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A Kansas megachurch pastor running for the U.S. Senate has a message for Republicans: stop bullying trans people.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
Alex Pretti's parents demand the DOJ release evidence of the fatal ICE shooting of Pretti, an ICU nurse and U.S. citizen killed in Minneapolis.
Source: NBC News (nbcnews.com)
El Diario NY reports: los cambios propuestos para Head Start ponen en riesgo mucho más que un programa federal.
Source: El Diario NY (eldiariony.com)
The DCCC is pushing for advertising targeting Republican candidates over their record on AI and data centers in dozens of key House races in the midterm elections.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
NV SB 6 revises the Windsor Park Environmental Justice Act; the bill was enrolled and delivered to the Governor and approved by the Governor as Chapter 7.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
There are seven days until the final votes will be cast in the 2026 midterms, and tens of millions of voters have already cast ballots for Senate, House, governor and state legislature races.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
The Appeal reports private prison companies are pouring money into GOP coffers ahead of midterms, calling Trump's second term a financial boon to the industry.
Source: The Appeal (theappeal.org)
With a week until the midterm elections, Trump is expected to rally supporters in Corpus Christi to boost Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who faces Democrat James Talarico in a Senate race.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Truthout reports private prison companies are pouring money into GOP coffers ahead of midterms.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
The US military says it killed five people after an airstrike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific, among more than 70 such attacks according to media tallies.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
PR RC 712: an investigation by the Puerto Rico House into AAA Metro Region actions on potable agua distribution and their impact on Toa Baja; latest action 2026-10-27: Vista Pública.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
Democracy Docket reports Shasta Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis backed the Trump DOJ's California lawsuit and defended the department's unverified sources for identifying alleged noncitizens.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
The Justice Department called on election officials in Washington state to set aside some 400 ballots it says may belong to noncitizen voters.
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)
An immigrant detainee dies at Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego; the Saturday death marks the 61st person to die in ICE custody under the Trump administration.
Source: Los Angeles Times Politics (latimes.com)
A motion directing Metro to join Los Angeles, Long Beach, and the County in a USGBC California effort to reduce construction greenhouse gas emissions with low carbon concrete passed.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (metro.legistar.com) · Status and sponsor
Haley Stevens calls an anti-Israel political ad by Cenk Uygur's Rebellion PAC fearmongering.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
The Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee passed a five-year, single-source contract with Cummins for 680 Near-Zero Natural Gas-Fueled Engines to replace engines on Metro buses.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (metro.legistar.com) · Status and sponsor
The Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee passed a contract modification increasing the P2550 Light Rail Vehicle Modernization Project contract by $4,796,082 to $11,834,666.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (metro.legistar.com) · Status and sponsor
Metro board approves a motion to authorize up to $6 million in Metro funds for preliminary engineering design and environmental documentation for the Pico Rivera Regional Rail Station Project.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (metro.legistar.com) · Status and sponsor
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to restore a Biden-era regulation allowing immigration judges to suspend some deportation proceedings, turning down a request from three cities.
Source: SCOTUSblog (scotusblog.com)