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U.S. Edition · LATEST HEADLINES · Saturday, October 31, 2026

President Trump stands with both hands raised at a campaign rally in Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. 22, 2026. Evan Vucci, Reuters. It is not Sunday in Dubuque, and it is not Kansas.

The midterms

Trump put the Kansas and Iowa rallies back on.

Reuters: a White House official said Friday the weekend stops are back, on top of nearly 20 tele-rallies. Thursday he had said he did not have to go to Kansas. This photograph is Sioux City on Oct. 22, not Sunday.

The Rocket News · Washington · October 31, 2026

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Politics More

Sen. Darline Graham points from the lectern while President Trump stands beside her. Thursday, Oct. 29, Rock Hill Sports and Event Center. Reuters. Both faces are in the frame. The lectern reads Rock Hill, South Carolina. It is not Florida.

The midterms

Trump stood with Darline Graham in Rock Hill. He said she has the gene.

The Associated Press: he was in South Carolina Thursday for the second time in a month. He told her he had gotten her into the race. He said he did not have to go to Kansas. This photograph is the rally, not Florida.

Video · Reuters

The midterms

Trump listened in Chillicothe. Today he is due in South Carolina.

President Trump stands listening while Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at a microphone, right index finger raised. Wednesday night, Oct. 28, Chillicothe, Ohio. Both men are in the frame. It is not South Carolina.

The midterms

Trump floated making Venezuela the 51st state.

Video · Associated Press

President Trump speaks at the Port of Corpus Christi, mouth open at the microphone, right arm extended. Tuesday, Oct. 27. Ken Paxton is not in the frame.

The midterms

Trump's approval rose a point, to 32 percent.

President Trump, in a black coat, waves with his right hand on the South Lawn at night. His face is in the frame.

States More

Voters arrive at Midtown Mall in Anchorage on Oct. 30, 2026. Emily Mesner, Reuters. It is not the two Dan Sullivans, and Mary Peltola is not in the frame.

Alaska

The Justice Department pressed Alaska. More than 49 million have voted.

Reuters, Saturday: the department accelerated its Alaska inquiry on Friday and filed more motions to block certification. The Election Lab count is past 49 million. The photograph is Anchorage on Friday, not the two Sullivans.

Alaska

Peltola said she did not know about the other Dan Sullivan.

Mary Peltola speaks to a reporter at a picket for Horizon Air flight attendants, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, in Anchorage. Becky Bohrer, Associated Press. It is not Thursday's denial. The other face is turned away.

Texas

Texas early voting is at 6.3 million. South Carolina is up 83 percent.

California

A judge refused to segregate California ballots.

World More

Ed Miliband, Radoslaw Sikorski and Marco Rubio at the G20 head table in Atlanta, Oct. 30, 2026. Megan Varner, pool, Reuters. Nameplates also read African Union and Argentina. Sergei Lavrov is not in this frame.

Diplomacy

The G20 skipped the photograph with Lavrov.

Reuters: foreign ministers in Atlanta dropped the group picture Friday after Europeans objected to standing with the Russian minister. The photograph is the head table. Lavrov is not in it.

Diplomacy

Witkoff shook Putin's hand, and Hubbard is free.

Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin shake hands at Constantine Palace, both men in dark suits, curtains behind them.

Canada

Alberta voted to stay in Canada.

A voter walks toward the doors of a polling place behind a yellow Elections Alberta sign.

Diplomacy

Rubio told Samarkand the war should end.

Marco Rubio speaks with both hands raised, the tiled towers of the Registan and Uzbek flags behind him.

World War More

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, seen from Musandam, Oman, on Oct. 23, 2026. Reuters. It is not the Louise 1, and no crew is named.

Iran

A small boat mined a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.

Reuters: maritime sources said two limpet mines started an engine-room fire on the Louise 1 and disabled her for a time. Iran’s claim of four burning tankers is a claim. The photograph is Oct. 23, not the ship.

Ukraine

A missile hit Kyiv before midnight. One person was killed.

