Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s National Rally, addressed about 10,000 supporters in Orléans on Sunday to launch her presidential campaign. The event came a day after cost-of-living protests across France turned violent in some places, while polls showed Le Pen benefiting from weeks of unrest.
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Le Pen launched her presidential campaign in Orléans on October 25, 2026.
About 10,000 supporters attended her campaign event.
Nationwide protests over the cost of living flared into violence the day before.
The article describes Le Pen as the frontrunner in the presidential race.
The article says polls show Le Pen benefiting from weeks of unrest.
Andrew Smith, a lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, provided analysis in the video.
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Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado said she returned to Venezuela on October 25, 2026, after more than 10 months in exile. Her return comes as the country’s political future remains uncertain, with interim president Delcy Rodríguez still in office and no election scheduled.
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Machado announced her return in a post on X.
She left Venezuela secretly in late 2025 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway.
Her party said Venezuelan authorities had blocked at least seven attempts to return.
Machado’s ally Edmundo González Urrutia welcomed her return and said he planned to join her.
U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro about a month after Machado left Venezuela and took him to New York to face criminal charges.
Delcy Rodríguez, Maduro’s deputy, is serving as interim president beyond the authorized period, according to the article.
Machado and her allies are pressing for a date for a presidential election, while U.S. officials have prioritized economic stabilization.
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Pope Leo XIV called for an end to hostilities in Yemen and prayed for people killed or wounded in an attack on Orthodox worshippers in Jordan. He is gradually resuming public duties after surgery for lung cancer, which doctors said had not spread.
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Leo said people in Taiz, Yemen, face shortages of food, water and medical care.
The U.N. said more than 250,000 people had been displaced in Yemen by renewed fighting since August.
The Houthis closed the only supply route linking Taiz to Aden, according to the U.N.
The World Health Organization said 42 health facilities in Taiz faced acute shortages of fuel, oxygen, medicines and medical supplies.
Nine people were killed and about 40 wounded in a shooting during a funeral at an Orthodox church in Hamoud, Jordan.
Leo expressed solidarity with the victims and praised Jordan’s tradition of peaceful coexistence among religious communities.
Doctors removed the lower lobe of Leo’s right lung less than two weeks before his remarks and said no further treatment was planned.
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A federal appeals court will hear arguments Sunday in the Trump administration’s lawsuit against California over alleged noncitizens on voter rolls. The administration wants California to segregate ballots linked to people on its list; state officials say the list is unverified and includes lawful voters.
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The hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. PDT before a three-judge federal appeals court panel.
The panel includes two judges appointed by President Donald Trump and one appointed by former President Joe Biden.
The Trump administration says the voter-roll list contains about 20,000 potential noncitizens and argues that a district judge did not address its claims quickly enough.
California officials say the list is unverified and includes lawful voters.
Los Angeles officials reviewed 200 names from the list and said nearly 40% indicated U.S. birth and 71.2% had no voting history.
The Justice Department filed suit earlier in October, alleging California failed to review a list of potential noncitizens who had been sent mail-in ballots for the November midterm election.
The Justice Department recently announced charges against about 28 people from the list for alleged voting and immigration-related crimes.
The Justice Department asked every California county to help identify which people on its list are citizens.
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Donald Trump said Democrats had conceded Representative Ilhan Omar’s seat after a federal court filing used a different name for her. No formal concession has been announced, and Omar remains a member of Congress; she and her office say her name is Ilhan Omar and reject Trump’s claims.
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A federal court filing submitted Wednesday referred to Omar as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar.”
Omar said on X that her name has always been Ilhan Omar.
Trump said at a Florida speech that Democrats had conceded Omar’s seat and called for her to resign.
Trump also claimed Republicans had picked up a House seat, but the article reports no formal Democratic concession.
Omar’s office told Fox News Digital that the claim about her name was false.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries criticized Trump’s accusations and said Democrats opposed using the federal government against Omar.
Omar represents Minnesota and remains a sitting member of Congress.
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Attorney General Todd Blanche accused “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan of misleading viewers about a Justice Department lawsuit involving Alaska’s Senate race. Two candidates with similar names will appear on the ballot, and the DOJ sued Alaska over certification of the election results.
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Todd Blanche made the accusation Sunday.
Margaret Brennan hosts CBS News’s “Face the Nation.”
Two candidates with similar names are running in Alaska’s Senate race.
The Justice Department sued the state of Alaska.
Brennan described the lawsuit as seeking to block certification of the results.
The article excerpt does not provide further details about the lawsuit or Blanche’s response.
