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How Amendment 3, vaccine mandates and school vouchers will shape Florida under the leadership of Byron Donalds
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How Amendment 3, vaccine mandates and school vouchers will shape Florida under the leadership of Byron Donalds
Golden State Valkyries celebrate WNBA championship on both sides of bay
Bank of England policymakers set out views on rates outlook

How Amendment 3, vaccine mandates and school vouchers will shape Florida under the leadership of Byron Donalds

In the midst of what pundits are calling a blue tsunami nationwide, Florida remained resolutely red, electing Republican Byron Donalds as its first Black governor and sending Republican Ashley Moody back to the U.S. Senate. Donalds ran on a promise to continue the legacy of his predecessor, Gov. Ron DeSantis. His victory was not as easily won as polls had predicted. In the week leading up to the election, polls put him at 4 points over his opponent, Democrat David Jolly. In the end, Donalds won by 1.3 points – about 107,000 votes. I’m a political scientist who has lived in Florida for

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What is behind the France protests and what comes next?

France faced its latest nationwide protests on Thursday after weeks of unrest over the cost of living and public services, with trade unions and student groups mobilising demonstrators across the country.The movement began in late September with protests by students over underfunded schools but has broadened into a wider challenge to the government, triggering some of the worst street violence and looting that France has experienced in years.Here is the latest on the situation in France:WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE PROTESTS?The government has mobilised 70,000 police and other secu

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Black voters help propel Democrats, including history makers, in sweeping midterm victories

Sheyann Webb-Christburg was 8 when she was part of the crowd of civil rights marchers attacked on Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama, months before President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. On Tuesday night, she stood in Montgomery, Alabama, to celebrate a resounding political victory for Black voters and others who refused to accept the law’s recent diminishment by the U.S. Supreme Court and several state legislatures across the South. “I think a new movement has started,” she said after U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures won another term in Congress despit

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It's too early to call the outcome of California's proposal to tax billionaires

A California measure to tax the net worth of billionaires that divided liberal leaders nationally and triggered one of the most expensive ballot fights in state history was too early to call Wednesday morning as the vote tally continued. Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of Californians whose net worth exceeds $1 billion, with most of the revenue dedicated to replacing federal funding cuts to healthcare. The measure left the ultra-rich, some of whom spent heavily to defeat it, scrambling to figure out whether they would pay the tax or leave California.

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Trump is still in charge, but Democrats gain leverage in coming economic debate

From tariffs to oil prices, deregulation to health policy and the freight-train expansion of artificial intelligence, Democratic control of Congress will open a new phase in the battle over economic policies that drove Tuesday's broad voter rebuke of President Donald Trump and the Republican party.Congress may not have direct control over things like tariffs, immigration enforcement or the agencies that have rolled back environmental and health rules, and even de-escalation with Iran doesn't necessarily translate into a full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a drop in global oil prices.Bu

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Trump brags about his White House ballroom and seeks to deflect blame for GOP midterm drubbing

President Donald Trump reacted Wednesday to Republicans' midterm election losses by showing off the White House ballroom he's building as he demonstrated the kind of detached behavior that voters around the country said was a key reason they opted to punish his party. In an extraordinary scene, Trump summoned reporters to the hulking construction site that he demolished the East Wing to make room for and the Republican president spoke for nearly 20 minutes about minute building details. He did not mention his party losing control of Congress after defeats in some of the country'

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Republicans confront a game-changing possibility: They can no longer count on Texas

For decades, Texas Democrats have dreamt of turning the state blue, rallying around exciting candidates who drew big crowds and big money but could not ultimately overcome the state’s stubborn conservative majority.On Tuesday, their dream finally came true – and in dramatic fashion.Not only did Democrats win the state’s high-profile Senate race, but they also captured the governor’s mansion and prevailed in other consequential races, ending a 32-year losing streak in statewide elections.It marked a stunning rejection of one-party rule in the second most populous state in the country, w

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Trump said he’d accept the election results. Netanyahu is challenging the outcome of his.

As Republican losses in the US midterm elections came into focus, President Donald Trump said he would accept the results. The same cannot be said of Benjamin Netanyahu, the man Trump endorsed in Israel.A week after Israel’s October 27 election, Netanyahu, whose bloc lost its majority, is still challenging the officially certified results. He and his Likud party allege, without presenting evidence, that the vote was “stolen” by Israel’s Arab parties and foreign actors.The post-election dispute deepened this week after David Zini, chief of the Shin Bet internal security service and a Ne

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Cristiano Ronaldo announces his international retirement from Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo won’t play for Portugal anymore, ending on Thursday a career that spanned six World Cups and included a European title and the men’s all-time international scoring record. His announcement marked the end of a lauded career that began more than two decades ago before Euro 2004 and finished with him walking out on the national team after falling out with coach Jorge Jesus. "To the Portuguese people, the day has come for me to hand back the No. 7 shirt of our national team,” the 41-year-old Ronaldo said in a long video message on

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Here’s where Trump’s housing agenda stands before midterms

America’s housing market is paralyzed, with buyers pulling back and builders growing more pessimistic ahead of the midterms.Adding to the strain: Mortgage rates have surged back above 7% in recent weeks, hitting a three-year high of 7.4% last month. The average 30-year fixed rate eased slightly to 7.24% last week, according to Freddie Mac.America’s housing woes run deep. Homebuilding hasn’t kept pace with demand since the 2008 financial crash decimated the country’s housing industry. Elevated mortgage rates have also pushed up monthly payments for buyers, all while home prices keep cli

How Trump’s noncitizen voter lists could affect the midterms

As Americans head to the polls on Tuesday for midterm elections, lists the Trump administration has compiled of possible noncitizen voters could be used to contest the validity of the results.With US President Donald Trump’s Republican Party fighting to maintain control of Congress, here’s how the lists could affect the midterms.WHAT HAS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAID ABOUT THE LISTS?The Trump administration has acknowledged sending letters to election officials in five states — California, Washington, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Nevada — as of October 30, saying it identified nonci

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls