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Update: Trump Sues To Block Alaska Senate Result If Republican Loses Update (12100ET): And there we have it...  The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit to block certification of the Senate race in Alaska if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses the election while another candidate with the same name is on the ballot.  President Trump greets Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) at a campaign rally in Wasilla, Alaska on Oct. 13, 2026 (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Control over the Senate could boil down to Alaska - where Sen. Sullivan faces former congresswoman Mary Peltola (D). The incumbent Republican's chances may...

"We Can't Be Part Of A Lost Generation": Bolsonaro Wins Four Key Party Endorsements Ahead Of Brazil Runoff In a postmortem published Wednesday on Sunday's first-round Brazilian presidential election, Alberto Ramos, Goldman Sachs' chief Latin American economist, described a "conservative wave" that swept the country, culminating in right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro's win over unhinged socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro's momentum continued mid-week after he secured endorsements from four center-right parties, strengthening his coalition ahead of the October 25 runoff election against Lula.  Bloomberg reports that Uniao Brasil, Progressistas, Republicanos and Novo...

Mushroom Cloud Over Alabama: Trump Just Pulled A Condoleezza Rice President Trump just pulled a Condoleezza Rice.  George W. Bush's Secretary of State had (in)famously stated "we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud" in September 2002 while trying to fearmonger the public into getting on board with the Iraq invasion. On Friday night, Trump rallied supporters in Mobile, Alabama amid a tour through deep-red states to bolster Republican turnout ahead of the November midterms. On stage, he once again defended the decision to launch a war on Iran and repeated his...