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Renee Good’s family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Renee Good’s family sued the U.S. government and the architects of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown Thursday, saying “the time is absolutely now for accountability” for her killing in January by a federal agent in Minneapolis. https://apnews.com/article/renee-good-lawsuit-6fbc82cd33b6f9f67514b47f138e23c6? DC judge permanently dismisses case charging ex-Olympian with vandalizing Reflecting Pool WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge in the nation’s capital agreed on Thursday to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a move that could prevent federal prosecutors from reviving the case under political pressure from President Donald Trump. https://apnews.com/article/trump-reflecting-pool-olympian-david-hearn-8404849d27c85e210cc5a895c150645a?

Supreme Court grants review of Trump administration’s mandatory detention policy for immigrants WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to review a Trump administration policy denying bond hearings for immigrants as the government carries out a sweeping crackdown. https://apnews.com/article/ice-immigration-detention-supreme-court-f8ee63bcb11f1be3d7d6300022f3bc88?

🎃 Good morning! Happy October. In today's edition: 61 straight days of football, White Sox, Padres and Yankees complete sweeps, NFL power rankings, NHL valuations, Fantasy Basketball is back, and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy. Let's sports...   🚨 ICYMI HEADLINES 🏀 Wings survive, Dream advance: The Wings beat the Valkyries, 108-100 (OT), to force Game 3 behind a WNBA postseason-record 45 points from Arike Ogunbowale; the Dream cruised past the Mystics, 93-75, to complete the sweep and advance to the semifinals. 🏈 CFP inches closer to expansion: College Football Playoff leaders met on Wednesday for the first time since entering into a 30-day negotiating window with ESPN over an expanded field. The consensus: A doubling of the CFP to 24 teams feels like a foregone conclusion. 🏀 Historic viewership: In the first year of its new media deal, the WNBA posted its best regular-season viewership numbers since 2000. Games averaged 771,000 viewers, up 17% compared to last year, and a total of 51 games eclipsed 1 million viewers. 🏒 Penguins 7, Flyers 0: Wednesday's Battle of Pennsylvania was a bit of a lopsided affair, with the visiting Penguins recording the largest road shutout in a season opener in NHL history. ⚽️ Ronaldo leaves camp: Cristiano Ronaldo left Portugal's national team training camp on Wednesday following a reported rift with manager Jorge Jesus. His decision came after learning he wouldn't be starting today's Nations League match against Denmark.   🏈 HAPPY FALL FOOTBALL HEAVEN IS UPON US (Giphy) Summer may be over, but the football gods have provided us with very fair compensation as fall gets underway: Starting today, there's at least one NFL or college football game every day for the next 61 days. Hallelujah. Games we're most excited for: There are nearly 1,000 games scheduled between tonight's "Thursday Night Football" matchup in Cleveland and "Monday Night Football" on Nov. 30 in Tampa Bay. Here are five in the NFL and five in college we're particularly excited to watch. Chiefs at Raiders (Oct. 4): For the first time since both franchises debuted in 1960, they've both started the season 3-0. And they just so happen to be squaring off this Sunday. No. 2 Georgia at No. 7 Alabama (Oct. 10): The Bulldogs or Crimson Tide have won each of the last six SEC championships, and look plenty capable of making that seven in a row. No. 8 Florida at No. 1 Texas (Oct. 17): The resurgent Gators and top-ranked Longhorns might have something to say about that, though. No. 5 Ohio State at No. 6 Indiana (Oct. 17): The Big Ten title game rematch doubles as a very likely Big Ten title game preview. Ravens at Bills (Nov. 1): I defy you not to get excited about Josh Allen vs. Lamar Jackson. No. 4 Miami at No. 3 Notre Dame (Nov. 7): The Darian Mensah and Malachi Toney show visits CJ Carr and the Irish in a battle of Heisman hopefuls. Steelers at Bengals (Nov. 15): Love him or hate him, Aaron Rodgers is one of the greatest players this game has ever seen. You could do worse than watching him take on Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase. Vikings vs. 49ers (Nov. 22): "Sunday Night Football" in Mexico City? Between arguably the two best teams in the NFC? Yes, please. NFL on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 26): This trio of games is too good to pick just one. Bears at Lions, Eagles at Cowboys, and then Chiefs at Bills in prime time. Fill your plate, find a seat on the couch, and enjoy. Michigan at No. 5 Ohio State (Nov. 28): Doesn't matter the year. Doesn't matter their ranking or records. "The Game" is always appointment television. Honorable mention: No. 23 UCLA at No. 15 Oregon (Oct. 10); No. 9 Ole Miss at No. 1 Texas (Oct. 24); Chiefs at Seahawks on "SNF" (Oct. 25); No. 8 Florida at No. 2 Georgia (Oct. 31); No. 7 Alabama at No. 11 LSU (Nov. 7); Raiders at 49ers (Nov. 😎; Bills at Vikings on "MNF" (Nov. 9)   ⚾️ SURVIVE AND ADVANCE IN PHOTOS: WILD CARD WEDNESDAY (Connor Jalbert/MLB Photos via Getty Images) Four teams had a chance to clinch their spot in the Division Series on Wednesday, and three got the job done. Sorry, Braves — you've still got some work left to do. Houston Just when it looked like the Astros might claw back into this one, White Sox 2B Chase Meidroth crushed a towering 3-run homer to give Chicago the cushion it needed for a series-clinching 7-3 win. It's the first playoff series victory for the Southsiders since the 2005 World Series. Quote of the year: "Imagine a Jewish kid from Brooklyn getting a letter from the Pope," White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf said after the game, referencing the mail he received on Tuesday from Chicago native and Sox fan Pope Leo XIV. "I'm going to convert." (Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images) San Diego The best offense in baseball was no match for the sport's hottest team, as the Padres again dominated the Cubs in a 4-1 win to complete the sweep behind a pinch-hit homer from Gavin Sheets and 5.2 shutout innings from the bullpen. Disappearing act: The cruelty of the postseason is that anything can happen over a small enough sample, and the Cubs just became the first team in MLB history to lead the majors in scoring during the regular season and then score one or fewer runs in a playoff series. (Michael Urakami/MLB Photos via Getty Images) New York Well, that wasn't even a little close. After winning 9-0 in Game 1, the Yankees finished the job with a 9-2 rout in Game 2, eliminating the Red Sox for the second straight season. The exclamation point came courtesy of Cody Bellinger, whose 3-run homer turned the win into a laugher. By the numbers: The Yankees out-hit the Red Sox in this series, 26-7, and outscored them 18-2, proving they did not need Aaron Judge to sweep their bitter rivals. