From the States
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California GOP sees shake-up in wake of midterm elections
California Republican Party Chair Corrin Rankin, who won the top position in the California Republican Party in March 2025, will not come back for another term after a number of Republican legislative seats flipped for the Democrats.
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Colorado Realtors report 19% decline in state's home sales over high mortgage rates
Webb said the people who could afford homes again were in professions with “upper middle class earnings,” such as dentists, managers and engineers. She noted in 2025, the average salary of people who could afford a home again was $144,450.
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Washington court finds that county violated state's sanctuary law by aiding ICE
A Spokane County Superior Court judge ruled Friday that Adams County repeatedly violated Washington’s sanctuary law by sharing inmate information and coordinating arrests with federal immigration authorities.
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Days after Democrats sweep state government leadership, Houston mayor issues anti-ICE directive
The order changes Houston Police Department policy related to contact with ICE. He said he did it to “begin a healing process and reduce fear and anxiety across our community.”
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Victims' advocates slam Newsom's decision to commute death sentences
"I take this action because I firmly believe that state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California's values, undermines the foundations of our legal system, and diminishes each of us," the Democratic governor wrote Thursday
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Illinois Gov Pritzker and IBM unveil quantum computer paid for by state taxpayers
Gov. J.B. Pritzker says a new quantum computer in Chicago will bring jobs to Illinois, after state taxpayers provided $25 million for the project.
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Flooded Georgia, Tennessee towns begin recovery; one death reported
A vehicle on CCC Camp Road was swept away by floodwaters, and the driver died, said Josh Lamb, director of the agency, in a news conference. Only one other injury was reported in Murray County, Lamb said.
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Hochul, James warn sheriffs over anti-ICE law
Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James said they should be "prepared to fully wind down any agreement that gives federal agents access to local jails" by a Nov. 25 deadline to comply with the state's newly minted "Local Cops Local Crimes Act," which bans 287(g) agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
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Rural Wisconsin school district to shutter after voters reject spending proposal for fifth time
The closer, approved Thursday, marks the first time in 36 years that a public schoool district in Wisconsin has shuttered.
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Extremely close Mississippi Senate race likely headed to court
The National Republican Senatorial Committee, which represents Hyde-Smith in legal matters, sent a letter to all 82 county election officials in Mississippi requesting provisional ballots be segregated from regular and absentee ballots.
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Arizona's Maricopa County has first-in-nation emissions rule approved by EPA
A new rule approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could help get high-polluting vehicles off the road and replaced with cleaner alternatives in Arizona's Maricopa County.
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Outgoing Georgia Governor Kemp declares emergency for flooded northern counties
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency for the north Georgia Counties of Fannin, Gilmer, Union and Murray on Thursday afternoon. Several agencies are helping evacuate anyone affected by the flood.
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Ecuadorian weapons and cocaine trafficking ring busted in New York
The network stretches from Columbia and Peru into Ecuador, then into Mexico, Texas and other southwest border states and to New York, where contraband is shipped to Europe.