After hours of oral argument last week in Callais v. Louisiana, it’s clear that the Supreme Court is ready to decimate what’s left of the Voting Rights Act, making it much easier for states to get away with racial discrimination in voting. https://bit.ly/4nWYr4A

Americans are growing increasingly concerned about their ability to find a good job under President Donald Trump, an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds. https://to.pbs.org/471Tx0p

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The private conversations in the Young Republicans’ Telegram chat were only marginally more racist and hateful than the language that’s out in the open, common on the most popular podcasts in America,” our columnist David French writes.

Samuel Douglass, a Vermont Republican legislator who faced bipartisan condemnation after participating in a long-running group chat that routinely used racist and antisemitic language, said on Friday that he would resign. He was one of a dozen young Republicans who had participated in the texts.

Trump's speeches on homelessness drip with fear and disgust. His policies are worse.

⚡️Update: All 192 miners evacuated after Russian attack on coal facility. All 192 miners have been safely evacuated to the surface, the energy company DTEK announced on Oct. 19. No workers were injured.

They have a long history of falling for narcissists posing as Saviors.

A shell prematurely blew up on Saturday during a military event in California. Debris fell onto California Highway Patrol vehicles near a major freeway that had been ordered closed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who had warned that the plans to fire shells over Interstate 5 could pose hazards for motorists.

Gaza Government Media Office says Israel has breached the truce agreement 80 times, including 21 violations on Sunday.

Organizers say the “No Kings” protests drew more than seven million people across 2,700 cities. The crowds included high-profile politicians, A-list celebrities, and more than a few creative inflatables.

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.

President Trump posted what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media showing him wearing a crown and flying a jet labeled “King Trump” that dumps brown liquid on protesters. He shared the video on Saturday, the same day that protesters participated in mass “No Kings” demonstrations.

Nearly 7 million people turned out for No Kings demonstrations nationwide, organizers said, in protest of the Trump administration and to call for the defense of First Amendment rights.

A Missouri group is working to overturn the map that gives the state one more Republican seat in Congress. If they get enough signatures, the map cannot take effect unless Missourians approve them. n.pr/42HDimE

Large crowds of protesters gathered in cities across the U.S. on Saturday as part of a mass “No Kings” demonstration against the Trump administration. nyti.ms/4hocDS0

I'm sure the president, famously known for his obsession with crowd sizes, will be fuming about the turnout of this year's #NoKings.

For the second time this year, protesters gathered for “No Kings” rallies against the Trump administration. See more from the mass protests: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...