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Shotgun Used in Elementary School Attack Was Purchased ‘Legally’– www.breitbart.com
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The 16-year-old attacker who targeted Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday used a pump shotgun that was purchased “legally.”
Breitbart News reported that he used a shotgun his mother purchased. The New York Post cited anonymous sources that indicated the mother acquired the shotgun “legally.”
CNN noted that the attacker used a variety of shotgun ammunition during the attack and “had about 44 remaining rounds” when a father of two students cornered him and shot him dead.
When law enforcement talks of guns being purchased “legally” it indicates point-of-sale gun controls were followed.
The overwhelming majority of a high profile public attackers use guns that were acquired via background checks and other gun controls.
Bend Oregon school shooting: Everything we know about the suspected teen gunman– www.independent.co.uk
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A 16-year-old gunman is dead after opening fire at an Oregon elementary school on October 15.
Police rushed to Silver Rail Elementary School around 1 p.m. after receiving reports of an “active shooter.”
Law enforcement arrived within two minutes, officials said. Initial investigation shows the gunman forced entry into the school by shooting through locked doors. The shooter was dead shortly after police got to the Bend, Oregon, school. Officers confirmed a community member who saw the suspect enter pursued the suspect inside and shot and killed him.
Four other people were killed in the shooting, including three children — ages 5, 8 and 11 — and one teacher. A 7-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher suffered critical injuries and were transported by Bend Fire to St. Charles Bend.
GOP lawmaker declares Trump’s agenda ‘dead’ after president threw key ally ‘under the bus’– www.rawstory.com
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Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) says President Donald Trump’s plans for the post-election session of Congress are finished. He blamed the president’s latest move on Russia.
“Congress has a lame-duck session. The President has an agenda: supplemental, reconciliation, Ballroom, etc… I think the agenda is dead,” Bacon wrote on X Saturday.
“Many of us won’t fund these things knowing he is propping up a dictator’s invasion and throwing an ally under the bus,” he added.
Bacon is a retired Air Force brigadier general. He was replying to CNN anchor Kate Bolduan, who had pointed to the GOP backlash over Trump’s decision to put on hold the sweeping Russia sanctions law named for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
“Tillis. Not holding back. Also saw @JohnCornyn just tweet ‘Lindsey would be appalled,’” Bolduan wrote. “But key question…what can/is the senate going to do about it?”
Bacon’s answer was money.
Trump’s FTC gets a big win, but the job is far from over– www.theblaze.com
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Hours before trial was set to begin last month, the Federal Trade Commission and five state attorneys general settled their antitrust case against Zillow and Redfin. While this was a major success, and the FTC should be proud, there is still more to be done.
More than 30% of American households rent. For most of them, the search begins and often ends inside one company’s ecosystem, which is a major violation of antitrust principles and laws.
The solution does not actually touch the cost of rent for average people.
To be clear, the government was able to achieve much. In a $100 million deal, Zillow had paid Redfin to shut down its multifamily rental-advertising business, transfer its customers and salesforce, and stay out of the market for as long as nine years. That deal is now dead. Instead, Redfin will have to restart its former business within six months and display Zillow’s listings under a partnership that will continue through at least 2030.
This remedy is superior to potential alternatives, such as a fine, which often does not actually solve the problem. Gigantic monopolies can usually absorb these fines and continue to violate antitrust law. Requiring actual change goes a long way toward solving the problem.
This was, to be clear, a rather easy antitrust case. The Zillow-Redfin deal was a blatant violation of the core principles of antitrust. The companies literally signed an agreement not to compete, with a nine-figure bribe thrown in.
The FTC was also not alone in its demands against Zillow and Redfin. Virginia, Connecticut, New York, Washington, and Arizona all joined in. After securing the required changes, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson hailed the result as a critical part of the Trump administration’s housing agenda.
