President Trump took the stage at McMorran Place Arena in Port Huron this afternoon for Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers, with rapper Nicki Minaj and David Beamer — father of Flight 93's Todd Beamer — on the program. Minutes before walking out, Trump posted that he was heading to Michigan to "fight a Jihadist Member of the Muslim Brotherhood," referring to Democrat Abdul El-Sayed. It's a direct answer to Barack Obama, who rallied with El-Sayed in Detroit just one day earlier.
The Justice Department has filed suit that could block certification of Alaska's Senate results if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses to Democrat Mary Peltola. The complaint centers on a second candidate named Daniel J. Sullivan appearing on the ranked-choice ballot, which DOJ argues creates voter confusion. Peltola was briefly hospitalized after a car accident and is recovering.
Twelve people were wounded — six of them juveniles, the youngest just eleven years old — in a shooting near Bragg Memorial Stadium during Florida A&M's homecoming week. Five victims have been released from the hospital; one remains in critical condition. Police say a physical altercation involving two or three people preceded the gunfire, and no arrests have been announced.
Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found tariffs added roughly 2.9 percentage points to prices on the goods they studied — including American-made products — and that many everyday prices would have fallen without them. It lands with September CPI at 3.7 percent, up from 3.4 percent, driven largely by a 9.1 percent jump in gasoline. Futures markets now price a near-certain hold this week and a 78 percent chance of a December hike.
Channel 12 reports an "unprecedented confrontation" between Prime Minister Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir over an unspecified military action against Iran ordered days before Tuesday's election, with Zamir demanding signed legal authorization before executing it. Netanyahu flatly denies a rift, telling Channel 14, "There was no fight between us. It's all nonsense." Zamir has said he sees no operational need to strike Iran before the vote.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree announced three ballistic missile operations targeting Riyadh's international airport, King Khalid air base at Khamis Mushait, and a naval base at Jazan. Riyadh's airport had only just reopened after a two-week closure following an earlier strike that killed at least twelve and injured more than three hundred. Trump said there would be no US strike on Iran today while Qatari mediators worked in Tehran.
Elon Musk said Ukraine violated Starlink's terms of service by using the civilian network for lethal offensive drone strikes, and that "loophole was closed last week." Kyiv denies breaching terms and says military-grade Starshield terminals have been throttled above 100 miles per hour since October 14, crippling drone missions. Zelenskyy says service was largely restored overnight Saturday; Secretary Rubio has said the decision rests with Musk, not the White House.
Carnegie Science astronomer Scott Sheppard and colleagues identified 2025 SC79, a skyscraper-sized rock that laps the sun every 128 days — the second-fastest asteroid orbit known. It is only the second object found with an orbit entirely inside Venus, and it crosses Mercury's path on every lap. It was pulled out of the sun's glare using the Dark Energy Camera on the Blanco 4-meter telescope, part of a NASA-backed hunt for hidden "planet killers."
NASA has published 521 minutes of real-time audio between the Artemis II crew and the lunar science team, recorded as Orion swung around the moon, alongside nearly 12,000 high-resolution images. Administrator Jared Isaacman reiterated this week that the agency is targeting a crewed lunar landing in 2028 with an eye toward long-duration surface stays.
Newly released Department of War documents describe FBI agents watching a dark, non-reflective triangular craft hover silently over a mountain ridge before accelerating away at fighter-jet speed. The report estimates a wingspan of nine to fifteen feet with no visible exhaust or conventional propulsion. It surfaces while Congress presses agencies on eleven nuclear- and space-linked scientists who have died or vanished since 2022.
