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NBC News
Republicans shoulder more shutdown blame, as signs of voter irritation with both parties pile up

NBC News
Frustration with Trump gives Democrats an opening a year before the midterms

NBC News
Gavin Newsom says 'the rules of the game have changed,' predicts redistricting ballot measure will win

MSNBC News
Some top Trump officials are moving onto U.S. military bases

The Guardian
JD Vance repeats comments he wants wife Usha to convert to Christianity

The Hill
Trump’s MRI scan raises specter of secrecy in presidential health

CBS News
Daylight saving ends. Here's what to know about the 2025 fall time change.

BBC News
Why Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau just might work

CBC News
'There's no due process': ICU nurse, army veteran among U.S. citizens caught in ICE dragnet

NBC News
Was a hunting stand set up to target Trump? The 'Python Cowboy' has doubts

NBC News
Police cameras track billions of license plates per month. Communities are pushing back.

The Guardian
Marjorie Taylor Greene tells Bill Maher she believes extraterrestrials are demons

NBC News
Andrew faces pressure as new emails to Epstein are published

BBC News
King wants Andrew to lose Vice-Admiral rank, minister says

The Associated Press
UK train stabbings leave 10 people with life-threatening injuries - More

NBC News
No evidence mass stabbing on London-bound train was terror attack

Reuters News Agency
Louvre heist work of petty criminals, not organized crime, prosecutor says

Deutsche Welle
Belgium: Drone sightings at Kleine Brogel airbase - More

The Associated Press
Russia continues to blast power grid

NBC News
U.S. family moved to Russia to escape liberal culture and got drawn into the war with Ukraine

The Atlantic
UN approves resolution supporting Morocco’s claim to Western Sahara

NBC News
Trump tells Defense Department to 'prepare for possible action' in Nigeria

NBC News
Visible from space, bloody sands expose the slaughter of tens of thousands in Sudan

The Guardian
Israel threatens to step up attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon

The Associated Press
Canada and Philippines sign a defense pact to boost cooperation and deter China’s aggression

NBC News
South Korea's Lee asks China's Xi for help engaging North Korea

The Guardian
Spain expresses regret over ‘injustice’ suffered by Mexico’s Indigenous people during conquest

The Associated Press
23 dead, 12 injured in fire and explosion at a store in northwestern Mexico

The Associated Press
Today in History: 2 November - More

This Day in Aviation
2 November

Agence France-Presse
Cambriolage au Louvre : un des mis en examen sera jugé mercredi mais pas pour vol

Agence France-Presse
"Mains rouges" sur le Mémorial de la Shoah : deux à quatre ans de prison pour les auteurs bulgares

France 24
Chikungunya : après l’épidémie, le défi de la prévention durable en métropole

Agence France-Presse
Ukraine : record d’attaques nocturnes de missiles russes en octobre depuis début 2023

Agence France-Presse
Soudan : craintes de la poursuite des exactions à El-Facher

Agence France-Presse
Gaza : nouvelles frappes israéliennes alors que la question des otages pèse toujours sur le cessez-le-feu

Agence France-Presse
Détente dans la crise Nexperia : la Chine va autoriser certaines exportations

International Commentary

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Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
Wild claims of executive authority

Eduardo Porter | The Guardian
The president who cried tariffs: Will the US supreme court challenge Trump’s trade war?

Sidney Blumenthal | The Guardian
The ghost of Ronald Reagan has spooked Trump over tariffs

David Smith | The Guardian
The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry

Simon Tisdall | The Guardian
President JD Vance or Marco Rubio? We’re seeing the first signs of the battle over Trump’s succession.

Bernie Sanders | The Guardian
Democrats must not cave in to Donald Trump

Norman Solomon | The Guardian
A year after Trump won, why won’t Democrats change their playbook?

Gordon Brown | The Guardian
World leaders, remember that future generations will judge you. At COP30, you can define how.

Jonathan Freedland | The Guardian
Democrats should be taking the fight to Trump – the problem is, he’s got them battling each other

Rokhaya Diallo | The Guardian
Poor Nicolas Sarkozy. His hardline views on crime and punishment have come back to bite him.

Stephen Bates | The Guardian
Stupidity and royal self-entitlement sank Andrew, and it may not be over yet

Books

Margaret Atwood with Lisa Allardice | The Guardian
‘It is the scariest of times’: On defying Trump, banned books – and her score-settling memoir