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Gavin Newsom signs bill to return seized beachfront land to Black couple’s descendants  Fox News California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law returning beachfront land stripped from Black family  Yahoo News California moves to return prime beachfront property seized from Black couple  OregonLive Newsom

For weeks, progressive lawmakers in Congress have been threatening to sink the bipartisan infrastructure bill if they were not given certain guarantees about a larger social spending bill. And for weeks, many of their colleagues thought they were bluffing. They

California returns land to descendants of original Black owners | TheHill  The Hill Bruce’s Beach can return to descendants of Black family in landmark move signed by Newsom  Yahoo News New California law returns ownership of Bruce’s Beach | WNT  ABC News Op-Ed:

Australia will start to reopen its international border from November, allowing fully vaccinated travellers into the country.

Court orders Irmgard Furchner be held pending resumption of trial on October 19 after she left her retirement home near Hamburg and took cab to a subway station, instead of hearing

A liberal revolt left Democrats short of votes, but leaders insisted they would bring up the measure again on Friday, giving them more time to reach a deal on a separate climate and safety net bill.

Manchin Deepens Democrats’ Impasse on Biden Agenda  The New York Times Government shutdown and Infrastructure bill vote in Congress: Live updates  CNN House aligns with Senate and votes to avoid government shutdown with short-term funding bill  Fox Business The trainwreck of Sen. Kyrsten

Detroit-area representative sets himself apart from father, uncle who proceeded him in Congress by taking more progressive stances on Israel and making it a front-and-center issue

WASHINGTON — With only hours to spare, President Joe Biden on Thursday evening signed legislation to avoid a partial federal shutdown and keep the government funded through Dec. 3. Congress had passed the bill earlier Thursday. The back-to-back votes by

House Democrats Delay Vote On $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill  NPR Government shutdown and Infrastructure bill vote in Congress: Live updates  CNN House aligns with Senate and votes to avoid government shutdown with short-term funding bill  Fox Business The trainwreck of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema