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A new college course proposal: "Living AI" Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Stock: Getty Images Jim writes: I met with faculty and the AI task force at Furman University in Greenville, S.C., and got a smart, provocative question: What do I wish liberal arts colleges taught students about AI to prep them for working? In other words, what do CEOs want and need based on the known-knowns of AI capabilities today and our evolving expectations? 💭 My dream: Every college student, from Day 1, takes a course every semester called "Living AI." It's constantly updated — how to use the newest models and how to grapple with their ethical, philosophical and practical consequences. It fits into a three-track approach: 1. 🧠 Think without it. In most classrooms, greatly limit or ban AI. Courses built to deepen and widen thinking should force students to read, reason and write on their own. We need thinkers and problem-solvers. In an AI-saturated world, original thinking becomes your differentiator. You can't steer or judge AI's output if you don't know anything about the world yourself. 2. 🤖 Work with it. Every major should graduate students with real expertise in using AI for that specific field. A marketing grad should run AI like a pro for marketing. Same for biology, finance, history, nursing. This means faculty teaching field-specific application, not just the generic tutorial. 3. 💡 Live with it. That's the Living AI course concept for everyone. Hire realists. Find clear-thinking, practical teachers who use and track the models and capabilities, not doomers or cheerleaders. People who marvel at its new capabilities, then clinically assess the real-world impact. Keep it alive. This can't be a static course. The models change constantly, and capabilities grow exponentially. So the "Living" part is vital: Treat it like an ever-evolving topic. Try to match the pace of the class with the pace of tech, which is hard but doable. Teach beyond the tech. These students will face wild philosophical and ethical questions: What is consciousness? Can a machine be a friend? What counts as your own work? Who is responsible when an AI agent screws up? Use each week's AI news to tee up those debates. Treat it as living history. No one gets to sit this one out. This is our electricity moment. It's a generational challenge and opportunity. The course should push students to think about shaping AI to benefit society, not just themselves. 👀 Worth a read: The New York Times dug into research on students' brains on AI (gift link). This, buried midway through the story, should be stamped on every classroom wall: "These studies so far agree: Artificial intelligence is affecting how people, especially the young, learn and remember. Whether we will be dumber as a result might depend on how — not if — we use AI."

