A New York Post headline points to a federal probe of California districts over student surveys, though its details are unverified here. The underlying dispute is over whether the federal student privacy law demands parental consent for every survey touching sensitive topics.
Eleven days before Alaska votes, the Justice Department has asked a federal court to block certification of the Senate race if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses in a narrow race, citing a retired teacher with almost the same name. President Trump says the suit was his idea.
The New York Times reported that Navy and Marine Corps separation boards voted to retain transgender service members in nine of twelve cases it identified. The panels were set up to carry out Pete Hegseth's ban, and the sample is small and unofficial.
A 70-year-old Florida-licensed attorney is accused, in a criminal complaint reported by WLOX, of asking a Mississippi gun shop whether a gun could pierce body armor and talking about shooting ICE agents. The shop's owner denied the sale and reported her to the ATF.
Israeli soldiers killed two men near Hebron after what the military says was an attack that injured at least five people. Within hours, Netanyahu's office ordered Hebron cordoned off and told security forces to prepare a full closure of the West Bank.
A Massachusetts judge has refused Lindsay Clancy's lawyer a hearing into the juror at the center of her mistrial. Fox News reported that the judge found the grounds surfaced only after the mistrial; we have not read the order.
Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed held their second and final Senate debate, clashing over Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood and Medicare for All. The race is neck-and-neck, and Michigan votes Nov. 3.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has signed a single City Council bill since January, the New York Post reports, while nearly 100 others became law without his signature. Anonymous sources told the Post the mayor's team is focused on social media content.
A federal magistrate judge in Miami has ordered President Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11, and warned that the case could face sanctions up to dismissal if he does not comply.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is set to make his first in-person campaign appearances for Gov. Kathy Hochul in Brooklyn, according to Politico. Her Republican challenger, Bruce Blakeman, has already pointed to the relationship, and the polls show the race is not as settled as one number suggests.
Ukraine's president says he supports a ceasefire and three-way talks with Washington and Moscow, and ABC reports the Kremlin says Putin agreed to resume them. Based on early reports, the terms, the venue and even the level of the talks are not yet clear.
A Wednesday night rally near Clemson was interrupted repeatedly by protesters, and at least two appeared to be roughed up by attendees. Trump praised one supporter from the stage.
Two 15-year-old girls were arrested two weeks apart after the FBI flagged their social media discussions to police, who told KTLA the girls made specific plans for a possible revenge attack at Corona High School in Southern California.
At a North Carolina rally, President Trump touted roughly $1 billion in Camp Lejeune settlements and said the rest of the legitimate claims get paid only if Republicans win the House and Senate. The Justice Department figures cited in coverage are lower than his round number, though the current total could not be checked.
Asked in the Oval Office whether Rep. Ilhan Omar could be deported, President Trump said she "could also go to jail." No charges have been announced in the federal investigation into her immigration paperwork.
Florida put William Reaves, 77, to death Tuesday for the 1986 killing of Indian River County Deputy Richard Raczkowski. It was the state's 18th execution of the year, one short of the record set in 2025.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has settled with the Trump administration, closing 18 Education Department investigations and a Justice Department review. UNC admits no wrongdoing and makes no payment, according to Fox News, and the terms run through the end of 2028.
