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        <lastmod>2026-09-20T17:20:00-04:00</lastmod>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-09-20T15:38:38-04:00</news:publication_date>
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                                                            <url>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-09-20T14:12:27-04:00</news:publication_date>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-09-20T13:53:16-04:00</news:publication_date>
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        <lastmod>2026-09-20T13:34:29-04:00</lastmod>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-09-20T13:34:29-04:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Alaskans will decide fate of ranked choice voting system after chaotic end to state's primary</news:title>
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                                                            <url>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-09-20T12:50:46-04:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Merz vows to press ahead with reforms after party's historic defeat in 2 German state elections</news:title>
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                                                            <url>
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        <lastmod>2026-09-20T12:28:25-04:00</lastmod>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-09-20T12:28:25-04:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Federal Reserve rate hike reflects new world of sticky inflation and faster growth</news:title>
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                                                            <url>
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        <lastmod>2026-09-20T15:04:00-04:00</lastmod>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-09-20T11:54:32-04:00</news:publication_date>
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                                                            <url>
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        <lastmod>2026-09-20T11:39:58-04:00</lastmod>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-09-20T11:39:58-04:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>North Korea launches 2 ballistic missiles toward the sea and dials up pressure on the U.S.</news:title>
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                                                            <url>
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        <lastmod>2026-09-20T11:21:22-04:00</lastmod>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-09-20T11:21:22-04:00</news:publication_date>
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                                                            <url>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-09-20T11:08:03-04:00</news:publication_date>
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                                                            <url>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-09-19T18:09:41-04:00</news:publication_date>
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                                                            <url>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-09-19T16:45:21-04:00</news:publication_date>
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                                                            <url>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-09-19T16:30:57-04:00</news:publication_date>
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                                                            <url>
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        <lastmod>2026-09-19T14:48:50-04:00</lastmod>
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                                                            <url>
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                                                            <url>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-09-19T14:20:13-04:00</news:publication_date>
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                                                            <url>
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        <lastmod>2026-09-19T18:34:00-04:00</lastmod>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-09-19T13:10:44-04:00</news:publication_date>
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                                                            <url>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-09-19T12:37:05-04:00</news:publication_date>
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                                                            <url>
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            <news:title>MS NOW, CNN and Politico say their journalists were denied access to White House after Trump ban</news:title>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-09-19T11:41:29-04:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Thousands join protest outside Kennedy Center, expressing concern that Trump might tear it down</news:title>
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