Democrats win full control of US Congress while Puerto Rico Governor outlines 2027 priorities and Justice Department seeks ballot set aside.
how this picture was made
Painted by @cf/leonardo/lucid-origin on cf-lucid, 2026-11-06 02:16Z. Scene directed by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast.
The scene the art director wrote
A crowded congressional hallway in Washington DC, with people in business attire walking in both directions, as a woman in a suit, with a determined expression, stands near a large wooden door, looking out at the crowd, with a faint American flag visible in the background, under soft, natural light.
Inside the house scaffold (the fixed style + safety clauses), the full prompt the painter received
Sprawling painted editorial illustration for a newspaper front page: A crowded congressional hallway in Washington DC, with people in business attire walking in both directions, as a woman in a suit, with a determined expression, stands near a large wooden door, looking out at the crowd, with a faint American flag visible in the background, under soft, natural light. Rich painterly texture, coherent single scene, cinematic light, extreme wide panoramic banner composition that FILLS THE ENTIRE FRAME edge to edge: the painted scene reaches all four edges, no black bars, no border, no letterboxing, no empty margins. Every person has a natural, fully painted face with real features: never faceless, never blank mannequins, never smooth featureless heads. All people are fictional and resemble no real public figure. Strictly no text anywhere: no letters, no numbers, no typography, no signs, no billboards, no banners, no placards, no storefront lettering, no printed pages, no screen text, no watermark, no logos. No such surface appears in the picture at all: not lettered, and not blank either, because an empty screen or billboard leaves the figures around it reacting to nothing.
The picture's own pin (SHA-256 of the exact bytes served)
b364533cc45eae4dcb36eeaeda110c912a34cebe6793807b1fa3d26454dd840b
USDA closes FY2026 at $481B budget authority, five contracts posted Nov 4
End of fiscal year spending figures and recent contract obligations were recorded through 4 November 2026.
By Nora Castellanos · 2dFederal spending data shows the Department of Agriculture held $481B in budget authority as of 30 September 2026, the close of federal fiscal year 2026.
USDA obligated funds stood at $223B as of that date. A prior reading on 30 June 2026 recorded $184B in obligations.
Outlays reached $220B as of 30 September 2026. The 30 June 2026 reading for outlays was $186B.
Federal awards data shows five USDA contract obligations were posted to USASpending.gov on 4 November 2026.
The largest of these is a $31.8M obligation to AERO-FLITE, INC. under award 1202SA24K9117. Outlays to date are $25.3M. This award has been revised 17 times, rising from an initial observed value of $18.2M.
The Forest Service posted a $11.7M obligation to WILLIAMS CONSTRUCTION & CABINETRY, INC. under award 12363N26F4078 for road and bridge work. Outlays to date are $513,877.
The Agricultural Marketing Service posted a $6.77M obligation to EAST BAKING COMPANY, INC. under award 123J1427F0013 for food donation commodities.
Flying A Flight Service Inc. holds a $5.53M air support obligation under award 1202SA22K9146. This award has been revised 13 times. Outlays to date are $4.3M.
Helicopter Express LLC holds a $5.52M air support obligation under award 1202SA24K9303. This award has been revised 10 times. Outlays to date are $4.23M.
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