Ukraine

A drone hit two trains in Dnipro. At least 13 people were killed.

Ukraine

Four missiles hit Kyiv's Southern Bridge.

A rescuer in a helmet holds a radio on a Kyiv street at night. It is Monday night. It is not the Southern Bridge.

Economy More

A pumpjack in the Permian Basin near Midland, Texas, October 8, 2025. It is not Friday’s settlement, and it is not the Strait of Hormuz.

Oil

Brent settled at $117.64. WTI settled at $104.12.

Reuters, the Friday settlement in Houston: Brent’s December contract rose $2.76 and expired at $117.64. WTI rose $2.12, to $104.12. Not the morning print. The photograph is a pumpjack from October 2025.

Oil

Oil fell before New York. Brent was $114.10.

A pumpjack in the Permian Basin near Midland, Texas, October 8, 2025. It is not Thursday morning's price.

Markets

Oil rose before New York. Saudi did not confirm a strike.

Tankers on the water in the Strait of Hormuz, June 22, with mountains behind them. This is not a Saudi refinery.

Markets

Oil slipped about 1 percent before New York.

A man in blue walks past two pumpjacks in a field in Syria, their reflections in a pool of water.

Science More

Crew Dragon Freedom hits the Pacific under its parachutes, bringing four astronauts home.

Space

Four astronauts splashed down off California.

SpaceX brought Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, and Andrey Fedyaev home on Thursday after eight months. They had gone up in February to replace a crew sent home when a NASA astronaut fell ill.

Video · Associated Press

Maryland

Maryland now flags a heart warning on a mammogram.

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.

Technology More

A Ukrainian soldier kneels in a field and works on a small drone.

The arsenal

Ukraine’s drones still run on Chinese parts.

Magnets, motors, chips, sensors and battery cells still come from China, a dozen makers told the Associated Press. Switching to Western parts could raise the cost by 60 percent and cut production by as much.

Visas

Vance suspended Microsoft from a green-card program.

Video · The White House

Vice President JD Vance, hands raised at the lectern, said Microsoft abused the visa system.

Technology

Google wants Hollywood to stop being afraid of its tools.

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

Technology

OpenAI paused the next model.

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

Mexico More

Mexico

Trudy is a tropical storm, and the warnings are down.

At 8 a.m. Mountain time the center was about 190 miles west-southwest of Cabo Corrientes, with winds near 60 mph. No coastal watches or warnings were in effect. The National Hurricane Center said it should become post-tropical by early Tuesday.

Mexico

Hurricane Trudy is 150 miles west of Manzanillo.

Hurricane Trudy’s eye sits offshore on a Sunday morning satellite, the Mexican coast to the right of the storm.

Pacific

Hurricane Trudy is 170 miles south of Manzanillo.

Hurricane Trudy, seen from a satellite, still offshore south of Manzanillo on Saturday morning.

The Pacific

Hurricane Simon is crawling off Jalisco.

A wave from Hurricane Simon breaks over a Pacific seawall as two people watch from the walk.

Sports More

Brewers fans at Tropicana Field after Game 5, Wednesday, Oct. 28, one holding a sign that reads World Series champs. It is not Friday's parade in Milwaukee. This caption does not name a face.

Baseball

Milwaukee schools are closed. The Brewers parade is today.

The Associated Press: Milwaukee Public Schools canceled Friday classes for a downtown parade and a fan fest at Henry Maier Festival Park. The photograph is Wednesday night in St. Petersburg, not the parade.

Baseball

The Brewers won the Series, 4-1.

Brewers players in World Series hoodies celebrate on the field after the last out. Wednesday night, Oct. 28, Tropicana Field. It is not the first pitch.

Baseball

The Rays walked off the Brewers, 4-3.

Ben Williamson, in a white Rays jersey, is doused after a walk-off. His face is in the frame.

Baseball

Milwaukee beat the Rays, 10-1.

Robert Gasser, number 54, in a navy Brewers jersey and a yellow cap, delivers a pitch in the World Series.