Democrats Continue to Attack the Second Amendment Even After Heroic Good Guy with a Gun Ends Bend Elementary School Shooting That Killed Three Children and a Teacher– www.thegatewaypundit.com
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A 16-year-old opened fire Thursday at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, killing three children and a teacher before an armed bystander followed him inside and shot him dead.
The brave “good guy with a gun” was reportedly the father of a student at the school.
Democrats in Congress responded by calling for gun control.
The attacker used a pump-action shotgun his mother had purchased. He first fired at a vehicle in the parking lot around 12:59 p.m., then shot through locked exterior doors to force his way in.
Inside, the shooter killed children ages 5, 8, and 11 and a teacher.
A 7-year-old student and a 54-year-old teacher were critically wounded.
JUST IN: Ghost From Talarico’s Past Comes Back To Haunt His Campaign– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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A former friend of James Talarico is accusing the Texas Democratic Senate candidate of betraying his own political allies to advance his career, resurfacing a nearly 18-year-old dispute that he claims exposes the lawmaker’s true character.
Mike Garcia, a former University of Texas College Republicans president who later worked for the Texas House Freedom Caucus, leveled the allegations in a lengthy social media thread Thursday night, describing how his friendship with Talarico unraveled over a bipartisan effort to lower college tuition.
Garcia claimed Talarico, then president of the University Democrats, abruptly abandoned the initiative to win favor with university administrators before landing a prominent student government position the following year.
“I’ve known @jamestalarico for nearly 20 years. When we were at @UTAustin in 2009, he ran the University Democrats and I ran the College Republicans. Although we disagreed, I once considered him a friend. But then he betrayed the entire student body for his own political gain,” Garcia wrote on X.
Baylor accused of ‘mission drift’ after high-profile Christian apologetics event canceled– www.thecollegefix.com
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Two prominent conservative Christian speakers whose ministries are focused on college campuses say Baylor University — one of the largest Christian universities in the country — essentially forced them to cancel their visit by wielding administrative red tape and extra costly fees.
The two scholars also argue the incident is just the latest example of how the private Baptist research university in Waco is suffering from mission drift, which they say is prioritizing cultural Marxism and progressive ideology over Christianity.
Corey Miller, president of Ratio Christi, a nationwide group of campus apologetics ministries, and Frank Turek, founder of Cross Examined, which defends the Christian faith in talks at institutions across the country, were scheduled to speak at Baylor on Oct. 5.
A last-minute increase in security fees forced them to cancel the event, they said.
“In 20 years of going to college campuses, I have never experienced more push back, more administrative road blocks, and more last-minute changes … to thwart my presentation on the evidence for Christianity than we just experienced at Baylor University,” said Turek on Oct. 9 on his popular podcast.
“Yes, the Baylor University that advertises itself as a Christian school, a Baptist school.”
Turek, a close friend of Charlie Kirk’s who was with him when he was killed, dedicated his two most recent podcasts to criticizing Baylor, arguing the university has compromised its Christian values by embracing the tenets of cultural marxism in its curriculum.
Miller, of Ratio Christi, argues much the same.
Rutgers scholar opposes integrated churches because black people may vote Republican– www.thecollegefix.com
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Says it’s a bad thing when black people start to vote Republican
Black people should mainly attend churches with just other black people so that they keep voting Democrat, according to a Rutgers University professor.
Professor Ryon Cobb argues “while 84% of Black adults identify as Democrat or lean Democratic, that number hides what congregational diversity costs Black politics.”
“Among Black nondenominational Protestants, that figure drops to nearly 60%, with one in three calling themselves independents,” Cobb wrote in an essay for the Brookings Institution.
Cobb, an “inclusive excellence in research” scholar considers it a “loss” when black people vote Republican.
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Where Black Americans worship shapes their politics, and the data show the cost. The losses run in two directions: White congregations convert Black members to Republicanism, while multiracial congregations pull them out of partisan politics altogether. The mechanism is not diversity itself—it is who holds power inside those congregations.
He adds in the requisite warning about “white Christian nationalism” and also points out that some black people are less likely to identify with either political party when they attend multiracial congregations.
