Ukraine blindsided by Starlink restrictions and intelligence gaps during Russian attack  —  Moscow ignores Donald Trump's ‘energy ceasefire’ while Kyiv's forces experience connectivity problems on Elon Musk's satellite network  —  Ukraine blindsided by Starlink restrictions …

House control all but gone, top Republicans privately concede  —  Some top congressional Republicans have privately concluded that it is likely impossible for them to keep control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, and they are now focused on limiting the scale of the defeat …

Broad Pickup in Prices Lifted Inflation to 3.7% in September  —  Gasoline drove up prices, but other costs also rose when energy was stripped out of the measure  —  Inflation picked up in September, a sign that high energy prices are tightening their squeeze on consumers ahead of next month's midterm elections.

Katie Zacharia's disastrous response to Popular Information's report  —  Zacharia, who claimed for years to be a lawyer, is not a lawyer.  —  For years, President Trump's new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, has publicly claimed she is a lawyer.  Zacharia has repeatedly said she was …

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Inside Kimberly Guilfoyle's Final Days as Ambassador to Greece  —  To save her job, she claimed the incriminating texts were AI generated; Trump grew annoyed with the damaging revelations  —  Kimberly Guilfoyle was scrambling to save her job.  —  As damaging revelations piled up …

American-made goods also got more expensive under Trump tariffs, new research finds  —  Americans aren't just seeing the price tag increase for imported goods.  Thanks to President Donald Trump's tariffs, they are now paying more for products made in the U.S.A., according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Trump meme coin buyers vie for dinner with the president.  Many appear to be overseas.  —  More than half of the top holders listed as competing for seats at President Trump's next meme coin dinner have used cryptocurrency exchanges that prohibit U.S. customers, indicating that many of the buyers …

Administration delays release of IRS data showing impact of GOP tax cuts  —  The Trump administration is delaying the release of detailed data showing how Republicans' 2025 tax cuts affected millions of Americans' taxes, even as it tries to sell voters on the law ahead of the midterm elections.

Trump plays Russian roulette on eve of midterms  —  President Trump is indulging his fondness for Vladimir Putin at a moment of acute political peril, forcing Republicans in the midterms to take cover as he showers Moscow with one-sided concessions. … - On Friday, Trump announced a deal …

City Council Speaker and Mamdani Agree on Horse-Drawn Carriage Ban  —  Under legislation backed by City Council Speaker Julie Menin and Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the use of horse-drawn carriages in Central Park would end by June 2028.  —  Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the leader of the City Council …

These Women Were Trying to Escape Domestic Abuse.  ICE Detained Them Instead.  —  They were victims, not abusers.  That's what they told police officers, attorneys, visitors and anyone else who would listen.  It didn't matter.  The women were all taken to a sprawling immigration detention center …

Texas DA says ICE intentionally hit immigrant with a car and may have withheld evidence  —  Harris County DA Sean Teare told NBC News his office has collected multiple videos for its own investigation but isn't getting cooperation from the federal government.  ICE denied their agent intentionally hit the person.

CBS' Foreign Explosion … The message instructed staffers to make a point of attending the morning editorial meeting, immediately stirring intrigue among journalists about what Raice might have to say during the virtual gathering.  —  They didn't have to wait long for an answer.

Why U.S. Airstrikes Are Failing to Stop the Global Cocaine Boom  —  Smugglers are shifting routes and using new tactics to evade military targeting, resulting in record supplies, plunging prices and high purity in the U.S. and Europe  —  BUENAVENTURA, Colombia—The Trump administration's bombing campaign …

Social Security Says Retirees Will Get a 3.6% Raise for 2027  —  The cost of living adjustment, or COLA, for next year will be the largest since 2023.  Retirees will see the extra money in their benefit checks starting in January.  —  Retirees and other beneficiaries will receive …

ICE Planning $100 Million ‘Nightmare’ Domestic Spy Program  —  Under ERO ONE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 142 intelligence contractors with top secret clearances and deploy them in cities across the country.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement is fast-tracking …

House Democrats plan a first 100-days agenda if they sweep to power in midterm elections  —  House Democrats are preparing an ambitious 100-days agenda focused on delivering their campaign promises — making life more affordable and conducting vast oversight of the Trump administration …

Trump's Strategic Flunky Reserve Is Running Low  —  The rise and imminent fall of Katie Zacharia.  —  Good money to be made in the oil trade these days, if you've got a little inside information!  Bloomberg reported yesterday on how a sudden Truth Social swerve in Iran policy this month …

MAGA's Talarico conspiracy theory has no “off” switch  —  The American right's epistemic closure is a thing to behold … Jerusalem Demsas will be interviewing her about her new book, What's So Great About the Great Books? … In 2010, the libertarian writer Julian Sanchez accused …

Iran says it's ‘counting the moments’ until it can attack U.S. warships; Saudi Aramco facilities attacked … Saudi officials said Wednesday that an administrative building belonging to oil giant Saudi Aramco was targeted overnight, as the Tehran-backed Houthi militants step up their attacks on the kingdom.