Trump Endorses Netanyahu Nine Days Before Israel's Election, Says U.S. Will 'Soon Finish the Job' Against Iran Unless Tehran Changes Course
Trump wrote that if Israel picks a leader other than Netanyahu, America would have to do the work alone and he is 'not inclined to do so'; Netanyahu answered 'Together we will complete the mission,' and Iran's foreign minister replied, 'we have unfinished jobs too.'
U.S.
Justice Department Charges 28 Green-Card Holders in California Voter Registration Cases; Says All 28 Were on Its List of 20,000 Likely Noncitizen Registrants
Federal agents arrested 11 people Monday in what the department calls 'Operation Protect the Vote.' Prosecutors say 21 of the 28 are suspected of actually voting. California officials call the cases a tiny fraction of the state's 23 million registered voters.
N.C. 12 Closes on Pea Island After Ocean Overwash on Oct. 19; Hatteras Island Visitor Evacuation Stays in Effect
The National Weather Service forecasts coastal flooding through at least Tuesday, with 2 to 4 feet of water possible in vulnerable oceanside spots on Hatteras and Ocracoke. The closure comes 11 days after the road fully reopened from a September storm.
Judge Keeps Ban on Tree Cutting at East Potomac Golf Course Through Oct. 26 After Hearing With Park Service and Interior Officials
Judge Ana Reyes questioned the acting Park Service director and an Interior official on Oct. 19. She had rejected a Justice Department request to step aside one day earlier, and President Trump has said a 15-month renovation of the public D.C. course starts Nov. 15.
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Fired NLRB Member Gwynne Wilcox's Appeal, Leaving Appeals Ruling for Trump in Place
The Oct. 19 order gave no explanation. It leaves standing a December 2025 appeals ruling that upheld Trump's January 2025 removal of Wilcox, and it follows the Court's June ruling in Trump v. Slaughter overruling Humphrey's Executor.
Trump Says 'Maybe It's Time for Zelensky to Get Somebody Else' to Negotiate for Ukraine, Nine Days After Calling for a New Ukrainian President
Trump spoke to reporters at the White House on Oct. 19. Washington and Kyiv are also at odds over a U.S.-Russia diesel deal, Patriot missile deliveries, disputed claims about intelligence sharing, and Ukraine's strikes on Russian refineries.
Omar's Lawyers Say Agents Broke a Judge's Search Rules and Ask for Her Property Back; Justice Department Says It Obeyed All Court Orders
The fight is over the Oct. 12 search of Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington home in an immigration-fraud investigation. Omar has not been charged and is on the ballot in November.
N.C.
North Carolina Early Voting Reaches 525,970 Ballots Through Sunday, Up More Than 37% From Same Point in 2022; Registered Democrats Cast More Than Twice as Many as Registered Republicans
Seven counties that offered voting on the first Sunday cast 24,257 early in-person ballots, about 20% more than the 23 counties that offered Sunday voting at the same point in 2022.
Trump Rallies in Greenville for Whatley as Two October Polls Show Cooper Leading N.C. Senate Race by 7 and 14 Points
President Trump is scheduled to speak at about 7 p.m. Tuesday at Pitt-Greenville Airport for Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley. The main GOP super PAC has canceled its remaining North Carolina ad reservations, and registered Democrats have cast the largest share of early-vote ballots so far.
N.C. Forest Service Rates Most of Western North Carolina 'Very High' — Fourth of Five Fire-Danger Levels — for Tuesday and Wednesday, Discourages Outdoor Burning
The rating is expected to fall to 'high' on Thursday and Friday. The state is asking people not to burn outdoors, but it has not issued a burn ban.
17 N.C. Counties Offer Sunday Early Voting, Down From 40 in 2022; Guilford Board Left N.C. A&T and UNC-Greensboro Without Campus Sites
Most of the choices by Republican-majority election boards were made in July and August, and CNN detailed them on Oct. 16 after early voting began; board members cite cost, staffing and nearby sites, while Gov. Josh Stein and other critics say the changes make voting harder for Black and young voters.
WRAL/WSOC Poll: 74% of N.C. Adults Back Medical Marijuana, 63% Recreational; Data Center Views Split 43% to 42%
A SurveyUSA poll of 900 North Carolina adults, taken Oct. 7–11, found that 6% favor encouraging data centers with few limits. That poll lands in a year when the legislature has scaled back one data center tax break and the House has never voted on a marijuana bill.
AG Jackson Calls Duke Energy's Data Center Tariff Deal a 'Massive Step Forward'; He and Gov. Stein Both Ask for Changes Before Regulators Rule
Duke's proposed settlement with state consumer staff and large customers such as Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and the Defense Department sets a 75% minimum bill for big new power users, and the N.C. Utilities Commission must still approve it.
