Donald Trump said he is terminating a Biden-era Environmental Protection Agency rule that limits methane emissions from oil and gas drilling at a rally in Lubbock, Texas, on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. He said the rollback would save $45 billion and unlock 210 million barrels of oil, about 10 days of U.S. use.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the change will eliminate the Super Emitter Program and ease standards on small oil and gas wells. The rollback is the latest in a string of Trump moves to unwind Biden climate policies, including vehicle fuel-economy rules and limits on power plant emissions.

The U.S. military struck a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, killing five people aboard.

U.S. Southern Command described the operation as part of its campaign of boat strikes that has targeted vessels in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific since September 2025.

U.S. Central Command told lawmakers that the Iran war has cost $47.1 billion as of mid-October 2026, a total that does not include the cost of repairing damage to U.S. bases.

CENTCOM's breakdown shows about $6.1 billion has been spent to replace lost equipment and roughly $11.9 billion is attributed to incremental costs such as support for American service members. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers roughly three months earlier that the war had cost about $37.5 billion, implying roughly $9.6 billion in additional costs since then.

A new report finds that partnerships between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and local police have doubled since 2025, increasing local immigration arrests nationwide.

The report says the expansion is driven by the 287(g) program and a more aggressive Task Force Model that deputizes local officers to make immigration arrests and channels federal funding to participating agencies. Immigrant-rights groups criticized the report's findings, saying the shift will expand deportations and erode trust between police and immigrant communities.

A Brooklyn federal jury on Tuesday convicted Halima Salman of knowingly receiving military training from ISIS, and she faces a statutory maximum of 10 years in prison.

Prosecutors showed video of Salman holding an assault rifle, a photo of her with an ISIS flag, and an ISIS-issued training certificate recovered from her husband's phone. The Justice Department said Salman traveled to ISIS-held Syria in 2016 with her family, married an ISIS fighter at 18, and voluntarily sought military-style training and authorization to carry a rifle. She is 27, a U.S. citizen and former Brooklyn resident, and she is scheduled to be sentenced on February 2, 2027.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was declared winner of Brazil's presidential runoff on Sunday, October 25, 2026, as defeated Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro refused to concede and departed for the United States.

A senior U.S. State Department official said the State Department will issue visas to Bolsonaro and his family, allowing them to enter the United States. Multiple Brazilian media outlets reported Bolsonaro left Brazil, but it remained unclear whether he surrendered his regular and diplomatic passports before a sealed Supreme Court deadline. Lula received about 51.8% of the vote, a margin of nearly 4.4 million ballots over Bolsonaro, who won fewer than 60 million votes.

President Donald Trump announced at a Kansas rally on Monday, October 19, 2026, that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will launch an $8 billion Harvest Fuel Relief program to offset farmers' diesel costs during the harvest.

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said the program will cover part of farmers' estimated 2026 crop-year losses with payments tied to Farm Service Agency acreage reports and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates yields and prices. USDA said it will announce payment rates for major commodity crops in November, that farmers can apply via Login.gov, and that crop insurance will not be required to qualify.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison led 18 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief on Oct. 26 to preserve Temporary Protected Status for Somali nationals.

The brief was filed in African Communities Together v. Mullin and asks the court to block the Department of Homeland Security's termination of Somali TPS. The coalition says ending TPS would harm state economies, public health systems and families, particularly in Minnesota's Twin Cities.

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, questioned the Justice Department's bid to force California to segregate about 20,000 mail ballots tied to alleged noncitizens and deferred an immediate ruling.

Carter called the requested ballot segregation a "monumental change" to California's election procedures. He also criticized the federal methodology for flagging voters and admonished prosecutors over letters that warned county workers they could face criminal exposure for processing flagged ballots.

A Minneapolis City Council committee advanced an ordinance to dissolve the Office of Community Safety on a 9-3 vote with one abstention.

Council Member Robin Wonsley and other supporters said the office has failed and should be eliminated. Directors of 911, emergency management and neighborhood safety, and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison urged retaining the office. Mayor Jacob Frey criticized the proposal as lacking an operational plan.

Summit County Attorney Margaret Olson announced Tuesday, October 27, 2026, that investigators are satisfied serial killer Ted Bundy killed 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith in 1974 and that the cold case is now closed.

Investigators said a highly similar DNA profile linked to Bundy was found in evidence from Smith's autopsy. The Utah State Crime Lab confirmed in July 2026 that DNA recovered from Smith matched DNA from confirmed Bundy victim Laura Ann Aime.

A Minnesota corrections officer was charged after authorities say they intercepted drug-soaked "beading paper" headed to an inmate at MCF-Lino Lakes on October 26.

Officers first received information about the alleged conspiracy around October 19 and then set up the October 26 interception, according to the report.

Exit polls after Israel's Oct. 27, 2026 parliamentary election showed neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor the opposition has a clear path to a 61-seat governing majority, pointing to a likely stalemate.

Television exit polls projected an opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot would win about 52-53 Knesset seats, while Netanyahu's religious-nationalist and ultra-Orthodox bloc was projected at roughly 50 seats. Likud remained the largest single party with about 24-25 seats. The Joint List and Ra'am were projected to win a record 17-18 seats, with Arab turnout appearing near 80 percent in communities such as Rahat and Sakhnin. Official results showed turnout at 77.7 percent when polls closed, the highest since 1999. Police arrested a man in his 20s carrying a knife near left-wing leader Yair Golan at a Tel Aviv voter event. Golan's Democrats called it a "suspected stabbing attempt," but police said no attempted stabbing took place.

A Washington, D.C. grand jury rejected prosecutors' request to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson over disputed Jan. 6 testimony on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.

Two people familiar with the matter told the Associated Press that the grand jury declined to act. Republican lawmakers had accused Hutchinson of lying under oath about accounts that former President Donald Trump tried to reach the Capitol and that he lunged for the presidential SUV's steering wheel.

Federal prosecutors asked a U.S. District Court in Minneapolis to sentence Feeding Our Future ringleader Salim Said to 40 years in prison.

Said was convicted in March 2025 on 21 counts, including wire fraud, conspiracy, federal programs bribery and money laundering. Prosecutors say more than $44 million in fraudulent proceeds was routed through Safari Restaurant and Salim Limited. They say the money paid for a $1.2 million Plymouth home, Minneapolis commercial real estate, luxury vehicles and designer goods.

Alex Pretti's parents held a news conference in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Oct. 27, saying they have received no direct communication or explanation from the federal government since their son was killed.

The family and their attorney laid out specific unanswered questions, including why Pretti was stopped, what threat agents say he posed, and why body-camera or other video has not been released. They called on Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty to bring charges or publicly explain any decision not to prosecute. The family described the federal response as a "wall of silence" and accused the Department of Justice and U.S. Customs and Border Protection of stonewalling state investigators and the family. Civil-rights advocates warned that withholding agents' phones, statements and the gun could stall or neuter any state charging decision.

Intense El Niño-linked storms last week caused catastrophic flooding across the San Juan Basin in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona, swamping towns and threatening critical infrastructure.

In Farmington, New Mexico, the San Juan River surged from about 3.5 feet early Thursday, October 22, 2026, to roughly 14 feet by Friday, inundating multiple neighborhoods. San Juan County officials called the event a "catastrophic, historic flood" and said the river was wider than in living memory.

The FBI has raised the reward to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of Liban Abdulkadir Sheikh, who is wanted in a 2002 Washington state murder and is believed to have ties to Minneapolis.

Sheikh is accused in a November 27, 2002 shooting in which a man was shot six times in the back of the head and the man's girlfriend was also shot. The FBI says Sheikh fled Washington, was later seen in Minneapolis and may have travel or ties across multiple U.S. cities, Canada, Europe and Somalia.

On Tuesday, October 27, 2026, a federal judge in New York sentenced the Alexander brothers to 30 years in federal prison each for a yearslong sex-trafficking scheme.

Prosecutors had sought life sentences while defense lawyers asked for 15 years, and prosecutors told the court the brothers had not grasped the severity of their crimes. The Oct. 27 hearing in New York lasted all day and included testimony from about a dozen women describing the long-lasting impact of the brothers' conduct.

Anthropic filed a public Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, October 26, 2026, announcing plans for an initial public offering under the ticker ANT. The filing says the IPO could value the company between $1.5 trillion and $2 trillion, potentially ranking Anthropic among the world's most valuable public firms.

The registration runs 335 pages and devotes 93 pages to risk factors, an unusually long safety discussion compared with 38 pages in SpaceX's IPO filing. Those risk disclosures say Anthropic's models, if misused or compromised, could help design chemical weapons, assist authoritarian crackdowns or "pose catastrophic or existential risks to humanity," and warn capabilities may advance beyond the company's ability to safeguard them. The S-1 discloses a net loss of $80.7 billion in the first half of 2026 versus a $13 billion loss in the same period of 2025, and it says adjusted losses were substantially smaller; the filing also says Anthropic's founders will retain control through a special class of stock and the company is creating a Long-Term Benefit Trust to empower independent directors to prioritize public-safety considerations. The S-1 does not specify how many shares will be sold or a price range, and the company says the IPO could occur as soon as November 2026.

Government figures from the Democratic Republic of Congo show the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has infected more than 10,000 people and killed nearly 5,000 across Central and East Africa.

The outbreak now spans from Nigeria to Kenya and is being called the most geographically extensive Ebola outbreak on record and the fastest-spreading in history. Nigeria confirmed an Ebola case in Abuja in a woman who had been in eastern Congo and transited Uganda; authorities initially identified and began tracing 44 contacts. Nigeria's first confirmed case there was medically evacuated to Switzerland on October 26, and WHO Africa said Nigeria then had no active Ebola cases while still monitoring identified contacts.

President Cyril Ramaphosa deployed more than 500 soldiers to Durban on Tuesday to bolster police and try to contain a surge of deadly anti-migrant violence.

The troops will back up police under an operation the government has named Operation Prosper. The deployment is scheduled to run through November and is expected to cost about $2 million.

Two St. Paul men were charged in Dakota County for a June 27 break-in at Eagan's DUCK! arcade that stole about $26,475 in rare Pokémon cards and collectibles.

The suspects are identified as Mitchell Teng Yang, 37, and Yeng Yang, 34, both of St. Paul; they face third-degree burglary and theft charges in Dakota County. Investigators say the suspects smashed a window and a display case at about 3:44 a.m. to take the cards.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, publicly scolded the Justice Department for filing an unsigned, unsworn amended criminal complaint against former FBI officials Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides.

Faruqui said from the bench that it is not the court's practice to allow unsigned complaints on the docket and that he was distressed by the Justice Department's approach. The overnight amended complaint added a new obstruction count accusing the former officials' alleged false statements of impeding a House investigation into the Bidens. The judge is weighing a defense request to strike the amended complaint, though the Justice Department could still seek a felony indictment from a grand jury if the complaint is removed.

U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes on Monday, October 26 issued a 70-page preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from cutting or damaging trees at East Potomac Golf Links.

President Trump posted on Truth Social late Monday that renovations will begin November 15, that the park will close for about 15 months, and that the Interior Department will appeal the ruling. He also wrote that the judge has "absolutely no right" to delay the project and called the advance-notice requirement unfair.

Voters in Colorado and Washington are set to decide November ballot measures that would ban transgender girls and women from competing on girls' and women's school sports teams.

Washington's Initiative 638 would extend the ban to college sports. It would require a health-care provider to verify a student's "biological sex" using reproductive anatomy, genetic makeup or endogenous testosterone. Critics say that requirement could lead to genital exams or expensive testing.