Corrupt Bargains View in browser Kimberly Guilfoyle was so close to getting it right. The Trump hanger-on—former fiancée to Don Jr. and the current ambassador to Greece—was exchanging messages with a man named Eric Deters, according to a bombshell Wall Street Journal story last night. Deters, a right-wing podcast host, failed political candidate, and suspended lawyer in Kentucky, wanted help in clearing up some tax issues, and also wanted the Trump administration to extradite a doctor whose alleged fraud victims he was advising in a legal case. Guilfoyle, the messages indicate, wanted money—in one instance, a $100,000 wire—and she wanted it untraceable. Guilfoyle was right to worry about secrecy. She was about to begin confirmation hearings for her ambassadorship, and understood the pay-to-play could hurt her. Yet neither she nor Deters could stop breaking the Stringer Bell rule by recording their skullduggery in writing. “It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express,” Guilfoyle wrote. “Please.” And in another: “Honey please I need you to get this done for me today.” Yet even as she laid these instructions out, she kept haranguing Deters for indiscretion. “I really wish you would stop papering all these things. It’s really dangerous and not helpful to you or me while you could simply just call me on signal,” she wrote, referring to the encrypted messaging app. In one message, she wrote, “If you write an email or a text about, l’m gonna kill you cause I love you but you’re so out of control.” Unfortunately for Guilfoyle, her Signal messages were not as safe a space as she might have wished. (The Journal does not reveal how it viewed the messages. Guilfoyle’s lawyer broadly disputed their authenticity to the paper but offered no details.) Somehow, this is not the only Trump scandal with Balkan ties in the news this week. The New York Times reported that James Blair and Chris LaCivita, who are ostensibly President Trump’s top political advisers, traveled—during an intense midterm campaign in which Republicans appear to be on the verge of serious setbacks—to advise a candidate in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s self-governing Serbian entity. Both of these stories show the way that many people in Trump’s orbit view their positions not as public service but as a profit center. There’s a long and often depressing pattern of former officials capitalizing on government and political work, but Trump’s aides aren’t even willing to wait until they take their leave to start taking. Forget a team of rivals. Trump world is a team of mercenaries, in some cases literally. Jared Kushner, who was a senior adviser in his first presidency and is married to his daughter Ivanka, continues to work as an envoy for Trump while pursuing business deals around the world. As Dexter Filkins wrote in The New Yorker in September, Kushner’s record as a diplomat is underwhelming, yet his financial gains have been enormous. “He represents a new kind of Washington figure, for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth,” Filkins wrote. Kushner and Ivanka Trump even have their own Balkan boondoggle, an attempt to develop an island in Albania that has run into legal and political difficulties. Earlier this year, the Times reported that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick helped negotiate access to Kazakh tungsten reserves for an American mining company, and the federal government provided $1.6 billion in financing. Lutnick’s sons and Trump’s sons are both involved with companies that stand to profit from the deal (though representatives for them have said that they did not play a role in the deal). A Washington Post investigation this summer noted that Trump’s sons have invested heavily in defense-technology companies; the companies have scored “at least $3.2 billion in direct government business since the sons invested and an additional $3.1 billion in future contract options.” (Company representatives told the Post that they secured their business without assistance from Trump’s sons.) Where do any of these people get the idea that this is appropriate or that they can get away with it? From the president himself, naturally. Trump has moved on from small-scale grifts such as charging the Secret Service exorbitant fees to stay in his hotels during his first term to far more ambitious and lucrative schemes such as crypto ventures; even conservative estimates put his gains during this term alone in the billions. Though Trump doesn’t have ethical scruples, he does have a sense of right and wrong: It’s right for him to profiteer, but wrong for others to make too much money from his name. That’s where Blair, LaCivita, and Guilfoyle may run into trouble. Politico reports that Republicans’ “knives are now fully out” for the two consultants. Trump himself weighed in on Truth Social, saying he was unaware of their clients but adding that he “will, on reflection, ask them and, if there’s a conflict, I will terminate them, immediately!” Firing them just before the midterms seems risky, as it might just create more chaos for Republicans, but they could make for good scapegoats after the fact. Trump has not spoken publicly about the Guilfoyle story, although Vice President Vance said he didn’t “love that.” In a further embarrassment, the article emerged while Secretary of State Marco Rubio was visiting Athens. Perhaps inevitably, Guilfoyle’s relationship with Deters ended acrimoniously. “I have paid you $300,000 over the years,” he wrote her in 2025, adding, in an amusingly self-negating flourish, “As of this memo, I have not received one favor. I am not naive or a sucker.” She was not happy, either. “What a nightmare you’ll literally cost me my ambassadorship stop writing,” she told him at one point, per the Journal. Her warning may have been too late. Related: MAGA is making the world safe for corruption. The watchdogs are barking themselves hoarse. ps:It's astounding the amount of corruption from this administration!! And not one word from those that complained about the Biden, Obama, Bush2, Clinton, Bush1, Reagan, Nixon, etc.! Actually all combined they don't equal what we've seen from this administration!!!!! Absolutely Pathetic!!

Man with a gun and knife is fatally shot by security at Nashville federal courthouse, police say A man armed with a pistol and knife was fatally shot by a security officer Thursday just inside the busy entrance of a federal courthouse in Tennessee’s largest city, authorities said. Read More. Immigration agents shoot a man during arrest in New York City October 08, 2026 Federal immigration agents shot and wounded a Dominican man while arresting him in New York City on Thursday, in what the Department of Homeland Security called a “targeted enforcement operation.” The agency did not describe exactly what led to the shooting. Read more

Rogers and El-Sayed are set for their first debate in Michigan's Senate race after online sparring Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, competing for an open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan, are set for their first campaign debate Thursday after weeks of sparring both online and in advertisements that are flooding the state in one of the nation’s most closely watched races. Read More.

Average long-term US mortgage rate at highest level in nearly 3 years after 7th weekly rise in a row Mortgage rates marched higher for the seventh week in a row, driving the average long-term U.S. home loan rate to its highest level in nearly three years.The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage climbed to 7.40% from 7.28% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the average rate was 6.30%. Read More.

Lufthansa, Indian airlines suspend Riyadh service after explosions hit Saudi capital Airlines including Lufthansa and Air India have temporarily suspended operations to Saudi Arabia's capital after explosions, including a large blast heard at the international airport in Riyadh, were reported Thursday. Read More.

Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed WASHINGTON (AP) — The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday, a stunning revelation about plans for the first military execution in more than 65 years after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had described it as being “public.” https://apnews.com/article/fort-hood-shooter-execution-pentagon-818853afc1be5c70fe41c5b781a8d559?

