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President Donald Trump says he plans to give every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections

8:11 PM on Wednesday, September 9

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman has addressed the Republican midterm convention, escalating tensions with his party

6:13 PM on Wednesday, September 9

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed measures to lower fuel prices, just weeks before the presidential election

5:19 PM on Wednesday, September 9

President Donald Trump had been eagerly awaiting his trip to Texas for his Republican Party's midterm convention

3:39 PM on Wednesday, September 9

Democrats are descending on Donald Trump’s midterm convention in Texas and urging voters to consider the reality of his presidency rather than the spectacle of his made-for-TV event

3:36 PM on Wednesday, September 9

The battle over Missouri’s congressional districts has returned to the U.S. Supreme Court, just two months before a crucial November election

3:10 PM on Wednesday, September 9

Spain's national intelligence agency issued multiple warnings before the Ceuta border crisis about a potential mass crossing of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish exclave in late July

2:43 PM on Wednesday, September 9

President Donald Trump says oil prices that spiked because of the Iran war likely won’t come down until after the U.S. midterm elections

1:29 PM on Wednesday, September 9

Israel has opened its embassy in Slovenia, boosting relations with the small European Union nation as ties soured with the United Kingdom and some of the other longtime allies

10:57 AM on Wednesday, September 9

Temporary legal protections for about 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador are in limbo as a deadline nears for the Trump administration to decide on ending them, as they have for hundreds of thousands from Venezuela, Haiti and other countries

10:51 AM on Wednesday, September 9

Brazil's Supreme Court Chief Justice Edson Fachin has suspended opposing decisions by two rival judges

10:24 AM on Wednesday, September 9

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is providing new clarity on the U.S. approach toward combating drug trafficking in Latin American waters

8:37 AM on Wednesday, September 9

Republicans are gathering in Dallas for a unique two-day midterm convention, focusing on President Donald Trump

7:02 AM on Wednesday, September 9

President Donald Trump has pledged $5,000 to every American if Republicans hold onto Congress in the midterms while slamming Democrats as extremists during night one of the Republican midterm convention

1:01 AM on Wednesday, September 9

Norway has bid its final farewell to Harald V as crowds line the streets and foreign royals and leaders converge on Oslo for the funeral of the long-serving king

12:04 AM on Wednesday, September 9

Sen. John Fetterman is on shaky ground with Democrats in his home state of Pennsylvania

Wednesday, September 9

Helena Foulkes has defeated Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee in the state’s Democratic primary, ending his bid for a second full term

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Sentences are expected to be delivered Friday to three organizers of an annual Hong Kong vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown