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November 1: Trump’s Journal Lawsuit Dismissed, Justice Department Ballot Demands Challenged
In U.S. courts
A federal judge has permanently dismissed President Donald Trump’s ten-billion-dollar defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal. The case concerned the newspaper’s 2025 report about a 2003 birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein purportedly written by Trump. Dismissing the claims for a second time, Judge Darrin P. Gayles wrote that the lawsuit “falls short of pleading actual malice.”
In Houston, an ICE officer charged with aggravated assault after allegedly hitting a fleeing man with his car plans to surrender Monday, according to his attorney.
U.S. election disputes
A judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop threatening election officials, following letters demanding that they set aside ballots cast by possible noncitizens. Separately, an analysis found that more than forty percent of the names the Justice Department flagged as possible noncitizen voters in California are not on the state’s voter rolls.
In Alaska, the department asked a judge to separate Senate ballots showing votes for a second candidate named Dan Sullivan while officials determine whether voters were misled into backing a spoiler candidate. State attorneys call the demand meritless and say separating those ballots is not possible.
Poland’s constitutional court
Prime Minister Donald Tusk says he will proceed with a contested constitutional court overhaul despite protests. In a televised address Saturday, he argued the changes are necessary to restore a tribunal crippled by political disputes. Riot police protected the court building during overnight demonstrations.
Rescue in Dutch waters
Dutch authorities rescued thirty-eight people adrift in a rubber boat. Authorities are still trying to establish where the boat came from. Migrant boats are rarely found in those waters.
Binance hack losses
Crypto firm Binance has covered ninety percent of losses from a six-point-three-billion-dollar hack. The FBI says North Korea was responsible for the attack.
Protests in London
Supporters of Palestine Action were arrested outside the U.S. Embassy, where hundreds gathered to oppose the British government’s ban on the group.
Comets and early Earth
A study using one hundred thousand computer simulations suggests comet impacts usually destroyed fragile organic molecules rather than delivering them intact to early Earth. Lead researcher Richard Anslow says successful deliveries would have required very specific conditions. Independent scientist Queenie Chan notes that chemical reactions before impact could have created more durable compounds capable of surviving the collision.
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