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Nov 02, 2026
A private jet bound for the Bahamas crashed in Palm Beach County, Fla., Sunday afternoon, killing all nine people on board.
The Learjet 60, which had taken off from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas, went down at about 12:50 p.m. ET near Cresthaven, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.
Dashcam footage posted to social media by an eyewitness showed the aircraft falling toward the ground beside a road and exploding into a fireball, narrowly missing cars and homes.
Duffy called the crash a "horrific tragedy" in a post on X, adding: "Please join me in praying for the families and loved ones of those we lost."
Air traffic control audio posted on LiveATC captured the crew's comments leading up to the crash. Someone in the cockpit can be heard saying "Mayday, mayday," reporting the plane was descending at 10,000 feet per minute, Reuters reported. "We're going to crash into the ground," the person said.
The impact left a "massive crater" near the entrance to a mobile home park, Palm Beach County Commissioner Joel Flores said at a news conference. About 600 residents were evacuated to two shelters, he said.
The National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation, and the cause is not yet known.
What we knowThe Learjet 60 took off from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, bound for North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas,
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Nov 02, 2026
President Trump's economic approval ratings are hovering at second-term lows, with inflation worries the central headwind for the president and his party as the midterm elections loom.
A raft of recent polls underscores this reality: Trump's low overall approval ratings are being dragged down by economic sentiment that is even lower.
A new national poll released on Sunday by NBC News found that a majority of Republicans — 53% — say they are dissatisfied with the state of the economy.
And inflation remains the top-of-mind issue, with only about 25.3% of voters approving of Trump's handling of inflation versus 69.5% who disapprove, according to an average of recent polls calculated on Sunday by forecaster Nate Silver.
Another tabulation from RealClearPolitics this past weekend showed a 70.4% disapproval rating of the president's handling of prices, which voters often say is their top issue.
Deep voter dissatisfaction is evide
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Nov 02, 2026
Police and fire units respond near Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama, after a shooting following the 85th Magic City Classic on Saturday. - WVTM
More than a dozen people were killed and over 90 others injured over a Halloween weekend marred by gun violence, with multiple shootings across the country upending celebrations.
One mass shooting in California occurred as people went to get last-minute costumes at Spirit Halloween, leaving a pregnant woman dead and sending people scrambling for cover. Another happened after the annual Magic City Classic football game in Birmingham, Alabama, between rivals Alabama State University and Alabama A&M University. Delaware, a state with just over 1 million people, had two mass shootings on Halloween night, including near its largest university.
"This is not normal," Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer said in a statement. "We must never accept gun violence as a part of life in Delaware."
The latest violence occurred around typically American fall events - Halloween, football, college parties - and comes just over two weeks after a mass shooting in an Oregon elementary
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Nov 02, 2026
Ukrainians, such as those sheltering here in August, rely on air raid alert apps to warn of incoming drone and missile attacks.Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty ImagesUkrainians and Russians both received nuclear attack scares on their official alert apps.The false alerts warned of nuclear attacks via Russia's Oreshnik missile and small Ukrainian drones.Both sides said their systems were breached by cyberattacks.Official alert apps in Ukraine and Russia sent out false nuclear-threat warnings to millions of users on Sunday, as both sides said their systems were compromised.
Ukraine's air raid alert app is used by 6.7 million people, according to its digital transformation ministry and the app's developer, Ajax Systems.
Ukraine was hit first by the fake alerts, with its air raid warning app sending out messages in Ukrainian just before midnight of a "radiation threat in Kyiv."
A follow-up message, written in Russian, said: "There will be a nuclear alert across Ukraine. Don't worry, it's Oreshnik flying."
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Nov 02, 2026
Mike Rogers, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate from Michigan, and Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens speak to reporters outside Perfecting Church in Detroit on Nov. 1, 2026. —Emily Elconin—Bloomberg/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump invited outgoing congresswoman Haley Stevens, a longtime Michigan Democrat, to join the Republican Party after she surprisingly endorsed her state's GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate, Mike Rogers, in a last-minute move her partymates have called a "betrayal."
"I don't know Haley, I've never met Haley," Trump said at a rally in Iowa on Sunday, the final weekend before the Nov. 3 midterm elections. "But Haley said what few people are willing to say. I think I'd probably—I'd love her to join the Republican Party actually."
Stevens ran for the U.S. Senate seat herself but lost the Democratic primary to progressive Abdul El-Sayed in August. While she initially congratulated and offered her support to El-Sayed for the general election, the two have been at odds, primarily over concerns about antisemitism, which Stevens has accused El-Sayed, who is
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Nov 01, 2026
Four United States citizens were among the at least 69 people who were killed when a high-speed train slammed into the rear of another train in central Spain last week, officials said Sunday.
The Center for Integrated Data, the legal body in Spain in charge of identifying victims of events with a high death toll, said on Sunday night that the casualties in the country's second deadly rail collision this year also included one citizen each from Canada, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Tunisia and the Czech Republic. Two citizens of Australia and a citizen of Japan remain missing, the Agence France-Presse and local media reported.
The center, which had already announced the deaths of a French and Portuguese citizen as well as 54 Spaniards, said that all but three of the victims had been identified.
"As the contacted families have expressed their wish to travel to Spain to carry out in-person identification, we are awaiting their arrival in the country," the statement said, AFP reported.
The crash occurred on the morning of Oct. 28 in Urda, in the province of Toledo, when the high-speed train slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped, derailing two cars. Officials said 58 people were injured.
The two trains, with more than 540 people on board, were heading in the same direction from Madrid to Seville.
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Nov 01, 2026
"TODAY" co-host Savannah Guthrie issued a new plea for information about her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, on Sunday, nine months after the 84-year-old was abducted from her Tucson, Arizona, home.
Guthrie shared an old drawing made by her daughter, Vale, showing a blue umbrella in the rain and the words, "I know it might not seem like it, but I really need my mommy."
"Found this old drawing from my daughter today," Guthrie wrote on Instagram. "It says so much about how I feel."
"The world goes on, things appear ‘normal' — as we try to keep going and be strong, especially for our young kids — but it's not and it never will be," she continued.
Savannah Guthrie Urges Public To Help Find Missing Mother Nancy In Emotional Mother's Day Post
"For Annie and Tommy, for Cam and Kristine, for Mike and me and for all of Mom's beloved grandchildren: We ache for her, we cry out for answers, we cannot move forward," Guthrie wrote.
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"We need someone to help us, tell us what you know. Our mom was a light in this world. We want to celebrate her and give her the dignity she deserves. The reward is still available. Please. We are begging you. Please help us."
Guthrie also thanked those who have supported her family and urged people to "join us in praying without ceasing."
Three Months After Nancy Guthrie's Abduction, Sheriff's Office Renews Plea As Key Questions Remain Unan
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Nov 01, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is making his closing pitch of the midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, pushing his slow, expensive and problem-plagued efforts to repair it back into the spotlight on the eve of Election Day.
In comments to reporters as he deplaned from Air Force One for a Sunday rally in Iowa, Trump said his speaking at the site would "show how beautiful it is."
"We might hold it tomorrow or something," the president added, without giving specifics. Hours later, the White House formally announced he'd be giving a speech there Monday afternoon.
Rather than using Monday to travel to key states and try to energize his "Make America Great Again" supporters as his Republican Party tries to maintain control of Congress, Trump opted for an event at a Washington renovation project that has been embarrassing and contentious.
The unusual move marks a departure from Trump's month-long race to stage more than 25 rallies in largely conservative areas, hoping the GOP can overcome his own low approval ratings and polls predicting that the Iran war, high energy prices and cost of living increases could
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Nov 01, 2026
Voters cast their ballots at a polling station at Midtown Mall on October 31 in Anchorage, Alaska. - Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
A federal judge on Sunday threw out the Justice Department's lawsuit seeking to segregate ballots and delay certification of Alaska's Senate race, the latest legal rebuke to a rash of Trump administration attempts to meddle in the 2026 midterms.
US District Judge Sharon Gleason said the federal government doesn't have the standing to force Alaska to segregate ballots and that such a move would violate the right of voters to cast a secret ballot. Regardless, she added, it's too late for the courts to force such a major change on the eve of an election.
The Trump administration in its suit argued the presence of a spoiler candidate with the same name as the GOP incumbent warranted a court-ordered investigation into the results if Sen. Dan S. Sullivan lost.
Gleason, a nominee of former President Barack Obama, wrote, "The United States provides no workable plan as to how it proposes to segregate ballots cast for Daniel J. Sullivan on Election Day and then conduct a court-ordered unspecified ‘investigation' of those ballots in a manner that would preserve voter secrecy,"
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Nov 01, 2026
By Andrew Goudsward, David Morgan and Doina Chiacu
WASHINGTON/ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Two days before Tuesday's midterm elections, President Donald Trump's Republicans got an unexpected boost in Michigan with an endorsement from a prominent Democrat, while suffering a setback in Alaska when a federal judge dismissed a legal challenge.
US Representative Haley Stevens, who lost Michigan Democrats' Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed in ?a bitterly contested race, on Sunday publicly backed Republican candidate Mike Rogers, threatening to exacerbate divisions in a state viewed as crucial to Democratic hopes of retaking the US Senate.
"I don't belong in Abdul's ?campaign," Stevens said in a video posted to social media.
Thirty-five Senate seats and all 435 House of Representatives seats are on the ballot on Tuesday. Republicans hold narrow majorities in both chambers. Polls show Democrats are favored to win a majority of the House and ?locked in a tight battle for control of the Senate with a handful of races likely to determine the outcome.
The Trump administration's attempt to intervene in Alaska's Senate race faltered on Sunday when a federal judge dismissed the US Justice Department's lawsuit seeking to block certification of the results if Republican incumbent Senator Dan S. Sullivan narrowly loses.
The Justice Department argued voters may be confused by the presence of a challenger named Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. on the same ballot.
If Democrats take control of the House or Senate, they could block Trump's legislative agenda for his final two years in office and launch investigations of an administration that has so far faced largely compliant Republican majorities. The White House has ?been preparing to implement portions of Trump's agenda without the aid of Congress.
More ?than 52 million Americans have already voted in person or by mail, according to the University of Flori
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Nov 01, 2026
The plane crashed into a mobile home neighborhood around 12:50 p.m. ET in the area of Military Trail and 10th Avenue North, causing major destruction, including fires and scattered debris.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the Learjet 60 departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and was headed to North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said all nine people on board the plane were killed. As of 4 p.m. ET Nov. 1, there has been no confirmation of fatalities from people on the ground.
The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate. The NTSB will be in charge of the investigation and will provide all updates.
The incident closed all lanes of Military Trail in the area of Cresthaven Boulevard and 10th Avenue North, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said.
— EmergencyStream (@EmergencyStream) November 1, 2026
Authorities said motorists should are avoid the area and seek alternate routes.
Posts on social media show a fairly wide swath of area spotted with fires, debris and what looks like a crater in the ground.
Weather conditions in the West Palm Beach a
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Nov 01, 2026
A federal judge on Sunday dismissed the Justice Department's lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska's U.S. Senate race if Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses, two days before Election Day.
U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason wrote that the relief the government sought was "infeasible" because many ballots have already been cast and mixed together, the AP reported. She also wrote that the government "provides no workable plan" for separating ballots ranking Dan J. Sullivan and investigating them "in a manner that would preserve voter secrecy."
Gleason found the federal government did not have the ability to bring the case, NPR reported. Justice Department attorneys are expected to appeal, according to NPR. The ruling does not end the criminal investigation into how the second Sullivan got on the ballot.
It was, for a while, considered one of those colorful quirks that crop up in the course of an election: the fact that not one but two candidates named Dan Sullivan will appear on the Nov. 3 ballot for U.S. senator from Alaska.
One Dan Sullivan — Dan S. Sullivan — is the state's incumbent Republican senator. He is trying to fend off a fierce challenge from f
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Nov 01, 2026
WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy ?was hospitalized after suffering ?a stroke, the senator's chief ?of staff said on Sunday.
Murphy began experienceing numbness in his arm while attending his son's ?hockey game ?on Saturday afternoon, said Allison Herwitt, chief ?of staff to the Connecticut senator.
"He was taken to ?a local ?hospital, ?where it was ?discovered he had experienced a stroke. He was transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring and is responding ?well to treatment," ?she said in ?a ?statement.
"The doctors are ?encouraged by his progress, ?he ?is awake and alert, and we are optimistic he ?will ?make a full recovery."
(Reporting ?by Doina Chiacu; Editing by ?Chizu Nomiyama)
This article originally appeared on Reuters at https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/democratic-senator-murphy-hospitalized-stroke-174646416.html
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Nov 01, 2026
Abdul El-Sayed, Amy Acton, Xavier Becerra and Kristin Hook are among the candidates with healthcare backgrounds in this year's midterm elections. - Getty Images/Reuters/AP
At least 125 doctors, nurses and public health experts are on the ballot for Tuesday's midterm elections — an unprecedented number from fields that historically offered fewer paths to elected office than boardrooms and courtrooms.
