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Democrats dominated the first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. And while a debate about the future of the Democratic Party may have only just begun, there are signs that the economy specifically, Trumps inability to deliver the economic turnaround he promised last fall may be a real problem for Trumps GOP heading into next years higher-stakes midterm elections. Happy Anniversary! On this day, November 5th, one year ago, we had one of the Greatest Presidential Victories in History Such an Honor to represent our Country. Our Economy is BOOMING, and Costs are coming way down. Affordability is our goal. Love to the American People! Trump posted to social media Wednesday. Democratic candidates who won Tuesday in the New Jersey and Virginia governors races, and the New York City mayors contest, focused their campaigns on the publics cost-of-living concerns. The Latest: Conservative Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Trumps sweeping unilateral tariffs Arguments at the Supreme Court have concluded for the day as the justices consider President Trumps sweeping unilateral tariffs in a trillion-dollar test of executive power. Conservative justices seemed skeptical of Trumps tariffs, potentially putting at risk a key part of his agenda in the biggest legal test yet of his unprecedented presidency. Challengers say Trump is illegally using an emergency law to claim nearly limitless tariff power and American small businesses are paying the price. Trumps administration says the law gives the president the power to regulate importation, including tariffs. The Republican president has said a ruling against him in the case before the court Wednesday would be catastrophic for the economy. U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla takes a pass on 2026 race for California governor U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla is staying put. The California Democrat who flirted with running for governor in 2026 announced Tuesday he plans to remain in the Senate. I choose to stay in this fight, Padilla told reporters on Capitol Hill in disclosing his decision. The Constitution is worth fighting for, our fundamental rights are worth fighting for. Fellow Democrats had been urging Padilla, first appointed to the Senate by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, to consider entering a race that lacks a clear leader or star and was left wide open after former Vice President Kamala Harris announced her decision not to run. Newsoms final term runs through January 2027. His party is favored to hold the seat in the heavily Democratic state. Did Sliwa spoil the race for Cuomo in NYC? Not so fast. Many have declared Republican Curtis Sliwa the spoiler in the three-way race between him, Democrat Zohran Mamdani and former governor Andrew Cuomo. But AP Voter Poll data suggests that its unlikely that Sliwas presence in the race changed the outcome. When asked how they would vote if only Mamdani and Cuomo were in the race, about half of Sliwas supporters said they would have voted for Cuomo. In the hypothetical question, about 4 in 10 Sliwa supporters said they wouldnt have voted. The remainder either would have moved to Mamdani, or didnt know what they would do. The data indicates that even half of Sliwas voters on Tuesday would not have been enough to make up the significant lead that Mamdani won by. With slightly more than 90% of the estimated vote counted, the AP Decision Desk found Mamdani won with 50.4% of the vote, while Cuomo gathered 41.6% percent of the vote. Sliwa, for his part, won 7.1% percent of the vote. Those figures could change as late-arriving mail ballots are added. Fetterman pours cold water on impact of Democrats election wins Asked about his thoughts on Democrats resounding victories in Tuesdays election, Pennsylvanias Democratic senator said he didnt think they meant much, saying Democrats were heavy favorites in both New Jersey and Virginia, as was a ballot measure in California. I wasnt surprised by any of these things, said Sen. John Fetterman. Whether the results will have an impact on the shutdown, Fetterman said he didnt think Democrats should be treating the shutdown like its some kind of a political game. If people think that we should keep it closed because of the elections that we already knew we were going to win, its like then that seems like its a game, he added. Democrats expand majorities Democrats expanded their majorities Tuesday in both the New Jersey Assembly and Virginia House and broke a Republican supermajority in the Mississippi Senate. Democrats flipped control of two Mississippi Senate districts that had been redrawn under court order to increase Black voter representation. The reshaped districts played a significant role in Democrats victories, said Heather Williams, president of the national Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee. When there are representative maps — and there is a process that