Divided Argument is in its sixth season! Our first episode of the term focuses, of course, on the latest developments on the shadow docket. These include several grants of interim relief to the Trump administration, as well as some dissents from the denial of certiorari. But first, an update on Dan's travel schedule and ChatGPT usage, and an important correction to our previous episode.
Start Here - The Shutdown’s Scariest Weekend Yet
With SNAP cuts looming this weekend, Americans are also getting health insurance sticker shock. President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping strike a temporary deal on some contentious trade topics. And Trump orders a restart of nuclear testing programs.
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The Daily Signal - Gov. Pritzker Warns Kids About ICE on Halloween, Calls to Impeach James Boasberg | Oct. 31, 2025
On today’s Top News in 10, we cover:
- Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker warns that ICE is the most dangerous threat to children on the Streets of Chicago this Halloween.
- Republican officials call for the impeachment of D.C. District Court judge James Boasberg.
- President Trump negotiates with China’s Xi. Our Senior News Producer Virginia Allen joins us for more details!
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Pumpkins
Pumpkins are a staple of the autumn season, used in events like Halloween and Thanksgiving as symbols of the holidays and in various culinary dishes.
Pumpkins, which are technically a fruit, not a vegetable, are one of the oldest domesticated plants in the world and have been used for centuries in various ways.
Today, it is the basis for pumpkin spice, which can be found in almost everything.
Learn about pumpkins and why the fruit has become such a symbol on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail 10.31.25
Alabama
- AL Republicans says facts will prevail in CO lawsuit over decision to move US Space Command to Huntsville
- Sen. Tuberville says corrupt marxist judges and leaders will destroy US cities
- API releases in depth report on Alabama Education Association ties to NEA
- Donald Watkins Jr. withdraws from consideration for Montgomery position
- Two state lawmakers are appointed as vice chairman to senate committees
- Birmingham allocates $1M in emergency food relief when SNAP funding ends
National
- President Trump makes deal with South Korea over gas, oil and shipbuilding
- Trump meets with Chinese president and both agree to trade truce for 1 year
- FBI director fires lead agent in Arctic Frost operation led by Jack Smith
- FBI director reportedly had tense meeting with Joe Kent of counterterrorism center over docs that Kent got re: Charlie Kirk assassination
- HHS secretary considering the breakup of the MMR vaccine for children
NBN Book of the Day - Pablo Meninato and Gregory Marinic, “Urban Labyrinths: Informal Settlements, Architecture, and Social Change in Latin America” (Routledge, 2025)
Urban Labyrinths: Informal Settlements, Architecture, and Social Change in Latin America examines intervention initiatives in informal settlements in Latin American cities as social, spatial, architectural, and cultural processes.
From the mid-20th century to the present, Latin America and other regions in the Global South have experienced a remarkable demographic trend, with millions of people moving from rural areas to cities in search of work, healthcare, and education. Without other options, these migrants have created self-built settlements mostly located on the periphery of large metropolitan areas. While the initial reaction of governments was to eliminate these communities, since the 1990s, several Latin American cities began to advance new urban intervention approaches for improving quality of life. This book examines informal settlement interventions in five Latin American cities: Rio de Janeiro, Medellín, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, and Tijuana. It explores the Favela-Bairro Program in Rio de Janeiro during the 1990s which sought to improve living conditions and infrastructure in favelas. It investigates projects propelled by Social Urbanism in Medellín at the beginning of the 2000s, aimed at revitalizing marginalized areas by creating a public transportation network, constructing civic buildings, and creating public spaces. Furthermore, the book examines the long-term initiatives led by SEHAB in São Paulo, which simultaneously addresses favela upgrading works, water pollution remediation strategies, and environmental stewardship. It discusses current intervention initiatives being developed in informal settlements in Buenos Aires and Tijuana, exploring the urban design strategies that address complex challenges faced by these communities. Taken together, the Latin American architects, planners, landscape architects, researchers, and stakeholders involved in these projects confirm that urbanism, architecture, and landscape design can produce positive urban and social transformations for the most underprivileged.
This book will be of interest to students, researchers, and professionals in planning, urbanism, architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, urban geography, public policy, as well as other spatial design disciplines.
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What A Day - Will Trump’s Trade Truce With China Last?
