A federal judge in New York ruled that the Justice Department unlawfully fired Maurene Comey from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Judge Jesse Furman said the termination violated civil service rules and reinstated her.
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Judge Jesse Furman issued the ruling on Monday, October 26, 2026.
The ruling was against President Donald Trump and the Justice Department.
Maurene Comey worked in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
Comey is the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey.
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Two Catholic bishops said they regretted meeting President Donald Trump after photos and video of them praying with him at the White House were shared publicly. They said they had not intended to make a political statement and that the images upset some members of their communities.
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The meeting took place at the White House on 22 October and included Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grob and Bishop William Joensen of Des Moines.
Joensen said the meeting was arranged to discuss immigration, visas for international clergy and the exploitation of vulnerable people.
Grob said he believed the meeting was private and that none of the participants had approved the public release of its photos or video.
Margo Martin, a White House communications adviser, shared a video of the meeting online.
The White House did not directly address the bishops’ comments; spokeswoman Taylor Rogers praised Trump’s record with Catholic Americans.
A Pew Research Center survey found that 30% of U.S. Catholics approved of Trump’s job performance, down from 47% when he returned to the White House in 2025.
The article says the 3 November midterm elections will determine control of Congress.
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Democrat Abdul El-Sayed is in a close race against Republican Mike Rogers for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan. Democrats need to win key races such as Michigan’s to take control of the Senate after the 3 November midterm elections.
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The election is scheduled for 3 November.
Abdul El-Sayed is described as a left-wing political outsider.
El-Sayed faces Republican Mike Rogers.
Polls suggest the Michigan Senate race is close.
The article says President Donald Trump’s approval is near record lows.
The article says voters are frustrated by the high cost of living.
BBC North America editor Sarah Smith interviewed El-Sayed on the campaign trail and asked why he appeared to be performing less well than other Democrats.
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Police arrested 15-year-old Anthony Rivers III after a shooting near Florida A&M University’s Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee injured 12 people. Police said the shooting followed an altercation between people who knew each other; six victims were children, and six people were in hospital on Sunday.
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The shooting happened at about 20:00 local time on Saturday near the stadium, where a university football game had recently taken place.
Police said 11 people were injured by gunfire and another person hurt an ankle while fleeing.
Anthony Rivers III, 15, faces 11 counts of attempted second-degree murder and a firearm possession charge.
Police said the victims did not appear to be the intended targets and that additional arrests were possible.
On Sunday, six victims were in hospital, including one in critical condition; five had been released.
Police Chief Lawrence Revell said officers carried victims through crowds to reach emergency responders.
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Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to speak Monday at an airplane hangar in Belgrade, Montana, in a competitive U.S. House district. Republican Aaron Flint is favored over Democrat Sam Forstag, though polls show a close race in the usually Republican district.
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Vance is scheduled to speak at an airplane hangar in Belgrade, Montana.
The visit is set for Monday, October 26, 2026.
The district is described as unexpectedly competitive.
Republican Aaron Flint is favored in the race against Democrat Sam Forstag.
Polls show a tight contest in the typically Republican district.
President Donald Trump held a rally in Montana about two weeks before Vance's visit.
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A UN-mandated commission reported that Israeli authorities and forces committed crimes against humanity, including extermination, torture, rape and other sexual violence, in the occupied West Bank. Israel rejected the findings, calling the report a misinformation campaign. The report covered violence since October 2023 and said conditions in the West Bank had sharply worsened.
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The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry said Israeli military operations and sustained settler violence amounted to a widespread and systematic attack on civilians.
The commission said Israeli authorities intended to collectively punish West Bank civilians after Hamas’s October 2023 attack.
The report also identified persecution based on nationality, race and ethnicity.
Israel’s mission in Geneva rejected the report and called for the commission to be dissolved.
The commission was established by the UN Human Rights Council in 2021.
The commission’s report examined killings and bodily and mental harm caused by Israeli and Palestinian security forces since October 2023.
The UN humanitarian affairs office recorded 1,143 Palestinian deaths in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, from October 7, 2023, to October 9, 2026; at least 250 were children.
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Egypt’s parliament authorised President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to provide military support to Saudi Arabia if Riyadh requests it, amid intensified Houthi attacks. El-Sisi said any Egyptian action would focus on protecting Saudi territory and borders, while Egypt’s foreign minister said Cairo supports a diplomatic settlement.
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The House of Representatives approved the military-support mandate in a vote on Monday.
The parliamentary statement said el-Sisi could take necessary measures to support Saudi Arabia’s defense if Riyadh asks for assistance.
Houthi attacks on Riyadh’s international airport and facilities belonging to Saudi oil company Aramco disrupted flights and oil exports.
The Houthis control Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and are fighting the Saudi-led coalition that backs Yemen’s internationally recognised government.
Egypt’s constitution requires approval from two-thirds of legislators before troops can be sent abroad for combat missions.
Houthi attacks near the Bab al-Mandeb strait have disrupted shipping and reduced revenue from Egypt’s Suez Canal.