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The article addresses violence against women and argues that it should not be downplayed. It describes the crimes as patterned, persistent, predictable, and preventable.
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The article focuses on violence against women.
The headline calls for people to stop downplaying this violence.
The article characterizes the crimes as patterned.
The article describes the violence as persistent.
The article says the violence is predictable.
The article says the violence is preventable.
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to the country Sunday after months in exile, making her first public appearance there since December. She and her allies are pressing for a date for a presidential election, while acting President Delcy Rodríguez remains in office without calling one.
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Machado announced her arrival on social media and appeared at a church in Lara, where supporters welcomed her.
Machado went into hiding in Venezuela for 11 months before escaping and resurfacing in Norway in December, where she received the Nobel Peace Prize.
Acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime ally of Nicolás Maduro, received backing from the Trump administration and has stayed in office beyond her initially authorized 90-day period.
No presidential election has been scheduled, and U.S. officials have emphasized economic stabilization first.
Machado won an opposition primary in 2023 but was barred from running in the 2024 presidential election; Edmundo González took her place on the ballot.
Credible evidence showed González won the 2024 election by more than a 2-to-1 margin, but the National Electoral Council declared Maduro the winner.
The article says the U.S. military captured Maduro in Caracas in January and took him to New York to face drug-related charges, which he has denied.
Trump said he hoped Machado was safe and described her as a very nice woman.
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela after nearly a year outside the country, her team said. Machado and her allies are calling for a presidential election, but no election date has been set while acting President Delcy Rodríguez remains in office.
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Machado announced her return in a post on X but did not say where she was or how she entered Venezuela.
Her adviser David Smoalnsky described the return as a step toward a democratic transition and elections.
Former opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González said he would join Machado soon.
Machado left Venezuela in December to accept the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize in Norway, according to the article.
The Venezuelan government had barred Machado from leaving the country and considers her a fugitive.
Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime ally of Nicolás Maduro, has served as acting president since Maduro's ouster.
No date has been set for a presidential election, despite calls from Machado and her allies.
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Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s U.S. Senate results if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses. The department says two candidates named Dan Sullivan could confuse voters; election law experts cited in the article called the legal case weak and raised concerns about federal intervention.
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President Donald Trump said he directed the Justice Department to file the lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleges that two candidates named Dan Sullivan on Alaska’s ballot could cause voter confusion.
Blanche argued in interviews on CNN and CBS that the department was addressing possible confusion in Alaska, not laying the groundwork to overturn an election.
CNN host Dana Bash raised the possibility of an attempt to overturn election results and referred to the January 6 Capitol attack; Blanche rejected the comparison.
The article says Democrat Mary Peltola could benefit from the ballot issue as control of the Senate is at stake.
Election law experts quoted in the article described the lawsuit as legally weak and unprecedented, and said Alaska courts had already litigated the issue.
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The Archdiocese of New York and attorneys representing about 1,300 people who said clergy sexually abused them have agreed to an $800 million settlement. The agreement is not final until the parties sign it, which is scheduled for the week of November 6, and would resolve more than seven years of lawsuits.
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The proposed settlement covers legal claims by about 1,300 survivors of alleged clergy sexual abuse.
The archdiocese said all parties must sign the agreement before it becomes final.
The settlement would be the second-largest in the United States involving a Catholic archdiocese.
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed in 2024 to pay $880 million to about 1,000 abuse victims.
The New York archdiocese and survivors agreed to a settlement framework in May that required claimants to approve it.
New York's 2019 law allowed survivors of child sexual abuse to sue abusers and institutions that shielded them, with a temporary filing window for people already over age 55.
The Archdiocese of New York serves New York City's Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island boroughs and seven counties north of the city.
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President Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on some beef tariffs made imports, especially from Brazil, cheaper. The move was followed by falling cattle auction prices and anger among ranchers, while its effect on grocery prices and midterm voting remains uncertain.
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Trump announced the tariff pause in late August.
The United States Cattlemen’s Association, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Farm Bureau opposed the decision.
Cattle auction prices fell after the announcement, temporarily reducing ranchers’ profits.
The administration announced $8 billion in farm relief in Kansas on October 19.
The United States cattle herd is near its smallest size since 1951, and the number of ranchers has also declined.
Earlier tariff changes involving Brazil and Argentina were followed by swings in cattle futures prices.
Cattle prices also responded to meatpacking plant closures, labor shortages, and the reopening of the southern border after a New World screwworm-related closure.
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Ted Brown, the Libertarian candidate in the Texas Senate race, rejected claims that his candidacy could split the vote and affect the contest between Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico. Brown said both political sides have argued that he could draw votes from their candidate.
