The White House

The White House is mapping how to govern if Democrats win.

Reuters, Sunday: Miller, Vought and the counsel’s office have been drafting executive actions since April. The photograph is Halloween at the White House, not that briefing.

Alaska

The Justice Department pressed Alaska. More than 49 million have voted.

Reuters, Saturday: the department accelerated its Alaska inquiry on Friday and filed more motions to block certification. The Election Lab count is past 49 million. The photograph is Anchorage on Friday, not the two Sullivans.

Iran

Iran's negotiators spent a third day in Doha.

Reuters, Sunday: a third day of talks with Qatar, aimed at ending the war. The two-day plan to reopen Hormuz is not a deal. The photograph is Tehran on Oct. 26, not Doha.

Ukraine

Russian strikes cut power to hundreds of thousands.

Reuters, Sunday: Zelenskiy said Russia hit power infrastructure in four regions. Moscow’s drone count and Ukraine’s are not one number. The photograph is Poltava on Oct. 31, not those regions.

The budget

The deficit is still about 6 percent. That count is Friday's.

Reuters, Friday in New York: investors see no fix for a deficit around 6 percent of GDP and a $2 trillion gap, whoever wins Tuesday. The photograph is the Capitol on Sept. 28.

Space

Four astronauts splashed down off California.

SpaceX brought Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, and Andrey Fedyaev home on Thursday after eight months. They had gone up in February to replace a crew sent home when a NASA astronaut fell ill.

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The arsenal

Ukraine’s drones still run on Chinese parts.

Magnets, motors, chips, sensors and battery cells still come from China, a dozen makers told the Associated Press. Switching to Western parts could raise the cost by 60 percent and cut production by as much.

Mexico

Trudy is a tropical storm, and the warnings are down.

At 8 a.m. Mountain time the center was about 190 miles west-southwest of Cabo Corrientes, with winds near 60 mph. No coastal watches or warnings were in effect. The National Hurricane Center said it should become post-tropical by early Tuesday.