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A mockup of President Donald Trump's proposed triumphal arch stands at the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, June 27, 2026, in Washington. Jen Golbeck/AP hide caption The commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit on Saturday to block construction on

Mixed economic forecast weighs heavy ahead of midtermsThere was a mixed Halloween bag of economic news this week. GDP growth is up, but so are prices. For now at least, interest rates are staying the same. What does that mean for the midterm elections? There was a mixed Halloween bag

A demonstrator holds a French flag during a demonstration against rising living costs in Paris on Saturday. Aurelien Morissard/AP hide caption PARIS — Hundreds of thousands of mostly young protesters took to the streets across France on Saturday in a third consecutive weekend of demonstrations over living costs and education.

From left Wang Gang, moderator; Hu Heping, Executive Vice Minister of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee; Zhang Fuhai, Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC and Vice Chairman of the National Commission of Supervision; Huang Jianfa, Executive Vice Minister of the Organization

A North Korean hacking unit is widely believed to be behind the $6.3 billion cyber heist of crypto exchange Binance. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America hide caption It was the biggest cyber heist in history. Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, was hacked this week, with

Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola speaks during a campaign event Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, in Juneau, Alaska. Chloe Anderson/AP hide caption ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The U.S. Department of Justice pushed Friday for a court order to isolate certain Alaska ballots to investigate potential voter confusion, while federal officials confirmed