The 2026 midterm elections are a little over a month away and Democrats are hoping to win back both chambers of Congress.Turkey's attempts at expanding its Middle East footprint has put it in a position of power, coming head-to-head with Israel., CBS News' Taurean Small reports.MLB playoffs to begin with Wild Card round that includes Yankees-Red Sox matchup, aviators eject landing plane on carrier off Virginia and 4 sailors hurtAnd, why the Gulf remains in limbo!

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military formally ends a more than two-decade-long presence in Iraq this week.President Trump has brought his New York real estate background to the White House., Mike Fitz, resident naturalist for Explore.org, breaks down the competition where people vote for the fattest bear of the year.Levi Weaver, a staff writer for The Athletic, previews the MLB playoffs..New video of text chain from night of alleged Cornell gang rapeSenate approves sweeping bill to regulate college sports, Trump, Johnson to meet with AI execs at White House amid debate over safetyTrump to meet with AI leaders about safety;.fraternity gang rape allegations at Cornell University.This is the 14th flight of the uncrewed Starship, but the first time it reached orbit., Joe Petraro-Hyppolite has an IQ of 168 and is one of the youngest people ever accepted into an NYU master's program.The 14th test flight of SpaceX's Starship successfully achieved orbit Monday morning and splashed down in the Pacific just before noon., New York prosecutors are reopening an investigation into an alleged rape case at Cornell University in 2024.WATCH: 2 arrested in mysterious New York City sewers case.

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