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WorldOct 28Stoughton native will 'never forget' long-awaited 1st start for Wisconsin footballBarrett Nelson grew up dreaming of playing for the Badgers, just like his father and older brother. After years of painful setbacks, he finally got his chance to start Saturday.lacrossetribune · united states of america
WorldOct 28Stoughton native will 'never forget' long-awaited 1st start for Wisconsin footballBarrett Nelson grew up dreaming of playing for the Badgers, just like his father and older brother. After years of painful setbacks, he finally got his chance to start Saturday.chippewa · united states of america
PoliticsOct 28Grand jury throws out Trump DOJ bid to indict Jan 6 star witness Cassidy HutchinsonHutchinson had given explosive testimony about Donald Trump’s behavior on January 6 during a 2022 House committee hearingThe Independent World
PoliticsOct 28Democrats try to win over MAHA votersSome Democrats are making a play for segments of the "Make America Healthy Again" base, hoping pitches about food safety and environmental health will attract voters disillusioned with the Trump administration's lack of progress on those fronts.Why it matters: Policies around cleaning up the food supply and agricultural practices helped forge a coalition that's credited with helping President Trump win a second term. But disagreements over issues like pesticide use are fueling speculation that MAHA voters may not show up in force to help Republicans in the midterm elections — and may be persuaAxios
BusinessOct 28Treasury yields tick higher ahead of Federal Reserve interest rate decisionTreasury yields edged higher as traders await the Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy decision.CNBC
BusinessOct 28Federal Reserve set to issue interest rate decision as midterm elections loomMarkets expect the central bank to hold rates steady for now.ABC News
PoliticsOct 28Why California's election results take longer than other statesTrump continues to sow doubt in California elections and mail ballots.ABC News
PoliticsOct 28Speech Technologies Change, But Robust First Amendment Principles Must NotJustice Antonin Scalia’s now 15-year-old majority opinion in the violent video game case of Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association stands as a formidable bulwark against the temptations of today’s lawmakers and litigators to erode First Amendment safeguards for new communications technologies. The post Speech Technologies Change, but Robust First Amendment Principles Must Not appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.AEI
PoliticsOct 28Live | Flávio Bolsonaro fled Brazil: latest news on his departure to the United States after the defeat in the elections against Lula da SilvaSiga el minuto a minuto de la actualización sobre el caso y entérese de todo en tiempo real.El Tiempo
WorldOct 28Keyser hosts Mountain Ridge in Border Battle with playoffs eligibility and/or seeding implicationsKEYSER, W.Va. - Momentum and motivation will both be in abundant supply at Alumni Field Friday night when the Keyser Golden Tornado hosts the Mountain Ridge Miners in their annualwvnews · united states of america
WorldOct 28Border Battle has playoff implications as Keyser hosts Mountain RidgeKEYSER, W.Va. - Momentum and motivation will both be in abundant supply at Alumni Field Friday night when the Keyser Golden Tornado hosts the Mountain Ridge Miners in their annualwvnews · united states of america
BusinessOct 28US rocket motor maker with Trump family ties valued at $1.4 billionA US company manufacturing rocket motors, with reported ties to the Trump family, has been valued at $1.4 billion. This highlights a significant valuation in the defense or aerospace sector with potential political connections.investing_us · united states of america
PoliticsOct 28As midterms loom, Justice Department keeps taking aim at Trump foesAttorney General Todd Blanche has been busy. In the run up to the Nov. 3 midterm elections, the nation's most powerful law enforcement official has hit the campaign trail, stumping at the Republican convention in Texas and at rallies for candidates aligned with President Donald Trump in New York and North Carolina. Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. The Justice Department, under Blanche's leadership, has filed broad and controversial election-related lawsuits, including suing the state of Alaska last week to preemptively block certification of the results of the state's tight Senate race if the Republican candidate loses. The Justice Department has also executed search warrants and filed criminal charges against some of Trump's political foes, delivering on promises to the president's conservative base that current and former officials viewed as corrupt or undermining the president would face legal consequences. The Justice Department has traditionally stayed quiet in the months before an election, fearful of being perceived of using its law enforcement weight to influence elections. But Blanche has had some of his busiest weeks as attorney general