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China Set to Lead World in Energy Investment in 2026, CCTV Says
China is expected to invest $940 billion in energy in 2026, the most by any country, according to the Global Energy Transition Report 2026 released by the China Enterprise Reform and Development Society, China Central Television reported Sunday.
Sotomayor says she hopes Supreme Court will overturn presidential immunity decision
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said on Saturday that she hopes the court’s decision granting former presidents broad criminal immunity will be overturned, saying her colleagues have done some “crazy things.” Appearing for a civics education talk at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate, the liberal justice also publicly commented for the first time on this…
China Raises Delegate Count to 2,360 for 2027 Party Congress
China set a quota of 2,360 delegates for the Communist Party’s 21st national congress in 2027, 60 more than for the previous gathering, Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday, citing the party’s Organization Department.
Uyghurs facing deportation by Thailand say they will be ‘like slaves’ in China
Activists fear Bangkok will give in to pressure from Beijing despite reports of torture and human rights abuses against the mostly muslim ethnic minority The deportation of two more Uyghurs to China from Thailand would put their lives in grave danger, activists have said, with one of the men saying he would be “like a slave” if he was sent back. Last year, Thai authorities forcibly deported 40 Uyghur men to China despite pleas from the men themselves and the UN. The US and Canada had reportedly offered to resettle them, but Bangkok appeared to want to avoid upsetting Beijing.
Kallas: No EU Seat at the Table, No EU Compliance With Any Ukraine Deal
- EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas declared that the bloc's 27 member states will refuse to enforce any Ukraine peace agreement reached without European participation. - Sanctions relief, the disposition of hundreds of billions in frozen Russian sovereign assets, and postwar reconstruction funding all require EU decisions — making Brussels structurally indispensable to any settlement. - Ukraine and Russia are scheduled to hold US-brokered contacts in Abu Dhabi on November 10–11, with European capitals largely sidelined from the process.
Donald Trump Makes Wild Election Claim as Stephen Miller Takes the Reins
Donald Trump is declaring victory in an election that hasn’t been decided—and using his own version of election math to do it. In a remarkably bold Truth Social post Saturday afternoon, the president, 80, insisted that Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan was “leading substantially” in Alaska’s razor-thin Senate race—even though Democrat Mary Peltola is ahead in the vote count. Trump’s reasoning? Votes cast for two other candidates should simply be added to Sullivan’s total. “Daniel Sullivan is leading substantially in the Alaska Senatorial Race.
For Zoomers, blue wave in US election evokes ‘millennial optimism’
- Gen Z voters helped drive a big Democratic win, with 65.5% of 18-29s backing Democrats, and many felt hope after the blue wave. - The result has revived talk of “millennial optimism”, linking young voters’ mood to Obama’s 2008 win, with nostalgia for the late 2000s and early 2010s. - But many Zoomers also feel worry and anger about climate change, AI and low trust in politics, so Democrats cannot assume their support in 2028.
Voters Punish Major Parties in Cliffhanger New Zealand Election
New Zealand’s election remains too close to call, but voters have already delivered a decisive verdict on the major parties, handing smaller rivals their best-ever results and reshaping the country’s political landscape.
New fallout from White House staffing shake-up after midterms
There were new reactions Saturday after President Trump elevated his longtime adviser Stephen Miller as his new White House Chief of Staff, marking the president’s first major staffing shake-up since Republicans lost control of the House and Senate. NBC News’ Julia Ainsley reports.
BREAKING: Trump has meltdown, begs UFC’s Dana White to be press secretary Plus: The admiral Pete Hegseth fired is headed to Congress
Good evening and welcome back to your nightly edition of the Democratic Wins Media newsletter. Four days after losing Congress, the president spent Saturday at his golf club trying to hire a cage-fight promoter to take on the “Lunatic Left.” Meanwhile, the Navy officers his Pentagon pushed aside are winning House seats, and Democrats are getting ready to do what voters asked about the war in Iran, while some of Trump’s advisers urge him to beat them to it.