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That Time Xi Jinping Joked About Espionage

Xi Jinping gave two cellphones to South Korea’s president, who asked how secure they were. “You can check if there’s a backdoor,” he said with a laugh.

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Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, giving two cellphones to President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday.
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Energy Secretary Says Nuclear Tests Won’t Involve Explosions

Chris Wright said that tests announced by President Trump last week wouldn’t involve nuclear explosions and would instead focus on other aspects of the weapons.

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“I think the tests we’re talking about right now are systems tests,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Fox News on Sunday. “These are not nuclear explosions.”
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Indiana Republican Tries Different Approach in Debate on Voting Maps: Listening

As redistricting efforts spread across the country, an Indiana state senator said he isn’t sure how he will vote on a plan that President Trump supports.

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Greg Goode, a Republican state lawmaker from Indiana, asked constituents to tell him what they think of drawing new political maps to favor Republicans in Congress.
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Why Medicare Recipients Should Check Their 2026 Drug Plans Now

Fall enrollment is on. Some plans are raising premiums for Part D, which covers prescriptions, by $50 or more per month, while others are lowering them.

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Jeff and Holly Kluck learned that their Medicare Part D premiums would rise sharply next year, so they are looking for new Part D plans.
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Defense Lawyers Demand Dismissal of Abuse Case Against Israeli Soldiers

The chief legal officer of Israel’s military resigned after authorizing the leak of a video in the case involving grave abuse of a Palestinian detainee. That further politicized a fraught case.

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The Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel, where Israeli soldiers were charged with grave abuses of a Palestinian detainee.
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5 Die, Including 3 Children, in Halloween Night House Fire

The cousin of a state assemblyman, his wife and children died in the fire in Paterson, N.J. Seven other relatives survived the blaze.

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Firefighters responding on Emerson Avenue in Paterson, N.J. on Friday night. “People are going to read that there were five fatalities,” the Paterson mayor, André Sayegh, said. “But that’s a family of five.”
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OPEC Plus Signals Cautious Approach to Oil Production

Eight members of the oil cartel agreed on Sunday to a small increase but said they would now pause in adding more oil, reflecting market concerns about an oversupply.

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An oil refinery south of Kuwait City. An analyst said that increased production by OPEC Plus, along with rising output by countries outside the group, could lead to supply outstripping demand.
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Maria Riva, Dietrich Daughter Who Demystified the Legend, Dies at 100

She was her mother’s handmaiden and aide-de-camp. In 1993, her blockbuster biography told of the awful price she paid.

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Maria Riva in an undated photo. The daughter of the movie star Marlene Dietrich, she grew skilled at an early age at caring for her mother’s costumes and props and stamping her autograph on publicity photos.
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Police Arrest Two British Men in Stabbing Rampage on Train

U.K. officials said they did not believe the attack on a train to London was connected to terrorism. Two of the 11 people wounded in the stabbing spree remain in critical condition, the police said.

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A police officer at Huntingdon Station in England on Sunday, near the train where the attack unfold.
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The New Host of The Morning

I’m Sam Sifton. Before we get to the news today, I’d like to tell you a little about myself. You ought to know who’s writing to you.
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Why Trump Can Do No Wrong

If there is no cover-up, then there must not have been a crime.

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Will Trump’s Tariff Deal Tilt the Playing Field Back Toward China?

The president’s trade truce with China has lowered U.S. tariffs to a level that could pause a longer-term effort to reduce America’s dependence on Beijing.

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The U.S.-China trade deal has pared back U.S. tariffs on some Chinese products to levels that are nominally near or below those President Trump has put on products from other countries.
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Builders Find Hardship in Trump’s Tariffs And Deportations

Material costs are rising, workers are scarce and customers are delaying new construction plans.

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Housing being built in Los Angeles. Stiff tariffs on steel, copper, lumber and other materials are lifting construction prices and interrupting some jobs.
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Trump’s Retribution Campaign Leaves D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office in Crisis

Few places have felt the effects as palpably as the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, which is deeply enmeshed in the workings of government and has filed criminal cases against President Trump.

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Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, has begun to quietly accelerate a list of “special projects” touching on subjects that have piqued President Trump, including investigations into people and issues he reviles.
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