Trump pauses Russia sanctions, 29% on economy, 15 grid hits

Markets

WTI settled at $101.41, up 10% on the week as Iranian attacks near the Strait of Hormuz intensified and a missile hit Saudi Arabia's Yanbu port; Brent closed at $109.86, its highest close since May 19. The December WTI contract settled lower at $99.02, a gap that shows traders betting the spike is front-loaded, not structural. Supply responses haven't capped the rally. The IEA agreed to release more than 20 million barrels and Washington asked for proposals on a 17 million barrel SPR exchange; Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries, including one at Ryazan, kept buyers in the market regardless. Oil prices are now moving on the fighting. See The Big Story and World below for the military mechanics behind the barrel price.

Equities had their worst week since June. The Nasdaq fell 2.14% on Friday alone and about 4.5% across the week; the S&P 500 lost roughly 1.9%. The Dow bucked the trend, up about 0.7%, as money rotated out of growth and into blue chips and bonds. The proximate cause was AI-debt anxiety. Every one of the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index's 30 components fell Friday, with AMD, Intel, Micron and Arm each down about 6%. CoreWeave was the week's casualty, down 22-25%, after record debt-insurance costs exposed how much of its AI data-center buildout rests on high-yield borrowing, part of what traders are calling the longest stretch of semiconductor selling since 2008. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, both a CoreWeave investor and supplier, called it "choppy news" that "won't change the fundamentals." Analyst Barry Ritholtz framed the selloff as a normal winner/loser shakeout within a genuine platform shift, not proof AI spending can't eventually pay for itself.

Inflation data gave the Fed cover to stay cautious rather than tighten. September CPI rose to 3.7% year over year and PPI to 6.3%, hot by any recent standard; Fed Chair Warsh signaled no rush to hike, cutting the odds of an October move to roughly 17-18%. The 10-year yield fell to about 5.10% on that signal. The CNN Fear & Greed Index now reads Extreme Fear at 18, and the broader data feed behind this brief is labeled "Bearish Sentiment": a market more worried about financing AI and absorbing $100 oil than about rate hikes. Bitcoin is sitting out the turmoil. It's up 0.4% in a tight $81,000-$82,500 band after dipping below $80,000 and topping $84,000 earlier in the week; US spot ETFs saw $82 million of outflows Friday and Deutsche Bank's custody launch drew little reaction either way. In FX, the euro is up 0.16% near 1.12 after a five-week slide to 17-month lows, helped only by the softer dollar that followed Warsh's remarks; French fiscal stress (see World, below) and the ECB and Fed decisions on October 28-29 are the next tests of that support level near 1.1110/1.1163.

Elon Musk unveiled a new Tesla Roadster using SpaceX-developed cold-gas thrusters that let the car hop, flip and briefly leave the ground, with a claimed 0-60mph time under a second and production targeted for 2028. Analysts across Bloomberg, DW and CNN read it less as a product launch than as image management. Bloomberg's Barry Ritholtz called it "a gimmick and a stunt" and noted Tesla's valuation still presumes an 80% EV market share even as BYD eats into that position. US regulators confirmed the car must meet ordinary federal motor-vehicle safety rules regardless of its aerial tricks, and does not qualify as an aircraft.

The Big Story

Donald Trump spent the end of the week defending two decisions that add up to a single strategic choice: ease off Russia to secure cheaper fuel before the midterms, and let the relationship with Ukraine's president fray in the process. Trump signed an executive order pausing the "Lindsey Graham Act" sanctions package just before it took effect, citing US national interest. The pause came days after Trump struck a deal to import Russian diesel, a move that puts downward pressure on US pump prices three weeks before voters go to the polls. His own Fox News poll shows just 29% approve of his handling of the economy, and 22% his handling of inflation.

Volodymyr Zelensky called the waiver a "sanctions blackout" that rewards Vladimir Putin and "only encourages him to keep attacking." The evidence arrived within hours. Russia launched its largest strike of the war on Ukraine's energy grid overnight, hitting more than 15 power facilities as winter approaches. Trump's response deepened the rift rather than closed it. He told reporters he's "not a big fan of Zelensky," called him "more difficult to deal with than Putin," and suggested Ukraine needs a new president. Those remarks landed the same week Ukraine's military-grade Starlink and Starshield satellite service was mysteriously throttled. Both Trump and Elon Musk denied ordering the disruption; Zelensky said speed has not been fully restored. CNN's Ukraine reporting cited a photojournalist's account that the country's early-warning intelligence has effectively stopped, and that Patriot missile stocks are nearly depleted, with "consensus now amongst Ukrainians... that the intelligence is off and it may not come back in the foreseeable future."

