Today’s Both Sides

Midterms in 16 days: Democrats lead House, GOP defends five Senate toss-ups

Forecasters see the House as likely to flip to Democrats on Nov. 3, while Senate control hinges on five Republican-held toss-ups. Inflation at 3.7% and gas prices up 34% in a year are weighing on Republicans, who…

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Quick hits

• Technology Anthropic says its AI agents now log six times its staff's hours — An internal Anthropic study says employee-directed AI agents worked six times as many hours as its staff by August, as junior technical hires fell from 27% to 9% of technical hiring. The company says output per…
• Entertainment Tarantino says he has written a script for his 10th film — Quentin Tarantino told The Graham Norton Show he has finished a script he "really likes" for his planned 10th and final film, but won't move on it until his London play closes and he spends time with his family.
• US News How the Strategic Petroleum Reserve works and when it is used — The Strategic Petroleum Reserve stores crude oil for severe supply disruptions. Here is how it works, who can release it, and what a release can and cannot do.
• World France counts riot damage: 1,800 arrests, 1,500 shops hit, town hall burned — France's interior minister says more than 1,800 people were arrested and over 500 police, gendarmes and firefighters hurt in Saturday's cost-of-living protests. Retailers put losses at several hundred million euros,…
• World Pope Leo XIV leads Angelus after surgery, plans gradual return — Pope Leo XIV, back at the Vatican after lung cancer surgery, thanked the faithful from his window over St. Peter's Square on Sunday and said he would gradually resume his duties. His surgeon says there's no clinical…

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