A local cease-fire in Russian-occupied Oleshky took effect early Tuesday, allowing humanitarian aid deliveries and civilian evacuations after negotiations led by U.S. first lady Melania Trump.

Russia's Defense Ministry posted on Telegram that its forces had ceased fire in the Kherson direction in connection with the humanitarian operation around Oleshky. The White House said Ukraine and Russia agreed to temporarily stop all military action in Oleshky to allow humanitarian aid and organize a safe evacuation corridor. Ukrainian Parliament human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets described the pause as a humanitarian mission coordinated by Melania Trump and Russian human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova. Melania Trump said residents choosing to evacuate will get coordinated support and transport, and some may go to Russia while others go to Ukraine.

An affidavit filed in court this month says newly analyzed evidence links Michelle Parker's 2011 disappearance to her ex-fiancé, Dale Smith Jr., who was arrested on a second-degree murder charge earlier in October 2026.

The filing details 2011 cell phone records that detectives say show dozens of hostile texts and Parker's phone entering the tower area near Smith's home at about 3:15 p.m. on November 17, 2011. The affidavit also cites photos from Smith's 2011 police interview that show fresh scratches on his face and arm and abrasions on his elbows now viewed as possible defensive wounds, and it notes officers did not record contemporaneous questions about those marks.

On Monday, October 26, 2026, the Justice Department released preliminary 2025 National Crime Victimization Survey data showing a roughly 25% drop in violent victimization from 2024, excluding simple assaults.

The survey estimates about 669,000 fewer violent crimes overall and a 31% decline in aggravated-assault victimization, roughly 390,000 fewer incidents. It also recorded double-digit drops in robbery, property crime, burglary or trespassing, and motor vehicle theft.

Screengrabs show SpaceX's Starlink connection was throttled to about 0.1 megabytes per second during a Russian Geran-4 drone strike in Kharkiv on October 19, 2026, hampering air-defense systems. The strike killed five civilians, and Ukrainian technical sources said the slowed link was too weak to operate ground-based radar at the time.

Elon Musk said SpaceX "closed" a loophole by throttling Starlink and wrote that Starshield is "owned and controlled by the US government," with limits set by the US military and POTUS. Ukraine's defense technology adviser disputed Musk's claim and said Kyiv lacked a longstanding civilian capacity that would let forces use Starlink for offensive strikes.

The Supreme Court refused to let the Trump administration immediately enforce a Bureau of Prisons policy that would limit gender-affirming care for transgender federal inmates on Wednesday, leaving a lower-court injunction in place.

The application was first presented to the chief justice, referred to the full Court and denied; Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito said they would have granted the stay. The lawsuit, Kingdom v. Trump, covers about 1,000 Bureau of Prisons inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria; the ACLU says more than 2,000 people in BOP custody identify as transgender and about 800 class members were prescribed hormones.

The World Meteorological Organization said greenhouse gas concentrations hit record highs again in 2025, releasing its 22nd Greenhouse Gas Bulletin on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, and warning levels will likely rise further.

Global average carbon dioxide reached 426.8 parts per million in 2025, methane 1,948 parts per billion, and nitrous oxide 339.1 parts per billion. Those 2025 levels correspond to about 153 percent, 267 percent and 126 percent of pre-industrial concentrations, respectively. Carbon dioxide rose by 2.8 ppm from 2024 to 2025, compared with a record 3.6 ppm jump from 2023 to 2024 and a decade average rise of 2.6 ppm.

Jacob Morley, a convicted murderer serving life in Tennessee, escaped from the Northwest Correctional Complex and was captured on video stealing a truck in Lake County early Tuesday, October 27, 2026.

Officials discovered Morley was unaccounted for at the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville about 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, October 25, 2026. Security footage shows him in his prison uniform climbing through a fence, though authorities have not disclosed how he breached the perimeter. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released video showing Morley stealing a white 2008 Ford F-350 with Tennessee plates and a Lindamood Planting Company logo around 1 a.m. Tuesday in Lake County. He remains on the TBI most-wanted list, and a reward of up to $2,500 is offered for information leading to his capture.

Two 24-year-old British men were charged under the 2023 National Security Act on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, in connection with an alleged Iran-linked plot near the U.S.-operated RAF Fairford air base in western England.

The Crown Prosecution Service named the defendants as Mohmed Abdulkarim and Nouman Essghir and said both are British nationals from London. Abdulkarim is charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service and with conduct likely to materially assist a foreign service in UK-related activities. Essghir is charged over conduct tied to August 22, 2026, and with approaching a prohibited place for a purpose he knew or ought reasonably to have known was prejudicial to UK safety.

Jordanian warplanes struck several sites in southern Syria late Monday, Oct. 26, 2026, killing civilians including children after Jordan linked the strikes to a deadly attack on a church.

Syrian state media said the strikes killed at least seven civilians, including three children. Jordan's military said it had targeted hide-outs of terrorist organizations linked to the church attack, but Syria said it had not been notified beforehand and opened an investigation.

Elon Musk donated $158 million in September to the Senate Leadership Fund, which quickly routed the money to a Texas political committee supporting Attorney General Ken Paxton in a close Senate race.

Federal Election Commission filings show Musk gave $75 million on Sept. 9 and $83 million two weeks later, for a combined $158 million. The Senate Leadership Fund disbursed equal amounts the day after each contribution to a Texas PAC that has reported more than $100 million in pro-Paxton and anti-Talarico spending.

Antony Sun Liwanag, 33, was charged Monday in Hennepin County with two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct in an alleged July 2 assault that began at a Minneapolis bar.

Prosecutors requested an arrest warrant and formally filed the two counts against Liwanag as the case moved forward. The complaint says the alleged assault began during a pre-wedding party at a Minneapolis bar and continued later at a hotel in St. Louis Park. The victim told investigators she believed her drink was spiked, and hotel surveillance reportedly shows Liwanag dragging her while she appeared limp and unable to stand.

