Bessent is doubling down with weekly bank sanctions – thestreet.com

  1. Bessent is doubling down with weekly bank sanctions  thestreet.com
  2. Bessent says 'a large bank' will be sanctioned on Monday as part of Iran strategy  CNBC
  3. Trump administration to sanction unnamed 'large' bank on Monday, Bessent says  Reuters
  4. US hits remaining parts of Iran's aviation sector with sanctions in latest move to isolate Tehran  AP News
  5. US Airline Sanctions Sever Some of Iran’s Last Outside Links  Bloomberg.com
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Canada Discussing Joining EU As ‘Associate Member,’ Report Says – Forbes

  1. Canada Discussing Joining EU As ‘Associate Member,’ Report Says  Forbes
  2. Exclusive | Mark Carney’s Audacious Bid to Make Canada an ‘Associate Member’ of the EU  WSJ
  3. Carney eyes 'unique alliance' with EU as trade war with US intensifies  bbc.com
  4. Carney says Canada seeks "unique alliance" but not membership with the European Union  Reuters
  5. The EU Has Far Too Many Hangers-On Already  Bloomberg.com
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Kamala Harris’s California home targeted by trespasser, officials say

Former vice-president and her husband were not home when person entered their property, no arrests were made

Law enforcement officials and a spokesperson for former vice-president Kamala Harris said a trespasser was stopped at her Malibu home in California on Friday night.

Neither the former vice-president nor her husband, Doug Emhoff, were home at the time.

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Trump reiterates $5,000 ‘dividend’ pledge if Republicans win midterms

Plan to give US adults $5,000 has been greeted with incredulity across the political spectrum as well as outrage

Donald Trump on Sunday doubled down on his controversial pledge to give US adults a $5,000 “dividend” if his Republican ⁠party keeps control of Congress after November’s midterm elections.

The plan has been greeted with expressions of incredulity across the US political spectrum as well as outraged accusations of seeing to bribe voters. The plan – which would cost more than a trillion dollars – also comes amid huge concern over the US national debt, which topped $40tn for the first time in August.

Reuters contributed to this article

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Oman hopes Hormuz meeting fill force Trump to recognize strait’s future will be decided by region – Fortune

  1. Oman hopes Hormuz meeting fill force Trump to recognize strait's future will be decided by region  Fortune
  2. Iran reports commercial vessel struck in Strait of Hormuz  CNN
  3. Iranian cargo ship is struck, and talks between Tehran and its neighbors are postponed  AP News
  4. Houthis cut off key Saudi oil route as US hammers Iranian minelayers  Fox News
  5. Vessel struck in Strait of Hormuz, UKMTO says, as prospects for U.S.-Iran diplomacy appear elusive  cnbc.com
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Oman hopes Hormuz meeting fill force Trump to recognize strait’s future will be decided by region – Fortune

  1. Oman hopes Hormuz meeting fill force Trump to recognize strait's future will be decided by region  Fortune
  2. Iran reports commercial vessel struck in Strait of Hormuz  CNN
  3. Iranian cargo ship is struck, and talks between Tehran and its neighbors are postponed  AP News
  4. Houthis cut off key Saudi oil route as US hammers Iranian minelayers  Fox News
  5. Vessel struck in Strait of Hormuz, UKMTO says, as prospects for U.S.-Iran diplomacy appear elusive  cnbc.com
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