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Election officials in California described the Trump administration's legal threats as having profound consequences on their mental health and their ability to do their jobs, according to court papers filed on Friday. The Justice Department issued grand jury subpoenas to local election officials in California this week as part of its criminal investigation into the state's voter rolls. Matt Morales, the top election official in Santa Clara County, said in the court documents that "the federal government's conduct has had and continues to have a severe chilling effect on my staff and me." In Contra Costa County, registrar Kristin Connelly...

“A private jet carrying nine people has crashed just eight miles from Mar-a-Lago in Florida, erupting into a colossal fire and sending a boom echoing for miles. The FAA confirmed that a $2 million Learjet 60 plummeted from the air, falling 32,000ft in a minute, causing a roaring amber blaze and plumes of smoke to billow from the scorched roadside in Greenacres, Palm Beach County. A large crater was seen as a result of the impact with debris scattered around it. Flight data showed that the flight was traveling from Austin, Texas, to North Eleuthera in the Bahamas before its...

A $2 million private jet crashed into a South Florida mobile home park — apparently demolishing at least one trailer in a massive fireball. Authorities say there are “multiple fatalities,” but it’s not clear yet how many people were on board the chartered plane, or whether anyone on the ground was killed in injured. The plane, which had departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas, took a sharp right turn before nosediving from 8,000 feet into the ground, BocaNewsNow reported. The plane, believed to be a Learjet 60 worth $2 million, clipped a tree and brought down power lines in a...

Live updates from Donald Trump's election rally in Salina, Kansas Jason Alatidd Bryan Richardson Evert Nelson Topeka Capital-Journal Updated Nov. 1, 2026, 1:45 p.m. CT President Donald Trump is returning to Kansas for a second rally ahead of the midterm elections. Trump is scheduled to take the stage at Salina Regional Airport at 7 p.m. Sunday, following a program of other speakers starting around 5:30 p.m. The Salina rally on Nov. 1 comes after Trump rallied in Park City on Oct. 19, and after Vice President JD Vance rallied in Topeka on Oct. 26 and Olathe on Sept. 14. A...

The verdict was met with a groan from Tommy Robinson’s supporters, who had sat behind the dock throughout his harassment trial. It took more than 11 hours of jury deliberations to find the far-right activist guilty of harassment causing fear of violence to two journalists, enough time for a band of lieutenants and hangers-on to get their hopes up that he might be acquitted. Yet as Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, potentially faces up to 10 years in prison, another narrative has now taken hold. A miscarriage of justice has taken place, according to messages pumped out across...

Explanation: What color is the Moon? It depends on the night -- and the time. Outside of the Earth's atmosphere, the dark Moon, which shines by reflected sunlight, appears a magnificently brown-tinged gray. The featured image highlights a collection of apparent colors of the full moon on Earth, documented by one astrophotographer over 10 years from different locations across Italy. A red- or yellow-colored moon usually indicates a moon seen near the horizon. There, some of the blue light has been scattered away by a long path through the Earth's atmosphere, sometimes laden with fine dust. A blue-colored moon is...

X link to Haley Stevens endorsing Rogers Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens has endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers in Michigan, delivering a dramatic blow to her party's nominee, Abdul El-Sayed, just days before the November 3 midterm elections. Stevens, who narrowly lost the Democratic Senate primary to El-Sayed in August, appeared alongside Rogers at a church service in Detroit on Sunday, November 1. Her decision marks a remarkable escalation in an increasingly bitter dispute within the Democratic Party over Israel and El-Sayed's political positions. The endorsement came after Stevens was excluded from a planned joint campaign appearance with El-Sayed, which...

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten released his final statistical model for the 2026 midterm elections on Saturday, projecting favorable national environments for Democratic candidates across the U.S. House, Senate, and state gubernatorial races. Enten based his projections on an aggregate of nonpartisan race ratings, generic congressional polling averages, primary voter turnout data, and predictive market models. According to Enten’s analysis of national generic ballot polling, Democrats held a 9-point advantage heading into the final days of the campaign, widening from a 5-point lead recorded a year earlier and a 6-point edge over the summer. He noted that while GOP...

Pity that totalitarian leftists have taken over the words FASCISM and FASCISTS to describe conservatives. As usual they use Alinsky rules to end run around conservatives and are owning the language. While conservatives here and elsewhere parse what FASCIST MEANS they are being tarred with it. Think about this.... THE REAL FASCISTS OF OUR WORLD TODAY... THE ANTIFAS... THE ISLAMISTS....THE SOCIALISTS....THE DEMOCRATS ....THE ANARCHISTS..... ALL ARE USING the term FASCIST in unison to market and sell the idea that you and other conservatives are a murdererous group WHO SHOULD BE KILLED. Madison Avenue never did it better. Solution grab the...

