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Trump Voter Reveals Deep Regret as Wife Faces Deportation “If I could go back... I’d go back and vote Kamala,” the Texas father said. A father who voted for Donald Trump has said he wishes he could turn back the clock and vote Democrat as his Honduran wife faces possible deportation. Patrick Keating and his parents backed Trump, believing his immigration crackdown would target criminals. But the conservative Texas family now faces the possibility that Keating’s wife, Anyi Hernandez-Escobar, will have to leave the U.S. and their Houston home. “If I could go back, if my vote would somehow change everything, I’d go back and vote Kamala (Harris) just so we don’t have to deal with this,” Keating told the Houston Chronicle. Hernandez-Escobar crossed into Texas from Honduras in 2018, eight months pregnant. She spent four days in detention before authorities granted her temporary parole to remain in the U.S. She later married Keating, who helped raise her son Daniel, now 7, and the couple welcomed a daughter, Emma, in May 2025. Hernandez-Escobar attended required immigration check-ins while pursuing a way to remain legally in the country. Her marriage to a U.S. citizen did not automatically grant her legal status. The couple’s I-130 and I-130A petitions were approved in June after a nearly two-year wait. But a Houston immigration judge subsequently denied Hernandez-Escobar’s request to temporarily close her immigration case while she pursued lawful permanent residency. The family’s immigration attorney, Jennifer Lopez, attributed the decision to a June agreement between Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the Trump administration that eliminated a Biden-era policy allowing judges to administratively close certain immigration cases. “Originally, the judge had told her, when Biden was in, ‘Go ahead and file your I-130 (petition to apply for a visa), come back to me and I will administratively close your case,’” Lopez said. “They did that, but by the time they got back to him, Trump had been sworn in and they had changed all the rules.” Lopez said Hernandez-Escobar would now have to return to Honduras and apply as a foreign filer after waiting at least a year. She would then face another wait of between three and nine months for a visa interview. “She’s a model person. She doesn’t commit crimes, and she supports her family. It’s just sad,” Lopez said. Her 7-year-old son Daniel might also have to remain in the U.S. Keating has raised the boy since he was about 18 months old but has no custodial rights. The family said Daniel’s biological father, who lives in Maryland, has no contact with his son and refuses to give up his custodial rights. “I’ve raised him basically since he was a year and a half, but I have no custodial rights over him,” Keating said. “Only (Anyi) and his biological father do. But both parents have to sign off on the passport.” The family hired an attorney to pursue Keating’s adoption of Daniel and explored whether he could stay with Keating’s parents if the rest of the family moved to Honduras. Hernandez-Escobar, who is not eligible to vote, said she had also supported Trump’s pledge to deport criminals. “There was a lot of crime in the country. I thought it was good to deport the bad people,” she said. “Now, it doesn’t matter if you’re a good person or a bad person.” Keating’s mother, Ingrid, said the family’s experience has been “very stressful.” “Immigration has been such a mess for so many years, but of course it’s easy not to pay too much attention when it’s not your immediate family,” she said. “Now, all of a sudden, it really brings it home.” When previously contacted for comment, White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis told the Daily Beast that “Americans sent President Trump back to the White House with a clear mandate to deport criminal illegal aliens.” “Every single day the Trump Administration is delivering on his promise to the American people to remove murderers, pedophiles, rapists, and gang members from American communities,” she added. “Americans are grateful to the President for removing these criminals from their neighborhoods and for Making America Safe Again.” The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for additional comment. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-voter-reveals-deep-regret-as-wife-faces-deportation/? ps:I could've told them that would happen! Kamala did tell us all what he would do!! And they voted for him anyway!!!

Trump’s Legal Goon Takes Revenge on Judges for Speaking Out The top justice official claimed the federal judges had pandered to the press and violated judicial ethics. Donald Trump has escalated his twin wars with the media and the judiciary, with Attorney General Todd Blanch filing a misconduct complaint against a group of judges who spoke to The New York Times about the administration’s immigration crackdown. In an extraordinary move, Trump’s top justice official claimed that the federal judges from Minnesota’s district court bench had pandered to the press and violated judicial ethics by discussing pending cases with the newspaper. He also demanded the judges recuse themselves from cases involving the Department of Homeland Security, declaring their conduct had “undermined confidence in an impartial judiciary.” The complaint stems from a September 17 Times report about Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota earlier this year. The surge, overseen by then Homeland Security Secretary Kristie Noem and her Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino, was the largest immigration enforcement operation in U.S. history, deploying up to 4,000 federal ICE and Customs and Border Protection agents, and culminating in the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens: Renee Goode and Alex Pretti. Seven members of Minnesota’s federal bench spoke with the Times to raise their concerns, including former chief judge Patrick Schiltz, a George W. Bush appointee and former clerk to conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. He told the Times that the government’s conduct had created a “grave threat to the rule of law,” noting that the operation had sent more than 1,000 habeas corpus petitions flooding into the courts. Schiltz had also ruled in January that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had violated nearly 100 court orders during the crackdown, writing that “ICE is not a law unto itself.” Speaking at a press conference alongside Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, Blanche argued that the judges crossed an ethical line by publicly discussing matters still before them. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter went even further in a statement, accusing the judges of “pandering to the press.” “Seven federal judges in the District of Minnesota talked to the New York Times about cases, some of which are ongoing, in a manner that the Department of Justice views as a clear violation of their ethical duties,” Blanche said. “Their conduct has undermined public confidence in an impartial judiciary in Minnesota.” The complaint was filed against Schiltz, Judge John R. Tunheim, and several “anonymous District Judges”. But it also lands in a much bigger battle over freedom of the press, which escalated last week when Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO from accessing the White House because he didn’t like their coverage. The president was ultimately humiliated when another judge, Timothy Kelly, blocked the ban, finding that the journalists were likely to succeed in arguing that the White House had violated their constitutional right to due process. Meanwhile, Blanche’s own ethics have also come under question, after the former Trump attorney appeared on stage this month at a rally with the president in North Carolina, spoke at the GOP midterm convention, and praised the president during a press briefing in the White House rose garden. Asked about this by a reporter on Wednesday, he replied: “I don’t agree with that. We are allowed to do things in our individual capacity.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-legal-goon-takes-revenge-on-judges-for-speaking-out/?

