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On the eve of the midterms, Hennepin County has denied the Justice Department's request to monitor its polling places, and a federal judge threw out DOJ's Alaska lawsuit over the second Dan Sullivan, with DOJ filing its appeal within the hour. In Michigan, Rep. Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed at the last minute, setting off a Democratic meltdown that includes Hasan Piker. And Tucker Carlson and others are pushing what may be the most desperate claim yet, that Trump is days from a nuclear strike on Iran. Rep. Lauren Boebert joins us LIVE to break down the Colorado battleground on the eve of Election Day.
TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN:
- Hennepin County denies the DOJ's request to send monitors into its polling places for tomorrow's election, while Judge Sharon Gleason dismisses the DOJ's Alaska lawsuit and DOJ files a notice of appeal within the hour.
- Rep. Haley Stevens endorses Republican Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's Senate race, Democratic leaders erupt, and Hasan Piker posts "i condemn haley stevens."
- Tucker Carlson claims Trump is "within days" of a nuclear strike on Iran, a claim with no evidence behind it that Laura Loomer calls a hoax.
- Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) joins us LIVE to discuss the battle for Colorado's House seats on the eve of Election Day.
- Last-minute midterm polling check: Democrats lead the generic ballot by roughly eight to nine points as pollsters warn about nonresponse bias and fake polls.
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Dan J. Sullivan, the second Dan Sullivan on Alaska's Senate ballot, fled his home days before the New York Times broke the ballot scandal that has now drawn a criminal probe from the Justice Department. An undercover video catches Sen. Elissa Slotkin laying out a plan for "signature cases" against the Trump administration if Democrats win Congress, just days before the midterms. A federal appeals court lets the State Department keep the diversity visa green card lottery frozen while it appeals. And Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, was hit with a record $6.3 billion hack blamed on North Korean hackers.
TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN:
- Dan J. Sullivan fled his Petersburg, Alaska home days before the ballot scandal broke, as the DOJ expands its criminal probe and Gov. Dunleavy orders a state investigation.
- The 9th Circuit grants the State Department's emergency request to keep the diversity visa lottery paused for now, blocking a lower court order that would have forced registration to open by November 1.
- An undercover video shows Sen. Elissa Slotkin telling a stranger that if Democrats win Congress they will pursue a list of "signature cases" and have each committee hold people accountable.
- A record $6.3 billion hack hits Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, and security firms blame suspected North Korean hackers.
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Five days before the midterms, the Justice Department has issued a new wave of grand jury subpoenas in its criminal probe of how “Decoy Dan” Dan J. Sullivan landed on Alaska's Senate ballot, after a New York Times report that Democratic operatives sought to recruit candidates who share the incumbent's name. The Times also reports that federal agents investigated Rep. Ilhan Omar's marriage during the Obama administration, reportedly found evidence of fraud, and never brought charges. Early voting is past 31 million ballots, the Twin Cities saw another round of fraud-related search warrants, and El Salvador is sending about 1,000 troops to Haiti.
TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN:
- DOJ issues new grand jury subpoenas and records-preservation demands in its criminal probe of Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.'s Alaska Senate run, after the New York Times reports that Democratic operatives sought to recruit a candidate sharing Sen. Dan Sullivan's name, which the Peltola campaign and the DSCC deny.
- The New York Times reports that FBI and DHS investigators examined Ilhan Omar's marriage in 2016 under Obama, reportedly found some evidence it was fraudulent, and prosecutors concluded the statute of limitations had run.
- Midterm update with less than a week to go: more than 31 million early votes are in, Republicans lead among Florida's 3.5 million early ballots, and the Democrats' generic ballot lead has ticked down slightly.
- El Salvador sends about 1,000 troops to Haiti after four Salvadoran members of the UN-backed force went missing following a gang ambush.
- Federal and state agents carry out court-authorized searches at several sites in the Twin Cities and Rochester, including autism-services providers, in Minnesota's latest fraud investigation.
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Five days before the midterms, the New York Times reports that Democratic Senate Campaign Committee aides and Mary Peltola's campaign staff worked to recruit the second Dan Sullivan onto Alaska's ranked-choice ballot, just as Trump's DOJ asks a court to hold up certification if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is breaking with Trump to endorse a Democrat for governor, and questions about foreign influence are swirling around Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. Breaking tonight: El-Sayed's father sits on the board of a charity that was previously raided and fined for laundering money to Saddam Hussein. In Minnesota, prosecutors have charged James O'Keefe and Cam Higby with felonies over videos testing the state's voter vouching law. And in Brazil, Flávio Bolsonaro refused to concede, defied a Supreme Court order to surrender his passports, and landed in Miami.
TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN:
- BREAKING: Abdul El-Sayed's father is on the board of a charity that was previously raided and fined for laundering money to Saddam Hussein.
- The New York Times reports that Democratic operatives and Peltola campaign staff recruited Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. to appear on Alaska's ranked-choice ballot, which Peltola's campaign and the DSCC deny, and The Daily Signal's Virginia Grace McKinnon joins us LIVE with more on this developing story.
- Sen. Lisa Murkowski endorses Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins for Alaska governor, breaking with Trump-endorsed Bernadette Wilson.
- Fresh questions about foreign influence around Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan Senate campaign, from a hidden-camera video alleging overseas donations to anonymous "Stand with Abdul against Israel" text blasts.
- Hennepin County prosecutors charge James O'Keefe and Cam Higby with felony unlawful voting and identity theft over August primary videos testing Minnesota's vouching law, which lets one voter vouch for up to eight others.
- Brazil election chaos continues as Flávio Bolsonaro seeks to annul Lula's win, defies a Supreme Court order to surrender his passports, and lands in Miami.
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One week before the midterms, the Federal Election Commission has taken its electronic filing system offline after Reuters reported hacking attempts against the agency. At the United Nations, U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz and Cuba's foreign minister got into a shouting match on the General Assembly floor during the debate over the Cuba embargo. The FBI also searched the Beverly Hills home of billionaire Stephen Cloobeck, where former Rep. Eric Swalwell had stayed, in the widening investigation into Swalwell. And a Democratic House candidate in North Carolina was served a felony summons at her own campaign rally, part of a strange trend of Democratic candidates and officials with criminal records.
TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN:
- The FEC takes its e-filing system offline after Reuters reports hacking attempts, leaving campaigns unable to file 24-hour and 48-hour spending reports days before the election.
- Mike Waltz and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla clash on the floor of the UN General Assembly, with Waltz telling the Cuban delegation, "This isn't Havana. You're not going to intimidate me."
- The FBI executes a search warrant at billionaire Stephen Cloobeck's Beverly Hills home, where Eric Swalwell stayed while campaigning, in connection with the Swalwell investigation.
- North Carolina Democratic House candidate LaKesha Womack is served a felony summons at a campaign rally, and The Daily Signal's Virginia Grace McKinnon breaks down the strange trend of Democratic officials and candidates with criminal records.
- The Middle East is getting spicy again from Israel's elections to Iran & Iraq. We'll cover the latest!
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Former FBI Director James Comey has been charged with violating the Espionage Act. Nearly 500 blank Maine absentee ballot envelopes ended up in a Maryland storage unit, Maine's investigation was closed without answers, and The Daily Signal's own Virginia Grace McKinnon received multiple mail-in ballots. With Election Day eight days away, Trump's DOJ has sued Alaska over the second Dan Sullivan on the ballot, and the legal war over noncitizen voter lists, federal monitors, and armed agents at the polls keeps escalating. In Brazil, Lula was declared the winner by about 4.4 million votes after a Supreme Court justice who used to be his lawyer extended voting by two hours minutes before polls closed, and Flávio Bolsonaro is refusing to concede.
TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN:
- BREAKING: Obama FBI Director James Comey has been charged with violating the Espionage Act.
- The Maine Wire reports 498 blank Maine absentee ballot envelopes ended up in Maryland, and the state's investigation closed without answers, while The Daily Signal's Virginia Grace McKinnon received multiple mail-in ballots.
- The DOJ sues Alaska over the second Dan Sullivan on the Senate ballot, asking a court to hold up certification if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses by fewer votes than his namesake received.
- Lawsuit warfare continues between the Trump DOJ and Democrats over noncitizen voter lists, roughly 1,000 federal election monitors, and armed federal agents at polling places.
- Developing election chaos in Brazil as Lula wins a fourth term and Flávio Bolsonaro refuses to concede after Justice Cristiano Zanin extended voting hours.
- Minnesota House Fraud Prevention Committee Chair Kristin Robbins joins us LIVE with major updates on the Minnesota fraud scandal.
