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Michoacán state Mayor Carlos Manzo, who called for a take-no-prisoners approach to Mexico's drug cartels, is slain while marking the Day of the Dead holiday. LA Times
The parents of slain Israeli-American hostage Omer Neutra paid their bittersweet thanks to President Trump and his team after the IDF captain's body was returned from Gaza Sunday night. New York Post
VOA VIEW: GOD BLESS the entire family.
An injection of $450 million for WIC comes as the Trump administration announced it would only fund partial benefits for another food aid program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, for November. New York Times
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Meet your artificial intelligence matchmakers. These A.I. tools are changing dating apps, so users don’t have to swipe through an endless scroll of profiles. New York Times
Facebook’s free dating service has 21 million users, more than the popular dating app Hinge, as the social network reinvents itself. New York Times
A pod of orcas in the Gulf of California has repeatedly hunted juvenile white sharks to feast on their livers. New York Times
Exercise can be particularly beneficial for older people at a higher risk for the disease. New York Times
VOA VIEW: Listen to good advise.
California Democrat Representative Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection in 2026. OANN
Following President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States will begin testing nuclear weapons, Energy Secretary Chris Wright revealed that the tests will not include nuclear explosions, but rather the delivery system. OANN
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Former CIA Director John Brennan furiously shouted down a man who confronted him over his decision to sign the 2020 letter stating that the Hunter Biden laptop story had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.” OANN
The Heritage Foundation sought to contain the damage after its president precipitated a crisis on the right by defending Tucker Carlson's friendly interview with a young far-right influencer known for his inflammatory takes on Israel, race and women. Washington Times
New York mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani spent the final weekend of his campaign telling his supporters that they have helped him build a movement that will transform the city, where injustice will be abolished and the poor will be uplifted. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: The people of NYC will loose.
Flight delays continued at U.S. airports Monday amid air traffic controller shortages as the government shutdown entered its second month. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: Dems are at fault.
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Two California prison officers were hospitalized after an alleged attack by an incarcerated man, and authorities are investigating it as an attempted homicide, officials said Sunday. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: They must be punished.
Visa predicts Americans will spend an average of $736 on holiday gifts in 2025, a 10% increase from the $669 reported last year. CBS
Two girls suffered injuries when they fell at least 20 feet from a Ferris wheel at a Louisiana festival on Saturday. CBS
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Jessica Bond Ferguson said she and other residents had been warned about diseases that the escaped monkeys carried, although authorities later said they were pathogen-free. CBS
Russian officials appeared eager to reafiirm Moscow's alliance with China following President Donald Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping last week. CNBC
VOA VIEW: The U.S. has more to offer than Russia.
Erika Kirk demands courtroom cameras stay for her husband Charlie Kirk's murder trial, saying "let everyone see what true evil is" as accused assassin faces charges. FOX News
VOA VIEW: A good thought.
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DHS defended Border Patrol agent's actions in violent Evanston arrest, citing assault and groin grabbing by suspect after car collision in Illinois suburb. FOX News
VOA VIEW: The animals need to be arrested.
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Off-duty Harris County deputy fatally shoots man who allegedly tried entering his car while child was in carseat in Texas. FOX News
VOA VIEW: The man was stupid.
Los Angeles police authorized tear gas after officers were hit with fireworks and bottles during chaotic Dodgers World Series victory celebrations downtown. FOX News
VOA VIEW: Fools acting like animals.
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments this week on President Donald Trump's authority to impose sweeping tariffs. UPI
VOA VIEW: They should approve presidential authority.
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the government shutdown would continue to cause issues for the public because of traffic control staffing shortages. UPI
VOA VIEW: The shutdown is Dems fault.
President Donald Trump has ordered the military to prepare for strikes against Islamist militants in Nigeria as the country's government defended its sovereignty. UPI
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday renewed his call for support of a ballot initiative that would redraw congressional voting maps in the state. UPI
VOA VIEW: Newsom should lose.
Nine people were wounded Sunday in a shooting that erupted at a party being held at a large Airbnb in northern Ohio, authorities said. UPI
Federal Aviation Administration urged Congress to approve government funding as more air traffic controllers call in sick. UPI
VOA VIEW: As they should.
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A federal appeals court became the latest court to determine the Trump administration's effort to end birthright citizenship is likely unconstitutional. They are wrong.
In a 100-page ruling, the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Boston district court's injunction that blocked the government from enforcing an executive order signed by President Trump to significantly narrow birthright citizenship, the concept that people born in the U.S. are automatically citizens, regardless of their parents' immigration status. The appeals court ruled in favor of plaintiff states and against the Trump administration.
Other cases challenging the president's effort to restrict birthright citizenship have been making their way through the courts, and they haven't been decided in the president's favor. "Our nation's history of efforts to restrict birthright citizenship — from Dred Scott in the decade before the Civil War to the attempted justification for the enforcement of the Chinese Exclusion Act in Wong Kim Ark — has not been a proud one," the court's chief justice wrote. "Indeed, those efforts each have been rejected, once by the people through constitutional amendment in 1868 and once by the court relying on the same amendment three decades later, and at a time when tensions over immigration were also high."
"The 'lessons of history' thus give us every reason to be wary of now blessing this most recent effort to break with our established tradition of recognizing birthright citizenship and to make citizenship depend on the actions of one's parents rather than — in all but the rarest of circumstances — the simple fact of being born in the United States," the appeals court concluded.