Republicans Panic as Darline Graham Falls Into Desperately Close Race The late senator’s sister is facing headwinds in a red state. Senator Darline Graham rode Donald Trump’s endorsement to become the GOP Senate nominee in South Carolina, but alarm bells are sounding over the race in what was once considered a solid red state. A new poll of likely voters in South Carolina showed Graham with just a one-point lead over Democratic challenger Dr. Annie Andrews. Her brother, Lindsey Graham, won by more than 10 points against Democratic Party challenger Jaime Harrison in 2020. The Trafalgar Group poll was conducted last week and showed Trump’s handpicked candidate at 43.4 percent to the Democratic nominee’s 42.3 percent. 8.5 percent were undecided. The tightening race came despite the poll’s much larger sample of Republican voters: 59.1 percent. Andrews led among voters under 50, as well as among women. It is one of several polls in recent weeks showing a tighter-than-expected race. An InsiderAdvantage poll this month also showed Andrews within the margin of error among likely voters, including eight percent of Republicans and 41 percent of Independents. On Tuesday, Politico reported that Senate Majority Leader John Thune would be heading down to South Carolina as part of his campaign swing ahead of the midterms. It comes as Republicans are facing an increasingly ugly political landscape as they look to hold onto the Senate majority, with Democrats competing in a series of states Trump won in 2024. While Thune will be making multiple stops in what have long been considered traditional battleground states, a visit to the Palmetto State shows they’re keeping a close eye on it. Majority Whip John Barrasso rushed down to South Carolina ahead of the runoff to help Graham’s campaign, and Trump even held a rally in the state to help get her across the finish line against Rep. Ralph Norman last month. But the divisions in the GOP remain, with just over 30 days to go before the midterms. Norman’s wife Elaine has noticeably been sharing anti-Graham content on Facebook even after she locked in the nomination. While GOP critics have warned a splintered GOP vote could ultimately help Democrats, Norman has continued to share content critical of the South Carolina Republican Party and even a write-in effort for her husband. As the race tightens, the nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates it as “Likely Republican,” but it shifted slightly in Democrats’ favor last week from “Solid Republican.” The analysis noted the conservative grassroots campaign to write in Norman. The state largely remains overwhelmingly Republican, as the last Democrat elected to the Senate there was Fritz Hollings back in 1998. But Graham and Andrews will face off in person for a debate in just over a week on October 11. It’s a high-stakes event for both candidates. Andrews is trying to win over Republicans to build her coalition before Election Day. Meanwhile, Graham needs to avoid repeating her previous debate performance. She faced bipartisan criticism for her appearance on the debate stage during the runoff, where she admitted a lack of knowledge on national security, calling it “not my thing.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-panic-as-darline-graham-falls-into-desperately-close-race/?

Police say parents to face charges after a Michigan toddler displayed a gun at daycare CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The parents of a Detroit-area toddler who pulled a loaded pistol out of his backpack at a daycare will face charges in the case, police said Wednesday. https://apnews.com/article/michigan-daycare-gun-toddler-1397bc5a6d119dd8b6758cf5d500c918? ps:Good for them! Any person that owns a weapon and doesn't keep it away from there kids need to pay the price!!

Russia warns NATO of a possible nuclear response if Kaliningrad is cut off BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia has warned NATO that it would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons to defend Kaliningrad should any members of the military bloc try to cut off its western exclave from the rest of the country. https://apnews.com/article/nato-russia-nuclear-kaliningrad-hybrid-sabotage-2bd21dbaf9d67f5e2aada61e9ce8bf06?

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Most Americans blame Trump for higher prices as his economic approval hits a new low, a new AP-NORC poll shows The new poll finds a majority, 65%, now blame the president’s policies for persistently high costs more than factors outside of his control, signaling growing weariness over his aggressive use of tariffs and continued unhappiness with the war with Iran. Read more. What to know: Over the last few months, Americans have grown more worried about being able to afford basics like groceries and gas. About half of U.S. adults now say they are “extremely” or “very” concerned about being able to fill their tanks, up from 39% in July. About half are also highly concerned about being able to afford food. President Donald Trump’s struggles on the issue mark a significant departure from his first term, when the economy was often a point of strength. About 7 in 10 Americans say Trump’s handling of the cost of living has been “worse than expected.” That includes roughly half of Republicans, who are also broadly concerned about being able to afford groceries and gas. Despite their frustration, most Republicans — 67% — say factors outside of Trump’s control are more to blame for high prices.

October 1, 2026 By Sam Sifton Good morning. The Times obtained more than 1,000 pages from Cornell University’s internal inquiry into rape accusations by “Jane Doe.” The woman was initially embarrassed by what happened at a fraternity party in 2024 but soon concluded, “I was assaulted.” Read the story of what happened. And a Tennessee woman sentenced to death survived two doses of lethal injection last night, before state officials gave up and took her to a hospital. There’s more below. But first, let’s go to Washington. At the Kennedy Center. Salwan Georges for The New York Times Dark arts President Trump wants to leave his mark on Washington, D.C., sometimes literally. He’s building a huge new ballroom and bunker complex in the White House. He has a shiny new helipad out back. He talks about his huge triumphal arch for Memorial Circle, which would also be a sniper hide and place to launch drones. And the U.S. Institute of Peace is now the Donald J. Trump United States Institute of Peace. But perhaps no place in the nation’s capital reflects Trump’s insistence on approval and recognition more than the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the nation’s unofficial national theater, its flagship stage. Trump wants his name in lights there. “We’re going to make it hot,” he said at the start of his second term in office. “We made the presidency hot, so this should be easy.” My colleagues Elizabeth Williamson and Julia Jacobs have chronicled Trump’s odyssey with the Kennedy Center. It’s a drama that has unfolded over seven acts. Let’s look at them. Pique. After Trump won his first presidential election in 2016, some of the recipients for the next year’s Kennedy Center Honors — the institution’s annual awards for artistic achievement — said they’d boycott a White House reception. By tradition, the president hosted that reception before an evening of performances at the Kennedy Center. Trump’s response was to cancel the reception and avoid the show. He stayed away for the rest of his first term. Takeover. When Trump returned to office last year, he was set on remaking the government — and the nation’s cultural life, which he said had become too woke. That included the Kennedy Center. He quickly fired the Biden-era appointees on the center’s board and installed his chief of staff, the vice president’s wife and the commerce secretary’s wife in their place. The new board got to work quickly: It ousted the center’s chairman — the private equity billionaire David Rubenstein, who had also given $111 million of his own money to the organization — and named Trump to that position. He is the first U.S. president to hold it. Removing President Trump’s name from the facade of the Kennedy Center. Pete Kiehart for The New York Times Chaos. It was the era of DOGE in Washington, and Trump brought in Richard Grenell, his tough-talking former ambassador to Germany, to clean house. Grenell fired dozens of staffers and denounced the center’s programming in Trumpian terms. He also drastically pruned the size of the fund-raising office, taking it from 93 employees to 17. The Kennedy Center is a nonprofit and depends heavily on gifts to survive. Now donors didn’t want to give, and there were few workers to recruit their funds anyway. Performers began to cancel their shows. The Washington National Opera decided to cut ties with the center. Ticket sales and audiences plunged. Rebranding. In place of the San Francisco Ballet and a touring production of “Hamilton,” the Kennedy Center turned to MAGA programming. It offered a discount so the American Conservative Union Foundation could convene a summit on Christian persecution. It let FIFA run the World Cup draw there for free. And Trump made himself the M.C. of the new Kennedy Center Honors. These went to Sylvester Stallone and the rock band Kiss, among others. During the night’s festivities, he jokingly called it “the Trump Kennedy Center,” to laughter. The next week, his board voted to put his name on the building. It was now the Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. Legal warfare. Soon came the lawsuit: How could the president rename an organization that had been named by an act of Congress? In court, Trump’s lawyers argued it was simply recognition for his contributions to the health of the institution. But a judge in May said that wasn’t good enough to override a statute, and Trump’s name had to come down. For a president so focused on symbols, it was a bitter pill. Rather than show the building without Trump’s name on it, workers covered the facade. Aboard Air Force One last month. Kenny Holston/The New York Times A new claim. Having failed to leave his mark, Trump introduced a novel argument, saying that the building was unsafe and needed to close. In September, a heavy storm brought down a five-foot section of ceiling plaster in the foyer. Staffers circulated the video online and left the debris in the hall, then conducted an investigation. The administration said structural issues in the building were practically beyond repair. (The center has always undergone regular maintenance.) The end? Last month, the board voted to close the facility where once there were daily performances. Today there are none. More than 2,000 people have lost their jobs. Trump now says the Kennedy Center may even be demolished. And even if it survives that threat, it could take years to rebuild the staff and its fund-raising muscle, much less its programming and audience. The future of this glittering showcase for American artistic achievement is very much in doubt. The New York Times For more: Click the video above to watch Julia answer the question, “Can Trump demolish the Kennedy Center?” And listen to Elizabeth talk about the life and death (for now) of the Kennedy Center on “The Daily.” A NIGHTMARE IN THE SKY The New York Times “I’m so screwed,” Peleg Itali, 16, recalled thinking. “I don’t deserve to die like this.” He was aboard a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv yesterday when one pilot stabbed another. As the plane nose-dived, overhead bins swung open and parents clung to their children. The cockpit melee ended when passengers arrived to subdue the aggressor and minister to the injured pilot, who had wounds to his head and cuts on his fingers. Emergency landing: Crew members and passengers managed to land the plane in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. All the passengers arrived safely in Israel after a replacement aircraft retrieved them. Read the story. Potential motives: It’s not clear what caused the struggle in the cockpit. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said that one pilot had stabbed the other and “apparently tried to crash the plane with everyone on board,” nearly all of them Israelis. The Israeli authorities are investigating. The pilots: Netanyahu identified the pilot who was stabbed as Capt. Smit Machchhar, an Indian citizen. Three Israeli officials said the other pilot, whom they believed to be the aggressor, was a citizen of Oman. THE LATEST NEWS Cornell University The New York Times obtained a trove of emails, text messages and screenshots of messages, some showing how rumors about what had happened that night raced around campus. Here are the revelations so far. “I can say with 100 percent confidence I was raped”: A campus police report sent to a district attorney omitted key details that Jane Doe gave in a statement. Politics In a speech, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laid out his vision for the military: “No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals.” The Federal Reserve’s independent watchdog found no evidence of misconduct by Jerome Powell, the former Fed chair, in the handling of a major renovation. Trump had repeatedly raised the possibility that Powell committed fraud. Thousands of refugees and other legal immigrants will lose access to Medicaid starting today as Republican-led cuts take effect. A.I. Times Exclusive: Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break, meant to incentivize research and experimentation, to skirt billions in taxes when building A.I. data centers. The Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into whether OpenAI, Anthropic and other A.I. companies have hurt consumers. Around the World Source: Kpler’s vessel and cargo data for July and August of this and last year. The New York Times The closure of the Strait of Hormuz cut off more than half of Asia’s oil supply. See how countries managed to get more. Britain’s prime minister, Andy Burnham, said there were “strong indications” that Iran was involved in a suspected terrorist plot that led to the arrests of five men last weekend. The Anniversary Sale ends soon: Morning readers, enjoy our best offer. Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your interests with expert coverage of news, culture, business and more. Save now: $1/week for your first year. FREE TO READ Ryan David Brown for The New York Times Supreme castaway: Chief Justice John Roberts summers on a small island in Maine, where for decades he shared potluck dinners and chummy exchanges with his neighbors. In recent years, however, he has become an outcast. Demonstration: A Hasidic Jew in New York protested against an Israeli flag. Now, the Trump administration may deport him. Your pick: The most clicked story in The Morning was about radio waves from an alien planet. TODAY’S NUMBER Eric Helgas for The New York Times 30 — That is how many different plants some influencers, podcasters and physicians say you should eat each week, to diversify your gut microbiome and improve your health. Are they right? We asked the experts. SPORTS W.N.B.A.: In the playoffs, the Dallas Wings beat the Golden State Valkyries, 108-100 in overtime, and the Atlanta Dream reached the semifinals by sweeping the Washington Mystics. M.L.B.: Cody Bellinger hit a three-run home run and the New York Yankees blew out the Boston Red Sox 9-2 in Game 2 to clinch the American League Wild Card Series. More baseball: The Philadelphia Phillies kept their season alive with one of their greatest postseason comebacks, beating the Atlanta Braves 4-3 in 10 innings in Game 2 of their National League Wild Card Series. RECIPE OF THE DAY Christopher Simpson for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. Shawarma but make it cauliflower. Melissa Clark’s recipe pairs the spiced florets and wedges of onion with hot-sauce-spiked tahini. Add some chopped cucumber, tomatoes and olives and then stuff everything into a pita. Or go gluten-free and serve it with rice. NO MORE SECRETS Wynonna Judd Tamara Reynolds for The New York Times Wynonna Judd is about to release “The Hard Truth,” her first studio album in 10 years and her first collection of original songs since her mother and longtime singing partner, Naomi Judd, died by suicide in 2022. “Hey, hey, Mama, can you hear me now?” she sings in the album’s opening lyrics. “I’m far from heaven, but I’m screamin’ loud.” Her grief modulates between tenderness and fury. “I just have to forgive constantly,” she told The Times. “I try to forgive. But I don’t forget.” Read the whole interview here. More on culture Ivy Wolk, 22, a polarizing internet comedian, will make her Broadway debut in “Downstate,” a play about a group home for men who have sexually abused children. What underpins her work? “I’m like a female, free-speech, armpit-hair, bra-burning absolutist,” she told The Times. “I am a Lilith Fair, Dworkin-toting feminist.” “The Swan” was a 2004 reality-TV competition that put 32 women into isolation while they underwent cosmetic surgery and physical training to turn themselves from “ugly ducklings” into “swans.” Was the show disturbing? Or prescient? Erin Lee Carr’s new documentary, “The Swan: Behind the Mirror,” takes on those questions. Read our interview with her. WIRECUTTER RECOMMENDS Marki Williams/NYT Wirecutter The testing-mad product recommenders at Wirecutter introduced their first inductees into the site’s new Hall of Fame today: a list of 50 products that represent the best of the absolute best they’ve recommended to readers since 2011. Read the list of award winners. And discover the most popular product Wirecutter has ever recommended. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangrams were kneecapped and pancaked. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections, Crossplay and Strands. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times and me. See you tomorrow. — Sam Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Host: Sam Sifton Editor: Adam B. Kushner News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Evan Gorelick, Brent Lewis, Lara McCoy, Karl Russell Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Editorial Director, Newsletters: Jodi Rudoren Deputy Editorial Director: Lauren Jackson