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The full 5th Circuit just handed ICE a major win, ruling 10-7 that detainees who entered the country illegally and have lived here for years are not constitutionally entitled to individual bond hearings. Two former senior FBI intelligence officials, Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, were charged with lying to Congress about their roles in the Hunter Biden laptop probe, just ten days before the midterms. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani posted a Spanish-language video coaching New Yorkers on how to evade ICE, and Marco Rubio publicly invited Cubans seeking change to partner with the CIA as Trump floats sending warships to Cuba after Iran.
TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN:
- The full 5th Circuit rules 10-7 for ICE, holding that longtime-resident detainees who entered illegally are not entitled to individual bond hearings.
- Two former senior FBI intelligence officials, Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, are charged with lying to Congress about their roles in the Hunter Biden laptop probe.
- Mamdani posts a Spanish-language PSA telling New Yorkers they can evade federal law enforcement.
- Rubio posts that "the time is now" for Cubans seeking change and urges them to partner discreetly with the CIA, as Trump floats sending warships to Cuba after Iran.

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Sources reveal Rep. Ilhan Omar's name isn't her real name, and a Justice Department filing in federal court in D.C. now lists her under a different name, raising new legal questions for the Somali-born Minnesota Democrat. Trump's DOJ is going after federal judges in Minnesota over their immigration comments, while a federal judge in California just blocked DHS from continuing certain noncitizen-voting investigations in California and eight other states. In Los Angeles, federal prosecutors charged 15 people, including six medical professionals, in alleged health care fraud schemes totaling about $2 billion in false claims. And with Election Day less than two weeks away, Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers traded insults in Michigan while Michele Tafoya closes in on Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota.
TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN:
- Sources reveal Ilhan Omar's name isn't her real name, as a DOJ filing in D.C. federal court identifies her as "Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar," raising new legal questions for the Minnesota congresswoman.
- Trump's DOJ files a misconduct complaint against federal judges in Minnesota over their immigration comments to The New York Times, while a federal judge in California blocks DHS from continuing certain noncitizen-voting investigations in California and eight other states.
- Feds bust alleged health care fraud rings in California: 15 people charged, including six medical professionals, in schemes totaling about $2 billion in false claims, which prosecutors call the largest case of its type ever prosecuted by the Department.
- More midterm drama: Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers trade insults in a heated Michigan Senate debate as Republicans press El-Sayed to disavow the Muslim Brotherhood, while Michele Tafoya closes in on Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota.
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DEVELOPING: A new wave of strikes is hitting Iran as the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz comes to a head. House Republicans subpoenaed New Jersey today over the 6,600 noncitizens added to its voter rolls, while California faces fresh federal scrutiny over its mail ballots and voter rolls less than two weeks before Election Day. Polling firm Wedgewood admitted most of its polls were fabricated after the New York Times and other aggregators folded them into their averages, and both parties are furious. The Justice Department rolls out a nationwide fraud enforcement surge with Vice President Vance.
TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN:
- DEVELOPING: Strikes are underway in Iran. Details to follow.
- House Republicans subpoena New Jersey over the 6,600 noncitizens added to the state's voter rolls, and California comes under new scrutiny over its ballots.
- Wedgewood Polling admits most of its polls were fake, both sides slam the polling industry, and the New York Times and other aggregators scrub its numbers from their averages.
- Massive fraud busts across the country, including a nationwide DOJ crackdown on SNAP and benefits fraud alongside Vice President Vance.
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Federal, state, and local agents raided social adult day care centers across New York City today in a Medicaid fraud investigation, the same day independent journalist Nick Shirley joined President Trump in the Oval Office for the launch of a new $25 million fraud whistleblower program. In Ohio, a pro-Vivek Ramaswamy ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother is drawing backlash from both sides of the aisle, and the campaign is standing by it with Election Day two weeks away. And Sen. Bernie Moreno says he'll lead a Senate push to open Trump Accounts to every American under 40, a potentially massive expansion. Plus, Sen. Tim Scott joins us live on how redistricting will shape the midterms.
TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN:
- Federal, state, and local agents raid social adult day care centers across New York City in a Medicaid fraud investigation, as independent journalist Nick Shirley joins President Trump at the White House for a new fraud whistleblower program.
- Abdul El-Sayed's latest move to court Black voters in Michigan is a head-scratcher, and we'll show you what he did and why many Black Michiganders aren't buying it.
- Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) joins us LIVE to discuss how redistricting will impact this midterm.
- Vivek Ramaswamy faces bipartisan backlash over a pro-Ramaswamy ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother, and his campaign is defending it.
