Polls say voters back “mass deportation.” That’s misleading.

Americans’ opinions on immigration are more complicated than any one question can capture.

Vox

“Extreme Danger”: Harris Earns a Stunning Endorsement Over Trump

More than 100 Arizona Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and progressive Democrats and community leaders have signed a letter making the case for those reluctant to support Kamala Harris against Donald Trump.

“We know that many in our communities are resistant to vote for Kamala Harris because of the Biden administration’s complicity in the genocide,” the letter, published Thursday night, reads. 

“Some of us have lost many family members in Gaza and Lebanon. We respect those who feel they simply can’t vote for a member of the administration that sent the bombs that may have killed their loved ones,” the letter continued. “As we consider the full situation carefully, however, we conclude that voting for Kamala Harris is the best option for the Palestinian cause and all of our communities.”

Yahoo! News

Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally

Long before he became one of Donald Trump’s biggest donors and campaign surrogates, South African-born Elon Musk worked illegally in the United States as he launched his entrepreneurial career after ditching a graduate studies program in California, according to former business associates, court records and company documents obtained by The Washington Post.

Washington Post

How Mass Deportations Would ‘Devastate’ Texas

The Lone Star State is home to millions of undocumented residents and members of mixed-status families critical to the state’s economic success, yet Texas leaders are cheering on Trump anyway.

Texas Observer

‘We have to blow it up’: can never-Trumpers retake the Republican party?

“I think there are a lot of people that are very frustrated with the direction of the party and some of them are giving up,” Hogan told the Guardian. “I think we’ve got to stand up and try to take the Republican party back and eventually get us back on track to a bigger tent, more [Ronald] Reagan’s party, that can win elections again.”

The Guardian

James Carville: Three Reasons I’m Certain Kamala Harris Will Win

While I am not one to take part in the political prediction industry — recently ballooned by mysterious crypto investments gambling on a Donald Trump victory — today I am pulling my stool up to the political poker table to throw my chips all in: America, it will all be OK. Ms. Harris will be elected the next president of the United States. Of this, I am certain.

The New York Times

Biden marks anniversary of Pittsburgh synagogue attack that killed 11

President Joe Biden on Sunday marked the sixth anniversary of a gunman’s deadly attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue and called out what he called an “appalling surge of antisemitism” amid the war in Gaza.

AP News

NASA unveils prototype LISA telescopes: What to know about hunt for gravitational waves

The prototype telescopes that NASA revealed will play an integral role in the LISA mission by helping the trio of spacecraft beam lasers to one another that will help uncover gravitational waves.

USA Today

A Miami photo exhibit dispels myths about Haitian-American religious traditions

A photo exhibition recently opened in Miami tries to shed some light on faith practices and ceremonies among Haitian-Americans and others that have connections to the Caribbean and Africa. The show, featuring work by photographer Woosler Delisfort, documents some of Miami’s vodou traditions.

NPR

American Catholic voters present complex opportunities for Trump, Harris: Academics

“It’s really interesting that the Catholic Church is probably one of the few places where you find people with different perspectives sitting together at Sunday Mass,” Margaret Susan Thompson, a professor of history at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs, told ABC News.

ABC News

Have Democrats found a way to win over rural America? Look at what’s happening in Wisconsin.

The party’s hot streak in statewide elections faces a crucial test in out-state districts long held by Republicans.

Politico

US union members door-knock in swing states for Harris: ‘It’s a no-brainer for us’

Workers say speaking with voters in person is important as they aim to knock on millions of doors for the Democrat

The Guardian

How Trump tariff threats might plunge Mexico into recession and stoke immigration

If former President Trump is reelected and follows through with his promise to slap new tariffs on all imports to the U.S., experts say much of the global economy could be upended. And few countries would be more vulnerable than Mexico.

The LA Times

What’s really behind America’s men v women election

Donald Trump enjoys a huge lead among men, while women tell pollsters they prefer Kamala Harris by a similarly large margin. The political gender gap reflects a decade of social upheaval and could help decide the US election.

BBC

The Small Midwestern Cities That Could Play a Pivotal Role in This Year’s Elections

For all the talk about big-city Democrats and rural Republicans, it’s the voters in overlooked places like Sandusky, Ohio, and Racine, Wisconsin, who could decide everything from key congressional races to the presidency.