🎨 Hidden masterpieces hit auction Claude Monet's 'Le Jardin des Tuileries' on display during a preview of the Blaquier-Arrieta Collection at Sotheby's in London. Photo: Ben Bauer/PA Images via Getty Images A dozen Impressionist and post-Impressionist artworks collectively valued at almost half a billion dollars are going up for auction after sitting unseen for decades in South America. Works by Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne are expected to smash records for the artists in the Nov. 18 sale in New York, AP reports. The paintings come from a collection amassed by the late Argentine art collector Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier and her sugar magnate husband, Carlos Pedro Blaquier. They include van Gogh's landscape "Châtaigniers en fleurs" (Chestnut Trees in Flower), estimated at $180 million, and Cézanne's portrait "Arlequin," estimated at $120 million. Neither has been seen in public for half a century. Keep reading.

🤑 The AI wealth effect Data: Federal Reserve. (Includes securities held indirectly through mutual funds, defined-contribution pension plans and variable life insurance/annuity products.) Chart: Emily Peck/Axios Americans' wealth jumped by $12.8 trillion in the second quarter, led by a nearly $11 trillion gain in stock holdings and other financial assets, Axios Markets author Emily Peck writes from new Fed data. That's the biggest single quarterly increase, in dollar terms, on record. 🛍️ What's happening: The AI boom-fueled wealth surge is propelling spending in the U.S. economy. Half of all growth in consumption is being driven by those effects, says Krishna Guha, head of economics at Evercore ISI.

Rubio kicked out Iranian delegation Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanded on Monday that the Iranian delegation to the UN General Assembly immediately leave the country after negotiations stalled, a U.S. official and a second source with knowledge of the matter told Axios' Barak Ravid. Why it matters: Though the Iranians were likely to depart soon anyway, Rubio's move was a highly unusual diplomatic rebuke and laid bare the deep distrust between the two countries amid fruitless efforts to broker an end to the war. Qatari mediators tried to secure a diplomatic breakthrough between the U.S. and Iran but made little progress, with neither side willing to budge. Among those ordered to leave New York was Rubio's Iranian counterpart, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

🤠 Texas group spends over $100M in two weeks Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to the GOP's midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 9. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images A new Texas PAC spent a staggering $131 million in just 17 days to boost struggling Republican Ken Paxton in his Senate battle, and tens of millions more could be on the way, Axios' Marc Caputo writes from new financial reports. Texas PAC, created last month, is affiliated with the GOP Senate Leadership Fund, the main super PAC for Senate Republicans. Why it matters: This is a race where money may not make the difference. In a "craptastic" environment for GOP candidates nationwide, Paxton's many scandals have left him particularly vulnerable. One analyst said on X: "The election version of the Battle of Verdun, folks." 🗳️ Zoom out: Paxton, the state attorney general, could well become the first Republican to lose a statewide race in Texas in more than three decades. In polls, he's tied or behind Democratic state Rep. James Talarico, a seminarian who has cast Paxton and Republicans as corrupt and beholden to billionaires. As of Monday, Talarico was on track to be outspent nearly 5-to-1 by pro-Paxton groups in the campaign's final two months, The New York Times reports. 💰 Zoom in: Texas PAC filed an FEC report yesterday showing the group had just spent more than $61.4 million in two days on ads and other activities for Paxton and against Talarico. That brought the PAC's total spending on Paxton's behalf to more than $131 million in 17 days — more than $7.7 million a day. Democrats backing Talarico are unlikely to come close to GOP spending, but are stepping up their ad buys.

Kevin, In a previous post, I offered passages from Timothy and Titus. These passages were detailing the qualifications of a bishop/overseer. The passage in Timothy describes qualifications of an overseer and a deacon. In both cases, the man's roll as head of household is listed as a qualification. In both cases, the deacon/overseer is described as one who rules his family well, having his children in subjection. Paul reasons that if a man cannot rule his family, he won't be able to rule a church. I'd like to see the passages in Acts which indicate that Paul appointed female overseers to rule the churches he established. Your appeal to the Greek grammar, in view of the plain declarations in Timothy and Titus, appear desperate. I often referred to my Mom and Dad. There was never any doubt that my Dad ruled our home.