Professor Cobb does not provide any data to show these people are less likely to vote, follow the news, or attend local city council meetings, but simply asserts they are less politically engaged.
The data show a slight increase in Republican identification when black people attend a multiracial church, and a larger increase when they attend a church considered “white.”
A multiracial church, according to Cobb’s research paper, refers to a church “where no single racial group constituted a majority in leadership or membership.”
China Southern boosts China-Ethiopia ties with new route, codeshare deal
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China’s Military Expansion in Southeast Asia Masks a More Complicated Reality– warontherocks.com
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The Chinese Ministry of Defense’s announcement of a “joint support and training center” at an airport in Ban Keun, Laos, on Sept. 29 drew attention to the People’s Liberation Army’s growing footprint in Southeast Asia. Although China does not call it a “base” and said it’s “not targeted at any third party,” it is China’s first publicly acknowledged overseas military facility centered on airpower. Ban Keun joins Djibouti and Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base as nodes in a burgeoning network of overseas Chinese security infrastructure.
Concern is understandable. While smaller than China’s base in Djibouti, satellite imagery reveals eight light attack aircraft and support vehicles on a 2,000-meter runway that is currently under construction. Although insufficient to support long-range bombers, the facility likely benefits China’s logistics and intelligence capabilities, diversifies Southeast Asian base access beyond Cambodia, and ties Laos into its arms sales network. The joint center could eventually enhance the People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s power projection across mainland Southeast Asia, potentially affecting U.S. forces operating in the eastern Indian Ocean. For Vietnam, this development deepens its sense of siege.
The reflex among many policymakers in Washington after each rumored or announced Chinese military facility overseas is to interpret it through the lens of U.S.-Chinese competition. In Cambodia’s case with Ream, Washington imposed sanctions as punishment. Yet, this reflex misunderstands the nuanced interests driving regional partners to work with China — and how to counter it.
Alexandro Paporakis, the Illinois gunman whose jammed rifle thwarted a massacre at a Hindu temple near Chicago
TOI correspondent from Washington: A 19-year-old neo-Nazi teen’s reported use of cross-sex hormones has added a contentious dimension to an attempted mass shooting at a Hindu temple in Illinois, while in a separate incident, a 16-year-old with access to guns murdered three children and a teacher in a school in Oregon as America’s epidemic of gun violence continues unabated.
Alaska Senate Candidate Cues Viral Reaction With Embarrassing Thing She Brought to Live Debate – RedState– redstate.com
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Debate preparation is generally considered a good thing. But when you’re running for the United States Senate, voters probably expect you to be able to discuss your own record without constantly consulting a cheat sheet.
Former Alaska Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola learned that lesson the hard way Thursday night when her apparent reliance on cue cards during a debate with Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan became a story of its own.
And Sullivan wasn’t about to let the opportunity pass.
The two candidates squared off in a closely watched debate as Republicans fight to defend their narrow Senate majority. But while the discussion covered serious issues, including Alaska’s fishing industry, energy development, and allegations involving Peltola’s treatment of congressional staffers, it was the Democrat’s repeated glances at her notes that attracted some of the biggest reactions online.
At one point, Sullivan interrupted to ask the moderators a rather pointed question.
“We weren’t supposed to get these questions beforehand, were we?”
America Remained the UN’s Largest Funder in 2025 Despite Deep Cuts | American Enterprise Institute– www.aei.org
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A lot of ink has been spilled and anguish expressed about President Trump abandoning the United Nations. Yet, despite deep cuts, America contributed $7.1 billion in 2025 to the UN system, far more than any other nation. This funding gives Washington substantial leverage. But the leverage is eroding. The administration must decide which organizations merit continued US engagement and clearly communicate the reforms required for continued support.
Two weeks into his second term, President Donald Trump initiated a review of all international organizations to provide recommendations on future US funding and participation. Although the review remains ongoing, the US announced decisions in 2025 and 2026 to withdraw from or cease providing funding to the Human Rights Council, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the World Health Organization, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and an additional 66 international organizations, including 31 UN entities.
