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President Donald Trump's boast that the United States is making a fortune from the Iran war — even as Americans face high gas prices — has fueled a provocative theory from The New Republic's Michael Tomasky.

Media-shy, plain-speaking former Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot is emerging as the primary challenger to Benjamin Netanyahu.

South Carolina man accused of sexually assaulting teen girl after abducting her

Because cops can kill anyone and the state will defend them. It’s insane!

Police are searching for a woman accused of stabbing a 26-year-old Jewish man with a syringe in Midtown Manhattan. The NYPD is investigating the attack as a possible hate crime, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the matter.

OPINION: "Homecoming isn't a time to prove we can still party like a college student. It’s a time to celebrate returning to the places that shaped us without needing to be the people we were back then," Torsheta Jackson writes. buff.ly/6jNUd1p

NEW: A new poll shows 56% of voters believe Trump is pushing to influence state election rules because he wants to "ensure Republicans win elections" at all costs. And despite attempts to peddle baseless claims about elections, most voters don't believe his lies. https://demdock.com/3Wr7KRr

Trump was heading towards his helipad when he suddenly stopped to acknowledge a nonexistent crowd. trib.al/aE13JzU

The Trump administration has asked a federal court in Alaska to prevent the certification of the state’s Senate results if Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (R., Alaska) loses—because of possible confusion with a similarly named candidate on the ballot. on.wsj.com/3WJnShh

The US Supreme Court refused to let Trump’s administration cut off hormone treatments and social accommodations including wigs and makeup for about 1,000 transgender inmates in federal prisons.

One thousand six hundred and sixty-three days have passed since Amazon workers in Staten Island voted in their union local, JFK8, and they still have no contract. trib.al/QeBw4j3

As concerns mount about how to command AI in a loss-of-control event, focus has turned to the concept of a kill switch — a mechanism that would let people power off the technology.

The Supreme Court blocks Trump’s restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender prisoners while a legal challenge proceeds. on.wsj.com/4yCzksv

From country stars to hip-hop icons, musicians in Brazil are mobilizing voters in a high-stakes presidential race

OPINION: "Remaining passive and refusing to use my voice when circumstances have given me a proverbial microphone would feel like a disservice," Features Editor Nate Schumann writes. buff.ly/w5cXnwv

A large underwater wave moved up the West Coast, raising sea levels. Scientists say it's driven by El Niño and it's going to happen again. n.pr/4Bl830k

Democrats are well positioned to capitalize on the negative sentiment toward AI because Trump’s largely anti-regulation stance has boxed in his party. Read more from @laurenfeiner.bsky.social:

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “With her fame-hungry dreams and money-ravenous schemes, she didn’t violate the Trump ethos,” writes Frank Bruni of Kimberly Guilfoyle. “She paid tribute to it. She didn’t contradict the Trump brand. She was its gaudy, greedy hood ornament.”

Barack Obama condemns federal agents’ raid on the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, calling it a “transparent” effort by the Trump administration to “intimidate” her. Omar tied the raid to Trump, who has frequently targeted her with criticism. The president said the search had "nothing to do" with him.

Hurricane Trudy brings heavy rain and strong winds to Mexico’s Pacific coast

Rallies that were once hot tickets, with a charged atmosphere somewhere between a carnival and a tent revival, have become heavily scripted, bromide-filled snoozefests. trib.al/YyXFUMr

Breaking News: President Trump signed an executive order to exempt Russia from new sanctions legislation that Congress passed last month. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

Self-driving cars are on the brink of becoming commonplace. Next up are the highway’s biggest, loudest and most intimidating vehicles: driverless trucks.

A new poll has revealed widespread and bipartisan concern about the state of the U.S. economy weeks out from the midterms.

Not showering, wearing sweaty clothes and even drinking urine before going on dates. 'Pheromone-maxxing' is the latest trend on social media, but what does the science say?

Donald Trump waives sanctions, tariffs on purchase of Russian oil and gas

Pope Leo XIV, recovering from lung cancer surgery at a Rome hospital, spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin, expressing what the Vatican described as “deep concern” over a grave humanitarian crisis in Russian-controlled territory of Ukraine.

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville thinks a Trump-allied governor's day of reckoning is closer than many expect after a stunning election move.

What’s the best way to vote in this year’s midterms? You can vote by mail — but do it NOW, Marc Elias says. “If you can vote in person and you have early voting in your state, do that.” Voting rules are being rewritten right now. Stay a step ahead: https://demdock.com/4BbFVfS

On the surface, Alexandros Paporakis described himself as “an ordinary white kid going to college and working.” But beneath that facade, he wrote, was “a sociopathic white supremacist neo-Nazi,” according to prosecutors.

in an era of mid-decade redistricting, their ability to redraw congressional maps could be hugely consequential for the 2028 election. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/u...

The president, on tour to motivate voter turnout in hotly contested midterm elections, praised candidate Aaron Flint and bashed his Democratic opponent.

Wholesale US inflation soared in September, its biggest jump in four years as affordability remains a top issue ahead of midterms https://cnn.it/4z0IRdR

'She was hired to be a credible figure, who can *mostly* tell the truth to the press...' Trump's new press secretary has claimed several times that she's lawyer - but it's now emerged that Katie Zacharia failed the bar exam.

No arrests had been made in the day since the University of Chicago announced that school officials had identified a man accused of sexual assault at an off-campus fraternity party.

The police department waited months to add the retired officer’s name to a list of decertified former cops maintained by the state criminal justice agency.

There’s no evidence that Zacharia has passed the bar exam.

Russell Brand told woman ‘it’s just fun’ as he raped her, court hears

As the midterm elections loom, @oliverlaughland.bsky.social and @tomsilverstone.bsky.social travel to rural West Virginia, a Republican party stronghold, to explore how soaring gas prices, war in the Middle East and datacenter expansion are affecting Donald Trump's popularity among his base.

Katie Miller, a podcast host and the wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, posted a photo of her dinner on Wednesday. Critics said her timing was terrible as the latest inflation report posted. "Another let them eat cake moment."

Susan Collins tries to create distance from Trump heading into her final debate

🎧: On the first episode of our new podcast, @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social explain why modern fascists are welcoming the apocalypse www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/tel...

Billionaires know just how they want Supreme Court justices to rule—and are spending big to tell them

President Donald Trump has pushed Congress for several new voting rules. None of those moves succeeded in time to affect this year's midterm elections. It's a different matter in the states. buff.ly/4tQoONG

Programme aims to equip young people with skills to communicate links between water, human health, food, energy and development

Judge Reyes is furious,” Politico’s Kyle Cheney reported in a live update of the court proceedings. “She has repeatedly told the government to inform her before any major demolition work was done on the golf course.”

A proposed constitutional amendment in Maryland would allow the Democratic supermajority in Annapolis to redraw House districts more easily to oust the state’s lone Republican in Congress. But a majority of Maryland voters do not plan to vote for it, a poll found.

The World Health Organisation has said it could not produce a full risk assessment as it did not yet have the whole picture from Russia on the suspected plague death of a laboratory technician. jrnl.ie/7185038

CNN viewers believe Kaitlan Collins may have trolled Donald Trump with a subtle detail during recent episodes of her primetime program.

‘It’s looking bad’: Cursing Trump adviser spills on GOP’s ‘deepening freakout’