Their campaigns emerged in the aftermath of Covid-19, when doctors and health officials were celebrated at first, overwhelmed by work and tragedy for years, and in some cases, targeted because of distrust or politics around their messages.
Some candidates say they realized during that time how their training and expertise in health and science were more closely tied to government and politics than they'd thought.
"One of the things you learn to do in medicine is to listen and sit with somebody in pain and help them to clarify what the opportunities are, based on your knowledge about how the body or their health works, and I find that the work of politics is really quite similar," said Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a former health director for Wayne County, Michigan, who is running for US Senate against Republican Mike Rogers.
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Nov 01, 2026
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's former opponent in the U.S. Senate primary, Haley Stevens, stunned party officials Sunday by endorsing Republican Mike Rogers as Democratic tensions boiled over days before the election that could determine the balance of power on Capitol Hill.
Stevens endorsed Rogers after attending a Detroit church service with him. The remarkable show of support for the President Donald Trump-backed candidate in the tightly contested race comes after she was uninvited to a joint event the same day with El-Sayed, who defeated the congresswoman by a slim margin in the August primary.
"Our Democratic nominee for Senate said I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away," Stevens said in a video announcing the endorsement, which led her top aide to quit. "And he's right. And that's why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today."
El-Sayed dismissed the endorsement when asked about it by reporters later Sunday, saying he's focused on issues voters care about, such as the high cost of living.
"At the end of the day I actually don't think about Haley Stevens," he said, adding later: "None of this matters."
Michigan Democratic leaders were left shocked. With just less than 48 hours to go before Election Day, a party that had spent months trying to unite behind its Senate nominee was suddenly grappling with an extraordinary defection in one of this year's most important races.
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Nov 01, 2026
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's former opponent in the U.S. Senate primary, Haley Stevens, stunned party officials Sunday by endorsing Republican Mike Rogers after Democratic tensions boiled over days before the election that could determine the balance of power on Capitol Hill.
Stevens endorsed Rogers after attending a Detroit church service with him. The remarkable show of support for the President Donald Trump-backed candidate in the tightly contested race comes after she was uninvited to a joint event the same day with El-Sayed, who defeated the congresswoman by a slim margin in the August primary.
"Our Democratic nominee for Senate said I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away," Stevens said in a video announcing the endorsement, which led her top aide to quit. "And he's right. And that's why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today."
El-Sayed dismissed the endorsement when asked about it by reporters later Sunday, saying he's focused on issues voters care about, such as the high cost of living.
"At the end of the day I actually don't think about Haley Stevens," he said, adding later: "None of this matters."
Tensions between the two Democrats have festered since the primary. Stevens is a staunch supporter of Israel, while El-Sayed is a fierce critic of the U.S. ally. He has also been criticized by some in the community for
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Nov 01, 2026
DETROIT (AP) — Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's primary opponent, Haley Stevens, endorses Republican Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate race.
This article originally appeared on Associated Press at https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/michigan-democrats-unity-push-falters-160726549.html
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Nov 01, 2026
Millions of Americans will head to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 3, and the weather will be working in their favor across much of the country. However, rain and thunderstorms could complicate travel plans in parts of the southern United States, with some storms potentially turning severe.
The biggest weather concerns will be concentrated across the central and southern United States, where showers, steady rain and thunderstorms will stretch from the Gulf Coast into portions of the Mississippi Valley and Midwest.
Farther east and west, conditions will generally be more favorable, with dry weather expected across much of the Northeast, Northwest and parts of the Southeast. Here's a closer look at what voters can expect across the country on Election Day.
Voters across the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and eastern Ohio Valley should have little weather-related interference when heading to the polls.
High pressure will keep skies largely dry, while temperatures trend slightly above the seasonal average. From New York City and Boston to Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh, favorable weather will make for relatively easy travel to polling locations.
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Nov 01, 2026
NBC NewsDemocrats have a sizable advantage in the battle for control of Congress days ahead of the midterm elections, a new national NBC News poll finds, with voters clamoring for change and voicing all-time high disapproval of President Donald Trump.
Registered voters prefer a Democratic-controlled Congress by a 7-point margin, with Democrats leading Republicans 52%-45% — 2 points more than in last month's poll. That includes a 21-point lead among independents.
Three percent of voters remained undecided as the poll was conducted from Oct. 28 to Oct. 30, and how they shift in the final days could tilt the outcome in dead-heat House and Senate races around the country. While the overall poll suggests that Democrats are poised to capitalize on a well of dissatisfaction with the president and his policies, there are findings that complicate the favorable picture.
When it comes to which party better handles key issues, voters give Republicans and Democrats about even marks, and the Democratic Party remains deeply unpopular. Meanwhile, Republican voters in GOP-held districts and in states Trump won in 2024 are sticking with their party — which is notable because much of the battle for control of both the House and Senate runs through this red terrain.
But there are also numerous signs of
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Nov 01, 2026
NBC NewsDemocrats have a sizable advantage in the battle for control of Congress days ahead of the midterm elections, a new national NBC News poll finds, with voters clamoring for change and voicing all-time high disapproval of President Donald Trump.
Registered voters prefer a Democratic-controlled Congress by a 7-point margin, with Democrats leading Republicans 52%-45% — 2 points more than in last month's poll. That includes a 21-point lead among independents.
Three percent of voters remained undecided as the poll was conducted from Oct. 28 to Oct. 30, and how they shift in the final days could tilt the outcome in dead-heat House and Senate races around the country. While the overall poll suggests that Democrats are poised to capitalize on a well of dissatisfaction with the president and his policies, there are findings that complicate the favorable picture.
When it comes to which party better handles key issues, voters give Republicans and Democrats about even marks, and the Democratic Party remains deeply unpopular. Meanwhile, Republican voters in GOP-held districts and in states Trump won in 2024 are sticking with their party — which is notable because much of the battle for control of both the House and Senate runs through this red terrain.
But there are also numerous signs of
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Nov 01, 2026
Michigan Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed (AP)
Republicans are appealing to Black voters in the Michigan U.S. Senate race to vote for Mike Rogers instead of Democrat Abdul El-Sayed.
The aggressive outreach campaign, backed by millions of dollars in advertising, could prove decisive in a closely contested race that will help determine control of the Senate, The Washington Post reported.
Rogers, a former Republican congressman and FBI agent endorsed by President Donald Trump, has opened a campaign office in Detroit, visited Black churches, and organized "Democrats for Rogers" events featuring Black supporters.
"I think of it as the most aggressive play that the Republicans have made for African American voters in Detroit in a long time," Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., told the Post.
Rogers said Democrats have neglected communities that traditionally support their candidates.
"He is dismissive in Detroit," Rogers said of El-Sayed during a TV appearance.
"We have just dozens of Black pastors that we have talked to, neighborhood leaders in the city of Detroit that we've talked to. They're looking for a change."
More than $125 million has been spent on television advertising in the Detroit region since the Aug. 4 primary, according to AdImpact.
Nearly 60% of the funds came from Republican-aligned groups, with most targeting El-Sayed.
One Republican-backed super PAC, Empowering Black Americans, spent $1.5 million on messages accusing El-Sayed of being disrespectful and dishonest toward Black voters.
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Nov 01, 2026
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Artist's illustration of NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which launched to Earth orbit in November 2004 and will soon fall out of space. | Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
NASA's Swift space telescope is expected to crash back to Earth in the next few days.
The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory will reenter Earth's atmosphere in an uncontrolled fashion, after a robotic rescue mission failed to boost the scope to a higher orbit.
Swift launched to Earth orbit back in November 2004. Over the next two decades, it studied gamma-ray bursts — the most powerful explosions in the universe — and other cosmic objects and events using a trio of telescopes: a Burst Alert Telescope (BAT), an X-Ray Telescope (XRT), and its Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT).
On Oct. 20, NASA reported that Swift's orbit had decayed to 171 miles (275 kilometers) above Earth and that the roughly 3,300-pound (1,500-kilogram) observatory was no longer able to compensate for the effects of the increased drag. It entere
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Nov 01, 2026
An atmospheric river referred to as the "pineapple express" is bringing heavy rain to parts of the Desert Southwest and Southern California over Halloween weekend, just over a week after destructive flooding plagued parts of Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.
These atmospheric rivers often fuel heavy rain events in the West, especially in a stronger El Niño winter.
We'll discuss more about this pattern after laying out the important forecast details through this weekend.
New: Mandatory evacuations are ongoing in parts of Sedona, Arizona near Oak Creek, as well as parts of Archuleta County, near Pagosa Springs, Colorado. The San Juan River is forecast to crest as high as 19 feet tonight, breaking historic records.
(COMPLETE COVERAGE: Super El Niño of 2026-27)
When and where will these soakings arrive?A large batch of precipitation is ramping up and spreading further into the West as Sunday progresses.
An area of low pressure charged by this atmospheric river will move onshore and spread its heavy rain across the West. The heaviest rain is the red locations on the map below. While Phoenix just misses this region, it is still in the level 2 of 4 threat on this map. Flagstaff, Arizona; Zion National Park, Utah and pockets of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado could see the greatest rainfall and rainfall rates.
What are the potential impacts?A more serious flash flood threat is in play for the Desert Southwest this weekend, but there will be some concern for wintry weather, too. Below are the current flood and winter weather alerts.
The ground is still saturated from the 2 to 5 inches of rain that soaked the area last week, triggering major flash flooding in nort
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Nov 01, 2026
Earlier this year, Senate Republicans decided to tighten the screws on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The Pentagon had, for months, stonewalled lawmakers' request for materials related to the military's deadly targeting of alleged drug traffickers in Latin America. So this spring, the GOP-led Senate Armed Services Committee made a threat: grant access to the documents or it would block one of the Trump administration's political nominees.
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Hegseth relented, said two people familiar with the exchange, speaking like some others on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations and the secretary's standing with Congress.
Spokespeople for the committee and the Pentagon declined to address questions about the episode.
The standoff, which has not been previously reported, illustrates Hegseth's increasing susceptibility to congressional oversight and how he might attempt to navigate a shift in the balance of power on Capitol Hill should Democrats prevail in this week's midterm elections.
With limited exception, Republican lawmakers have declined to stand in Hegseth's way while he has purged dozens of senior military leaders he's deemed disloyal, waged an eight-month war in Iran without the consent of Congress and pursued an unprecedented campaign against the illicit drug trade.
Democrats would give Hegseth far less room for maneuver once the next Congress convenes in January. Already, some are threatening to investigate and try
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Nov 01, 2026
Dozens of people were injured and at least six people died in mass shootings as gun violence broke out at nightlife districts in half a dozen cities across the country over the Halloween weekend.
Police in Dallas, the site of the deadliest violence, said four people are dead and 15 others were injured following a handful of shootings in the city's Deep Ellum neighborhood, a center of music, restaurants and nightlife in the city. Police in college towns like Fayetteville, Arkansas; Birmingham, Alabama; and Newark, Delaware, also reported shootings in their nightlife districts this weekend.
Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux said investigators are still trying to determine if the shootings Saturday night over the span of about an hour and 15 minutes were related.
Comeaux said three separate shootings occurred, and it wasn't immediately known why they started. Comeaux said some arrests were made but he didn't specify how many or what charges were involved.
"This is a really big scene. It's spread out," Comeaux said. "We are interviewing some individuals right now that we have arrested, still trying to figure out exactly how it ties into all the shootings out here."
The department had increased police presence in the district before the shootings. No police officers were injured.
Separately, one person was killed and eight others were wounded in a mass shooting just outside Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, after the annual ‘Magic City Classic' football game on Saturday night, police said.
Michael Pickett, chief of the Birmingham Police Department, said most spectators and families had left the stadium property after the game, but the shooting happened nearby, where vendors were set up along Graymont Avenue.
He said he was "very grateful that more people weren't injured."
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Nov 01, 2026
The AI trade just had its scariest October in years. The rest of the stock market barely noticed.
The biggest AI and chip stocks have shed about $5 trillion in market value since Oct. 6, by Yahoo Finance calculations. Nvidia (NVDA) and Alphabet (GOOGL) have each given up roughly $835 billion in market cap, and Intel (INTC) lost nearly half its value in October.
Everything else? The other 625 large US stocks in that tally added about $1.3 trillion. And while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) slipped this week, 9 of its 11 sectors rose about 1% or more, something that hadn't happened in any week since at least 1999, by Yahoo Finance calculations.
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Nov 01, 2026
At least one person was detained in connection with the shooting, the Birmingham Police Department said.
"Shortly after 7:50 p.m., multiple shots rang out in the 400 block of Grayman Avenue West, officers responded and located multiple gunshot victims," Officer Darrell Freeman said during a press conference.
Freeman said nine people had been hit by gunfire, including "at least one being confirmed deceased." Another of the injured was in critical condition, he added, and seven others were in stable condition.
"Multiple firearms were recovered from the scene by officers and turned into our property room," Freeman said. "One person has been detained and transported to the Birmingham Police Headquarters for questioning. This is an active scene with developing information."
The shooting was near Legion Field, which hosted the Magic City Classic football game earlier on Saturday.
"This did occur after the game," Chief Michael Pickett said. "For the most part, it was off of the property."
