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Trump administration asks Washington to set aside hundreds of ballots from suspected noncitizen voters

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This is the latest sign of the administration’s attempts to challenge states with competitive midterm races that could determine control of Congress

The Trump administration on Monday asked Washington state to set aside any ballots received from more than 400 people it alleges are registered to vote without US citizenship, less than two weeks after making a similar demand in California.

The announcement is the latest sign of the administration’s attempts to sow doubts about the election or its outcome in states with races that will help determine control of the US Senate and House.

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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan send envoys to Iran in push to end war – The Washington Post

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  1. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan send envoys to Iran in push to end war  The Washington Post
  2. Saudi, Pakistani, and Turkish officials meet Iranian leaders in Tehran  NewsNation
  3. Flurry of Diplomacy in Iran Amid Reports of U.S. and Israeli Plans to Renew War  The New York Times
  4. Iran talks with Mecca pact states may be ‘last chance’ before military action  Iran International
  5. Mecca defence alliance members in Tehran to defuse Iran-US, Yemen tensions  Al Jazeera
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Book Review: ‘Princes and Thieves,’ by Matthew Cole – The New York Times

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  1. Book Review: ‘Princes and Thieves,’ by Matthew Cole  The New York Times
  2. The Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed More Than $700 Million in Transfers  Vanity Fair
  3. Jared Kushner Got Secretary of State Fired After Dictator Paid Him Off  The New Republic
  4. Jon Stewart Is Thrown When Journalist Starts Interview With Jared Kushner's Denial: 'Am I in Trouble Now?'  TheWrap
  5. Jared Kushner pushes back on report involving hacked phone, spies, billion-dollar transfer  CBS News
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Court blocks bid by Trump DoJ to stop California from counting mail-in ballots

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Newsom accuses Trump of ‘assault on democracy’ as DoJ claims 20,000 registered voters in state are non-citizens

A US federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s move to block California from counting the ballots of 20,000 registered voters that the justice department claims are non-citizens.

The court on Monday ruled 2-1 against Donald ⁠Trump’s ​justice department in the dispute, denying the administration’s demand that election officials segregate the thousands of ballots until people on the list could verify their citizenship. The justice department had given the California secretary of state 48-hours to carry out the order, which state election officials refused – leading to the lawsuit.

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‘Digital hostile environment’: AI secretly being embedded across Home Office, report claims

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Tasks from determining asylum seekers’ ages to border surveillance now involve AI, says Open Rights Group

AI has been embedded across the Home Office in near-total secrecy, reinforcing the so-called hostile environment for immigration, according to research.

Tasks from the detection of potential sham marriages to determining the age of asylum seekers and checking through the contents of phones of new arrivals now involve use of the technology, according to a report by Open Rights Group (ORG).

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Israeli PM Netanyahu and challenger Gadi Eisenkot have very different views on how to end the Iran war – New York Post

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  1. Israeli PM Netanyahu and challenger Gadi Eisenkot have very different views on how to end the Iran war  New York Post
  2. Netanyahu Pushed for Attack on Iran Ahead of Israeli Election, Officials Say  The New York Times
  3. Analysis • Two paths to war with Iran loom over Israel's election  Haaretz
  4. Netanyahu ‘pushed Trump for Iran strikes’ to delay first wartime Israeli election  Yahoo
  5. Netanyahu reportedly pressured military to attack Iran in run-up to election  The Guardian
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Xi Jinping’s corruption crackdown in the spotlight as China prepares for meeting of top leaders – The Guardian

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  1. Xi Jinping’s corruption crackdown in the spotlight as China prepares for meeting of top leaders  The Guardian
  2. China's big political meeting could see Xi 'tighten discipline' in party  BBC
  3. China's Xi opens Communist Party plenum, aims for firm governance measures  Reuters
  4. Xi’s party: What to look for at the upcoming Chinese Communist Party plenum  Brookings
  5. China’s leaders gather for the fifth plenum  The Economist
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Netanyahu Pushed for Attack on Iran Ahead of Israeli Election, Officials Say – The New York Times

