Some headlines that caught our eye.

Was Biden’s Presidency Null And Void Because Of Auto Pen?

Comer unleashes on Biden, demands DOJ probe of autopen use in scathing new report — Fox News

GOP-led Oversight Committee says Biden pardons signed by autopen are ‘void’ in final report — CNN

Top Biden Aide ADMITS He Was Financially Incentivized to Cover Up Biden’s Mental Decline — WLTR Report

Down To The Wire In New York: Is Mamdani Faltering?

One in four New Yorkers ready to flee socialist NYC: Poll — MxM News

Cuomo narrows gap with Mamdani in latest poll out a week before Election Day — NBC New York

Zohran Mamdani’s Fatal Flaw Revealed — and It’s Not Communism, Socialism or Radical Islam — PJ Media

Mamdani says NYPD boots ‘on your neck’ were ‘laced by the IDF’ in vile video — NY Post

Stewart Gushes Over Mamdani In Pre-Election Puff Segment — MRC Newsbusters, and Instapundit roundup

Dems Losing Ground; Shutdown Just Latest Issue

Democrats’ Resolve Wearing Thin as Major Union Calls on Them to Pass GOP Stopgap — PJ Media

Schumer again blocks GOP bid to reopen government as air traffic controllers go unpaid — Fox News

Republicans Gain As Dems Keep Gov’t Shut — Laura Ingraham on X, citing CNN

Why The Shutdown? Massive Lobbying Dollars Aid Health Care Insurers in Protecting Their Obamacare Jackpot — Washington Stand

BONUS: Left-wing ideas have wrecked Democrats’ brand, new report warns — Semafor

In Argentina, A Big Election Win For Milei And Free Markets . . .

Argentina: Midterm Election Victory Allows Milei’s Economic Reforms to Proceed — Washington Stand

Argentina’s voters give socialism the heave-ho — American Thinker

Milei and the election — Marginal Revolution

. . . While Socialist Venezuela Turns Into A Failed Narco State

How Venezuelan Regime Is Supporting Radical, Left-Wing Groups in US — Daily Signal

Venezuela’s Maduro Alleges Multiple CIA Plots, But Refuses to Reveal ‘Any Evidence’ — Breitbart

In Venezuela, Hugo Chavez’s ‘Miracle’ Turns To Dreck — Instapundit, via Salon and 60 Minutes

Venezuela Opposition Leader Builds Ties To Trump — Jerusalem Post

U.S. preps for possible expansion from anti-smuggling boat strikes to targets in Venezuela — Washington Examiner

Andrew Jackson’s Precedent for Trump’s Strikes on Drug Traffickers — Front Page Magazine

Is The EU Doomed?

Europe’s Financial Suicide — American Thinker

Europe’s Suicide Pact: Debt, War Economy, And The Climate Cult — Zero Hedge

Germany is bleeding out — American Thinker

Economist Art Laffer Tries To Save Britain — via Committee To Unleash Prosperity

Russia: Stalemate In Ukraine, Losing The War At Home

Putin fears another coup as Russia finally begins to buckle — The Telegraph

After the Purges and the Wars: Why Russia Keeps Running Out of Tomorrow — PJ Media

Russia faces a shrinking and aging population and tries restrictive laws to combat it — AP

As Putin Digs In, a Long — and Different — War With Ukraine Looms — Wall Street Journal, via Archive.today

Immigration Enforcement Kicks Into High Gear With ICE Shake Up

ICE Undergoes Power Shift as Officials Work to Increase Illegal Alien Deportations — Breitbart

1.6 Million People in the US Illegally Self-Deported — American Greatness

‘Record-Breaking Statistics:’ Over Half a Million Illegal Aliens Deported Since Trump Took Office — Breitbart

Nearly Half Of State AGs Ask SCOTUS To End ‘Birthright Citizenship’ — The Federalist

Miscellaneous News, But Still Important . . .

Trump, Japanese PM Sign Critical Minerals, Rare Earths Deal — The Epoch Times

Israel carries out airstrikes in Gaza after Hamas attack on Rafah — NBC News

Can Populist Moderates Reshape Democrats? — Washington Monthly, via Real Clear Politics

Hurricane Melissa: Category 5, Worst Ever, Says National Hurricane Center — National Hurricane Center

The Universe “Will End in a Big Crunch,” Physicists Warn — SciTech Daily