actually gives voters a choice of who their elected officials are — we can connect with voters and win, said Williams, adding: Mississippi was a prime example of that. But the future of such districts could be in doubt. Thats because the U.S. Supreme Court is weighing a legal challenge to the section of the federal Voting Rights Act allowing such court intervention. Trumps Oval Office redecoration may reach the exterior, too Reporters waiting near the South Lawn for the president to leave on a trip to Florida noticed what appeared to be a mock-up of a sign that says, The Oval Office. The flowery, gold lettering appeared to be written on some type of temporary paper that was put up on the wall near the door where reporters enter for Trumps appearances in the Oval with foreign leaders, Cabinet members or other guests. The White House had no comment on the sign. Read more about White House redecorations Administration revokes temporary protected status for South Sudanese living in U.S. he Department of Homeland Security is revoking protections that shielded some South Sudanese living in the United Status from deportation, saying it is now safe for them to return to their chaotic East African nation. The order, which will take effect in early January, affects the small number of South Sudanese who have temporary protected status, which allows people already in the U.S. to stay and work legally if their homelands are deemed unsafe. But the news comes amid fears that the 2018 peace agreement ending that nations civil war is collapsing, with growing hunger, violence and kidnappings, including of aid workers, and weeks after an international ceasefire monitor warned that all sides in the conflict were recruiting new fighters. The announcement, which was released for public review Wednesday in the Federal Register, will be formally published Thursday. It will take effect 60 days later. The DHS statement acknowledged South Sudan is dealing with violence linked to border disputes, cross-border violence, cyclical and retaliatory attacks, and ethnic polarization, but notes that return to full-scale civil war, to-date, has been avoided. Democrat who vanished at sea loses race in NYC suburbs Petros Krommidas lost to incumbent Nassau County Legislator Patrick Mullaney in his bid for a seat in the Nassau County Legislature on Long Island, according to the countys unofficial election results. With all precincts reporting, Krommidas captured about 40% of votes cast in the race while Mullaney, a Republican, garnered about 55%. Krommidas disappeared after a night swim off Long Beach in the spring. A state judge ruled that his name had to remain on the ballot after local Republicans challenged Democrats attempt to field a replacement. Republicans will sue over California ballot measure The California Republican Party says Proposition 50 violates the 14th and 15th Amendments. The ballot measure created a new congressional map with the goal of giving Democrats five more of the states 52 congressional seats. It easily passed. The party announced plans to file a federal lawsuit on Wednesday. Its being filed by The Dhillon Law Group, the California-based firm started by Harmeet Dhillon, who now works for the U.S. Department of Justice. A state assemblyman and 18 voters are also plaintiffs. Scientists perform last rites for dearly departed datasets under Trump While some people last Friday dressed in Halloween costumes or handed out candy to trick-or-treaters, a group of U.S. data scientists published a list of datasets that have been axed, altered or had topics scrubbed since Trump returned to the White House. The timing of the release of the Dearly Departed Datasets with All Hallows Eve may have been cheeky, but the purpose was serious: to put a spotlight on attacks by the Trump administration on federal datasets that dont align with its priorities, including data dealing with gender identity; diversity, equity and inclusion; and climate change. Officials at the Federation of American Scientists and other data scientists who compiled the list divided the datasets into those that had been killed off, had variables deleted, had tools removed making public access more difficult and had found a second life outside the federal government. Read more about efforts to preserve federal data Mamdani celebrated as one of their own in India and Uganda Indians lit up social media on Wednesday to celebrate Zohran Mamdanis election win as New York City mayor after he thanked his Indian-born parents, quoted a historic speech by Indias first prime minister and turned the victory rally into a Bollywood-style street party. We are proud of him. He has done a great job, Mamdanis maternal uncle Vikram Nair told The Associated Press. Meanwhile in Uganda, where Mamdani was born, the opposition leader in the Ugandan Parliament sees his victory as an inspiring political shift. Its a big encouragement even to us here in Uganda that its possible, said Joel Ssenyonyi, who represents an area of the