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Trump administration staffers hosted a Halloween party this week in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building that included a reimagined Mount Rushmore with President Donald Trump’s face and that of numerous Cabinet members, according to two people familiar with the matter and a photo reviewed by The Washington Post.
The display was accompanied by a sign that read “Mount Trumpmore National Memorial” — mocked up to look like an official National Park Service sign, a photo shows, one of numerous partisan decorations that decked the space.
Some young Trump staffers also dressed up in National Park Service uniforms to accompany the display, according to the two people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Another display at the party featured a graveyard — with one gravestone that read “DEI,” standing for the diversity, equity and inclusion policies that Trump has sought to end across the government, one of the people said.
The Eisenhower building, which is next-door to the White House, typically hosts staffers and their children for Halloween, often with displays and stations for them to go around and collect candy. The decor is generally not so partisan, the people said.
An additional display titled “Sleepy Joe Hallow” appeared to mock former president Joe Biden, who Trump has called “Sleepy Joe.”
Other displays, posted on X by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller’s wife Katie Miller, include one that read “Most Wanted: The Joe Biden Autopen,” referencing the former president’s use of the mechanical device that replicates his signature, and a faux McDonald’s.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Trick or Treating at White House Halloween pic.twitter.com/WK4e4VrIkp
— Katie Miller (@KatieMiller) October 27, 2026
Tuesday’s party at the Eisenhower building was separate from a Halloween celebration held at the White House on Thursday, which included a low-altitude flyover by the president’s plane that scared some observers.
Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Michigan) reiterated her criticism of Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in a lengthy statement on Friday that rehashes the Democratic rivals’ fierce divisions on Israel ahead of Election Day.
Stevens, who narrowly lost the primary to El-Sayed in August, appeared to downplay the significance of her agreeing to appear at a Black church with El-Sayed and Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-South Carolina) in Detroit on Sunday. She said Clyburn asked her to attend, and she was “honored” to go to church with him.
She said she only agreed to appear alongside El-Sayed because she believes he plans to condemn an outside group’s ad that is critical of Israel. El-Sayed previously distanced himself from the ad, which was created by Rebellion PAC, not his campaign, and features grocery shoppers complaining that prices are high due to U.S. support for Israel.
Stevens wrote that “emissaries” within the Democratic party have informed her that El-Sayed has “heard the deep concerns of the Jewish community and is now, for the first time in this campaign, formally condemning that ad for what it is.” Stevens urged the media to press El-Sayed for a condemnation, and also said she expects El-Sayed to apologize for his own rhetoric that she said has linked U.S. military support for Israel to higher prices in the United States.
“A disclaimer is not a condemnation, and everyone in my community knows the difference,” Stevens wrote.
Stevens also said she expects El-Sayed to take down an ad in which he quotes right wing pundit Tucker Carlson criticizing Republican candidate Mike Rogers.
The joint appearance was announced after Stevens’s fiancé said he would vote for Rogers in the Senate race earlier this week, criticizing El-Sayed’s stance on Israel as posing dangers for American Jews.
An El-Sayed spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Most Americans will set their clocks back one hour on Sunday to standard time, ending daylight saving time and giving you more early-morning sunlight — which is important for your body’s internal clock.
Even so, sleep experts say the time shift can disrupt your sleep cycle.
Although the fall time change tends to be less disruptive than the spring, it can take a while for your body to adjust, meaning you may wake up earlier than intended, feel less alert during the day and more tired in the evening.
To help combat that, try to get 15-20 minutes of early-morning sunlight every day.
“Morning light is the most important factor when it comes to regulation of our biological clock and our circadian rhythm,” said Taruj Ali, medical director of sleep medicine at Mary Washington Healthcare.
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As the midterm campaign cycle wraps up, polls released this week came with a caution for Democrats against celebrating before Election Day.
Details on the surveys’ methodology, sample sizes and margins of error can be found in the links below.
Canary in the poll mine
In reliably red South Carolina, Sen. Darline Graham (R) is roughly tied with Annie Andrews (D), while Michelle Tafoya (R) is 14 percentage points behind Peggy Flanagan (D) in the competitive Minnesota Senate race, according to a New York Times/Siena poll of likely voters.
Nate Cohn, chief political analyst for the New York Times, warned that polls may be underestimating Republican strength because callers are struggling to reach White, working-class voters. (We ran into similar problems polling the Senate race in Kansas.)
“We may look back and say this was the canary in the coal mine,” Cohn wrote.
Trump’s 2024 coalition falling apart
The multiracial, working-class coalition that helped propel President Donald Trump to victory in 2024 shows signs of breaking, according to a CNN/SRSS poll of likely voters in four key Senate races.
In Texas, Senate candidate James Talarico (D) has the support of 63 percent of Latino likely voters in the state and 64 percent among likely voters of color generally. This includes 22 percent of voters of color who say they voted for Trump in 2024.
Amazon said Thursday that groceries and household essentials accounted for about half of unit sales in the third quarter of this year, marking another striking run of growth in that part of the business for the e-commerce retailer.
The company also said that monthly grocery orders from Amazon Prime members more than tripled over the past year.
Amazon previously said it is the second-largest grocer in the United States. The details of its growing business in perishable foods, announced during a third-quarter earnings call Thursday, comes after DoorDash announced it agree to buy competitor Instacart.
Executives on the call said that customers who used Amazon for perishable groceries were also far more likely to order its Everyday Essentials — household staples such as paper towels, dish detergent and snacks.
Amazon Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.
Israeli election authorities released a final vote tally early Friday local time, setting the stage for backroom negotiations between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc, the main opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot and the Arab parties as they vie to form a government.
The turnout was 77.9 percent — the highest in decades — with 5,690,685 valid votes, according to Israel’s Central Elections Committee (CEC).
The completed count comes amid accusations from Netanyahu’s Likud party that Qatar illegally interfered in the elections to bolster the Arab parties, which drew on unprecedented voter turnout from Israel’s Arab minority to increase their seat count from 10 to 19.
Qatar denies the allegations, and the acting director of the CEC said there was no basis to the claims.
The tally confirms the outcome from Tuesday’s election: Netanyahu’s bloc is set to hold 53 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, with former military chief Eisenkot’s opposition bloc holding 48. But to reach a governing coalition, the two blocs must either cooperate with Arab parties or peel seats away from the opposing camp.
The official tally is to be presented to Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday.
The president then asks each party leader for their recommendation on who will form the next Israeli government.
Election officials in at least one Florida county are urging in-person voting amid reports of mail-in ballot delays.
Broward County Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott said delays are affecting both ballots sent to voters and returned to his office. Scott’s son in Orlando waited 12 days for a ballot, according to WLRN. It’s unclear how many Broward voters are affected.
“We’ve seen where people, even locally in Broward County, have mailed a ballot and it’s taken up to two weeks for that ballot to get here, which is totally unacceptable,” Scott told WSVN 7News.
In Monroe County, home to Key West, election officials said about 100 voters reported delays. Supervisor of Elections Sherri Hodies said some ballots mailed in from other states in early October reached Miami on Oct. 24 and Key West two days later, Hodies said.
In a statement, the U.S. Postal Service reported no delays at its facilities serving either county. It said it could not investigate further without reviewing individual pieces of mail and that local postal managers have contacted election officials.
In Florida, domestic ballots must reach election officials by 7 p.m. Tuesday, regardless of postmark.
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