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The death toll from twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela Wednesday night is expected to reach into the thousands as rescuers continue to search for bodies trapped in the rubble. Hospitals are rapidly reaching a breaking point, and thousands of survivors have been left homeless. Reporter Andreína Chávez's building was one of the countless residences in Venezuela's capital Caracas and its surrounding region that were damaged by the massive quakes. Chávez was on the street when the earthquakes struck, and says she "saw at least three buildings partially collapse right in front of [her]."
As Venezuelans band together to find survivors, the country is calling for international support and resources to step up critical rescue and recovery efforts. "We weren't prepared for a disaster of this magnitude," says Chávez. "Venezuela is a country that has been under U.S. sanctions … as well as a country that has an infrastructure that is very deteriorated. We have public services that are very deteriorated, and all of that has been something that has really added to this tragedy."
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Brad Lander, a Democrat who won his House primary in New York, told voters to reject the "bigotry" of Bruce Blakeman, a Republican candidate for governor who is also Jewish.
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Divisions between the president and his party on Capitol Hill have muddled Republicans' midterm pitch to voters, and have crippled the G.O.P. at what should be the peak of its power.
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A cache of internal emails offers a look at the pressure the nation's public health officials faced from the new health secretary in the early months of the Trump administration.
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 Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Reuters/GettyWelcome to October Surprise, the Daily Beast's daily countdown to the biggest election of our lifetime. It's only 21 days until Election Day and here's what's happening in the race to the White House between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
THE DOWNLOADThe co-manager of Donald Trump's White House campaign has raked in $22 million and counting from the Republican nominee's political operation in just two years, the Daily Beast has learned.
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The House Democrats' re-election arm is targeting GOP Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan by pumping up the Trump-backed challenger in next week's GOP congressional primary.
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