Ugandan capital of Kampala. Uganda has had the same president for nearly four decades, Yoweri Museveni, despite attempts by multiple opposition leaders to defeat him in elections. Read more about how Ugandans and Indians are celebrating Mamdanis victory. Mamdanis school on southern tip of Africa says congratulations Mamdani attended St Georges Grammar School in Cape Town for around three years in the mid-1990s, from the age of five. He and his family lived in South Africa after leaving his country of birth, Uganda, and before emigrating to the United States. Mamdanis father, a political theorist, worked as an academic at the University of Cape Town. We trust that he will continue to uphold the principles embodied in our school motto, Virtute et Valore the courage to do what is right, Mamdanis former school said in a statement sent to the AP. The grammar school also released a photo of Mamdani at 6 or 7 years old. Judge in Comey case scolds prosecutors as he orders them to produce records from probe A federal judge on Wednesday ordered prosecutors in the criminal case of former FBI Director James Comey to produce a trove of materials from the investigation, saying hes concerned the Justice Departments position has to been to indict first and investigate later. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick instructed prosecutors to produce by the end of Thursday grand jury materials as well as other vidence that investigators seized. Comeys attorneys said they were at a disadvantage because they had not been able to review materials that were gathered years ago. Comey is charged with lying to Congress in 2020 in a case filed days after Trump appeared to urge his attorney general to prosecute the former FBI director and other perceived political enemies. He has pleaded not guilty. Grassroots groups urge Democrats to hold firm after election wins Progressive organizations are using Tuesdays election victories to warn Democrats against cutting a deal with Republicans to end the government shutdown. Moderate Senate Democrats who are looking for an offramp right now are completely missing the moment, said Katie Bethell, political director of MoveOn. Voters have sent a resounding message: We want leaders who fight for us, and we want solutions that make life more affordable. Read more about congressional developments involving the government shutdown Trump now says affordability is GOPs goal Trump sent the social media post as Air Force One was about to take off for Miami, where hes addressing business leaders in the afternoon. Wednesday marked one year since his reelection. Happy Anniversary! On this day, November 5th, one year ago, we had one of the Greatest Presidential Victories in History Such an Honor to represent our Country. Our Economy is BOOMING, and Costs are coming way down. Affordability is our goal. Love to the American People! he wrote. Democratic candidates who won Tuesday in the New Jersey and Virginia governors races, and the New York City mayors contest, focused their campaigns on the publics cost-of-living concerns. Democratic leaders demand Trump meet to end shutdown Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said its time for Trump to meet with them as well as GOP congressional leaders to negotiate an end the shutdown and address the health care issue. Democrats stand ready to meet with you face to face, anytime and anyplace, the Democratic leaders wrote. Trump has so far refused to engage in talks until the Democrats vote to reopen the government. North Carolinas largest city reelects mayor after fallout over train stabbing Voters in Charlotte, North Carolina, have given Democrat Vi Lyles a fifth term as mayor. Lyles won comfortably Tuesday to remain the citys top leader 2 1/2 months after the death of a young Ukrainian woman on a commuter train. The stabbing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska sparked outrage from Trump and other Republicans, who sought to pin blame for violent crime and pretrial release decisions on Democrats in general, and Lyles in particular. Lyles defeated Republican candidate Terrie Donovan, who had made crime her top issue even before the August stabbing. Charlotte hasnt elected a Republican mayor since 2007. The suspect in Zarutskas stabbing had been arrested more than a dozen times. The GOP-controlled state legislature tightened suspect release rules in September, and Lycles has promoted additional safety measures on Charlottes light rail. Trump may become the face of economic discontent Trump just got a serious warning from voters that hes out of touch with their fears about a deteriorating U.S. economy. Democrats were able to run up the score in key races across the country on Tuesday by harnessing some of the same populist fervor that helped get Trump reelected a year ago but also by focusing on the kitchen table issues the Republican had vowed to fix. Now, as the incumbent, fears about the economy have made Trump the face of much of the publics discontent. Voters in the