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) Atlanta There's never a dull moment when the Braves and Phillies meet on the diamond, and this was no exception as Philly kept its season alive with three late homers — including the unlikely game-winner from Alec Bohm — to secure a 4-3 comeback victory in the 10th inning. They'll be back out there tonight for Game 3. Bryce's redemption: Philly nearly fumbled the game away after Bryce Harper's misplayed fly ball in the seventh inning gave Atlanta the lead. But then Kyle Schwarber and Harper went back-to-back to open the eighth inning and set the stage for Bohm's later heroics. "I wasn't not trying to hit a homer, I can tell you that," he said with a smile postgame.   🏈 RISERS AND FALLERS NFL POWER RANKINGS (Joseph Raines/Yahoo Sports) This week's NFL power rankings feature two newcomers to the Top 10, with the Broncos climbing to No. 8 and the Raiders — make that the undefeated Raiders — jumping all the way to No. 10 after matching their entire 2025 win total just three weeks into the season. Up and down: The biggest risers this week were the aforementioned No. 10 Raiders (up 8 spots), the No. 23 Falcons (up 8), the No. 17 Steelers (up 6) and the No. 21 Commanders (up 6). The biggest fallers were the No. 22 Patriots (down 11), the No. 12 Bengals (down 7), and a quartet of teams who fell five spots each: No. 14 Eagles, No. 24 Texans, No. 25 Packers and No. 30 Buccaneers.   🏒 NHL TEAM PRICES THE PUCK DROPPED, BUT VALUATIONS DIDN'T (Grant Thomas/Yahoo Sports) Before the season's first puck dropped on Tuesday night, Kurt Badenhausen and the team at Sportico released their NHL team valuations. Unlike the puck, none of those dropped. By the numbers: The average NHL team valuation is $2.43 billion, up 16% from the prior year. Collectively, the league's 32 franchises are worth $78 billion. Most valuable: Maple Leafs ($4.8B) Least valuable: Blue Jackets ($1.5B) Biggest gainer: Islanders (+40%)* In good company: NHL team valuations have grown 160% over the last five years, trailing only the NFL's 166% among the "Big Four" leagues and climbing into competition with MLB. The NHL's lowest team valuation (Blue Jackets, $1.5B) is now slightly higher than the lowest in Sportico's MLB rankings (Marlins, $1.45B). The NHL's appeal has increased in part because of a comparatively stable and ownership-friendly CBA. This piece first appeared in Wednesday’s edition of Yahoo Sports Biz, our new sports business newsletter. Sign up here to get on the list. *The Islanders recently reached an agreement to sell approximately 15% of the team to multiple investors at a $3 billion valuation, according to Sportico.   📺 VIEWING GUIDE WATCHLIST: THURSDAY, OCT. 1 Alec Bohm rounds the bases after his 10th-inning homer in Game 2. (Edward M. Pio Roda/Getty Images) ⚾️ Phillies at Braves, Game 3 Atlanta hosts Philadelphia tonight (8pm ET, NBC) with the last spot in the Division Series on the line. Winner moves on to face the Dodgers, loser goes home. Can Atlanta end its drought? The Braves are 0-3 in postseason series since winning the 2021 World Series, and two of those three losses came against the Phillies. Will their NL East rivals get the best of them again? 🏀 WNBA Playoffs It's win or go home tonight in Sin City (9pm, USA), where the defending champion Aces host the Fever for a spot in the semifinals. Stars collide: In Game 1, A'ja Wilson became the first player in WNBA history with at least 35 points, 15 rebounds and 75% shooting in a game. In Game 2, Caitlin Clark became the first player in WNBA history with at least 25 points and 15 assists in a game. What kind of history will we see tonight? 🏈 Steelers at Browns Cleveland hosts Pittsburgh on "Thursday Night Football" (8:15pm, Prime) in a matchup of two teams unexpectedly sitting at 2-1. Pittsburgh's road woes: Can the Steelers reverse their fortunes at Huntington Bank Field? They've won just one of their last eight games in Cleveland dating back to 2018, with three of those losses coming on Thursday nights. More to watch: 🏒 NHL: Lightning at Rangers (7pm, ESPN+); Panthers at Sharks (10pm, ESPN+) … Reigning Hart Trophy winner Nikita Kucherov (TB) and young superstar Macklin Celebrini (SJ) make their season debuts. ⛳️ PGA: Bank of Utah Championship (9:45am, ESPN+; 5pm, Golf) … Jackson Koivun and Max Homa headline the field at Black Desert Resort. ⚽️ Women's Champions League: Man City vs. Real Madrid (3pm, Paramount+) … One of four games to close out Matchday 2. Got plans tonight? Gametime is the best place to score last-minute tickets to the events in your city.   🏀 LET'S PLAY TRIVIA TIME Russell played in 26 games for the Mavericks last season. (Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images) D'Angelo Russell, the No. 2 pick in the 2015 NBA Draft, is leaving the NBA and signing with the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association. Question: Who was the No. 1 pick in the 2015 Draft? Hint: Timberwolves. Answer at the bottom.   🏀 DRAFT NOW FANTASY BASKETBALL IS BACK! Yahoo Fantasy Basketball is back! The NBA season tips off in just under three weeks, but there's no time like the present to draft your squad. Play in a private league or join a public one to compete against other fans all season long. Try "High Score": Traditional formats remain available, but High Score offers a streamlined version of the game if you feel like a change of pace that's less of a daily grind. Rosters are trimmed to 10 players and weekly lineups are limited to just six starters, with only their highest-scoring game of the week counting toward your total.   Trivia answer: Karl-Anthony Towns

