### Spendapalooza Update
- Democrats drop paid family and medical leave from reconciliation bill (NBC News)
- They're also at odds over "billionaires tax" to fund sweeping agenda (Reuters)
- Party members explode in frustration (Fox Business)
### Politics
- Merrick Garland says he won't rescind DOJ memo directing FBI to investigate confrontations at school board meetings (Daily Wire)
- "You should resign in disgrace": Tom Cotton slams Garland (PM)
- Two-tiered justice: Five months after indictment, feds finally arrest longtime TV cameraman for threatening to kill Matt Gaetz (American Greatness)
- Priorities: State Department issues its 1st passport with "X" gender marker (AP)
"Great news for Americans still stuck in Afghanistan." —Congressman Dan Crenshaw
### Climate
- Joe Biden's climate agenda falters ahead of global summits (Washington Examiner)
- Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin snub high-stakes COP26; momentum lags among world's major polluters (Washington Times)
### Security
- "Very close" to a "Sputnik moment": Top general sounds alarm over China's hypersonic weapons test (Washington Times)
- Taiwan's president confirms U.S. military trainers on island (Washington Examiner)
- Mexican cartels are exploiting American teenagers by paying them to traffic illegal immigrants (Fox Business)
- DHS expands no-go zones where ICE can't arrest illegals (Washington Times)
- Iran says it will resume nuclear negotiations by end of November (The Guardian)
### Economy
- Economic growth rate slows to 2% on a sharp slowdown in consumer spending (CNBC)
- And yet, holiday sales could set new record, says National Retail Federation (AP)
### "Social Justice"
- Virginia promotes book telling teachers to embrace CRT, which Terry McAuliffe says isn't being taught (Fox News)
- Twix Halloween ad features "transgender" child, suggests violence against those who disagree acceptable (Daily Wire)
- A blind squirrel finds a nut: MLB commissioner Rob Manfred defends Braves' name and "The Chop" (The Athletic)
### Health
- Number of new COVID cases continues to plummet (Axios)
- Narrative killer: Cases in Florida reach lowest rate in the nation (Daily Caller)
- Terry McAuliffe keeps inflating coronavirus numbers (Washington Post)
- Unearthed Wuhan lab docs show "bat lady" Shi Zhengli isolating coronavirus strains for "direct human infection" (National Pulse)
### World
- Myanmar military uses systematic torture across country (AP)
- North Korea tells starving citizens to eat less (Washington Examiner)
- Hong Kong passes new film censorship law (BBC)
### Notables
- Jen Psaki bristles when asked if pro-abortion Biden will discuss "human dignity of the unborn" with Pope Francis (National Review)
- "Almost deafening": Lori Lightfoot booed on stage at fundraiser (Daily Wire)
- Plurality want Anthony Fauci expelled (Washington Examiner)
### Closing Arguments
- Policy: Against the billionaire tax (City Journal)
- Policy: Reconnecting Americans to the benefits of work (AEI)
- Humor: Man excited for giant refund after claiming $1 million of "unrealized charitable donations" (Babylon Bee)
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