The criticism in Washington crossed party lines. Republican Senator Thom Tillis called the sanctions pause "unconscionable"; Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Trump gave Putin "the best birthday gift he'll get this year." Former CIA director David Petraeus argued sanctions should be increased, not eased. Bloomberg framed the waiver in blunt market terms: Russia controlled roughly 10% of global seaborne diesel before the war and will try to rebuild that share now Trump has opened the door, a point that ties the diplomacy directly to the oil numbers in Markets above.

Allies are already hedging against a weaker American commitment. The UK confirmed British troops will join France and Germany for a logistics exercise in Poland next month, rehearsing a possible post-ceasefire peacekeeping deployment to Ukraine, preparation for a scenario in which US backing keeps thinning. The Vatican inserted itself into the diplomacy too. Pope Leo, four days removed from lung cancer surgery, phoned Putin from his hospital room to press for a ceasefire that would let food and medicine reach Oleshky, a besieged Russian-occupied Ukrainian town in humanitarian crisis (more on his recovery in New Today). None of it has moved Moscow. Russia's biggest grid strike of the war came the same day the sanctions pressure eased. Sanctions pressure eased and the attacks grew in the same week.

US Politics

The White House spent the day managing a second embarrassment in as many weeks. Katie Zacharia quit as press secretary just five days after taking the job, undone by a widely panned 14-minute debut briefing and an NBC K-File investigation that found at least 15 instances of her claiming to be a practicing attorney despite having failed the bar. Trump insisted the departure was his own suggestion that she "reconsider," calling her "treated very unfairly" and "brutalized" by the press rather than acknowledging a firing. The exit broke Anthony Scaramucci's old record for shortest White House tenure. CNN analyst Ty Cobb used it to make a sharper point: Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi, Tulsi Gabbard and Kimberly Guilfoyle have all exited senior posts under pressure this term, while "no consequences" attach to the men around them. Speculation immediately turned to whether Chief of Staff Susie Wiles could be next after the midterms, with Stephen Miller, Bill Pulte, Lee Zeldin and Jay Clayton floated as possible successors. Trump publicly shut that down: "Zero chance. Zero."

29% is Trump's approval on the economy in Fox's own poll, against 70% disapproval; 22% against 77% on inflation. Foreign policy sits at 35%, border security an even 50-50 split. CNN has run those numbers hard as a midterm headwind, pairing them with reporting that Representative Jim Jordan, not seeking another term as House Judiciary chair, is quietly laying groundwork to run for House Minority Leader if Republicans lose their majority. It's a sign some in the party are preparing for defeat, with Democrats needing a net gain of just three seats. Fox's counter has been to avoid airing the negative poll directly, and instead let Trump cite a separate CNN poll showing his approval holding at 98-99% among his own base, a number he contrasted with Reagan's "just 18%."

None of that has slowed Trump's travel schedule. He rallied in Dalton, Georgia for Senate candidate Mike Collins against incumbent Democrat Jon Ossoff, repeatedly attacking Ossoff over transgender athletes in sports and no-cash-bail policy and urging the crowd to "fire" him. CNN's data analysis shows Ossoff's odds shifting over the year from toss-up to "likely" Democratic win regardless, with analyst Harry Enten calling him "absolutely dominating" in polling and fundraising. The same Georgia stop saw Trump back gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson against Keisha Lance Bottoms, whose own rally attacked Jackson's wealth and his role in the state's six-week abortion ban. CNN notes Georgia hasn't elected a Democratic governor since 1998, and still rates that race a toss-up.

