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If migrants miss their immigration court dates because they moved and didn't get notices at their new address, they cannot come crying to judges later, asking them to block their deportation, the top immigration appeals court has ruled. trib.al/Tq9916l
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President Trump and former President Barack Obama traded sharp attacks over the weekend as both hit the campaign trail ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections. Obama mocked Trump's White House decor, saying "He's got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a cheesecake factory." Trump fired back, calling Obama "grossly incompetent." buff.ly/WuSU260
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The Pentagon has designated China's Confucius Institutes as national security threats, adding disguised versions of the programs to its blacklist after 80 rebranded propaganda cells were found operating across 30 U.S. universities. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the institutes "came back disguised in new forms, just like DEI does." buff.ly/5ZN1Cjo
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Elon Musk has reportedly invested $1 billion in Skydance, the newly merged media company combining Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. The deal, valued at about $110 billion including debt, closed Oct. 6. Skydance is targeting more than $6 billion in annual savings within three years. buff.ly/6tR9RLT
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NICKO McBRAIN: "I'm not amused by the narcissism and all this kerfuffle about the Epstein files and whatnot, and especially the debauched war that he's put on Iran." The former Iron Maiden drummer says he turned down a golf invitation from President Trump. buff.ly/cA3dRNN
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KYLE KIRKWOOD: "There's an instinct that you have when you wake up and your heart's already racing. I only get that feeling in one place: the Indianapolis 500. That's what this place had." Organizers confirmed the D.C. race, held in August for America's 250th birthday, will not return in 2027. buff.ly/KqLcem1
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