📺 1 for the road: What to watch this weekend Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios. Stock: Getty Images Whether you crave horror, thriller, comedy or sci-fi, there's a new streaming pick for you this weekend, Axios' Carly Mallenbaum writes. 😱 Carrie (Prime Video) Mike Flanagan's adaptation of Stephen King's novel follows Carrie White (Summer H. Howell), a sheltered teen who faces a viral bullying scandal at her new school and discovers telekinetic powers. 👽 Disclosure Day (Peacock) A Kansas City meteorologist (Emily Blunt) and a cybersecurity whistleblower (Josh O'Connor) race to reveal evidence of extraterrestrial life and a decades-long cover-up. 🪄 Small Prophets (Apple TV) Seven years after his partner Clea disappears, Michael Sleep (Pearce Quigley) follows an alchemy recipe his father gave him to create magical spirits that can predict the future. More recs.

Americans' food faith plummets Data: Gallup. Chart: Avery Lotz/Axios Americans' confidence in food safety has plummeted to new lows amid several high-profile recalls, Axios' Avery Lotz reports from a new Gallup poll. By the numbers: Less than half of U.S. adults say they have a great deal (11%) or a fair amount (36%) of confidence in the federal government to ensure food safety, according to the poll, which was conducted last month. A majority has not much or no confidence in the government's ability to police their food — a first in Gallup's poll, which has been conducted intermittently for over two decades. 🛒 Americans' confidence in food sold at grocery stores has also dropped, falling to a record low of 65% saying they are somewhat or very confident. That's down from 81% in 2019. 🖼️ The big picture: This summer saw a flurry of overlapping recalls and FDA investigations, while health experts warned that Trump administration cuts had weakened public health and food safety infrastructure. Gallup's poll was conducted around the time the federal government declared the end to an outbreak of cyclospora, a parasite that caused stomach illnesses, two deaths and more than 500 hospitalizations across 21 states. Go deeper ... Explore the data.

He Confessed to an Afghanistan War Murder. The U.S. Military Promptly Closed the Case. In the spring of 2023, on a partly sunny day where the temperature flirted with 70 degrees, an Army veteran of the Afghanistan War walked into the unique Prairie-style police headquarters in Banning, California. In a private room in the detective bureau, the former specialist, who served with the storied 82nd Airborne Division, sat down with a special agent from the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division — better known as CID — to make a confession. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/07/afghanistan-war-crime-confession-accountability/? Feds Charged Activists Just Before Major Anti-ICE Protest in a Tiny Vermont Town Williston, a small Vermont town of 10,000 people, is best known as a bucolic suburb of Burlington laden with historic buildings and farmland. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/07/ice-protest-vermont-surveillance-charges/? Armed Border Agents Arrest Protesters, Bulldoze 200-Year-Old Tree to Build Border Wall For more than 70 days, dozens of activists and an ancient cottonwood tree on the Arizona–Mexico border have successfully disrupted the construction of President Donald Trump’s ruinous $50 billion border wall. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/08/border-wall-tree-sit-protest-bulldozed/? Antisemitism Law Helped Get a Professor Fired for Free Speech, Lawsuit Says An Iranian exile group colluded with university officials and a state lawmaker in Arkansas in a relentless, ultimately successful campaign to get an Iranian American professor fired, according to a new lawsuit. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/06/professor-fired-free-speech-iran-antisemitism-law/? The U.S. Military Struggles to Protect Its Bases Amid Failing Iran War The U.S. military is struggling to protect its overseas bases amid a conflict with Iran that has spun out of self-styled War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s control. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/06/iran-war-uk-fairford-overseas-bases/? The Key Witness Against Richard Glossip Just Returned to Court. It Didn’t Go Well. When the elevator doors opened, the reporters waiting in the hallway immediately crowded around the gaunt, orange-clad man who emerged, escorted by his public defender and a sheriff’s deputy. The three men made their way toward the seventh-floor courtroom of Oklahoma County District Court Judge Natalie Mai, as reporters shouted questions. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/06/justin-sneed-richard-glossip-trial/?

New US indictment charges Maduro with overseeing machine of repression, torture of Americans NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors unveiled sweeping new criminal charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday, accusing him and his wife of heading a state-sponsored system of repression responsible for beating, asphyxiating, and delivering electric shocks to scores of victims, including several Americans. https://apnews.com/article/maduro-venezuela-criminal-case-da82df35aab0f02e344d1c3de0ed31d7? The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program, alleging fraud WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration announced Thursday it was suspending Microsoft and several other firms from a program allowing foreign workers to apply for green cards, as it also lashed out at universities that bring international students to the U.S. on exchange programs. https://apnews.com/article/h1b-visa-program-vance-microsoft-e7b3a407f822702b269ee277d21343ea? ps:Just Pathetic!!!!! 🇮🇷 President Trump said today that the U.S. will not attack Iran ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. More from Barak Ravid. 🧑‍💻 The Trump administration is blocking Microsoft, Adobe and several other tech companies from hiring foreign-born workers for permanent U.S. jobs. Vice President JD Vance said today: "Our message to Microsoft is, you're a great American company, but you've got to hire great American workers." Go deeper. Trump honors Microsoft’s CEO after Vance drops an H-1B visa hammer on the company President Donald Trump celebrated tech billionaires for their contributions to America on Thursday only hours after a company run by one of them, Microsoft, was accused by his vice president of abusing the visa system to bring in more foreign workers. Read More.