- Trump Accounts could soon be expanded to every American under 40, and Sen. Bernie Moreno says he'll lead the Senate effort. That's a big deal.
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Federal agents arrested 28 noncitizens across California in a sweep the Justice Department calls "Operation Protect the Vote," just days after DOJ gave the state an ultimatum over roughly 20,000 suspected noncitizen mail ballots and took California to federal court. Across the Atlantic, riots tore through France and Italy over the weekend, with looting, arson, and more than a thousand arrests in France alone. And House Oversight Chairman James Comer alleges that Rep. Ilhan Omar's husband sold investors wine barrels from his winery with nothing in them. Plus, James O'Keefe has landed an interview with a Michigan Democratic Party employee who says Abdul El-Sayed is taking foreign dollars.
TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN:
- James O'Keefe gets an interview with a Michigan Democratic Party employee who says Abdul El-Sayed is taking foreign dollars
- Feds bust an alleged voter fraud ring in California as arrests are announced in "Operation Protect the Vote"
- Trump's DOJ issues an ultimatum to California over suspected noncitizen ballots and asks a federal court to step in
- France and Italy continue to burn as riots with far-left and pro-Palestinian elements tear through major cities
- Rep. James Comer alleges Ilhan Omar's husband sold empty wine barrels out of his winery
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Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed's papers from medical school reveal one of the worst late-campaign revelations in political history. CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper says the U.S. blockade has kept at least $25 billion worth of Iranian crude from reaching the market. And the White House press shop is in turmoil again, with reports that Katie Zacharia was fired less than a week into the job.
TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN:
- Abdul El-Sayed's old research papers on "interethnic mating" that's horrifying Michigan voters
- CENTCOM says $25 billion in Iranian oil exports has been blocked
- Trump's latest White House press secretary is out after less than a week
- Dr. Larry Arnn of Hillsdale College joins us LIVE to talk about the school's new program with the Pentagon
- Luke Ortega of the State Department joins us LIVE for updates on U.S. counterterrorism
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President Trump is accusing Sen. John Cornyn and Karl Rove of sabotaging the Republican effort in Texas just weeks before the midterms, while Democrat James Talarico's CNN town hall is drawing heavy criticism. Meanwhile, Trump's Justice Department just sued California over its ballots, alleging thousands of mail ballots went to noncitizens. And Tony has new reporting that Iran's IRGC is moving tanks toward the Iraqi border, fearing a U.S. invasion. Plus, we give you our official midterm election predictions as the race tightens.
TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN:
- Trump accuses Cornyn and Karl Rove of sabotage in the Texas midterm fight, as Talarico's CNN town hall draws criticism
- Elections tighten up, and we give you our official midterm election predictions
- Trump's DOJ sues California over ballots
- IRGC sends tanks to the Iraqi border, fearing invasion
- Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) joins us LIVE to discuss the debanking revelations
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Sen. Chuck Grassley says Jack Smith's special counsel team and the Biden Justice Department collected data on at least 639,000 Republican donors, supporters and voters, including red MAGA hat buyers, with records dating back to 2005 and, in Grassley's words, "well outside Smith's scope." On the legal front, the Ninth Circuit has handed the Trump administration a win over California, ruling the state can't force federal immigration agents to display identification. And the administration says it has removed tens of thousands of deceased and double-covered people from Obamacare, as fraud becomes a front-line midterm issue. Plus: a container ship goes down near Hormuz, U.S. soldiers return to the jungle in Panama, and The Daily Signal's Virginia Grace McKinnon joins us live on new midterm election scandals.
TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN:
- Sen. Chuck Grassley reports that Jack Smith's special counsel team and the Biden DOJ obtained data on at least 639,000 Republican donors, supporters and voters, including information on red MAGA hat buyers.
- The Ninth Circuit rules California's "No Vigilantes Act" can't be enforced against federal immigration agents, a win for the Trump administration over the state's ID requirement.
- Tens of thousands of deceased and double-covered enrollees are removed from Obamacare, part of a wider fraud crackdown that has become a midterm issue.
- A Singapore-flagged container ship sinks near the Strait of Hormuz after being hit by a projectile, as Trump holds off on Iran strikes during midterm season but warns the pause could end within weeks.
- U.S. Army soldiers return to Panama's jungle for training as the Army revives its jungle warfare course there alongside Panamanian instructors.
- Daily Signal journalism fellow Virginia Grace McKinnon joins us LIVE to discuss new midterm election scandals.
