Five Republicans join Democrats to repeal the 50% border tax on Brazil.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/brazil-tariffs-senate-republicans-donald-trump-trade-c486fa93
The Texas Attorney General expands his anti-business campaign to the makers of Tylenol.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ken-paxton-texas-tylenol-lawsuit-rfk-jr-pregnant-women-kenvue-e52ee106
In an odd last-minute appeal, Mamdani accuses New Yorkers of ‘Islamophobia.’https://www.wsj.com/opinion/i-want-your-vote-you-bigot-84cd61ac
The insurer saw sales double in three years after gambling on ads with a quacking duck.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/aflacs-unorthodox-ascent-e1dafeb2
The president said he wanted testing to occur “on an equal basis” with Russia and China, just before he met his Chinese counterpart for high-stakes trade talks.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/29/trump-nuclear-test-plans/
China’s leader agreed to delay restrictions on rare earth minerals for a year and buy more soybeans, Trump said after a meeting designed to calm trade tensions.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/30/trump-xi-meeting-tariff-cuts/
Melissa, now a Category 2 hurricane, will bring heavy rain from the Mid-Atlantic to New England as it heads toward Bermuda and Newfoundland, Canada.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/30/melissa-hurricane-northeast-us-bermuda/
Once known as a Stalinist backwater, Albania is now a front-runner for E.U. accession and has a comedian running for mayor of its capital.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/30/albania-eu-florjan-binaj-mayor-edi-rama/
Trump said the U.S. will test nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China. None of the three countries has tested live nuclear weapons since the 1990s.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/30/trump-us-nuclear-tests-china-russia/
At least 61 people have been killed in U.S. strikes against alleged drug boats in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea since September.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/30/hegseth-narcotics-boat-destroyed-pacific/
Trump’s announcement was short on detail but came a day after he finalized a trade deal with South Korea that includes a pledge of $350 billion in investment.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/29/trump-south-korea-nuclear-submarine/
Bryce McFerran is a senior executive at a steel-trading business co-owned by one of Russia’s richest oligarchs and is married to a member of a Russian family with extensive ties to the Kremlin.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/29/trump-nominee-export-bank-russia/
It is the first announcement of the Trump administration’s plans to scale back forces in Europe, where the U.S. has underpinned security since World War II.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/29/romania-nato-us-troops-withdrawal/
At least 20 people in Haiti died Wednesday when a river overflowed. The storm was expected to hit the Bahamas next.https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/10/29/hurricane-melissa-cuba-jamaica-damage/
The storm made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday, causing widespread flooding and damage before continuing on to Cubahttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2025/hurricane-melissa-jamaica-photos-videos/
None of France’s crown jewels have been recovered. Paris’s public prosecutor said she remains hopeful, with two suspects in custody.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/29/louvre-heist-suspect-partially-admit-involvement/
The overnight raids across Paris included the arrest of a man who prosecutors say directly took part in the heist.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/police-make-five-new-arrests-in-louvre-heist-f7ca4589
The hurricane brought heavy rain, widespread flooding and winds close to 100 miles an hour to the central and southeast Bahamas.https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/hurricane-melissa-cuba-jamaica-73c0234e
The Freedom Party’s drop in support holds lessons for Europe’s resurgent far-right.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/dutch-hard-right-leader-geert-wilders-set-to-exit-power-192902a5
Israeli officials say the militant group is deliberately delaying the return of hostages’ bodies to gain time to consolidate power and reassert its control over Gaza.https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-accuses-hamas-of-playing-a-macabre-game-with-hostage-bodies-0b1f79a3