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F-35 deliveries to resume after Chinese alloy prompted halt

WASHINGTON — Deliveries of Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 will resume after the Pentagon’s acquisitions chief issued a “national security” waiver from a ban on a Chinese alloy used in a component on the fighter jet.

Tribune News Service

FAA issues warning about type of seaplane that crashed

Federal authorities have issued a warning about a part of the tail in the type of seaplane that crashed in Washington state’s Puget Sound last month, killing 10 people

The Independent UK

Only 27 people showed up to pro-Trump rally in Washington DC

“We would have liked to have more people, but I would consider it a success,” event organiser John Paul Moran told The Daily Beast

The Independent UK

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Turkish-Greek dispute over Libyan oil reserves risks sparking regional row

Tensions between Greece and Turkey are spreading across the Mediterranean from Libya to the divided island of Cyprus. The risk of a confrontation is threatening to draw in fellow Nato allies.

Radio France Internationale

Don’t let Medicare cut home health care funding

Lawmakers in Washington need to recognize the importance of home health and take action to protect access to care for the country’s most vulnerable residents.

Chicago Sun-Times

Help or hindrance? Biden takes a back seat as Trump goes all in on midterms

The president, beset by low poll ratings, has been focusing on fundraising, while his predecessor swoops in for campaign rallies, whether Republican candidates like it or not

The Guardian - US

Herschel Walker’s Senate campaign in disarray after firing, new abortion report

WASHINGTON — Herschel Walker’s Georgia Senate campaign plunged deeper into turmoil Friday, with the firing of his political director and an accusation that he asked a woman to have a second abortion, imperiling Republican efforts to recover a vaunted seat and a majority in the upper chamber.

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US considering request for international intervention in Haiti as fuel crisis spirals

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is considering calls for the creation of a humanitarian corridor in Haiti to break the blockade of fuel by armed gangs and protect the delivery of aid as the country faces one of its worst health, energy and security crises in a generation.

Miami Herald

Lindsey Graham wanted Jan. 6 Capitol attackers shot in the head, book says

A former Washington, D.C., police officer who was nearly killed on Jan. 6 claims South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham told cops they should have killed Donald Trump loyalists who raided the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service

Honda Civic Driver Casually Drives Away With Motionless Man On Hood

The bizarre scene took place in Washington D.C. on October 5.

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Demings knocks Rubio for missing hurricane relief vote. She opposed some similar bills

WASHINGTON — Val Demings has repeatedly criticized Republican Sen. Marco Rubio for failing to vote last week on a broad spending bill that would have allocated additional billions of dollars for natural-disaster relief, accusing her foe in this year’s election of letting down Florida residents after Hurricane Ian.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Hardeep Puri distances himself from U.S. sanctioning Indian company for Iran oil transactions

Hardeep Singh Puri on a visit to Washington DC and Houston characterised it as a private sector transaction caught up in sanctions

The Hindu

Titans’ reasons for optimism, concern in Week 5 vs. Commanders

Even without Bud Dupree, the Titans' pass-rush should eat in Week 5.

USA Today Sports Media Group

OPEC+ oil output cut shows widening rift between Biden and Saudi royals

The OPEC+ organization's decision this week to cut oil production despite stiff U.S. opposition has further strained already tense relations between President Joe Biden's White House and Saudi Arabia's royal family, once one of Washington's staunchest Middle East allies, according to interviews with about a dozen government officials and experts…

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Exclusive-U.S. Navy jet flew across Baltic hours after Nord Stream burst

A U.S. Navy reconnaissance aircraft flew near the site of the ruptured Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea hours after the first damage emerged, according to tracking reviewed by Reuters, a flight Washington said was routine.

Chicago Sun-Times

Early voting for the Nov. 8 General Election gets underway downtown

The two sites, which opened Friday, are at 191 N. Clark St. and on the sixth floor at 69 W. Washington St.

Bangkok Post

Steady US job growth a signal for Fed

WASHINGTON: The US labour market remained strong in September, showing its resilience. But the persistent strength in hiring also underscored the challenges facing the Federal Reserve as it tries to curtail job growth enough to tame inflation.

Reuters

U.S. targets Singapore, Marshall Islands firms in new North Korea sanctions

The United States on Friday imposed new sanctions following North Korea's latest missile launches this week, targeting a fuel procurement network that Washington said supports Pyongyang's weapons programs and its military.

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Wakata arrives on ISS

WASHINGTON -- A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station at about 5 p.m. on Thursday (6 a.m. JST Friday), carrying four crew members including Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

Los Angeles Times

Seattle wants an NBA team, but will the league play ball?

SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee presided over a meeting of Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers captains at midcourt before tipoff Monday evening as Lenny Wilkens, the coach of Seattle's lone NBA championship team in 1979, found his courtside seat. On the outer edge of the temporary court inside this…

Tribune News Service

Fight over strategy intensifies as wildfire funding grows

WASHINGTON — As the Biden administration doles out historic levels of wildfire mitigation funding, fights are breaking out on Capitol Hill about how to spend the money.

Tribune News Service

DOJ presses Trump whether he has more documents to turn over

WASHINGTON — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are locked in a new legal battle over whether all critical materials sought by the U.S. Justice Department have been turned over for a sprawling investigation into whether classified documents were mishandled and laws were obstructed, according to people familiar with the…

Tribune News Service

Chuck Schumer says ‘NOPEC’ bill targeting OPEC is on the table

WASHINGTON — Legislation that would allow the U.S. to sue OPEC nations is being considered as a possible response to the oil cartel’s production cut this week that benefited Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday.

Reuters

Biden cites Cuban Missile Crisis in describing Putin's nuclear threat

U.S. President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons threatens to bring about the biggest such risk since the Cuban Missile Crisis, adding Washington was "trying to figure out" Putin's off-ramp.

Los Angeles Times

Biden pardons thousands convicted on federal marijuana possession charges

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday pardoned all individuals convicted on federal charges of simple marijuana possession, a move that the White House estimated would affect more than 6,500 people nationwide.

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