👋 Good morning! It's a great day to have a great day. In today's edition: Three MLB teams advance, Rahm leaves LIV, Golden State and Atlanta go up 2-0, NFL power rankings, Jock Stocks, Saban doc premieres, and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy. Let's sports...   🚨 ICYMI HEADLINES ⛳️ Rahm leaves LIV: Jon Rahm, one of the biggest names remaining in LIV Golf, is exiting the league as it prepares to transition into its next phase. The Spaniard reportedly "reviewed the proposed terms of LIV 2.0 ... and has determined that those terms are unacceptable to him." 🏈 Eagles trade Jurgens: The Eagles traded two-time Pro Bowl center Cam Jurgens to the Ravens for two draft picks, meaning they've now lost three starting offensive linemen since opening day after Landon Dickerson got injured and Lane Johnson retired. Despite what appears like a puzzling move, GM Howie Roseman says they're still "trying to win this year." 🏀 Happy trails, Dana: Longtime Oregon head coach Dana Altman is retiring less than a month before the season begins. Altman, 68, led the Ducks to nine NCAA Tournament appearances in 16 seasons, and will be replaced on an interim basis by assistant Tony Stubblefield. 🎾 Coco withdraws: Following her fourth-round defeat at the China Open, Coco Gauff announced she's withdrawing from next week's 1000-level Wuhan Open, which she won last year. Her decision comes amid a "draining" week in which she received an "insane" amount of racist comments after defeating a Chinese teen in the third round. ⚾️ Trump to honor Clemens: President Trump announced at a rally in San Antonio on Wednesday that he's giving Roger Clemens the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and that he called commissioner Rob Manfred earlier this year to push for the seven-time Cy Young winner (and alleged steroid user) to get into the Hall of Fame.   ⚾️ DIVISION SERIES DODGERS, RAYS, BREWERS CLINCH (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) Four teams had a chance to clinch a spot in the League Championship Series on Wednesday; only three got the job done. Sorry, Southsiders. Dodgers 4, Braves 1 — The quest for a three-peat marches on, as Los Angeles quieted the crowd in Atlanta to reach its eighth NLCS in the past 11 seasons. Andy Pages got the big hit, a two-run go-ahead single in the seventh, and Dave Roberts moved into second all-time with 72 playoff wins as a manager (Joe Torre, 84). Can't win if you don't hit: The Braves' offense was anemic all series, batting just .145 including an unsightly 1-for-23 with runners in scoring position (.043). "[The fans] are well within their rights to boo," said Ronald Acuña Jr., who struggled as much as anyone. "I didn't do anything." (Sarah Stier/Getty Images) Rays 4, Yankees 3 — Tampa Bay brought out the brooms in the Bronx, hanging on for a narrow victory to clinch its first trip to the ALCS since 2020. The Yankees, meanwhile, extend their World Series drought to 17 years, tied for the longest in franchise history since winning their inaugural championship in 1923. Jeffrey Maier 2.0: The most consequential play of the night came in the sixth inning, when Yankees 2B Anthony Volpe hit a game-tying two-run homer that was downgraded to an RBI double due to fan interference. It was reminiscent of the infamous Jeffrey Maier catch in the 1996 ALCS — 30 years ago tomorrow — albeit with the opposite outcome. Everybody be cool, this is a robbery! (Gregory Bull/AP Photo) Brewers 3, Padres 1 — Manny Machado and the 47,712 fans at Petco Park thought San Diego had this game tied up in the eighth inning, but Brewers centerfielder Garrett Mitchell had other plans, robbing the would-be game-tying homer to help Milwaukee advance to its second straight NLCS. Up next? A rematch with the Dodgers. Going out with a whimper: The Padres went 0-for-21 at the plate to end the season, marking the longest hitless drought by an NL team to end a postseason all-time. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images) Guardians 9, White Sox 3 — The Southsiders entered the day hoping to celebrate their first playoff-series-clinching win at home in 120 years; instead, Cleveland's offense finally came alive for a season-saving victory. 10 of 11 Guardians who came to the plate reached base safely, combining for 11 hits and 10 walks while striking out just six times. Speaking of strikeouts: Cleveland’s pitching staff made history by striking out 19 batters, the most ever by a team in a 9-inning postseason game.   🏀 WNBA SEMIFINALS VALKYRIES, DREAM TAKE CONTROL Tiffany Hayes' 21-point effort off the bench sparked the Valkyries win. (Jed Jacobsohn/NBAE via Getty Images) On Oct. 5, 2023, the WNBA awarded the Bay Area an expansion team. Three years later, the Golden State Valkyries have already become: The most valuable franchise in women's sports ($1 billion per CNBC, $850 million per Sportico). The first WNBA team to eclipse 18,000 fans per game for a whole season. The first women's sports team to eclipse $100 million in annual revenue. The first WNBA expansion team to reach the playoffs in its inaugural season. And now this: They followed up that final achievement in year two by posting the WNBA's second-best record, and are now one game from the Finals after beating the defending champion Aces, 83-81, on Wednesday to take a 2-0 series lead. (Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) Meanwhile, in Atlanta: Angel Reese and the Dream held on for a 101-98 overtime win over the Liberty to take their own 2-0 series lead — a deficit no WNBA team has ever come back from in a best-of-five series.   