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Mamdani is … right? It’s time to retire New York’s horse-drawn carriage tradition

From the passenger seat, it is easy to understand the appeal. A horse-drawn carriage moving through Central Park offers a little piece of an older New York: the clip-clop of hooves, trees overhead, skyscrapers beyond them and, for a few minutes, the illusion that the city has slowed down. It is romantic. Now imagine the […]

Washington Examiner · Oct 31
Bolsonaro Leaves Brazil After Rejecting Election

Bloomberg Brazil Country Chief Filipe Pacheco tells Bloomberg This Weekend how Flávio Bolsonaro left Brazil for the US after refusing to recognize Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s election victory, as Bolsonaro faces multiple investigations in Brazil. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Lisa Mateo, Pacheco explains Bolsonaro’s circuitous journey to Miami, his pledge to lead the opposition from the US and how investors are assessing Lula’s surprise comeback. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · Oct 31
Midterm Fight Comes Down to the Final Days

Bloomberg Balance of Power co-host Joe Mathieu joins Bloomberg This Weekend to break down the final days of campaigning before the midterms, including President Donald Trump’s late push and the House and Senate races that could determine control of Congress. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · Oct 31
DC, Virginia sue to block Trump’s triumphal arch

Washington, D.C., and Virginia sued the National Parks Service and Interior Department to block President Trump’s proposed triumphal arch on Saturday, a new court filing shows. The planned arch would resemble arches in other cities, including Paris’s Arc de Triomphe, and be constructed on the border between D.C. and Virginia. In the court filing, the…

The Hill · Oct 31
Susan Collins Is Always Keeping Score

The long-serving senator has delivered millions of dollars to every corner of her state. But in Maine, people say, it’s best to avoid getting on her bad side.

The New York Times · Oct 31
Federal appeals court lifts Idaho ruling permitting abortions for women’s health 

A federal appeals court paused a judge’s earlier ruling that ordered Idaho to allow exceptions to its abortion ban in cases where a doctor deemed it necessary to protect the mother’s health.  In a 2-1 decision issued on Friday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that a doctor who sued over the state’s…

The Hill · Oct 31
DeSantis suspends Florida mayor charged with COVID-19 fraud

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) on Friday suspended a Florida mayor who was arrested earlier this month on two felony charges tied to allegations of corruption in a local grant program. Kissimmee Mayor Jackie Espinosa was suspended, according to the city, and Vice Mayor Angela Eady will now serve as mayor until the suspension is revoked […]

Washington Examiner · Oct 31
Rep. Meeks Puts Affordability Atop Democrats’ Agenda

House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory Meeks tells Bloomberg This Weekend that affordability would be Democrats’ top priority if they take control of the House, alongside restoring health-care benefits and conducting oversight of the Trump administration. Speaking with host David Gura, Meeks says companies involved in importing Russian diesel could face congressional scrutiny and predicts Hakeem Jeffries would become speaker if Democrats win the majority. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · Oct 31
Gun Control Fail: Seven Shot at a California Halloween Store

Seven people were shot, one of them fatally, Friday night around 8:30 p.m. at a Halloween store in Fairfield, California's Solano Town Center. The post Gun Control Fail: Seven Shot at a California Halloween Store appeared first on Breitbart .

Breitbart · Oct 31
Ricketts leads independent candidate Osborn by 6 points in latest Nebraska Senate poll

Just ahead of Election Day, Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) leads his independent challenger Dan Osborn, a new survey of the Nebraska Senate race shows. The New York Times/Siena University poll shows Ricketts leading Osborn by 6 points, 49 percent to 43 percent, respectively, among likely Nebraska voters. November’s election is the second cycle in a…

The Hill · Oct 31
The AI Backlash Uniting Voters

Artificial intelligence is becoming a political issue for the first time in this year’s midterms, with much of the voter backlash focused not on the technology itself but on the data centers needed to power it. Communities from Michigan to Texas are raising concerns about electricity costs, water use and the broader impact of AI on jobs and local economies. Former House Speaker Paul Ryan says data centers have become a proxy for wider fears about AI. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · Oct 31