Jerry Koosman, the legendary Mets southpaw who helped lead the franchise to its first World Series title in 1969, died Sunday morning, the team said. He was 83 years old. Koosman was battling multiple illnesses, according to Jay Horwitz. He was surrounded by family in Osceola, Wis. Koosman was the winning pitcher in Game 2 of the 1969 World Series after the Orioles took Game 1, and he also won the Game 5 clincher. A two-time All-Star, Koosman, whose No. 36 is retired by the Mets, had a 3.09 regular-season ERA across 12 seasons with the club. He also had...

That’s how many barrels of oil have made it out of the Hormuz Strait with U.S. military guidance. Voters aren’t happy about gasoline prices as they head to the polls, and it’s now axiomatic in the press that the Iran war is a loser for the U.S. with no good choices except capitulation. So it’s worth noting U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper’s update this week that the U.S. has helped its allies in the Gulf export 1.5 billion barrels of oil since this summer.“When I flew over the Strait” recently, Adm. Cooper said in a video on Friday, “I saw...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday he had a constructive conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump about a potential trade deal and that negotiators would work in the coming weeks toward an agreement, signaling fresh momentum in a bitter trade dispute just days before the U.S. midterm elections. Carney said the conversation built on recent discussions about the outlines of a deal that would create jobs, lower costs for families and protect Canada's languages, culture and sovereignty. "Our teams will now be working in the coming weeks to deliver that outcome," Carney wrote on social media. The upbeat assessment...

Mayor Maria Pacheco of Kerman, California, was alleged to have followed and harassed a random man on Oct. 14 because she mistakenly thought he was an ICE agent. Fresno resident Eric Bridges accused Pacheco, who is listed as “non-affiliated” but was endorsed by Democrats, of pursuing him for 25 minutes to his sister’s house because she thought he was an ICE agent, GV Wire reported. Bridges detailed the encounter in a TikTok video and filed a formal complaint on Oct. 19. “I am not, nor have I ever been, an employee of Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Department of...

Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers on Sunday, a major shakeup in the final stages of a top battleground race that could determine which party controls the Senate. “Hey, Michigan, as you may have seen, our Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, Abdul, said that I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away,” Stevens said in a video. “And he’s right, and that’s why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today,” she said. “I don’t belong in Abdul’s campaign.” The congresswoman’s announcement marks a whirlwind turnabout from...

Whether Paxton wins the senate race or not, I'll be writing my current senator John Cornyn to express my disgust with his recent stances on the election, and his long-recognized treachery toward his Party. They say you should keep such letters polite and to a specific point. How firm should this rule be on an outgoing senator like Cornyn? My rage toward him is bottomless.

1 November 2026 All Saints Solemnity All Saints Catholic Church, DallasReadings at MassThis is a preview of Universalis. The Universalis app gives you every day of every year, not just the single week you’re seeing now, and it doesn’t need the Internet. It gives you the official New American Bible version for the readings at Mass. As well as the Mass, it gives you the Liturgy of the Hours. It costs $9.99-12.99 on your phone, or £19.99 (about $26.50) on your computer. Get it now.Liturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingApocalypse 7:2-4,9-14I saw a huge number, impossible to count, of...

PITTSBURGH, PA — Language learning app Duo Lingo announced this week that it will be rolling out a new language called "Kamala Harris" to help people understand the former Vice President. Researchers at Duo Lingo say they spent years studying the strange verbal inflections and random sound repetitions of the Kamala language. The task of parsing it out in a teaching module wasn't easy, they said, but they're excited to offer it as a new feature.

"The doctors are encouraged by his progress, he is awake and alert, and we are optimistic he will make a full recovery," the statement said in part. U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke, according to his chief of staff.Murphy started experiencing numbness in his arm while at his son's hockey game Saturday, his chief of staff said in a statement. He was taken to a local hospital, where doctors determined he had suffered a stroke.Murphy was transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring and is responding well to treatment.Watch NBC 4 free...

Teachable moment in radio. It's a 'favorite caller' I post from time to time. It starts at minute 19 and goes on for just 10 minutes.

Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) appeared Sunday at Detroit's Perfecting Church alongside Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers, praising his support for Black-owned businesses just two days before he faces the Democratic nominee she previously endorsed. • Stevens then tweeted an endorsement for Rogers.