| Midterms 2018: Voting machines are changing Texas voters’ ballots, state officials admit Posted: 27 Oct 2018 12:51 PM PDT  Voters in Texas are having their selection flipped to an entirely different party by the state's 20-year-old ballot machines, officials have admitted. Republican voters say they have found themselves staring at screens telling them they have selected democrat Beto O'Rourke for the US Senate. Democrats say the same machines have told them they have favoured the Republican Ted Cruz for the same position.
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| Michelle Obama Is Challenging People To Start Voting Squads As Midterms Near Posted: 27 Oct 2018 11:54 AM PDT  Michelle Obama is continuing her efforts to increase voter turnout in the
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| Mattis says Khashoggi killing undermines regional stability Posted: 27 Oct 2018 08:27 AM PDT  Washington Post columnist Khashoggi's murder has escalated into a crisis for the world's top oil exporter. Saudi Arabia's allies have reacted with outrage toward a country that is the lynchpin of a U.S.-backed regional bloc against growing Iranian influence in the Middle East. "With our collective interests in peace and unwavering respect for human rights in mind, the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in a diplomatic facility must concern us all greatly," Mattis told a conference in Bahrain.
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| Despite Donald Trump's warnings the weary migrant caravan of hope marches onwards Posted: 27 Oct 2018 05:55 AM PDT  In Honduras she had run a stall selling pupusas, a local tortilla, but been forced to shut down after being extorted by street gangs. "If you don't pay them they kill you," said the woman, drawing a finger slowly across her throat. "It's like a tax of war, money to bandits, and you can't not pay. "They made me pay 300 lempira a week - $12. To you it does not sound like a lot, but for me it was a lot. I had to close." After shutting her stall three months ago the 35-year-old, who gave her name as Carolina, decided to head north. She had seen Honduran television coverage of the US-bound migrant caravan that was then just forming. She brought her four-year-old daughter and a small bag of clothes. There was no room for toys. The girl caught a fever as they crossed the Mexican border, and cried the whole way as she was pushed in a stroller. "I've been walking so I don't know what Donald Trump is saying at the moment," said Carolina. "I know he doesn't like me. There is nothing I can do about it. But I will keep going until I get to the United States. When I get there I will open a pupusa stall." The migrants, mostly from Honduras, reached the town of Pijijiapan on Thursday where they set up camp with a makeshift assortment of plastic sheets for shade and shelter Credit: James Breeden/Daily Telegraph By Friday, along with around 4,000 other migrants, she had reached the small Mexican town of Pijijiapan. They took over its pretty main square and sheltered from the blistering sun under tarpaulins. Local nuns disinfected and bandaged their blistered feet, treated fungal infections, and doled out bowls of rice at the church. Some migrants said their phones were confiscated at the Mexican border, so they had only heard snippets about Mr Trump vowing not to let them in to America. What they had heard appeared to be having little effect. With the midterm US congressional elections looming on November 6, Mr Trump has pushed the migrant caravan to the top of the political agenda, making it a symbol of his determination to crack down on illegal immigration. It is an issue that resonates with Republican voters, and one that could drive more of them to the polls on election day. Mr Trump is now said to be considering an executive order closing the US-Mexico border to all asylum seekers from Central America. Meanwhile Jim Mattis, the defence secretary, on Friday authorised the deployment of up to 1,000 troops to the border by the end of the month. To those in the Caravan, turnaround, we are not letting people into the United States illegally. Go back to your Country and if you want, apply for citizenship like millions of others are doing!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 25, 2018 The caravan is still more than 1,000 miles from the border, but advancing tens of miles a day. During the rest stop in Pijijiapan local people express sympathy for the migrants. The main square became a makeshift triage centre as charities and residents handed out medicine. A small boy cried as he was treated for a spider bite. One migrant woman said she was too exhausted to talk as she and her five young children lay down on the ground and went to sleep. In side roads near the square groups of young men slept in lines, using backpacks as pillows, or playing cards. "When we get nearer the border I'll go over with a coyote," one said, explaining that he planned to pay a people smuggler to sneak into America, rather than claiming asylum. A man shaves outside in the swaure in Pijijiapan Credit: James Breeden/Daily Telegraph Nearby, under a tree Beatrice Pachego, 33, had parked a pink baby stroller decorated with characters