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Infantino to stand for re-election as FIFA president despite failed World Cup sell-off plan

Despite widespread calls for him to step down, FIFA said Infantino will seek next year to win a fourth and final term in office through 2031.

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U.S. envoys Witkoff and Kushner hold talks in Ukraine after meeting with Putin

The trip by the Americans follows a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday, as both sides have escalated their aerial attacks.

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How Trump's attempt to restrict mail ballots is being challenged in court

A federal judge indefinitely extended her order to prevent the Trump administration from implementing new restrictions on mail-in ballots. The Trump plan would require states to use scannable ballot envelopes and to provide the federal government with lists of voters eligible to receive mail ballots. Liz Landers discussed more with David Becker of the Center for Election Innovation and Research.

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News Wrap: 2 men rescued from Nepal tunnel 9 days after catastrophic flood

In our news wrap Friday, two men were pulled from a tunnel more than a week after the catastrophic deluge that barreled through Himalayan river valleys, Ukraine's president says a Russian drone struck the headquarters of the country's security service and New York police fatally shot a man wielding a knife on the city's iconic Brooklyn Bridge.

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What's next for Lindsay Clancy after a mistrial in her murder case

After five weeks of testimony and seven days of deliberation, the trial of Lindsay Clancy, who's charged with killing her three children, ended in a mistrial after the jury deadlocked. Clancy’s lawyers argued she was experiencing postpartum psychosis and should not be held criminally responsible. Prosecutors said she planned the killings ahead of time. Ali Rogin discussed more with Brad Bailey.

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Putin meets with U.S. envoys at the Kremlin for renewed talks on ending the war in Ukraine

The envoys' trip comes as both sides escalate aerial attacks, some 4 1/2 years after the Kremlin's invasion of its neighbor.

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Federal judge extends block on Trump order seeking to limit mail voting in the midterms

A federal judge on Friday extended her prohibition against the U.S. Postal Service implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting during the midterms, putting another major obstacle in the way of the administration as the first states begin sending out mail ballots.

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Rescuers in Nepal pull 2 people alive from the debris 10 days after devastating floods

A man was rescued from a hydropower tunnel, according to a social media post by the country’s prime minister’s office, bringing the total to three workers pulled alive from the Trishuli hydropower project.

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New Hampshire's GOP primary features two familiar names from the past, and voters are fine with that

While voters elsewhere have embraced a decidedly anti-establishment sentiment this campaign season, New Hampshire Republican voters appear content with their choices and are poised to pick a familiar name over a fresh face on Tuesday.

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U.S. strikes 3 Iranian oil tankers after saying warships were targeted with ballistic missiles

The strikes — a day after U.S. President Donald Trump sought to minimize the conflict as “small potatoes” — keep up a new tilt back toward fighting after six months of on-again, off-again war.

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Months after ceasefire, Israel and Hezbollah battle over a strategic hill in Lebanon

In recent weeks, Ali Taher hill has been the scene of daily shelling and airstrikes by Israel’s military. Hezbollah has repeatedly attacked Israeli forces in the area with drones.

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Flock cameras become midterm campaign target as voters balk at tech companies' power

Although police say the cameras are an invaluable crime-fighting tool, some critics say their pervasiveness amounts to unconstitutional warrantless mass surveillance.

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Trump administration makes another appeal to Supreme Court to allow mail ballot restrictions

The filing came after U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani extended an order against the Postal Service enforcing President Donald Trump’s executive order for the November elections.

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Trump’s first major midterm money move: A $10 million Texas Senate ad blitz

This is the first significant spending in a premier general election contest by MAGA, Inc., and reflects how a once-safe Republican seat in Texas may be viable for Democrats with the candidacy of James Talarico.

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Here's a look at 'reach' election races where Democrats hope to pull off House upsets

The party in power traditionally suffers losses during midterm elections. Democrats managed to avoid a predicted 2022 “red wave,” but they saw Republicans flip both chambers when President Donald Trump was reelected last cycle.

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Untested in court, Trump's new tariffs on Canada raise legal questions

The president’s Section 338 tariff authority has never been used, let alone tested in court.

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The Earth is sizzling, but climate isn't a hot topic for Democrats in this year's campaigns

There has been a national shift in the conversation that is sharp enough for some researchers to coin the term "climate hushing” to describe it.

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Trump cannot deport students for criticizing Israel, judge rules

Judge Noël Wise, in a ruling Friday, delivered a victory for the student newspaper at Stanford University, which has said some international students were afraid to speak out because of the deportation threat.

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Far-right British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported after his immigration arrest in U.S.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Yiannopoulos was returned to his home country on Friday after being accused of overstaying after entering the U.S. legally in May 2019.

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6 months in, Iran’s leaders are defying the U.S. and signaling no tolerance for dissent

Iran’s new leaders evince little faith in any agreement with Trump — after coming under attack twice while holding talks — and they may be bracing for another assault once the U.S. replenishes its supplies of interceptors.

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