AI tries to shed toxic branding Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Stock: Getty Images The great AI rebranding is on, led by President Trump and tech titans like Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who are embracing an alternative term: "Superintelligence," or SI, Axios' Dave Lawler writes. Why it matters: Leaders in D.C. and Silicon Valley are worried that public backlash against AI and data centers will hamper the development of this staggeringly powerful and existentially dangerous technology. Flanked by the most powerful figures in tech, Trump on Tuesday declared "superintelligence" the preferred terminology of the executive branch. Huang has extended the label to physical infrastructure, referring to data centers as "superintelligence factories." Some of the tech executives who appeared with Trump continued to use "AI" in their remarks. SpaceXAI CEO Elon Musk caught himself and pivoted to "SI." Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has long used the "superintelligence" branding.

"Shark Tank" for military bases Pete Hegseth gives a State of the Force address at Marine Corps Base Quantico. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images In a sweeping hourlong address to hundreds of junior officers and enlisted leaders at Quantico, Va., Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proposed a pitch-off between states to see who should host America's newest military base, Axios' Thomas Novelly writes. "If your state wants the honor of hosting 15- to 25,000 of America's great troops, show us why and how you're going to do it," Hegseth said. The big picture: New military infrastructure is a major economic driver for states and can lead to political tugs-of-war, like the yearslong fight between Colorado and Alabama to claim U.S. Space Command's headquarters. America's newest military installation is Colorado's Schriever Space Force Base, which was opened in 1985. More details. Palmer Luckey, Newt Gingrich and Elon Musk at Sec. Hegseth's Quantico address yesterday. Screenshot: DOD/via X Hegseth also announced "Project Meridian," a Pentagon study of the future of warfare led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich, Axios' Colin Demarest writes. It's Musk's first official role advising the Trump administration since his very public feud last year with President Trump after departing DOGE. Meridian, Hegseth said, will examine "the domains we must conquer, and capabilities we must master." ps:What a complete joke this administration is and has become!!!!!

Trump, Big AI all-in together Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Stock: Getty Images President Trump and the AI industry have co-signed one of the biggest economic and technological wagers of all time, Axios' Zachary Basu writes. If it goes right: a new age of abundance — explosive productivity, staggering wealth and a generational leap in American power. If it goes wrong: a catastrophic bust that destroys capital, jobs and, in the words of several involved, threatens widespread human harm. Why it matters: Neither Trump nor the AI titans have plausible deniability. Their fortunes have become so tightly bound that success will be shared — and failure impossible to disown. 🖼️ The big picture: Trump and Big AI have fused their futures around four enormous bets. 1. The economic bet: Trillions poured into chips, data centers and power will create a productivity engine powerful enough to fuel a new Industrial Revolution. AI infrastructure spending is projected to reach $10.3 trillion by 2032, but the payoff remains unproven: one analysis found hyperscalers have spent nearly $1 trillion more on AI since 2024 than AI has generated in revenue. The promise sold by Trump and his tech allies: a new era of growth and abundance. The peril: a historic misallocation of capital on a scale few industries have ever seen. 2. The regulation bet: Washington can clear the runway for an AI takeoff while leaving the companies largely responsible for policing themselves. The new White House accord signed by Trump and the AI giants enshrines voluntary safeguards, company-led testing and third-party reviews instead of new federal mandates. The promise: American dominance over China. The peril: Self-regulation fails, forcing Washington to intervene only after damage has already been inflicted. 3. The safety bet: AI can grow vastly more powerful without becoming vastly harder to control. Many of the most dire safety warnings come from AI researchers themselves. Anthropic's own IPO prospectus contemplates scenarios in which advanced AI kills humanity. The promise is almost limitless: superintelligent systems that help cure diseases and accelerate scientific discovery. The peril: self-improving AI that evolves faster than its creators can comprehend or contain. 4. The political bet: Trump and Big AI can become inseparable without making each other even more toxic. Trump has staked his legacy on winning the AI race, dismissing fears about data centers costing Republicans in the midterms. The industry has staked billions on the policy environment he's creating. The promise: Trump and Big AI become partners in this century's defining technological transformation. The peril: Every AI failure, disruption or backlash becomes a liability they share. The bottom line: Trump and the AI industry are asking the country for a leap of faith at a time when polls show Americans lack faith in both.

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🇬🇧 The U.K. has "strong indications" Iran played a part in the incident that saw five men arrested near a U.S.-run military air base in England, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said today. Go deeper. ✈️ Heroic plumber helped save plane Assaf Regavim, one of the passengers who stormed the cockpit to stop the attacking pilot, speaks to reporters outside the terminal at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. Photo: Erik Marmor/Getty Images Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described on CNN how passengers helped rescue a FlyDubai flight bound for Israel that plunged after Capt. Smit Machchhar was stabbed by his co-pilot, Axios' Rebecca Falconer writes. An Israeli passenger who works as a plumber, Yaniv Hayun, entered the cockpit and found the Omani co-pilot at the controls, the Israeli prime minister told CNN's Jim Sciutto. Machchhar had unlocked the cockpit after being attacked. Hayun pulled back on the aircraft's controls, while another passenger and crew member subdued the attacker. Off-duty FlyDubai pilots then took over and stabilized the plane. Netanyahu said the attacker, an Omani national, was arrested in Saudi Arabia and was undergoing interrogation there. His motive was unclear. Get the latest.

