The Rocket News

U.S. Edition · LATEST HEADLINES · Tuesday, October 6, 2026

President Trump, at a rally Monday night in Grand Island, Nebraska, said Iran could take out Los Angeles and San Diego.

The White House

Trump said Iran could take out Los Angeles and San Diego.

At a rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, he called the war a small price for keeping the world safe, then named the two cities. Newsom called the remarks deranged and dangerous. The White House said he meant a nuclear Iran had been stopped.

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Politics More

Gina Hinojosa, the Democrat, leads Gov. Greg Abbott in Texas, 49 percent to 46, in a Times and Siena poll released Sunday.

The Midterms

Democrats lead the governor races in Texas, Iowa, Ohio and Alaska.

A New York Times and Siena poll finds Gina Hinojosa ahead of Greg Abbott, Rob Sand well ahead in Iowa, and Amy Acton ahead of Vivek Ramaswamy. A Republican leads in Kansas.

The White House

Trump put Jay Clayton in charge of a Super Intelligence Force.

Jay Clayton, the director of national intelligence, will lead the Super Intelligence Force President Trump announced on Sunday.

The White House

Trump told the government to say super intelligence, not artificial intelligence.

The government is to say super intelligence, not artificial intelligence. Jay Clayton leads the force that takes that name.

The White House

Trump is expected to name Jay Clayton the A.I. czar.

States More

Nidal Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009. President Trump approved a firing squad on Monday.

Texas

Trump ordered a firing squad for the Fort Hood gunman.

The Pentagon said the president approved the method for Nidal Hasan, convicted in 2013 of killing 13 people. The Army secretary will set the time and place. Hasan, 56, is partially paralyzed.

Tennessee

Tennessee’s prison chief resigned after Christa Pike survived.

Texas

A judge halted the border wall in the Big Bend sector.

Santa Elena Canyon, in the Big Bend stretch where a judge on Friday halted border-wall construction.

Tennessee

Tennessee paused executions after Christa Pike survived.

Gov. Bill Lee ordered a review and halted the remaining execution this year after Christa Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital.

World More

Brazil

Flávio Bolsonaro finished first. He and Lula meet on Oct. 25.

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro led the first round. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was second. Neither had a majority. The Washington Post said the runoff is set.

Brazil

Brazilians vote today, with Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro nearly even.

Britain

London police arrested a British-Iranian man over Fairford.

Concrete barriers stood at R.A.F. Fairford after police arrested a 25-year-old British-Iranian man in London.

Baghdad

The last American troops left Iraq.

The Pentagon said U.S. troops and equipment had left the last American air base in northern Iraq.

World War More

Ukraine

Ukraine sent nearly 900 drones into Russia. Kyiv braced for a strike.

Moscow said it intercepted the drones overnight, including over Crimea and the Sea of Azov. The mayor said about 650 were aimed at the Moscow region. President Zelensky said a massive Russian strike is being prepared.

Ukraine

A Russian strike hit Kyiv’s Northern Bridge as Merz arrived.

President Volodymyr Zelensky and Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Merz was in Kyiv on Sunday when a strike damaged the Northern Bridge.

Ukraine

Russian strikes closed two bridges across the Dnipro in Kyiv.

Kyiv

A strike killed a child outside Kyiv.

Economy More

David Ellison will lead Skydance after Paramount closed its $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday.

Hollywood

Paramount closed its $110 billion deal for Warner Bros.

The combined company is called Skydance and trades as SKYD on the New York Stock Exchange. David Ellison is chief executive. Ynon Kreiz, late of Mattel, will run the day to day. The debt is about $80 billion.

The Federal Reserve

Markets see the Fed skipping an October increase.

Jerome Powell’s Federal Reserve is seen skipping an October increase after employers added 29,000 jobs.

The Labor Market

Employers added 29,000 jobs. Unemployment rose to 4.2 percent.

Hiring nearly stalled in September. Employers added 29,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2 percent.

Energy

The G7 will release 100 million barrels of diesel and oil.

Diesel prices have soared on the war in Iran. The G7 agreed Friday to release 100 million barrels over four months.

Science More

The Supreme Court on Monday heard Boulder’s suit to make Exxon and Suncor help pay for climate damage. It did not rule.

The Court

The Supreme Court heard Boulder’s climate suit and did not decide it.

The city and county want Exxon and Suncor to help pay for climate damage. Justice Alito, who owns oil stock, sat out. With eight justices, a tie would leave Boulder’s case alive.

Science

Wildfire smoke is lifting ground-level ozone, researchers say.

Wildfire smoke over Lower Manhattan. Researchers say that haze is also lifting ground-level ozone.

California

A Kelvin wave is lifting the water on the California coast.

Science

Tennessee got the permit for a small reactor.

Regulators approved a construction permit for a 300-megawatt reactor at Clinch River in Oak Ridge.

Technology More

Google is funding films and shorts, through a venture called 100 Zeros, to make Hollywood less afraid of its tools.

Technology

Google wants Hollywood to stop being afraid of its tools.

A venture called 100 Zeros, with Range Media Partners, will fund films and shorts meant to show the technology as something creators can use.

Technology

OpenAI paused the next model.

OpenAI said it would pause training of its latest model after reports of agents going rogue.

Technology

Altman and Amodei warned the Security Council.

Sam Altman told the Security Council that the biggest decisions on artificial intelligence cannot be left to labs in San Francisco.

Technology

Be extremely careful with the machines.

Mexico More

Mexico

Sheinbaum asked the United States for evidence of shots from Mexico.

Ambassador Ronald Johnson said gunfire from the Mexican side targeted Coast Guard personnel opposite Tamaulipas. President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexican forces detected none.

Mexico

Sheinbaum said a Mexican president can have only one flag.

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Mexico

Most of those flights went to Mexico.

Mexico

The Friday paper called Mexico the neighbor.

Sports More

Monday Night

The Falcons beat the Saints, 45 to 24.

Bijan Robinson ran for 145 yards and two touchdowns, the first a 59-yard score on Atlanta’s third play. Brian Robinson Jr. added three scores. The Saints are 1 and 3.

London

The Colts beat the Commanders, 30 to 13, in London.

Baseball

The Braves beat the Phillies, 6 to 2, and moved on.

The Braves beat the Phillies, 6 to 2, hit three home runs, and advanced to play the Dodgers.

The Bronx

The Yankees shut out the Red Sox.

The Yankees beat the Red Sox 9 to 0 and lead their wild-card series one game to none.