🏈 WEEK 5 NFL POWER RANKINGS (Joseph Raines/Yahoo Sports) The undefeated 49ers have surged to the top of our latest power rankings, setting the stage for a season-long battle for supremacy in what once again looks like the NFL's best division. Division breakdown: The mighty NFC West, which made history last season when three teams won 12+ games, currently has by far the best average ranking of any division, with those same three teams landing in our top eight. The woeful NFC South brings up the rear, without a single team in the top 15. NFC West (9.5): 49ers (1), Seahawks (2), Rams (8), Cardinals (27) AFC West (14): Chiefs (3), Raiders (10), Broncos (14), Chargers (29) NFC North (14.5): Bears (6), Vikings (9), Lions (19), Packers (24) AFC North (14.75): Ravens (7), Bengals (11), Browns (20), Steelers (21) NFC East (17.25): Cowboys (12), Eagles (15), Giants (17), Commanders (25) AFC East (19.5): Bills (5), Patriots (13), Jets (28), Dolphins (32) AFC South (20.75): Jaguars (4), Colts (22), Texans (26), Titans (31) NFC South (21.75): Falcons (16), Panthers (18), Saints (23), Buccaneers (30) Notice anything? A regional hierarchy appears to have emerged this season: The two West divisions lead the way, followed by the North, East and South divisions. Kind of strange, isn't it?   📉 JOCK STOCKS BLOOD IN THE STREETS IN Q3 The S&P 500 gained 2.3% in Q3 despite turbulence throughout. While sports franchises were resilient, the market offered little hospitality to many companies operating in sports and sports-adjacent industries. 🎰 Sports gambling: The giants in sports betting struggled again, with FanDuel owner Flutter dropping 27% and DraftKings down 25%. Other businesses in and around the space also stumbled as the industry remains plagued by prediction market competition, organic growth concerns, and legislative changes. 👟 Apparel and footwear: The biggest sign that conditions were challenging? Nike (-13%) was one of the best performers in Q3. Under Armour (-30%), Hoka owner Deckers (-21%), Adidas (-20%), and On (-16%) all struggled amid soft demand and heavy discounting. ⛳️ Golf: Wavering consumer appetites extended to the golf course, as softer forward-looking guidance from both Titleist owner Acushnet (-30%) and Callaway (-25%) weighed on share prices after strong first-half performance. Higher material and import costs have also contributed to struggles. 🎟️ Ticket marketplaces: StubHub (-57%) and Vivid Seats (-41%) struggled as much as anyone in Q3, as a World Cup hangover and regulatory headwinds (i.e., all-in fee transparency) stifled growth trajectories. Structural developments are also threatening the business, as primary market sellers become more aggressive with dynamic pricing. Bottom line: You can hardly go a day without positive news for sports franchise valuations. The story in other pockets of the sports ecosystem is not nearly as positive. This story was written by Dylan Dittrich, author of our new sports business newsletter.   📺 VIEWING GUIDE WATCHLIST: THURSDAY, OCT. 8 Chicago's Rate Field before Game 3 on Wednesday. (Jessie Alcheh/MLB Photos via Getty Images) ⚾️ ALDS, Game 4 The White Sox (up 2-1) will try to finish the job tonight at home (8pm ET, TBS), while the Guardians hope to send the series back to Cleveland for a decisive Game 5. Jekyll and Hyde: Cleveland's offense in Games 1 and 2 scored just three runs on seven hits before erupting for nine runs and 11 hits in Wednesday's victory. Which team will show up tonight? 🏈 Buccaneers at Cowboys Week 5 kicks off at Jerry World (8:15pm, Prime), where the 2-2 Cowboys host the winless Buccaneers, who are off to their first 0-4 start since 2013. Don't bet on it: Tampa Bay (currently +8.5) has failed to cover the spread in an NFL-record 13 consecutive games. Got plans tonight? Gametime is the best place to score last-minute tickets to the events in your city.   🏈 LET'S PLAY TRIVIA TIME (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) "Saban," a six-part docuseries chronicling the life and career of legendary college football coach Nick Saban, premieres tonight on ESPN (6pm ET). Question: While Saban is best known for coaching Alabama, he was also the head coach at three other colleges and one NFL team. Can you name those four teams? Answer at the bottom.   🏎️ START YOUR ENGINES YAHOO SPORTS x APPLE TV (Apple) This weekend's Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2026 continues our season-long partnership with Apple TV for F1 coverage. Tune in: Tomorrow's practice and sprint qualifying (4:30am ET; 8:30am), plus Saturday's qualifying (9am), will air for free on Yahoo Sports. Saturday's sprint (5am) and Sunday's race (8am) will stream on Apple TV, the new U.S. home of Formula 1.   Trivia Time answer: Toledo (1990), Michigan State (1995-99), LSU (2000-04), Miami Dolphins (2005-06)

