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cn politics 6 27m ago 5 min read

China's Communist Party Opens Fifth Plenum Monday, Oct. 26, With Party Discipline on the Agenda

About 300 of the party's top officials meet in Beijing Oct. 26-29 to take up what the party calls "full and rigorous party self-governance," likely the last major gathering before the 2027 Party Congress. Xi Jinping is expected to hold the top job for a fourth term, and the question is how many seats he can fill with people he trusts.
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us defense 6 37m ago 3 min read

Peter Thiel, Major Trump Donor, Says in Leaked Lecture Audio the US 'Should Not Have Done' Iran War

Audio from an Oct. 12 private lecture in Nashville has Peter Thiel saying he is skeptical of the Iran war and that America may lack the hard power to win it. He still says he supports Trump. The comments are public less than two weeks before midterms in which gas prices and the war are central issues.
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cd health 8 44m ago 4 min read

Ebola Vaccine Trial Starts in Congo as Toll Hits 4,687, While Nigeria Case's Origin Stays Disputed

Congo began the Tumaini vaccine trial in Bunia today, Oct. 23, with the first participants vaccinated, while health authorities put the country's toll at 4,687 deaths among 9,704 confirmed cases. Switzerland is disputing claims about the travel history of Nigeria's Ebola patient, and how she was exposed is still unknown. Africa CDC has called an extraordinary meeting for Oct. 28.
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us economy 7 49m ago 4 min read

White House Removes Paper, Machinery and Packing Crates From Canada Tariff List, Adds Valves, Carpets and Waste Products

Since talks with Ottawa collapsed in August and the U.S. put 50% tariffs on $27.6 billion of Canadian goods, the White House has now published a revised list: some products come off, others go on. Trump says a deal with Canada is close, while Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will wait months or longer. The exemptions are reported to take effect Oct. 30, five days before Election Day.
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us politics 8 1h ago 4 min read

Texas Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman Over ChatGPT Safety Claims, Seeks Limits on Minors' Access

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit today, Oct. 23, against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging they sold ChatGPT as safe while failing to protect children and other users. It is the second major state action in nine days, after eight states sued on Oct. 14. The relief Texas wants includes court-appointed approval of new models, and OpenAI has not yet responded to the complaint.
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us energy 8 1h ago 5 min read

Gas Holds at $4.29 as Trump Invokes Defense Production Act and Consumer Sentiment Sinks to Second-Lowest on Record

Trump said Thursday he will invoke the Defense Production Act to spend $150 million on gasoline and diesel production, while Friday's University of Michigan survey put October consumer sentiment at the second-lowest level since 1978. Petroleum analysts say the move won't change pump prices soon, and Brent futures were above $116 Friday morning. Eleven days before the midterms, fuel costs sit near the center of the election.
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us defense 7 1h ago 4 min read

GAO: Pentagon AI Oversight Council Lapsed Without a Charter, and Six of 10 Surveyed Project Officials Flag Risks

A Government Accountability Office report released Oct. 14 found the Pentagon's Responsible AI Working Council did not meet from late 2024 until August 2025 and still has no charter. Six of 10 officials building AI weapons and tools told GAO their teams had identified risks for operational use. The Pentagon agreed with both recommendations but had not implemented them as of Oct. 22.
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fr defense 8 1h ago 4 min read

France to Deploy 70,000 Police Saturday After Riots; Macron Bans Non-Union Protests

Since the Oct. 17 riots, which the government admits it "lost control" of, France has imposed curfews, banned most non-union demonstrations and closed major museums. On Saturday, Oct. 24, it will put 70,000 police on the streets, 10,000 more than last weekend. The student union UNEF says its rallies go ahead anyway, setting up a direct test of the ban.
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us finance 6 1h ago 4 min read

Apple Briefly Passes Nvidia in Market Value Friday, Then Nvidia Retakes Lead at About $5.1 Trillion Each

Apple topped Nvidia in market value for part of Friday's session, Oct. 23, before Nvidia moved back in front, with both companies near $5.1 trillion. Apple has not closed ahead of Nvidia since July 27. Apple's Nov. 2 earnings report, the first under CEO John Ternus, is the next test, and Nvidia reports around Nov. 18.
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us tech 6 1h ago 4 min read

Pillow 13.0.0 Fixes Code-Execution Flaw Triggered by a Filename, Plus Several Memory Bugs

Since Pillow 13.0.0 shipped on October 16, security listings have piled up around the Python image library, led by CVE-2026-112900, an EPS flaw that lets an attacker-chosen filename run commands through Ghostscript. None of the bugs is known to be under attack, but Pillow is downloaded an estimated 436 million times a month, so any service still on 12.3.0 or older is exposed.
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eu economy 6 2h ago 4 min read

