Israel exit polls show no clear winner, Supreme Court immigration order, Trump in Texas
Israel's election has no clear winner in exit polls, the Supreme Court won't restore deportation-case pauses, Trump rallies in Texas for Ken Paxton, the Nasdaq rises 1.2% ahead of the Fed's decision, and actor Susan Saint James dies at 80.
Exit polls after Israel's national election on Tuesday suggest neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc nor the opposition alliance led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot reached the 61 seats needed for a majority in the 120-seat Knesset. Exit polls can be wrong and final results may differ. Turnout was the highest in decades, according to the Central Elections Committee. Without a majority, weeks of coalition talks or another election are possible.
Netanyahu saysBefore the exit polls, Netanyahu called it "a very moving and fateful moment" and warned of heavy turnout for Arab parties. Supporters see him as a steady wartime leader.
Eisenkot saysEisenkot urged voters to replace "the worst government Israel has known" and to ignore what he called Netanyahu's "scare tactics." Critics cite Netanyahu's corruption trial and his handling of the Gaza war.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to reinstate immigration judges' power to temporarily pause some deportation cases, a practice called administrative closure. The one-sentence order, with no public dissent, denied an emergency request from Baltimore, Columbus, Ohio, New Haven, Connecticut, and the group Centro Legal de la Raza. It leaves in place an agreement between Texas and the Trump administration that blocked a 2024 Biden-era rule. Reuters reports the practice has been used in hundreds of thousands of cases.
Texas and the administration sayThe practice let immigrants without legal status stay indefinitely; Texas argued it let judges "effectively grant indefinite amnesty." The Justice Department said the cities lacked standing.
The cities and advocates sayThe rule helped crime victims and neglected juveniles, and the administration used "manufactured litigation" with Texas to scrap it without public rulemaking.
President Trump held events in Corpus Christi and Lubbock on Tuesday to back Republican Ken Paxton in Texas' U.S. Senate race against Democrat James Talarico, one week before the Nov. 3 midterms. Polls show a close race; the RealClearPolitics average shows a dead heat, according to USA Today. Talarico also campaigned in Lubbock. Texas has not elected a Democrat statewide in 32 years, AP reports.
Trump and Republicans sayTrump said Paxton would "do very well" and that Talarico "should be losing by a lot" given his positions.
Talarico and Democrats sayTalarico has highlighted Paxton's ethical and legal problems, and says he supports the Second Amendment and an "all of the above" energy strategy.
The Nasdaq rose about 1.2% and the S&P 500 gained 0.6% on Tuesday as chip and AI stocks rallied for a second day, helped by enthusiasm over Anthropic's IPO filing. The Dow was about flat. The Federal Reserve began a two-day meeting, with a rate decision due Wednesday that most investors expect to hold rates steady. SoFi jumped about 13% after strong results.
Emmy-winning actor Susan Saint James, known for 'McMillan & Wife' opposite Rock Hudson and 'Kate & Allie' with Jane Curtin, died Monday at 80 after a cancer diagnosis, her family's representative told People. She won an Emmy for 'The Name of the Game.' She was married to NBC executive Dick Ebersol.
