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Courts to decide fate of Trump’s latest push to control voting as Election Day nears
Less than a week before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s unprecedented drive for power over elections has set the stage for a series of courtroom fights that could quickly lead to a high-stakes showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court over the limits of federal authority.
News West Virginia Watch
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Indiana parole board urges governor to reject death row inmate’s bid to avoid execution
The Indiana Parole Board on Wednesday recommended that Gov. Mike Braun deny clemency to death row inmate Jeffrey Weisheit following competing appeals from the parents of the two children he killed in a 2010 house fire. The unanimous recommendation came just eight days ahead of…
News Indiana Capital Chronicle
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In southern Chile, locals push to protect oceans that have been hurt by intensive salmon farming
Intensive salmon farming in Chile has been criticized by scientists, environmental advocacy groups, fishers, Indigenous communities and local residents.
News Courthouse News
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Wonder why beer isn't $5 anymore?
Wonder why beer isn't $5 anymore? Laney told me how her brewery would order tap handles and the tariffs would INCREASE mid-shipment. The tariff would be as expensive as the product itself by the time it gets to them! A Democratic majority would fight to END Trump's trade wars.
Video Patty Murray on YouTube
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Houthis say Saudi-led airstrikes killed 14 at a market in northern Yemen
Separately, a police officer guarding the Israeli Embassy in the Serbian capital of Belgrade shot and killed a man who attacked him with a knife.
News Las Vegas Review-Journal
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More than 900 women criminally charged for their conduct during pregnancies
Members of the so-called abortion abolition movement believe that embryos and fetuses should have the same legal protections as people.
News Anchorage Daily News
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Alabama sells $190 million worth of bonds to Regions division to finance Escambia prison
Alabama sold more than $190 million worth of bonds earlier this month to Regions Capital Advantage, a division of Regions Bank, to finance the construction of a new men’s prison in Escambia County. A document of the bond sale on the Electronic Municipal Market Access indicated…
News Alabama Reflector
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Labor activist Dolores Huerta dies at 96
Labor movement leader Dolores Huerta, who founded the United Farm Workers alongside Cesar Chavez, has died at age 96, her family said Wednesday. “We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved mother, Dolores Huerta, has passed away today at the age of 96,” her family…
News The Hill
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Conservative influencer James O’Keefe charged with unlawful voting and identity theft in Minnesota
A Minnesota district attorney on Wednesday charged conservative influencers James O’Keefe and Cam Higby with felony counts of unlawful voting and identity theft.
News NBC News Politics
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Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation's fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase "Sí, se puede!" that became a widespread rallying cry.
News Texas Public Radio
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Al Sharpton & Garlin Gilchrist joined advocates in Detroit to address voter intimidation concerns.
Video Michigan Advance on YouTube
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Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez Introduces Legislation to Ban the Import of Russian Oil
WASHINGTON, DC — Last week, Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), and Don Bacon (NE-02) introduced the Ronald Reagan Peace Through Strength Act to block the President’s deal to buy Russian oil and affirm support for Ukraine. This legislation is the…
Press release Marie Gluesenkamp Perez — press releases
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At Least 68 Killed in Spain High-Speed Train Disaster. What You Need to Know - October 28
Rachel Scott has the latest on the deadly catastrophic train collision on Spain’s Madrid-Seville high-speed line, with Ian Pannell reporting. Plus, with six days until election day, President Trump heads to Ohio, Katie Zacharia speaks out on her departure as White House Press…
Video ABC News Politics on YouTube
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Trump’s DOJ threatens ‘criminal liability’ for California officials in vote counting suit
The U.S. Department of Justice in a federal court hearing Tuesday warned California election officials could be prosecuted if they count ballots cast by noncitizen voters, in a case brought by the Trump administration demanding that the state set aside the ballots of 20,000…
News West Virginia Watch
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Ramaswamy's Attack on Amy Acton Was Bad Enough. Trump and Vance Made It Worse.
Accusing a candidate of lying about child sexual abuse is a new low, even by political campaigning standards. Will voters agree?
News Reason
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Why Progressive, No. 4 on Best Workplaces for Women, focuses on flexibility and listening
There’s a hidden weakness in the labor market for employers who aren’t investing in developing women leaders.
News Fortune
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Bank of Canada raises interest rates for the first time in three years
The central bank increased the key rate by a quarter point as soaring energy prices pushed up inflation.
News Al Jazeera
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Failed Florida gubernatorial candidate announces 2028 White House bid
Former Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback (R) said he plans to run for president in 2028. “Last night, someone asked me ‘What do you plan on doing next?’ I told them the truth. I’m running for president,” Fishback wrote Wednesday on the social platform X, attaching…
News The Hill Campaign
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Lack of major property tax relief in Kansas prompts fingerpointing in governor’s race
Democrat Cindy Holscher and Republican Ty Masterson are campaigning for governor in Kansas on platforms featuring ideas for property tax reform.
News Kansas Reflector
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Trump Eyes New Iran Blitz After Midterm Elections
‘may do another little Epic Fury’
News Daily Caller
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Joanna Wietrzyk Returns to Racing After Viral HYROX Controversy
Australian HYROX runner Joanna Wietrzyk announces her return to racing after Beijing incident.
News Newsweek
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Jim Harbaugh Decides Whether OC Mike McDaniel Will Call Plays or Not
The Chargers are coming off a bye week as the only winless team remaining in the NFL.
News Newsweek
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Gillibrand On Iran War Costing Nearly $50 Billion, Now Lasting 8 Months
Today, Trump and Republicans’ war in Iran has hit its 8-month anniversary. The war has now cost nearly $50 billion dollars of taxpayer money, wounded hundreds and killed at least 23 American service members, depleted our stockpile of long-range missiles, and cost New Yorkers…
Press release Kirsten E. Gillibrand — press releases
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House Democrat warns about Musk, other 'weird trillionaires' controlling AI
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) on Wednesday morning issued a stark warning about the influence that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and other artificial intelligence technology leaders have over global affairs following a recent reported slowdown of the satellite company's technology in…
News The Hill
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Cruz: AOC will be presidential nominee if El-Sayed wins
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) predicted Wednesday that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) would become the Democratic presidential nominee in 2028 if Michigan voters elect U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Tuesday's midterm elections. "In the primary, the number one argument…
Video C-SPAN on YouTube
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More than a third of western states’ glacial cover has been lost since 1950s as planet warms
Six western states, including Oregon, have lost more than one-third of their glacial cover since 1950 and more than 300 glaciers in those states have disappeared entirely as the earth has rapidly warmed, a first-of-its-kind inventory and analysis confirms. Researchers at Portland…
News Washington State Standard
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Stocks hold steady as countdown ticks to Federal Reserve decision on interest rates
Treasury yields ticked higher after oil prices rose.
News Anchorage Daily News
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How the Village Halloween Parade keeps its soul
The "puppet raising" ahead of the parade. A visit to the community-driven pre-parade puppet preparations. [ more › ]
News Gothamist
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Idaho to receive another $186 million in federal grant to improve rural health access
Idaho is slated to receive another approximately $186 million grant in the second year of the five-year federal Rural Health Transformation Program. The state awarded all of its first $186 million to organizations statewide for projects meant to improve access and services for…
News Idaho Capital Sun
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Trump Voters May Help Abdul El-Sayed Defeat Mike Rogers in Michigan
Some Arab Americans who backed Trump in 2024 now see Abdul El-Sayed as the “America First” pick against Mike Rogers.
News Newsweek