In Kentucky, Trump rallied in Highland Heights, in his longtime rival Thomas Massie's own district, for Andy Barr, who is running for Mitch McConnell's open Senate seat against Democrat Charles Booker. Trump called Booker a "communist lunatic," tying him to the Lexington chapter of the DSA; Booker's campaign shot back that Barr "has no real policy agenda" and is "bringing the DC swamp" into Kentucky. The same swing carried Trump's broader midterm pitch: a promised $5,000 "Trump dividend," claims of record-low crime and border crossings, and a claim that Iran's nuclear program has been destroyed, plus endorsements for Ohio's John Husted and Kentucky House candidate Ralph Alvarado. In Texas, Trump credited his own rallies with pulling Ken Paxton from behind to a roughly one-point lead over Democrat James Talarico, who has been working to shed a "too liberal" label by flatly denying he supports abolishing ICE, and recasting his campaign around billionaires rather than immigrants as the threat to working Texans.

Democrats are testing a populist pitch in unfriendly territory. In Michigan, Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed toured the conservative Upper Peninsula with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, drawing self-identified Trump voters who told CNN they're considering crossing over on cost-of-living grounds, even as others said they still favor Republican Mike Rogers. In New Hampshire, California Governor Gavin Newsom campaigned for Chris Pappas against John Sununu, calling Trump's business dealings "a corruption story" and "the great grift," and laying out alleged financial conflicts tied to the World Liberty Financial deal with the UAE. In Florida, Bernie Sanders rallied for Angie Nixon against incumbent Ashley Moody, naming Elon Musk's "over $300 million" in political spending as a target and pushing Medicare for All and a $20 minimum wage. In Maine, the Democrat challenging Susan Collins defended telling a heckler to "shut up" during a debate, and rebuked an audience member's implication that his Muslim faith meant divided loyalty to the Constitution, invoking John F. Kennedy's handling of the same question about his Catholicism in 1960.

State election officials told CNN that CISA's coordination with states on election-security threats has effectively "disappeared" since spring 2025, a sharp reversal from engagement under both the first Trump term and the Biden administration. A scheduled federal intelligence briefing on foreign election threats was abruptly canceled, forcing states to rebuild their own threat-sharing networks roughly three weeks before Election Day.

World

The Middle East is the week's most dangerous flashpoint, and the direct source of the oil spike covered in Markets. Houthi strikes on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport killed at least 17 people, prompting Egypt's President Sisi to seek emergency authorization to send forces alongside Pakistan and Turkey under a new "Mecca Agreement," explicitly framed as defensive. Around Taiz in Yemen, Houthi forces pressed toward the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait; the UN's World Food Programme said roughly 800,000 Yemenis, 600,000 of them in Taiz, are now cut off from food aid, with more than 200,000 newly displaced since September. In the Strait of Hormuz itself, Iran's IRGC said a supertanker carrying over two million barrels struck a mine and caught fire. UK Maritime Trade Operations recorded at least 14 vessel attacks between October 8-14, the highest weekly total since the US-Israeli war with Iran began, with transits down roughly 70% from pre-war levels. Sky News got rare access aboard the USS George Washington, patrolling to keep the strait open; its own correspondent called the deployment "a strategic failure" given that Iran "still have the capability" and "are resisting" despite the carrier's presence.

In the West Bank, masked Israeli settlers attacked Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine during the olive harvest, leaving her with a broken rib and stab wounds after what she described as being kicked "probably 50 times" while fleeing. Correspondents cited more than 300 documented settler attacks since the start of October, including an assault on a diplomatic convoy near Taibeh that injured a visiting French mayor. Al Jazeera reporting tied the surge to the upcoming Israeli election, and alleged a religious edict from a coalition-aligned chief rabbi framing olive-harvest theft as permissible. The Israeli military said the Levine incident would be "examined." US Secretary of State Rubio said he was "disturbed" by the footage.