Egypt joined a Saudi-led campaign in Yemen in 2015, mainly using naval forces to help secure shipping routes.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres met el-Sisi in Cairo and urged maximum restraint, according to the article.
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Israelis are preparing to vote for their next government in the first election since the war on Gaza began in October 2023. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh examines what the vote could mean for the Haredim, or ultra-Orthodox community, and Religious Zionism.
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The election is Israel’s first since the war on Gaza began in October 2023.
Israeli voters will choose their next government.
The article focuses on the Haredim, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community.
The article also examines Religious Zionism.
Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh explains the potential significance of the vote for these groups.
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Tallahassee police arrested 15-year-old Anthony Rivers III in connection with a shooting near Florida A&M University during a homecoming weekend party. Six adults and six minors were injured; Rivers faces 11 counts of attempted second-degree murder and one firearm-possession charge, and the investigation continues.
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The shooting happened shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday near Florida A&M University’s Bragg Stadium, after a homecoming football game.
Police said an altercation between two groups who knew each other preceded the shooting.
Six adults and six minors were injured; all but one had gunshot wounds.
Three victims were seriously hurt, including one who was in critical condition, police said.
Police said Rivers was arrested Sunday and announced the arrest Monday.
Rivers faces 11 counts of attempted second-degree murder and one count of firearm possession by a delinquent.
Police said none of the people struck was believed to be an intended target and that further arrests were possible.
The Gun Violence Archive recorded 386 U.S. mass shootings so far that year, using a definition of at least four people wounded or killed.
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A WhatsApp channel called “Lula’s Army” grew to 10.8 million followers while supporting Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s campaign against Flávio Bolsonaro. Lula’s allies credit the channel with helping shift the race, but political scientists say its direct effect on votes is impossible to measure and point to the campaign’s grassroots work and changed messaging as other factors.
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Congressman André Janones led the WhatsApp operation.
The channel grew rapidly between the election’s two rounds and reached 10.8 million followers.
It encouraged supporters to share videos, promote hashtags and recruit voters.
Messages gave followers ready-made posts and specific social-media tasks.
Janones hosted a 24-hour livestream on the eve of the election.
Lula thanked Janones in his victory speech and called him “our General.”
Political scientist Denilde Holzhacker said the campaign combined online activity with local, in-person efforts.
Holzhacker said researchers cannot determine how many votes, if any, the WhatsApp operation directly influenced.
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The Supreme Court is considering legal challenges to the Trump administration’s use of third-country deportations, which send some migrants to countries other than their own. The Court has allowed the policy to remain in effect during the case but has not ruled on its legality; a federal appeals court said migrants must receive notice and a meaningful chance to raise fears of persecution or torture before removal.
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The case, Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D., involves people with final removal orders who may be sent to destinations not listed in those orders or previously identified in writing.
Moussa Diawara, a Malian national granted protection from removal to Mali, was deported to Ghana and said Ghanaian officials sent him to Mali within five days.
DHS said Ghana had given assurances about Diawara’s safety and said third-country removals may be used when a migrant’s home country will not accept them or a judge has barred return there.
Federal law lists possible destinations for people with final removal orders and includes additional options, such as a country willing to accept them, when earlier options are unavailable.
Federal protections prohibit removal when a person meets the legal standard for fear of persecution or torture in the destination country.
Under DHS guidance issued in March 2025, officials may remove someone without further procedures if the State Department considers the receiving country’s assurances against persecution or torture credible.
If officials lack credible assurances, DHS informs the migrant of the destination; officers do not ask whether the person fears being sent there, but refer people who express fear for screening.
In September, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals largely upheld a lower-court judgment requiring effective notice and a meaningful opportunity to challenge removal on persecution or torture grounds.
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Law firms Harcus Parker and Hausfeld have applied to the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal to bring a group claim against Visa and Mastercard over interchange fees charged to businesses since October 2020. The claim could be worth about £5bn, but the application must succeed and a case could take years to resolve.
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The claim alleges that Visa and Mastercard set interchange fees that reduce competition and lead UK businesses to pay excessive charges on card transactions.
Interchange fees are paid by businesses through their banks when customers use debit, credit or prepaid cards.
The claim seeks to recover fees charged over six years, plus interest; sources close to it estimate a value of about £5bn.
If approved, about 1 million UK businesses, organisations and charities with revenues below £100m would be included unless they opt out.
Larger businesses would need to opt in and could claim tens of millions of pounds.
Bench Walk Advisors is funding the claim. Stephen Allen is leading it.
Mastercard called the claim speculative and said interchange fees support the UK payments system. Visa said interchange is important to a secure digital payments system.
Visa and Mastercard agreed last year to pay a combined $167.5m to settle a U.S. lawsuit over ATM access fees.
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The article argues that opposition to Zionism is not always antisemitic but says it can show warning signs. It claims Haverford had advance notice that campus anti-Zionism could become overtly antisemitic and chose to ignore that risk.