EU Ministers Back More Talks With Beijing as Plastics Safeguard Probe Nears

EU trade ministers meeting in Dublin on Oct. 23 told the Commission to keep negotiating with China and extend this month's hybrid-car import deal to chemicals, machinery and other sectors. The EU's goods deficit with China topped €370 billion in 2025 and is on course for more than €400 billion this year. The next concrete steps are a possible plastics safeguard investigation, a December Commission package, and a March meeting with China's commerce minister.
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us finance 5 2h ago 4 min read

Brookings and Bank Policy Institute Papers Propose Different Routes to a Smaller Fed Balance Sheet

A Brookings working paper by Chris Hughes and a Bank Policy Institute note both argue the Federal Reserve's balance sheet is larger than it needs to be, but they blame different things. Hughes wants to change how the Fed supplies reserves. The BPI wants banks to get liquidity-rule credit for the discount window. The Fed's balance sheet review is where the choice gets made.
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us economy 6 2h ago 4 min read

Energy Department designates helium a critical material, opening more federal financing for producers

Energy Secretary Chris Wright designated helium a critical material today, Oct. 23, citing its role in semiconductors and the supply risk from the Iran war. The label opens more federal financing for producers and brings closer government monitoring. The department itself says U.S. output is held back by limited refining capacity and long permitting timelines, which the designation does not directly fix.
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us finance 7 2h ago 4 min read

Kalshi CEO Says Fight With States Over Sports Contracts Could Reach Supreme Court

Kalshi co-founder Tarek Mansour says the fight with dozens of states over sports-related event contracts could end at the Supreme Court. Federal appeals courts have split, New Jersey has asked the justices to take its case, and Kalshi's lobbying spending rose 40.4% in the third quarter. The question of whether sports contracts are federally regulated derivatives or state-regulated gambling is still unsettled.
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us energy 9 2h ago 4 min read

Brent Touches $117 as Iran Threatens Gulf Oil Sites and Datacenters if U.S. and Israel Strike Again

Since Brent began its climb to a six-month high this week, it touched above $117 a barrel on Friday, Oct. 23, after Tehran threatened to hit Gulf oil facilities, undersea cables and AI datacenters in response to any new U.S.-Israeli offensive. The State Department has ordered some diplomats and family members out of Saudi Arabia. The Nov. 3 midterms now mark the date markets are watching.
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fr sports 5 2h ago 4 min read

Paris Police Order Moves PSG-Lyon to Monday; NFL Keeps Steelers-Saints on Sunday at Stade de France

Paris police prohibited Sunday's PSG-Lyon match, and the league moved it to Monday, Oct. 26, at 8:30 p.m. The NFL says its Steelers-Saints game in Saint-Denis stays on for Sunday, Oct. 25, as France deploys about 70,000 security personnel for Saturday's protests. The next test is whether Saturday passes without a repeat of the Oct. 17 violence.
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us defense 8 3h ago 3 min read

Third U.S. Carrier Heads to Mideast as Source Says U.S. and Israel Plan Iran Strike After Midterms

The USS Theodore Roosevelt is headed to the Middle East, and a person briefed on U.S. and Israeli war planning told NPR the two countries are preparing a possible attack on Iran after the Nov. 3 midterms. Brent crude has climbed to $114 a barrel on the talk alone. The carrier is still about a week out, so the decision window is open, and Trump has said little publicly about it.
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jo politics 8 4h ago 4 min read

Gunmen Kill 7 and Wound 34 at Funeral in Greek Orthodox Church in Jordan, Officials Say

Gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in Hammoud village, Karak governorate, on Friday, Oct. 23, killing seven and wounding 34. No one has claimed responsibility, and Jordan's king has vowed the harshest penalties as the manhunt continues. Jordan's interior minister called the attack unprecedented in the kingdom's history.
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il energy 9 4h ago 4 min read

Brent Tops $115 Even as Oil Shipments From the Gulf Run Above Prewar Levels

Brent crude rose above $115 a barrel in Friday trading, after Thursday's $113.17 close, even though tanker tracking shows Gulf oil shipments above their pre-war pace. The gap comes down to insurance, freight and fear of a new U.S.-Israeli offensive that Trump has said will not come before the Nov. 3 midterms.
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us economy 7 4h ago 4 min read

Collins Says U.S. Will Exempt Some Canadian Imports From Tariffs, 11 Days Before Maine Senate Vote

Sen. Susan Collins announced today, Oct. 23, that the administration will exempt several categories of Canadian goods from tariffs. The announcement comes as Maine ballots are being cast in a Senate race a Fox News poll has tied at 49%. Broader trade talks with Ottawa remain stalled, with a Jan. 1 auto tariff threat still on the table.
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