New York Attorney General Letitia James warned on Tuesday during early voting that armed federal agents including ICE, CBP and FBI agents and troops are not allowed at polling places under state and federal law, and urged voters to report intimidation to her Election Protection Hotline. She said Justice Department election monitors may still come to New York, but they may not demand identification, challenge voters or interfere with poll workers. profilopolitics.com/article/…

Finland's President Alexander Stubb and Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre initiated a joint call to Vladimir Putin from Helsinki on Tuesday that ran about 90 minutes instead of the scheduled 20, pressing him to end the Ukraine war and demanding an end to Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure. They briefed President Zelenskiy straight afterwards, the Kremlin said peace requires Russia's interests to be fully taken into account, and all three leaders agreed to stay in direct telephone contact ahead of technical-level meetings in Abu Dhabi in early November. profilopolitics.com/article/…

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the Gas Exporting Countries Forum summit in Moscow on Tuesday that Iran's gas production capacity has reached 300 billion cubic metres despite years of sanctions, keeping Iran the world's third-largest gas producer. He called for closer strategic and technical cooperation, joint investment and gas trade among member states, and said Iran is ready to play a more active role in global energy security. profilopolitics.com/article/…

President Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Tuesday that he will accept next week's midterm results only if the elections are honest, and that if Democrats win Congress he will govern with a strong veto until deals are struck. He made the remarks before flying to Texas for a final-week campaign push, one week before Election Day on November 3. profilopolitics.com/article/…

China's AI and chip stocks crashed again on Tuesday as Shanghai's STAR50 fell 4.81 percent to 1,252.28, extending a 40 percent collapse in under four months that has wiped out about $480 billion, while the blue-chip CSI 300 fell 1.32 percent and investors say the speculative bubble is bursting. profilopolitics.com/article/…

A 53-page staff report released on Monday by House Judiciary Democrats says former Miss Switzerland contestant Beatrice Keul now alleges Donald Trump raped her at New York's Plaza Hotel in November 1993 during a pageant tied to Trump — an unproven claim, with no charge, that the White House denies in full, saying: 'None of these allegations are true.' profilopolitics.com/article/…

Federal agents searched a Beverly Hills mansion on Tuesday morning in the investigation into former Rep. Eric Swalwell — a home believed to belong to his donor Stephen Cloobeck — while Swalwell was not arrested or detained, following the August seizure of his iPhone and MacBook Pro at San Francisco airport and a search of his Washington home. profilopolitics.com/article/…

Left-wing streamer Hasan Piker called Republicans 'terrorists' at a Minnesota campaign event on Monday night that he co-hosted with Rep. Ilhan Omar, who called the Republican Party the 'pedophile protection party' — drawing condemnation from Omar's Republican challenger John Nagel, who cited Piker's past 'America deserved 9/11' remarks. profilopolitics.com/article/…

Senator Jeanne Shaheen is leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers who warned the chief executives of JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley and major port authorities that helping bring Russian diesel into the U.S. could bring criminal and civil liability under the 2022 ban on Russian energy imports, demanding they preserve all related records and confirm in writing by Wednesday, October 28. profilopolitics.com/article/…