Republican Desperation Grows As JD Vance Goes Full Racist In Michigan– www.politicususa.com
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It started with the Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers Michigan US Senate debate, where Rogers was solely interested in making the election about El-Sayed and trying to plant the idea in the minds of voters that the Democratic candidate is a terrorist.
Rogers hasn’t held town halls or the sort of big events that one would expect in one of the most high-profile Senate contests in the country. Rogers has barely held any sizable events at all. Republicans are calling this strategy “low-key,” but it is better described as invisible in a year when Republicans are unpopular and facing a bloodbath.
In contrast, NBC News reported, “El-Sayed’s campaign touted his willingness to engage directly with voters at his events, saying he has taken voter questions at 46 events following the August primary, 19 of which it described as large-scale town halls. Those questions, the campaign said, are not screened.”
Instead, the Rogers plan is to lay low and make the campaign all about smearing El-Sayed with suggestions that he is a terrorist. El-Sayed is campaigning on affordability and a better healthcare system, but Republicans are trying to paint him as a Muslim extremist.
JD Vance came to Monroe, MI, and tried to attack El-Sayed by suggesting that he is not an American.
A Neanderthal survived a severe facial injury for at least a year before dying 75,000 years ago; a 15mm shoulder-blade hole may be the earliest evidence of lethal violence with a wooden spear– timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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The Neanderthal’s left shoulder blade had a circular hole about 15mm wide. (University of Cambridge photo)
A Neanderthal who lived around 75,000 years ago survived a serious facial injury for at least a year before suffering what researchers believe was a fatal spear wound. The discovery, made at Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan, could provide some of the earliest evidence of a deadly attack involving a wooden spear in human evolutionary history.Scientists reached this conclusion after examining the remains of an adult Neanderthal, identified as Shanidar A. A nearly complete left shoulder blade contained a circular hole measuring approximately 15mm across. Researchers believe the shape of the opening is consistent with a sharpened wooden spear passing through the chest and emerging through the bone. They also identified damage to the individual’s front teeth, suggesting that the Neanderthal had experienced a separate, serious injury long before death.Although the shoulder wound may have resulted from an attack, scientists have not ruled out a hunting accident. The discovery is particularly important because the same remains offer evidence of both a potentially violent death and survival after an earlier injury that may have required help from other members of the group.Findings of the research led by archaeologists at the University of Cambridge were published on Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports and shared by Nature.com.
Article III Project aims ads at midterms, warns of communist-Islamist threat– www.washingtontimes.com
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The Article III Project, run by Trump ally Mike Davis, has plans to release a digital ad a day until the Nov. 3 election warning voters of a “red-green alliance” between communist and Islamic sympathizers taking over the Democratic Party.
Yemeni Houthis Shoot Down Second Saudi Eurofighter Typhoon in a Month
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Trump wants more Afrikaner refugees while others are stuck due to his ‘cruel’ policies | US immigration– www.theguardian.com
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Donald Trump plans to once more severely restrict the number of refugees admitted to the US, announcing a limit of just 17,500 people in fiscal year 2027 – and that, again, those let in will be “primarily” white South Africans.
Refugee rights groups are alarmed and infuriated at the decision last month by the US president to exclude almost every other demographic.
They claim the decision will continue to leave thousands of refugees stuck in dangerous situations around the globe, many of whom were already vetted and approved for entry, in favor of a very small quota dominated by Afrikaners, an Afrikaans-speaking white ethnic group descended from Dutch and French colonial settlers to South Africa.
This despite low take-up of US refugee slots by Afrikaners, prompting extraordinary measures from the government to attract them even in the face of apparent disinterest, the Guardian revealed this week, and the greatness of need in other countries.
During his first and second terms, Trump has signed various executive orders and his administration made significant policy decisions to halt nearly all refugee admissions, except for white South Africans. The refugee cap determination, published on 25 September, is just the latest move in undermining legal migration while also changing the demographics of who can come into the country.
