Final results could come as early as Thursday evening after about a half-million absentee ballots are counted from military personnel, diplomats, people in prisons and hospitals, and others.
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Cara Anna,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Oct. 2026
The humorist was also a gifted speechwriter for various NASA astronauts, political diplomats — once serving as deputy chief speechwriter for New York Mayor Bill de Blasio — and Colombian pop star Shakira.
The dispute is also triggering diplomatic fallout, with at least three Polish ambassadors resigning in protest.
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Tyler Speicher,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2026
The center was publicly unveiled Friday by current and former administrators at South Holland School District 151, along with a handful of student ambassadors.
Less than two decades later, the bond was tested by a scandal known as the XYZ Affair, in which France’s foreign minister, Talleyrand, demanded bribes from American envoys to Paris.
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Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
26 Oct. 2026
Trump’s envoys have also proposed that Europe increase purchases of Russian gas as part of an effort to gain the Kremlin’s support for peace—further complicating the efforts of Ukraine and its remainingallies to squeeze Russia.
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