The Rocket News

U.S. Edition · LATEST HEADLINES · Friday, October 2, 2026

The White House

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

The director of national intelligence would keep that job and take the new one. Officials say the president has not announced it himself.

The Rocket News · Washington · October 2, 2026

Desks

Politics More

Trump sat with the AI executives after they signed a voluntary accord to police their own models.

The White House

Trump told the AI companies to police themselves.

Pichai, Amodei, Zuckerberg, Huang, Brockman, and Musk signed. The accord is voluntary. Trump said the government will not limit the technology.

The Court

The Court let the third-country flights resume.

The Supreme Court let the government resume deportations to countries that are not the migrants' own.

The White House

Trump is taking Xi to see the Constitution.

Trump is taking Xi to the National Archives to see the Declaration, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

The White House

Trump laid out the carpet for Xi.

Video · The White House

Trump welcomed Xi at the White House. The trade truce now runs to January 10. A deal is not expected.

States More

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

Tennessee

Tennessee paused executions after Christa Pike survived.

She was still alive after two doses of pentobarbital. Gov. Bill Lee called off the remaining execution this year and ordered a review.

New York

They killed the painter of the Ramble.

Francis Lee Rogers painted the birds of the Central Park Ramble. She was found dead there on Sunday.

New York

The nor'easter is aimed at three states.

Washington

The television pool is back.

The networks plan to resume the White House television pool. CNN is assigned to the Archives.

World More

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

Britain

London police arrested a British-Iranian man over Fairford.

The 25-year-old was held on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts. British officials say they believe Iran played a part in the incident at the American-used air base.

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.

The U.N.

Iran offered seven days to open Hormuz.

The U.N.

Pezeshkian told the U.N. Iran will not be bullied.

Masoud Pezeshkian told the General Assembly that Iran must be powerful enough not to be threatened.

World War More

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

Ukraine

Russian strikes closed two bridges across the Dnipro in Kyiv.

One person was killed in a residential building. The Southern Bridge and the Paton Bridge were shut to traffic Friday morning. Pupils in a struck school were unhurt.

Kyiv

A strike killed a child outside Kyiv.

Kyiv

A drone killed a boy in Kyiv.

Kharkiv

Russia killed eight overnight.

Video · UN News

Russian strikes killed eight civilians overnight, six of them agricultural workers in the Kharkiv region.

Economy More

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

The Labor Market

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

Economists had looked for about 90,000 jobs and a rate of 4.1 percent. July was revised to a loss. Kevin Hassett said he was not disappointed.

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.

Trade

More tankers are moving through Hormuz.

More tankers are moving through the Strait of Hormuz. Prices are still high, and supply is still short.

Trade

The offer is an oil deal.

Iran's seven-day offer would waive sanctions on its oil sales and lift the naval blockade.

Science More

California

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

It is not a tsunami. The pulse, tied to El Niño, raises sea level by inches and makes high tides more dangerous when a storm arrives.

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.

Science

A second judge hit New York's climate bill.

A second federal judge struck down New York's law that would have made oil companies pay $75 billion.

Science

The Times sent readers back to the rivers.

In 2025 more than 100 U.S. dams were removed, reconnecting about 4,900 miles of river. Federal grants have since stalled.

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 said a Mexican president can have only one flag.

A constitutional change would make presidential candidates drop any second citizenship. It awaits a final declaration. She also promised a bill on violent video after a school attack in Torreón.

Video · GBS

Mexico

Most of those flights went to Mexico.

Mexico

The Friday paper called Mexico the neighbor.

Mexico

Mexico is taking the phones out of class.

Sports More

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

Baseball

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

Michael Harris II, Ozzie Albies, and Matt Olson homered in Atlanta. Philadelphia is out. The Braves will 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.

Lambeau

Robinson ran through Green Bay.

Bijan Robinson scored twice and rushed for 194 yards as the Falcons beat the Packers 35 to 14.

NFL

The Cowboys are going to the Maracanã.

The Cowboys and the Ravens play at the Maracanã in Rio this weekend, the first NFL game in that city.