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The Los Angeles City Council approved a 10-5 vote to refer a ballot measure allowing certain legal noncitizens to participate in municipal elections. The measure, limited to residents with legal status such as DACA recipients, green card holders, and temporary protected status holders, will appear before voters on November 3. Sources confirm the proposal excludes federal elections while remaining silent on several implementation and legal details.

President Trump nominated Jay Clayton, currently U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to serve as director of national intelligence. Sen. Tom Cotton stated the Senate Intelligence Committee will proceed with the confirmation hearing unless the nomination is withdrawn. Multiple details regarding the timing and conditions of the hearing remain unverified.

MP Rupert Lowe released the Rape Gang Report on Tuesday, claiming at least 250,000 British girls were abused by Pakistani grooming gangs in 149 local authority districts. The document, produced outside official channels, has drawn coverage primarily from RT and the Daily Signal.

Alabama and D.C. both closed polls at 8 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, with Alabama reporting most results within an hour while D.C. began counting later. D.C. used ranked-choice voting for the first time in local races. Early Wednesday counts showed Janeese Lewis George leading the D.C. mayoral primary and Robert White Jr. winning the delegate primary.