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A 50–46 procedural vote stopped the Senate from opening debate on the annual defense policy bill after Democrats demanded a larger role for Congress in the Iran conflict.
Rep. Thomas Massie is forcing a House vote on his impeachment resolution against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The resolution’s accusations about the Iran war and other conduct are Massie’s claims, not findings of wrongdoing.
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16 stories in this desk.A 73-25 cloture vote lets the Senate proceed to debate on the bipartisan permitting package; it is not final passage. Lawmakers are expected to consider amendments and further votes.
President Isaac Herzog has tasked former military chief Gadi Eisenkot with trying to form Israel’s next government.
Updated Oct. 23: A nine-state injunction is stayed until 5 p.m. EDT today. Separately, AP reports that some Californians charged in the federal sweep were pursuing citizenship; the allegations are not convictions.
An emergency stay lets New Hampshire enforce its restriction on student IDs while an appeal proceeds. The Supreme Court order pauses a lower-court direction about considering student IDs as evidence of identity; it does not resolve the underlying challenge.
Georgia’s Constitutional Court is hearing a ruling-party lawsuit seeking to outlaw five opposition parties. The case could reshape political competition ahead of the 2028 parliamentary election.
A federal court in Pará ordered nationwide practical support for Indigenous voters before Sunday’s presidential runoff, directing authorities to address access barriers.
A federal magistrate judge has ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition by Dec. 11 in his $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC; noncompliance could bring sanctions, including dismissal, unless the discovery period is extended.
An unsigned Supreme Court order clears New Hampshire to enforce its restriction on student IDs as voting identification for now, reversing a lower-court order that would have required election officials to consider them as supporting proof of identity.
The justices denied the administration’s emergency request to lift a lower-court block on its federal-prison policy while litigation continues.
Brazil’s election authority says Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro will meet in a presidential runoff after neither won a first-round majority.
Justice Department personnel observed primary-election voting procedures in Maricopa, Apache and Pima counties with credentials issued by local election officials.
The new budget framework would open a fast-track process for Iran-war funding, agricultural aid and election-policy changes, but it is still several votes from becoming law.
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