Stories Related to House Democrats Present Immigration Overhaul Plan

“A few Republicans running for competitive or Democratic-leaning congressional seats are adopting and reviving a label that was nearly extinct in their party: pro-choice,” The Hill reports. “The terminology marks some of the biggest changes in how the Republican Party is approaching abortion and reproductive issues that have challenged the party electorally since the Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion in 2022.”

“House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said last night that embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams should not resign following his indictment on federal corruption and bribery charges, NBC News reports. Said Jeffries: “My view is that Mayor Adams, like every other New Yorker and every other American, is entitled to the presumption of innocence and entitled to a trial by a jury of his peers who will ultimately determine his fate within the legal system.”

“New York and California, routinely overlooked in presidential elections, are shaping up as potentially pivotal battlegrounds in a nail-biter struggle for control of the U. S. House,” Bloomberg reports. “The outcome will determine whether the next president has a legislative-branch ally or antagonist in the fight ahead over Donald Trump’s expiring tax cuts as well as clashes over immigration and Wall Street regulation.

Tara Palmeri: “Melania Trump, like her husband and step kids, appears to be using this election as a merchandising opportunity.” “She’s leaked a few juicy nuggets every few days from her new memoir, Melania, in an attempt to drive the news cycle. Last week, she kicked off the media campaign by proactively defending her 24-year-old nudes—which nobody in the media, or anywhere, has talked about for eight years—as a form of artistic expression.”

“The pace of hiring picked up strongly in September and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1%, signs the economy had continued momentum in a month the Federal Reserve delivered its first interest-rate cut in four years,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

The Cook Political Report has five new House rating changes: Iowa 1: Lean R to Toss Up Iowa 3: Lean R to Toss Up Illinois 17: Lean D to Likely D Indiana 1: Lean D to Likely D Montana 1: Likely R to Lean R