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U.S. Edition · LATEST HEADLINES · Friday, October 9, 2026

President Trump, hands clasped at the table, said the United States will not attack Iran before the Nov. 3 midterms.

The White House

Trump said the United States will not attack Iran before the midterms.

In a social-media post on Thursday, the president said talks with Tehran are productive and that Washington will not strike before Nov. 3. Tehran said it will not give up enrichment.

The Rocket News · Washington · October 9, 2026

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Politics More

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.

The White House

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

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

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.

States More

Hurricane Isaias, seen from orbit Friday morning, turns toward the northern Gulf Coast.

The Gulf

Hurricane Isaias is a major storm headed for the Gulf Coast.

At 10 a.m. Central time the National Hurricane Center placed the center 195 miles south of Pensacola, with winds of 120 miles an hour. Landfall is expected this evening on the Florida Panhandle or the Alabama coast.

Video · AccuWeather

Tennessee

Christa Pike is conscious and speaking.

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.

World More

Police move on demonstrators in Paris during the protests over conditions in French schools.

France

French students said they will keep blocking the schools.

The education ministry said 141 schools were still shut Friday, after the government promised 3,000 more teachers. Unions called another national strike for Tuesday. The Interior Ministry counted 71,500 marchers on Thursday.

Video · Euronews

Israel

Israel marks three years since the Oct. 7 attack.

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

Brazil

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

Brazil

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

World War More

Ukraine

Russian strikes killed 78 people in Ukraine in two days.

A bomb hit a bus in Kramatorsk and killed at least 35 people. President Zelensky, at the Pryluky ruin, accused Washington of standing still after Secretary Rubio called the war a stalemate.

Video · Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Ukraine

Russian strikes killed at least 21 people in Ukraine.

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

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.

Economy More

A driver at the pump as oil prices jumped and the Nasdaq fell with the chip stocks.

Markets

Oil crossed $104 and the Nasdaq fell with the chip stocks.

The S&P 500 lost 0.5 percent Thursday, its second straight drop after a record. The Nasdaq fell 1.3 percent. Brent crude topped $104 a barrel as the Middle East kept the tape uneasy.

Video · CNBC

Markets

Wall Street pulled back from its record.

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

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.

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

Visas

Vance suspended Microsoft from a green-card program.

The vice president said no company has abused the system more. Microsoft laid off 6,000 American workers, he said, while drawing 6,300 H-1B visas and nearly 3,000 green cards. Adobe and major outsourcers were suspended with it.

Video · The White House

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.

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.

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.

Video · GBS

Mexico

Most of those flights went to Mexico.

Mexico

The Friday paper called Mexico the neighbor.

Sports More

Milwaukee Brewers players meet after a run in the series that sent them to the NLCS.

Baseball

The Brewers and the Dodgers are in the NLCS.

Milwaukee beat San Diego 3–1 on Wednesday and won the division series in four. Los Angeles beat Atlanta the same night. They meet Sunday in Milwaukee, a rematch of last October.

Video · Milwaukee Brewers

Argentina

Messi scored in his last game for Argentina.

Monday Night

The Falcons beat the Saints, 45 to 24.

London

Trump said the United States will not attack Iran before the midterms.

Vance said Iran must cut enrichment to end the war.

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

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

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

Hurricane Isaias is a major storm headed for the Gulf Coast.

Christa Pike is conscious and speaking.

Trump ordered a firing squad for the Fort Hood gunman.

Tennessee’s prison chief resigned after Christa Pike survived.

French students said they will keep blocking the schools.

Israel marks three years since the Oct. 7 attack.

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

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

Russian strikes killed 78 people in Ukraine in two days.

Russian strikes killed at least 21 people in Ukraine.

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

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

Oil crossed $104 and the Nasdaq fell with the chip stocks.

Wall Street pulled back from its record.

Paramount closed its $110 billion deal for Warner Bros.

Markets see the Fed skipping an October increase.

Four astronauts splashed down off California.

Maryland now flags a heart warning on a mammogram.

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

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

Vance suspended Microsoft from a green-card program.

Google wants Hollywood to stop being afraid of its tools.

OpenAI paused the next model.

Altman and Amodei warned the Security Council.

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

Sheinbaum said a Mexican president can have only one flag.

Most of those flights went to Mexico.

The Friday paper called Mexico the neighbor.

The Brewers and the Dodgers are in the NLCS.

Messi scored in his last game for Argentina.

The Falcons beat the Saints, 45 to 24.

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