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        <title><![CDATA[Derek Wallbank - Senior Editor:US Economics and Government]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Senate GOP Seeks $1 Billion for Secret Service, Trump Ballroom]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 02:57:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[I Trained for the Paris Marathon Using ChatGPT]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Six months of pain and progress, 20 pounds lost and a trial-and-error test of what AI can — and cannot — do.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:00:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Backs Hern, Seeking to Clear Field in Oklahoma Senate Race]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:11:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Treasury Allows More Russian Oil Sales to Help Tame Prices]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:01:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Grants Temporary Waiver for India to Import Russian Oil]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:29:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Endorses Alme for Montana Senate as Daines Steps Aside]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven T. Dennis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 01:52:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US, Ecuador Launch Operation Against ‘Terrorist Organizations’]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 03:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Senate, White House Look for a Way Out of ICE Funding Fight]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[An emerging compromise would temporarily fund the Homeland Security.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 21:32:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Representative Ilhan Omar Attacked at Town Hall in Minneapolis]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 02:27:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Muses About Asking NATO to Help Protect US Southern Border]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 03:43:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Says Board of Peace Withdrawing Invite to Canada’s Carney]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 02:22:30 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>US President Donald Trump during the Board of Peace signing ceremony in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. </media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Putin Offers Frozen Russia Assets in US to Aid Ukraine, Gaza]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:36:13 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Local residents stand on the porch of a damaged residential building following a drone attack in Dnipro on Jan. 7, 2026, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Tells Reuters He Sees Zelenskiy as Key Impediment to Peace]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 01:49:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Read Jerome Powell’s Statement on DOJ’s Grand Jury Subpoenas]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 01:01:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Warns Colombia in Threat to Other Drug-Producing Countries]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 01:58:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Maduro Captured, Indicted After US Airstrikes on Venezuela]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-03/trump-says-venezuela-s-maduro-captured-and-flown-out-of-country-mjy3kziv</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek Wallbank]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2026 09:25:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US to Boost H-1B Vetting Over Speech ‘Censorship’ Concerns]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 01:53:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hegseth Unveils Operation Southern Spear With Venezuela Tensions High]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek Wallbank]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:50:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Deal to End the Shutdown Leaves Obamacare Cliff Unresolved]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Some 24 million Americans may see health-care premiums spike in January.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Caitlin Reilly]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 21:30:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Pardons Giuliani, Others Over Push to Undo 2020 Loss]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek Wallbank]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:42:59 GMT</pubDate>
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