Inside the Business of Trump’s Third-Country Deportations More than 25,000 people have had their lives upended and been forced into unfamiliar cultures, governments, and legal systems when the Department of Homeland Security deported them to so-called “third countries,” places where immigrants previously living in the United States have no connections and few rights — and where a deportation business booming under the second Trump administration finds its murky endpoints. https://theintercept.com/2026/09/29/ice-third-country-deportation-flights/? AI Almost Started a U.S.–China War — and No One Seems to Care The global tech industry, politicians at home and abroad, and international media coverage are transfixed by one question: Will rogue AI end humanity? Few seem to be asking this question of the Department of Defense. https://theintercept.com/2026/09/28/ai-military-nuclear-war-doomsday/? Israeli Settlers Killed His Constituent. Fetterman Is Sole Democrat Against Investigating Them. Every Democratic senator except Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman voted on Tuesday for a measure seeking to hold accountable Israeli soldiers and settlers who have killed U.S. citizens in the West Bank. The vote stood as a sign of how much the party’s position on Israel has shifted in the last two years. https://theintercept.com/2026/09/30/israel-west-bank-us-citizen-killings-senate-vote-fetterman/? The Intercept Sues Texas City Over Refusal to Release Police Records on Prairieland Protest The Intercept is suing a city government in Texas in a bid to release police records related to the violent confrontation at an immigration detention facility that led to the landmark Prairieland trial earlier this year. https://theintercept.com/2026/09/29/intercept-sues-police-prairieland-ice-public-records/? U.S. Has Suffered More Casualties In Iran Since the Conclusion of Operation Epic Fury As ceasefire negotiations faltered and U.S. casualties of the Iran war mounted, the Trump administration on July 7 attempted to rebrand the struggling war effort by announcing the conclusion of Operation Epic Fury. https://theintercept.com/2026/09/28/iran-war-us-casualties-operation-epic-fury/? Prison That Didn’t Report Sex Abuse Allegation Against Staffer to Reopen as ICE Camp Rumors were spreading for weeks in the spring of 2022. At Arizona State Prison–Marana, the talk centered on an employee of Management and Training Corporation, or MTC, the Utah-based for-profit prison company that ran the facility. A clerk at the commissary, Alicia Simmons, had been carrying on an illicit sexual relationship with an incarcerated person. https://theintercept.com/2026/09/29/ice-private-prison-mtc-marana-sexual-abuse-arizona/? ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care Detention staff broke with safe standards of medical care for at least six detainees who died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in 2025, according to internal reviews posted on — and later removed from — ICE’s website. https://theintercept.com/2026/09/30/ice-custody-deaths-medical-neglect/?

Trump TV ads paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Dems find President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call propaganda come under bipartisan attack. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/30/repub/trump-tv-ads-paid-for-with-20m-in-homeland-security-funds-dems-find/? ps:Incredibly pathetic!!!!!! Appeals court poised to allow contempt probe of DHS deportation flights to El Salvador WASHINGTON — Most judges on a federal appeals court seemed inclined during oral arguments Tuesday to allow a federal judge to continue investigating Trump officials for possible criminal contempt-of-court charges for defying a judicial order by sending more than 100 Venezuelan men to a brutal Salvadoran prison last year. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/30/repub/appeals-court-poised-to-allow-contempt-probe-of-dhs-deportation-flights-to-el-salvador/?

Exemption for moral, ethical beliefs zapped from DeSantis administration’s proposed vax rule The DeSantis administration is backing off its push to make it easier for parents to opt out of vaccinating their children by eliminating from a proposed rule change “sincerely held moral or ethical belief(s)” from the reasons a parent could object to required vaccinations for children to enter school. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/30/exemption-for-moral-ethical-beliefs-zapped-from-desantis-administrations-proposed-vax-rule/? ps:The saddest part about most of those who are against vaccines have gotten all there families vaccinated!!!!! Deadline hits for law agencies to remove license plate readers from state roads Local law enforcement agencies in Florida were required to remove Flock-style license plate readers on state-owned land and right-of-ways on Wednesday. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/30/deadline-hits-for-law-agencies-to-remove-license-plate-readers-from-state-roads/? Congress tries end-run around Florida court decision protecting wetlands When naturalist John James Audubon visited Florida in the 1830s, he marveled at our vast flocks of birds but complained about all the wetlands covering the landscape. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/01/congress-tries-end-run-around-florida-court-decision-protecting-wetlands/?

Pete Hegseth’s Secret Plot for Pentagon Purge Exposed The defense secretary is eliminating leadership positions—except his own, of course. Pete Hegseth is slashing a fifth of leadership positions across the Pentagon as his paranoia and deep distrust of leaders who could potentially undermine his own power deepen. The defense secretary, who never reached a rank higher than major, will announce plans to cut positions reserved for generals and admirals across the armed forces by 20 percent during his State of the Forces address on Wednesday, a Defense Department official told the Daily Beast. Hegseth’s cuts double the 10 percent reduction in leadership he ordered last year. It also follows his May 2025 order to slash four-star active-duty positions and general officer positions in the National Guard by 20 percent. The former Fox & Friends Weekend host will order that the latest cuts are completed by Jan. 1, 2027, according to a report from Fox News. In a September memo, Hegseth directed Pentagon officials to identify general and flag officer positions eligible for a downgrade, Fox News reported. Others will be eliminated along with their positions. Since the start of Hegseth’s tenure, numerous former and current Pentagon officials have spoken out against the culture of fear that the seemingly insecure Hegseth has created inside the department, clashing with anyone who potentially commands more respect than he does. All told, Hegseth has already fired or blocked promotions for some 80 of the nation’s top officers—roughly 10 percent of the U.S. military’s highest-ranking officers. For example, his widely questioned ousting of “once-in-a-generation general” Christopher Donahue stemmed in part from the fact that Donahue was revered, respected, and admired—three attributes that reportedly, don’t exactly describe Hegseth within the halls of the Pentagon. “I don’t care,” Hegseth told Joe Kasper, his chief of staff, after he handed him a card listing reasons to keep Donahue, according to The New York Times. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, a close friend of JD Vance from Yale Law School, also attempted to orchestrate an intervention from the vice president to keep Donahue. But when Hegseth discovered that Driscoll had set up a meeting between Vance and Donahue, he canceled it, according to the report. Soon after, Driscoll resigned. Then there’s Hegseth’s so-called war on wokeness. During his tenure, the secretary has focused much of his enthusiasm on blocking promotions for women and minorities, as well as instituting his own version of MAHA: Making the Armed Forces Hot Again. At his Wednesday address, for example, Hegseth is casting troops who fit specific “physical standards” to support him in the audience—asking top military brass to nominate service members who exhibit “impeccable grooming and uniform standards” and conform to certain body fat requirements to attend his speech, according to The Wall Street Journal. The service members selected must pass the Army’s fitness test and meet its waist-to-height ratio requirement, the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper revealed, citing an email sent to Army commanders. Some of the chosen service members will also participate in a workout with Hegseth. Additionally, Hegseth, who has faced scrutiny over his drinking and alleged affairs during and between his three marriages, has been repeatedly accused of eroding the separation of church and state. Among other institutional changes, he has launched a monthly Christian worship series at the Pentagon, where he invited his self-described Christian nationalist pastor, Doug Wilson. The pastor, who has supported repealing women’s right to vote and criminalizing homosexuality, delivered a sermon in the Pentagon auditorium. https://www.thedailybeast.com/pete-hegseths-secret-plot-for-pentagon-purge-exposed/? ps:Pathetic

