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Month: October 2025

Jesse Jackson and Michael Dukakis raise their arms prior to a debate

The inside story of how Jesse Jackson almost became America’s first Black presidential nominee

By Abby Phillip, CNN (CNN) — Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., a civil rights leader and political outsider, ran for president in two groundbreaking campaigns that changed American politics. A son of the segregated South who went from nothing to eventually becoming one of the most well-known public figures in America, Jackson’s outsider political campaigns challenged

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Activistas reconocen el trabajo de Melania Trump por el retorno de niños ucranianos cautivos en Rusia, pero temen por Putin

Por Betsy Klein y Kylie Atwood, CNN Aunque elogió la labor de la primera dama Melania Trump para devolver a los niños ucranianos que estaban en cautiverio ruso, el presidente Donald Trump pareció restar importancia la semana pasada a las estimaciones del número de niños supuestamente secuestrados desde que comenzó la guerra. Sentado al otro

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in the Cabinet Room of the White House on October 17.

Bessent calls $20 billion lifeline to Argentina a ‘mission-critical’ function of Treasury during shutdown

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — Finalizing a $20 billion lifeline for Argentina using taxpayers’ funds during the government shutdown was an essential action for the agency, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday. His remarks came in response to a letter from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, who wrote

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