Just quoting my college professors and other church leaders talking about how we tend to fall into the three groups of Des Ford's theology, Walter Rea's attack on Ellen White and also on the other side the so called "Historic Adventists" on how they all appeal to traditions that developed within conservative Christianity but does not look nor respect all the facts. Ellen White lived when there were women pastors. When our leaders in the west started more churches they would ordain someone to take care of the work, the best they could find whether they were male or female. Yes, one ended up with paperwork that included the word "Ordained" others got paperwork that did not include the word "Ordained" but were supposed to get the papers that said "Ordained" once more members were educated to know that women's ordination is indeed Biblical. The New York Conference had a woman who started many churches and was a powerful soul winner, who was approved for ordination, but was given the paperwork that did not include the word "Ordained" and this again was only to have been a temporary situation replaced with paperwork with the word "Ordained" when more members understand that women's ordination is indeed Biblical. The General Conference send a woman to Norway who was a very powerful worker setting up churches in Norway (My grandma's aunt was brought into the church by a "Bible Lady" from America, and that could have been either Mrs. White or this other woman.) We find in the book of Acts, Paul would raise up churches then often left them in the care of the leading women of the community. The Greek grammar of some of the women, indicate pastoral situations. For example in all but one place of talking about this couple as husband and wife it is Aquila and Priscilla, but 100% of the time as a ministry team it is Priscilla and Aquila. (The one time when as a married couple that it is "Priscilla and Aquila" could well be a copy error since we always find them as a ministerial team as "Priscilla and Aquila.") It is the same grammar as when first in Acts when Barnabas was in charge it used "Barnabas and Saul" but then when Saul/Paul became the leader it was changed to "Paul and Barnabas." The "proof texts" used to say that Paul was against women's ordination would contradict was we read as Paul's practice in Acts and how he uses the terms "Aquila and Priscilla"/"Priscilla and Aquila" and have contextual situations that support a different understanding than his being against women's ordination. If you don't like Paul's practice and grammar, also check the actions of Jesus. Around AD 200 on, the Jewish tradition, until modern years, Rabbis were only men and not open to women. We take what happened then and read it back in history. But historically this was the end of about 400 years of debate over women should be rabbis (and in early years even priests). The earlier Jewish tradition the rabbi (and arguments that I don't fully understand to share, even priests) could be either a man or a woman. The liberal schools, such as the school of Hillel, wanted to STOP women's ordination, while the more conservative schools, such as the school of Shammai wanted to CONTINE women's ordination. It is interesting in seeing how they ordained and compare to what Jesus said and did.

Just quoting my college professors and other church leaders talking about how we tend to fall into the three groups of Des Ford's theology, Walter Rea's attack on Ellen White and also on the other side the so called "Historic Adventists" on how they all appeal to traditions that developed within conservative Christianity but does not look nor respect all the facts. Ellen White lived when there were women pastors. When our leaders in the west started more churches they would ordain someone to take care of the work, the best they could find whether they were male or female. Yes, one ended up with paperwork that included the word "Ordained" others got paperwork that did not include the word "Ordained" but were supposed to get the papers that said "Ordained" once more members were educated to know that women's ordination is indeed Biblical. The New York Conference had a woman who started many churches and was a powerful soul winner, who was approved for ordination, but was given the paperwork that did not include the word "Ordained" and this again was only to have been a temporary situation replaced with paperwork with the word "Ordained" when more members understand that women's ordination is indeed Biblical. The General Conference send a woman to Norway who was a very powerful worker setting up churches in Norway (My grandma's aunt was brought into the church by a "Bible Lady" from America, and that could have been either Mrs. White or this other woman.) We find in the book of Acts, Paul would raise up churches then often left them in the care of the leading women of the community. The Greek grammar of some of the women, indicate pastoral situations. For example in all but one place of talking about this couple as husband and wife it is Aquila and Priscilla, but 100% of the time as a ministry team it is Priscilla and Aquila. (The one time when as a married couple that it is "Priscilla and Aquila" could well be a copy error since we always find them as a ministerial team as "Priscilla and Aquila.") It is the same grammar as when first in Acts when Barnabas was in charge it used "Barnabas and Saul" but then when Saul/Paul became the leader it was changed to "Paul and Barnabas." The "proof texts" used to say that Paul was against women's ordination would contradict was we read as Paul's practice in Acts and how he uses the terms "Aquila and Priscilla"/"Priscilla and Aquila" and have contextual situations that support a different understanding than his being against women's ordination. If you don't like Paul's practice and grammar, also check the actions of Jesus. Around AD 200 on, the Jewish tradition, until modern years, Rabbis were only men and not open to women. We take what happened then and read it back in history. But historically this was the end of about 400 years of debate over women should be rabbis (and in early years even priests). The earlier Jewish tradition the rabbi (and arguments that I don't fully understand to share, even priests) could be either a man or a woman. The liberal schools, such as the school of Hillel, wanted to STOP women's ordination, while the more conservative schools, such as the school of Shammai wanted to CONTINE women's ordination. It is interesting in seeing how they ordained and compare to what Jesus said and did.