Virginia and New Jersey governor races, the New York City mayoral contest and the California ballot proposition each ranked economic concerns as a top issue. Democrats swept all those, and it was difficult to point to any major race, anywhere, where Republicans had a key victory. Read more about how Americans have soured on Trumps management of the economy Mamdani to Trump: You will have to get through all of us Mamdani wasted little time as New York Citys mayor-elect before making clear that hell be standing up to the president of the United States, who had threatened not only to defund the city if he won, but also to arrest and deport him. Donald Trump, since I know youre watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up, he said at his victory party. If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him. New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and, as of tonight, led by an immigrant, said Mamdani, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Uganda. So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: To get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us. Trump seemed to be watching: AND SO IT BEGINS! he posted on social media as Mamdani spoke. Speaker Mike Johnson calls longest shutdown a sad landmark The Republican speaker insisted hes willing to talk to Democrats about their demands for health care funds, but blames them for the record-breaking shutdown, now in its 36th day. Johnson was speaking with GOP lawmakers on the steps outside the Capitol, where he has kept the House closed to regular business, sending lawmakers home in September. Ntanyahu officials criticize New York Citys mayor-elect Israels hardline National Security Minister Itamir Ben-Gvir said Mamdanis election is an everlasting disgrace how antisemitism triumphed over common sense. He called Mamdani a Hamas supporter, a hater of Israel and an avowed antisemite. Mamdani has said Israels military campaign in Gaza amounts to genocide, a claim denied by Israel. During the campaign, he also denounced atrocities committed by Hamas in its Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel, which he called a horrific war crime. While supportive of Palestinian rights, he denies being antisemitic and reached out to Jews during his campaign. Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli posted on X encouraging Jews of New York to emigrate to Israel, writing that the city would never be the same again. His feed on the social media site Wednesday was a stream of anti-Mamdani graphics, including a photo of the Twin towers being engulfed in flames with the caption New York already forgot, a meme criticized as Islamophobic. Mamdani says hes willing to work with Trump but will put New York residents first When asked Wednesday about their combative relationship during the mayoral campaign, Mamdani said he has repeatedly expressed a willingness to help the president fulfill some of the promises Trump made during his 2024 presidential campaign. I have said time and again that I will work with the president if he wants to work together to deliver on his campaign promises of cheaper groceries or a lower cost of living. But for too long what New Yorkers have seen is a mayor who has been willing to work with the president at the expense of those New Yorkers, Mamdani said on New Yorks NY1 news channel. And I want to make it very clear that if the president looks to come after the people of this city, then I will be there standing up for them every step of the way.
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Many big companies have cited AI as a reason for recent layoffs. But the new technology transforming the workforce may create some new jobs, too. AI startups are racing to hire a certain kind of software engineer who works with both customer teams and product engineering teams: Candidates are expected to have tech skills, but also, understand the business model so they can help customize customers’ AI models for their companies’ specific needs. The emerging role is called a forward-deployed engineer (FDE), and according to the Financial Times, job postings for the position are absolutely skyrocketing, increasing more than 800% from the start of 2025 through September. The origins of the role come from data software company Palantir, which pioneered the job in the early 2010s. Today, the company says FDEs make up about half of their workforce. Nic Prettejohn, head of AI in the U.K. at Palantir, said, per the Financial Times, described the job as “product discovery from the inside.The specific tasks an FDE is responsible for may vary from company to company, but the job certainly seems to encompass a lot.According to Planitir, FDEs responsibilities look similar to those of a startup CTO: youll work in small teams and own end-to-end execution of high-stakes projects.” Likewise, a job ad for an FDE at the financial tech company Ramp says the role includes working with “sales and go-to-market teams to close exciting deals, activate