Documents show DHS probed nonprofits, obtained millions of records in hunt for noncitizen voters The Department of Homeland Security obtained tens of millions of unspecified records as part of a sweeping nationwide effort to find voter fraud, according to internal DHS reports, and weighed using undercover agents to investigate voter registration efforts by nonprofit groups. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/07/repub/documents-show-dhs-probed-nonprofits-obtained-millions-of-records-in-hunt-for-noncitizen-voters/?

Ingoglia seeks ‘transparency’ on property insurance payments to affiliates TAMPA — Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia is calling for more transparency when it comes to payments made between property insurers and their affiliated companies. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/07/ingoglia-seeks-transparency-on-property-insurance-payments-to-affiliates/? Florida government gearing up for Hurricane Isaias This story has been updated to reflect that Tropical Storm Isaias has been updated to a hurricane and its trajectory. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/07/florida-government-gearing-up-for-tropical-storm-isaias/? As state consider changes, new online tool eyes impacts of declining vaccination rates What would result if Florida reduces the number of vaccines Florida children are required to receive to attend school and daycare? https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/07/as-state-considers-vaccine-changes-new-online-tool-examines-sickness-death-cost-impacts/? Florida county wants motocross course on land bought for conservation One of the great things about hiking around Florida’s precious conservation lands is how quiet they can be. You can get away from all the noise and — I SAID, YOU CAN GET AWAY! FROM ALL THE NOISE! https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/08/florida-county-wants-motocross-course-on-land-bought-for-conservation/?

FBI says it stopped a Mall of America terror attack by a teen after agents sold him an assault rifle MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — FBI agents thwarted a terror attack by a teenager on the Mall of America after monitoring him for nearly two years and ultimately supplying him with the AK-47 he planned to use, authorities said Wednesday. https://apnews.com/article/fbi-terror-arrest-mall-america-somali-teen-366922e521871e5da57c0e86cd7e2b16?

Residents board up windows and National Guard troops deploy as Hurricane Isaias nears US Gulf Coast MIAMI (AP) — Residents boarded up windows and stacked sandbags Thursday while thousands of National Guard soldiers were deploying in anticipation of Hurricane Isaias, which packed swift winds and threatened to bring a storm surge with devastating floods to the U.S. Gulf Coast. https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-isaias-gulf-atlantic-alabama-florida-mississippi-8244ca45b8d4c292350f00adfabb0967? 🌊 Forecasters expect Hurricane Isaias to strengthen before making landfall late Friday or early Saturday along the Gulf Coast. Hurricane and storm surge warnings are in effect across the area, and damaging winds could trigger power outages. Latest forecast. Atlantic hurricanes starting with 'I' typically bring death and destruction. Isaias is up next Be wary of hurricanes that start with the letter “I.” Read More.

Canadian author Anne Carson wins literature Nobel for ‘bold and inventive’ works that blend genres STOCKHOLM (AP) — Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for “bold and inventive” works that fuse the classical and the modern and blur the boundaries of poetry and prose. https://apnews.com/article/nobel-prize-literature-sweden-swedish-academy-05a268ffc76827d273f9d986c5a5a65e?

