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White House says deal to put TikTok under US ownership could be finalized in South Korea 10/29/2025 11:58am • The Trump administration has been signaling that it may have finally reached a deal with China to keep TikTok running in the U.S., with the two countries finalizing it as soon as Thursday. President Donald Trump is visiting South Korea, where he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping to try to Editorial Roundup: United States 10/29/2025 11:28am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Oct. 26 The Washington Post on the slippery slope that is gerrymandering The gerrymandering doom spiral is gaining downward momentum, exactly as expected. Virginia is poised to become the second state, after California, where Democ Pakistan says peace talks with Afghanistan's Taliban government in Istanbul failed after 4 days 10/28/2025 11:46pm • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ��� Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have failed in Istanbul after four days of negotiations, Pakistan���s information minister said early Wednesday, accusing the Taliban government in Kabul of refusing to act against militants blamed for deadly cross-border attacks. The Latest: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica with record strength 10/28/2025 10:31pm • KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) ��� Hurricane Melissa has made landfall on Jamaica as the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean island since records were first kept 174 years ago. It is tied for the strongest Atlantic hurricane to ever hit land. Melissa is a Category 5 storm with sustained wind speeds of 185 Huge Brazilian raid on Rio gang leaves at least 64 people dead and 81 under arrest 10/28/2025 08:03pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and sparking shootouts that left at least 60 suspects and four police officers dead, officials said. The operation included office 8 Top Nancy Pelosi Stocks to Buy 10/28/2025 08:00pm • Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said back in 2022 that the Senate would soon vote on a bill banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks. Three years later, Pelosi is no longer House speaker, and congressional representatives are still allowed to buy and sell individual stocks as lon Steps for Picking a Medicare Plan 10/28/2025 08:00pm • Making the move from private, employer-provided health insurance to Medicare can be daunting because there are so many plan options on the market today. Seniors just entering the Medicare beneficiary pool often need a clear orientation, and those who are choosing a new plan during open enrollment ca Tunisian court suspends prominent human rights groups as crackdown progresses 10/28/2025 03:50pm • TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) ��� Tunisian court s have ordered some of the country���s most prominent human rights organizations to halt activities, deepening concerns about the erosion of freedoms and shrinking space for groups that challenge those in power. Mnemty, an anti-racism nongovernmental organizati US sought to lure Nicol��s Maduro���s pilot into betraying the Venezuelan leader 10/28/2025 12:08pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� The federal agent had a daring pitch for Nicol��s Maduro���s chief pilot: All he had to do was surreptitiously divert the Venezuelan president���s plane to a place where U.S. authorities could nab the strongman. In exchange, the agent told the pilot in a clandestine meeting, the avia Takeaways from AP's report on how US sought to lure Maduro's pilot into betraying Venezuelan leader 10/28/2025 11:23am • MIAMI (AP) ��� A longtime U.S. law enforcement agent secretly tried to recruit Nicolas Maduro���s pilot to join a plot to capture the Venezuelan leader and deliver him into U.S. custody to face drug trafficking charges. Details of the plot are emerging as the Trump administration exerts increasing p Dabble Promo Code WTOP: Claim $25 Bonus for NBA This Week 10/28/2025 11:19am • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services Apply the Dabble promo code WTOP to redeem a bonus for daily fantasy. Sign up here to start making picks on the NBA. New cus Charles Howell III among 29 LIV players at Hong Kong Open with Masters spot to the winner 10/28/2025 09:16am • This wasn't quite a tradition unlike any other, but Charles Howell III rarely got through the early part of the year on the PGA Tour without being asked about the Masters. He grew up in Augusta, Georgia, and no other tournament meant more to him. Now the big change is the calendar and the scenery. P Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns 10/28/2025 06:06am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� The 2-year-old boy was so frightened, he stuttered. ���Mommy, mommy, mommy,��� he repeated, clinging to her. His mother, Molly Kucich, had been grocery shopping when her husband called, panicking. She heard ���immigration raid.��� Then: ���tear gas.��� She abandoned her grocery cart Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara reelected to fourth term, early results show 10/28/2025 04:39am • ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) ��� Ivory Coast���s President Alassane Ouattara was reelected to a fourth term in an election marked by low turnout and empty streets in the economic capital of Abidjan, provisional results showed Monday. Ouattara, 83, who first came to power in the West African nation in The Latest: Trump meets with Japan���s newly elected, first female leader, Sanae Takaichi 10/27/2025 09:56pm • U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting with Japan's newly elected, ultraconservative leader in Tokyo during one of the busiest days of his Asia trip, the itinerary of which includes speaking to U.S. troops aboard an aircraft carrier and mingling with business leaders. Just days after taking office,