Must-Win MAGA Senate Candidate Caught Secretly Trashing Trump Audio of the embarrassing private comments has been leaked. Ken Paxton, Donald Trump’s endorsed candidate in the crucial Texas Senate race, has been caught badmouthing the president. The embattled Texas Attorney General was recorded saying Trump’s midterm convention in Dallas earlier this month damaged his election hopes. “Do you feel like he’s a little bit of a drag?” a person could be heard asking Paxton in audio obtained by The New York Times. “So to be honest with you, the numbers—when we did that convention—it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped,” Paxton replied. “Right now, yeah, not good.” The audio was recorded at a private fundraising event in Washington, D.C. Someone who opposes scandal-hit Paxton’s Senate campaign recorded it and passed it to the Times. Polls have frequently shown that Paxton is trailing Democratic candidate James Talarico in the crucial Texas Senate race. A Marist Poll published last week showed Talarico with a 6-point lead over Paxton (50 percentage points to 44) with the midterms just weeks away. If Talarico pulls off a shock victory and flips the Texas Senate seat, long considered a red stronghold, it would go a long way toward Democrats seizing control of the upper chamber in the Nov. 3 elections. Dozens of Republican lawmakers avoided attending Trump’s midterm convention, believing that distancing themselves from the deeply unpopular president would improve their election hopes. Paxton, a staunch Trump supporter for years, did attend the flop event from Sept. 9-10, where Trump made the dubious vow to hand every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections. Trump also bizarrely decided to mock Paxton on stage, saying he “may not talk exactly perfectly, and he may not be the best-looking guy I’ve ever seen.” Nick Maddux, a senior Paxton adviser, dismissed the Times’ reporting as “manipulated nonsense” to help “create a story that doesn’t exist.” “Our latest poll from the last week has Ken Paxton leading by three points, and every serious pollster will tell you that our numbers have improved since early September,” Maddux said, referring to a Paxton-sponsored survey which showed the Republican ahead of Talarico by 48 percent to 45. “Ken Paxton is going to win this race, and he looks forward to closing strong alongside President Trump, including when he comes to Texas this week.” Multiple Republicans have expressed fears that Paxton will torpedo the GOP’s chances of retaining what is usually a solid-red Texas Senate seat in November. Paxton won a bitter GOP Texas Senate primary after securing an endorsement from veteran incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, whom many establishment Republicans believe had a much better chance of winning the Nov. 3 race against Talarico. Paxton was impeached by his own party in 2023 after being accused of a string of corruption, bribery, and obstruction-of-justice allegations. The Texas Senate acquitted Paxton on all 16 articles of impeachment. Paxton continues to be dogged by numerous scandals, including even more corruption allegations, and his wife filing for divorce last year on “biblical grounds” after rumors of an affair surfaced. Days after headlining the midterm convention, Trump suggested Paxton’s election chances had improved because the Texas attorney general appeared in Dallas. “The fact that we had such a successful convention really helped Ken Paxton,” Trump said. “He was a big part of it…I hear that the convention helped Ken Paxton a lot.” The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment. https://www.thedailybeast.com/must-win-maga-senate-candidate-caught-on-hot-mic-trashing-trump/? ps:He's not the only one!!!!!

Here is every mention of Aquila: Ac 18:2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. Ac 18:18 And Paul [after this] tarried [there] yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn [his] head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow. Ac 18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto [them], and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. Ro 16:3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: 1Co 16:19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. 2Ti 4:19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. At least two passages, not one, refer to Aquila and Priscilla as a ministry team--Acts 18:26, 1 Co. 16:19. Acts 18:26, however, is ambiguous, depending on which version/ text you are using. Acts 18:2 speaks of Aquila and his wife, indicating that he was head of the house. I've seen women gospel workers leading their husbands around like a little puppy. It's not a good look. I'm not "against" women's ordination. What denominational entities do is their own business. I am "for" responsible interpretation of Scripture.