The Justice Department and Portland city officials are reviewing the removal of "Save Women's Sports" activists and a reporter from Providence Park during an October 23 Portland Thorns match.

Portland told OutKick on Monday it "was not involved in any decisions" about the removals and that decisions are handled by stadium operator Peregrine, LLC and its subcontractors. The city said it did not approve policies governing XX-XY clothing, "Save Women's Sports" messaging, transgender sports messages, banners, or press credentials at Providence Park. Portland cited Section 4.3 of the Stadium Operating Agreement, which requires Peregrine to implement a security, safety and traffic-control plan and to comply with all applicable laws.

The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday, October 26, 2026, that it will suspend the Electronic Visa Waiver-Travel Authorization Program (EVS-TAP) for Chinese nationals traveling to the Northern Mariana Islands.

The suspension takes effect at 1 p.m. Central on October 30, 2026, and will apply to new applicants and to previously approved travelers who have not yet entered.

On Monday, October 26, 2026, documents unsealed in federal court in Washington show the Trump administration is attempting to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey for what it calls disclosing classified information.

The Justice Department is bypassing a grand jury and instead proceeding by criminal information, an unusual move prosecutors say can toll the 10-year statute of limitations. DOJ says multiple circuit courts have approved such tolling, and the filing links the allegation to a 2016 New York Times story about a secret FISA order to Yahoo. Comey said in an on-camera statement, "I'm still innocent. I'm still not afraid of these people and I still believe in the independent federal judiciary."

On Sunday, October 25, 2026, opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela after nearly a year in exile, reappearing in Lara state and raising immediate pressure for a presidential election.

Machado announced her return on X with the Spanish message "I am here. With you," and her team confirmed she had been out of the country for nearly a year after a clandestine December 2025 departure to accept the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.

On October 26, 2026, the Minnesota Court of Appeals reversed a district court acquittal and ordered six guilty verdicts in State v. Abdifatah Abdulkadir Yusuf reinstated, restoring a $7.2 million Medicaid-fraud judgment.

The case centers on Promise Health Service LLC, a Medicaid provider first registered in Burnsville and later listed at a Central Avenue address investigators said was only a mailbox. Trial evidence showed more than 40,000 fraudulent Medicaid claims and over $7.2 million paid out between October 2019 and August 2022. Investigators testified Yusuf personally received more than $1 million from Promise accounts, his brother more than $359,000, and about $361,000 in payments had no identified business purpose.

Ramsey County charged Eduart Gomez Ochoa, 28, with first-degree assault/burglary and attempted kidnapping for an Oct. 22, 2026 incident at a ground-level apartment on the 700 block of Como Avenue in St. Paul.

Police say the woman was cooking when a man was halfway through the window trying to pull her out as she kicked and screamed. Officers recovered a hat and a headband inside the kitchen that investigators tied to Ochoa.

On Monday, October 26, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission and 20 states sued Dollar General in federal court in Tennessee, alleging years of register overcharges and seeking a permanent injunction and monetary relief.

The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, says thousands of Dollar General stores charged higher prices at the register than those shown on shelves, tags and advertisements. Regulators say the alleged deceptive pricing practices affected millions of purchases and extracted millions of dollars in unlawful overcharges from consumers. Dollar General operates about 21,000 stores nationwide and did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman ruled Monday that the Trump administration illegally fired Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey in July 2025 and ordered reinstatement and back pay.

Furman held the dismissal violated the constitutional separation of powers, the Administrative Procedure Act, and Comey's Fifth Amendment due process and statutory rights, and he rejected the Justice Department's sweeping removal-power theory as contrary to long Supreme Court precedent. He ordered retroactive reinstatement and back pay from Comey's July 2025 firing through December 20, 2025, and said she must be allowed to return to the Southern District of New York if she chooses. The Justice Department said it disagreed with the decision and will appeal.

Last week the U.S. Department of Agriculture proposed a rule requiring all states to issue chip-enabled SNAP EBT cards and for retailers to install tap-to-pay terminals.

The proposal opens a 60-day public comment period and would give states about two years after the final rule to comply. USDA says the change aims to curb skimming that has siphoned benefits from recipients.

Massachusetts voters will decide in November 2026 whether to uphold a 2024 law that created a comprehensive state firearm registry.

The referendum appears on the ballot as Question 9, and gun owners must register by Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. Gov. Maura Healey signed the law with an emergency clause so it took effect in 2024, two years before the vote.

Microsoft announced voluntary buyouts for about 60,000 employees worldwide on October 26, 2026, affecting roughly one-quarter of its global workforce.

Eligible employees in the U.S., Canada, India and the UK who are vice president level or below may apply, with about 27% of staff qualifying. Microsoft said some business units are excluded, including data-center operations and parts of sales and marketing. The offer is the company's second voluntary exit program this year after an April early-retirement offer covering about 7% of its U.S. workforce.

Alberta voters decisively rejected a proposal to begin a legal process toward independence in a province-wide referendum held Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, with roughly 75% choosing to remain in Canada.

Unofficial tallies published Tuesday showed more than 1.8 million votes counted from about 81% of voting areas. More than 1.35 million Albertans, roughly 43% of eligible voters, had cast advance or special ballots before the vote, and more than 100 polling stations extended hours on voting day. Prime Minister Mark Carney called the result an affirmation of Canadian unity, and Premier Danielle Smith said, "Albertans have voted for a stronger Alberta in a united Canada."

A Stanford NBER working paper warns California's proposed Proposition 40 billionaire wealth tax could shrink, rather than raise, public revenue and undermine funding for health care, the study found.

Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5% state tax on billionaire wealth to fund the health care system. The paper estimates seven publicly known billionaire moves removed about $540 billion, roughly 30% of California's billionaire wealth, from the potential tax base. Authors project the levy could raise about $30 billion, not the $100 billion proponents claim. They warn permanent income tax losses from billionaire departures could outweigh the levy by about $39 billion in present value.

Malik Beasley is negotiating a plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, his attorney said Saturday, October 24, 2026, in Beasley's New York federal case over alleged game-fixing.

Beasley's lawyer said a direction on the talks is expected in the coming days. Beasley pleaded not guilty in July 2026 to charges that include wire fraud conspiracy and bribery in sporting contests.

Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said nearly 1,000 people were arrested across France as nationwide demonstrations resumed on Saturday, October 24, 2026.

The Interior Ministry estimated about 410,000 protesters nationwide, including roughly 110,000 in Paris. Clashes erupted near the Paris march endpoint, where police used tear gas and water cannons, and the Paris prosecutor reported 64 arrests linked to the demonstration. Authorities sent a major security deployment ahead of the marches, with plans for up to 70,000 officers backed by helicopters, armored vehicles and water cannons. Major Paris museums closed and many shops boarded up as authorities tried to limit damage and looting.

A Philadelphia police officer who was shot 12 times in an ambush that killed his partner was released from Penn Presbyterian Medical Center on Monday to cheers from fellow officers and supporters.

Officer Hector Rodriguez III, 33, left the hospital just over two weeks after the Oct. 10 shooting amid applause from colleagues and supporters. His partner, Officer Shane Seiber, 40, later died of his wounds.

High-level delegations from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey met Iranian leaders in Tehran on Monday to press for de-escalation as attacks on shipping mount and a U.S. naval blockade constrains Iran's trade. The visiting delegations were reported to include Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistani army chief Gen. Asim Munir and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin, and Qatari mediators were also involved.

U.S. Central Command says its warships, including the USS Rafael Peralta, are enforcing a "steel wall" blockade that allows only humanitarian shipments. CENTCOM also said U.S. forces helped roughly 400 merchant ships transit the Strait in a recent seven-day period and assisted in moving more than 100 million barrels of crude oil. The command confirmed the Singapore-flagged, Cyprus-owned container ship GFS Pride was struck in the Strait and later sank, and Adm. Brad Cooper said more than 20 civilian mariners have been killed since February. The International Maritime Organization called the region "severe and critical," saying about 6,000 seafarers are trapped near the Strait and reporting roughly 24 ship attacks in about two weeks.

Minneapolis police arrested seven people after a break-in at the Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis, officials said.

Authorities say the suspected offenses include burglary of a business, fleeing police on foot, and trespassing. A security monitoring company detected the intrusion through the Basilica's alarm system and guided officers during the response. Minneapolis police's juvenile unit is leading the investigation, and four minors were processed and released, police said. Pastor and rector Fr. Ralph Talbot said the Basilica will cooperate with prosecutors and thanked Minneapolis police and security staff.

Federal judges have dismissed the Justice Department's efforts to obtain unredacted statewide voter registration rolls in 27 jurisdictions, a major setback for the Trump-era push.

The dismissals include large states such as California, New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin. The Justice Department has appealed most dismissals. Lawsuits remain pending in Delaware, Hawaii and Idaho, and DOJ voluntarily dismissed its Oklahoma case after the state agreed to provide its voter list. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld a lower court ruling rejecting DOJ's attempt to obtain Michigan's unredacted rolls.

An F-16 flew a close "headbutt maneuver" to intercept a civilian plane near Mar-a-Lago about 11:20 a.m. Central on Saturday, October 24, 2026, and the pilot exited the restricted area afterward.

NORAD said the jet flew closely in front of the aircraft to get the pilot's attention and to establish communications, calling the tactic a "headbutt maneuver." The plane had entered a Temporary Flight Restriction tied to President Trump's presence, and officials said the pilot may face federal enforcement after landing.

Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola and her family suffered minor injuries in a two-vehicle crash in Anchorage on Saturday, Oct. 24, forcing her to pause campaign events.

The other vehicle struck the car carrying Peltola and her family as they were en route to the Alaska Federation of Natives Annual Banquet in Anchorage. Campaign officials said Peltola's planned appearances in Fairbanks and Bethel will be rescheduled for later in the week, and that she will rest Sunday and Monday before returning to the trail Tuesday.

Tallahassee police arrested a 15-year-old Sunday night in connection with a shooting near Florida A&M University's Bragg Memorial Stadium, Police Chief Lawrence Revell said.

At least 12 people, including six children, were injured in the shooting, according to earlier reports. Police said the 15-year-old faces 11 counts of attempted second-degree murder and one count of possession of a firearm by a delinquent.

Prosecutors in Naha formally indicted U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard on murder and robbery charges on October 25, 2026, in connection with a woman's killing in Okinawa.

Prosecutors say Ballard strangled 39-year-old Naha resident Anna Yagi with a telephone cord at a Naha hotel on October 3, 2026. Prosecutors also allege he stole Yagi's backpack, which contained her wallet and other belongings.

President Trump on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, in Port Huron, Michigan, called Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed a "jihadist" and said he was "on the side of the terrorists," escalating attacks in a pivotal race.

He compared keeping El-Sayed out of the Senate to the actions of United Flight 93 passengers on Sept. 11, 2001, and said El-Sayed would "have to go through a metal detector" before entering the chamber. Arab Americans for Trump co-founder Bishara Bahbah denounced the remarks as racist, while El-Sayed told supporters in Grand Rapids he expects to be called "senator" after November.

Three adults were injured and taken to local hospitals after an explosion and fire involving a food truck on St. Paul's East Side Sunday.

The St. Paul Fire Department responded and said firefighters faced difficult alley access but quickly brought the blaze under control. Officials said the cause of the explosion and fire has not been determined and the incident remains under investigation.

On Sunday, October 25, 2026, the Israel Defense Forces launched a 48-hour exercise across northern and central Israel to guard the October 27 election amid Iran tensions.