This article originally appeared on Good Morning America at https://abcnews.com/US/1-dead-8-injured-alabama-shooting-after-football/story?id=137744731
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Oct 31, 2026
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer accused of intentionally striking a man in Houston earlier this month is expected to surrender on Monday morning, his attorney, David Lindenmuth told ABC News.
Mario Alberto Morales was indicted by a grand jury in Houston on a charge of second-degree aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Harris County District Attorney's Office.
Lindenmuth said Morales did not intend to strike Miguel Parra Hernandez when he was pursuing him and another person who were attempting to flee on foot on Oct. 10.
KTRK - PHOTO: Law enforcement officials are at the scene after a man was struck by a vehicle driven by an ICE agent during chase, according to the Harris Courty Sheriff's Office, on Oct. 10, 2026, in Harris County, Texas.ICE officer who struck man with vehicle during pursuit in Texas indicted: DA"It was an accident. It was nothing more than accident, but the DA to score political points right before elections decided to bring charges," Lindenmuth said.
At a press briefing on Friday, Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare alleged that Morales' body-camera footage shows the officer "aggressively steered his vehicle" into Parra Hernandez.
The district attorney played graphic video from the officer's body-worn camera alongside surveillance footage of the incident during a press briefing.
The body-camera footage appears to show Morales behind the wheel, pursuing Parra Hernandez and another individual who are fleeing on foot.
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Oct 31, 2026
By Gram Slattery and Jasper Ward
PALM BEACH, Oct 31 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Saturday it was "unacceptable" for one of his ?former lawyers, Alina Habba Mildon, to secure a $50 million contract for ?herself while working at the US Department of Justice.
"I thought it was totally obnoxious and outrageous, ?and it's not acceptable," Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. "Not acceptable at all."
The New York Times reported last week that the family of Julio Herrera Velutini, a Venezuelan banker facing US felony bribery charges before ?striking a plea deal in ?August 2025, guaranteed Habba Mildon more than $50 million over four years. The deal, according to the newspaper, would pay $10 million a ?year plus bonuses.
Trump said he told Habba Mildon he did not want her to be paid and called the episode "terrible."
Habba Mildon was serving as the acting US attorney ?in New ?Jersey when she signed the contract with ?Herrera's family company, Concord Partners, ?days after it was registered in late October 2025, the New York Times reported.
By the time she started her employment with the Herrera family, a court had disqualified her from serving as US attorney. She resigned on December 8 and was appointed a senior adviser to the attorney general the same day, ?and was still in that role when, ?according to the New York Times, she started ?at Concord on January 1.
Trump ?pardoned Herrera on January 15, 2026, according to the Justice ?Department's website.
Habba Mildon last week said ?she was never paid ?for a pardon, never met with anyone at the White House or Justice Department about a pardon, and never did any work for ?a pardon for anyone.
The ?Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
(Reporting by ?Gram Slattery in Palm Beach and Jasper Ward in Washington; ?Editing by Sergio Non and Lincoln Feast
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Alaska officials criticized the legal basis on which the Trump administration has argued it has standing to intervene in the election. (Becky Bohrer / AP)The Republican-led state government in Alaska implored a federal judge on Saturday to permanently dismiss the Trump administration's lawsuit that seeks to block the certification of the Alaska Senate race if GOP Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses.
"The United States' opposition provides no reason for this Court to entertain this meritless lawsuit any longer," the filing said, adding that "the relief demanded is inappropriate and not even possible given Alaskan voters' vital right to ballot secrecy."
The filing from Alaska officials comes just three days before Election Day and as the judge is expected to rule soon on whether to dismiss the lawsuit or continue with it.
The Trump administration has claimed that Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola's campaign was involved in recruiting a retired teacher with the same name as Sullivan to run in the race, creating confusion that it says will unfairly take away votes intended for the incumbent. Peltola has denied the allega
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Oct 31, 2026
Investing.com -- The FBI has accused North Korea of orchestrating the $6.3 billion cryptocurrency hack targeting Binance, identifying a state-linked hacking group responsible for previous major crypto thefts as the perpetrators.
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The agency said Saturday that the North Korean hacking unit known as TraderTraitor was responsible for the attack, which ranks as the largest cryptocurrency theft on record.
The FBI, working alongside the U.S. Secret Service and the Internal Revenue Service's criminal investigation division, has been tracking movements of the stolen digital assets.
Investigators observed the hackers converting stolen cryptocurrencies primarily into Ethereum, with further laundering expected through decentralized finance platforms and instant cryptocurrency swap services.
The findings mark the first formal attribution of the Binance attack to North Korea following earlier speculation about the country's involvement.
President Donald Trump said Friday that U.S. authorities were investigating whether North Korean hackers were behind the theft.
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Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, separately announced Saturday that it had covered approximately 90% of the $6.3 billion stolen in the attack.
The exchange expects to restore customer withdrawals by Sunday as it works to complete recovery efforts.
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Oct 31, 2026
Election officials in California described the Trump administration's legal threats as having profound consequences on their mental health and their ability to do their jobs, according to court papers filed on Friday.
The Justice Department issued grand jury subpoenas to local election officials in California this week as part of its criminal investigation into the state's voter rolls.
Matt Morales, the top election official in Santa Clara County, said in the court documents that "the federal government's conduct has had and continues to have a severe chilling effect on my staff and me."
Jae C. Hong/AP Photo - PHOTO: Voters cast their ballots at a voting center on the UCLA campus, June 2, 2026, in Los Angeles.In Contra Costa County, registrar Kristin Connelly said she feels "deeply frustrated and stressed because of having to spend so much energy on responding to this threat."
DOJ issues grand jury subpoenas to election officials in CaliforniaWhen Homeland Security officials delivered a letter threatening him with prosecution last week, San Benito County Registrar Francisco Diaz said he "felt fear and anxiety."
"I did not know whether I might be arrested or what might happen next," Diaz said. "I had to make an emergency plan for how my office would run if I were not there. That was not a scenario we had planned for. Having to think about it made the anxiety worse, including thinking about notifying my parents and my wife."
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Oct 31, 2026
The 2026 midterm elections are just three days away. So where do things stand — nationwide — in the race to control Congress? Which party has a better chance of, you know, winning? To get a sense of that, it helps to geek out over some cold, hard data.
The usual caveats apply, of course. Polls aren't predictions; they're momentary snapshots of public opinion. And they have been wrong before.
Yet time is running out — and the stakes in November couldn't be higher, especially for President Trump, who has enjoyed complete Republican control of Congress for the first half of his second term. Flipping the House would give Democrats the power to block the president's agenda, investigate his administration and even impeach him (again); flipping the Senate would allow them to stymie his Supreme Court nominees too.
The state-by-state midterm landscape is reaching its final form — and some clear polling trends have emerged. Here are the numbers to watch as Election Day nears.
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Oct 31, 2026
By Kai Pfaffenbach, Tilman Blasshofer and Miranda Murray
FRANKFURT/BERLIN, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Hooded rioters looted stores in Frankfurt late on Saturday after tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Germany's biggest cities to demand better education and lower living costs.
The protests followed a wave ?of Gen Z-led demonstrations across Europe this year. In Serbia, student-led activism helped unseat the country's longtime leader at the ballot box, while protests in ?France have descended into rioting and looting.
The German protests organised by the campaign group "Gen Z regelt" — "Gen Z takes charge" in German — took place in 34 cities including Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich. The group says ?it opposes compulsory military service and wants greater investment in education as many young Germans struggle with rising costs.
In Frankfurt, Germany's financial hub, at least two stores were looted as protests turned violent, with several more damaged and police trying to get the situation under control, according to a Reuters witness.
"Violent disturbances are continuing," Frankfurt police said on X. "In the city centre, windows have been smashed at several shops. Molotov cocktails are also being thrown at the emergency services. We urge all bystanders to avoid the city centre ?or to leave the area."
Official numbers on Saturday afternoon ?suggested turnout was below the 182,000 participants that organisers initially expected. Police in Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin reported as many as 18,000 protesters, half the roughly 36,000 on the organisers' website.
German authorities said Saturday's demonstrations, which coincide with Halloween festivities, had been largely peaceful, but ?warned of attempts by extremist groups to exploit the movement.
In Hamburg, some barricades had been set on fire.
"We are here today to fight for peace and freedom, rather than for war
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Oct 31, 2026
A federal judge on Friday allowed a lawsuit against McDonald's to move forward, alleging the fast food chain misleads customers into believing its popular McRib sandwich contains actual pork rib meat. File Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI
Oct. 31 (UPI) -- A federal judge on Friday allowed a lawsuit against McDonald's to move forward, alleging the fast food chain misleads customers into believing its popular McRib sandwich contains actual pork rib meat.
McDonald's had asked the court to dismiss a lawsuit in Chicago alleging consumer deception, fraud and unjust enrichment.
But U.S. District Judge April Perry ruled the lawsuit, filed by four customers in December 2025, could move forward, FOX Business reported.
First sold in 1981, the McRib features a boneless pork patty molded to resemble ribs. It is covered in barbecue sauce and served with onions and pickles.
The plaintiffs accuse McDonald's of using the sandwich's name and appearance to suggest that it contains rib meat, despite allegedly using cheaper portions of pork.
The lawsuit claims the McRib is made from ground pork products, including shoulder, heart, tripe and stomach, rather than meat taken from the ribs, according to KTLA.
McDonald's has denied the allegations.
One survey submitted in the case found that 72% of respondents believed the sandwich contained pork rib meat.
Another survey found 67% considered rib meat an important factor in th
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Oct 31, 2026
Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on 22 February 1997.Photograph: Davidoff Studios Photography/Getty Images
A US judge dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal with prejudice on Saturday, according to a court filing, bringing an end to his legal challenge over the newspaper's reporting on his alleged birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein.
The decision follows an earlier dismissal in April that had allowed Trump to revise his complaint. As of Saturday, the case is dismissed with prejudice, meaning the lawsuit cannot be amended or refiled.
The case stemmed from a Wall Street Journal article alleging that Trump had sent a "bawdy" letter to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. Trump denied the letter was real, insisting instead it had been fabricated.
Throughout the proceedings, the court repeatedly pointed to the newspaper's efforts to obtain Trump's response before publication and its inclusion of his direct denials as evidence that it had followed appropriate reporting standards.
Judge Darrin P Gayles issued the final dismissal on Saturday after determining that Trump's amended complaint still failed to establish "actual malice", the high legal threshold public figures must meet when pursuing defamation claims.
"As President Trump has not plausibly alleged that each Defendant made defamatory
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Oct 31, 2026
Millions of Americans will gain an hour of sleep this weekend when the twice-a-year time change commonly known as daylight savings ends for 2026. Most of the U.S. will "fall back" an hour when the clocks change at 2 a.m. on Sunday.
Here's what to know about what's formally known as daylight saving time as it ends for the year:
What is daylight saving time, and why do we have it?Daylight saving time is the period during the year, from March to early November, when the majority of the U.S. operates one hour ahead of standard time.
The move effectively "saves" an hour of daylight from the morning and adds it to the evening during the spring and summer months when the days are the longest. In the fall and winter months, when the days are shorter, the U.S. returns to standard time, with daylight coming earlier in the morning.
For example, in Boston on Saturday, before the time change, the sun will rise at 7:16 a.m. and set at 5:39 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. On Sunday, back on standard time, sunrise will be at 6:17 a.m. and sunset will be at 4:37 p.m.
The U.S. first adopted daylight saving time in 1918 during World War I as an effort to conserve fuel after Europe implemented its own time change, according to the Congressional Research Service. After the war, Congress repealed the clock switch but gave states the option to continue observing it.
During World War II and the 1970s energy crisis, Congress brought year-round daylight saving time to the U.S., again with the goal of reducing energy consumption. These experiments didn't last long.
After the war, the U.S. let states and municipali
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Oct 31, 2026
Black smoke and flames rise from an oil facility in an industrial area in southern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which has found itself under attack from the Iran-allied Houthis. - STR/AP
With little transparency from Washington and warmongering from Tehran, people across the Middle East have been left anxious and confused, scanning for signals on whether the conflict between Iran and the United States will reignite.
"The mood has definitely shifted," a 36-year-old American national living in Saudi Arabia told CNN. She plans to leave before Tuesday's midterms, after which US President Donald Trump has hinted renewed fighting is possible.
"People are more cautious in general, and it feels like a waiting game to see what happens," she added.
At home and workplaces across Gulf Arab countries, questions are swirling. Residents are searching for clues that could help them make plans in case of school closures or travel disruption.
The war began in February when the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. It entered its eighth month this week with both sides still locked in a stubborn stalemate, neither making progress diplomatically nor capable of breaking the military impasse.
Trump has offered little clarity on his endgame, oscillating between threats of further strikes and openness to
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Oct 31, 2026
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D) told Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), his once primary opponent, to stay away from his campaign events and disinvited her from a planned appearance on Sunday, a source familiar confirmed to NewsNation, The Hill's broadcasting partner.
The source said El-Sayed does not want the ongoing fight with Stevens to distract from the issues in the final days of his hard-fought Senate campaign.
A spokesperson for Stevens did not immediately respond to The Hill's request for comment.