Trump Voter Reveals Deep Regret as Wife Faces Deportation “If I could go back... I’d go back and vote Kamala,” the Texas father said. A father who voted for Donald Trump has said he wishes he could turn back the clock and vote Democrat as his Honduran wife faces possible deportation. Patrick Keating and his parents backed Trump, believing his immigration crackdown would target criminals. But the conservative Texas family now faces the possibility that Keating’s wife, Anyi Hernandez-Escobar, will have to leave the U.S. and their Houston home. “If I could go back, if my vote would somehow change everything, I’d go back and vote Kamala (Harris) just so we don’t have to deal with this,” Keating told the Houston Chronicle. Hernandez-Escobar crossed into Texas from Honduras in 2018, eight months pregnant. She spent four days in detention before authorities granted her temporary parole to remain in the U.S. She later married Keating, who helped raise her son Daniel, now 7, and the couple welcomed a daughter, Emma, in May 2025. Hernandez-Escobar attended required immigration check-ins while pursuing a way to remain legally in the country. Her marriage to a U.S. citizen did not automatically grant her legal status. The couple’s I-130 and I-130A petitions were approved in June after a nearly two-year wait. But a Houston immigration judge subsequently denied Hernandez-Escobar’s request to temporarily close her immigration case while she pursued lawful permanent residency. The family’s immigration attorney, Jennifer Lopez, attributed the decision to a June agreement between Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the Trump administration that eliminated a Biden-era policy allowing judges to administratively close certain immigration cases. “Originally, the judge had told her, when Biden was in, ‘Go ahead and file your I-130 (petition to apply for a visa), come back to me and I will administratively close your case,’” Lopez said. “They did that, but by the time they got back to him, Trump had been sworn in and they had changed all the rules.” Lopez said Hernandez-Escobar would now have to return to Honduras and apply as a foreign filer after waiting at least a year. She would then face another wait of between three and nine months for a visa interview. “She’s a model person. She doesn’t commit crimes, and she supports her family. It’s just sad,” Lopez said. Her 7-year-old son Daniel might also have to remain in the U.S. Keating has raised the boy since he was about 18 months old but has no custodial rights. The family said Daniel’s biological father, who lives in Maryland, has no contact with his son and refuses to give up his custodial rights. “I’ve raised him basically since he was a year and a half, but I have no custodial rights over him,” Keating said. “Only (Anyi) and his biological father do. But both parents have to sign off on the passport.” The family hired an attorney to pursue Keating’s adoption of Daniel and explored whether he could stay with Keating’s parents if the rest of the family moved to Honduras. Hernandez-Escobar, who is not eligible to vote, said she had also supported Trump’s pledge to deport criminals. “There was a lot of crime in the country. I thought it was good to deport the bad people,” she said. “Now, it doesn’t matter if you’re a good person or a bad person.” Keating’s mother, Ingrid, said the family’s experience has been “very stressful.” “Immigration has been such a mess for so many years, but of course it’s easy not to pay too much attention when it’s not your immediate family,” she said. “Now, all of a sudden, it really brings it home.” When previously contacted for comment, White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis told the Daily Beast that “Americans sent President Trump back to the White House with a clear mandate to deport criminal illegal aliens.” “Every single day the Trump Administration is delivering on his promise to the American people to remove murderers, pedophiles, rapists, and gang members from American communities,” she added. “Americans are grateful to the President for removing these criminals from their neighborhoods and for Making America Safe Again.” The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for additional comment. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-voter-reveals-deep-regret-as-wife-faces-deportation/? ps:I could've told them that would happen! Kamala did tell us all what he would do!! And they voted for him anyway!!!

Trump’s Legal Goon Takes Revenge on Judges for Speaking Out The top justice official claimed the federal judges had pandered to the press and violated judicial ethics. Donald Trump has escalated his twin wars with the media and the judiciary, with Attorney General Todd Blanch filing a misconduct complaint against a group of judges who spoke to The New York Times about the administration’s immigration crackdown. In an extraordinary move, Trump’s top justice official claimed that the federal judges from Minnesota’s district court bench had pandered to the press and violated judicial ethics by discussing pending cases with the newspaper. He also demanded the judges recuse themselves from cases involving the Department of Homeland Security, declaring their conduct had “undermined confidence in an impartial judiciary.” The complaint stems from a September 17 Times report about Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota earlier this year. The surge, overseen by then Homeland Security Secretary Kristie Noem and her Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino, was the largest immigration enforcement operation in U.S. history, deploying up to 4,000 federal ICE and Customs and Border Protection agents, and culminating in the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens: Renee Goode and Alex Pretti. Seven members of Minnesota’s federal bench spoke with the Times to raise their concerns, including former chief judge Patrick Schiltz, a George W. Bush appointee and former clerk to conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. He told the Times that the government’s conduct had created a “grave threat to the rule of law,” noting that the operation had sent more than 1,000 habeas corpus petitions flooding into the courts. Schiltz had also ruled in January that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had violated nearly 100 court orders during the crackdown, writing that “ICE is not a law unto itself.” Speaking at a press conference alongside Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, Blanche argued that the judges crossed an ethical line by publicly discussing matters still before them. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter went even further in a statement, accusing the judges of “pandering to the press.” “Seven federal judges in the District of Minnesota talked to the New York Times about cases, some of which are ongoing, in a manner that the Department of Justice views as a clear violation of their ethical duties,” Blanche said. “Their conduct has undermined public confidence in an impartial judiciary in Minnesota.” The complaint was filed against Schiltz, Judge John R. Tunheim, and several “anonymous District Judges”. But it also lands in a much bigger battle over freedom of the press, which escalated last week when Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO from accessing the White House because he didn’t like their coverage. The president was ultimately humiliated when another judge, Timothy Kelly, blocked the ban, finding that the journalists were likely to succeed in arguing that the White House had violated their constitutional right to due process. Meanwhile, Blanche’s own ethics have also come under question, after the former Trump attorney appeared on stage this month at a rally with the president in North Carolina, spoke at the GOP midterm convention, and praised the president during a press briefing in the White House rose garden. Asked about this by a reporter on Wednesday, he replied: “I don’t agree with that. We are allowed to do things in our individual capacity.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-legal-goon-takes-revenge-on-judges-for-speaking-out/?

Republicans Panic as Darline Graham Falls Into Desperately Close Race The late senator’s sister is facing headwinds in a red state. Senator Darline Graham rode Donald Trump’s endorsement to become the GOP Senate nominee in South Carolina, but alarm bells are sounding over the race in what was once considered a solid red state. A new poll of likely voters in South Carolina showed Graham with just a one-point lead over Democratic challenger Dr. Annie Andrews. Her brother, Lindsey Graham, won by more than 10 points against Democratic Party challenger Jaime Harrison in 2020. The Trafalgar Group poll was conducted last week and showed Trump’s handpicked candidate at 43.4 percent to the Democratic nominee’s 42.3 percent. 8.5 percent were undecided. The tightening race came despite the poll’s much larger sample of Republican voters: 59.1 percent. Andrews led among voters under 50, as well as among women. It is one of several polls in recent weeks showing a tighter-than-expected race. An InsiderAdvantage poll this month also showed Andrews within the margin of error among likely voters, including eight percent of Republicans and 41 percent of Independents. On Tuesday, Politico reported that Senate Majority Leader John Thune would be heading down to South Carolina as part of his campaign swing ahead of the midterms. It comes as Republicans are facing an increasingly ugly political landscape as they look to hold onto the Senate majority, with Democrats competing in a series of states Trump won in 2024. While Thune will be making multiple stops in what have long been considered traditional battleground states, a visit to the Palmetto State shows they’re keeping a close eye on it. Majority Whip John Barrasso rushed down to South Carolina ahead of the runoff to help Graham’s campaign, and Trump even held a rally in the state to help get her across the finish line against Rep. Ralph Norman last month. But the divisions in the GOP remain, with just over 30 days to go before the midterms. Norman’s wife Elaine has noticeably been sharing anti-Graham content on Facebook even after she locked in the nomination. While GOP critics have warned a splintered GOP vote could ultimately help Democrats, Norman has continued to share content critical of the South Carolina Republican Party and even a write-in effort for her husband. As the race tightens, the nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates it as “Likely Republican,” but it shifted slightly in Democrats’ favor last week from “Solid Republican.” The analysis noted the conservative grassroots campaign to write in Norman. The state largely remains overwhelmingly Republican, as the last Democrat elected to the Senate there was Fritz Hollings back in 1998. But Graham and Andrews will face off in person for a debate in just over a week on October 11. It’s a high-stakes event for both candidates. Andrews is trying to win over Republicans to build her coalition before Election Day. Meanwhile, Graham needs to avoid repeating her previous debate performance. She faced bipartisan criticism for her appearance on the debate stage during the runoff, where she admitted a lack of knowledge on national security, calling it “not my thing.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-panic-as-darline-graham-falls-into-desperately-close-race/?

