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Surface-to-air missiles installed at Trump's Mar-a-Lago mansion

Surface-to-air missile systems have been deployed at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort as the Secret Service warns of a “heightened threat environment”. Two Avenger air defence systems have been placed on a floating barge near Mr Trump’s Florida residence, according to photos published by the Palm Beach Daily News. “The US Secret Service is operating in a heightened threat environment, and we continuously adapt our protective operations to incorporate cutting-edge tools, technology, and method ...

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Trump says US looking into Binance hack: 'We don't know' if North Korea responsible

10/30/26 5:46 PM ET President Trump said Friday his administration is looking into the $6.3 billion hacking of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, the largest such hack on record. “We don’t know,” Trump said in the Oval Office when asked if the hack should be attributed to a suspected North Korean hacker group. “We’re looking at that,” he continued. TraderTraitor, a North Korea-based cybercrime group, appears to be behind the Binance hacking, according to TRM Labs and Chainalysis, two bloc ...

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Attorney General Todd Blanche is getting personally involved in several small-scale voting fraud cases in Nevada

Oct 30th, 2026, 4:23 pm As the final days of October give way to the second midterm election under President Donald Trump, the nation's top law enforcement official has personally inserted himself into small-scale voter fraud cases against four people in Nevada, according to court records. Beginning on Oct. 23 and up until Oct. 29, Jullie Ann Sumalinog Moore, Khalida Safi, Moneir Elzobier Ali Yousif and Mlebinge Riziki Ramadhani were each accused of one misdemeanor count of voting by alien u ...

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Tension remains after bitter primary as Rep. Haley Stevens again criticizes El-Sayed

Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Michigan) reiterated her criticism of Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in a lengthy statement on Friday that rehashes the Democratic rivals’ fierce divisions on Israel ahead of Election Day. Stevens, who narrowly lost the primary to El-Sayed in August, appeared to downplay the significance of her agreeing to appear at a Black church with El-Sayed and Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-South Carolina) in Detroit on Sunday. She said Clyburn asked her to attend, and she was “hon ...

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DOJ unveils $300M plan to fight crime in 4 cities

Updated: Oct 30, 2026 / 06:35 PM CDT (NewsNation) — The U.S. Department of Justice announced nearly $300 million in funding for four jurisdictions through its Model Cities Initiative, a program aimed at reducing violent crime, strengthening law enforcement and improving public safety. The selected communities are Jacksonville, Florida; East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; and St. Louis. According to the Department of Justice, the funding will support locally driven crime ...

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Appeals court rejects Justice Department request for California to set aside disputed ballots

Updated 3:25 PM EDT, October 30, 2026 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday rejected the Justice Department's request for California to set aside disputed ballots received in the midterm election. The panel's 2-1 ruling is the latest setback for the Trump administration's efforts to assert control over state-run elections. The administration has alleged California sent ballots to some 20,000 people who may not be U.S. citizens. It wants the state to set those ballots ...

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Justice Department tells judge it may bring more charges against James Comey

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2026, 1:55 PM ET The federal judge overseeing the new case against former FBI Director James Comey is now set to decide whether placeholder charges can survive as prosecutors attempt to get an indictment from a Washington, DC, grand jury. During a hearing Friday, the Justice Department said it is working on obtaining a grand jury indictment and have gathered additional evidence in the case regarding alledged leaks to the media, even though two previous DOJ investigations had ...

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Pope Leo voted by mail in midterm elections, Vatican confirms

Updated Oct. 30, 2026, 1:13 p.m. ET Pope Leo XIV, the Chicago native made leader of the Catholic Church in 2025, is voting in the upcoming midterm elections, the Vatican confirmed Friday, Oct. 30. "Pope Leo XIV has exercised his right to vote as a United States citizen, whenever he was eligible to do so. The Holy See Press Office confirms that in keeping with this long-standing practice of civic participation, he has submitted his mail-in ballot in Chicago," the Vatican said in a s ...

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BREAKING: Trump DOJ Demands States Preserve Election Records, Setting Stage to Contest Races

Oct 30th, 2026, 4:33 pm President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has sent letters to election officials in all 50 states demanding that they preserve election records or face potential criminal penalties, which could lay the groundwork for challenges to contested races following Tuesday’s midterms. The DOJ confirmed the nationwide mailing in a Friday court filing, according to Democracy Docket. The letters, sent Thursday, reminded state officials of a federal law requiring them to reta ...

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Judge Halts ICE Race Profiling Stops In California: 'Mountain of Evidence'

Published Oct 30, 2026 at 11:50 AM EDT updated Oct 30, 2026 at 11:52 AM EDT A federal judge has barred ICE agents from stopping people across Southern California based on racial stereotypes, citing a "mountain of evidence" that officers targeted Latino residents without reasonable suspicion. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong ruled that federal agents cannot detain people solely because they appear Latino or are thought to be working-class Latinos. The injunction, issued on ...

