UN Backs Ending the Cuba Embargo Again, but Support Falls to Its Lowest in 30 Years
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations General Assembly has voted once again to call for an end to the United States embargo on Cuba, extending a ritual that has now…
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Eli Lilly Lifts Its 2026 Outlook to $92 Billion as Mounjaro and Zepbound Keep Surging
INDIANAPOLIS — Eli Lilly, the world’s most valuable drugmaker, delivered another quarter that would have seemed implausible a few years ago, and then raised its expectations again. The Indianapolis company…
America’s Public Debt Passes 100% of GDP for the First Time Since World War II
WASHINGTON — The United States has crossed a fiscal line it has not crossed at the end of a financial year for eighty years. Figures confirmed on Thursday, 29 October,…
Senate Leaves Daylight Saving Bill Stalled as Clocks Fall Back on Sunday
WASHINGTON — Americans will turn their clocks back an hour this Sunday, 1 November 2026, just as they have every autumn for decades, because the Senate has not taken up…
Senate Democrats Plan Private Equity, Data Center and AI Probes if They Retake the Chamber
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats plan to launch a wave of investigations into private equity’s impact on living costs, the taxation of data centers and public concerns about artificial intelligence if…
Trump Heads to Daytona Beach for Final Midterm Rally as Florida Races Tighten
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida — President Donald Trump is scheduled to return to Daytona Beach on Friday evening, 30 October 2026, for one of the final rallies of the midterm campaign,…
Trump Takes a Midterm Break for White House Trick-or-Treaters on the South Lawn
WASHINGTON — With five days to go until the midterm elections, President Donald Trump took an evening off from a gruelling campaign schedule on Thursday 29 October 2026 to greet…
FCC Plans to Ban Chinese Telecom Firms From Direct Access to US Phone Numbers
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission has announced plans to ban Chinese telecommunications companies from direct access to United States phone numbers, the latest step in a long-running Washington effort…
Justice Department Says FBI and ICE Staff Will Not Serve as Midterm Poll Monitors
WASHINGTON — The United States Justice Department has told a federal court that no employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or of Immigration and Customs Enforcement will serve as…
Bank of Japan Holds Rates at 1.25% but Declares Its 2% Inflation Target Reached After 13 Years
TOKYO — The Bank of Japan left its short-term policy rate unchanged at 1.25 percent on Friday, 30 October 2026, at the end of a two-day meeting, but the decision…