Police say parents to face charges after a Michigan toddler displayed a gun at daycare CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The parents of a Detroit-area toddler who pulled a loaded pistol out of his backpack at a daycare will face charges in the case, police said Wednesday. https://apnews.com/article/michigan-daycare-gun-toddler-1397bc5a6d119dd8b6758cf5d500c918? ps:Good for them! Any person that owns a weapon and doesn't keep it away from there kids need to pay the price!!

Russia warns NATO of a possible nuclear response if Kaliningrad is cut off BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia has warned NATO that it would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons to defend Kaliningrad should any members of the military bloc try to cut off its western exclave from the rest of the country. https://apnews.com/article/nato-russia-nuclear-kaliningrad-hybrid-sabotage-2bd21dbaf9d67f5e2aada61e9ce8bf06?

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Most Americans blame Trump for higher prices as his economic approval hits a new low, a new AP-NORC poll shows The new poll finds a majority, 65%, now blame the president’s policies for persistently high costs more than factors outside of his control, signaling growing weariness over his aggressive use of tariffs and continued unhappiness with the war with Iran. Read more. What to know: Over the last few months, Americans have grown more worried about being able to afford basics like groceries and gas. About half of U.S. adults now say they are “extremely” or “very” concerned about being able to fill their tanks, up from 39% in July. About half are also highly concerned about being able to afford food. President Donald Trump’s struggles on the issue mark a significant departure from his first term, when the economy was often a point of strength. About 7 in 10 Americans say Trump’s handling of the cost of living has been “worse than expected.” That includes roughly half of Republicans, who are also broadly concerned about being able to afford groceries and gas. Despite their frustration, most Republicans — 67% — say factors outside of Trump’s control are more to blame for high prices.

