Indigenous People’s Day, or Columbus Day If You’re Nasty
Heritage Foundation Staffers Flood Federal Agencies With Thousands of Information Requests
The conservative think tank’s requests are clogging the pipeline at federal agencies in an apparent attempt to find employees a potential Trump administration would want to purge.
ProPublica
As US election nears, Mexico keeps up border enforcement, blocks migrants.
Mexico is holding the line, analysts say, thanks to a carefully negotiated – but unwritten – agreement between neighbors, executed late last year by the Biden-Harris administration. It’s held, they say, because it’s in Mexico’s economic interest to keep the border chaos-free and exports flowing north. And because the political stakes are high for Mexico in the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
USA Today
Trump tested the limits on using the military at home. If elected again, he plans to go further
During his first term as president, Donald Trump tested the limits of how he could use the military to achieve policy goals. If given a second term, the Republican and his allies are preparing to go much further, reimagining the military as an all-powerful tool to deploy on U.S. soil.
AP News
Springfield Haitians weigh their future as Trump threatens deportations
The image of a city dramatically altered by immigration has been seized upon by former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance — who have made criticism of the Biden administration’s immigration policy a cornerstone of their campaign.
CNN
Texas man who sued ex-wife’s friends for aiding in abortion drops case
A Texas man who sued his ex-wife’s friends for wrongful death after they allegedly helped her obtain pills to terminate her pregnancy has dropped the case, the defendants’ attorney says.
UPI
School board fracas highlights Chicago mayor’s turbulent tenure
Brandon Johnson is enduring a bruising series of controversies less than two years into his tenure.
Politico
Walz defends using the term ‘socialism’: ‘It’s what the right uses’
“Republicans oftentimes talk about socialism, and what I would make the case of is we build our roads collectively together,” he said. “I don’t think anybody’s arguing that you should have to build your own road from your house to your business place or whatever. So I said this definition that the right uses about these things that we collectively do together.”
The Hill
Anthony Scaramucci Foresees Harris Win: ‘Stay Calm, Let’s Keep Working’
Donald Trump‘s former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci says Kamala Harris will win the upcoming election and that her supporters need to stay calm and focused.
Benzinga
I went to a classic Wisconsin supper club to talk politics. This is what I learned
You won’t see a Harris or Trump sign in front of The Packing House. Wiken doesn’t want to alienate his customers, who have a wide range of views, as the All Things Considered crew and I discovered when we started chatting people up at the bar.
NPR
‘We won’t stop’: College students return to changed campuses after a year of protests
One year after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, American college students have returned to campuses that feel as if they have changed. Protests against the war in Gaza and administrations’ responses to them upended traditional benchmarks – prestige, academic rigor, affordability – of what defines a “good” school. Now, some students also ask: Is this place safe for me? Is my free speech protected?
USA Today
Boeing strike has already cost the company and workers $5 billion, new analysis shows
Sunday marks one month since members of the International Association of Machinists began their strike against Boeing. The cost: nearly $5 billion, according to a new analysis by Anderson Economic Group, shared exclusively with CNN.
CNN
Legislative majorities giving one party all the power are in play in several states
Nationwide, more than 5,800 state legislative seats in 44 states are up election this year in the background of higher profile contests for president, Congress and governor. Groups aligned with Democrats and Republicans are expected to pour a couple hundred million dollars into the state legislative battles, focusing most intensely on states where control of a chamber is in play: Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
AP News
There Are More Abortion Rights Ballot Measures Than Ever Before
Eleven abortion referendums will be in front of voters in 10 states this Election Day — the largest number of pro-choice amendments the country has ever seen during a single election cycle.
Huffpost
2024 US presidential election: can we believe the polls?
As we head toward the 2024 US presidential election, media large and small frequently fall into the trap of “horse race” journalism. Policy questions are rarely treated in depth, and the emphasis is often on the latest polls. One week they announce Kamala Harris as moving ahead, and the next, Donald Trump still has an edge. But how reliable are these polls?
