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Scott Besant, America's Treasury Secretary, said he was in talks to offer Argentina a $20 billion swap line to stabilize the peso.

He also said American companies were planning substantial investments in Argentina

if next month's midterm elections deliver a, quote, positive outcome.

Argentine markets have been volatile since the party of Javier Malay, Argentina's

MAGA-friendly president, lost a provincial election on September 7th.

A gunman shot three people at an immigration and customs enforcement facility in Texas,

killing at least one, before killing himself.

The victims were detainees. No federal agents were wounded. At a news conference, an FBI agent

said that investigators recovered shell casings inscribed with anti-ice messages. Donald Trump said the violence resulted from radical

left Democrats, constantly demonizing law enforcement. Tether, a cryptocurrency company, is reportedly

seeking up to $20 billion in new funds. the deal would make it one of the most valuable

firms in the world, worth around $500 billion, the El Salvador-based group issues USDT, the world's

most traded stable coin. It has faced scrutiny over misleading statements made about its reserves and for its alleged

role in money laundering.

Vologimir Zelensky, Ukraine's president, warned that artificial intelligence was advancing,

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