Europe's streets are the other major thread, and the parallels are explicit. In France, protests that began over teacher shortages and school funding broadened into nationwide unrest joined by unions, farmers and Yellow Vest activists, with turnout estimated as high as 800,000. Rioting in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Rennes and Limoges saw a historic 19th-century Limoges town hall burn and collapse, and more than 1,000 arrests nationwide. Macron condemned "sowers of chaos" while calling for calm. Analysts warned the movement is spreading to Portugal, Belgium, Italy and Greece, with Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon positioned as the likely 2027 beneficiaries. In Albania, protests entered a fifth day, with demonstrators setting fire to banks and government buildings and demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignation over corruption and a Kushner-linked coastal development. Rama dismissed the unrest as the work of masked "foreign hands," a framing protesters rejected after "13 years of corruption." In Scotland, First Minister John Swinney told the SNP conference "the stars are aligning" for independence, citing 54% poll support and the SNP's fifth consecutive Holyrood win. UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham countered with an offer to devolve employment-support powers rather than grant a referendum, calling constitutional conflict "a waste of time," though any real referendum still needs Westminster's consent, which the SNP has no concrete plan to secure. In India, police arrested 'Cockroach Party' founder Abhijit Deepke ahead of a protest against the removal of roughly 130 million names from voter rolls, part of a wider crackdown that also saw journalists and YouTubers detained while pro-government channels went untouched.

Africa carries two unresolved wars. In Sudan, a drone strike on a livestock market in Nyala killed at least 30 people, with the army and the RSF giving dueling accounts of who was hit. The UN says drone strikes are now the leading cause of civilian deaths in the war, with one tally citing 1,120 killed in six months, and roughly 19.5 million people facing acute food insecurity. In Ethiopia, PM Abiy Ahmed appointed a six-month caretaker administration in Tigray after federal forces recaptured Mekelle, but Al Jazeera's analysis split on whether the conflict could widen into a full Ethiopia-Eritrea war. US Secretary of State Rubio urged both sides back to the 2018 peace framework, while residents in Adegrat near the Eritrean border described a collapse in local policing fueling a wave of robberies. Germany is debating whether to expand its BND intelligence agency's powers after the arrest of former chief August Hanning on treason allegations, with former Estonian defense minister Hanno Pevkur urging Berlin to drop the term "hybrid war" and call Russian activity against the West what it is.

New Today

Business & tech

Six Flags identified the man killed on the Goliath roller coaster at its Georgia park as 42-year-old educator Hassan Karim, and closed ten similar coasters nationwide as a precaution, after a CNN investigation found a broader pattern of injury complaints across its California, New Jersey and Texas parks. In Haiti, a private security operation run by Erik Prince, supplying helicopters, drones and training to police fighting gangs near Port-au-Prince, has reportedly stalled gang territorial expansion in the capital, though top gang leaders remain at large.

Disasters & crime

A 16-year-old former student shot his way through locked doors into a special-needs classroom at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, killing three children and a teacher before an armed bystander and a second teacher stopped him in roughly three minutes. It's the 36th K-12 school shooting in the US this year, and the suspect's mother, who bought the shotgun in August, could face a manslaughter charge if investigators find she ignored warning signs. Wind-driven wildfires forced evacuations across Southern California, including the Norte Fire near San Juan Capistrano (465 acres, at least six homes destroyed) and blazes near Malibu and Camp Pendleton. Roughly 6,000 homes and 16,000 residents were under mandatory evacuation in Orange County alone, with six million people statewide under red-flag warnings and utilities cutting power to over 100,000 customers as a precaution. In Wichita, Kansas, a pickup truck plowed into a youth soccer game at Stryker Sports Complex, killing two, including a young child, and injuring at least 11. The 34-year-old driver remained at the scene, and police have not said whether it was intentional. Nairobi is racing to restore flood defenses ahead of a forecast severe El Niño season, with roughly 95% of Kenya at risk of above-normal rainfall, while South Africa enters the same cycle better prepared after a record maize harvest.

Pope Leo, 71, was discharged from Rome's Gemelli Hospital four days after surgery to remove a cancerous lobe of his right lung, walking unaided. He's expected back at full activity in three to four weeks and will lead Sunday's Angelus. A 19-year-old Norwegian, Johannes Natland, was sentenced to 20 years in a UK prison after being recruited and paid by an Iran-linked criminal network to carry out a contract killing in Britain, the first known case of a foreign teenager recruited for an assassination on UK soil.

Two people were charged over an arson attack in Waterford, Ireland that killed four members of one family, including two children; two more children remain critical. A second accuser testified at Russell Brand's rape trial, describing him as a "wild-eyed maniac" after she refused him in 2001. The trial is expected to run five to six more weeks. Cornell University's leadership faces a staff-led no-confidence vote over its handling of a lawsuit alleging a student was drugged and raped at a fraternity party. The university banned fraternity parties, but its president says he won't resign.

