Dalton manned the controls as he stepped in for Jim Schneider on this edition of the “Round-Up.”  Here's a selection of stories he looked at from the past week:

--Republicans lost every major contest in Tuesday night's election as it was a “clean sweep” for Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey while Zohran Mamdani became the next mayor of New York City.

--California voters approve Proposition 50, allowing the state to circumvent the independent redistricting process. 

--Senate Majority Leader John Thune expects Republicans to be laser-focused on affordability issues ahead of the 2026 mid-term elections.  

--The election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York is not necessarily bad news if you're a real estate agent in states like Florida, as interest in new homes in that state is already exploding due to his election win.

--In the Senate, bipartisan negotiations to reopen the government appear to be making limited progress.

--A federal judge in Rhode Island says that the Trump administration must fully cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November.

--More than 1,000 flights across the nation were canceled as the Federal Aviation Administration and airlines looked to deal with staffing shortages exacerbated by the ongoing shutdown.  

--According to a new report, American military planners have drawn up a list of targets to be attacked in Venezuela as soon as the president gives the order.

--Russia wants to provide hypersonic missiles to Venezuela amid their frayed relations with the U.S.