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With Election Day four days out, President Trump is blanketing nearly 20 states with tele-rallies instead of tarmac stops, after in-person swings through Ohio, South Carolina and middle Georgia. The RNC says the final-stretch strategy is about raw voter contact in states where House and Senate margins are razor thin. Democrats are countering with Barack Obama and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez headlining battleground pushes.
Consumer prices are up 3.7% year over year, with gasoline jumping 9.1% in September and shelter costs still grinding higher. Roughly eight in ten voters name the economy or cost of living as a top issue, and a New York Fed study pegs tariff-driven consumer-goods inflation at 2.9 percentage points. Both parties are now running closing arguments almost entirely on household costs.
Former Minnesota state Rep. Joe Radinovich said the marriage-fraud allegation against Rep. Ilhan Omar is "almost certainly true," a notable crack in what had been a unified party defense. The comment lands while Omar faces a federal investigation, and it gives Republicans a Democrat-sourced quote to run with. Omar's camp has consistently denied wrongdoing.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy says his administration is investigating an alleged plot to recruit a second man named Dan Sullivan onto the Alaska Senate ballot as a spoiler, with operatives tied to Mary Peltola under scrutiny. Dunleavy argues ranked-choice voting is what makes a name-confusion play viable in the first place. He's calling it a structural flaw hiding in plain sight.
Final results show Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc without a Knesset majority, with Arab parties holding a decisive 19 seats as coalition talks open. Reports suggest United Torah Judaism lawmakers may break ranks and back a government led by former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot. Allegations of Qatari election interference are also surfacing alongside the coalition math.
Officials say the Pentagon has prepared renewed strike options for the president, with top brass meeting Vice President JD Vance this week and a decision widely expected after the midterms. Trump said Friday that Iran "wants to talk" and is "in a lot of trouble," even as the IRGC reportedly rearms through a secret agency network around the Strait of Hormuz blockade. Sen. Chris Murphy, briefed in classified session, warned the plan risks "devastating escalation."
A temporary ceasefire negotiated by First Lady Melania Trump in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky has put Moscow and Kyiv at the same table to coordinate civilian evacuations. Supporters are calling the narrow, humanitarian-first approach a possible template for wider talks. It's a limited deal, but it's a rare instance of both sides cooperating on anything.
Administrator Jared Isaacman unveiled three new lunar missions targeted for launch by the end of this year, the opening wave of what NASA says will be more than a dozen Moon Base flights. The agency is still aiming to put astronauts back on the surface by 2028, with the stated goal being long-duration stays rather than flag-planting visits. China's parallel lunar ambitions are the obvious subtext.
One of the largest and longest studies of children born via assisted reproduction found elevated childhood cancer rates among those conceived through frozen embryo transfer. The research also tracks previously documented IVF-associated risks including preterm delivery, low birth weight and congenital heart defects. Researchers stress absolute risk remains low, but the signal is drawing serious attention.
A Goochland County, Virginia family says their deceased beagle, Biscuit, received an official rights-restoration certificate from Gov. Abigail Spanberger's office. Del. Tom Garrett is calling for an investigation into how a dog, and a dead one at that, cleared a process meant for former felons. The owner's reaction was, by all accounts, bewilderment.