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The headline says anti-Zionism is not always antisemitism.
The headline warns readers not to overlook potential warning signs.
The article says Haverford had prior notice of a risk on campus.
It describes the risk as anti-Zionism becoming overt antisemitism.
It claims Haverford chose to ignore the warning.
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Rising prices are weighing on U.S. households as President Donald Trump and Republicans approach the midterm elections. Gas for a Ford F-150 costs about $100 to fill, mortgage rates have climbed, and consumer prices have risen faster than wages over the past year.
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Filling a Ford F-150 costs about $100, roughly $30 more than a year ago.
Mortgage rates have risen to levels that have reduced home sales.
Consumer prices increased faster than paychecks over the past 12 months.
The article says the gap between prices and paychecks has reduced the average family's purchasing power.
The article links inflation concerns to potential Republican losses in the midterm elections.
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Residents in Tehran told The Associated Press they fear the United States and Israel could renew their war against Iran’s Islamic regime. The report linked their concerns to the upcoming U.S. midterm elections and Israel’s election, which could affect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future.
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The Associated Press reported the concerns on Monday.
Tehran residents described growing anxiety in the capital.
Some residents feared the United States and Israel might resume military action against Iran’s Islamic regime.
The U.S. midterm elections were scheduled for the following month.
Israel’s election was scheduled for Tuesday.
The report said Israel’s election could affect Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future.
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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced an independent review into the murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak in Southampton. Former Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk KC will lead the review, which will examine events before, during and after the killing.
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Nowak was fatally stabbed in Southampton in December 2025.
Vickrum Digwa was convicted of the murder and jailed for life on 1 June, with a minimum term of 21 years.
Digwa falsely claimed that he had been racially abused and acted in self-defence.
Bodycam footage showing police handcuffing Nowak as he lay dying drew scrutiny of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary.
The case prompted wider debate about knife laws, race, policing and public trust.
Mahmood announced the review in the House of Commons on Monday.
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Republican Vivek Ramaswamy said Democrat Amy Acton’s campaign had “defamed my mother” before he released an attack ad earlier this month. On Fox News on Sunday, he was asked whether he regretted the ad, which featured Acton’s estranged mother calling her a “liar.”
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Vivek Ramaswamy is a Republican candidate opposing Democrat Amy Acton.
Ramaswamy said Acton’s campaign had defamed his mother.
Ramaswamy released a controversial attack ad earlier this month.
The ad featured Acton’s estranged mother, Donna Arthur.
In the ad, Arthur called her daughter a “liar.”
Ramaswamy discussed the ad on Fox News on Sunday.
A Fox News interviewer asked Ramaswamy whether he regretted releasing the ad.
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More than 28 million Americans had cast ballots in the 2026 midterms as of the article’s reporting, with early voting ahead of the pace in 2022 in several states. Texas had the most early ballots, followed by California and Florida; the article cautions that early-voting totals do not predict the final results.
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The University of Florida Election Lab reported more than 28 million ballots cast by mail or in person.
Texas had more than 4 million early ballots, California had 3.1 million, Florida had 2.7 million, North Carolina had 1.5 million and Virginia had over 1.1 million.
An Associated Press analysis found early voting was 74 percent higher in Texas than at the same point in 2022, while Kansas had more than doubled its early-ballot total.
Early voting in Maine, North Carolina and Ohio was up by more than 30 percent compared with the same point in 2022.
Among 6.9 million early voters in states reporting age data, 50.4 percent were over 65 and 4.5 percent were ages 18 to 25.
In states reporting party registration, Democrats made up 45.1 percent of 13.7 million early voters and Republicans made up 30.7 percent.
The article reported that Trump voted early in Florida on October 24 and that both Republican and Democratic groups were encouraging early voting.
The article said Alabama and New Hampshire had not yet reported early-voting data.
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The article discusses succession planning in family-owned businesses and the effects leadership changes can have on employees, customers, suppliers, and local communities. It cites Deloitte research showing that many family businesses expect a CEO change but fewer than half have broad, developed succession plans.
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Deloitte’s 2026 global family business research found that 40 percent of family businesses expect a CEO change within the next decade.
The research found that 46 percent have broad, well-developed succession plans.
The author leads a family-owned automotive chemicals company with four generations of family history.
The article says succession may involve transferring ownership to a relative or selecting a leader based on experience and ability.
It describes possible effects of an unprepared successor, including employee departures, declining product standards, and lost customer loyalty.
The article says a sale to a private equity firm can provide capital and expertise, but raises questions about employees, product quality, and customer relationships.
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The Thrift Flip Sisters shared ideas for making Halloween costumes from secondhand items. Their suggestions use pieces found at local thrift stores and are presented as budget-friendly options.
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The segment features the Thrift Flip Sisters.
The sisters shared ideas for Halloween costumes.
Their ideas use secondhand items.
The segment presents the costumes as budget-friendly.
The sisters suggest finding costume pieces at local thrift stores.
The video appeared under the title “Halloween costumes from thrift store finds.”
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