October 1, 2026 By Sam Sifton Good morning. The Times obtained more than 1,000 pages from Cornell University’s internal inquiry into rape accusations by “Jane Doe.” The woman was initially embarrassed by what happened at a fraternity party in 2024 but soon concluded, “I was assaulted.” Read the story of what happened. And a Tennessee woman sentenced to death survived two doses of lethal injection last night, before state officials gave up and took her to a hospital. There’s more below. But first, let’s go to Washington. At the Kennedy Center. Salwan Georges for The New York Times Dark arts President Trump wants to leave his mark on Washington, D.C., sometimes literally. He’s building a huge new ballroom and bunker complex in the White House. He has a shiny new helipad out back. He talks about his huge triumphal arch for Memorial Circle, which would also be a sniper hide and place to launch drones. And the U.S. Institute of Peace is now the Donald J. Trump United States Institute of Peace. But perhaps no place in the nation’s capital reflects Trump’s insistence on approval and recognition more than the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the nation’s unofficial national theater, its flagship stage. Trump wants his name in lights there. “We’re going to make it hot,” he said at the start of his second term in office. “We made the presidency hot, so this should be easy.” My colleagues Elizabeth Williamson and Julia Jacobs have chronicled Trump’s odyssey with the Kennedy Center. It’s a drama that has unfolded over seven acts. Let’s look at them. Pique. After Trump won his first presidential election in 2016, some of the recipients for the next year’s Kennedy Center Honors — the institution’s annual awards for artistic achievement — said they’d boycott a White House reception. By tradition, the president hosted that reception before an evening of performances at the Kennedy Center. Trump’s response was to cancel the reception and avoid the show. He stayed away for the rest of his first term. Takeover. When Trump returned to office last year, he was set on remaking the government — and the nation’s cultural life, which he said had become too woke. That included the Kennedy Center. He quickly fired the Biden-era appointees on the center’s board and installed his chief of staff, the vice president’s wife and the commerce secretary’s wife in their place. The new board got to work quickly: It ousted the center’s chairman — the private equity billionaire David Rubenstein, who had also given $111 million of his own money to the organization — and named Trump to that position. He is the first U.S. president to hold it. Removing President Trump’s name from the facade of the Kennedy Center. Pete Kiehart for The New York Times Chaos. It was the era of DOGE in Washington, and Trump brought in Richard Grenell, his tough-talking former ambassador to Germany, to clean house. Grenell fired dozens of staffers and denounced the center’s programming in Trumpian terms. He also drastically pruned the size of the fund-raising office, taking it from 93 employees to 17. The Kennedy Center is a nonprofit and depends heavily on gifts to survive. Now donors didn’t want to give, and there were few workers to recruit their funds anyway. Performers began to cancel their shows. The Washington National Opera decided to cut ties with the center. Ticket sales and audiences plunged. Rebranding. In place of the San Francisco Ballet and a touring production of “Hamilton,” the Kennedy Center turned to MAGA programming. It offered a discount so the American Conservative Union Foundation could convene a summit on Christian persecution. It let FIFA run the World Cup draw there for free. And Trump made himself the M.C. of the new Kennedy Center Honors. These went to Sylvester Stallone and the rock band Kiss, among others. During the night’s festivities, he jokingly called it “the Trump Kennedy Center,” to laughter. The next week, his board voted to put his name on the building. It was now the Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. Legal warfare. Soon came the lawsuit: How could the president rename an organization that had been named by an act of Congress? In court, Trump’s lawyers argued it was simply recognition for his contributions to the health of the institution. But a judge in May said that wasn’t good enough to override a statute, and Trump’s name had to come down. For a president so focused on symbols, it was a bitter pill. Rather than show the building without Trump’s name on it, workers covered the facade. Aboard Air Force One last month. Kenny Holston/The New York Times A new claim. Having failed to leave his mark, Trump introduced a novel argument, saying that the building was unsafe and needed to close. In September, a heavy storm brought down a five-foot section of ceiling plaster in the foyer. Staffers circulated the video online and left the debris in the hall, then conducted an investigation. The administration said structural issues in the building were practically beyond repair. (The center has always undergone regular maintenance.) The end? Last month, the board voted to close the facility where once there were daily performances. Today there are none. More than 2,000 people have lost their jobs. Trump now says the Kennedy Center may even be demolished. And even if it survives that threat, it could take years to rebuild the staff and its fund-raising muscle, much less its programming and audience. The future of this glittering showcase for American artistic achievement is very much in doubt. The New York Times For more: Click the video above to watch Julia answer the question, “Can Trump demolish the Kennedy Center?” And listen to Elizabeth talk about the life and death (for now) of the Kennedy Center on “The Daily.” A NIGHTMARE IN THE SKY The New York Times “I’m so screwed,” Peleg Itali, 16, recalled thinking. “I don’t deserve to die like this.” He was aboard a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv yesterday when one pilot stabbed another. As the plane nose-dived, overhead bins swung open and parents clung to their children. The cockpit melee ended when passengers arrived to subdue the aggressor and minister to the injured pilot, who had wounds to his head and cuts on his fingers. Emergency landing: Crew members and passengers managed to land the plane in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. All the passengers arrived safely in Israel after a replacement aircraft retrieved them. Read the story. Potential motives: It’s not clear what caused the struggle in the cockpit. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said that one pilot had stabbed the other and “apparently tried to crash the plane with everyone on board,” nearly all of them Israelis. The Israeli authorities are investigating. The pilots: Netanyahu identified the pilot who was stabbed as Capt. Smit Machchhar, an Indian citizen. Three Israeli officials said the other pilot, whom they believed to be the aggressor, was a citizen of Oman. THE LATEST NEWS Cornell University The New York Times obtained a trove of emails, text messages and screenshots of messages, some showing how rumors about what had happened that night raced around campus. Here are the revelations so far. “I can say with 100 percent confidence I was raped”: A campus police report sent to a district attorney omitted key details that Jane Doe gave in a statement. Politics In a speech, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laid out his vision for the military: “No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals.” The Federal Reserve’s independent watchdog found no evidence of misconduct by Jerome Powell, the former Fed chair, in the handling of a major renovation. Trump had repeatedly raised the possibility that Powell committed fraud. Thousands of refugees and other legal immigrants will lose access to Medicaid starting today as Republican-led cuts take effect. A.I. Times Exclusive: Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break, meant to incentivize research and experimentation, to skirt billions in taxes when building A.I. data centers. The Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into whether OpenAI, Anthropic and other A.I. companies have hurt consumers. Around the World Source: Kpler’s vessel and cargo data for July and August of this and last year. The New York Times The closure of the Strait of Hormuz cut off more than half of Asia’s oil supply. See how countries managed to get more. Britain’s prime minister, Andy Burnham, said there were “strong indications” that Iran was involved in a suspected terrorist plot that led to the arrests of five men last weekend. The Anniversary Sale ends soon: Morning readers, enjoy our best offer. Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your interests with expert coverage of news, culture, business and more. Save now: $1/week for your first year. FREE TO READ Ryan David Brown for The New York Times Supreme castaway: Chief Justice John Roberts summers on a small island in Maine, where for decades he shared potluck dinners and chummy exchanges with his neighbors. In recent years, however, he has become an outcast. Demonstration: A Hasidic Jew in New York protested against an Israeli flag. Now, the Trump administration may deport him. Your pick: The most clicked story in The Morning was about radio waves from an alien planet. TODAY’S NUMBER Eric Helgas for The New York Times 30 — That is how many different plants some influencers, podcasters and physicians say you should eat each week, to diversify your gut microbiome and improve your health. Are they right? We asked the experts. SPORTS W.N.B.A.: In the playoffs, the Dallas Wings beat the Golden State Valkyries, 108-100 in overtime, and the Atlanta Dream reached the semifinals by sweeping the Washington Mystics. M.L.B.: Cody Bellinger hit a three-run home run and the New York Yankees blew out the Boston Red Sox 9-2 in Game 2 to clinch the American League Wild Card Series. More baseball: The Philadelphia Phillies kept their season alive with one of their greatest postseason comebacks, beating the Atlanta Braves 4-3 in 10 innings in Game 2 of their National League Wild Card Series. RECIPE OF THE DAY Christopher Simpson for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. Shawarma but make it cauliflower. Melissa Clark’s recipe pairs the spiced florets and wedges of onion with hot-sauce-spiked tahini. Add some chopped cucumber, tomatoes and olives and then stuff everything into a pita. Or go gluten-free and serve it with rice. NO MORE SECRETS Wynonna Judd Tamara Reynolds for The New York Times Wynonna Judd is about to release “The Hard Truth,” her first studio album in 10 years and her first collection of original songs since her mother and longtime singing partner, Naomi Judd, died by suicide in 2022. “Hey, hey, Mama, can you hear me now?” she sings in the album’s opening lyrics. “I’m far from heaven, but I’m screamin’ loud.” Her grief modulates between tenderness and fury. “I just have to forgive constantly,” she told The Times. “I try to forgive. But I don’t forget.” Read the whole interview here. More on culture Ivy Wolk, 22, a polarizing internet comedian, will make her Broadway debut in “Downstate,” a play about a group home for men who have sexually abused children. What underpins her work? “I’m like a female, free-speech, armpit-hair, bra-burning absolutist,” she told The Times. “I am a Lilith Fair, Dworkin-toting feminist.” “The Swan” was a 2004 reality-TV competition that put 32 women into isolation while they underwent cosmetic surgery and physical training to turn themselves from “ugly ducklings” into “swans.” Was the show disturbing? Or prescient? Erin Lee Carr’s new documentary, “The Swan: Behind the Mirror,” takes on those questions. Read our interview with her. WIRECUTTER RECOMMENDS Marki Williams/NYT Wirecutter The testing-mad product recommenders at Wirecutter introduced their first inductees into the site’s new Hall of Fame today: a list of 50 products that represent the best of the absolute best they’ve recommended to readers since 2011. 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🎨 Hidden masterpieces hit auction Claude Monet's 'Le Jardin des Tuileries' on display during a preview of the Blaquier-Arrieta Collection at Sotheby's in London. Photo: Ben Bauer/PA Images via Getty Images A dozen Impressionist and post-Impressionist artworks collectively valued at almost half a billion dollars are going up for auction after sitting unseen for decades in South America. Works by Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne are expected to smash records for the artists in the Nov. 18 sale in New York, AP reports. The paintings come from a collection amassed by the late Argentine art collector Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier and her sugar magnate husband, Carlos Pedro Blaquier. They include van Gogh's landscape "Châtaigniers en fleurs" (Chestnut Trees in Flower), estimated at $180 million, and Cézanne's portrait "Arlequin," estimated at $120 million. Neither has been seen in public for half a century. Keep reading.

