Turnout in Israel's election reached 16.68 percent by 10 a.m. — more than 1.2 million ballots in the first three hours, the fastest start since 1981. Police arrested three men over pre-prepared envelopes holding cash and Ra'am ballot slips, while betting markets put Gadi Eisenkot ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu to become prime minister. profilopolitics.com/article/…

Apple admitted a fault in the inner display of its new foldable iPhone Duo three days after the $1,999 device went on sale, after owners posted screens cracking along the hinge within hours of unboxing. The company told affected owners to contact AppleCare for a replacement and did not say what is causing the breaks or how many phones are affected. profilopolitics.com/article/…

Toronto voters re-elected Olivia Chow with 54.2 percent of the vote — 532,201 votes to Brad Bradford's 404,013 — in a race broadcasters called while ballots were still being counted. Bradford conceded and said Chow is the mayor and "nobody can doubt that." profilopolitics.com/article/…

Canada's trade minister Dominic LeBlanc said Ottawa will not rush into a U.S. deal and expects no agreement before the November 3 midterms, saying Canada will not sign anything against its interests. That clashes with the White House message that a deal is nearly done, with Canada's chief negotiator describing the talks as "pens are down, and the doors are open." profilopolitics.com/article/…

Hundreds of live mail ballots for the November 3 midterms were found piled in an open hallway at The Midnight Mission shelter on Skid Row in Los Angeles, and U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli has confirmed federal authorities are investigating. Separately on Monday, a 9th Circuit panel ruled 2-1 against the DOJ's bid to set aside more than 20,000 California ballots, and the DOJ stayed silent on whether it will appeal. profilopolitics.com/article/…

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin launched PFAS TECH in Commerce City, Colorado, on Monday — the EPA's first-ever agency-wide strategy to speed up technologies that treat and destroy PFAS 'forever chemicals' and clean them out of drinking water. Zeldin announced it at the Klein Water Treatment Facility, a plant opened this year that is already stripping PFAS from the local supply. profilopolitics.com/article/…

U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes on Monday barred the Trump administration from cutting or damaging any more trees at D.C.'s historic East Potomac Golf Course, granting a preliminary injunction in a 70-page ruling while the lawsuit proceeds. The administration must also give 10 business days' written notice before closing the course or making any irreparable change to East Potomac Park. profilopolitics.com/article/…

DoorDash is in advanced talks to buy Instacart in a deal valuing the grocery delivery company at about $17 billion, well above its roughly $13 billion Friday close, and the deal could be finalized as soon as Wednesday. Instacart's earlier sale talks with Uber are no longer active, leaving DoorDash as the buyer at the table, though there is no guarantee the deal closes. profilopolitics.com/article/…

President Trump told a Corinth, Mississippi, rally for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith on Monday that Democratic challenger Scott Colom is a fake and a shameless phony who pretends to be a moderate, and a Marxist radical besides. Hours earlier, Colom had shown up at the rally site to work the line of Trump supporters, saying he had come to listen to the president's voters, eight days before the November 3 midterms. profilopolitics.com/article/…

President Trump blasted the Senate on Monday for letting the Sunshine Protection Act sit in committee since July 15 after the House passed it 308-117, with no vote possible before clocks fall back at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 1, because the Senate is out until after the November 3 midterms. Trump demanded "TAKE A VOTE!", saying a vast majority wants permanent evening light and an end to changing clocks. profilopolitics.com/article/…