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🏏 Situational awareness: Men's cricket teams representing the U.S., Namibia and the United Arab Emirates will participate in a six-game series in Grand Prairie this month, hoping to qualify for the 2027 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup.

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President Trump visited a manufacturing plant in Denton yesterday to tout his economic agenda, brag about tariffs and highlight how American manufacturing jobs boost local economies.

Why it matters: With Election Day just one month away, the president is visiting Republican-majority states to appeal to voters.

• He also visited North Texas last month during the GOP's midterm convention.

State of play: The Peterbilt facility in Denton manufactures diesel and electric trucks and is Denton's largest private employer, per the Denton Record-Chronicle.

• The facility has increased production because of Trump's tariff's and hired 1,000 employees, Sarah Renshaw, Peterbilt's events manager, said during yesterday's event.

What they're saying: Addressing Renshaw and hundreds of her colleagues, Trump praised his own policies and the facility's "beautiful equipment."

• "Workers like you and companies like this have always been loyal to our country," Trump said, "but for decades you were heartlessly betrayed by politicians, lousy politicians."

The intrigue: The president also plugged Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's campaign for U.S. Senate and called Paxton's Democratic opponent, state Rep. James Talarico, "a freako."

• "When I was being hit by the radical left very hard — harder than very few people could have withstood it — Ken Paxton was by my side more than anybody," Trump said.
• He added that Paxton can be a "pain in the ass sometimes" but is the "greatest attorney general in the United States of America."

The big picture: The Senate contest in Texas is expected to be the nation's most expensive Senate race this year.

• A political action committee supporting Paxton spent $131 million in 17 days, according to federal campaign finance reports.
• Paxton narrowly trails Talarico in recent polls.

Worthy of your time: GOP senators endure painful week with little to show for it

A North Texas paleteria is among 10 finalists competing in H-E-B's annual Quest for Texas Best competition.

Why it matters: The statewide contest gives Texas small businesses a shot at cash prizes and a placement on H-E-B shelves.

• H-E-B selected this year's finalists from a record 978 entries representing more than 500 companies.

Zoom in: Sol Dias Ice Cream co-founder Victor Garcia has been entrepreneurial since his middle school days, when he would sell Mexican candy to his classmates.

• Sol Dias honors his family's hometown of Mexticacán, Jalisco, which he calls the birthplace of the paleta. The company has shops in Haltom City, Watauga and Irving, with plans to expand to Fort Worth next year.
• "I love our culture and I want to work daily to share this very special piece of home with the communities we serve," Garcia says on the Sol Dias website.

What's next: The finalists will pitch their products to H-E-B judges next week in San Antonio.

• The grand prize winner gets $50,000, the "Texas Best" title and placement on H-E-B shelves. Three other winners will receive $25,000, $15,000 and $10,000.

⚖️ Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was granted parole yesterday after serving seven years of her 10-year sentence for fatally shooting Botham Jean after mistaking his apartment for hers. (DMN)

Lewisville police are praising a resident for returning $129,000 in cash he found outside a bank ATM to a local bank. Police believe workers servicing the machine accidentally left the bag there. (NBC5)

🔖 Fort Worth ISD's state-appointed board members are finalizing goals for the district while it's under state control. (Fort Worth Report)

Yesterday's storms delayed the State Fair of Texas' opening time, caused flooding in some areas and forced hundreds of flight cancellations at DFW Airport and Dallas Love Field.

The big picture: DFW Airport recorded just a trace of rain in August and 0.17 inch of rain in September.

Stunning stat: October is off to a rainy start. DFW Airport received around 3.5 inches of rain yesterday, as of 10pm, per the National Weather Service.

• By comparison, North Texas normally gets about 4.4 inches of rain the entire month of October.

What's next: Rain chances continue through Sunday. The weather service forecasts lows in the 60s and highs in the 70s.

The bottom line: This probably marks the end of our annual 100-degree day contest, but we aren't naming a winner yet in case North Texas drops an Uno Reverse card.

This newsletter was edited by Bob Gee.

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