Gruesome injuries throw spotlight on France’s policing of high school protests Adolescents have suffered life-changing injuries blamed on police weaponry during nationwide protests by high school students demanding more funding for run-down schools. A police tear gas grenade shattered a 14-year-old’s jaw, and a 15-year-old lost a hand in an incident involving a police stun grenade. Read more. What to know: According to the Interior Ministry, police have made more than 6,600 arrests — mostly of people under 18 — since protests began snowballing last week, including 488 people detained during nationwide demonstrations Tuesday. The movement started in a Paris-region high school in mid-September. Amid a growing outcry, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez announced Wednesday that the model of stun grenade suspected of mutilating the 15-year-old will no longer be used against high schoolers. Still, he has also defended police actions as proportionate in “almost all cases.” He says police have been obliged to intervene when protests led to rioting, vandalism and other violence, and have done so mindful that they’re largely dealing with children.

RFK Jr.’s embrace of AI confounds some MAHA allies and medical experts Last week at a MAHA summit featuring AI and Silicon Valley executives, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared that artificial intelligence would free Americans from “medical tyranny” by allowing them to “fact check their own medical advice.” Read more. What to know: Kennedy wants to give Americans more control of their own health data by using AI “to help them understand it, interrogate it, compare it with the evidence, and make better decisions with their doctors,” Health and Human Services spokesperson Emily Hilliard said. But some prominent MAHA voices criticized Kennedy’s embrace of AI, saying the movement’s leaders are increasingly cozying up to the corporate interests they once scrutinized. At the same time, medical experts say Kennedy’s vision of AI as a check against the medical establishment is fundamentally flawed. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Most Americans think artificial intelligence is developing too fast, a new AP-NORC poll finds Trump’s $90 Medicare rebate rolls out, but millions aren’t eligible. Critics see a political stunt FCC considers allowing more political robocalls, including those created with AI Trump proposes Camp David-style presidential retreat at his private Florida golf club Trump administration proposes a $70,000 fee for international students to work in the US Two lawsuits challenge Trump’s taxpayer-funded ads, alleging they violate propaganda law

Trying to execute Christa Pike again would push into uncharted legal territory, experts say Christa Pike’s prognosis remains uncertain after executioners last week tried to give her two lethal doses of pentobarbital, her legal team said Wednesday. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer. Read more. What to know: Although other states have moved forward with attempting to execute inmates a second time, in those cases, the first try had been halted before any drug actually began flowing. Outgoing Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s office did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment on whether the state would try again to execute her. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Texas carries out nation’s first execution since Christa Pike’s failed lethal injection Christa Pike survived 2 doses of an execution drug. How is that possible?

For 5,000 sailors, home is finally in sight The USS Abraham Lincoln. (U.S. Naval Base Guam) After a record-setting deployment, the USS Abraham Lincoln is almost home. The aircraft carrier — and its roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines aboard — is expected to return to San Diego today after nearly 11 months at sea, including more than eight months without a single port call. Since departing California in November 2025, the ship has supported combat and blockade operations in the Middle East during the war with Iran. The long-awaited homecoming follows months of concern about the crew’s morale and mental health. + Video: USS Abraham Lincoln set to port in US + Plus: Hear from a sailor ahead of the homecoming

Trump campaigns in reliably red Texas President Donald Trump is pulling out all the stops to make sure Republicans keep control of the Senate in the midterm elections. But when he’s campaigning in Texas, you know the stakes are high. On Wednesday, he visited the Lone Star State to rally support for Ken Paxton, who’s locked in a tight race against Democrat James Talarico. No Democrat has won a statewide race in Texas since 1994, but the GOP isn’t leaving anything to chance this November, not even in its longtime Republican strongholds. + On the trail: Trump campaigns for Republican in Texas senate race + Meanwhile: New CNN polls give Democrats hope in a pair of red states

ICE agents told to ramp up daily arrests ICE agents nationwide have been directed to ramp up immigration arrests to 3,000 people a day, up from a recent average of 2,000 daily arrests, according to sources familiar with the directive. The increased quota marks another escalation in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, even as some Republicans raise concerns about who is being targeted. + Exclusive: ICE agents told to ramp up daily immigration arrests despite GOP unease as midterms near + Meanwhile: ICE agents could soon be equipped with these electric shock gloves

Gulf Coast braces for Hurricane Isaias Satellite imagery shows Isaias swirling in the Gulf on Wednesday evening. (CIRA/CSU/NOAA) Isaias has rapidly intensified into the Atlantic season’s first hurricane, putting the Gulf Coast on alert for dangerous storm surge, damaging winds and flooding rain ahead of an expected landfall by the weekend. Florida and Alabama have declared states of emergency across dozens of counties, with mandatory evacuations ordered in parts of the Florida Panhandle. Forecasts show Isaias could strengthen into a Category 2 over the Gulf later today, then peak overnight at near Category 3, or major hurricane, intensity. There’s also an economic threat looming. Isaias is heading toward a region home to some of the nation’s most important oil refineries, just as global fuel supplies are stretched thin and prices are soaring. Any disruption to production could drive gas prices even higher for American drivers. + Live updates: See where the storm is headed + Video: Shelves empty as shoppers prepare for Hurricane Isaias + Read more: A major hurricane could cripple US refining when the world can least afford it

