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'I don’t believe it' Bernie Sanders downplays hopes of Democrat LANDSLIDE in US elections 10/23/2018, 2:55:13 AM BERNIE SANDERS, the independent Senator from Vermont, has called into question the growing hopes of a landslide victory for the Democrats in the upcoming crunch 2018 midterm elections in November. ✔ Recent polls suggest the Democrats have an 86 percent chance of winning 40 new seats ✔ If the Democrats retake the House, they will also be able to select the next Speaker of the House, the second person in the line of succession if the President is forced to step down Luke Bryan's Mother Makes an Emotional Return to Her Florida Home Destroyed in Hurricane Michael 10/23/2018, 12:49:14 AM Luke Bryan's mother LeClaire Bryan was photographed breaking down after finding her Mexico Beach home in Florida was destroyed in Hurricane Michael ✔ On the day Hurricane Michael hit land, Luke asked his followers on Twitter to keep his family and the residents of Flo

Tiny U.S. base assumes outsize role in Trump’s Syria strategy 10/23/2018, 12:05:07 AM Remote garrison illustrates how the United States has sought lower-risk means to counter Tehran on the ground. ✔ A U.S. official said the Trump administration had committed to extending the military mission until it achieves a lasting defeat of the Islamic State ✔ But that idea, in keeping with the president’s aversion to being bogged down in new foreign wars, didn’t gain support ✔ But, of course, in this area we act to stop any group that presents a danger, he said Guns and guards to be removed from Korean 'truce village' of Panmunjom 10/23/2018, 12:07:27 AM Demilitarisation will happen within days after talks between South Korea, North Korea and UN Command ✔ Photograph: AP South and North Korea – which are technically still at war – agreed to take measures to ease military tensions on their border at a meeting in Pyongyang last month between president Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un