The Conversation
Latino Leaders Urge DNC and RNC to Boost Voter Outreach Ahead of 2024 Election
Latino leaders call on Democrats and Republicans to increase outreach efforts, warning of low voter engagement and rising misinformation campaigns.
The Latin Times
Latin trans fashionistas work the runway & push boundaries in history-making fundraiser
The fashion industry rarely showcases trans and nonbinary Latine folks, but these models and designers are showing how it’s done.
LGBTQ Nation
Insurance is failing hurricane survivors: ‘People thought they were covered’
Flooding is separate from typical US home insurance and many homeowners are not adequately covered
The Guardian
Domestic Violence, Child Abuse and DUI Cases Are Being Dismissed en Masse in Anchorage
Two factors are at work in the mass dismissals. First, Alaska’s overloaded court system has limped along for years by allowing extensive trial delays, defying a state requirement for speedy trials. Second, the Anchorage prosecutor’s office, as in many American cities and states, is struggling to hold onto lawyers.
ProPublica
Column: Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation looked bad at the time. It was even worse
The bureau disclosed in 2021 that it received more than 4,500 calls and messages related to Kavanaugh. According to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat who requested the information, none of them was investigated.
Los Angeles Times
Trump hears at a Latino campaign event from someone who lived in the US illegally
Trump has usually smoothed over any apparent conflict between his warnings on immigration and his support from Latino voters since 2016, when he kicked off his first run by warning of “rapists” crossing the southern border. Many Hispanic voters entered the country legally — or have roots in the U.S. going back generations — and oppose illegal immigration.
AP News
And the World Goes Wild
Eight dead as violent storms sweep Brazil after worst-ever drought
At least eight people have died and thousands are stranded without power after violent storms swept across Brazil on Friday.
BBC
Palestinian Diplomat Calls Israeli Assault on Northern Gaza ‘Genocide Within the Genocide’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly “examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza,” which could starve hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
Common Dreams
Israeli tanks forcibly enter UN position in south Lebanon
“Two IDF Merkava tanks destroyed the position’s main gate and forcibly entered the position. They requested multiple times that the base turn out its lights,” the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said in a statement.
dpa International
Sudan rescuers say air strike killed 23 in Khartoum market
A Sudanese network of volunteer rescuers said on Sunday the military carried out an air strike a day earlier on a marketplace in Khartoum, leaving 23 people dead.
Al Monitor
The French government wants a new immigration law for 2025
The new measures, which could include extending detention and limiting regularisation for migrants, may spark further divisions in the French Parliament.
euronews
Ukraine’s human rights envoy urges response to alleged killings of Ukrainian POWs in Kursk
Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman urged international organizations Sunday to respond to a claim that several Ukrainian prisoners of war were executed in Russia’s Kursk region, where Kyiv had launched an incursion in August.
AP News
The Sinaloa Cartel is Dead: Meet the Two Organizations at War to Succeed the Once Powerful Crime Syndicate
Mexican journalist Jesús Lemus suggests that the current turf war will lead to the dissolution of the Sinaloa Cartel, giving way to splinter groups
The Latin Times
How can Labour deliver on its pledge to halve violence against women and girls?
Government has announced ‘first steps’ of policy shift but given little detail on how it will measure its success. What else needs to happen?
The Guardian
Israel ambassador says Gaza, post-WWII Japan comparison “baseless”
The Israeli ambassador to Japan criticized remarks by the co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, a prominent organization of atomic bomb survivors and this year’s Nobel Peace Prize recipient, who compared the Palestinian enclave of Gaza to Japan after World War II, calling the comparison “outrageous and baseless.”
Kyodo News
Palestinian woman wins £30,000 LGBTQ+ film award
A Palestinian woman has won the world’s largest LGBTQ+ short film award.
BBC
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