The drill mobilizes the 210th Division, the West Bank Division, and the 98th and 96th divisions, alongside Israeli Air Force units. Exercises will simulate surprise attacks and infiltrations by air and land.

Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in Serbia's parliamentary election on Sunday. He said his Serbian Progressive Party expects about 105 seats while the student-backed Students' List would take roughly 135-140 of the 250-seat parliament.

Vucic told supporters he believed SNS won roughly 1.7 million votes to the Students' List's about 2.2 million. He blamed the loss on Serbia's independent media, unnamed European countries and what he called an "American deep state."

U.S. measles cases have topped 4,500, with the CDC reporting more than 4,580 cases in 2026 as of Thursday, October 22, and Pennsylvania emerging as the outbreak's epicenter.

CDC data show 96% of U.S. measles patients this year were unvaccinated or had unknown vaccination status. The Pennsylvania Department of Health said on Friday, October 23 that at least 1,338 cases have been confirmed in 44 counties in 2026, with more than 250 hospitalizations and five deaths, three in Lancaster County. Officials say local Amish communities with low vaccination rates are among the hardest hit. Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Debra Bogen held a roundtable with Mifflin County health providers on Thursday, October 22, and providers statewide administered more than 39,000 measles vaccine doses in the first three weeks of October.

On October 25, 2026, Rep. Joyce Beatty's attorneys asked U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington to order the Trump administration to turn over Kennedy Center emails, texts and related documents.

The administration is withholding the records on claims of presidential communications privilege, Beatty's lawyers say the messages directly bear on whether the center's planned closure and renovations were lawful. A records list cited by Beatty's team shows 19 texts between Kennedy Center CEO Matt Floca and Trump aide Natalie Harp and roughly 180 texts between Floca and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick about Kennedy Center matters. Those messages include exchanges on September 15, 2026, when the center's board again voted to close the building.

The National Weather Service kept a flood watch in effect Sunday, October 25, 2026, for much of the Four Corners region after days of heavy rain.

The Colorado Department of Transportation reported sharply increased San Juan River flows overnight and closed the San Juan River Bridge on Sunday. San Juan County, New Mexico, officials said floodwaters had receded but left sewage-contaminated mud, and that power outages could last several more days while damage is assessed.

Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday, October 25, 2026 defended a Justice Department lawsuit that asks a court to block Alaska from automatically certifying its U.S. Senate election results if the Republican incumbent loses.

Blanche said the DOJ is not "laying any groundwork" for midterm challenges and insisted President Trump is not trying to take over a state election "in any way, shape, or form." He framed the suit's requested remedy as asking Alaska "to not certify if the law is broken." He said the case tests whether a confusing ballot with two Dan Sullivans violated federal law and the Constitution. Blanche told CBS the effort is meant to "put guardrails in place" and to preserve evidence of possible voter confusion. He also rejected comparisons to Trump's post-2020 behavior and the January 6 lead-up as "crazy."

On Oct. 1, 2026 Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed New York Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor to lead a reopened criminal investigation of an alleged October 2024 gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.

James said her office will review the facts, gather evidence, interview witnesses and, if warranted, pursue prosecutions as part of an active criminal investigation. Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten has acknowledged he did not see a full Nov. 14-15, 2024 campus-police interview transcript before declining to charge the case in 2024. The transcript shows the woman identified as Jane Doe telling investigators, "I can say with 100% confidence I was raped," and that she reviewed and signed a six-page statement. Meanwhile, the online prediction market Polymarket removed a contract on whether any of the seven men named in the civil suit would be charged after more than $450,000 had been wagered and amid public and regulatory criticism.

Federal prosecutors asked a judge on Sunday, October 18, 2026, to detain ex-OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan as a flight risk, saying he was "mere days" from flying to Saudi Arabia.

The prosecutors' memo says Alfozan's wife and young son left the U.S. on a new one-way itinerary the day after his October 9 arrest, with tickets purchased by a Saudi military official. The memo adds that Alfozan has at least two bank accounts in Saudi Arabia and "what appears to be considerable support from a foreign government," and it notes Saudi Arabia has no extradition treaty with the U.S.

The Archdiocese of New York and attorneys for about 1,300 parishioners alleging clergy sexual abuse agreed to an $800 million settlement on Sunday, October 25, 2026, ending a major wave of litigation in New York.

Archbishop Ronald Hicks emailed clergy on Saturday, October 24, 2026, confirming the agreement. He said a formal signing is scheduled for the week of November 6 after all parties gave unanimous sign-off.

On Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, the Israeli military continued a massive operation across the occupied West Bank, displacing thousands in Hebron and keeping West Bank crossings into Israel closed until after the Oct. 27 election.

The army said it operated in more than 400 locations over the weekend and arrested 40 Palestinians it accused of links to Hamas or Islamic Jihad. Military orders also barred most Palestinian workers with permits from entering Israeli settlements on Sunday and Monday. Hebron municipality officials say more than 2,200 people have been displaced and that all city entrances and exits remain sealed. PBS reported a higher estimate, saying more than 2,600 Palestinians were displaced from Deir Bahha, Al-Jalda and surrounding neighborhoods, and residents say the army told them Deir Bahha would be closed for 12 days.

Saudi Arabia reopened King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Sunday, October 25, after it had been closed since an October 10 Houthi cruise-missile strike.

The October 10 strike on a passenger terminal killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 300, prompting a weeks-long suspension of operations and rerouted flights. Airport authorities advised travelers to verify bookings before heading to the airport as Houthi forces warned airlines to avoid the facility and called it a "military target."

On Saturday, October 24, 2026, Kim Jong Un crossed a newly opened bridge into Dandong, China, and formally inaugurated it, framing the visit as a front against U.S. influence.

