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Election Commission orders special summary revision of electoral rolls in 17 states

The Election Commission of India ordered a special summary revision of electoral rolls in 17 states and union territories, with January 1, 2027 set as the qualifying date. The commission prescribed a timetable that includes rationalisation of polling stations by November 2 and publication of integrated draft rolls on November 12, followed by a claims-and-objections window.

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Greens’ pensioner ring‑fence clause forces Senate to block rebate cut, risks $1.6bn aged‑care redirect

The Senate blocked the Albanese government’s plan to remove age-based tiers in the private health insurance rebate after the Greens insisted on a pensioner ring‑fence. The vote halted an estimated transfer of savings the government said would fund aged care and left differing cost estimates and political blame in play.

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Judge Jennifer Rochon extends ban on taxpayer-funded Trump TV ads until after Nov. 8 vote

U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon extended a temporary restraining order that blocks taxpayer-funded television ads featuring President Donald Trump from airing until after the November 8 elections. She set a November 4 hearing to consider a permanent order and allowed time for written arguments to be filed.

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Sen. John Hickenlooper and Mark Baisley debate Trump, abortion bans and Iran in Denver

Sen. John Hickenlooper and Republican nominee Mark Baisley debated in Denver on topics including President Donald Trump, abortion bans and Iran. The incumbent repeatedly tied Baisley to Trump while Baisley insisted he aligns with Thomas Jefferson and predicted Hickenlooper would try to link him to the president.

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Angie Nixon says she wants GOP rival Ashley Moody 'locked up' in Florida Senate race

Angie Nixon told CNN's The Arena that Republican Sen. Ashley Moody should be "locked up and punished in jail for what she has done." Nixon said she does not support abolishing prisons or defunding police and accused a state appeals court decision to expunge a leaked grand jury report of "corruption through and through."

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Elon Musk spends $366 million on 2026 midterms, directing large gifts to GOP super PACs and state groups

Elon Musk directed roughly $366 million to support Republican-aligned groups in the 2026 election cycle, including major contributions to Senate- and House-focused super PACs. The spending made Musk the largest known donor reported in the cycle and was concentrated in Senate Leadership Fund and Congressional Leadership Fund transfers, with outlets reporting slightly different totals and emphases.

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Somerville City Council to discuss implementing nonbinding Israel divestment ballot question

The Somerville City Council will discuss how to implement a nonbinding Israel divestment ballot question that voters approved in November 2025. Council members delayed a decision to assess the ordinance's scope and financial impact and are expected to revisit the issue at an October 27 meeting, according to local reports.

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Low turnout and subdued campaigning as Israel heads to Oct. 27 election after three years of war

Israel is holding a national election on Oct. 27 amid an unusually quiet campaign and low visible turnout as voters appear exhausted after three years of war. Campaign streets are largely empty of rallies and posters and opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot is running on promises of a more transparent government.

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Outgoing Tasmanian Liberal senator Jonno Duniam urges party to return to its roots, not mimic One Nation

Jonno Duniam, an outgoing Tasmanian Liberal senator, used his final Senate speech to urge the Liberal Party not to mimic One Nation or 'pretend to be someone else' to win votes. He warned against ceding ground to Pauline Hanson, urged colleagues to back Liberal values with conviction and said the party should present a clear policy pitch to voters.

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Democratic Senate candidates pivot messaging from Green New Deal to energy affordability, Washington Examiner says

The Washington Examiner reports Democratic Senate candidates have shifted campaign language away from phrases like "climate change" toward energy affordability and energy security. The outlet says some Democrats now include a role for oil and gas in energy plans and highlights Sen. Jon Ossoff focusing his reelection messaging on rising household energy costs.

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DOJ sends Weber, LA registrar password‑protected list, urges segregation and interception of ballots

The U.S. Department of Justice sent letters to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber and Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder Dean Logan asking them to review a federal list of people the DOJ says are “likely noncitizens” who were sent mail‑in ballots. The letters included password‑protected thumb drives and instructed officials to segregate or intercept ballots they cannot confirm are associated with U.S. citizens, and they gave officials 48 hours to respond or face possible legal action.

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Tenth Circuit upholds Kansas ban on partially prefilling mail-ballot applications

The Tenth Circuit upheld Kansas’s law that bars private groups from partially prefilling mail-ballot applications, reversing the district court. The court applied intermediate scrutiny, found the statute content- and viewpoint-neutral, and placed the burden on Voter Participation Center to prove discriminatory intent.

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First minister disputes claim there is no more money for Stormont as budget gap raised

The First Minister said he does not accept there is no more money for Stormont and challenged that claim in public comments. The failure to agree a Stormont budget has left planned projects such as the Altnagelvin Hospital A&E redevelopment unable to proceed, the Irish News reported.

