by Felicia Schwartz | Nov 2, 2026 | elections, News, White House
Secretary of State Marco Rubio had wanted to stay off the campaign trail, wary of the implications of appearing as the nation’s chief diplomat and the speculation his joining the fray would cause about his own presidential ambitions.
But President Donald Trump — fond of Rubio and the applause he gets from MAGA crowds — lured him to two campaign stops in the final midterm stretch last Tuesday and on Sunday evening.
Rubio seemed at ease speaking to the crowd in Salina, Kansas, on Sunday evening in what could be a dress rehearsal for 2028.
“People are loving this guy,” Trump said as he called his chief diplomat and national security adviser up to the stage “to say a quick hello.”
Rubio took a look out at the crowd gathered to support the re-election campaign of Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, and spoke for about 30 seconds, praising Trump’s security record and invoking his inner politician as he paused for applause and emphatically gestured out to the crowd to emphasize his message before departing back into the audience to a roar of applause.
“The most important job every president does is keep you and your family safe. And no president in my lifetime has done that better than the one we have right now,” Rubio said.
As the secretary of state walked off stage, Trump joked that Rubio “is getting too popular.”
Until last week, Rubio had refrained from showing up at political events mostly, declining requests from donors and his political network to engage.
But Trump had asked Rubio to come along last week on some of his appearances, two people familiar with Rubio’s thinking said. It was
by Taya Graham and Stephen Janis | Nov 2, 2026 | Democrats, Economy, elections, Inequality Watch, midterms, Politics and Movements: US, Socialism, video
Democrats are fired up. Some MAGA voters are questioning whether to show up. And in one of America’s most closely watched congressional battlegrounds, that divide could have enormous implications for the fight over control of the House.The Real News Network traveled to Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, home to the fiercely contested 7th Congressional District, to speak directly with voters about the issues, frustrations, and political ideas shaping their decisions for the 2026 midterm elections.From Allentown to Bethlehem, we talked with voters across the political spectrum about what motivates them to head to the polls and what might convince others to stay home.In a district where Republican incumbent Ryan Mackenzie faces Democratic challenger Bob Brooks, questions about economic inequality, the cost of living, war and the role of government are taking center stage.We also explore the debate over socialism and progressive economic ideas. While mainstream media’s political commentary often portrays socialism as politically toxic, conversations with voters raise interesting questions about how those ideas are actually being received on the ground.Could voter enthusiasm, political disillusionment, and changing attitudes toward economic policy help shape the outcome of one of the country’s most closely watched House races?Join Taya Graham and Stephen Janis for an on-the-ground look at Pennsylvania’s 7th District, where the battle for Congress is playing out one voter at a time.
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by Jake Johnson | Nov 2, 2026 | ICE, immigration, New York City, News, Trump Administration, Zohran Mamdani
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday threatened the Trump administration with legal action over federal immigration agents’ use of city parking lots to stage raids, which the Democratic elected official said amounted to “unlawful commandeering” of public property. “This use of city property in furtherance of federal immigration enforcement is unauthorized and is therefore illegal…
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by Petala Ironcloud | Nov 2, 2026 | AI, Article, Climate, Climate Crisis, Politics and Movements: US, Reprint
This article was originally published by Truthout on Oct. 26, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license.
The Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council voted unanimously this October to ban data centers on tribal land in Montana. The ban follows a decision in August by the Fort Peck Tribes to bar officials from projects involving data center developers.
But Montana’s Tribes are now split. Next door to the Northern Cheyenne, the Apsáalooke, or Crow Tribe, has not taken an official position and remains open to hearing proposals from companies, according to Shane Doyle, an Apsáalooke tribal member and The Nature Conservancy’s Indigenous right relations director. Doyle grew up on the Crow Reservation and has consistently advocated for reciprocity with the land, rendering him a voice in the dissent, whether he intends to be or not.
The stakes are highest in Crow country. In the small city of Hardin, at the Crow Indian Reservation’s northern edge, a former cryptocurrency mine is being actively converted into an AI data center. About 14 miles northwest of the reservation, Texas-based Quantica Infrastructure plans to build its Big Sky campus on nearly eight square miles of ranchland near the town of Broadview, north of Billings, Montana’s most populous city. As it’s currently planned, the data center would rank among the largest data centers in the world. The Yellowstone River Valley is “the heart of the Crow Nation,” Doyle said.
Krystal Two Bulls, who is Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne, has been tracking these data centers closely. As the executive director of Honor the Earth, a nonprofit tracking data centers on or near reservation lands, she
by Alyssa Bowen | Nov 2, 2026 | 2026 midterms, Abortion, Ballot Initiatives, Catholic Church, IVF, Leonard Leo, News Analysis, Virginia
On November 3, Virginians will vote on two ballot initiatives that have become the center of a well-resourced campaign led by Catholic Bishop Michael Burbidge. This campaign is urging congregants to vote “no” on two ballot measures. Ballot Question 1 would affirm abortion access as a constitutional right in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Ballot Question 2 would repeal a 2006 same-sex marriage…
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