Saturday, October 24, 2026
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  1. World · Sat, Oct 24 · 6 AM CTU.S. intelligence warns Iranian plots to kill Americans abroad have reached 'advanced stages'; Tehran vows to keep U.S. ships out of the Gulf
  2. World · Sat, Oct 24 · 6 AM CTMagnitude 7 earthquake in China's Tibet kills 16 and injures 76
  3. World · Sat, Oct 24 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Kenya reports second Ebola death as the U.S. makes every arriving air passenger attest they haven't been in Congo
  4. White House · Sat, Oct 24 · 6 AM CTRubio urges Cubans to seek change through a 'discrete partnership with the CIA'; Trump floats sending Rubio to 'finish up the deal'
  5. White House · Sat, Oct 24 · 6 AM CTUpdate: 9th Circuit orders California to answer by noon Saturday on DOJ bid to set aside about 20,000 suspected noncitizen ballots
  6. White House · Sat, Oct 24 · 6 AM CTHegseth says the Pentagon dismantled 80 Chinese 'propaganda cells' at U.S. colleges in two months
  7. White House · Sat, Oct 24 · 6 AM CTFBI arrests Georgia man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at Atlanta ICE building
  8. Supreme Court · Sat, Oct 24 · 6 AM CTTrump administration and Texas urge justices to keep their deal ending a Biden-era rule that let judges pause deportation cases
  9. Supreme Court · Sat, Oct 24 · 6 AM CTNo new Court orders since Thursday; justices return to the bench Nov. 2, with a Catholic parish case on Nov. 3
  10. World · Fri, Oct 23 · 5 PM CTGunmen kill seven at a funeral in a Greek Orthodox church in Jordan; officials call it terrorism
  11. World · Fri, Oct 23 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Suspected terror shooting near Paris kills one as France deploys 70,000 police for weekend protests
  12. World · Fri, Oct 23 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Two Israeli soldiers killed in Hebron-area attack; Israel locks down West Bank
  13. World · Fri, Oct 23 · 5 PM CTZelensky says U.S., Ukraine and Russia will hold talks in early November
  14. White House · Fri, Oct 23 · 5 PM CTEnvoy says a U.S. strike on Iran could come 'this weekend'; Trump says 'we may do another little Epic Fury'
  15. White House · Fri, Oct 23 · 5 PM CTTrump says he ordered DOJ suit over Alaska Senate race with two Dan Sullivans on the ballot
  16. White House · Fri, Oct 23 · 5 PM CTTrump changes which Canadian goods face the 50% auto-dispute tariff, effective Oct. 30
  17. White House · Fri, Oct 23 · 5 PM CTFull 5th Circuit lets Trump administration hold certain illegal immigrants without bond hearings
  18. Supreme Court · Fri, Oct 23 · 5 PM CTCook County and Connecticut urge the Supreme Court to uphold their AR-15 bans ahead of December arguments
  19. World · Fri, Oct 23 · 6 AM CTDrone strike sinks cargo ship off NATO member Romania; one sailor dead, three missing, and Romania blames Russia
  20. World · Fri, Oct 23 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Oil spill reaches UAE beaches as tanker attacks multiply near Hormuz