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Trump’s Proposed Triumphal Arch Faces New Pushback

President Donald Trump is facing major pushback against his plan to build a 250-foot arch between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery. In a new lawsuit, the Attorneys General for Virginia and Washington, D.C., warn construction would cause “immediate and irreparable” harm to the area. NBC’s Julie Tsirkin reports for Sunday TODAY.

NBC News · Nov 1
NBC Poll: 52% of Voters Prefer a Democrat-controlled Congress

Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker joins Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist to break down the election day races to watch and discuss a new NBC poll showing 52% of registered voters prefer a Congress controlled by Democrats. 

NBC News · Nov 1
Public Ownership of Key Economic Sectors Is Popular

A new poll shows significant support for nationalization of health care, railroads, and artificial intelligence among Democratic voters. Public ownership can be part of a winning pitch for addressing the cost-of-living crisis.

Jacobin · Nov 1
‘Dark money made darker’: funding labyrinth conceals donors to Republican campaigns

One man’s campaign finance operation in Wisconsin exemplifies the opacity of the US political funding system In the summer of 2024, a non-profit called the Green Dragon Coalition wired the last $20,000 of a $445,000 grant to a Super Pac . Its tax return for that year would describe the purpose of the transfer as “educational”. The same day, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records, the Super Pac spent $8,000 attacking Celeste Maloy, the Republican congresswoman for Utah’s second district, four days before the primary that would decide whether she kept her seat. It had already spent more than $400,000 promoting her challenger, Colby Jenkins, who was running to her right with the endorsement of the rightwing Utah senator Mike Lee. Continue reading...

The Guardian · Nov 1
The ant and the grasshopper: Europe’s unfolding emergency preparedness plans

There is perhaps no more well-known Aesop’s fable than The Ant and the Grasshopper. The ant works hard and saves during the summer, while the grasshopper spends his time singing and dancing. When winter arrives, the grasshopper approaches the ant and asks for help. In the traditional version, the ant teaches the grasshopper a lesson […]

Washington Examiner · Nov 1
The socialists are half-right: Ban reelection, not the Senate

Tuesday’s midterm elections will settle control of Congress for two years. They will also quietly start the next campaign. By Wednesday morning, would-be presidential candidates will be booking trips to early-primary states, and newly elected House members will be back on call time, raising money for 2028. America has less a governing problem than a […]

Washington Examiner · Nov 1
What Coal Country Can Teach America About Fighting Flock

Paige Reiring showed up at Woodchuck’s house with a revolver strapped to her hip. She didn’t know anything about the man except that he loved America and hated Flock cameras. He’d reached out to Reiring via TikTok after seeing her videos tracking automated license plate readers in the city of Morgantown; he wanted her to […]

Mother Jones · Nov 1
Trump makes war on the International Criminal Court 

“It is only a matter of time” before the International Criminal Court interferes with “American military and law enforcement operations,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned in July. Convinced that such meddling would “mean the death of the United States as a sovereign and independent nation,” Rubio promised that the U.S. would use “all the…

The Hill · Nov 1
AI Concerns Move to Center of Midterm Campaigns

Bloomberg Government senior AI and government reporter Cristiano Lima-Strong tells Bloomberg This Weekend that AI is emerging as a major issue in the midterm elections, as candidates clash over regulation, data centers, jobs and safety. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Lisa Mateo, Lima-Strong explains that Democratic control of Congress could bring a more aggressive regulatory approach as lawmakers debate how to balance safeguards with innovation. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · Nov 1