Monster Hurricane Milton takes aim at Florida’s battered Gulf Coast

By Julio-Cesar Chavez and Octavio Jones TAMPA (Reuters) -Hurricane Milton was expected to expand in size on Tuesday as it chugged past Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula en route to Florida’s battered Gulf Coast, where more than 1 million people were ordered to evacuate before the monster storm arrived. Florida’s densely populated west coast, still reeling from…

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy wants missiles, faster results on battlefield

(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukraine needed to secure and deploy advanced missiles and to achieve faster results with them on the battlefield. Speaking in his nightly video address, Zelenskiy said a meeting with top commanders had been devoted to the development of domestic weapons supplies in the more than 2-1/2-year…

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Trump’s tax, spending plans would add twice as much debt as Harris’, budget group says

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s tax and spending plans would produce more than twice as much new debt as the plans from Vice President Kamala Harris, a budget-focused think-tank estimated on Monday. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, which advocates reducing federal deficits, released new detailed estimates showing…

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US rules on conflict minerals have not reduced violence in Congo, GAO says

LUBUMBASHI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional watchdog has found no evidence that a 2012 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) conflict minerals disclosure rule has reduced violence in Democratic Republic of Congo, it said in a report on Monday. Armed groups continue to fight for control of gold mines in the east…

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Barack Obama to campaign for Kamala Harris leading up to election, Washington Post reports

(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama will campaign for vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in the month leading up to the Nov. 5 U.S. election, the Washington Post reported on Friday. Obama will kick off his efforts with a trip to Pittsburgh on Thursday, the Washington Post said, citing a senior…

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Harris woos Republican votes with Liz Cheney event, centrist moves

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris plans to campaign with former Congresswoman Liz Cheney on Thursday in Wisconsin as the Democratic presidential candidate tries to court Republican and centrist voters in a battleground state for the Nov. 5 election. Cheney and her father Dick Cheney, former Vice President under…

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