Kim met senior Chinese Communist Party official Wang Huning, who conveyed greetings from President Xi Jinping and called the memorial visit "of great significance" for bilateral ties. He visited a Korean War memorial and pledged the DPRK would "firmly carry forward" DPRK-China friendship "forged at the cost of blood." He also toured a local car factory and returned to North Korea via the new bridge.

One person was killed in a shooting Saturday night on the 700 block of 6th Street East in St. Paul, police said.

Officers found the person dead at the scene, and St. Paul police say the investigation is ongoing. Police have not released details about the victim, suspects or the circumstances of the shooting.

Minnesota is projected to reach 400 solar-powered schools by the end of 2026, and state grants have funded 23 electric school buses plus charging infrastructure for districts across the state.

The Solar for Schools program has awarded or reserved roughly $32.6 million for nearly 25 megawatts of capacity and about 29 million kilowatt-hours of expected annual generation. State officials estimate participating schools will save about $46 million on electricity over 20 years.

On Friday, October 23, 2026, the Ninth Circuit ruled that President Donald Trump illegally seized the California National Guard in 2025.

The court said Mr. Trump unlawfully ordered Guard troops onto Los Angeles streets during immigration protests despite objections from Gov. Gavin Newsom. The panel explicitly relied on Supreme Court reasoning from a prior case that blocked Mr. Trump from federalizing Guard troops for deployment in Chicago. Legal experts quoted in the opinion said the decision undercuts any attempt to federalize state Guard units for deployment to polling places in the upcoming midterms.

A 15-year-old was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle while crossing County Road 81 at 4th Street SE around 8:13 p.m. The teen was transported to a hospital with serious injuries.

Police said the driver remained at the scene, cooperated with investigators, and is not believed to be connected to earlier disturbances. Brooklyn Park Police Department is leading the ongoing vehicle-pedestrian crash investigation. Earlier in the evening, a person in the Osseo High School parking lot suffered a minor injury after being hit by a vehicle backing up and was treated at the scene.

Marva Cook, a 66-year-old Syracuse resident, was charged federally with illegally voting as a noncitizen after appearing in federal court in Syracuse on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, and now faces possible prison, fines and deportation.

Cook voluntarily turned herself in and was placed in shackles during the hearing. She told Homeland Security investigators earlier in October 2026 that she only recently learned she was born in Germany after long believing she was a U.S. citizen.

Six Flags said it will add seat belts to the Goliath roller coaster and other rides with similar clamshell restraints after a rider was ejected and killed on October 12 at Six Flags Over Georgia.

CEO John Reilly announced on October 23 that seat belts will be installed on Goliath and on other coasters that use the same clamshell restraints. Six Flags has temporarily closed eight other Bolliger & Mabillard coasters at five parks in the U.S. and Canada while safety reviews proceed. The company said independent engineers and inspectors have been brought in to review safety procedures across Six Flags parks.

An 18-year-old suspect was arrested in Hamburg on Thursday, October 22, 2026, accused of helping drive a 14-year-old Indiana girl to suicide, German prosecutors said.

Hamburg prosecutors say he faces charges as the indirect perpetrator of murder and grievous bodily harm in the girl's death. The arrest followed an FBI tip, and authorities say the suspect was linked to the "Nefarious Maniac Kult" inside the global 764 network. Fort Wayne Police Department's homicide unit and FBI Indianapolis provided information used by German investigators. FBI officials warned there is no safe haven for people who target children online.

The Minnesota Department of Health reported an early rise in flu hospitalizations, with 46 people hospitalized so far and cases concentrated in the Twin Cities metro.

MDH officials say most hospitalizations involve adults over 65 and described counts as "slightly higher" than usual for this time of year.

Sen. Marco Rubio urged Cubans seeking "positive change" to work secretly with the CIA through a "discrete partnership" in a post on X on Friday, October 23, 2026.

The CIA reposted Rubio's message and a Spanish-language appeal, and it published a video explaining how Cubans could contact the agency. President Trump, at a South Florida campaign rally the same day, said U.S. warships returning from the Strait of Hormuz would "take care of Cuba" and mentioned sending Rubio "to finish up the deal." Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla rejected the threats on X and warned that Cuba's shores are inhospitable to hostile forces.

On Friday, October 23, 2026, the U.S. reduced staff and placed embassies in Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on restricted operations amid intelligence of advanced Iranian plots targeting Americans.

Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton sent an unclassified memo to Secretary of State Marco Rubio warning Iran has "substantially increased" efforts to target U.S. personnel. The memo said lethal plotting had reached "advanced stages" in the Middle East and other countries, and U.S. officials later authenticated the document.

St. Paul leaders unveiled a three-part winter homelessness plan that orders a 60-day outreach window, a six-month temporary shelter and a permanent indoor village in converted warehouse space.

The proposal comes after the clearing of the Pig's Eye Park encampment, where officials say they engaged roughly 200 residents but only about seven accepted services and many moved to other camps. City leaders say they must fund the effort while managing a $26 million budget deficit, a gap that will force choices about how much to invest in outreach, shelter and permanent low-barrier housing.

Minneapolis police officer Chanica Hall was fired in April 2026 after she recognized her brother on an internal Minneapolis Police Department shooting bulletin, photographed it and sent the image to him.

She failed to disclose her brother on required family-disclosure forms and did not report him as a suspect. Then-chief Brian O'Hara authorized her termination.

3M's Fairmont plant will lay off 62 workers beginning Dec. 18 and will close on Dec. 31, the company said in a WARN notice filed with Minnesota DEED.

The State Rapid Response Team's WARN filing lists Dec. 31 as the scheduled closure date and says layoffs will run through that day. Adhesives and fastener production from Fairmont will move to 3M plants in Knoxville, Iowa, and Aberdeen, South Dakota, consistent with 3M's April restructuring plan. The WARN/DEED filing does not disclose 3M's post-closure plans for the Fairmont property.