Full Story Index

Every story tracked on this date. The chapters above cover the day's most consequential threads in depth; this index is the complete edition.

• Alaska Senate Race 2026: Peltola leads Sullivan by seven points in bitter Alaska Senate race. CNN
• Albania Rama Protests: Albania protests enter fifth day with clashes as demonstrators demand PM Rama's resignation. Al Jazeera, CNN, Fox News, DW News
• Bend Oregon Elementary School Shooting: Gunman kills three children and a teacher at Oregon elementary school; armed bystander stops him. Al Jazeera, Bloomberg, CNN, DW News, Fox News, NBC News, Sky News
• CISA Election Security Withdrawal: State officials warn federal election-security support from CISA has vanished ahead of midterms. CNN
• Cornell Fraternity Rape Case: Cornell faces no-confidence vote over handling of fraternity gang rape allegations. Sky News
• El Nino 2026 Warning: Kenya and South Africa brace for severe El Niño flooding and drought. DW News
• Ethiopia Tigray Conflict Escalation: Ethiopia installs interim Tigray government as fears grow of wider war with Eritrea. Al Jazeera
• Florida Senate Democratic Primary Upset: Bernie Sanders rallies Florida Democrats behind Angie Nixon's Senate bid against Ashley Moody. Fox News
• France Student Protests and Austerity Budget: Cost-of-living protests across France turn violent, with riots, looting and over 1,000 arrests. Al Jazeera, DW News, Fox News, NBC News, Sky News, CNN
• Georgia Governor Race 2026: Keisha Lance Bottoms and Rick Jackson trade attacks in tight Georgia governor's race. Fox News, CNN
• Georgia Senate Race 2026: Trump rallies for Mike Collins in Georgia as Ossoff dominates Senate polling. Fox News, CNN
• German Intelligence Chief Treason Arrest: Arrest of former BND chief on treason charges sparks debate over German intelligence powers. DW News
• Haiti Gang Violence Surge: Erik Prince's private security force leads anti-gang offensive in Haiti. CNN
• Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabia: Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia escalate as Riyadh airport struck and Egypt weighs military support. Fox News, Sky News, DW News, Al Jazeera
• IMF AI Investment Debt Risk Warning: CoreWeave stock slide renews fears of an AI investment debt bubble. Bloomberg, CNN
• India Voter Roll Purge Protests: Indian police crack down on youth-led 'Cockroach Movement' protests over voter roll purge. Al Jazeera, Sky News
• Kansas Senate Race 2026: GOP 'Take Back Kansas' bus tour warns of Democratic Senate takeover. Fox News
• Kentucky Senate Race 2026: Trump rallies in Kentucky for Andy Barr against Charles Booker in McConnell's open seat race. Fox News, NBC News
• Maine Senate Race 2026: Maine Senate candidate defends heckler clash and rebukes Islamophobic question from debate audience. CNN
• Michigan Senate Race 2026: El-Sayed and Ocasio-Cortez court Trump voters in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. CNN, Fox News
• New Hampshire Senate Race 2026: Newsom joins Chris Pappas to attack Sununu and Trump ahead of New Hampshire vote. Fox News
• Norwegian Teen Iran-Linked UK Assassination Plot: Norwegian teenager jailed 20 years for Iran-linked contract killing plot in UK. Sky News
• Pope Leo Lung Surgery: Pope Leo discharged from hospital after lung cancer surgery, calls Putin to urge Ukraine ceasefire. Al Jazeera, Bloomberg, CNN, DW News, Fox News, NBC News, Sky News
• Republican Midterm Anxiety: New poll shows Trump underwater on economy and inflation as Republicans brace for midterms. Fox News, CNN
• Russell Brand Rape Trial: Second accuser testifies at Russell Brand sexual assault trial. Sky News
• Six Flags Goliath Roller Coaster Fatal Fall: Six Flags reopens after fatal roller coaster death as investigation into injury pattern continues. Fox News, CNN, NBC News
• SNP Scottish Election Projection: Swinney declares 'stars aligning' for independence as Burnham offers Scotland more devolution. Sky News, DW News
• Southern California Wildfires October 2026: Wind-driven wildfires force mass evacuations and destroy homes across Southern California. NBC News, Fox News, CNN
• Strait of Hormuz Crisis: US carrier USS George Washington enforces Strait of Hormuz blockade as Iran keeps attacking shipping. Fox News, Sky News, DW News, Al Jazeera
• Sudan Civil War: Drone strikes become leading cause of civilian deaths in Sudan's civil war, UN says. Al Jazeera, DW News
• Tesla Roadster Flying Car Unveiled: Tesla unveils thruster-equipped 'flying' Roadster prototype to mixed skepticism. DW News, NBC News, Sky News, CNN, Fox News, Bloomberg
• Texas Senate Race 2026: Paxton leans on Trump rallies to edge ahead of Talarico in Texas Senate race. CNN, Fox News
• Trump Putin Russia Diesel Deal: Trump pauses new Russia sanctions and strikes diesel deal with Putin, deepening rift with Zelensky. DW News, Fox News, NBC News, Sky News, CNN, Bloomberg
• Ukraine-Russia Conflict: Starlink slowdown mystery deepens as Russia launches largest energy-grid attack of the war. NBC News, DW News, CNN, Sky News
• Waterford Ireland Arson Murders: Two charged over Waterford arson attack that killed family of four in Ireland. Sky News, NBC News
• West Bank Settler Violence Surge: Israeli settlers attack journalists and Palestinian olive farmers, injuring Washington Post photographer. Al Jazeera, NBC News, DW News, Sky News
• White House Press Secretary Change: Press secretary Katie Zacharia resigns after five days amid scrutiny over false attorney claims. Al Jazeera, Bloomberg, CNN, DW News, Fox News, NBC News, Sky News
• Wichita Kansas Youth Soccer Field Vehicle Attack: Pickup truck plows into youth soccer game in Wichita, Kansas, killing two. NBC News, Fox News
• Yemen Houthi Government Conflict: Houthi blockade cuts off food aid to 800,000 people in Yemen's besieged Taiz. DW News, Fox News