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Three weeks before the midterms, early voting numbers are running well below expectations in many states, lower than some experts projected. The Democrats' answer? Pull Hillary Clinton out of political cold storage to co-host a midterm podcast with Kara Swisher. Meanwhile, the Falklands are heating up again: British paratroopers just rehearsed a 1982-style amphibious assault on the islands as Argentina's Javier Milei lets his ultimatum over the Sea Lion oil project run out. Plus, the Supreme Court takes up the case of a Nigerian asylum seeker who cooked for a terrorist group, and the FBI hits North Korean laptop farms across Texas.
TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN:
- Early voting numbers are coming in far below expectations in many states, lower than some experts projected.
- Hillary Clinton returns to the mic with "High Stakes," a midterm-focused podcast with Kara Swisher launching Wednesday through Vox Media.
- British paratroopers wrap a six-day Falklands exercise modeled on the 1982 landings as Argentina's Milei lets his deadline over the Sea Lion oil project expire.
- The Supreme Court agrees to decide whether a Nigerian asylum seeker's work cooking meals for a terrorist group, allegedly against his will, counts as "material support" under federal immigration law.
- The FBI searches roughly 40 Texas homes tied to North Korean "laptop farms," seizing about 187 devices in a scheme that used stolen American identities to funnel money to Pyongyang's weapons programs.
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After a week of Houthi missile attacks on Saudi airports, a Saturday strike on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport left at least 12 dead, including an American, and more than 300 wounded. Back home, Homeland Security agents executed a judicially authorized search warrant at Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington-area home, part of what the Justice Department calls an ongoing criminal investigation, just three weeks before the midterms. And a federal judge says the Trump administration defied her order, cutting down hundreds of trees at a historic D.C. golf course without the notice she demanded.
TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN:
- Riyadh's main airport suspends operations after a deadly strike that killed at least 12, including one American citizen, as Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia escalate.
- Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington-area home as part of an ongoing criminal investigation, and Omar calls it political targeting.
- Judge Ana Reyes blasts the Trump administration after hundreds of trees came down at D.C.'s East Potomac Golf Links despite her order to give notice, and halts further cutting.
- Columbus Day vs. Indigenous Peoples Day: Trump proclaims October 12 Columbus Day, and the holiday culture war is back in full swing.
- Why Justin Murphy, the Republican nominee taking on Sen. Cory Booker in New Jersey, may be the best GOP Senate candidate of the cycle.

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A federal judge ruled that the Justice Department's effort to collect state voter rolls and run them against a federal immigration database is unlawful, and another judge blocked the deportation of a man shot by ICE in New York City. The State Department has now revoked more than 250,000 visas, and Rubio just wrapped a European tour featuring a new Greenland security pact and a Strategic Dialogue in Athens — State Department Principal Deputy Spokeswoman Paloma Chacón joins us LIVE. Meanwhile, the Michigan Senate debate got personal, forecasters are feuding over the midterm polls, and gun owners just scored a major win as the ATF stops enforcing NFA registration for suppressors and short-barreled rifles.
TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN:
- Judge Sparkle Sooknanan rules in a 78-page opinion that DOJ's push to gather state voter rolls and check them against the DHS SAVE database to demand removals is unlawful — DOJ says it is reviewing the ruling, and it has lost more than 20 similar cases
- Judge J. Paul Oetken temporarily bars the deportation of Oscar Belgal, a Dominican national shot by ICE officers in the Bronx during an arrest attempt, and bars his transfer outside the New York–New Jersey area while his detention challenge is pending — DHS says he has a grand larceny conviction and a lengthy arrest record
- The State Department says it has revoked more than 250,000 visas since January 2025, up from 175,000 in August — Paloma Chacón joins us LIVE to talk Rubio's trip, the new U.S.–Denmark–Greenland security pact, and the U.S.–Greece Strategic Dialogue
- Michigan's Senate debate between Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers turns into a shouting match of personal attacks, while Nate Silver and other forecasters trade barbs over what the latest polling actually shows
- The ATF announces it will no longer enforce NFA approval, registration, and tax-stamp requirements for suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and "any other weapons," effective today — a major win for the Second Amendment
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Texas Senate nominee James Talarico has been off the campaign trail for 12 days with just 26 days until Election Day — his campaign says it's the flu, while Ken Paxton's "Where's Jimmy?" countdown and a crowd chant at Trump's San Antonio rally have turned the absence into the story of the race. Meanwhile, Vice President Vance announced that Microsoft, Adobe, and several Indian IT firms are being suspended from the green card program for H-1B workers over fraud allegations, Defense Secretary Hegseth says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will be public, and President Trump just promised no strikes on Iran before the midterms.
TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN:
- James Talarico's 12-day absence from the trail becomes the Texas Senate race's biggest storyline — his campaign says he has the flu and will be back this weekend, while Paxton's campaign demands "proof of life," Trump calls him "missing in action," and Talarico's next scheduled event is a CNN town hall on October 14
- Vice President JD Vance announces the White House Fraud Task Force is suspending Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, and Capgemini from a program used to seek green cards for H-1B workers — Vance says Microsoft laid off 6,000 Americans while obtaining 6,300 H-1B visas, and Labor Secretary Sonderling says DOL has uncovered $22 billion in visa fraud
- Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, is set to be executed by firing squad on December 3 — the first U.S. military execution since 1961 — and Hegseth says "we'll make sure that people are able to watch it"
- President Trump announces on Truth Social that the U.S. "will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the midterm elections," citing "productive discussions" with Tehran, one day after The Atlantic reported the White House asked the Pentagon for pre-election strike options
- Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed faces fresh trouble from his own side — focus groups of Michigan Democrats show doubts over Israel and a sense of being taken for granted among Black voters — while Democratic Senate candidates across the map scramble in the final stretch
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On the third anniversary of October 7, the FBI announced it stopped an ISIS-inspired plot to attack the Mall of America, arresting an 18-year-old U.S. citizen of Somali descent from Richfield, Minnesota, after a nearly two-year investigation. Meanwhile, the DNC filed a federal lawsuit over the Trump administration's taxpayer-funded TV ads, ousted Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro is expected to face new U.S. charges over the alleged torture of Americans, and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's October 7 statement set off a firestorm.
TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN:
- The FBI arrests 18-year-old Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud of Richfield, Minnesota, after he allegedly pledged support to ISIS and paid $600 to an undercover FBI employee for an AK-47 and 200 rounds of ammunition, planning an attack on a festival at the Mall of America later this month
- The DNC sues the Trump administration in D.C. federal court, alleging its recent TV ad campaign is illegal government-funded propaganda — the White House calls the ads public service announcements, and Trump says future ads will be paid for by his MAGA Inc. super PAC
- Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, already facing narco-terrorism charges in New York, are expected to face new charges tied to the alleged torture of Americans detained in Venezuela — an announcement could come as soon as Thursday
- The Atlantic reports, citing two unnamed administration officials, that the White House asked the Pentagon for Iran strike options that could be carried out before the November 3 midterms — the report says no decision has been made
- Mamdani marks the October 7 anniversary with a statement acknowledging Hamas "war crimes" while accusing Israel of "genocide" — the ADL, Israeli officials, and Jewish leaders blast the statement, with the ADL pointing out he never once used the word "Jews"
- More midterm chaos as early voting gets underway and campaigns scramble with less than four weeks to go
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An internal DHS alert obtained by NewsNation warns that a cartel-linked smuggler may be planning to target and abduct Border Patrol personnel near Presidio and El Paso, Texas. Meanwhile, Middle East oil exports are reportedly back above pre-war levels, and President Trump signed an executive order letting truckers and farmers use tax-free red-dyed diesel on the highway through the end of the year. The media is also melting down over Trump's rally remarks about Iran and California, and the White House says critics are twisting what he actually meant.
TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN:
- An internal DHS alert reveals a known smuggler may be planning to bring migrants from Colombia and Venezuela across the Texas border as cover to target and kidnap CBP personnel in the Presidio and El Paso areas — CBP says it is vetting the intelligence and declined to discuss countermeasures
- Middle East oil exports climb back above pre-war levels, per Kpler data, while President Trump signs an executive order allowing tax-free red-dyed diesel for highway use through December 31 to bring down near-record diesel prices
- Trump's Nebraska rally comment — "Let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego" — sparks a media firestorm and a "deranged" charge from Gov. Newsom, while the White House says he was describing what a nuclear Iran would have threatened, not hoping for an attack
- Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in federal court in Maryland as the government fights to deport him to Liberia, Sen. Elissa Slotkin claims Saddam Hussein "would spit out his tea" at Trump's corruption, and Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed again can't bring himself to condemn the Muslim Brotherhood on live TV
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