customers, and expand the value Ramp provides over time.While many worry that AI will take their jobs, some say that AI also has the power to create jobs, too, and maybe even, at a greater rate. And as AI companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, and others, recruit FDEs, perhaps both arguments have weight, especially because it’s not just FDE job postings that are rising.According to the 2025 World Economic Forum Future of Jobs Report, while AI could displace around nine million jobs over the next five years, it could also create 11 million new jobs. Some of the roles could be things like AI trainers, AI auditors, AI translators, and more. Aneesh Raman, LinkedIns chief economic opportunity officer, spoke to the undeniable rise in new AI jobs, telling the New York Times, Head of AI. jobs are up, I think, three times in the last five years, he said. AI engineers are the fastest growing role in the U.S., followed by AI consultants.Other experts agree that new jobs can help to bridge the gap between the ever-growing ways that AI technology is being used, and what human beings still need from other humans, working to integrate the technology into real life. Tech innovator Pramod Pallath Vasudevan articulated the point in a post on social media about the surge in FDE hiring, writing, “AI isnt taking engineers away from the real world. Its bringing them closer to it.” Vasudevan added, “AI isnt replacing us. Its redeploying usto the front lines of progress.”
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Fortnite maker Epic Games and Google just agreed on a comprehensive settlement that could be the final chapter in Epics long battle over app store rules. In a joint filing in a San Francisco federal court, both companies proposed a resolution to Epics antitrust lawsuit against Google, which the game publisher filed in 2020 along with a parallel lawsuit against Apple. In a post on X, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney called the proposed settlement awesome and expressed hope that the courts would agree. It genuinely doubles down on Android’s original vision as an open platform to streamline competing store installs globally, reduce service fees for developers on Google Play, and enable third-party in-app and web payments, Sweeney said. This is a comprehensive solution, which stands in contrast to Apples model of blocking all competing stores and leaving payments as the only vector for competition. In the settlement, Google agrees to cap app store fees at 9% to 20% depending on the transaction. Currently, Google takes a 15% cut of the first $1 million in developer revenue and 30% of anything above that threshold. Beyond lowering fees, Google also said it would allow alternate app stores to be offered officially in the next major Android update. All of the proposed changes would go into effect globally not just in the U.S. and remain in place through 2032. The surprise settlement follows some resounding losses for Google. Late last year, a judge sided with Epic on many of the game publishers demands and ordered Google to open its app marketplace to competing third-party app stores in the U.S. for three years, a decision that stood to completely remake Androids app ecosystem. Prior to the settlement, it looked like Googles last hope was a hail mary asking the Supreme Court to take on the case a long shot given that the court previously shrugged off Epics parallel case against Apple. Epics epic battle In 2020, Epic kicked off a flashy campaign to rally people against mobile softwares gatekeepers by breaking the rules of both Google and Apples app stores intentionally, getting Fortnite kicked off of phones and tablets in the process. In lawsuits against both companies, Epic argued that Google and Apple violated antitrust laws by forcing users to pay for apps and in-app purchases through their app marketplaces while taking a slice of every transaction. While Epics case against Apple is now mostly resolved without too much disruption to Apples business, the iPhone maker did land itself in hot water earlier this year when a federal judge determined that it violated the terms of a court order forcing it to give developers more freedom to accept payments. Epics case against Google took a different path. After years of back-and-forth in court, Epic landed a major win over the summer when a federal appeals court upheld a jury verdict that deemed Google Play, Androids app store, to be a monopoly. In other recent cases, courts determined that Google was operating a monopoly in its digital ads and search engine businesses. Together with Epic Games we have filed a proposed set of changes to Android and Google Play that focus on expanding developer choice and flexibility, lowering fees, and encouraging more competition all while keeping users safe, Android Ecosystem President Sameer Samat wrote on X, adding that the company would discuss the settlement with a judge on Thursday.
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