El-Sayed was set to appear alongside Stevens and Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) at a church in Detroit, a show of unity despite some harsh words exchanged between the two candidates throughout the week.
Stevens released a statement saying she had accepted Clyburn's invitation to appear alongside El-Sayed, but still criticized the Senate nominee for not condemning an ad that appeared to blame Israel for high grocery prices.
"The ad did not invent its argument; it dramatized one Dr. El-Sayed has made in his own words throughout this campaign: that Israel is the reason Michigan cannot afford schools, healthcare, and child care," Stevens said in her statement. "I therefore expect him to apologize for those statements as well."
The ad was run digitally and was bought by an outside progressive group, not El-Sayed's campaign.
El-Sayed shot back in a statement on Friday, saying Stevens is focused on rehashing their August primary, which he narrowly won.
"So while Congresswoman Stevens seems
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Oct 31, 2026
The Tsaritsyno museum is an imperial palace and park complex in southern Moscow (Mladen ANTONOV)Russia's FSB security service said on Saturday it was carrying out "appropriate" measures after the US embassy in Moscow warned of a planned "terrorist" attack in the capital.
The US embassy said earlier it was "aware of a credible threat of a mass casualty event TODAY October 31, at the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve in Moscow".
The US government was "coordinating with appropriate Russian authorities on a response," it said, advising people: "Avoid the area, stay alert, and avoid crowds."
The US embassy did not give details on who was plotting the attack.
The Tsaritsyno museum is an imperial palace and park complex in southern Moscow that is a popular place to visit, especially on weekends.
Russian Telegram channel Baza, which reportedly has links to law enforcement, said the park was now closed and "open only for exits".
"Law enforcement officers are on the premises," it reported.
Russia's FSB security service said earlier it had received information from the United States "regarding the preparation of a terrorist attack".
"Appropriate work is underway," it was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.
The US has provided Russia with warnings of planned attacks before, including in March 2024, weeks before an ISIS-K attack on a Moscow concert hall that killed over 100 people.
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This article originally appeared on AFP at https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/russia-says-responding-us-report-160743844.html
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Oct 31, 2026
ATLANTA (AP) — Two years after Kamala Harris lost the presidential election to Donald Trump, she still delights Democratic donors and activists with jabs against him, saying the Republican is "callous, corrupt and incompetent" and calling him the "decorator in chief" for his White House renovations and gold adornments.
But the former vice president also has plenty to say about what her party, the electorate and the country should do next as she also considers whether to run again.
"This is the moment where we turn that anger into action," Harris said more than once during a busy schedule in the final stretch of the midterm campaign.
Harris campaigned for candidates across seven states, ending with a recent two-day visit to Georgia. It was, in parts, the kind of nostalgic tour seen from Barack Obama and Bill Clinton — two-term presidents whose last campaigns are behind them — and the barnstorming from potential future contenders such as Govs. Gavin Newsom of California and Andy Beshear of Kentucky or U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.
As the first Black woman elected to nationwide office, Harris urged fellow Black Americ
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Oct 31, 2026
ATLANTA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira spoke briefly ?at a Group of 20 foreign ministers meeting and ?agreed to meet in coming weeks before a G20 leaders summit, a ?source familiar with the plans said.
A Brazilian official downplayed tensions over Brazil's failure to approve Trump's pick as ambassador and the re-election of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Vieira took part ?in the G20 meeting, ?which was hosted by Rubio in Atlanta. The two ministers agreed to meet again before G20 ?leaders meet in Miami in December.
The plan for the two to meet again, first reported by Bloomberg, reflects a desire by ?the two ?countries to move on after ?discord over the ambassador's visa ?and the US decision to grant a visa to Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro after his election loss to the leftist incumbent Lula.
"We're clearly not politicizing the issue, as we haven't in other situations regarding Brazilian citizens who have fled to the ?US," the Brazilian official said.
A US ?official and a person familiar with ?the matter last week ?told Reuters that Trump has no current plans ?to support Bolsonaro's political ambitions ?even as the ?administration allowed him into the country.
Bolsonaro's father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, is imprisoned in Brazil for attempting to stay ?in power after ?losing his own re-election bid in 2022.
(Reporting by Andrea ?Shalal in Atlanta and Shivani Tanna in BengaluruEditing by ?Tom Hogue and Peter Graff)
This article originally appeared on Reuters at https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rubio-brazils-foreign-minister-meet-151229759.html
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Oct 31, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran's strikes on more than two dozen U.S. bases in the Middle East focused on early-warning systems before hitting aircraft and buildings, causing billions of dollars in equipment damage, according to an Associated Press analysis.
The AP independently verified damage to American targets using satellite imagery from multiple providers and spoke to four regional officials who were briefed or have firsthand knowledge of what was hit. The AP found that, through August, more than 115 drone or missile strikes claimed by Iran or Iranian-backed militias damaged or destroyed structures on 26 military bases and other sites with U.S. equipment.
The AP found that Iran initially focused its attacks on aircraft hangars and systems that detect incoming strikes, clearing the way for further strikes on warehouses, troop housing and more.
The damage has significantly reshaped the American foothold in the Middle East, with two regional officials saying the U.S. has moved many of its assets out of the Persian Gulf. That includes aircraft, air defense systems, communications systems and other equipment crucial to base operations, one of those officials said.
The impact of the damage raises questions about American defenses in the region as President Donald Trump considers new strikes after Tuesday's
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Oct 31, 2026
The D.C. government and the state of Virginia sued Saturday to block construction of President Donald Trump's planned triumphal arch, calling it a "flagrantly unlawful" project that will forever change the landscape of the nation's capital.
The lawsuit is the latest attempt to stop the 250-foot-tall arch, which Trump hopes to build near Arlington National Cemetery and says will commemorate the nation's 250th birthday. The administration would like to begin construction as soon as next week.
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The two jurisdictions are asking a federal judge to halt the plan and argue that they have "indisputable standing" to bring their lawsuit because the towering arch would have tangible, negative effects on the region - an argument that distinguishes their lawsuit from others that have tried to stop Trump's construction projects.
D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb (D) said the arch construction would cause "serious, immediate and irreparable harm to the District and its residents," while Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones (D) said "Trump's illegal vanity project" would be an affront to Arlington National Cemetery and the "extraordinary sacrifices it represents."
"The Commonwealth has a solemn duty and a profound interest in preserving the dignity of this sacred place," Jones said in a statement. "We will vigorously litigate to protect its sanctity and honor the legacy of those who made the ultimate sacrifice."
The arch already faces legal peril. In a separate case brought by thr
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Oct 31, 2026
Wall Street analysts spent 2026 piling Buy ratings onto the AI build-out. The stocks they ignored have done better.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) stocks with the biggest share of analyst Buy ratings have trailed those with the smallest share for most of the year, according to Piper Sandler chief investment strategist Michael Kantrowitz. Measured year over year, it's the third-worst stretch in Piper's data going back to 1995.
"The Sell Side's MOST favored stocks have underperformed their LEAST favored stocks for the majority of 2026," Kantrowitz wrote in a note to clients Wednesday.
This week showed what that looks like. Alphabet had its worst month in history, Intel had its worst day since 1974, and the Nasdaq (^IXIC) suffered its biggest daily drop since June as Big Tech's results revived worries about AI spending.
Add it up, and the AI trade has lost about $5 trillion in market value since Oct. 6, by Yahoo Finance calculations, including about $1.6 trillion on Friday alone. Nvidia and Alphabet, two of Piper's favorites, shed about $835 billion each, roughly a third of the total.
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Oct 31, 2026
MFor nearly an hour, dozens of the local Republican Party's most loyal Colombian voters bided their time, piled into a conference room in a small hotel right off the airport near Miami Springs, surrounded by tables full of empanadas, tequeños and small Colombian flags. The event's emcee, Weston City Commissioner Fabio Andrade, in town for the event, hyped up the crowd and warned of a "Machiavellian plan" by Democratic socialists to take over the U.S. He moved about the room, turning the mic to voters one by one.
"Porque apoyan a Maria Elvira?" he asked. Colombians of all ages easily made their case for why they support Maria Elvira Salazar.
"A favor de los inmigrantes!"
"Defendie a los Latinos!"
"Se faja para el residente, y no para el partido."
She's in favor of immigrants. She defends us Latinos. She works for the residents, not for the party.
A salsa beat came in hot over the speakers. Right on cue, through a backdoor coming off the hotel parking lot, the congresswoman walked in. As if in complete coordination, the group lifted out of their seats and crowded her, whipping out cell phones to snap photos of her rapturous entrance. Sporting a white campaign shirt and white Golden Goose sneakers, her signature blowout slightly puffy from the excess humidity, Salazar was greeted like a celebrity.
"I wish Washington would welcome me with this, and with this music!" she told the small crowd, taking her seat and signaling to one of her aides to grab her a water bottle. More members of her team funneled in, along with Toby, Salazar's small but feisty King Charles Spaniel.
The room quieted as she launched into a passionate defense of what has become her core policy proposal, the Dignity Act — the immigration reform measure that has put her at odds with President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" move
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Oct 31, 2026
On the first day of early voting in Texas, two weeks before the most consequential election Texas Republicans have faced in a generation, Greg Abbott addressed a sweaty crowd of hundreds of supporters packed inside an imitation saloon. The Texas governor pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket.
"Steve Radack Community Center, 18650 Clay Road, Houston, 1.2 miles away," he read, identifying the precinct's nearest polling location. "Listen, I can roll over there in five minutes," said Abbott, who uses a wheelchair, as the fawning audience laughed.
Abbott was making a closing pitch to the Republican Party's most fanatic supporters, many donning "Make America Texas" hats, who clapped loudly as he bragged about bringing 2.6 million jobs to Texas and booed at the mention of his "crazy" opponent, Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa. And they perked up when Abbott asked if they wanted to "be your own political power broker and make sure that you're the one responsible for us winning."
That's when the governor issued another set of directions: Download the Abbott Impact App, the engine of the massive turnout operation that has enabled the GOP to build tremendous power over Abbott's nearly 12 years in Austin. Many in the audience dutifully complied. The app is the key to Abbott's ability to maintain his grip on the most influential red state in the nation through his extensive data, polling and "get out the vote" operation — powerful tools that have not only allowed him to sail to reelection repeatedly but has cemented GOP control of every single statewide office.
That could all change in a matter of days.
Abbott expected to spend 2026 in legacy mode, cruising to a fourth term that would carry him into the post-Trump era as one of the most dominant state-level GOP figures in America, a kingmaker in a party looking for new heroes. Instead, he's fighting a tougher-than-expected battle to retain his own seat
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Oct 31, 2026
In the closing days of a campaign for Congress where polls show his side losing, President Donald Trump and his Justice Department are filing lawsuits and opening investigations that could extend disputes well beyond Election Day.
The administration's extraordinary attempt to cast doubt on the midterm elections, discount some ballots and prevent the finalization of results is entering a frenetic new phase.
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The litigation strategy has failed so far, but appears designed to give the Justice Department more time to contest results after the election.
Trump, worried about a Democratic takeover of Congress and a third impeachment, has tilted the Justice Department away from its traditional role of easing access to the ballot and toward erecting last-minute hurdles that could prevent some people from voting. It is trying to force California to set aside thousands of ballots and Alaska to hold off on certifying the results if a Democrat wins the state's Senate race. It has threatened to sue Washington state if it doesn't discount ballots from hundreds of voters and suggested it may try to do the same in other states.
Administration officials have struggled in court so far, in part because the Constitution puts states - not the federal government - in charge of running elections.
"A lot of what you're seeing is just a sort of a temper tantrum in the form of a lawsuit," said Sam Oliker-Friedland, a former frontline voting rights litigator at the Justice Department who now l
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Oct 31, 2026
MANAMA, Bahrain - The looming possibility of U.S. strikes on Iran has been met with weary nervousness in the Persian Gulf, as Gulf officials double down on efforts to break through a U.S.-Iran impasse that they know will leave their region vulnerable.
Publicly and privately, leaders in Persian Gulf nations, which bore the brunt of Iranian retaliation because they are home to U.S. bases, are calling for de-escalation as concerns about President Donald Trump's war plans grow. Mediators from Qatar arrived in Tehran on Friday as part of the efforts to negotiate an end to the war, according to a person briefed on the talks, who described the trip as a "last-ditch effort to broker an interim deal between Iran and the U.S." that was happening "in coordination with the U.S."
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Trump has seemed open to a deal - but also to resuming strikes, according to a separate official briefed on the talks, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation. Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and envoy, have been pushing for a deal, the official added, as others - including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth - appear opposed to it.
"The next two days will be crucial in determining how the situation unfolds," said an Iranian official, who like some others interviewed for this story spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation. The Americans, they added, are "seeking a positive breakthrough" ahead of the midterm elections.
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Oct 31, 2026
James Talarico; Adam Hamilton; Paige Cognetti. (USA Today Network; Reuters; Getty)WASHINGTON — Democratic candidates in 2026 battleground races are directly criticizing Joe Biden's handling of border security when he was president, seeking to neutralize a political vulnerability and signaling a new path for the party on the thorny issue.
Candidates are throwing the ex-president under the bus on border policy in key states that will decide control of the Senate and some battleground House races across the country.
