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FBI Investigates Suspicious Packages Sent to Election Offices and Congress Ahead of Midterms

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FBI investigation into suspicious packages election offices received — law enforcement examining white-powder evidence envelopes near the US Capitol ahead of the midterms

Federal authorities are investigating a wave of letters containing “suspicious substances” mailed to congressional offices and election offices across the country, just three weeks before the November 3 midterm elections. The FBI, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the U.S. Capitol Police are treating the suspicious packages election offices received as “potentially hazardous,” according to … Read more

Trump Reportedly Considering Firing Susie Wiles as White House Chief of Staff Weeks Before Midterms

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Donald Trump seated at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office amid reports he is considering firing chief of staff Susie Wiles

President Donald Trump is privately asking allies whether he should fire White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, according to explosive new reporting from Politico Playbook — a potential shake-up at the very top of the West Wing less than three weeks before the November 3 midterm elections. The Susie Wiles report, built on four … Read more

Elon Musk Midterm Spending: The $276M GOP Rescue Mission for 2026

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Elon Musk midterm spending — original photo of Elon Musk with the US Capitol behind him as his $276M midterm donations make him the biggest donor of 2026

Elon Musk is back in the political arena — and this time, the checkbook is even bigger. The world’s only trillionaire has quietly funneled more than $276 million into Republican groups and his own super PAC since the start of July, making the Elon Musk midterm spending blitz the single largest known donor operation of … Read more

Trump BBC Deposition: BBC Asks Judge to Force Testimony as Trump Seeks January 2027 Delay

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Donald Trump speaking at a podium with press microphones amid BBC deposition legal battle

President Donald Trump is trying to push off his sworn testimony in the $10 billion defamation lawsuit he filed against the BBC until January 2027 — and the British broadcaster has now asked a federal judge to force him to sit for the deposition. The Trump BBC deposition fight escalated this week when BBC lawyers … Read more

Talarico Town Hall: Voter Confronts Senate Candidate Over Bible-Abortion Claim at CNN Fort Worth Event

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Talarico town hall: James Talarico speaking at the CNN town hall in Fort Worth, Texas during the 2026 Texas Senate race

Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico got his biggest national stage of the 2026 race on Wednesday night — and one voter turned it into a moment he will not soon forget. The Talarico town hall, a CNN and Jubilee Media event broadcast live from Fort Worth, Texas, put the state representative and Christian seminarian in … Read more

Hegseth Heckled: Anti-War Protesters Repeatedly Disrupt War Secretary’s Army Conference Speech

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Hegseth heckled - protester removed by security at Army conference

War Secretary Pete Hegseth was heckled again and again on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, as anti-war protesters repeatedly disrupted his headline appearance at the Army’s biggest annual conference in Washington, D.C. The Hegseth heckled episode saw at least five demonstrators interrupt the first half hour of his panel, shouting “war criminal” and “coward” in protest … Read more

Trump Press Ban Ruling: Federal Judge Blocks White House Ban on CNN, Politico and MS NOW

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Trump press ban ruling - White House press briefing room

On Tuesday, October 13, 2026, a federal judge delivered the Trump press ban ruling that has electrified Washington — U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from banning reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. The Trump press ban ruling found that the administration’s decision … Read more

Bank of America 1.2 Billion Fine: Treasury Hits Second-Largest US Bank Over Money Laundering Failures

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Bank of America fine Treasury money laundering

On Tuesday, October 13, 2026, the U.S. Treasury Department announced the Bank of America 1.2 billion fine — a coordinated enforcement package totaling more than $1.21 billion against the nation’s second-largest bank for what regulators described as widespread, years-long failures to police money laundering and sanctions violations. The penalty is the third-largest in Treasury Department … Read more

Sotomayor and Gorsuch Flag ‘Serious Constitutional Problems’ as Supreme Court Declines Immigration Double Jeopardy Case

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Sotomayor Gorsuch immigration case — US Supreme Court building.

On Tuesday, October 13, 2026, the Supreme Court quietly declined to hear a case that two of its justices say exposes something deeply wrong in how the government prosecutes immigration offenses. In the sotomayor gorsuch immigration case — formally Jesus Herrera-Salazar v. United States, No. 25-6989 — the Court denied the petition for a writ … Read more

West Nile Virus Deaths in North Carolina: Two Adults Die as 2026 Cases Climb Nationwide

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West Nile virus North Carolina deaths: close-up of mosquito biting human skin at dusk

Two adults in central North Carolina have died after contracting West Nile virus, state health officials confirmed this week, putting the mosquito-borne illness back in the national spotlight as the West Nile virus North Carolina deaths become the latest grim marker in a busy 2026 transmission season. The deaths, announced by the North Carolina Department … Read more