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Police add to Portugal’s protests, demanding ‘respect’

✇Portugal Resident
By: Natasha Donn
30 October 2026 at 11:01

More than a thousand PSP and GNR police officers demonstrated in Lisbon yesterday evening, demanding respect and vowing to resume protests if the government fails to put forward concrete proposals

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Israel’s Election Is Unlikely to Change Its Policies and Global Isolation

✇NYT - Top Stories
By: Steven Erlanger
30 October 2026 at 09:03
The leading contenders, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot, aren’t substantially different in their approach to Israel’s security or in their opposition to a Palestinian state.

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Campaign posters for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud party, and Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, in Hadera, Israel, on Tuesday.

Tax the Rich? Easier Said Than Done.

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By: Natasha Sarin and Emily Holzknecht
30 October 2026 at 09:02
Forget California’s billionaire wealth tax. The economist Natasha Sarin believes there are better ways to make billionaires pay up.

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If Trump Gets Another Supreme Court Pick, MAGA Wants a Loyalist

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By: Mattathias Schwartz
30 October 2026 at 09:01
For years, Supreme Court aspirants have avoided talking about how they might rule. Trump’s frustrations with his first-term picks could change that.

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President Trump’s three first-term Supreme Court picks have moved the court’s jurisprudence to the right on issues like abortion and gerrymandering. But they have sometimes voted against his sweeping second-term agenda.

An Arab Town in Israel Celebrates the Election but Wonders What Will Change

✇NYT - Top Stories
By: Adam Rasgon and Natan Odenheimer
30 October 2026 at 04:01
Gains for Arab-led parties have electrified Taibe, in central Israel, even as voters elsewhere in Israel say they have no place in any future government.

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Ahmad Tibi, a leader of the Joint List party, with supporters on Tuesday outside a polling station in Taibe, Israel, a predominantly Arab town. “We’re ready to swallow frogs to take down Netanyahu’s government,” he said.

Hitting the fan: London council angers residents with removal of 700 dog-waste bins

✇The Guardian - World news
By: Matthew Weaver
30 October 2026 at 06:00

Conservative-run Hillingdon aims to save £100,000 but local people fear dog poo will ‘be dumped everywhere’

People in a west London borough fear it will become covered in dog poo after their cash-strapped council decided to remove 700 dog-waste bins to save money.

“People are worried there’s going to be dog shit everywhere,” said Daniel O’Neill, the chief road steward at Ruislip Residents’ Association.

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© Photograph: Daniel O'Neill

© Photograph: Daniel O'Neill

© Photograph: Daniel O'Neill

Is This the End for Trump’s Princelings? Or Just the Start?

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By: Noah Shachtman
30 October 2026 at 05:58
American capitalism may never be the same again.

Trump Cancels Rallies in Kansas and Iowa This Weekend

✇NYT - Top Stories
By: Chris Cameron
30 October 2026 at 01:08
President Trump has been holding hours-long rallies for G.O.P. candidates nearly every day for weeks.

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President Trump at Joint Base Andrews, Md., after a campaign rally in South Carolina.

How Common Is Ballot Stacking? What to Know as Conflict Roils Alaska Senate Race.

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By: Madison Malone Kircher
30 October 2026 at 00:39
As a conflict over candidates roils the Alaskan Senate race, here’s a look back at the political practice over the years.

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No Clear Winner in Israel Election, Final Results Show

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By: Leo Sands · Johnatan Reiss and Ephrat Livni
29 October 2026 at 23:07
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party and its allies won 53 seats in Parliament, falling short of the outright majority needed to form a government. The main opposition bloc, led by Gadi Eisenkot, won 48.

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Trump Erupted After Learning of Alina Habba’s $50 Million Deal

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By: Tyler Pager
29 October 2026 at 22:54
Angry about the scale of a contract signed by one of his former lawyers with the family of a wealthy pardon seeker, the president told allies he wanted some of the money to go to his future presidential library.

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Alina Habba Mildon, while working as an adviser at the Justice Department, had signed on last year to serve as a general counsel for a company started by the daughter of Julio Herrera Velutini, who was seeking a pardon.
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Trump Administration Pressures California With Expanded Voter Fraud Investigation

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By: Devlin Barrett and Shawn Hubler
29 October 2026 at 22:09
The department has issued grand jury subpoenas to local election officials as part of a widening effort to prove unsubstantiated claims about large numbers of illegal voters in the state.

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Voters casting their ballots in Los Angeles in June. At least two employees of Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s office received grand jury subpoenas last week.

Intel’s Shares Plunge 20% as A.I. Hinders Some Parts of Its Business

✇NYT - Top Stories
By: Don Clark
29 October 2026 at 21:17
The chipmaker, whose largest investor is the U.S. government, reported that the A.I. boom’s domino effect had hurt sales to personal computer makers.

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A silicon wafer at Intel’s campus in Ocotillo, Ariz. The company reported revenue of $16.5 billion in its third quarter.
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