Pence says Republicans will keep control of the House

Vice President Pence maintained in an interview with Hill.TV on Friday that Republicans will keep control of the House in next week's midterm elections.

"I think we're going to expand our majority in the United States Senate, and I think we're going to hold our Republican majority in the House of Representatives," Pence told Hill.TV's Buck Sexton.

"But that being said, there is certainly common ground in areas that we can work that the president has laid out," Pence added when asked about working with Democrats if they win the House, citing issues like trade and infrastructure.

https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/414649-pence-declares-gop-will-retain-control-of-the-house?

Mexico: Nearly 3,000 migrants have abandoned caravan, won't go on to US

Nearly 3,000 migrants who had been a part of caravans moving from Central America to the United States' southern border have abandoned the group to either stay in Mexico or return to their home countries in Central America, according to Mexican government officials.

Mexico's Interior and Foreign Ministries reported, as of Thursday, 2,934 people originally traveling to the U.S. have stopped and applied for asylum in Mexico.

Of those, 927 have canceled their asylum claim with the Mexican government and returned to Guatemala and Honduras, where the caravans originated, according to a government news release.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mexico-nearly-3-000-migrants-have-abandoned-caravan-wont-go-on-to-us?

>>3706436

you new and seriously asking ir is that rhetorical?

>>3706459

ah. Not watching. Military asked him as well.

Jobs blowout with 250,000 added in October, soaring past expectations

U.S. employers added a better-than-expected 250,000 jobs in October, soaring past expectations for an increase of 190,000 jobs in the last jobs report before the midterm elections and on the heels of an incredibly volatile month for the stock markets.

The unemployment rate remained at 3.7 percent, the lowest rate in nearly 50 years, while the labor force participation rate increased to 62.9 percent from 62.7 percent during the month. Average hourly earnings meanwhile rose by five cents to $27.30, or 3.1 percent year-over-year, the highest it's been since the Great Recession.

"We saw better-than-expected payroll gains at 250,000 jobs, surging wages and increased labor force participationm," Mark Hamrick, a senior economic analyst for Bankrate.com said. "That’s a kind of an economic trinity that we haven’t often seen during this economic expansion."

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/october-jobs-report-department-of-labor-us-economy.amp?

Supreme Court allows trial on Census citizenship query, giving Trump administration a loss

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court refused Friday to delay a trial set to begin next week challenging the Trump administration's intention to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 Census.

The action was a defeat for the Justice Department, which claimed the trial would distract government officials from their jobs. Many state and local governments, on the other hand, sought to move the case forward in hopes of blocking the citizenship question.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/02/supreme-court-allows-trial-census-citizenship-question/

This Battered Women’s Shelter Is Being Investigated For Turning Away A Drunk, Injured Man

A battered women's shelter in Anchorage, Alaska, is being investigated because it didn't allow a drunk man to sleep in the same room as women.

Attorneys speaking on behalf of the Downtown Hope Center have repeatedly stated this man, who identifies as a woman, was not turned away because of his gender, but was sent to a hospital that night in January to get the medical treatment he needed. Shelter officials even paid for his cab fare to ensure that his wounds could be treated in a timely fashion. Yet the commission is investigating the shelter’s actions, arguing that it violated a city ordinance that was amended in 2015 to include a prohibition on discrimination based on “sexual orientation and gender identity to the grounds of discrimination.”

http://thefederalist.com/2018/11/02/womens-shelter-investigated-for-turning-away-a-drunk-injured-man/

>>3706604

he looks wretched

>>3706676

we are watching a movie

Supreme Court denies Trump's attempt to block children's climate lawsuit

by John Siciliano

| November 02, 2018 08:09 PM

The Supreme Court is denying the Trump administration's request to block a climate change lawsuit brought against the government by a group of 21 children.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a 3-page decision Friday night in Juliana v. United States allowing the case to move forward.

Roberts had stopped the case from having its day in court on Oct. 29, while the high court reviewed the children's legal arguments.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/supreme-court-denies-trumps-attempt-to-block-childrens-climate-lawsuit?