3 children, 1 teacher dead after shooting at Oregon elementary school, police say– www.cbc.ca
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A 16-year-old shooter opened fire on Thursday at an elementary school in Bend, Ore., killing four people, including three children, before being killed by an armed person who had pursued the assailant into the school, police said.
The shooter entered the school by shooting through locked doors, police said, without offering any details beyond the shooter’s age.
The dead were children aged five, eight and 11, and a teacher. A seven-year-old student and a 54-year-old teacher were also taken to hospital with critical injuries, Bend police Chief Mike Krantz told a news conference.
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, appearing at the same briefing, thanked the community member who “heroically intervened to stop further loss of life.”
Ship attack reports near Hormuz reach record high as oil exports slow– www.bbc.co.uk
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So-called assisted transits were a key factor in helping drive oil flows from the Middle East back towards pre-war levels in September. This does not include Iranian exports which have completely stalled as a result of the US blockade of Iranian ports and ships.
Martin Kelly, CEO of Orbital Risk Intelligence, said Iran has “evolved its strategy” in response to this loosening of its control over the strait and has been carrying out “near daily or multiple attacks every single day”.
“The aim here is to stop the ships going through and to deter others,” he added.
The IRGC’s navy has said strikes would not be “limited to the Strait of Hormuz” and later announced a “new deployment formation” across the region, according to state media.
Martin Kelly told BBC Verify that Iran is widening its attacks and targeting ships near the coast of Gulf Arab states and in the Gulf of Oman.
A tanker was struck by multiple projectiles north of Qatar on Thursday 8 October, more than 500km (310 miles) from the strait, resulting in multiple reported casualties, according to Vanguard.
Federal Judge Blocks USDA Reorganization Plan
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Video. Albania: Violent protests rock Tirana for third straight day– www.euronews.com
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Demonstrators hurled stones, firecrackers and other objects at riot police, who responded with tear gas and water cannon. Fires broke out in the city centre, engulfing trees and a roadside structure as firefighters worked to contain the flames.
Footage shows protesters racing through smoke-filled streets, tearing down police barriers and throwing tear-gas canisters back at officers. Shops and banks were damaged, some looted, while police reported vandalism targeting ATMs, cameras, vehicles and fencing. Burnt-out vehicles, smashed windows and wrecked offices were left behind across the Albanian capital, where residents and workers began clearing debris as demonstrations continued.
What began three days ago as student protests over the cost and quality of higher education has become a broader challenge to Prime Minister Edi Rama’s government. Students demanding better university conditions, financial support and job prospects have joined the Flamingo movement, which opposes a luxury resort project linked to Jared Kushner and is calling for Mr Rama’s resignation over corruption allegations.
Nearly half of Muslims and Jews would consider leaving France if Le Pen wins 2027 presidential election: poll– rmx.news
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Nearly half of Muslim and Jewish respondents in a major French poll say they would consider leaving the country if Marine Le Pen wins the 2027 presidential election, according to an exclusive Ifop survey for the magazine Marianne.
The poll found that 46 percent of respondents identifying as Muslim would contemplate “leaving France to settle in another country” under a Le Pen presidency. Of those, 20 percent said they would “certainly” take that step. By comparison, 21 percent of the overall population expressed a similar willingness to leave.
The figure is part of a broader set of findings on identity, secularism, and anticipated reactions to a National Rally (RN) victory. Eighty-one percent of Muslim respondents believed a Le Pen win would lead to a rise in discrimination against their community. Twenty-seven percent said they would consider concealing their religious identity in daily life, including 18 percent who would stop wearing the veil in public.
Similar sentiments appeared in other groups polled.
Pollsters Warn: Polling Numbers Exaggerate Democrat Support– gellerreport.com
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As if we didn’t know. Their objective: demoralize Republicans into staying home on Election Day—and lay the groundwork to make a rigged result look legitimate.