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Rep. Delia Ramirez proposes abolishing DHS to create Department of Community Safety

Rep. Delia C. Ramirez introduced the Reimagining Safety Act to repeal the Homeland Security Act, abolish the Department of Homeland Security and terminate ICE, CBP, TSA and USCIS. The bill would replace DHS with a Department of Community Safety that restructures immigration and security functions, closes immigration detention facilities and frames public safety through a public-health lens.

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9th Circuit blocks California from enforcing law that would make ICE show visible ID

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals barred California from enforcing the No Vigilantes Act provision that would require federal immigration agents to display identification while on duty. The injunction halts state enforcement while the Justice Department’s lawsuit over the law proceeds and reverses a lower-court decision that had refused to block it.

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Kalshi market shows James Talarico holding slight lead over Ken Paxton in Texas Senate odds

Kalshi, a prediction market, shows Democratic State Rep. James Talarico maintaining a slight lead over Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Texas U.S. Senate odds. Federal News Network and local reporting show polls and market pricing indicating a close race with early voting scheduled to begin Oct. 19 and Nov. 3 set as election day.

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Congressional Leadership Fund pulls $3 million in ad reservations from Texas’s 28th district

Congressional Leadership Fund withdrew $3 million in ad reservations from Texas’s 28th Congressional District and moved that spending to McAllen and Brownsville. The pullback reduces the super PAC’s planned airtime against Rep. Henry Cuellar after earlier CLF spending in the district and follows recent Republican campaigning there.

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Judge Steven Hippler vacates three Bryan Kohberger hearings, canceling Thursday session

Judge Steven Hippler vacated three upcoming court hearings for Bryan Kohberger, including a hearing that had been set for Thursday. Kohberger’s family lawyer Jason Goldman said the move begins a longer post-conviction relief process and an amended scheduling order has not been made public.

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Homeland Security Investigations search Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington home in immigration fraud probe

Homeland Security Investigations executed a predawn search warrant at Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington, D.C., home as part of an ongoing federal criminal probe into possible immigration fraud. A government watchdog filed a Hatch Act complaint alleging the timing of the search aimed to influence the upcoming election and early voting in Minnesota began days after the raid.

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Meerut court sentences Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla to death in blue‑drum murder case

A Meerut court on 14 October sentenced Muskan Rastogi and her partner Sahil Shukla to death after convicting them of murdering Saurabh Rajput. The court said its death sentences require confirmation by the high court and noted the conviction followed a 13‑month trial with 126 hearings and 22 prosecution witnesses.

1d agoGlobal5 outlets
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Judge in Ann Arbor clears two Michigan Wolverines to play this season

Judge Julia B. Owdziej in Ann Arbor, Michigan ruled that two Michigan Wolverines football players are eligible to play this season. Owdziej wrote that denying their eligibility would be "irreparable and severe" harm to them while the harm to the NCAA would be "negligible."

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One Nation NSW leader Mike Newman escorted from parliament after backing anti‑vax bill

Mike Newman, One Nation NSW leader and Cessnock candidate, entered the NSW parliament during question time and was escorted out by parliamentary staff. Newman told reporters he supported a proposed anti‑vaccination bill and disputed why staff removed him, saying he may have stood in an area reserved for opposition staff.

1d agoAsia Pacific4 outlets
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NYC comptroller rules out investing city funds in Israel Bonds, reverses campaign pledge

Comptroller Mark Levine said he will not reinvest New York City pension funds in Israel bonds, reversing a campaign pledge. The decision, which Levine described as financial and technical, drew criticism from figures including Mayor Zohran Mamdani and was reported by multiple outlets.

1d agoMiddle East5 outlets
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Thousands across Colombia protest president’s decision to reopen ties with Israel

Thousands of protesters marched across Colombia to condemn Israel’s war in Gaza and President Abelardo de la Espriella’s decision to open an embassy in Jerusalem. In Bogota, hundreds of students and activists carried Palestinian flags, chanted against US interventionism and called for De la Espriella to go.

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Malaysian court denies Najib Razak’s bid to suspend 15-year sentence, Judge Nordin says no special circumstances

A Malaysian court denied former prime minister Najib Razak’s request to suspend a 15-year prison sentence. The judge, Noor Ruwena Md Nordin, said there were no special circumstances to grant a stay and Najib’s lawyers have asked the Kuala Lumpur High Court to stay a separate 15-year sentence.

1d agoAsia Pacific5 outlets
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Federal judge says Flock Safety's ALPR network enables mass surveillance

A federal judge in Oklahoma ruled that Flock Safety's automated license-plate reader network enables "a type of indiscriminate mass surveillance." The judge's decision described a nationwide network of more than 144,000 AI-assisted cameras that track motorists billions of times each week and suppressed evidence in a drug case in which a database search was deemed unconstitutional.