"I called out Joe Biden for failing us on the border," Texas' Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico says in a recent ad airing in the closing stretch of his neck-and-neck race against Republican Ken Paxton. He also criticized Biden in July for having "failed us on our southern border" as he rolled out his own border security plan.
He's not alone.
In Kansas, a longtime Republican stronghold, Democrat Adam Hamilton criticized Biden in a recent debate with R
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Oct 31, 2026
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The United States has approved the sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine, a critically needed munition for defence against escalating Russian aerial attacks.
However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned it could take "several years" for the deliveries to arrive.
The US State Department said the advanced PAC-3 interceptor missiles would cost $2.1bn (£1.6bn) and would be "funded entirely" by Kyiv's allies in Europe and Canada.
On Friday night Zelensky repeated his calls for the US to speed up the release of its Patriots - the only effective weapon for downing Russia's deadly ballistic missiles.
Hundreds evacuated from Russian-occupied Oleshky during rare Ukraine ceasefireG20 'family photo' cancelled after protests over presence of Russian minister
The latest move comes after a row between Zelensky and Donald Trump earlier this month when the US eased sanctions on Russia as part of a deal to secure Russian diesel.
The US president stated it was time for
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Oct 31, 2026
One person was killed and six others were injured in a shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in California packed with last-minute Halloween shoppers on Friday night.
Gunfire rang out inside the seasonal retail store at the Solano Town Center mall in Fairfield, Calif., at around 8:30 p.m., Fairfield Police Chief Dan Marshall said during a press conference.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene, while six others were rushed to a hospital, where three are listed in critical condition.
Police at the Solano Town Center mall where one person was killed and six others injured in a shooting at a Spirit Halloween on Oct. 30, 2026. KCRA 3
Police did not reveal any description of the suspected shooter, who remains at large, and did not confirm if there were more than one suspect.
A motive behind the shooting was not revealed.
"This is still a very active crime scene. Detectives are speaking with witnesses and diligently working to identify the suspect responsible for this horrific shooting," police said in a press release.
The ages and identities of the victims were not immediately released.
The store was open and filled with customers when the shooting began, sending shoppers fleeing for their lives.
"Well, she just told me she heard some shots and the people running, yelling and crying already," one witness described what his wife experienced to KCRA.
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Oct 31, 2026
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The FBI on Friday began reaching out to donors of Dan J. Sullivan asking about potential deception, as federal authorities ramped up their investigation over the U.S. Senate candidate in Alaska who shares a name with the Republican incumbent.
An Anchorage-based FBI agent visited a boat dealership in Petersburg, a small fishing community accessible only by air or water where the candidate lives. The agent left a business card for Charles Flint, who told The Associated Press he has known Dan J. Sullivan for years as a respected teacher and musician.
The FBI visit came after federal officials confirmed the existence of a criminal probe over the candidate. The U.S. Department of Justice also pushed Friday for a court order to isolate certain Alaska ballots to investigate potential voter confusion.
Flint contributed $500 over the summer to what he considered a long-shot campaign, saying he knew Dan J. Sullivan would have expenses and respected him for "throwing his hat in the ring." Flint said the FBI agent asked his son, who works at the dealership, whether Flint felt he had been "misled" about which candidate he was supporting.
"I don't feel like I've been misled at all," Flint, who has been out of town, told the AP in a telephone interview, adding he had no intention of calling the agent but would "let him waste his time trying to track me down."
"I don't think there's any confusion," he said, adding he intends to rank Democrat Mary Peltola first on his ballot, followed by Dan J. Sullivan. "
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Oct 30, 2026
By Andrew Goudsward and Nathan Frandino
WASHINGTON/ANCHORAGE, Oct 30 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration stepped up criminal and civil investigations into allegations that Democrats conspired to recruit a spoiler candidate in a critical Senate race in Alaska, officials said on Friday, injecting fresh uncertainty into Tuesday's midterm elections.
The top federal prosecutor in Alaska, US Attorney Michael Heyman, said ?at a press conference that a Wednesday New York Times article about the effort had driven a "surge" of FBI resources, adding that he had assigned several prosecutors to the case ?and that investigative steps were taking place "intensely and swiftly."
"Every Alaskan deserves a fair election, and they're going to get one," he said. "Anyone who tries to illegally deceive voters and interfere with the election, they'll answer for it."
The Alaska contest is widely ?seen as one of the US Senate races that could sway control of the chamber, now narrowly held by Trump's Republicans.
TRUMP ORDERED SUIT, CLAIMS 'FRAUD AT HIGHEST LEVEL'
The Justice Department's legal actions in Alaska and California, where the Trump administration is trying to prevent some ballots from being counted, represent an extraordinary federal intervention in state-run elections, which are administered locally under the US Constitution.
When the DOJ filed the civil suit against Alaska a week ago, Trump told reporters, "I'm the one that said do it."
Heyman declined to offer specifics when asked what possible crimes were being examined, saying he would let the Alaska investigation proceed, although Trump has called for a ?prosecution of Senate candidate Mary Peltola, a Democrat.
"This is voter fraud at the ?highest level," Trump told a Florida rally on Friday.
The Department of Justice asked a federal judge on Friday to ensure the preservation of ballots that "may be impacted
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Oct 30, 2026
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Justice Department to stop threatening state and local election officials with criminal prosecution over their handling of disputes about voter qualifications.
U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson also ordered the Trump administration to cease demanding that election workers remove voters from statewide rolls, refuse to issue ballots to specific voters or segregate ballots cast in the midterms based on the administration's claims that some voters are ineligible.
"Because the public has a paramount interest in ensuring that election officials and workers are able to carry out their work in accordance with federal law and election procedure, and the official day of the Elections is only a couple of days away, the balance of the equities and public interest weigh in Plaintiffs' favor," Thompson wrote.
Thompson, a San Francisco-based Biden appointee, issued the temporary restraining order in connection with a lawsuit brought by the Service Employees International Union and other groups. Her directive also requires the DOJ to reach out to any state or local officials who received warnings about possible prosecution and inform them that "demands and threats of prosecution to election officials and workers … have been enjoined."
The Justice Department on Thursday sent letters to election workers in all 50 states alluding to possible prosecution if they didn't preserve election records. DOJ did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the judge's broad ruling.
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Oct 30, 2026
TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN — Michigan's Democratic coalition is fragmenting in real time days before a critical Senate election.
After it seemed like former primary rivals Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens might finally appear together, they're back to sniping at each other. And it could hardly come at a worse moment as Democrats look to unite behind El-Sayed and hold on to a pivotal Senate seat.
El-Sayed's campaign is asking Stevens to stay away from all future campaign events in the closing days of the race, two people familiar with the decision, who were granted anonymity to discuss sensitive campaign dynamics, told POLITICO.
She should stay away "as not to distract from the central issues of the campaign," one of the people said.
The brushoff capped a day of the two lobbing increasingly pointed statements back and forth at each other, frustrating Democrats who say the infighting risks imperiling a state the party can hardly afford to lose as they try to flip control of the Senate.
"I have no idea what the hell Haley Stevens is doing. This is a moment where we have to recognize the stakes," Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, who was squeezed out of the Democratic primary by the two other candidates, told CNN earlier on Friday, before El-Sayed issued his response. "People are not talking about ads. They are not talking about Haley Stevens. They are talking about the price of gas and groceries."
Stevens did not immediately respond to a question on if she will now stay off the trail, and did not respond to an earlier question about whether her appearance was contingent on him apologizing. El-Sayed's campaign declined to comment.
El-Sayed narrowly defeated Stevens in a bitter and hard-fought primary in August that exposed division over support for Israel. The seat now held by the retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is crucial to Democratic hopes to take control of the Senate.
Stevens and El Sayed have not campai
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Oct 30, 2026
By Andrew Goudsward and Nathan Frandino
WASHINGTON/ANCHORAGE, Oct 30 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration stepped up criminal and civil investigations into allegations that Democrats conspired to recruit a spoiler candidate in a critical Senate race in Alaska, US officials said on Friday, injecting fresh uncertainty into Tuesday's congressional midterm election.
The Justice Department's top prosecutor in Alaska, US Attorney Michael Heyman, ?said at a press conference that a Wednesday New York Times article about the effort had driven a "surge" of FBI resources, adding that he had assigned several prosecutors to the ?case and that investigative steps were taking place "intensely and swiftly."
"Every Alaskan deserves a fair election, and they're going to get one," he said. "Anyone who tries to illegally deceive voters and interfere with the election, they'll answer for it."
Separately, the department on Friday ?asked a federal judge to block Alaska from certifying the election results if the Republican incumbent, Dan Sullivan, loses due to the presence of a third candidate, also named Daniel Sullivan.
The contest between Sullivan and Democratic challenger Mary Peltola is widely seen as one of the few Senate races that could sway control of the chamber on November 3.
A record 48 million people have cast early ballots, more than any other midterm election in US history, according to the University of Florida's Election Lab, with even the American-born Pope Leo casting a ballot by mail.
If Democrats take one or both chambers of Congress, they intend to launch investigations into Trump's ?administration and increase pressure on the president to end the war against ?Iran.
KEY PATH FOR DEMOCRATS
If Democrats cannot flip the seat, their path to a majority narrows considerably, with the party needing to win at least two other races in mostly Republican states such as Oh
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Oct 30, 2026
(Bloomberg) -- Alphabet Inc.'s Google is in talks with the US Defense Department to work on a new data security effort underpinning the $185 billion Golden Dome missile defense program, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Oct 30, 2026
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice pushed Friday for a court order to isolate certain Alaska ballots to investigate potential voter confusion, while federal officials confirmed the existence of a criminal probe over a Senate candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent.
The dueling developments came days before Tuesday's ranked choice general election, in a race headlined by two-term Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola. The race is among a handful nationwide expected to determine control of the Senate.
Alaska U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman told reporters in Anchorage that the investigation has been ongoing for several months, but recent revelations from The New York Times that Peltola's campaign appeared to be involved in recruiting retired teacher Dan J. Sullivan have resulted in a "significant surge of law enforcement assets to Alaska."
Separately, the Justice Department — as part of a lawsuit it filed last week — asked a judge to order that state elections officials isolate ballots ranking Dan J. Sullivan to investigate potential voter "confusion" with the senator. The owner of a boat dealership in the candidate's hometown of Petersburg who had donated to his campaign told The Associated Press that an FBI agent visited the business and
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Oct 30, 2026
US stocks plunged in the final trading day of the month as earnings from Amazon (AMZN) and Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) this week rekindled concerns about the amount of money Big Tech is spending on its AI ambitions.
The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) tumbled 2.8% as a tech-fueled sell-off intensified. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell 1.2%, or over 650 points, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) dropped 2%.
For the month, the Dow gained 1.5%, while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 gave up gains, falling 5.2% and 1.2%, respectively. October marked the worst month for the Nasdaq since March 2025.
Stocks fell for the second day in a row after
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Oct 30, 2026
An open voting machine is seen at Arroyo Seco regional branch library on Oct. 27 in Los Angeles. (Ronaldo Bolaños / Los Angeles Times)A federal appeals court for the second time Friday denied a Trump administration request to block 20,000 ballots from California voters the administration alleges may be noncitizens — ruling that the administration had failed to show that "such extraordinary relief, during an ongoing election, is clearly required by law."
The three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals — composed of two appointees of President Trump and one of President Biden — ruled 2-1 that the U.S. Constitution gives the state and Congress the power to decide how elections are run, and that allowing the Trump administration to "misuse" federal statutes to "prescribe" how California must process ballots would "override the plain and manifest dictates of the Constitution itself."
"Because Congress has not exercised the specific power granted to it under the Elections Clause to override California's established laws for challenging ballots or removing ineligible voters, the State Legislature's statutory scheme remains the only method to do so," the judges found.
The panel's majority — comprised of Trump appointee Mark J. Bennett and Biden appointee Gabriel P. Sanchez — wrote that "if the United States believes different procedures are necessary for vote-by-mail ballots, we believe it should take that suggestion to Congress, not the courts."
They also wrote that separate federal law proscribes sweeping changes to voter lists 90 days prior to an election, especially given questions ab
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Oct 30, 2026
When South Carolina's longtime Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham died suddenly in July, his sister Darline stepped in to fill his seat in the Senate for the final six months of his term.
"Lindsey has always been there for me, and now I will be there for him," Darline Graham said in her first remarks after being appointed to her brother's old seat.
The choice to put Darline Graham in the seat was made by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster. But now that Darline Graham is seeking election to a full six-year term, her political future is in the hands of South Carolina's voters.
The Palmetto State hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1998. The specific Senate seat Graham now occupies has been held by a Republican for more than 60 years. But polls suggest that, in a midterm cycle in which the GOP is playing defense in red states across the country, Graham's Democratic opponent, Annie Andrews, may have a genuine chance of pulling off an upset on Nov. 3.
Here's what to know about Darline Graham as she fights to defend what could be a critical seat in the nationwide battle over control o
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Oct 30, 2026
US stocks plunged in the final trading day of the month as earnings from Amazon (AMZN) and Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) this week rekindled concerns about the amount of money Big Tech is spending on its AI ambitions.
