Day: October 29, 2025

Vice President JD Vance takes a question on legal vs. illegal immigration at a Turning Point USA event.

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Microsoft’s massive AI spending draws investor concerns as cloud business booms  reut.rs/47gCsQr  reut.rs/47gCsQr

— Reuters (@Reuters) Oct 30, 2025

NEW: The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire monitoring committee has agreed to meet more frequently, likely to encourage greater dialogue between Israel and Lebanon. The ceasefire monitoring committee may seek to increase dialogue between Israel and Lebanon to resolve ongoing disagreements between the two countries over the US and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) plans to disarm Hezbollah.

Other Key Takeaways:

Hezbollah is continuing to try to smuggle weapons from Syria into Lebanon amid international discussions about Hezbollah’s disarmament. Senior Israeli officials told Israeli media on October 27 that Hezbollah has managed to smuggle “hundreds” of rockets from Syria into Lebanon in recent months.

Popular Mobilization Forces units, including the Asaib Ahl al Haq-affiliated 50th Brigade, are reportedly attempting to deter Sunnis in Sunni-majority areas of Ninewa Province from voting in the Iraqi parliamentary elections on November 11, 2025. CTP-ISW has also observed four instances of political violence since October 14.

— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) Oct 30, 2025

In  @nytopinion

“We Americans may have lost not just a trade war but a chunk of our global credibility and influence for years to come, in ways that would be seen globally as a harbinger of American decline,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes.  nyti.ms/4qv06QR

— The New York Times (@nytimes) Oct 30, 2025

US pending home sales flat in September; job market worries likely dissuading buyers  reut.rs/4oEZPZB  reut.rs/4oEZPZB

— Reuters (@Reuters) Oct 30, 2025