🤑 The AI wealth effect Data: Federal Reserve. (Includes securities held indirectly through mutual funds, defined-contribution pension plans and variable life insurance/annuity products.) Chart: Emily Peck/Axios Americans' wealth jumped by $12.8 trillion in the second quarter, led by a nearly $11 trillion gain in stock holdings and other financial assets, Axios Markets author Emily Peck writes from new Fed data. That's the biggest single quarterly increase, in dollar terms, on record. 🛍️ What's happening: The AI boom-fueled wealth surge is propelling spending in the U.S. economy. Half of all growth in consumption is being driven by those effects, says Krishna Guha, head of economics at Evercore ISI.

Rubio kicked out Iranian delegation Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanded on Monday that the Iranian delegation to the UN General Assembly immediately leave the country after negotiations stalled, a U.S. official and a second source with knowledge of the matter told Axios' Barak Ravid. Why it matters: Though the Iranians were likely to depart soon anyway, Rubio's move was a highly unusual diplomatic rebuke and laid bare the deep distrust between the two countries amid fruitless efforts to broker an end to the war. Qatari mediators tried to secure a diplomatic breakthrough between the U.S. and Iran but made little progress, with neither side willing to budge. Among those ordered to leave New York was Rubio's Iranian counterpart, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

🤠 Texas group spends over $100M in two weeks Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to the GOP's midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 9. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images A new Texas PAC spent a staggering $131 million in just 17 days to boost struggling Republican Ken Paxton in his Senate battle, and tens of millions more could be on the way, Axios' Marc Caputo writes from new financial reports. Texas PAC, created last month, is affiliated with the GOP Senate Leadership Fund, the main super PAC for Senate Republicans. Why it matters: This is a race where money may not make the difference. In a "craptastic" environment for GOP candidates nationwide, Paxton's many scandals have left him particularly vulnerable. One analyst said on X: "The election version of the Battle of Verdun, folks." 🗳️ Zoom out: Paxton, the state attorney general, could well become the first Republican to lose a statewide race in Texas in more than three decades. In polls, he's tied or behind Democratic state Rep. James Talarico, a seminarian who has cast Paxton and Republicans as corrupt and beholden to billionaires. As of Monday, Talarico was on track to be outspent nearly 5-to-1 by pro-Paxton groups in the campaign's final two months, The New York Times reports. 💰 Zoom in: Texas PAC filed an FEC report yesterday showing the group had just spent more than $61.4 million in two days on ads and other activities for Paxton and against Talarico. That brought the PAC's total spending on Paxton's behalf to more than $131 million in 17 days — more than $7.7 million a day. Democrats backing Talarico are unlikely to come close to GOP spending, but are stepping up their ad buys.

Kevin, In a previous post, I offered passages from Timothy and Titus. These passages were detailing the qualifications of a bishop/overseer. The passage in Timothy describes qualifications of an overseer and a deacon. In both cases, the man's roll as head of household is listed as a qualification. In both cases, the deacon/overseer is described as one who rules his family well, having his children in subjection. Paul reasons that if a man cannot rule his family, he won't be able to rule a church. I'd like to see the passages in Acts which indicate that Paul appointed female overseers to rule the churches he established. Your appeal to the Greek grammar, in view of the plain declarations in Timothy and Titus, appear desperate. I often referred to my Mom and Dad. There was never any doubt that my Dad ruled our home.

AI tries to shed toxic branding Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Stock: Getty Images The great AI rebranding is on, led by President Trump and tech titans like Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who are embracing an alternative term: "Superintelligence," or SI, Axios' Dave Lawler writes. Why it matters: Leaders in D.C. and Silicon Valley are worried that public backlash against AI and data centers will hamper the development of this staggeringly powerful and existentially dangerous technology. Flanked by the most powerful figures in tech, Trump on Tuesday declared "superintelligence" the preferred terminology of the executive branch. Huang has extended the label to physical infrastructure, referring to data centers as "superintelligence factories." Some of the tech executives who appeared with Trump continued to use "AI" in their remarks. SpaceXAI CEO Elon Musk caught himself and pivoted to "SI." Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has long used the "superintelligence" branding.

"Shark Tank" for military bases Pete Hegseth gives a State of the Force address at Marine Corps Base Quantico. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images In a sweeping hourlong address to hundreds of junior officers and enlisted leaders at Quantico, Va., Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proposed a pitch-off between states to see who should host America's newest military base, Axios' Thomas Novelly writes. "If your state wants the honor of hosting 15- to 25,000 of America's great troops, show us why and how you're going to do it," Hegseth said. The big picture: New military infrastructure is a major economic driver for states and can lead to political tugs-of-war, like the yearslong fight between Colorado and Alabama to claim U.S. Space Command's headquarters. America's newest military installation is Colorado's Schriever Space Force Base, which was opened in 1985. More details. Palmer Luckey, Newt Gingrich and Elon Musk at Sec. Hegseth's Quantico address yesterday. Screenshot: DOD/via X Hegseth also announced "Project Meridian," a Pentagon study of the future of warfare led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich, Axios' Colin Demarest writes. It's Musk's first official role advising the Trump administration since his very public feud last year with President Trump after departing DOGE. Meridian, Hegseth said, will examine "the domains we must conquer, and capabilities we must master." ps:What a complete joke this administration is and has become!!!!!