National stories — October 2026
23 stories, newest first.
- ⚔️ Saudi Arabia prepares major offensive against Houthis
- 📉 U.S. adds just 29,000 jobs in September
- 🛢️ G7 agrees to release 100 million barrels from emergency reserves
- 🚘 ICE bans high-speed chases and tightens rules for vehicle stops
- 🗳️ DHS says ICE will not patrol polling places
- ⚖️ Judge restores Seattle U.S. attorney fired less than an hour after taking office
- ⚖️ Hochul removes local DA from Cornell sexual assault investigation
- 📊 Trump's economic approval falls to 26% in new AP-NORC poll
- ⚖️ Supreme Court takes up Trump's mandatory immigrant detention policy
- 🛒 SNAP benefits rise as tougher eligibility rules reshape program
- 💵 $500 ACA refund checks begin going out to 950,000 Americans
- ⛽ U.S. pushes Europe to release emergency diesel reserves
- 🪖 U.S. sends third carrier and thousands more troops toward Middle East
- 🧊 Swiss glaciers lose 5.5% of their ice in one year
- 🪖 Musk, Luckey and Gingrich tapped to study future warfare
- 📈 U.S. economic growth revised sharply higher for spring
- 🦠 Pennsylvania reports fifth measles-associated death
- 🤖 FTC opens investigation into OpenAI and Anthropic
- ⚖️ Tennessee execution fails after two lethal injections
- 📊 U.S. inflation rises less than expected in August
- 🚨 Texas Capitol attack suspect taken into federal custody
- ✈️ Passengers stop pilot from crashing Israel-bound jet
- ☢️ Russia warns NATO of nuclear response over Kaliningrad