- Over 1,000 people protested in downtown Toronto over the Canada Investment Summit. The Carney government says this is intended to secure a trillion dollars worth of investment in Canada, but protesters fear a selloff of national resources and a loss of sovereignty. There are also concerns that many of those investments will involve fossil fuels and/or AI. NDP leader Avi Lewis accuses Carney of "selling Canadian assets to the captains of Wall Street".
- The US Supreme Court has rejected the Trump regime's plans to restrict mail-in voting for the midterms. The court ruled that it would be "arbitrary and capricious" to impose the rules now; Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito had dissenting opinions.
- Some Republicans in Congress are actually pushing back against the regime over its seemingly reckless pursuit of AI with no safeguards.This follows warnings about the hazards of AI from people in the industry and reports of experimental AI systems hacking into other systems. Recent polling suggests that the vast majority of Republican as well as Democratic voters want curbs on AI; while this has motivated members of Congress to pay attention, they are apparently divided on how to proceed, with some fearing that too much intervention will simply allow other countries (such as China) to dominate the industry.
- US rapper Macklemore was dropped as a supporting act for English musician Ed Sheeran's tour of the Americas following pro-Palestinian comments he made on stage at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The decision was apparently made by the promoter, Messina Touring Group, apparently following pressure from venue owners including Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots. The Patriots' home field, Gillette Stadium, is one of the venues where Sheeran is scheduled to perform; since then, however, four other supporting acts have pulled out of the tour in protest.
- Tom Tate, the mayor of Gold Coast, Queensland, had claimed to have attended a dinner with Donald and Melania Trump during a visit to the US earlier this year, but the ABC found inconsistencies in his story, and he stormed out of a press conference after swearing at a reporter when confronted with said inconsistencies. While having dinner with the Mango Mussolini would be enough reason to write Tate off, to falsely claim to have done so moves him is not only deplorable but pathetic.
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