziz said Netanyahu’s relationship with the United States and joint military operations against Iran’s nuclear facilities influenced her support.
Isaac Levy, 32, moved from Milan to Israel in 2012 and wants a change of government.
Levy cited recent human and economic costs and criticized what he described as an unequal distribution of military responsibilities.
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The article compares student-led protests in several countries and says their chances of political success differ. It describes Serbia’s student movement as having defeated the party of Aleksandar Vučić, while protests in Albania and France face different political obstacles and have produced limited or early concessions.
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The article says Serbia’s student movement protested for nearly two years before winning a parliamentary victory.
The article says the movement has no conventional leader or governing experience, and that its ability to govern is uncertain.
In Albania, protests began over a luxury resort development and expanded to include concerns about alleged corruption, unemployment and education.
Albanian protesters are demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama’s resignation and a transitional government.
Rama’s Socialist Party won 83 of Albania’s 140 parliamentary seats in May 2025, according to the article.
In France, school blockades and demonstrations have focused on teacher shortages, school conditions and the university admissions system.
France’s Interior Ministry counted 410,000 participants in a recent demonstration, while unions estimated as many as 800,000.
The French government pledged to deploy about 3,000 substitute teachers, and Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu planned to meet student representatives.
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Delegations from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan met Iranian officials in Tehran to discuss preventing renewed conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel. The talks also addressed regional security arrangements and Iran’s possible role in a security pact, amid rising military tensions and efforts by Qatar to negotiate terms for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
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The delegations included Saudi Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalın.
The officials were expected to discuss Iran’s influence over Houthi attacks on infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.
The meeting followed a defence agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey in Mecca in August.
Iran has advocated a regional security pact that includes Iran and reduces reliance on the United States.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said the meeting could support broader regional security cooperation.
The article reports continued US military buildup and says Qatari mediators were in Tehran discussing terms for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The article says Iran has attacked US bases and energy infrastructure in Gulf states in response to US-Israeli operations.
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