Congresswoman Haley Stevens, who lost the Michigan Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed, has endorsed his Republican rival in an extraordinary rebuke of her party’s nominee on the eve of the midterm elections.
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who → lose → elections
Tensions between El-Sayed and Stevens had already led to him asking her to stay away from his campaign events, and her endorsement of Mike Rogers comes as the US president unleashed a racist tirade against El-Sayed in Iowa.
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president → lead → Iowa
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What did Stevens do?
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Stevens → do → What
Her endorsement came in a video posted to X after she attended an event with Rogers at the predominantly Black Perfecting church in Detroit on Sunday.
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she → come → Sunday
Stevens’s endorsement was the culmination of an escalating feud between the former primary rivals – primarily over support for Israel – that has roiled one of the most fiercely contested Senate contests of the cycle.
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that → escalate → cycle
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What did Trump say?
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Trump → say → What
The president bashed El-Sayed, a practicing Muslim, in brazenly racist terms, saying that Congress would have to “get a special metal detector for Abdul” if he were elected.
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he → bash → Abdul
“If you vote for this jihadist lunatic that wants to destroy you, you’re crazy.
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you → vote → you
And you know what this country needs?
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country → know → what
We don’t need the communists or jihadists, the Muslim Brotherhood.
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We → need → communists
We need apple pie.”
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We → need → pie
Judge dismisses Trump attempt to block Alaska Senate race results if Republican loses
A judge has dismissed the Donald Trump-backed lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s US Senate race if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses.
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Sullivan → dismiss → race
The justice department argued in its lawsuit, filed less than two weeks before election day, that there could be “voter confusion” over the presence of two candidates named Dan Sullivan on the November ballot.
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department → argue → ballot
The justice department said it planned to appeal Sunday’s ruling.
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it → say → ruling
According to a recent New York Times investigation, aides from Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign recruited another man who shared Sullivan’s name to join the race in a ploy to peel away votes from the Republican incumbent.
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who → accord → incumbent
Peltola has continued to deny any knowledge of such a scheme.
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Peltola → continue → scheme
Investors pull billions in funds from Binance after record $6.3bn hack
Investors have pulled $3.6bn in funds from the cryptocurrency exchange Binance as it recovers from a record hack in which billions were stolen from customer accounts.
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billions → pull → accounts
The platform was hit by a $6.3bn theft on Thursday, which has since been described as the biggest heist in history.
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which → hit → history
Experts identified North Korea as the probable culprit.
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Experts → identify → culprit
Binance initially froze withdrawals as it investigated the breach but on Sunday announced it had begun a phased reopening.
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it → freeze → reopening
Israel has ‘historic’ opportunity to change direction, says leader of Arab coalition
The leader of Israel’s main Palestinian coalition, which holds the balance of power after Tuesday’s elections, has said the country is facing a historic opportunity to change direction.
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country → have → direction
Yousef Jabareen said he was ready to join forces with the Change bloc to oust Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right coalition, and to wrest control of the Knesset.
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he → say → Knesset
Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, is due to summon political leaders as early as Wednesday to canvass their recommendations on who should be given the first chance to form the next government.
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who → summon → government
Netanyahu’s coalition lost its majority.
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coalition → lose → majority
The Change bloc of Zionist parties led by the retired general Gadi Eisenkot has ruled out forming a unity government with Netanyahu, but also put conditions on any potential coalition with Arab parties.
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bloc → lead → parties
Officials from the Gulf states are “braced for the worst” as they wait for Washington’s response to an Iranian proposal that could reopen the strait of Hormuz before the US midterm elections on Tuesday.
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that → brace → Tuesday
Indirect talks in Doha ran into a third day on Sunday.
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talks → run → Sunday
The United Arab Emirates envoy Anwar Gargash said another round of escalation was not in the interests of Iran or any of its neighbours.
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round → say → neighbours
In other news …
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Italian Kimi Antonelli has become the youngest ever F1 world champion after securing third place in the Mexican GP.
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Antonelli → become → GP
Giles Richards explains here how he did it.
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he → explain → it
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Connecticut senator Chris Murphy has been hospitalized after a stroke.
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Murphy → hospitalize → stroke
Murphy, 53, started feeling numbness in his arm while attending his son’s hockey game.
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Murphy → start → game
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All nine people onboard a business jet that crashed in Florida have died.
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that → crash → Florida
The aircraft had departed Austin-Bergstrom international airport and was headed to the Bahamas when it crashed.
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it → depart → Bahamas
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The parents of a woman who died of a seizure after ChatGPT misguidance are suing OpenAI.
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who → die → OpenAI
The chatbot had allegedly provided her with a tapering schedule to reduce her anti-seizure medication dosage.
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chatbot → provide → dosage
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Juan Atkins, pioneer of the Detroit techno sound, has died aged 64.
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Atkins → die → sound
The US artist known as Model 500 and as one half of the duo Cybotron had a huge influence on dance music worldwide.
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artist → know → music
Nine big oil firms on track to share more than $95bn profit two quarters in a row
The world’s biggest oil companies are on track for profits of more than $95bn (£71bn) in the third quarter as the war in the Middle East drives up the price of fossil fuels.
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war → share → fuels
The windfall war profits have sparked calls for oil corporations to pay for environmental damage and help the world transition towards renewable energy.
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world → spark → energy
…and 12 more, not listed.
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