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In the TikTok era, people were filming rather than dancing. “I’d rather live in the moment and feel the joy,” one reveler said.

Representative Eric Swalwell, a Democrat, is likely to emphasize his history of fighting President Trump, an approach that many Democratic voters say they want their elected officials to take.

The move, unusual for a year without a midterm or presidential election, is the latest sign of financial distress for the Democratic Party.

The mayor and sheriff said earlier in the day that the operation appeared to have concluded. But a homeland security spokeswoman said that the effort was “not ending anytime soon.”

A local nonprofit said the 52-ton mammal is “far too big, awkward and heavy to remove.” A town official later said it could be dragged out to sea by Thanksgiving.

The former Harvard president had previously stepped down from other positions following revelations about his longtime connections to Jeffrey Epstein.

The steep tariffs President Trump issued in August led to a significant contraction in imports and the trade deficit, newly released data shows.