The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) tumbled 3.3% as a tech-fueled sell-off intensified. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell 1%, or over 500 points, while those on the S&P 500 (^GSPC) dropped 2%.
Stocks fell for the second day in a row after Amazon and
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Oct 30, 2026
It's crunch time. With just days to go until the 2026 midterm elections, Democratic and Republican candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives nationwide are making one last push to persuade voters in their districts — and help their party win or retain control of the chamber on Nov. 3.
The stakes are high. President Trump has enjoyed complete Republican control of Congress for the first half of his second term. Flipping the House would give Democrats the power to block parts of the president's agenda, investigate his administration and even impeach him (again).
Historically speaking, a president's party almost always loses seats when voters return to the polls to judge his first two years in office. (The average number lost since World War II? Twenty-six.) Sometimes, the backlash is so pervasive that the president's party loses seats across a wide range of competitive districts — a phenomenon known as a "wave" election.
But the past doesn't necessarily predict the future, and Republicans have certain advantages today that they didn't have before. Here's what needs to happen for each party to come out on top.
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Oct 30, 2026
The estimated $6.3 billion theft reported Thursday by crypto exchange Binance isn't the first time the industry has dealt with a major, unexpected incident in which large sums of customer assets are frozen, spurring a rout in crypto stocks.
It may bring to mind crypto's more turbulent days, such as the collapse of FTX, though in that full-on meltdown, with an initial shortfall of $8 billion to $8.9 billion, the Binance rival's own founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, was charged with the heist. Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud in 2024 and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Yahoo FinanceThe Binance hack has rattled crypto markets: Bitcoin (
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Oct 30, 2026
A federal judge has opened an investigation into concerns that the Trump administration lied to her in the ongoing legal battle over President Trump's desire to redevelop East Potomac Golf Links.
Friday's hearing became the latest fiery courtroom clash between U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes and the Department of Justice (DOJ), which repeatedly took issue with the judge's lines of questioning and pushed back on any suggestion that information was wrongly withheld.
"The court will open a formal inquiry into whether agency officials and employees, including agency attorneys and DOJ attorneys, have made misrepresentations to the court and otherwise violated ethical rules," the judge said.
A preservationist group and local golfers are suing to stop major redevelopments at East Potomac Park, the longtime home of a public golf course along the edge of the nation's capital. Trump has repeatedly expressed a desire to redevelop it into a championship-style course, and in recent days, he has said the site will close beginning Nov. 15 so the project can proceed.
The president's comments — and recent work to cut down hundreds of trees — have escalated the legal fight.
In
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Oct 30, 2026
On Election Day, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers will face off in what may be the marquee battle of the 2026 midterms: the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters in Michigan.
It's a contest that could decide which party controls the U.S. Senate.
Democrats currently hold 47 Senate seats, including two independents who caucus with them. They need 51 to win back the chamber. (A 50-50 split would give Vice President JD Vance the tiebreaking vote.) Polls suggest that flipping four Republican seats is very possible, but Democrats are also playing defense in Georgia, New Hampshire and Michigan. The Great Lakes State looks like the closest of the three.
Democrats are pinning their hopes on El-Sayed, an unapologetic 41-year-old progressive who's pushing policies such as Medicare for All and ending U.S. military aid to Israel; who's willing to confront his critics and his own party's establishment; and who's vying to become America's first Muslim senator.
Republicans have
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Oct 30, 2026
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters outside the White House as he departs via Marine One on Oct. 23. Photo by Tierney Cross/UPI
Oct. 30 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump briefly scrapped weekend rallies in Kansas and Iowa before shifting schedules Friday to hold both.
Trump said he did not believe he needed to go to Kansas on Saturday for a rally for Sen. Roger Marshall due to him polling well. On Friday he changed course, telling a Kansas City radio show that Marshall is in a "close race."
"I think that I'm doing so well in the polls that he's got, probably got better places to spend his time," Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., told reporters when Trump's rally appearance was canceled.
It has been almost 100 years since Kansas has elected a Democrat to the Senate. Its governor Laura Kelly is a Democrat.
Iowa is also home to a Senate race that is projected to be close. Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson and state legislator Josh Turek, a Democrat, are polling withing the margin for error with Hinson ahead by two points.
When the cancellations for rallies in the final weekend before Tuesday's midterm elections were first announced, Trump was then going to hold rallies by phone across 19 states in a "72-hour sprint," the Republican National Committee said.
The president has attended 25 rallies in October, including some on back-to-back days. Trump's latest rally was in South Carolina campaigning for Sen. Darline Grah
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Oct 30, 2026
HOUSTON (AP) — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer accused of intentionally ramming his car into a Mexican construction worker in Houston was charged Friday with aggravated assault, prosecutors said.
The Harris County District Attorney's office says Mario Alberto Morales was behind the wheel of an unmarked black vehicle on Oct. 10 when it struck Miguel Parra Hernandez, 48, who was running away. Parra Hernandez was later placed in custody with a broken leg.
Few federal officers during President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown have faced criminal charges for their actions in the field, although some encounters have come under investigation.
The case in Houston was brought by District Attorney Sean Teare, a Democrat, who is also investigating the fatal shooting of a Mexican homebuilder in July that set off protests in the nation's fourth-largest city.
ICE has said Parra Hernandez stepped in front of the car and called accusations that the officer intentionally struck him false and "reckless." It called the indictment charging Morales with second-degree aggravated assault with a deadly weapon "a political stunt" and said local officials do not have the authority to investigate federal officers acting in the course of their duties.
"Allegations that ICE struck Miguel Parra-Hernandez intentionally are RECKLESS and FALSE," ICE said in a statement.
Teare has said video clearly
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Oct 30, 2026
Tel Aviv — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party alleged Thursday that Israel's election earlier in the week was stolen by Arab-majority parties, helped by foreign funding that amounted to vote-buying, as final results showed Netanyahu's bloc has lost its majority in Israel's parliament, the Knesset.
Israel's Arab-majority parties had their highest turnout ever in Tuesday's election, winning an unprecedented 19 of the Knesset's 120 seats. Their success is one of the main reasons Netanyahu's bloc lost its majority and can't now form a new government.
The final election results show the far-right wing bloc's share of Knesset seats fell from 68 to 53.
Israel's Arab minority, also called Palestinian citizens of Israel, makes up about 20% of the country's population.
"Israel's elections have been stolen," Netanyahu's Likud party declared in a statement Thursday, claiming "an attack on democracy aimed at leading to a foreign takeover of the Knesset, the Islamization of Israel, and the overthrow of the right-wing government to cause a withdrawal and defeat of the IDF (Israeli military) on all fronts — first and foremost, Iran."
The four parties that make up the main bloc opposing Netanyahu won 48 seats, so they would need some support from the Arab parties to try to form a coalition government, assuming none of the lawmakers curr
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Oct 30, 2026
The United States is pointing to gains in the Strait of Hormuz, intent on demonstrating that weeks of complex and secretive military operations there have returned oil flows to near prewar levels and chipped away at a key piece of Iranian leverage ahead of a threatened return to all-out war after the U.S. midterm elections next week.
An increase in vessel traffic and the small percentage of ships disabled by Iranian strikes are signals "clearly demonstrating that the United States and regional partners control the international waterway," read a statement this week from U.S. Central Command announcing that Brad Cooper, the head of the command, had visited the strait.
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But while U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf have welcomed the operations along with oil industry and shipping firms, serious questions remain about how sustainable they are in the face of escalating Iranian attacks, according to two people with knowledge of the matter and two Western officials based in the region, who like others interviewed for this report spoke on the condition of anonymity to share sensitive information. Also unclear, they said, is whether the U.S. military would be able to maintain the operations in the strait at the same time as resumed heavy strikes on Iranian territory after the U.S. midterm elections, as President Donald Trump has threatened.
In addition to increasing the volume of strikes on shipping, Tehran also appears to have adjusted its targeting in recent weeks, increasingly taking aim at engine rooms to disable vessels rather than j
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Oct 30, 2026
Christa Pike said she is in constant physical and mental pain in a statement released one month after she survived an execution attempt by the state of Tennessee on Sept. 30.
"I had not contemplated life beyond that night, and I'm deeply hurt by the incompetence that has put so many people in this terrible position," she said in the 460-word statement. "I continue to think about my victim's family and the terrible pain and loss they have endured."
Pike was sentenced to death for the 1985 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville. Pike was 18 at the time. Her execution was scheduled for 10 a.m. Sept. 30 at Riverbend Maximum Security Prison in Nashville, but a last-minute legal battle delayed the proceedings until the evening. She survived two rounds of lethal injection drugs and was taken to the hospital after 9 p.m. that night.
Gov. Bill Lee paused all executions and ordered a third-party review into what went wrong. Lee also announced the resignation of Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada. Pike's execution attempt was the second unsuccessful one this year.
Since Oct. 10, Pike has been back at the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center in Nashville, where she has been held for more than 30 years. She continues to receive medical care in the prison's infirmary.
"I am recovering, and I know that I am getting stronger," her statement read. "But healing is not the same as
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Oct 30, 2026
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has become the first pope to vote in a U.S. general election, casting a mail-in ballot in a contest that will decide America's future as the Trump era slowly comes to an end.
The Vatican confirmed Friday that the Chicago-born pontiff had submitted a mail-in ballot in Chicago ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, citing his long-standing belief in civic participation.
Leo, formerly Robert Prevost, "has exercised his right to vote as a United States citizen" and has done so "whenever he was eligible to do so," the Holy See press office said.
The statement said he had also voted while living in Peru whenever he was eligible. Leo lived in Peru as a missionary priest and bishop for over 20 years.
"The Holy Father expresses his belief in the right and the duty of citizens to participate in democratic processes," it added.
Leo holds U.S. and Peruvian citizenship, and is also the head of state of a foreign country, the Holy See. The city state is an absolute monarchy with no political elections.
This election, Illinois voters are deciding whether to elect Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to his third term, and they're also filling an open U.S. Senate seat after longtime Catholic Democrat Dick Durbin's retirement. President Donald T
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Oct 30, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting at Mactan Expo on October 28, in Cebu, Philippines. - Ezra Acayan/Getty Images
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's political future could be on the line if Democrats win the House majority in next week's midterm elections.
A Democrat win of the House could breathe new life into an ongoing effort to impeach Hegseth, potentially convincing more Republicans to get on board in a vote shortly after the elections.
If that push fails, Democrats are planning to set their sights on the defense secretary if they have the House gavel in the new Congress, with a major push toward impeachment.
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie has vowed to force a vote to impeach Hegseth when the House returns after the midterms in November if the secretary is still in office. If Republicans lose the majority, Massie is increasingly confident that there will be the bipartisan votes needed for impeachment, which just requires a simple majority.
"The membership of the retirement caucus is going to swell on Election Day," Massie told CNN. "Those members of Congress who aren't coming back, who are Republican, might be compelled to vote their conscience when they're no longer worried about having the support of Trump or the GOP for their election."
It is unclear how Republican leadership will handle the issue after the election. Speaker Mike Johnson sent lawmakers home early in September, staving off a vote
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Oct 30, 2026
House Democrats are probing the State Department's role in facilitating former Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro's escape from Brazil to the U.S. amid ongoing criminal investigations into him and his family.
A group of House Democrats, including many prominent members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday night with a list of questions about the State Department's involvement in Bolsonaro fleeing Brazil and the process it underwent to approve a U.S. visa for him as he departed.
In the letter, shared first with POLITICO, the Democrats ask Rubio to clarify how the State Department coordinated with other agencies to grant the visa, whether officials were aware of the pending probes against Bolsonaro and the degree to which the State Department and its officials helped Bolsonaro leave Brazil and come to the United States.
"The American people and Congress have a legitimate oversight interest in understanding whether U.S. diplomatic and immigration resources were used to facilitate the travel of a foreign political figure under these circumstances," the lawmakers wrote. "Transparency is particularly important where the reported events implicate a foreign judicial proceeding, sensitive bilateral relations, and the consistent application of U.S. immigration and diplomatic policies."
The letter, led by Reps. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) and Dina Titus (D-Nev.), was signed by 25 members in total.
The State Department did not respond to a request for comment about the letter.
Bolsonaro, the scion of a right-wing political dynasty in the South American country with close ties to key Trump administration advisers, is under investigation in
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Oct 30, 2026
Republicans are bracing for a brutal election night, convinced they're set to face some previously unthinkable losses in deep-red Trump territory as key battleground races hang on a knife's edge.
House Republicans are privately discussing not just if they'll lose their majority, but by how many seats. Imperiled GOP incumbents in once safe districts have been begging party leaders for more money in the final few days to stem the bleeding, according to six people involved in internal conversations, granted anonymity to discuss them. Senate Republicans have found new cause to worry about contests in Ohio, Kansas and other red states.
"It could be quite a brutal evening," said one senior Republican involved in the private conversations, who like others in this article was granted anonymity to speak candidly. "Once the dominoes start falling it becomes hard to stop them."