ahead of next week's midterms, cannonballing into politically fraught cases as the president cheers him on. The agency's recent targets include James B. Comey, a former director of the FBI and staunch Trump critic who this month was hit with a third federal case in 13 months. The Justice Department also this week tried and failed to indict Cassidy Hutchinson, a former Trump aide, for allegedly lying to Congress during her testimony about the president's actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Days earlier, the agency charged two former FBI officials, who have long been targets of right-wing attacks, with lying to Congress. Trump's most ardent supporters have applauded Blanche, saying the Justice Department has long been weaponized against the president and that he is bringing legitimate cases against people who they believe broke the law. "This Department is following the facts and the law, not anybody's political time table," the department said in a statement. But critics and former Justice Department attorneys say the attorney general is allowing the agency to bring weak cases aimed at seemingly delivering on the president's desire for vengeance, rather than for legitimate law enforcement reasons, before voters head to the polls. "What we're seeing at the Justice Department is deeply troubling, not because of any one case, but because of the cumulative pattern," said Perry Carbone, a longtime federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York who left the department last year. "A Justice Department cannot maintain public trust if its decisions appear to depend on whom the president likes, whom he dislikes, or whom he wants to punish." With the midterms looming, the Justice Department has taken a series of aggressive steps against Trump's political foes and on issues that he and his allies have focused on for years. Two weeks ago, federal authorities searched the D.C. home of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar (Minnesota) over allegations that the first Somali-American congresswoman lied on immigration paperwork. Attorneys for Omar, who is up for reelection in November, characterized the search as politically motivated, saying the congresswoman is a critic of Trump who Republicans have spurred baseless accusations against her for years. Blanche and the Justice Department defended the search and its timing. They said the agency's 60-day policy - the unwritten guideline stating that the Justice Department should refrain from taking public law enforcement actions in the two months before an election - is an informal practice and not a written rule. And they have said this policy does not require law enforcement to stop ongoing work during the election season. "We don't do political paybacks," Blanche said at a news conference last week. The week after searching Omar's home, the Justice Department indicted Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, one of the most powerful Democrats in the commonwealth, as part of a long-running corruption investigation involving a family-run marijuana business. Her attorney said Lucas denied the charges. Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel appeared together in a rare news conference announcing the charges against the state senator. Lucas, an outspoken Trump critic, and Democrats said the case was politically motivated. Blanche defended the indictment. "What we're doing is very consistent with past practices," Blanche said at the news conference announcing the charges. "People can criticize all they want." The investigation into Lucas was launched during the Biden administration. Lucas's daughter, Lisa Lucas-Burke, was also charged and is on the ballot in November for a Portsmouth City Council seat. The next day, the Justice Department charged two former FBI officials with making false statements to Congress that allegedly hindered a Republican-led House committee as it was investigating President Joe Biden's son Hunter in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election. Through their attorneys, both ex-officials denied wrongdoing. Those FBI officials had been the subject of right-wing online excoriations for years, with conservatives claiming that they purposely tried to stymie Republican lawmakers investigations into the laptop. The flurry of legal activity continued that evening, with the Justice Department filing an extraordinary lawsuit in Alaska that asked a judge to bar the state from certifying its Senate race results should the Republican incumbent, Dan Sullivan, lose by a margin less than the number of votes received by a similarly named challenger, Dan J. Sullivan. Under that scenario, the department said, the court should investigate whether the result was tainted by voter confusion. Alaska's Republican-led state government seeks to have the lawsuit thrown out. In a remarkable admission highlighting the closeness between Blanche and Trump, the president said he directed the Justice Department to sue Alaska. "I'm the one that said do it," Trump said ahead of a campaign rally in Florida. Blanche has since said the