Finance
Netflix and SpaceX Report Third-Quarter Results Tuesday; Meta and Tesla Report Wednesday
Analyst forecasts put Tesla's quarterly revenue near $27.9 billion and SpaceX's between $12.74 billion and $12.9 billion, depending on who compiled the estimate; the Federal Reserve meets the following week.
Kospi Closes Down 3.73% and Nikkei About 1.3% on AI-Spending Doubts as Brent Trades Near $110 and Traders Price a December Fed Hike
SK Hynix fell 4.23% in Seoul on Tuesday, to its lowest close since April. On Monday, the S&P 500 rose 0.41% to 7,690.73, ahead of the Federal Reserve's Oct. 27-28 meeting.
U.S. Stock Futures Rise as AI Shares Rebound From Biggest Weekly Drop Since Late June; Brent Falls to About $107 and 10-Year Yield to 5.085%
On Sunday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called September's 3.7% inflation an 'energy shock' tied to the Iran war. Fed-funds futures show a hold at the Oct. 27-28 meeting as most likely, with an estimated 78% to 84% chance depending on the reading. They also show close to a 90% chance of a rate hike by December.
Nasdaq Falls 2.1% Friday and 4.5% for the Week, Its Worst Week Since June; Chip Index Ends Week Down 11.4%
On Friday the S&P 500 fell 1.1% to 7,659.44 and CoreWeave dropped nearly 12%. News outlets pointed to worries about AI-related debt, a Chinese memory-chip rival, high oil prices and interest rates. The Dow finished the week up 0.7%.
Fed Chair Warsh Declines to Signal October Rate Move as Brent Oil Touches $110, First Time Since May
Speaking in Bangkok a month after the Fed's first rate hike since 2023, Warsh said he does not prejudge meetings, while futures traders priced roughly an 82% to 85% chance the Fed holds rates steady on Oct. 27-28.
U.S. Producer Prices Rose 1.3% in September and 6.3% From a Year Earlier; Retail Sales Rose 0.8%
Wholesale inflation came in at more than twice the forecast, led by a 20.3% jump in gasoline prices, yet Treasury yields fell and stocks closed higher on Oct. 15. October Fed rate-hike odds were reported between 27% and 34%, depending on the time of day and the source.
World
France Sets Partial Night Curfews in Parts of Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Nice and Other Cities After Weekend Looting; 2,513 Detained
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said police "lost control" in some cities and offered to resign, which President Macron refused. French stocks and bonds fell Monday as Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's minority government tries to pass a deficit-cutting budget.
Alberta Voters Reject Starting a Path Toward Separation From Canada, About 76% to 24%, in Nonbinding Referendum
Unofficial counts show about three in four voters chose to keep Alberta a Canadian province. Separatist leaders say the roughly one-quarter who voted the other way shows the province's grievances are real.
Houthi Ballistic Missiles Hit Yemeni Government Training Camp in Shabwa; Death Toll Rises to 73, All Recruits, AP Reports
Local authorities first counted 53 dead in Monday's strike north of Ataq. The Houthis say the camp hosted Saudi forces, and Yemen's government says it trained internal-security recruits kept away from the front.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Cites Seven Undersea Cables Under the Strait of Hormuz, Says 'New Targets' Will Be Unveiled
The Oct. 19 remarks by an IRGC spokesman came eight days after security official Mohsen Rezaei warned on Oct. 11 that cables, data centers and AI sites could be hit if war resumes, and a day after President Trump said the U.S. and its allies would "soon finish the job"; cable analysts say the strait carries under 1% of world internet bandwidth.
Russia's Lavrov Visits Tehran for Talks; Iran Says Its Seven-Day Hormuz Offer, Rejected by Trump in September, Still Stands
Lavrov, on his first trip to Iran since the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began in February, says he wants to stop a return to large-scale war; Iran's offer still asks the U.S. to act first: end its naval blockade, ease oil sanctions and release frozen funds.
Ukraine Says Russia Hit More Than 15 Energy Sites With 332 Drones and Missiles; Zelensky Criticizes U.S. Sanctions Waiver
Ukraine's air force says it downed 289 of the drones, and regional officials report at least seven dead; the strikes came days after President Trump announced an 'energy ceasefire' that Moscow says was never defined, and as he waived a new U.S. sanctions law on Russia.
Analysis
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What Fauci's Released Diary Documents About the U.S. COVID-19 Response — and What It Leaves Unresolved
A 1,141-page personal diary released by Sen. Rand Paul's committee is roughly one-third routine administrative logging; a minority of entries bear directly on contested questions, and a few conflict with contemporaneous public statements.
Eight Months of Mamdani: What New York's Record Actually Shows, and What It Cannot Yet Show
A claim-by-claim audit of what Zohran Mamdani has delivered, how New Yorkers judge it, and what the evidence does and does not license anyone to conclude about the rest of the country.