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Arizona: The Rising Swing State Leaning Trump So Far On Polymarket

Polymarket bettors believe Trump has higher chances of taking Arizona in this year's elections, but Harris still has a chance, given the state's battleground status that may all boil down to two key demographics.

International Business Times

Commentary: LA and other cities are recovering, but not their downtowns. Why?

A fiscal “doom loop.” A transit “death spiral.” The “office apocalypse.” Since the traumatic disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, these pessimistic terms have been applied repeatedly to the state of our cities. Analysis of Census data from my Brookings Institution colleague William Frey found that from 2020 to 2021, during…

Los Angeles Times

Biden’s State of the Union turns into a rowdy back-and-forth - Roll Call

At times, it felt as though the president was negotiating with Republicans as the nation watched. “Liar!” shouted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

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Biden's second-year turnover problem

Biden had a cumulative turnover rate of 40% among his most senior advisers.

Axios

Commentary: It’s time for men to ‘man up’

To “man up” means to “demonstrate toughness or courage when faced with a difficult situation.” That’s precisely what men need to do. Face up to a changing world and redefine what it is to be a man. In his recent book “Of Boys and Men,” Brookings Institution scholar Richard V.…

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Eduardo Porter: An immigration deal for Dreamers is out of reach

To hear Sen. Joe Manchin, pro-immigrant advocates are getting way too excited over the prospect of a deal in the lame duck Congress that would allow for the legalization of two million “Dreamers,” immigrants brought illegally into the country as minors by their parents. “I don’t see any movement there,”…

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Mind the gaps: the world needs to radically transform its educational systems, not just upgrade them

In September 2022 the United Nations organised the first-ever high-level Transforming Education Summit, inviting stakeholders to put forward commitments and tackle the challenges we face. Once again we heard how staggering the needs are: in lower-income countries, 25% of young people and just over 55% of adults are still illiterate,…

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Population in the US: as small towns shrink, is immigration the answer?

If a growing population is necessary for a healthy US economy, the country may have to rely on immigration to deliver it

The Guardian - UK

Election deniers lose key races in US midterm elections

Voters reject many Republican candidates who campaigned on false claims of election fraud.

Al Jazeera

House and Senate control uncertain as Democrats so far hold off worst-case ‘red wave’

WASHINGTON — The balance of power in both houses of Congress was still in question Tuesday, defying the historical precedent of punishing losses for the president’s party and lending a fittingly uncertain air to the conclusion of this unsettled election season.

Los Angeles Times

House and Senate control uncertain as Democrats so far hold off worst-case ‘red wave’

WASHINGTON — The balance of power in Congress was still in question Tuesday after polls closed across the country and governors races in Florida, Massachusetts and several other states were called.

Los Angeles Times

Republicans confident of House control as polls begin to close, but Senate control uncertain

WASHINGTON — The balance of power in Congress was still in question Tuesday after after polls closed in much of the East and governors races in Florida, Massachusetts and several other states were called.

Los Angeles Times

Republicans confident of House control, Senate remains close as first polls close

WASHINGTON — Republicans are favored to take at least one chamber of Congress, shifting the balance of power in Washington, as voters head to the polls in the first major test of the country’s democracy since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

Los Angeles Times

‘A new political hellscape’: sweeping gains for Republicans could stifle Biden’s presidency

Momentum appears to be with Republicans capitalising on economic frustration as experts say party peaking at right time

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WEKU

Men are struggling. A new book explores why and what to do about it

In his new book Of Boys and Men, Richard V. Reeves of the Brookings Institution argues that men must move into fields that are now dominated by women to reverse economic declines.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Through local reform, women of color are re-imagining democracy

For almost 250 years, white men have led the design, implementation and reform of American democracy, and, frankly, it is not working well for many of us. Women represent a slight majority of the U.S. population, and, according to the Brookings Institution, people of color will constitute a majority of…

Tribune News Service

GOP pans oil reserve sale despite a long and bipartisan history

WASHINGTON — After the Biden administration announced the latest sale of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to put a damper on pump prices earlier this week, Republican lawmakers called the move a stunt to mollify gasoline price-sensitive voters before the election in November.

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GOP pans oil reserve sale despite a long and bipartisan history - Roll Call

Presidents from both parties have ordered sales from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to soften spikes in gas prices.

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Zero-Covid in China Key to Xi Legacy as He Eyes Third Term

For many in China, years of grueling lockdowns and privacy invasions aimed at extinguishing Covid have caused misery. For President Xi Jinping, the virus curbs are a triumph, AFP said. His zero-tolerance approach to Covid has become synonymous with the efforts to cement his authority over China and its ruling…

The Independent UK

Allies aim for risky Russian oil price cap as winter nears

U.S. officials celebrated at the start of September when top allies agreed to back an audacious, never-before-tried plan to clamp down on Vladimir Putin’s access to cash

The Guardian - US

Of all the legal threats Trump is facing, is this the one that could take him down?

The quiet workings of a Georgia grand jury hearing evidence of election fraud could represent the ex-president’s greatest danger

The Guardian - US

Long Covid keeping 2-4 million Americans out of workforce, report says

About 16 million working-age Americans have long-term Covid, according to a Brookings Institution report

WEKU

States with the toughest abortion laws have the weakest maternal supports, data shows

Many of the states that are moving to ban abortion tend to have less access to health care, worse maternal and infant health care outcomes and weaker social supports for children and families.

Boston Herald

Editorial: Elderly poor should top college students for aid

“Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” –Joe Biden

The Independent UK

Detroit targets old industry sites to improve neighborhoods

Mahalie Wilson lives in the shadow of Detroit's massive and vacant former Packard auto plant and says she has learned to just “deal with” her foreboding brick neighbor

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