Justice Department has been eyeing the issue for months and came to its own conclusion to file suit. On Monday, the Justice Department's actions hit a crescendo when court documents were unsealed revealing that prosecutors had charged Comey for a third time earlier this month. This time, the Justice Department alleged that he leaked sensitive government material to the media in 2016 while FBI director. Trump fired Comey in 2017 during his first administration. In an extremely rare move, prosecutors did not obtain an indictment through a grand jury to charge Comey, but rather charged him in D.C. with a criminal information. The Justice Department said that it filed it through a criminal information to avoid having the 10-year statute of limitations for the crime take effect. That statute of limitations was set to expire the day prosecutors charged Comey. But critics said that questionable maneuver highlighted the Justice Department's furious attempts to quickly push through what they viewed as a weak case without going through a grand jury, which could have voted not to indict the case. The Justice Department will eventually need to secure an indictment through a grand jury. A Justice Department spokesperson noted that federal officials filed the information under seal on Oct. 5 and that a judge decided to make it public earlier this week at the request of Comey's lawyers. Former Justice Department attorneys questioned the merits of the case. Prosecutors allege that Comey directed his staff in 2016 to talk to a reporter to address what he viewed as misinformation in an article about email surveillance published by another news outlet the previous day. "My reaction to the information is that it's dead on arrival," said Michael Bromwich, a former Justice Department inspector general who is representing defendants being investigated by the Trump administration. "It is remarkable to me that they have brought three terrible cases against the same man." Comey has denied the latest allegations and vowed to fight the case against him.yahoo · united states of america
WorldOct 28Alabama football in NIL world? 'We're competitive', Kalen DeBoer saysIn this modern era of college football, one fueled by name, image and likeness, there's one word Kalen DeBoer feels defines Alabama football's place in the larger narrative.dothaneagle · united states of america
DisasterOct 28The Ocean ‘Was the Color of Chocolate.’ Mexico Declares War on SeaweedTo protect Mexico’s tourism-reliant economy, the Navy is fighting a massive sargassum bloom that dumps thousands of tons of seaweed onto Caribbean beaches daily.NYT World
PoliticsOct 28Byron Donalds Holds Slim Lead in Florida’s Race for GovernorNew polls in Florida, South Carolina and Minnesota illuminate the head winds that Republicans are facing.NYT US
PoliticsOct 28Heavily Republican South Carolina’s Senate Race Is a Tossup, Poll FindsSenator Darline Graham, the South Carolina Republican, is struggling to replicate her late brother’s success. Republicans lead in the Florida Senate race and Democrats are up in Minnesota.NYT US
PoliticsOct 28One Race in Texas Has Become a Referendum on Bigotry in the G.O.P.Bo French said the presence of Indian American students at a football game was a “problem.” His campaign for Railroad Commission tests whether these biased views are now mainstream.NYT US
PoliticsOct 28Trump Administration Backs Down on an Opioid Ban After Kratom Industry LobbyingHealth officials will now allow some levels of a powerful substance to remain in products marketed as natural. The change could help a G.O.P. donor facing wrongful death lawsuits.NYT US
PoliticsOct 28How James Talarico’s Years Teaching Middle School Prepared Him for PoliticsFormer students and teachers at the San Antonio school where he spent two years with Teach for America recalled a conscientious educator, though there are questions about how big his classes were.NYT US
PoliticsOct 28The U.S. Attorneys Carrying Out Trump’s Election and Grievance CasesTogether, they have pursued cases against the president’s enemies and protesters and amplified false claims of widespread election fraud, often citing thin evidence.NYT US
PoliticsOct 28Dems have lost in the rural Midwest for years. This might be their time to win it back.Voters from western Wisconsin over to southern Minnesota and down to eastern Iowa are hurting. The question is whether they blame the president’s policies enough to elect Democrats.Politico
PoliticsOct 28Partnerships between ICE and local police surge, report findsThe number of state and local officers working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement has doubled in size in the last eight months, according to a new report from the immigration reform advocacy group FWD.us.NPR News
PoliticsOct 28How a lifelong Republican came to lead the data center battle in OhioIn Ohio, many people are displeased with the state's rapid buildout of data centers. It's a hot issue in the midterms, as political candidates from both parties try to ease voter concerns.NPR News
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