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Ted Brown is running for the U.S. Senate in Texas as a Libertarian.
Brown rejected claims that his candidacy could split votes in the race.
The race described in the article is between Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico.
Brown said Democrats and Republicans have both claimed he could take votes from their side.
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Sen. Thom Tillis said SpaceX needs “guardrails and accountability” after the company temporarily throttled Starlink satellite communications in Ukraine. He said that although SpaceX is a private company, its actions affect military and geopolitical affairs.
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SpaceX temporarily throttled its Starlink satellite communications system in Ukraine.
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis criticized the move.
Tillis spoke about the slowdown on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
Tillis said SpaceX’s role affects military and geopolitical matters.
Tillis called for guardrails and accountability.
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Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s National Rally, delivered her first official speech for the presidential campaign in Orléans. She called for a “renaissance” in France and condemned what she described as violent “Islamist ideologies,” saying they are incompatible with the country.
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Le Pen is the National Rally leader and its presidential candidate.
She gave her first official campaign speech in Orléans on October 25, 2026.
Le Pen described her vision as a “renaissance” for France and the start of a new era.
She criticized what she called violent “Islamist ideologies.”
Le Pen said those ideologies are incompatible with France.
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CBS News’ “Face the Nation” page for Oct. 25, 2026, features an appearance by CBS News elections and surveys executive director Anthony Salvanto and Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa. A listed segment says Hinojosa discussed Texans’ disappointment with both parties, and the page also points to a new CBS News Battleground Tracker analysis.
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The program page is dated Oct. 25, 2026.
Anthony Salvanto is identified as CBS News’ executive director of elections and surveys.
Gina Hinojosa is identified as a Democratic candidate for Texas governor.
A segment headline says Hinojosa discussed Texans’ disappointment with both parties.
The page lists a new CBS News Battleground Tracker analysis.
The page invites viewers to watch the second half of the show.
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The Trump administration has sued to block certification of the results in Alaska’s Senate race. Attorney General Todd Blanche said on “Face the Nation” that the Justice Department is “doing our own research under the law.”
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The Trump administration filed a lawsuit before certification of the Alaska Senate race results.
The lawsuit seeks to block certification of the results.
Attorney General Todd Blanche discussed the challenge on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”
Blanche said the Justice Department is “doing our own research under the law.”
The report was published on October 25, 2026.
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Sen. Thom Tillis said Republicans should address actions that contribute to public perceptions of corruption, whether or not those actions are legal. He warned that federal health care cuts in a tax-and-spending law could create major challenges for North Carolina and said election-related Justice Department actions should be considered separately.
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The interviewer cited a CBS poll in which 83% of respondents said corruption was a concern when deciding how to vote, and said respondents viewed it as more of an issue with Republicans.
Tillis said a wealthy person aligned with Vladimir Putin paying for the president’s son’s wedding could look improper, regardless of whether it was legal.
Tillis said he supported the tax provisions in the party-line tax-and-spending bill but objected to health care provisions beyond those proposed by the House.
He said the bill’s health care effects could unfold over 10 years and that he had sought to change the timing of cuts he viewed as coming too soon.
Tillis warned that North Carolina would face significant challenges from the health care provisions, including potential effects on rural hospitals and people who rely on Medicaid.
Asked about Justice Department actions involving Alaska, California and Rep. Ilhan Omar, Tillis urged caution and said the cases should be considered separately.
Tillis said California’s ballot-harvesting policy and system were open to abuse and deserved scrutiny; he also cited ranked-choice voting in Alaska as a reason to examine the situation there.
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More than 400,000 people joined protests across France on Saturday over the rising cost of living and school funding. Most marches were peaceful, but violence broke out in some areas, and police reported more than 1,300 arrests nationwide.
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More than 400,000 people took part in protests across France.
Protesters raised concerns about the cost of living and school funding.
Most marches remained peaceful.
Violence broke out on the sidelines of demonstrations.
Police said more than 1,300 people were arrested nationwide.
The protests came a week after riots and looting affected several cities.
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The article reports that young Israelis are leaning to the political right, contrary to a broader global trend among young people. It examines how their views on security and Palestinians could affect an election and Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future.
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The article describes young Israelis as leaning politically to the right.
It contrasts this trend with a broader global tendency among young people to lean left.
The report focuses on young Israelis’ views about security.
The report also examines their views about Palestinians.
The article says these views could affect an election.
The title links the rise of a younger right-wing generation to Netanyahu’s political future.
Al Jazeera correspondent Nida Ibrahim reports on the issue.
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