https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-31-trump-wsj-epstein-lawsuit-dismissedThe Countryen2026-10-31T16:34-04:00Federal Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismisses President Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over the Epstein birthday letter story, this time with prejudice https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-31-oleshky-evacuees-ceasefire-melania-trumpThe Countryen2026-10-31T16:34-04:00Evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky reach Ukrainian-held territory by way of Russia and Belarus under a local ceasefire that first lady Melania Trump helped broker https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-31-jeffries-johnson-himes-house-control-final-videoThe Countryen2026-10-31T16:34-04:00Three days before the midterms, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries calls Nov. 3 'Judgment Day,' Speaker Mike Johnson calls a Democratic majority 'a nightmare scenario' and Rep. Jim Himes says a win would give Democrats 'an audition' https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-31-dc-virginia-trump-arch-lawsuitThe Countryen2026-10-31T16:34-04:00D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb and Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones sue in federal court to block President Trump's 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery, days before construction could begin 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