Cover: The Trypilska thermal power plant in Ukraine. Photo: Dmitri Tovstonog / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Alaska Senate Race 2026 - Newsweek, Call the Map

Albania Rama Protests - Euronews, Al Jazeera, AP News

Bend Oregon Elementary School Shooting - The Source Weekly, KGW, AP News

CISA Election Security Withdrawal - AP News, NBC News

Cornell Fraternity Rape Case - NewsNation, CBS News, AP News

El Nino 2026 Warning - DW News, Citizen Digital, TV47

Ethiopia Tigray Conflict Escalation - Al Jazeera, Africanews, AP News

Florida Senate Democratic Primary Upset - WUSF, CBS 12, WLRN

France Student Protests and Austerity Budget - The Guardian, RFI, BBC News

Georgia Governor Race 2026 - NBC News, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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German Intelligence Chief Treason Arrest - DW News, AP News, NBC News

Haiti Gang Violence Surge - CNN, Reuters

Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabia - Xinhua, Al Jazeera, Khaleej Times

IMF AI Investment Debt Risk Warning - Reuters via Investing.com

India Voter Roll Purge Protests - BBC News, AP News, BBC News

Kansas Senate Race 2026 - KRSL, NPR, POLITICO

Kentucky Senate Race 2026 - WLKY, WKYT, WHAS11

Maine Senate Race 2026 - AP News, KCRA, Portland Press Herald

Michigan Senate Race 2026 - Al Jazeera, WGVU, UpNorthLive

New Hampshire Senate Race 2026 - InDepthNH, New York Post

Norwegian Teen Iran-Linked UK Assassination Plot - Counter Terrorism Policing, Metropolitan Police, AP News

Pope Leo Lung Surgery - Vatican News, NPR, NBC News

Republican Midterm Anxiety - Fox News, Fox News topline

Russell Brand Rape Trial - The Guardian, BBC News, The Independent

Six Flags Goliath Roller Coaster Fatal Fall - AP News, 11Alive, WSB-TV

SNP Scottish Election Projection - BBC News, The National, BBC News

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Tesla Roadster Flying Car Unveiled - Reuters via Investing.com, The Verge, AP News

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Trump Putin Russia Diesel Deal - The White House, POLITICO, AP News, AP News

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