Top Stories for October 5, 2026.

ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”

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Karoline Leavitt has landed her next job less than two months after leaving Donald Trump's embattled White House: she's joining Fox News.According to The New York Times, Leavitt, who served as Trump's...

The Russian leader insists Moscow is "not threatening anyone" and is merely responding to statements by Western leaders.

Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.

Also: a shelter director, a disabled voter, and a Republican who blamed his accountant. Plus: Trump’s deep-red rescue mission.

New York Times reporter Jonathan Swan talks about the yes-men (and women) inside the Oval Office and how the Epstein files sent the White House into crisis mode.

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In an interview, anthropologist Marieke Brandt analyzes the ideology, power structures, military strength and pan-Islamic ambitions of the Houthis, the Yemeni movement that, in just 13 years, established itself as a quasi-state entity.

DOJ's planned effort represents an extraordinary expansion of federal election monitoring. It has already sparked confrontations with state officials and concerns about voter intimidation.

DODGE CITY — Southwest Kansas communities reeling from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — which included random stops to check status — are looking for ways to recover as fear continues ...

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...