Nothing that comes out of any of the institutions hijacked by the left have any credibility anymore.
For a recent exhibit in polling gone bad:
In the Michigan primary, the polling had El-Sayed up by 13 points. He won by 1 point (GelliotMorris). Rob Crilly at the Washington Examiner: In 2024, a rash of cheap online polls skewed forecasts, underestimating Donald Trump’s eventual margin of victory. This time around, a handful of pollsters have spotted another possible error in a type of survey that finds participants by sending out SMS messages, called text-to-web polling. They say it is returning a disproportionate number of disenchanted Trump voters who have switched sides. And it could mean that forecasts predicting a blue tidal wave, such as Nate Silver’s much-quoted model, with Democrats’ chances of winning the Senate at over 73%, are overestimating their chances…. The phenomenon was first spotted by James Johnson, co-founder of J.L. Partners, another Republican leaning firm. He ran an experiment to quantify what he was seeing with a poll in Iowa. Online polling showed Democrats ahead by a single point. Live call polling also had Democrats ahead by a single point. Yet the SMS-to-web portion showed Democrats up by 12 points (Washington Examiner).
Sudan, Egypt to pursue joint border security, as public tensions flare after deadly mine bombing – مدى مصر
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President Trump Considers Dropping “Mother of All Bombs” On Iran– wltreport.com
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Under guidance from President Trump, the U.S. military is reportedly considering dropping a massive bomb often called the “Mother of All Bombs” on Iran.
Specifically, the Pentagon is weighing plans to use the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb if the military resumes strikes on Iran.
It’s the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in the U.S. arsenal.
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NEW: The U.S. has drawn up strike plans against Iran that reportedly include using a GBU-43/B MOAB against nuclear or energy infrastructure, CNN reports.
The bomb can hit surface targets but cannot penetrate deeply buried nuclear facilities. pic.twitter.com/vO104G05pN
— Conflict Radar (@Conflict_Radar) October 15, 2026
AI stocks are taking a beating amid inflation, interest rate worries – National– globalnews.ca
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A sell-off for artificial-intelligence stocks is hitting Wall Street again after whipping around the world on worries about how much longer the AI frenzy will last.
The S&P 500 fell 0.5 per cent early Thursday, and the Nasdaq composite 1.2 per cent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 269 points. Among tech stocks, Nvidia fell 3.2 per cent and Advanced Micro Devices lost 5.4 per cent. South Korea’s Kospi index sank 7.6 per cent.
The losses came as another report signaled inflation has worsened by even more in the United States than economists expected. Wholesale inflation jumped last month, driven by a big increase in energy costs.
Tech stocks appeared to be headed for another sell-off before the bell with inflation anxiety hammering that high-growth sector ahead of the U.S. earnings season.
Artificial intelligence stocks were down again after taking a beating a day earlier.
As Lula Passes Shortened Workweek, Polls Show Race Tied –- Bolsonaro Attacks Unions in Court
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Democrats have their 100-day agenda for after the midterms– www.dailykos.com
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Democrats have their agenda for the first 100 days if they take power in Congress, as is expected.
“Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is in line to become House speaker if the party wins power, said the Democrats will be united ‘right out of the gate’ on reinstating Affordable Care Act tax breaks, reversing Republican Medicaid cuts, holding votes against the Iran war and undoing President Donald Trump’s tariff regime,” reported The Associated Press.
On the legislative side, this is pretty much it. President Donald Trump will veto everything, but it doesn’t matter. Democrats need to show that they are focused on lowering prices. Trump’s Iran war and tariffs have added to massive inflationary pressure on the economy, and healthcare is a key concern for just about everyone.
And don’t worry, investigations are part of the agenda. As the AP wrote, “Jeffries has tasked the ranking Democrats on the House Oversight and Judiciary committees with preparing investigations. They are focused on Trump, his family and his administration, as part of a sweeping anti-corruption agenda. Impeachment, Jeffries has said, is neither on nor off the table.”