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Trump takes swipe at Supreme Court after being stung by court rejection of his pet issue

22 min ago - David McAfee October 31, 2026 1:40PM ET ....................... In a Truth Social post, Trump praised Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles. Trump called him “one of the best, EVER!” and claimed Essayli had “caught ... (raw)

Iran's Supreme Leader threatens US with response if strikes are launched after midterms

44 min ago - 10/31/26 11:51 AM ET Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei issued a stark message on Friday, warning the U.S. against its reported plans to resume strikes against the country following the midterm elections. Khamenei directed senior Iranian milita ... (The Hill)

'Pop-up' super PACs pour $637 million into 2026 midterm races

1 hr ago - Published Sat, Oct 31 20268:00 AM EDT A super PAC called Our Heritage Matters registered with the Federal Election Commission on Oct. 15. Five days later, it began spending to boost third-party candidates and attack Republicans. By Oct. 29, the grou ... (CNBC)

Plans for a data center threaten scenic wilderness and dark skies in West Virginia

2 hrs ago - October 31, 20265:00 AM ET DAVIS, W.Va. — Stretching nearly a million acres through the rugged mountains of eastern West Virginia, the Monongahela National Forest links some of the state's best known natural attractions. The vast area ranges fro ... (NPR)

D.C. and Virginia sue to block Trump's proposed triumphal arch

2 hrs ago - The D.C. government and the commonwealth of Virginia sued Saturday to block construction of President Donald Trump’s planned triumphal arch, calling it a “flagrantly unlawful” project that will forever change the landscape of the natio ... (Washington Post)

Preschool Case Tests Religious Conservatives' US Supreme Court Win Streak

3 hrs ago - Oct. 31, 2026, at 6:15 a.m. WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - A challenge at the US Supreme Court by Catholic groups to a Colorado law barring anti-LGBT discrimination at publicly funded preschools is testing whether ⁠conservative religious ̼ ... (US News & World Report/Reuters)

El-Sayed Knocks Stevens For 'Relitigating' Political Wounds Days Before Election, Joint Event

3 hrs ago - The olive branch between Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, and Rep. Haley Stevens, who challenged him in the primary election, may be fracturing. El-Sayed's campaign is asking Stevens to steer clear of any rema ... (HuffPost)

Republicans try to save Max Miller as child custody dispute roils his race

3 hrs ago - Updated Oct 31, 2026, 7:07 AM ET PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2026, 5:30 AM ET In the closing days of the race, Rep. Max Miller is making the case to voters that divorce is messy and the controversies that surrounded him this summer are behind him. But the hig ... (CNN Politics)

'Screwed Up': Latino Voters In Texas' Rio Grande Valley Regret Backing Trump In 2024

4 hrs ago - Oct 31, 2026, 07:00 AM EDT | Updated an hour ago WESLACO, Texas — Slowly pushing a shopping cart down the aisle at a Walmart Supercenter in this remote border town, Nivia was initially reluctant to talk politics. But when asked how the past two ... (Huff Post)

FBI visits Dan J. Sullivan donor in candidate's home town as Alaska Senate inquiry widens

5 hrs ago - POLITICS FBI visits Dan J. Sullivan donor in candidate's home town as Alaska Senate inquiry widens This combination photo shows Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, left, in Palmer, Alaska, Aug. 17, 2026, and a candidate in Alaska's Senate race, Dan Sullivan ... (The Associated Press)

Luigi Mangione's lawyers file to dismiss state charges, citing double jeopardy law

5 hrs ago - Sat 31 Oct 2026 00.09 EDT Last modified on Sat 31 Oct 2026 00.11 EDT Luigi Mangione’s lawyers filed paperwork on Friday once again pushing for dismissal of his state-level case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson followin ... (The Guardian)

1 dead, 6 injured in shooting at California Halloween store, police say

5 hrs ago - One person was killed and six others were injured in a shooting at a Spirit Halloween store inside the Solano Town Center in Fairfield, California, police said. Fairfield police responded to the shooting at about 8:30 p.m. Friday, according to a stat ... (ABC News)

'Send Him Back to Where He Came From': Trump Demands El-Sayed Be Sent Back To the United States

6 hrs ago - Oct 30th, 2026, 10:56 pm President Donald Trump demanded that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed be sent “back to where he came from” – presumably all the way back to suburban Detroit. Speaking at a rally in Daytona Beach ... (MEDIAite)

New Allegheny General nurses contract will improve staffing, end forced day-to-night turns

6 hrs ago - Disputed negotiations at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital drag on By James Engel Oct. 30, 2026 | 7 hours ago A new three-year contract recently ratified by nurses at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh will raise wages, boost staffing and end dreaded ... (Trib Live)

Judge orders 3 taxpayer-funded Trump administration ads to be pulled from TV and social media

6 hrs ago - 12h NEW YORK (AP) -- The federal government must pull three taxpayer-funded Trump administration ads that appear to have been made for political or propaganda purposes, including one touting the president's claim that every American will get $5,000 i ... (Midland Reporter-Telegram/AP)

U.S. approves sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine, but Zelenskyy warns deliveries would take years

7 hrs ago - October 31, 2026 / 4:22 AM EDT / CBS News The State Department approved on Friday the sale of 500 Patriot missile defense systems to Ukraine at a cost $2.1 billion. In a statement released Friday, the State Department said the purchase will be paid ... (CBS News)

Carney says he can wait out Trump for trade deal

7 hrs ago - 10/30/2026 7:35 PM EDT Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday that if his government could not successfully negotiate a suitable trade pact with the Trump administration, he was prepared to wait for a new American president to close the dea ... (Politico)

Surface-to-air missiles installed at Trump's Mar-a-Lago mansion

8 hrs ago - Surface-to-air missile systems have been deployed at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort as the Secret Service warns of a “heightened threat environment”. Two Avenger air defence systems have been placed on a floating barge near Mr Trump& ... (Telegraph)

DOJ unveils $300M plan to fight crime in 4 cities

8 hrs ago - Updated: Oct 30, 2026 / 06:35 PM CDT (NewsNation) — The U.S. Department of Justice announced nearly $300 million in funding for four jurisdictions through its Model Cities Initiative, a program aimed at reducing violent crime, strengthening law ... (NewsNation)

RNC Sues Iowa Election Official for Access to Voting Machine ID Numbers

8 hrs ago - October 30, 2026 06:25 p.m. The Republican National Committee sued an Iowa election official Thursday for access to voting machine data, escalating a fight over how much access third-party monitors should have to election records five days before the ... (Washington Sun)