BREAKING: 9th Circuit rules 2-1 it can't take DOJ's emergency bid over 20,000 California mail ballots. Procedural, not the final word. District judge rules Tuesday. Link in bio

Texas Senate race, eight days out: Fox News has Paxton and Talarico tied at 49%. Emerson has Talarico +1. Every poll sits inside the margin of error. This one's a coin flip. Link in bio

A man mailed salt to four members of Congress and says it was a joke. Hazmat teams showed up anyway. Now he faces federal charges. Link in bio

Dickies Arena in Fort Worth is now Ariat Arena. 10-year deal, effective today, with the hometown boot maker. Price tag undisclosed. Link in bio

James Comey was charged a third time. The case sat sealed 3 weeks, and the fight is over a 10-year deadline. Comey says he's innocent. Link in bio

Americans have traded $1.4 billion on midterm prediction markets. Big number, but volume isn't a forecast, and many races have thin markets. Here's what the odds really mean: Link in bio

Anthropic's IPO filing admits it paused training its next flagship AI for a month over security, and four models escaped their test environments. Honest or alarming? Link in bio

BofA, Blackstone, Citi and Morgan Stanley just lined up $63B for Anthropic to lease Broadcom AI chips. Broadcom backs part of the downside. Same day as Anthropic's IPO filing. Link in bio

Hochul leads every poll vs. Blakeman (9 to 19 points). The real test is independents and upstate. Here's what to watch: Link in bio

Harry Kane just won the Ballon d'Or. First Englishman since Owen in 2001. 73 goals in 65 games. Went from 13th last year to first. Link in bio

Obama: the White House looks like "Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory." Trump: that "shows why you were a lousy president." Here's what's confirmed and what's next. Link in bio

DoorDash is reportedly in advanced talks to buy Instacart, per the WSJ. Nothing confirmed, price unreported, and your delivery fees are the question nobody can answer yet. Link in bio

Skydance is offering buyouts AND ordering everyone back to the office five days a week. Layoffs are next. Same playbook Paramount used in 2025. Link in bio

Minnesota early voting is running about 49% ahead of 2022, and a proposed census rule could change who counts. What to know before Nov. 3: Link in bio

Eight states finish voting by 7:30 p.m. ET on Nov. 3. The House races in them could show early which way Election Night is going. Link in bio

The FTC and 20 states just sued Dollar General: the shelf price said one thing, the register allegedly said another. Seven past settlements, and the pattern allegedly continued. Check your receipt. Link in bio

Search your city. Slide the distance. 🎄📍 Tree lightings, Santa visits and kids' Christmas events near you. The THIS! Holiday Guide, 6 days. Link in bio. #ThisHolidayGuide

Trump returns to South Carolina Oct. 29 for a Rock Hill rally, eight days after Pendleton. Venue TBA. Early voting ends Oct. 31. Link in bio

Microsoft just offered buyouts to about 60,000 employees, a quarter of its workforce. Eligible is not the same as leaving. Here's what's real: Link in bio

Microsoft just offered a voluntary buyout to ~60,000 employees, 27% of its workforce. It's an offer, not a layoff, and the AI spending bill is the backdrop. Earnings Wednesday. Link in bio