ProPublica

The Biden administration plans to make injectable PrEP affordable

As part of its pushback against the Republican-led siege on bodily autonomy, the Biden administration has proposed new rules making contraception more accessible. Within the new guidelines is a plan to eliminate cost sharing for injectable PrEP, making the alternative to daily pills broadly affordable under private insurance plans.

Into

Trump Has a New Focus in His Campaign Ads—and His Base Hates It

A new poll shows that Donald Trump’s focus on attacking trans people is about to backfire spectacularly.

The New Republic

I’ve been following Obama for years. I’ve never heard him speak this way

In 2020, in his speech at the Democratic National Convention, he said: “The president and those in power – those who benefit from keeping things the way they are – they are counting on your cynicism. They know they can’t win you over with their policies. So they’re hoping to make it as hard as possible for you to vote, and to convince you that your vote doesn’t matter.”

Independent

Trump floats ending the federal income tax. Here’s what that would mean

“It’s an absurd idea for many reasons, the biggest being that it is mathematically impossible to replace the income tax with tariffs,” Erica York, senior economist and research director at the right-leaning Tax Foundation, told CNN. “Imports are a much smaller tax base than taxable income, and there’s no way to squeeze enough revenue from taxing imports to fully replace taxing income. A swap like this would hike taxes on working-class taxpayers and invite harmful retaliation against US exports.”

CNN

LGBTQ Nation readers want Democrats to punch back harder at Republicans on trans equality

Half of readers say they want Democrats to call out Republicans’ toxic anti-trans campaign strategy.

LGBTQ Nation

Will Mexico’s plan to constitutionally ban vapes play into the hands of cartels?

Move prompts fears it will boost black market and prevent regulation: ‘Banning something doesn’t make it safe’

The Guardian

‘Not my King’ protest row highlights Australian divisions

In the wake of an unsuccessful referendum on their constitutional recognition – which left many feeling silenced – the question Australia’s first inhabitants are now grappling with is how to achieve the self-determination they have fought so long for.

BBC

Bolivia’s Morales says shots fired at his car as political tensions rise

The former president claims it was an attempt to kill him as the ruling socialist party factions struggle for power ahead of 2025 polls.

AlJazeera

Japan’s ruling party loses long-standing majority in major blow to new PM

Japan’s longtime ruling party has lost its majority for the first time in 15 years as Sunday’s general election dealt a major blow to new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba amid public anger over economic woes and a series of political scandals.

CNN

Can restorative justice principles heal the divide between Israel & Palestine?

We must shift the paradigm before any more lives are taken.

LGBTQ Nation

Pope closes Synod but questions over women’s role in the church remain

Pope Francis concluded the Synod of Bishops on Sunday, leaving the role of women in the Church unresolved. The final document offered no steps toward greater equity, with issues such as female deacons, married priests, and LGBTQIA+ discussions notably excluded.

Despite the omissions, the document reflects the Pope’s aim for a Church that listens attentively to its faithful. In a surprising move, however, Pope Francis chose not to publish the full document, leaving the matter of women’s role open-ended and fostering speculation on the Church’s stance on gender inclusivity.

euro news.

At least 1 dead, 37 Israelis injured in Tel Aviv bus station ramming attack

At least 37 people were injured when a truck rammed into a bus stop where Israeli soldiers were present north of Tel Aviv

The New Arab

Israel’s strikes on Iran reportedly hit air defence systems protecting energy sites

Strikes also targeted military sites linked to Tehran’s nuclear programme and ballistic missile production

The Guardian

South Korean Christian groups in massive protest against rights for same-sex couples

Kim Jeong-hee, a spokesperson for the organising committee, said the verdict was unconstitutional because same-sex marriage has not been legalised.

“I think that would only be the starting point for same-sex marriage legalisation policy,” Kim said. “We see this not simply as a Christian issue, but as a huge crisis that shakes our country’s foundation.”

Reuters

New wave of mass killings in Sudan alarms UN

A senior UN official in Sudan says she is deeply troubled by reports of “atrocious crimes” in the central Gezira state, including the mass killing of civilians by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Clementine Nkweta-Salami’s comments came after an activist group said that at least 124 people were killed by the RSF in attacks on villages over the past week.

BBC

Poll violations reported as Georgian ruling party declared winner

Observers reported a wide range of violations in Georgia’s parliamentary elections after the ruling conservative nationalist party was declared the winner on Sunday.

dpa International

At least 136 dead, missing as Tropical Storm Trami hits Philippines

Dozens missing after the storm forces more than half a million people to flee their homes amid floods and landslides.

AlJazeera