Some Republican incumbents made an eyebrow-raising emergency decision. They stopped doing their own polling weeks ago as they tried to save every dollar for swaying voters as they begged for the GOP cavalry to arrive from President Donald Trump's political operation to the National Republican Congressional Committee, according to three of the people.
One Republican strategist working on midterm races simply responded to a question about the environment with a video of a dumpster on fire that was being swept away by flood waters.
Top GOP officials and lawmakers have long known the political landscape would be bad, amid voter anger over the cost of living and aspects of Trump's policy agenda. But they're facing a worse position than they expected earlier this year, wit
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Oct 30, 2026
By Ankur Banerjee, Rocky Swift and Summer Zhen
SINGAPORE/TOKYO Oct 30 (Reuters) - Hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, in a record theft that analysts pinned on North Korea and said could shake faith in digital assets.
Cryptocurrency prices fell on the news, while Binance halted withdrawals and said it would cover the losses. About half the ?stolen assets were quickly frozen by stablecoin issuers such as Tether, Circle and the Trump-backed World Liberty Financial.
The bulk of the heist unfolded in around 20 minutes beginning late on Thursday ?and bore similarities to previous large attacks blamed on North Korea, according to US blockchain analysis firms TRM Labs and Chainalysis.
TRM said the attackers were able to order wallets that Binance uses to empty into hacker-controlled wallets, mirroring a 2025 heist at ?crypto exchange Bybit, which the US Federal Bureau of Investigation had attributed to Pyongyang.
"TRM attributes the attack to ... North Korea's elite hacking unit," the firm said in an analysis of the hack posted to its website. Both TRM and Chainalysis said they were highly confident North Korea was responsible.
'BIGGEST HACK IN HISTORY'
North Korea has for years used state-linked cyber units for espionage, financial theft and revenue, according to US and South Korean authorities as well as cybersecurity experts.
North Korea routinely denies that. Its mission in Geneva and embassy in China did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.
Binance said user funds were safe and that it was working with partners to freeze ?some of the affected assets, with about $3 billion located so far. It ?expects to resume withdrawal services in the next 48 hours.
It did not mention the status of the remaining $3.3 billion.
"Your money is safe and we're covering every loss," co-CEO Richard Teng said o
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Oct 30, 2026
Democratic Washington gubernatorial candidate Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks to supporters at the Washington State Democrats election night party on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Seattle. - Lindsey Wasson/AP
Before there were two Dan Sullivans, there were three Bob Fergusons.
In 2024, Washington's Democratic state Attorney General Bob Ferguson was joined in the gubernatorial primary race by two other Democratic hopefuls with the same name.
Was it a coincidence? More like an age-old election trick that's come up again in this year's tightly contested Alaska US Senate race.
In Washington two years ago, a Republican activist had paid the other two Bob Fergusons to run in the hopes that their names on the ballot would confuse voters — an effort to weaken the attorney general's candidacy. But the decoys ultimately dropped out after just a few days when the first Bob Ferguson, who went on to be elected governor, threatened legal action and publicly derided their candidacy as an "attack on our democracy."
Now the tables have turned with Republicans accusing Democrats of a similar ploy in Alaska. A New York Times story
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Oct 30, 2026
By Antoni Slodkowski, Gram Slattery and Andrius Sytas
Oct 30 (Reuters) - Pentagon officials have in recent weeks asked several NATO countries to tone down their rhetoric regarding the threat posed by Russia, arguing that some statements by European leaders and officials have undermined continental security, four people familiar with the matter said.
Among the nations that have received ?messages urging them to keep public statements in check are Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity. It was not clear if the messages, ?which were delivered in bilateral meetings, were conveyed to other European governments.
The US requests come as the Trump administration restarts an effort to press for a negotiated end to the full-scale war in Ukraine, now well into its fifth year. The ?latest push has blended incentives for Russia - including sanctions relief - with pressure on Ukraine to halt its attacks on Russian energy infrastructure.
Asked for comment, a Pentagon official said: "Private conversations among allies are just that, so we will not comment on these allegations."
Among the comments that have drawn US officials' attention are suggestions by European leaders that Russia is cornered and resorting to increasingly desperate measures as its invasion of Ukraine slows to a crawl, one of the people said.
Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby, a key figure in an ongoing review of US troop levels in Europe, was one of the US officials delivering the message, the people said. ?Reuters could not determine what other officials were involved.
None of the people, ?who include three European officials and a US official, suggested the advice was communicated in a confrontational manner.
EUROPE SHOULD AVOID "POKING" RUSSIA
The US messages reflect a debate within NATO regarding how to publicly address the threat of an increasingly assertive Russia.
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Oct 30, 2026
Juneau, Alaska — Democratic Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola told supporters Thursday she is "not interested in tricking voters," after two days of intense questions about how a man with the same first and last name as her Republican opponent ended up on the ballot.
The state's toss-up Senate contest has drawn nationwide scrutiny since The New York Times alleged Thursday that operatives linked to Peltola's campaign helped recruit a candidate named Daniel J. Sullivan — who has the same first and last name as GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan. The Justice Department has sued to potentially block the election from being certified if the senator loses due to "voter confusion," and it issued subpoenas in a separate criminal probe.
In a rally at the state capital of Juneau on Thursday, Peltola offered some of her fullest public remarks on the controversy, denying any connection to Daniel J. Sullivan.
"I just want to clear the air. I knew nothing about any other candidates on the ballot except for me and the incumbent. That is all I have ever known about. I am not interested in tricking voters. I know I can beat Dan Sullivan," she told supporters.
Peltola decried the "smears and attacks" she said she has faced.
"I just feel like I'm dodging bullets left and right, you know? Just, you know, with all the nonsense," said Peltola, who previously represented Alaska in the House. "And when did The New York Times become the National Enquirer? Inquiring minds want to know."
She vowed to "stay focused on affordability, affordability, affordability."
Daniel J. Sullivan's presence on Alaska's ballot has frustrated
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Oct 30, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says Georgia GOP Senate candidate Mike Collins can call him whenever he wants to ask for help for his state. But if Georgia reelects Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, Trump says it could be another story.
"There's a big difference between that and Pee-wee Herman calling," Trump said last week in Perry, Georgia, using his derisive nickname for Ossoff. The president acted out a hypothetical scenario at his rally where Ossoff called to ask for money for his state, with Trump responding, "I don't give a damn what he wants."
It's been a recurring theme at Trump's rallies this month: From North Carolina to Ohio to Kansas, the president has dangled the idea that his administration would be far less likely to help states where Democrats win in the upcoming midterm elections.
Trump has sandwiched the threats into rallies where he has announced goodies like new semiconductor investments, a submarine repair center and fewer limits on a certain type of diesel, underscoring to the audience the types of tangibles an all-Republican Washington could continue to deliver for voters should his party remain in power after November.
But the president's utterances — part of a larger political strategy that's anchored on making the midterms about himself and activating conservative voters — have also injected politics into processes that have traditionally remained apolitical, such as doling out disaster aid and providing ben
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Oct 30, 2026
ATLANTA (AP) — The top diplomats from the Group of 20 largest world economies opened two days of meetings in Atlanta on Friday after European objections to Russia's participation forced the U.S. to cancel a photo of the foreign ministers, underscoring deep rifts among the group over global crises.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio pulled the plug on the traditional group photo after several European officials threatened to boycott or walk out of the snapshot that usually helps kick off such diplomatic gatherings. But he still opened the talks, which otherwise went ahead as planned, with an appeal for unity on the issues that threaten international security and trade.
"We are in a critical moment — I would call it a moment of choosing, and I would say not just for my country, the United States of America, but frankly, for the world," Rubio told his colleagues.
"We are facing a series of interconnected economic and geopolitical crises," he added, pointing to disruptions to global energy and food supplies, trade and freedom of navigation. Many are posing "severe threats to essential foundations of the global economic order."
Yet there was no sign that the G20 diplomats could come to consensus on many of the most contentious issues they face. Among them are the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, U.S. tariffs and Chinese machinations in the South China Sea. All have contributed to spikes in the global co
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Oct 29, 2026
By Mrinmay Dey and Vallari Srivastava
Oct 29 (Reuters) - Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, said a security breach had resulted in an estimated $6.3 billion impact that analysts said could amount to the biggest crypto heist ever and might make investors rethink the risks of owning digital assets.
Binance said it had worked with partners to freeze the ?affected assets, with about $3 billion located so far. It gave no update on the status of the remaining $3.3 billion as Binance co-founder Yi He said the company would cover "all ?hacking losses".
An initial investigation suggested the breach may have started with a hacked laptop belonging to one of its engineers, which let an attacker gain access to one of its systems and make unauthorized withdrawals, Binance said.
Markets reacted immediately in early ?Asian trading on Friday.
Bitcoin dropped more than 3% to a six-week low of $76,368 and ether fell more than 3% to a two-month low of $2,178. BNB, a token originally launched as Binance Coin that can be used to pay Binance fees, was down 5% over the past 24 hours at $709.70, according to market aggregator CoinGecko.
Shares in crypto exchange Coinbase Global slid 4.8% while those of bitcoin buyer Strategy fell nearly 6% in extended US trading.
The incident could be the world's biggest crypto heist, according to analytics firm Chainalysis and other industry experts.
"It's the biggest hack in history," said Aravind Srinivasan, head of large crypto market maker GSR's systematic ?OTC business.
Beyond the potential loss of assets, the security breach was ?likely to have wider ramifications for crypto, which had already been under pressure lately due to higher US interest rates and softer demand from exchange-traded fund buyers, analysts said.
"It may further dampen risk appetite and prompt investors to reassess the safety of assets held on centralized exch
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Oct 29, 2026
Three people are dead after two helicopters collided in midair near an Oregon airport on Thursday, according to local authorities.
The incident involved a 1995 Robinson R22 helicopter and a 2018 Airbus AS350B3 helicopter and occurred at approximately 2:10 p.m. local time Thursday near McMinnville, about 40 miles southwest of Portland, according to the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff said flight instructor Maddie Aasbo, 22, of Texas, and a student pilot from the U.K. were aboard the Robinson R22. The name of the student pilot was not released as authorities were working with the consulate and the FBI to notify family, the sheriff said.
The sole occupant of the Airbus AS350B3 was identified as Tyler Delane Sturdevant, 38, of Newberg, Oregon.
KATU - PHOTO: Authorities respond to a crash involving two helicopters near McMinnville, Oregon, Oct. 29, 2026.The sheriff's office said witnesses reported the collision near the intersection of Highway 33 and Cruickshank Road southeast of McMinnville.
When first responders arrived, they saw both aircraft crashed in a field near the highway.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board responded to the scene and are leading the investigation into the crash, the sheriff said.
KATU - PHOTO: A road is closed near a crash involving two helicopters near McMinnville, Oregon, Oct. 29, 2026.The NTSB will lead the investigation, the FAA said earlier.
In an earlier statement, the FAA said there was one occupant aboard the Robinson helicopter and two peo
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Oct 29, 2026
Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, stands after holding a Justice Department news conference on Aug. 13, 2026. (Allen J. Schaben/TNS)
The Chronicle obtained subpoenas sent to election officials in Los Angeles and Orange counties seeking possible instances of noncitizen voting and unredacted information about certain voters, including their registration, address, voting history and citizenship status. Santa Clara County confirmed it had also received subpoenas and inewsource reported that San Diego County officials received them as well. The subpoenas were sent as part of criminal investigations into alleged fraudulent voting by noncitizens.
The subpoenas reviewed by the Chronicle were sent before a federal judge in a separate case gave a stern warning to First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, who has spearheaded the agency's attempts to force California to surrender its authority to administer its own elections, to stop threatening local election officials.
At a hearing on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter told Essayli: "This court believes it would b
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Oct 29, 2026
The Justice Department has begun issuing a new wave of subpoenas stemming from an ongoing criminal investigation into Alaska's Senate race, including the alleged efforts by Democrats to recruit a candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, multiple sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News.
The subpoenas are targeting several Democratic officials believed to be tied to the effort to recruit Daniel J. Sullivan to appear on Alaska's ballot. Nobody involved in the race has been charged with a crime.
The department also amended its civil lawsuit seeking to block certification of the results if Sullivan loses due to "voter confusion," adding in details from a New York Times report on alleged efforts by people associated with Democrat Mary Peltola's campaign to find candidates who could draw votes away from Sullivan. The new filing calls the situation a "conspiracy to undermine the integrity of the electoral process."
Peltola's campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee have denied any connection to the effort to put Daniel J. Sullivan on the ballot. Daniel S. Sullivan has said in the past he is genuinely interested in running.
During a briefing with reporters Thursday, a Justice Department official offered perspective into the department's investigative approach in its criminal probe, saying there had been a "significant increase in activity" surrounding the Alaska race over the previous 24 hours. The Times report was published on Wednesday.
The Times' article detailed internal emails and
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Oct 29, 2026
CNN
Israel faces weeks, possibly months, of political limbo after final results show there's no clear winner in its elections.
Neither of the two main blocs - one led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party, the other led by the centrist Yashar party of his main rival, Gadi Eisenkot - have reached the required 61-seat majority to form a government in Israel's 120-seat parliament.
So how could a new government be formed?
Certainly, it does not look easy, with deep-rooted political and ideological divisions making any seemingly straightforward coalition almost impossible.