from Frozen. She had used it to push her daughter Marie, four, some 600 miles from Honduras, getting lifts in trucks some of the way. "There is just nothing for us in Honduras," she said, breaking down in tears. "I used to do cleaning and washing in a house. I earned 100 lempira a day - $4. A friend in my village told me about the caravan and we went. "Marie has cried a lot, but she's been very good. It's hardest for her. I tell her we'll have a better life at the end. I'll clean, I'll wash, I'll do whatever I can in America." Asked what welcome she thought they would get, she said: "I don't know. I don't know." At a medical tent run by nuns Alex Escobar, 55, was being treated for bruises he said were inflicted by Mexican border police. "I got robbed three months ago in Honduras," he said, showing a six-inch slash on his arm from a machete. "I saw the caravan on the TV news. I had to go. If I go back to Honduras the street gangs will kill me. The government is doing nothing about the problem." Local nuns disinfected and bandaged their blistered feet, treated fungal infections, and doled out bowls of rice at the church Credit: James Breeden/Daily Telegraph The car mechanic broke down describing how he left his wife and five children behind. "There was a lot of pain. But I told her I will make it to the United States, and I will. They will not stop me. I will send money back. One day my family will join me. I'm good with cars. I can use it to make money." One of the young men travelling alone rejected suspicions that he would commit crimes in America. Cleiber Calderon, 22, who was wearing an old England football shirt, said: "Trump is loud. Very loud. He's wrong. The country I come from, Honduras, is totally corrupt. Our president is a real madman. I just want a better life. I'll work and send money back to my mother". Turbulence in Latin America has contributed to a 50 per cent rise in migration since 2000 Mr Calderon said he earned 1,700 lempira - about $70 a week - in a sugar factory in Honduras. He hoped to reach Virginia, where he had an uncle. He also saw the caravan on the TV news. "I told my mother I was going and she cried, but really she knows it's for the best. What else can I do with my life?" he said. On Friday the caravan seemed to have dwindled partially from its peak estimate of 7,200, but there were still thousands streaming out of Pijijiapan on to the highway north for the next stage. Trucks stopped to pick some up, and groups including Jehova's Witnesses stood with water at the side of the road. On Twitter the message from Mt Trump was clear. The president said he may "play a much tougher hand" in future. "To those in the Caravan, turnaround, we are not letting people into the United States illegally," he said. 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| Suspect in custody in connection with 12 suspicious packages, DOJ says Posted: 27 Oct 2018 01:54 AM PDT  The Justice Department confirms a suspect is in custody in connection with a series of 12 suspicious packages sent to critics of President Trump. Jeff Pegues and Manuel Bojorquez report.
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| 2 dead at Yosemite National Park after apparent fall: Official Posted: 26 Oct 2018 10:45 PM PDT  A man and a woman were found dead after apparently falling from Taft Point in Yosemite National Park, the park said in a statement Thursday.
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| Cesar Sayoc: The mail bomb suspect who drove a van plastered with Trump stickers Posted: 26 Oct 2018 09:38 PM PDT  The man arrested on suspicion of making and sending 12 pipe bombs to opponents of Donald Trump is a registered Republican who drove a van plastered with images of the US president's face, and has a long history of criminal behaviour. Cesar Sayoc, 56, has been arrested at least 10 times, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, once in 2002 for making a bomb threat and most recently in 2015 for a probation violation. Sayoc appears to have a Facebook profile under the name Cesar Altieri Randazzo, featuring videos and photos of him attending multiple rallies for Mr Trump, including at least one rally in Florida. The account has "liked" more than 100 conservative pages, including several anti-Clinton and pro-Trump groups. On Friday night it emerged that Sayoc had threatened to blow up his local electricity company, telling a representative "it would be worse than September 11th" if they ever turned off his electricity. A representative from Florida Power and Light told the Miami police in August 2002 that Sayoc "threatened to blow up" the FP&L building, and threatened the representative. Cesar Altieri Sayoc, who was arrested during an investigation into a series of parcel bombs, is escorted from an FBI facility in Miramar Credit: Reuters He was sentenced to one year probation. Sayoc also used social media to make threats, attacking Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg and sending American Football player Colin Kaepernick a picture of a beheaded goat, saying "see you real soon." Sayoc was born in Brooklyn, New York, and went to high school in North Carolina. He graduated from Brevard College in North Carolina in 1984, according