The Rocket News

U.S. Edition · LATEST HEADLINES · Tuesday, October 27, 2026

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

The midterms

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

A Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed Monday put him at 32 percent, up from last week's record low. Democrats lead the generic ballot, 47 to 36. This photograph is Sunday on the South Lawn, not the poll, and not Texas.

The Rocket News · Washington · October 27, 2026

Desks

Politics More

President Trump, in a navy suit and white shirt, speaks into a black microphone at a rally in Port Huron.

The midterms

Trump told Port Huron a Canada deal was soon.

On Sunday, at an entertainment complex, he said the tariff fight with Canada would be settled soon. Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed are not in this photograph.

The midterms

Obama told Detroit he had starred in this movie.

Barack Obama waves in a light blue shirt on a dark stage, a crowd with signs behind him at a high school gym in Detroit.

The midterms

Trump said he ordered the suit over Alaska's Senate ballot.

Senator Dan Sullivan speaks at a microphone in Wasilla while President Trump, in a navy suit and red tie, stands beside him. Both faces are in the frame.

The midterms

Trump walked into a Sioux City rally for Ashley Hinson.

President Trump, in a navy suit, greets Zach Lahn on stage in Sioux City. Lahn wears a blue suit. Both faces are in the frame.

States More

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a navy suit and red tie, speaks with his right hand open. President Trump is not in the frame.

Texas

Trump and Rubio plan a stop at a Texas tanker.

The Associated Press said they plan Tuesday to show a tanker of Venezuelan crude at Port Arthur. Rallies are scheduled in Corpus Christi and Lubbock. He had not spoken. This photograph is Rubio in Mumbai on Oct. 21.

Alaska

Blanche said the Alaska suit is not a takeover.

President Trump speaks at a White House table while Attorney General Todd Blanche sits beside him. Both faces are in the frame.

Maine

The White House eased some Canada tariffs.

Senator Susan Collins speaks to reporters with both arms out, in front of a brick building with a Simone’s sign.

Texas

Two Texas seats the map counted on are close.

People walk past a blue sign that reads Early Voting and Votación Temprana. The candidates are not in the frame.

World More

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

Diplomacy

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

At Constantine Palace in St. Petersburg, the ninth meeting, Putin said the American held since 2022 was at the airport to fly home with the envoy. No peace deal was announced.

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.

The Gulf

A Houthi strike killed 13 at the Riyadh airport.

Video · BBC News

Fire and smoke rise at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh after a Houthi strike.

World War More

A rescuer in a helmet holds a radio on a Kyiv street at night, an ambulance behind him and another responder in red moving past.

Ukraine

A missile killed one in Kyiv. Explosions followed.

Reuters reported Monday’s strike killed at least one person and injured 10. A witness heard explosions Tuesday. That dispatch has no new toll. This photograph is the night’s rescuers, not a count.

Yemen

The Houthis said they hit Saudi oil lines.

Officials stand over missile debris marked by a red ribbon on open ground near Mecca, with mountains behind them.

Ukraine

Drones hit Belgorod overnight.

Cars burn on a Belgorod street at night, with broken glass and debris in the foreground. No people are in the frame.

Ukraine

Drones hit a plant in Togliatti.

Flames burn on the towers of an industrial plant in Togliatti while black smoke covers the sky.

Economy More

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

Markets

Oil slipped about 1 percent before New York.

By 4:18 a.m. GMT, Brent was down $1 at $114.81 and West Texas Intermediate was down 88 cents at $100.88. This is not a settlement. The photograph is Feb. 9 in Syria, a man walking by the jacks.

Markets

Oil eased from near a six-month high.

A trader in a headset and glasses leans on a desk at the New York Stock Exchange, screens in front of him and a flag behind.

Markets

Business cooled, and prices rose.

A worker in a red bandana and safety glasses reaches into a vehicle frame on a Rivian assembly line.

Markets

The Dow fell 653 points.

A trader in a blue jacket points at a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The frame is the floor, not the closing print.

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

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

Baseball

Milwaukee beat the Rays, 10-1.

Robert Gasser threw six scoreless innings and the Brewers scored eight with two outs in the fifth. They lead the Series, three games to none. Game 4 has not been played. Chourio is not in this photograph.

Football

Atlanta handed the 49ers their first loss.

Baseball

Milwaukee beat the Rays, 5-4.

Sal Frelick, number 10, shouts with a fist raised, dirt on his white Brewers uniform, in Game 2.

Baseball

Milwaukee held off the Rays, 3-2.

Trevor Megill, number 29, shouts after the last out in a white Brewers uniform, glove in hand, at American Family Field.