A chemical tank exploded at an MC Tank Transport terminal in Toledo around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026, forcing more than 900 people to evacuate a one-mile radius amid warnings of additional blasts.

Officials said the tank held up to 5,500 gallons of glycidyl methacrylate, a liquid that can vaporize when released and may remain explosive for up to 12 hours. Authorities ordered more than 900 residents within a one-mile radius to evacuate and told people within three miles to shelter in place; officials said by Wednesday morning everyone in the evacuation zone had left.

The St. Paul school board unanimously voted Tuesday night to postpone a decision on midyear cuts to English Learner teaching positions, leaving potential layoffs unresolved as the district seeks alternatives.

District leaders said enrollment is 542 students below projections, creating an estimated $4.9 million budget shortfall for this year. The board directed staff to develop at least one alternative to reduce or avoid midyear cuts and set a deadline to vote no later than Oct. 30.

Russia freed American Stephen Hubbard on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026; state media said he was at Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg as U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff began talks.

Witkoff confirmed the release and thanked President Vladimir Putin during the meeting, calling him "a humanitarian" in remarks that were later widely criticized. President Trump said on Truth Social he had asked Putin to free Hubbard and asserted the release required no U.S. prisoner swap. Hubbard is 74 and is a retired Michigan schoolteacher who served in the National Guard and Air Force. He was captured in eastern Ukraine in 2022 and is expected to be flown to a Texas military hospital because of poor health.

Israeli forces detained about 80 American and Israeli activists, including U.S. congressional nominee Brad Lander, during an olive-harvest solidarity effort near Nahalin on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.

The group included rabbis from the U.S. nonprofit T'ruah and Israel's Rabbis for Human Rights. They were loaded onto buses after roughly two hours in the grove and taken to a police station for questioning. Israeli troops had declared the area a closed military zone and used drones before arriving, and authorities had not immediately said whether they would press charges. The detentions came after Israeli police arrested 10 suspected settlers in a pre-dawn sweep earlier this week in connection with violent assaults on Palestinians, a U.S. photojournalist and visiting European diplomats.

On Wednesday, October 21, 2026, DOJ Inspector General Don Berthiaume declined to investigate alleged prosecutorial misconduct in the David Hearn Reflecting Pool case.

Berthiaume instead referred the matter to the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility, the unit appointed by the attorney general to review allegations against prosecutors.

Anna Marlene Somoza, a woman described as linked to Mexican cartels, was arrested Sunday, October 18, 2026, in Xochitepec, Mexico, after U.S. Marshals tracked her to the Cuernavaca area.

U.S. Attorney Timothy Courchaine said federal prosecutors are seeking Somoza's extradition to Arizona so she can face first-degree murder charges in the 1997 death of 3-year-old Crystal Reyes. Authorities described Somoza as having ties to organized crime and said she had been a fugitive for more than a decade.

Australian MP Helen Haines lost both legs after being deliberately struck by a car near her office in Wangaratta, Victoria, on Monday in what police called a targeted attack.

Surgeons subsequently amputated both legs, and Haines' husband said she is alive and in stable condition at a Melbourne hospital. Police charged 43-year-old Brendan Nugent with dangerous driving causing serious injury, intentionally causing serious injury, harming a public official, and cannabis offenses. Nugent appeared in a Wangaratta court, did not seek bail, and is due back in court on February 4, 2027.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in the Rose Garden on Monday, October 19, 2026, creating an NIH Division of Women's Health and a White House task force on women's health research.

First lady Melania Trump framed the initiative as this generation's fight to find cures, saying, "Beginning today we will change the reality of women's health." White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, recently treated for breast cancer, will co-lead the task force with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The executive order lists maternal health, mental health, endometriosis, Alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis, heart disease and stroke as top priorities. It directs agencies to boost research and diagnostic technology for women's health but sets no specific funding goals.

Armed Homeland Security Investigations agents have been knocking on doors in multiple states since September 2026 to ask residents about immigration status and whether they registered or voted.

An internal Department of Homeland Security directive describes a "Criminal Voter Fraud" initiative with field reviews in at least six states and reassigns hundreds of agents from other cases. Protect Democracy has filed suit saying the door-knocking unlawfully inserts federal agents into state voter-roll checks and intimidates lawful voters, and a former HSI agent calls the practice unprecedented in his 23-year career.

U.S. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick ruled on Oct. 13, 2026 that Elon Musk and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem led a false smear campaign against former FEMA CFO Mary Comans.

Fitzpatrick concluded that Department of Homeland Security officials and other senior figures falsely accused Comans of bypassing leadership to send "egregious" migrant hotel payments to New York City. He named Noem, Elon Musk and Corey Lewandowski among the defendants he found responsible for spreading the false claims. Court records show the disputed payments to state and local governments, including New York City, were approved by senior DHS and FEMA officials and by staff at Dogecoin-related companies overseen by Musk.

The Federal Aviation Administration approved the Boeing 737 Max 10 for passenger service in the United States on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, ending years of regulatory delays and clearing the way for airline deliveries.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, speaking at Boeing's Everett, Washington factory, said the certification followed "extensive safety reviews," including thousands of hours of test flights, and called it a major win for American manufacturing. Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stephanie Pope said the certification "clears the path to deliver an airplane" and described it as a major milestone in Boeing's recovery and future growth. Boeing expects to begin 737 Max 10 deliveries in 2027. The Max 10 will typically seat 185-210 passengers, compared with 175-195 on the Max 9 and 160-180 on the Max 8.

An annual U.N. emissions report released in October 2026 found that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions rose dramatically last year while global emissions were flat, marking the United States as a major outlier.

The report says the U.S. was the only major economy with a dramatic rise and is now tied with Russia for the highest per-capita emissions among G20 countries. It attributes the increase to higher electricity demand and to Trump administration measures that extend coal-plant operations, roll back vehicle fuel-economy standards, and phase out tax credits for solar and wind.