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  1. Netanyahu Pushed for Attack on Iran Ahead of Israeli Election, Officials Say  The New York Times
  2. In ‘unprecedented confrontation,’ IDF chief said resisting Netanyahu’s order for military action tied to Iran  The Times of Israel
  3. Netanyahu fights for political future as Israel heads to polls with Iran threat looming  Fox News
  4. 'Complete fabrication': Netanyahu, Katz deny plans to fire IDF chief Zamir ahead of election  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Netanyahu Goes Into Full Panic Mode  The Atlantic
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Massachusetts lesbian bar makes frantic effort to find new owners after relaxing masking policy

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Last Ditch bar announced it would ‘soft close’ after it went viral following a story on its attempt to relax Covid rules

A Massachusetts lesbian bar that went viral for loosening its Covid mask policy last month announced plans to “soft close” on Monday as it seeks new ownership.

The Last Ditch bar, in the small city of Greenfield, said in an Instagram post that it was searching for co-owners, new owners or a full sale, and that it would “soft close effective immediately”, with “only booked events” continuing while it closes this winter. It had opened just last year as a bar for “dykes, transsexuals, gender freaks, workers, and their friends”.

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Carers allowed to earn over the weekly limit without losing out as ‘cliff-edge’ abolished in the budget

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Controversial mechanism that hit unpaid carers with huge penalties to be scrapped following Guardian investigation

The controversial rule that led to unpaid carers being punished with penalties amounting to thousands of pounds is to be abolished, the Guardian can reveal.

The chancellor, John Healey, is to announce a new digital taper system for carer’s allowance in Wednesday’s budget, effectively ending what is regarded as one of the UK benefit system’s most feared and unfair administrative practices.

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Machete-wielding mob attack health workers responding to Ebola in Congo – Reuters

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  1. Machete-wielding mob attack health workers responding to Ebola in Congo  Reuters
  2. Attackers kill nurse, severely injure health worker responding to Ebola case in eastern Congo  AP News
  3. Ebola outbreak: DR Congo nurse killed in attack as Uganda tightens border  BBC
  4. Attackers kill nurse, injure health worker responding to DRC Ebola case  Al Jazeera
  5. Nurse accused of spreading Ebola murdered by mob  The Telegraph
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Brazil elections: Did a WhatsApp channel help get Lula re-elected? – BBC

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  1. Brazil elections: Did a WhatsApp channel help get Lula re-elected?  BBC
  2. 21 days: Inside Lula’s race to resurrect his campaign — and go viral  The Washington Post
  3. How WhatsApp 'army' flipped Brazil election and halted Trumpian trend  ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  4. With his first smartphone, Lula seeks to catch up to Brazil's online generation  Reuters
  5. Transforming Lula into Michael Jackson and Captain America, how his ‘army’ flooded the internet with AI clips and memes to fight ‘algorithm bias’  WION
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Jordan attacks militants in Syria in retaliation for last week’s church attack

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Jordanian air force says it carried out strikes against ‘terrorist groups’ tied to killing of nine in Karak

Jordan has carried out airstrikes against armed groups in Syria in retaliation for Friday’s attack on a Greek Orthodox church in the southern Jordanian city of Karak that killed nine people, the Jordanian air force has said in a statement.

It said the operation “resulted in the killing and wounding of many members of these terrorist groups and the destruction of a number of their vehicles”. It did not specify who the groups were or the precise location of the strikes.

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Brazil: defeated Flávio Bolsonaro ordered to surrender passports – The Guardian

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  1. Brazil: defeated Flávio Bolsonaro ordered to surrender passports  The Guardian
  2. Brazil Supreme Court Orders Flávio Bolsonaro to Hand Over Passports in Money Laundering Inquiry  The New York Times
  3. Brazil's defeated presidential candidate says court barred him from leaving country  Anadolu Ajansı
  4. Flavio Bolsonaro says Brazil federal police asked for his passports  Reuters
  5. Brazilian Federal Police Confiscate Flavio Bolsonaro’s Passport  Payday Report
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France promises to replace its university admissions after riots and thousands of arrests – AP News

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  1. France promises to replace its university admissions after riots and thousands of arrests  AP News
  2. France Makes Concessions to Students, but Not Enough to Halt Protests  The New York Times
  3. French students vow more protests despite Macron government's concessions  Reuters
  4. Protest leaders urge French pupils to keep barricading their schools  The Guardian
  5. France Offers Students Funding, Reforms to Try to End Protests  Bloomberg.com
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