President Donald Trump announced a trade truce with Chinese President Xi Jinping after a 90-minute meeting in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday. But what actually came out of the truce seems… less than meets the eye. According to Axios, Trump reduced tariffs against China in exchange for promises from the Chinese president to buy American soybeans and oil. However, the deal appears to be largely temporary, with few actual binding details that would make it any different from those made during Trump’s first term in office or even earlier this year. So for more details on the trade truce and Trump’s Asia trip, I spoke to Evan Madeiros. He’s the Penner Family Chair in Asia studies at Georgetown University with a focus on East Asia and US-China relations.
And in headlines, Immigration and Customs Enforcement refuses to cease operations during Halloween festivities in Chicago, the Trump administration restricts the amount of refugees it will allow into the US every year, and Trump administration officials held a classified briefing on the president’s escalating boat-strike campaign – but only invited Republicans.
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The NewsWorthy - 'End the Shutdown', Lowest Refugee Cap & Skeletons Save Lives – Friday, October 31, 2025
The news to know for Friday, October 31, 2025!
We'll tell you about the unprecedented step President Trump is calling for to end the government shutdown, just as benefits for millions of Americans are about to run dry.
Also, how thousands of U.S. troops are being trained for more missions in American cities.
And the lowest-ever limits on refugees coming to the U.S.
Plus: a member of the British royal family is getting evicted, a top music label is turning a legal battle into a business deal, and we have a roundup of the most popular Halloween costumes of 2025.
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Pod Save America - Noem Won’t Rule Out Tear-Gassing Trick-or-Treaters
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker asks the Department of Homeland Security to suspend ICE operations — including the use of tear-gas — during Halloween to protect trick-or-treaters, but Secretary Kristi Noem insists operations will continue. President Trump concludes his tour of Asia with a new trade deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping that gives China access to powerful AI computer chips. Jon and Dan discuss those developments and the latest news, including Trump's continued threat to deploy troops to American cities, the President's explosive announcement that the U.S. will resume nuclear weapons testing, and a new report that may help Democrats win back Congress and the White House. Then, Tommy checks in with Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City, to talk about his campaign's sprint to the finish line and the GOP's attempts to make him the face of the Democratic Party.
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Opening Arguments - COURTHOUSE OF HORROR
OA1203 - Happy Halloween! We take shelter from a year of ghoulish legal news in the COURTHOUSE OF HORROR, a cabinet of macabre legal curiosities including:
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“SO I TRADEMARKED AN AXE MURDERER”: The historic Lizzie Borden House takes a whack at a nearby coffee shop
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“THE BONE DETECTOR”: Recent patent bar survivor Jenessa Seymour brings us the unbelievable story of the spookiest--and silliest!--lie detector ever registered by the US Patent & Trademark Office
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“ATTACK OF THE TORTIOUS CLOWNS”: Can you sue a haunted house for your fright-related injuries?
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“THE GREENBRIER GHOST”: The bizarre tale of how a victim’s testimony from beyond the grave helped to convict her killer in an 1896 West Virginia murder trial
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“CANDYMAN 5: SUMMARY JUDGMENT”: In a tasty conclusion to last year’s Halloween footnote on consumers disappointed with the spookiness of their seasonal treats, a Florida federal judge finds as a matter of law that there is no wrong way to make a Reese’s.
Finally, we close on a serious note with Jenessa’s guide to how every registered voter can do their part next week to change the plot of our ongoing American horror story.
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Order in Ghost Adventures LLC v. Miss Lizzie’s Coffee, LLC, No. 23-2000 (1st
Cir.)(Selya, J.)(11/15/2024)
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“Federal Judge Known for Polysyllabic Prose Dies at 90,” Trip Gabriel, The New York Times, (3/21/2025)
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“Would You Confess Your Criminal Misdeeds to This Skeleton?,” Cara Giaimo, Atlas Obscura (5/16/2017)
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“Apparatus for Obtaining Criminal Confessions and Photographically Recording Them,” Patent #1749090, H.A. Shelby (filed 8/10/1927)
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“The Greenbrier Ghost Reexamined,” Greenbrier Historical Society, Arabeth Balseko (1/20/2022)
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Summary judgment order in Munoz v. Six Flags St. Louis LLC (10/12/2022)(Wallach, J.)
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Order granting motion to dismiss in Vidal et al v. The Hershey Company, FLSD No. 24-60831 (9/19/2025)(Damian, J.)
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“Your Cheat Sheet To The 2025 General Elections,” Daniel Nichanian, Bolts (10/1/2025)
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