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Trump campaigns in Wasilla, urging action on high energy prices as Sullivan opens rally

President Donald Trump campaigned in Wasilla, Alaska, on Oct 13 and focused his remarks on high energy prices and an Alaska LNG deal. Senator Dan Sullivan opened the rally and Republicans said they hope the visit will boost turnout in conservative areas as polls show a tight Alaska Senate race.

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Buti says Zempilas privately offered to 'stand by' three-way university merger, sparking uproar, Zempilas denies

Higher Education Minister Tony Buti told WA Parliament that Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas privately offered support for a three-way university merger and quoted Zempilas as saying he could 'stand by' the announcement. The disclosure triggered a chaotic question-time exchange in which Zempilas repeatedly called Buti a "liar", Speaker Stephen Price called him to order, and Zempilas later gave a personal explanation.

1d agoAsia Pacific2 outlets
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Trump campaigns in Wasilla for Sen. Dan Sullivan, calls rival a 'fake Sullivan' and urges repeal of ranked-choice voting

President Donald Trump campaigned in Wasilla, Alaska, to back Senator Dan Sullivan and repeated that Democrats had put forward a 'fake Sullivan' to confuse voters. He also urged Alaskan voters to repeal ranked-choice voting and framed affordability — citing high gas and grocery prices — as a central issue.

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Pramila Jayapal says India is purging 130 million names from voter rolls

Pramila Jayapal said the Indian government is purging 130 million people from the country’s voter rolls. Election Commission statistics show about 7.2 crore names were deleted from draft rolls during the first two phases of the SIR process, and the commission said omitted genuine voters can seek inclusion through claims and Form 6.

1d agoAsia Pacific4 outlets
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Eby cites $130-billion project pipeline and unveils job supports at Vancouver Board of Trade event

B.C. NDP Leader David Eby told Greater Vancouver business leaders there is a $130-billion pipeline of major projects expected to reach final investment decisions in the next two years. The event featured competing economic pitches from Conservative interim leader Lorne Doerkson and Green Leader Emily Lowan ahead of the Oct. 24 provincial election.

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Amit Shah says Rahul Gandhi lied about SIR to mask Congress poll defeats, warns of 2029 loss

Union Home Minister Amit Shah told reporters that Rahul Gandhi is "peddling lies" about the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to hide repeated Congress election defeats. Shah warned the Congress and its allies to prepare for a fourth consecutive loss in the 2029 Lok Sabha polls and accused the opposition claims on SIR of protecting "infiltrators" registered as voters.

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Blakeman attacks Hochul over 2024 'Black Bronx kids don't know computers' remark during NY debate

Bruce Blakeman publicly challenged Gov. Kathy Hochul during the Oct. 13 debate by quoting her 2024 remark that 'black Bronx kids' "don't even know what the word computer is," and he then launched a digital ad repeating that line. Hochul had previously walked back the 2024 comment saying she 'misspoke,' and the debate included mutual accusations about associations with extremists.

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JPC chair Sanjay Jaiswal says FCRA amendment keeps 2010 clauses, moves asset powers to 'designated authority'

JPC chair Sanjay Jaiswal said the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 retains major provisions of the 2010 FCRA. He said the bill shifts the power to take custody of NGOs' assets from state home/principal secretaries to a "designated authority" and that the committee heard views from Hindu, Christian and other groups.

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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signs order letting 2022 college athletes get a 5th year of eligibility

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed an executive order allowing Ohio colleges and universities to opt to grant 2022 student-athletes a fifth year of NCAA eligibility. The order is intended to align Ohio with opportunities available in other states and, DeWine said, "preserves fairness for" student-athletes.

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Kerala government introduces bill to boost maritime board autonomy under Mission Samudra

The Kerala government introduced a bill in the state Assembly to amend the Kerala Maritime Board Act and give the Kerala Maritime Board greater autonomy to implement Mission Samudra. The draft would make the board the competent authority under the Inland Vessels Act, create new institutional structures including a port development authority for each port, and propose changes to PPP contract extensions and land leasing rules.

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Pakistan president urges US and Iran to honour Islamabad memorandum and settle differences diplomatically

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari publicly urged the United States and Iran to honour the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding and resolve differences through dialogue and diplomacy. He made the remarks during a meeting with Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev and warned the conflict threatens safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea and harms trade and energy security.

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L. Murugan quits Rajya Sabha, ministry to rebuild BJP Tamil Nadu for 2029

L. Murugan resigned from the Rajya Sabha and as minister of state at the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to work full time for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Tamil Nadu. He said he will return to grassroots work and prepare the party for the 2029 Lok Sabha elections.

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