Still, it can be done, even if the result is a tenuous alliance that survives little more than a year or so in office. If party leaders are unable to figure it out in the 12 weeks they will have available, then Israelis will be back at the polls.
Here's some potential scenarios that could avoid that.
Scenario 1: An opposition government
On paper, the opposition's surest path to unseat Netanyahu is built on Jewish-Arab cooperation. And that is its biggest obstacle.
Two of the opposition bloc's right-wing party leaders, former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and former Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, oppose any government that depends on the two Arab parties in parliament - the Joint List and Raam - whether it's from inside the coalition, or as outside supporters of a minority government. The two leaders have hardened their positions since the Hamas-led attack of October 7, 2023.
Only one government in Israel's history has enjoyed the full part
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Oct 29, 2026
CNN
Israel faces weeks, possibly months, of political limbo after final results show there's no clear winner in its elections.
Neither of the two main blocs - one led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party, the other led by the centrist Yashar party of his main rival, Gadi Eisenkot - have reached the required 61-seat majority to form a government in Israel's 120-seat parliament.
So how could a new government be formed?
Certainly, it does not look easy, with deep-rooted political and ideological divisions making any seemingly straightforward coalition almost impossible.
Still, it can be done, even if the result is a tenuous alliance that survives little more than a year or so in office. If party leaders are unable to figure it out in the 12 weeks they will have available, then Israelis will be back at the polls.
Here's some potential scenarios that could avoid that.
Scenario 1: An opposition government
On paper, the opposition's surest path to unseat Netanyahu is built on Jewish-Arab cooperation. And that is its biggest obstacle.
Two of the opposition bloc's right-wing party leaders, former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and former Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, oppose any government that depends on the two Arab parties in parliament - the Joint List and Raam - whether it's from inside the coalition, or as outside supporters of a minority government. The two leaders have hardened their positions since the Hamas-led attack of October 7, 2023.
Only one government in Israel's history has enjoyed the full part
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Oct 29, 2026
The final vote count from Tuesday's parliamentary election showed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc maintained its lead, securing 53 seats in the next Knesset, but no coalition secured a 61-seat majority.
The opposition bloc seeking to replace the premier won 48 seats, according to official Central Elections Committee figures released on Thursday after all votes had been counted.
Despite some claims of electoral interference, Israel's Election Committee also says the Knesset elections were conducted lawfully, adding there is no basis for claims of systematic interference with the integrity of the vote.
Maya Levin,jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images - PHOTO: This combination of pictures created on Oct. 28, 2026, shows Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot (L) addressing supporters at a rally in Tel Aviv and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing his supporters at an election night rally in Jerusalem.Israel awaits election results as exit polls suggest close race for NetanyahuThe two coalitions led by Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot may need the backing of the Arab-Israeli parties to have any chance of a majority in the Knesset.
Both Netanyahu and Eisenkot have previously ruled out forming a coalition with the Arab parties. In his post-election speech, Netanyahu suggested that any government that included Arab parties would "endanger Israel."
Arab party leaders have indicated willingness to work with the anti-Netanyahu opposition. The Arab-led Joint List -- a collection of three parties which between them were on course to win 12 seats as of Wednesday -- said in a statement that t
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Oct 29, 2026
Many, including term-limited Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican who has endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy, pictured, had called on him to take down the ad.
(Jon Cherry / AP)Republican Vivek Ramaswamy's ad featuring the estranged mother of Amy Acton, his Democratic opponent for Ohio governor, is leaving the state's airwaves, the Ramaswamy campaign confirmed Thursday.
The ad, which debuted last week to wide bipartisan condemnation, is rotating out after completing its intended run, according to the campaign. The campaign has other ads running in the final days of the race.
In the now-completed ad campaign, Donna Arthur — the mother whom Acton says she has not seen since her then-stepfather was charged with raping her as a young child nearly 50 years ago — calls her daughter a liar and urges Ohioans not to vote for her. The ad does not address details of the rape case. But critics panned the Ramaswamy campaign's decision to use Arthur as a character witness and dredge up painful family history.
"I'm learning things even about my childhood right now that I did not know," Acton told reporters Tuesday during a campaign stop in Youngstown. "I think it is despicable. … I'm sure someday I'll unpack everything that I'm learning here. But I'm just grateful to Ohioans and everyone, really so much support and love that we've received."
The Ramaswamy campaign said last week that the ad would be backed by
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Oct 29, 2026
Patrick Stewart, a revered English actor best known for his work on Star Trek, has died. He was 86.
According to a post on his X account, Stewart died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles following "a brief and poignant journey" with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia.
"He has been held in the warm embrace of family and friends, surrounded by live music, prayer, tears, laughter and the kind of profound emotion that only he could inspire after a lifetime of devotion to us all," the post read. "We will forever cherish the peaceful ease and reflection on his face, an enduring reminder of his invincible grace.
"His sonorous voice and singular talent will forever be synonymous with indelible performances in every genre. He explored the human condition in all its poetic complexity and brought hope not only to the far reaches of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but into science fiction's most iconic final frontier aboard the Starship Enterprise," it continued: "His professional accomplishments were humbly matched by his philanthropy and activism on behalf of human rights, survivors of domestic violence, global refugees, veterans' mental health services, and animal welfare, particularly his cherished foster puppies.
"He was a Knight, Chancellor, motor sport enthusiast, and lifelong Huddersfield Football fan," the post added. "He will be remembered for the dignity, compassion, and humanity he brought to every role — in his art and life."
Johns Hopkins Alzheimer's Disease Rese
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Oct 29, 2026
The Pentagon is quietly preparing for a $400 billion cut to President Donald Trump's military budget, as officials realize the president's record-breaking request is effectively dead.
The administration has pushed Congress for a supersized $1.5 trillion investment in the military — the largest in history. The money would overhaul weapons stockpiles and realize Trump's dreams for everything from a sprawling missile shield to a fleet of nuclear-powered battleships.
But the Pentagon and congressional spending committees are drafting a smaller $1.1 trillion defense budget, according to a defense industry official, two former officials and one other person familiar with the matter. The planning — which runs contrary to what administration officials are saying publicly — is a clear indication of the political headwinds facing Republicans after the midterm elections.
"The Pentagon can't admit this," said one of the people who, like the others, was granted anonymity to speak about internal discussions.
The administration has hinged its unprecedented defense budget on a party-line process called reconciliation. This would allow Republican lawmakers to add $350 billion to a $1.15 trillion defense base budget, despite objections from Democrats.
Now, Pentagon planners are evaluating what defense programs they will be forced to prioritize in the face of reduced funding, the people said.
"None of them expect anywhere close to 1.5 trillion," one of the former officials said. "They are absolutely developing plans [for less] and that is much more the expectation than anything close to 1.5 trillion."
The White House referred questions to the Pentagon, which did not respond to a request for
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Oct 29, 2026
Alphabet (GOOGL) had its worst day ever on Thursday. The stock fell nearly 13% after its third quarter results, steeper than any session since it went public in 2004, including its drops of more than 10% in March 2020 and September 2008.
Alphabet lost $482 billion in stock market value, the second-biggest one-day loss ever for a US-listed company, by Yahoo Finance calculations. Only Nvidia (NVDA) has lost more, about $593 billion on Jan. 27, 2025, the day China's DeepSeek rattled AI investors.
Bloomberg, Yahoo FinanceThat blew past the $400 billion SpaceX (SPCX) lost on June 22, the previous No. 2.
In dollars, it was Alphabet's worst day by far. Its previous worst was about $275 billion on July 23. It was also the stock's steepest drop after an earnings report since the company went public, according to
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Oct 29, 2026
Alphabet (GOOGL) had its worst day ever on Thursday. The stock fell nearly 13% after its third quarter results, steeper than any session since it went public in 2004, including its drops of more than 10% in March 2020 and September 2008.
Alphabet lost $482 billion in stock market value, the second-biggest one-day loss ever for a US-listed company, by Yahoo Finance calculations. Only Nvidia (NVDA) has lost more, about $593 billion on Jan. 27, 2025, the day China's DeepSeek rattled AI investors.
Bloomberg, Yahoo FinanceThat blew past the $400 billion SpaceX (SPCX) lost on June 22, the previous No. 2.
In dollars, it was Alphabet's worst day by far. Its previous worst was about $275 billion on July 23. It was also the stock's steepest drop after an earnings report since the company went public, according to
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Oct 29, 2026
An election worker places a ballot into a ballot box in Boyle Heights on Tuesday. (Ronaldo Bolanos/Los Angeles Times)Soon after a federal judge in Los Angeles sharply rejected a Trump administration effort to block 20,000 California ballots from voters it alleged may be noncitizens, the U.S. Justice Department appealed — leaving attorneys on both sides preparing Thursday for yet another court battle.
That was despite the lower court judge calling the request an unlawful threat to eligible voters in Tuesday's midterm election and to free and fair American elections moving forward, and the same appellate court having already rejected the plan days prior.
"Every day, more ballots are processed by election officials. This ongoing emergency disenfranchises American citizens through dilution," wrote First Assistant U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli, the lead prosecutor in L.A.
Early Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom swiped back at the Trump administration, writing, "A warning to Donald Trump: I'm deploying election lawyers to key battleground districts in California to protect every vote. And I just
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Oct 29, 2026
It was, for a while, considered one of those colorful quirks that crop up in the course of an election: the fact that not one but two candidates named Dan Sullivan will appear on the Nov. 3 ballot for U.S. senator from Alaska.
One Dan Sullivan — Dan S. Sullivan — is the state's incumbent Republican senator. He is trying to fend off a fierce challenge from former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola and secure a third term. The other Dan Sullivan — Dan J. Sullivan — is a retired teacher from a tiny fishing village along the Alaska Panhandle. He has never previously campaigned for public office, and he switched his registration from "unaffiliated" to "Republican" just before the deadline to run. (He has since switched back to unaffiliated.)
But now the situation seems to be getting more serious. At President Trump's direction, the Justice Department last week sued in federal court
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Oct 29, 2026
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Thursday it is proposing a new rule that will update the nutrient requirements for infant formula.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which oversees the FDA, said in a press release that it would be the first major update to infant formula standards in nearly 30 years.
Abbott launches new infant formula made with whole milk: What parents need to knowThe proposed rule would update requirements for vitamin A, vitamin D, iodine and manganese as well as reaffirm existing requirements for chloride, potassium, selenium and sodium, the agencies said.
It would also change the units of measure for two nutrients and request public input on possible requirements for ingredients not currently required in infant formula but sometimes added by manufacturers, they noted.
The ingredients not currently required include arachidonic acid (ARA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and L-carnitine. Some studies have suggested they contribute greatly to infant growth, brain development and health.
Andrew Harnik/AP Photo, FILE - PHOTO: In this Oct. 14, 2015, file photo, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration campus is shown in Silver Spring, Md.The agency said there will be additional phases looking at the remaining required nutrients, potential new nutrient requirements and carbohydrate sources.
The FDA said it will welcome public comment during its phases and, in the future, will issue one final rule to cover all the proposed changes.
The FDA also released new
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Oct 29, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has accused a newly ousted three-star general of leaking sensitive information to the media just hours after officials confirmed his removal from a top military planning post.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia as head of strategy, plans and policy for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a defense official said late Wednesday. Typically, the general in the position and their staff are responsible for generating and coordinating military plans for both the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the president.
No reason was given for the firing, the latest in a series of ousters or departures of military leaders under Hegseth. However, a Pentagon official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, later said in a statement that Sylvia was under investigation over allegations of sharing classified information about the Iran war, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and other topics with journalists.
The statement claims that Sylvia failed three polygraph tests about leaking classified information.
Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a social media post that the department "took necessary personnel action to protect sensitive information" without mentioning Sylvia by name. He said the matter has been sent to the Justice Department for "potential further legal action."
It is not clear why the Pentagon would appear to be pursuing charges in civilian courts instead of trying the general in the military justice system.
Sylvia did not immediately respo
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Oct 29, 2026
Daylight saving time will end this weekend as scheduled, bringing sunsets before 5 p.m. to some cities. At 2 a.m. Sunday, clocks in 48 states will fall back one hour, giving back the hour taken in springtime.
The change will give many an extra hour in bed and brighter mornings, but also earlier sunsets that will last through the winter.
It comes amid an ongoing political tussle to make daylight saving time permanent.
The House easily passed a bill in July to make daylight saving time permanent. It has since moved to the Senate, where it is meeting significant opposition — despite being backed by President Trump. The Senate is unlikely to act before the end of the year,
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Oct 29, 2026
Daylight saving time will end this weekend as scheduled, bringing sunsets before 5 p.m. to some cities. At 2 a.m. Sunday, clocks in 48 states will fall back one hour, giving back the hour taken in springtime.
The change will give many an extra hour in bed and brighter mornings, but also earlier sunsets that will last through the winter.
It comes amid an ongoing political tussle to make daylight saving time permanent.
The House easily passed a bill in July to make daylight saving time permanent. It has since moved to the Senate, where it is meeting significant opposition — despite being backed by President Trump. The Senate is unlikely to act before the end of the year,
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