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The Norte Fire turned a quiet Friday morning in coastal Orange County into a race against wind-driven flames. The wildfire ignited around 11:30 a.m. on October 16, 2026, near Portico Del Norte and Eminencia Del Norte on the northern edge of San Clemente — and within an hour it had already burned 250 acres. Fueled … Read more
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the Trump Iran deal signing — an interim deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the months-long conflict — is scheduled for Sunday, even as Iranian officials flatly denied that any signing will happen, ruled out new talks, and watched Trump’s own envoys cancel … Read more
The NAACP poll monitors lawsuit has turned the 2026 midterms into a courtroom battle over who gets to watch Americans vote — and why. On Friday, October 16, 2026, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization sued the Department of Justice in federal court, asking a judge to block the Trump administration from deploying 1,000 federal … Read more
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. — President Donald Trump brought his midterm blitz to Kentucky on Saturday night, using a rally at Truist Arena in Highland Heights to tell thousands of supporters that his second presidency has given him powers he never had in his first term — and urging voters to “pretend I’m on the ballot” … Read more
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned this week that foreign forces are trying to “break” Canada so they can “own us,” as Alberta heads toward a high-stakes Alberta referendum on Monday that could set the oil-rich province on a path toward separation. Speaking at pro-Canada rallies in Calgary and Edmonton, Carney framed the vote as … Read more
The Fed rate decision October 2026 meeting is now the most-watched event on the American economic calendar, and the man in charge of it is refusing to give anyone a preview. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh stood before the world’s financial leaders in Bangkok on Friday and declined to say what the central bank will … Read more
The Kirkland Ellis Trump deal is back under the microscope — and this time, the pressure is coming with a deadline attached. On October 16, 2026, three of the most powerful Democrats in Congress issued a blistering rebuke to Kirkland & Ellis, the global law-firm giant, accusing it of stonewalling their investigation into the $125 … Read more
As Trump waives Russia sanctions that Congress passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, President Donald Trump has signed an executive order late Friday suspending the tough new penalties just two days before they were due to take effect. The move, which the White House says is in the national interest of the United States, shelves the … Read more
The Trump administration has proposed a staggering $70,000 OPT fee for international students who want to work in the United States after graduation — a charge so large that universities say it would effectively end the decades-old work program that hundreds of thousands of foreign graduates rely on every year. Under the Department of Homeland … Read more
Authorities in Illinois say they stopped a mass shooting before it could happen. A 19-year-old man from the Chicago suburbs has been arrested and charged after police uncovered an alleged Hindu temple attack plot targeting a place of worship near Chicago, recovering a rifle, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, body armor, and a manifesto investigators … Read more