News in :90 – Oct. 31, 2022

Brazilians have delivered a tight victory to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a bitter presidential election, giving the leftist former president another shot at power in a rejection of Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right politics. Bolsonaro’s campaign had made repeated unproven claims of possible electoral manipulation before the vote, raising fears that, if he lost, he would not accept defeat.

The national reckoning on race and policing that followed the death of George Floyd — with a Minneapolis police officer’s knee on his windpipe has spurred a torrent of state laws aimed at fixing the police. And while governors in all but five states signed police reform laws, many gave police more protections, as well. More than a dozen states only passed laws aimed at tightening police oversight broadening police accountability; five states only passed new police protections.

Donald Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, is on trial this week for criminal tax fraud — on the hook for what prosecutors say was a 15-year scheme by top officials to hide the plums and avoid paying taxes. Opening statements and the first witnesses are expected to begin today in New York.

Dylan Thomas contributed to this report.