to his LinkedIn profile. The college declined to confirm whether he had attended the school, but Sayoc was on the Brevard College soccer team in 1981 and pictured as part of a Catholic organisation at the school, according to school documents posted online. His LinkedIn profile described him as a veterinary student at High Point University in North Carolina. The school's registrar's office confirmed that Sayoc had applied, but said he was not currently enrolled. The building in Florida that has reportedly been identified as the home of the mother of Cesar Sayoc Credit: AFP Sayoc worked as a stripper in the 1990s and was obsessed with bodybuilding, wrestling and steroids, family members said. One cousin told NBC News he was a "loose cannon" and a "lost soul" who didn't speak to his family and had a problem with steroids. "He's been in the strip clubs since he was 22, that was his life," the cousin said. "He was a male dancer and he wanted to be a wrestler. He was taking steroids. He was all buffed up. He was built like a rock." Tony Valentine, an event promoter in Ohio, said Sayoc was a "big muscle head" who "wanted to be a professional wrestler — that was his dream." "He really couldn't find his niche in life, and I guess he found it now," Valentine told the Washington Examiner. "Back in the nineties, he was running around from Minnesota to the Carolinas to Florida. He was like a gypsy." Cesar Sayoc's van is seen in Boca Raton, Florida, U.S Credit: Reuters In June 1999 he was arrested in North Carolina, on unspecified charges – which were later dropped. Sayoc has lived in Florida, in the Miami region, for most of his adult life, and his criminal record – mainly in Florida - dates back to 1991, with petty larceny and thefts, including from shops. In 1994 a woman named Viola Altieri filed a civil complaint against Sayoc for domestic violence. She later filed a request to dismiss the complaint. In 2004 he was suspected of selling the anabolic steroid testosterone propionate, but charges were dismissed. In August 2002 his records show an arrest by Miami police for a bomb threat, termed as "threat to throw, place, project or discharge any destructive device". In November 2013 he was arrested in Coral Springs, Florida, and subsequently convicted for battery. The AutoZone at 801 S. State Road 7 is seen where Cesar Sayoc, a 56-year-old man from Aventura, Florida was arrested in the possible connection with pipe bombs Credit: Getty He also has multiple notifications for parole violations. In court documents, he said he had worked as a store manager for a year at a small company called Hassanco Investments Inc in Hollywood, Florida, earning less than $12,000 a year. He is a promoter, booking agent and "live entertainment owner," according to his LinkedIn profile, which used his middle name, Altieri, and listed him as the owner of International Gold Productions. He is also registered as a manager at Native American Catering and Vending LLC, and at Ver Tech AG. He is further listed as the president of Proud Native American One Low Price Drycleaning. Cesar Altieri Sayoc is pictured in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. in this April 14, 2004 handout booking photo Credit: Reuters In 2006 he bought a $400,000 (£312,000) house in Fort Lauderdale. The house foreclosed in 2009, and by June 2012 he was declared bankrupt, and gave his address as his mother's home in Aventura, Florida. The bankruptcy was discharged in September of that year. At the time, Sayoc listed a $1,150 tax refund and a 2001 Chevy Tahoe vehicle as his only assets. For the 2016 election he registered as a Republican at the same Aventura address. Sayoc was a client, at the time of his arrest, at Auto Zone in Plantation, Florida.
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| In Praise of Divided Government Posted: 26 Oct 2018 07:33 PM PDT ![In Praise of Divided Government]( "In Praise of Divided Government") Right now, the broad consensus among nonpartisan experts is that in this year's midterm elections, Republicans will hold control of the Senate while the Democrats will win back control of the House of Representatives. If this turns out to be true, we will once again return to divided government. In the past 38 years, one side or the other has had total control of the government for only ten years.
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| A Timeline Of The Week's Mail Bomb Madness Posted: 26 Oct 2018 06:35 PM PDT  On Friday, federal authorities arrested 56-year-old Florida resident Cesar
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| U.S. exit from nuclear arms pact increases risks of war: Gorbachev Posted: 26 Oct 2018 03:02 PM PDT  President Donald Trump has said Washington plans to quit the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty which Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan signed in 1987. The pact eliminated all short- and intermediate-range land-based nuclear and conventional missiles held by both countries in Europe. Gorbachev, in a column for the New York Times newspaper, said the U.S. move was "a dire threat to peace" that he still hoped might be reversed through negotiations.
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