Just quoting my college professors and other church leaders talking about how we tend to fall into the three groups of Des Ford's theology, Walter Rea's attack on Ellen White and also on the other side the so called "Historic Adventists" on how they all appeal to traditions that developed within conservative Christianity but does not look nor respect all the facts. Ellen White lived when there were women pastors. When our leaders in the west started more churches they would ordain someone to take care of the work, the best they could find whether they were male or female. Yes, one ended up with paperwork that included the word "Ordained" others got paperwork that did not include the word "Ordained" but were supposed to get the papers that said "Ordained" once more members were educated to know that women's ordination is indeed Biblical. The New York Conference had a woman who started many churches and was a powerful soul winner, who was approved for ordination, but was given the paperwork that did not include the word "Ordained" and this again was only to have been a temporary situation replaced with paperwork with the word "Ordained" when more members understand that women's ordination is indeed Biblical. The General Conference send a woman to Norway who was a very powerful worker setting up churches in Norway (My grandma's aunt was brought into the church by a "Bible Lady" from America, and that could have been either Mrs. White or this other woman.) We find in the book of Acts, Paul would raise up churches then often left them in the care of the leading women of the community. The Greek grammar of some of the women, indicate pastoral situations. For example in all but one place of talking about this couple as husband and wife it is Aquila and Priscilla, but 100% of the time as a ministry team it is Priscilla and Aquila. (The one time when as a married couple that it is "Priscilla and Aquila" could well be a copy error since we always find them as a ministerial team as "Priscilla and Aquila.") It is the same grammar as when first in Acts when Barnabas was in charge it used "Barnabas and Saul" but then when Saul/Paul became the leader it was changed to "Paul and Barnabas." The "proof texts" used to say that Paul was against women's ordination would contradict was we read as Paul's practice in Acts and how he uses the terms "Aquila and Priscilla"/"Priscilla and Aquila" and have contextual situations that support a different understanding than his being against women's ordination. If you don't like Paul's practice and grammar, also check the actions of Jesus. Around AD 200 on, the Jewish tradition, until modern years, Rabbis were only men and not open to women. We take what happened then and read it back in history. But historically this was the end of about 400 years of debate over women should be rabbis (and in early years even priests). The earlier Jewish tradition the rabbi (and arguments that I don't fully understand to share, even priests) could be either a man or a woman. The liberal schools, such as the school of Hillel, wanted to STOP women's ordination, while the more conservative schools, such as the school of Shammai wanted to CONTINE women's ordination. It is interesting in seeing how they ordained and compare to what Jesus said and did.

Just quoting my college professors and other church leaders talking about how we tend to fall into the three groups of Des Ford's theology, Walter Rea's attack on Ellen White and also on the other side the so called "Historic Adventists" on how they all appeal to traditions that developed within conservative Christianity but does not look nor respect all the facts. Ellen White lived when there were women pastors. When our leaders in the west started more churches they would ordain someone to take care of the work, the best they could find whether they were male or female. Yes, one ended up with paperwork that included the word "Ordained" others got paperwork that did not include the word "Ordained" but were supposed to get the papers that said "Ordained" once more members were educated to know that women's ordination is indeed Biblical. The New York Conference had a woman who started many churches and was a powerful soul winner, who was approved for ordination, but was given the paperwork that did not include the word "Ordained" and this again was only to have been a temporary situation replaced with paperwork with the word "Ordained" when more members understand that women's ordination is indeed Biblical. The General Conference send a woman to Norway who was a very powerful worker setting up churches in Norway (My grandma's aunt was brought into the church by a "Bible Lady" from America, and that could have been either Mrs. White or this other woman.) We find in the book of Acts, Paul would raise up churches then often left them in the care of the leading women of the community. The Greek grammar of some of the women, indicate pastoral situations. For example in all but one place of talking about this couple as husband and wife it is Aquila and Priscilla, but 100% of the time as a ministry team it is Priscilla and Aquila. (The one time when as a married couple that it is "Priscilla and Aquila" could well be a copy error since we always find them as a ministerial team as "Priscilla and Aquila.") It is the same grammar as when first in Acts when Barnabas was in charge it used "Barnabas and Saul" but then when Saul/Paul became the leader it was changed to "Paul and Barnabas." The "proof texts" used to say that Paul was against women's ordination would contradict was we read as Paul's practice in Acts and how he uses the terms "Aquila and Priscilla"/"Priscilla and Aquila" and have contextual situations that support a different understanding than his being against women's ordination. If you don't like Paul's practice and grammar, also check the actions of Jesus. Around AD 200 on, the Jewish tradition, until modern years, Rabbis were only men and not open to women. We take what happened then and read it back in history. But historically this was the end of about 400 years of debate over women should be rabbis (and in early years even priests). The earlier Jewish tradition the rabbi (and arguments that I don't fully understand to share, even priests) could be either a man or a woman. The liberal schools, such as the school of Hillel, wanted to STOP women's ordination, while the more conservative schools, such as the school of Shammai wanted to CONTINE women's ordination. It is interesting in seeing how they ordained.

Just quoting my college professors and other church leaders talking about how we tend to fall into the three groups of Des Ford's theology, Walter Rea's attack on Ellen White and also on the other side the so called "Historic Adventists" on how they all appeal to traditions that developed within conservative Christianity but does not look nor respect all the facts.