https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-31-khamenei-response-order-qatar-talksThe Countryen2026-10-31T11:28-04:00Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei orders an immediate response without geographic limits to any new U.S. or Israeli attack as Qatari mediators move their talks from Tehran to Doha https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-30-thompson-doj-election-officials-orderThe Countryen2026-10-31T11:28-04:00Federal Judge Trina Thompson in California orders the Justice Department to stop threatening election officials with prosecution over ballots it says belong to noncitizens, days before the midterms https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-30-stevens-el-sayed-feud-michigan-senateThe Countryen2026-10-31T11:28-04:00Rep. Haley Stevens demands that Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed apologize over remarks on Israel, and his campaign asks her to stay away from its final events before Tuesday's election https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-30-trump-daytona-beach-rally-videoThe Countryen2026-10-31T09:17-04:00At a Daytona Beach, Fla., rally for Byron Donalds four days before the midterms, President Trump calls Robert De Niro a moron, says he will probably give Hollywood tax credits and has protesters removed https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-30-texas-senate-talarico-steelman-paxton-videoThe Countryen2026-10-31T09:17-04:00Former Republican Rep. Alan Steelman endorses Democrat James Talarico over Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race, Sen. Ted Cruz calls Talarico a "tofu-eating" charlatan and a prediction market favors Talarico https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-30-spirit-halloween-shooting-fairfieldThe Countryen2026-10-31T09:17-04:00A shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in the Solano Town Center mall in Fairfield, Calif., kills one person and wounds six https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-30-patriot-sale-ukraineThe Countryen2026-10-31T09:17-04:00The State Department approves a possible $2.1 billion sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 interceptors to Ukraine, paid for by Canada, Germany, Norway and EU-backed funds, as Volodymyr Zelensky warns delivery could take years https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-30-ice-officer-indicted-houstonThe Countryen2026-10-31T09:17-04:00A Texas grand jury indicts ICE officer Mario Alberto Morales on an aggravated assault charge over the Oct. 10 vehicle strike that injured Miguel Parra Hernandez in Houston https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-30-house-democrats-majority-plans-raskin-videoThe Countryen2026-10-31T09:17-04:00Four days before the Nov. 3 midterms, Rep. Jamie Raskin and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez describe what House Democrats would do first with a majority, from pardon investigations to the Medicaid cliff https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-30-data-centers-midterms-ohio-videoThe Countryen2026-10-31T09:17-04:00Data centers become a midterm issue as residents near Meta's Prometheus site in New Albany, Ohio, push back, Rep. Summer Lee ties them to power bills and Tucker Carlson attacks the industry https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-30-oleshky-ceasefire-aid-evacuations-videoThe Countryen2026-10-30T11:20-04:00A local ceasefire holds in Russian-held Oleshky in southern Ukraine as a humanitarian operation opens a window for aid deliveries and civilian evacuations https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-30-alaska-sullivan-doj-subpoenas-videoThe Countryen2026-10-30T11:13-04:00The Justice Department issues a new wave of subpoenas in its probe of the second Dan Sullivan on Alaska's Senate ballot, and Mary Peltola says she knew nothing about the effort https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-29-trump-reuters-reporter-health-videoThe Countryen2026-10-30T05:57-04:00Asked by a Reuters reporter whether skipping a Kansas rally had to do with his health, Trump says "I feel perfect" and tells him "You are disgusting. Put yourself in shape. You look like hell" https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-29-trump-el-sayed-black-jewish-voters-videoThe Countryen2026-10-30T05:57-04:00Trump tells a rally that Black or Jewish voters who back Abdul El-Sayed are "crazy," and El-Sayed, Michigan's Democratic Senate nominee, answers the attacks on his faith https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-29-patrick-stewart-diesThe Countryen2026-10-30T05:57-04:00Patrick Stewart, who played Capt. Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men,' dies at 86 after Alzheimer's and Lewy body dementia, a statement says https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-29-nvidia-huang-spy-reportThe Countryen2026-10-30T05:57-04:00The New York Times reports that a woman U.S. officials suspected of gathering intelligence for China gained access to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Nvidia responds to the report https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-29-maine-senate-collins-jackson-videoThe Countryen2026-10-30T05:57-04:00With five days to go, Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson make their closing cases in Maine's Senate race, the only Republican-held seat up this year in a state Trump lost in 2024 https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-29-binance-security-breachThe Countryen2026-10-30T05:57-04:00Binance says a security breach that may have begun with a DevOps engineer's compromised laptop had an estimated $6.3 billion impact, suspends deposits and withdrawals and says it will cover user losses https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-29-trump-on-brazil-election-bolsonaro-videoThe Countryen2026-10-29T13:41-04:00Trump calls Brazil's election "a very great embarrassment to the people of Brazil" after Flávio Bolsonaro, who lost the runoff and declared himself the rightful leader, arrives in the U.S. https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-28-israel-election-netanyahu-videoThe Countryen2026-10-29T13:41-04:00With Israel's election count still under way, Benjamin Netanyahu alleges fraud in the Arab vote and neither bloc has a clear path to a 61-seat majority https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-28-iran-strikes-after-midterms-videoThe Countryen2026-10-29T13:41-04:00Trump says "anything's possible" when asked about new strikes on Iran after the midterms, as the U.S. warns Middle East allies to prepare and the U.N. nuclear watchdog presses Iran for access https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-29-gdp-and-inflation-reportThe Countryen2026-10-29T11:32-04:00The economy grows at a 3.4% annual rate in the third quarter, faster than forecast, while the Fed's preferred inflation gauge rises to 3.6% in September https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-29-doordash-buys-instacartThe Countryen2026-10-29T11:32-04:00DoorDash agrees to buy Instacart for about $17 billion in cash and stock and plans to keep the Instacart brand, with the deal expected to close by late 2027 or the first half of 2028 https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-29-alaska-dunleavy-investigation-videoThe Countryen2026-10-29T11:32-04:00Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy calls for a criminal investigation after a New York Times report that Mary Peltola's campaign sought a second Dan Sullivan for the Senate ballot, and Trump calls it voter fraud https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-28-south-carolina-senate-poll-videoThe Countryen2026-10-29T11:32-04:00A New York Times/Siena poll shows Democrat Annie Andrews tied with Republican Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina as polls tighten in other Republican-held Senate seats https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-28-hegseth-fires-sylviaThe Countryen2026-10-29T11:32-04:00Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fires Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, the Joint Staff's top planner, after a Pentagon official says he failed three polygraphs about leaking classified Iran and Ukraine war information, a claim other Pentagon sources dispute