The FBI stopped a "potential terrorist attack" this weekend and arrested multiple people in Michigan, FBI Director Kash Patel said Friday. Patel made the announcement on X. "This morning the FBI thwarted a potential terrorist attack and arrested multiple subjects in Michigan who were allegedly plotting a violent attack over Halloween weekend," Patel posted on X.

If U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Richard Correll thought he was going to have an easy confirmation hearing on Thursday to become the commander of America's nuclear forces, those hopes surely vanished at 9:04 p.m. the night before he was to testify. That was when President Donald Trump shocked the world by announcing on social media that he had asked the U.S. military to "start testing our Nuclear Weapons", saying the United States could not fall behind Russia and China. The Reuters Daily Briefing newsletter provides all the news you need to start your day. Sign up here. "Russia is second, and China is a distant third, but will be even within 5 years," Trump said. During a roughly 90-minute hearing on Thursday morning at the Senate Armed Services Committee, Correll faced repeated questions about Trump's comments from puzzled U.S. lawmakers, embodying the confusion that the Republican president unleashed in Washington and beyond.

The historic shifts in US immigration under Donald Trump have been dictated by a relentless voice over a telephone line: Stephen Miller, the president’s immigration czar, who in recent months has turned the state department’s visa and refugee operations into what some current and former diplomats have described as a personal fiefdom. Each morning, usually at 10am, a small circle of conservative diplomats allied with Miller, including those who have assumed control of the state department’s consular and refugee operations, dial in for what some have termed the “Stephen Miller call”, an interagency discussion of immigration measures led by Miller, the White House’s homeland security adviser.

When President Donald Trump was asked Tuesday about the subject of a run for a third term in the White House, which is prohibited by the Constitution, he said that “if you read it, it’s pretty clear I’m not allowed to run.” That’s true. But Trump also said two things about his popularity that are not even close to true.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.) was made to answer on Sunday for his past claims that there are “no election deniers” in the Democratic Party.

Florida’s 2025–26 fiscal budget is $1.5 billion larger than New York City’s. Gov. Ron DeSantis claimed on Oct. 15 that the Big Apple’s budget was bigger, but the Sunshine State’s current spending plan totals $117.4 billion, compared with New York’s $115.9 billion — a difference of 1.3%.AllSides highlights content from Gigafact, a network of newsrooms that respond to online claims. View the full fact brief on Suncoast Searchlight.

The often-forgotten masterpieces. The post The Tom Petty songs that were “too good” not to release first appeared on Far Out Magazine.

The 'Musical Chairs' host made history.