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Washington
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On Election Day, the Supreme Court takes up Catholic preschools shut out of Colorado’s free pre-K
The justices open their November session Monday and hear St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy on Tuesday, a test of whether states can require religious preschools to follow the same enrollment rules…
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Herzog tells Israel’s leaders to ‘stop climbing trees’ as Arab parties line up behind Eisenkot
Israel’s president opens coalition consultations Wednesday after a deadlocked election. The Arab parties are expected to back Gadi Eisenkot, which would give him 67 recommendations, while Netanyahu privately keeps a unity deal…
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Defense bill’s 65-year streak heads into the lame duck with no Senate vote
The NDAA has no Senate floor vote and no budget deal as Congress breaks for the election.
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Pentagon presses Congress to write the ‘Department of War’ name into law in the final defense bill
Both the House and Senate Armed Services versions of the defense bill would make the Department of War name law. The Pentagon and White House want it kept in the final bill,…
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Opportunity Zone nominations close today, and New York hasn’t said which neighborhoods made its list
Wednesday is the extended deadline for governors to nominate the next decade of Opportunity Zones. New York can pick 429 of 1,716 eligible tracts, including 84 in Erie County, and hasn’t published…
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In Stefanik’s open seat, Constantino’s $17 million in loans meets Gendebien’s $7 million from donors
Republican Anthony Constantino has lent his campaign $17 million and raised nothing from individual donors; Democrat Blake Gendebien has raised $7.2 million from individuals. Federal filings show how each is spending it…
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Israel’s partial count puts Netanyahu’s bloc ahead but short of a majority after record turnout
With about 42 percent of ballot boxes counted, Netanyahu’s bloc held 57 seats to Eisenkot’s 47, with Arab-led parties holding 16. Neither side had the 61 needed to govern.
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Trump’s $810 million rescission request tests Congress’s budget powers as the 45-day clock runs past Election Day
The White House says its $810 million September rescission package would cut unnecessary and wasteful spending. GAO calls the timing unlawful, and House Budget Democrats want to ban the tactic. The review…
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USDA proposes chip cards for every SNAP account, but states would cover the switch
A proposed USDA rule would require chip-and-tap EBT cards in every state to stop skimming thieves, without new federal money as states absorb SNAP administrative cuts. New York is already ahead.
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Joe Morelle’s House record: bipartisan election bills, median attendance and mostly party-line votes
Rep. Joe Morelle missed 1.9% of House votes, sided with most Democrats on 449 of 464 party-split roll calls and steered one bipartisan FEC bill through the House. None of his 38…
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Israelis vote in a close race that will decide whether Netanyahu keeps power
Benjamin Netanyahu faces former army chief Gadi Eisenkot in Tuesday’s Knesset election, with President Trump openly backing the prime minister and polls showing a tight bloc race.
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Golden Dome hits early milestones as senators from both parties press for steadier funding
President Trump’s missile-defense shield has an operational site and two tests behind it, but most of its 2027 money depends on a stalled reconciliation bill. Senate Armed Services members of both parties…
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White House touts refinery funding and diesel relief, says New York hasn’t adopted fuel waivers
The White House says gas and diesel prices will soon drop, pointing to Defense Production Act refinery money and diesel tax deferrals. It singled out New York for not adopting federal fuel…
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Claudia Tenney’s campaign has spent $2.6 million in a safe seat, and most of it went to raising more
FEC filings show Rep. Claudia Tenney’s campaign spent about $2.6 million this cycle, more than half on fundraising and digital vendors, about $208,000 on travel and meals, and $160,000 in a single…
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Trump weighs a deal or renewed strikes on Iran as Tehran says messages are still moving
President Trump said he is weighing whether to make a deal with Iran or “finish them off,” while Tehran says messages are passing through intermediaries. Israel votes Tuesday.
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Kennedy presses DHS on Batavia detention expansion as the administration points to Albany and the 2024 vote
Rep. Tim Kennedy wants answers by Nov. 2 on a roughly $16.7 million ICE expansion in Batavia. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says voters backed mass deportations, and ICE says New York’s…
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Senate Budget chair Ron Johnson’s defense blueprint heads into the lame duck as the deficit nears $2 trillion
Sen. Ron Johnson’s fiscal 2027 budget resolution, which would make room for $60 billion more for the military through reconciliation, has stalled since August. It returns after the election as Treasury reports…
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Wyden drafts data center excise tax as $19.46 billion STAMP project advances in Genesee County
Sen. Ron Wyden’s draft would tax data center revenue and end key tax breaks for the industry, though the rate is still blank. Republicans and the White House favor speeding up construction…
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A one-town ceasefire, November talks and a diesel tanker bound for New York: Inside Washington’s new approach to Moscow
A U.S.-brokered pause in Oleshky begins Tuesday, three-way peace talks are set for early November, and the first Russian diesel cargo since 2022 is headed for New York under a presidential sanctions…
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Trump-backed $1.15 trillion defense bill and Dec. 11 funding deadline await Congress after the election
The House passed a $1.15 trillion NDAA matching President Trump’s request, but the Senate bill stalled 50-46. With a stopgap expiring Dec. 11 and a $60 billion defense reconciliation instruction pending, the…
