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U.S. Edition · LATEST HEADLINES · Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Vice President JD Vance speaks at a podium, one hand raised, on the terms for ending the war.

The White House

Vance said Iran must cut enrichment to end the war.

In a Reuters interview after a stop in Alaska, the vice president said Tehran has to do something meaningful on enrichment, not trade words for actions. Washington is still unsure who decides in Iran.

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Politics More

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.

The Midterms

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

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

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.

States More

Tennessee

Christa Pike is conscious and speaking.

Six days after Tennessee failed to execute her, lawyers said she is awake, shackled to a hospital bed, and facing a long recovery. She was to be the first woman the state put to death in two centuries.

Texas

Trump ordered a firing squad for the Fort Hood gunman.

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

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.

World More

A mourner at a memorial on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack.

Israel

Israel marks three years since the Oct. 7 attack.

Mourners stood at Kfar Aza. The 2023 assault killed about 1,200 people and took 251 hostages. Gaza’s toll is past 74,000. A U.S.-brokered ceasefire has not stopped the killing or disarmed Hamas.

Brazil

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

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.

World War More

President Zelensky said a Russian barrage on his country’s cities killed civilians, including children.

Ukraine

Russian strikes killed at least 21 people in Ukraine.

Missiles and drones hit Kyiv and a dozen other regions on Vladimir Putin’s 74th birthday. An apartment block in Pryluky was destroyed. President Zelensky had warned that a massive strike was coming.

Ukraine

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

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.

A bridge over the Dnipro in Kyiv. Russian drones closed two crossings Friday morning and killed one person in a residential building.

Economy More

The New York Stock Exchange. The S&P 500 pulled back Wednesday from a record close.

Markets

Wall Street pulled back from its record.

A day after the S&P 500 closed at 7,818.93, the index was lower at midday. The 10-year yield rose to 5.31 percent. Brent was back at $101.26. The Fed’s September minutes were still ahead.

Hollywood

Paramount closed its $110 billion deal for Warner Bros.

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

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.

Science More

Maryland

Maryland now flags a heart warning on a mammogram.

As of Oct. 1, mammography centers in the state must tell a patient if the scan shows breast arterial calcification, a finding linked to a higher risk of heart disease. The Washington Post said other states may follow.

The Court

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

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

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.

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

Argentina

Messi scored in his last game for Argentina.

Argentina beat Benin, 3–0, at the Monumental. The captain, 39, had a goal and two assists in front of more than 85,000 people. It was his 126th goal for the national team.

Monday Night

The Falcons beat the Saints, 45 to 24.

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.