October 8, 2026 By Sam Sifton Good morning. Isaias is now the first Atlantic hurricane of the season. It’s headed for the Gulf Coast. There’s more news below, including a story about which college degrees are the most lucrative. (English isn’t one of them.) First, though, let’s talk about the war with Iran. Getty Images/Getty Images In retreat The war against Iran was meant to be a projection of American power, another example of the U.S. military’s reach. American forces had already destroyed three Iranian nuclear sites last year and snatched President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela out of his compound in Caracas. President Trump called the conflict a brief “excursion” into the Middle East to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. A little more than a week into it, he said the war’s objectives were “pretty well complete.” Seven months or so later, there are not many people saying that. As my colleagues David Sanger and Eric Schmitt report, the war has repeatedly constrained U.S. power rather than enhanced it. Take this past weekend’s hasty withdrawal of a dozen B-1 bombers from an air base in Britain. Not a big deal, the administration said at first: If you hear of a threat, it’s good to be cautious. We move these planes around all the time. Not difficult! (Except, as Eric reported, it’s pretty difficult.) On Monday, British and American officials described that threat: specific and credible information that operatives backed by Iran were planning to launch drone strikes against the planes and U.S. troops from right outside the air base’s fence. To anyone watching the war closely — and that’s David and Eric — the operation that brought the planes back to their bases in the United States “was another glaring example of how, time after time, Mr. Trump and his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, have been forced into retreat, pulling back military forces that had been deployed to the Middle East and Britain as a deterrent.” That matters, they say, because such retreats tell the Iranians that they can make a superpower turn tail. A battlefield transformed Smoke rises in Qatar following an Iranian strike in February. Mahmud Hams/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Iran’s drones have already altered how the Pentagon thinks about its vulnerabilities. It’s not enough to keep forces out of missile range now. Drones and cyberweapons can be deployed almost anywhere, reshaping the concept of the battlefield. Yes, the United States obliterated Tehran’s navy at the start of the war. Its air force, too. And a U.S. naval blockade has battered Iran’s economy. But, as David and Eric write: That has not stopped the Iranians from forcing American aircraft and personnel to flee their once-secure bases — farther and farther from Iran. American personnel were evacuated from bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, all of which were within Iranian missile and drone range. Some of those bases were so badly damaged that inside the Pentagon there is little interest in rebuilding them; they will be moved farther away, if Congress grants the funding. All of which makes it hard for the United States to look like the foremost power in the world. American forces can still send bombers to their targets abroad, but they will now need to fly from home soil, which takes time and a lot of fuel. (Also, they’re running low on missiles.) Carrier groups can still patrol the region, but the sailors can’t secure supplies from a base in Bahrain, because Iran destroyed it. The naval supply chain now runs to Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian Ocean more than 2,000 miles away. To get there requires weeks of sea time and, once more, a lot of fuel. The costs mount. An independent press The administration sees things very differently, of course. Out on the campaign trail for the midterm elections, Trump has said Iran is on the brink of collapse. Last week, he said the war would fold up “right after the election.” David and Eric were particularly bracing about the distance between their reporting and Trump’s position. They write of the president: “Any description of Iranian progress, he insists, is ‘fake news,’ promulgated by news organizations that are writing about munitions shortages and other setbacks because they are disloyal to the country.” Fact check: False. IN ONE CHART Source: The HEA Group. The New York Times Which college majors pay off, and which ones don’t? Explore your school and your concentration here. THE LATEST NEWS Zohran Mamdani. Hilary Swift for The New York Times Politics Pro-Palestinian demonstrators disrupted a vigil in Manhattan for victims of the Oct. 7 attacks and criticized Zohran Mamdani, the New York mayor. A Democratic congressional candidate in Arizona said she was abducted and raped this summer while repairing a damaged campaign sign. Ask The Morning: The midterms are about a month away. Do you have questions about voter ID measures? Political ads? Polls? Send them here and we’ll have reporters answer. Israel Israel and Britain reached a last-minute deal to avoid the closure of the British Consulate in East Jerusalem. Times exclusive: A top aide at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has repeatedly suppressed and altered reports critical of Israel. Russia Source: Institute for the Study of War and AEI’s Critical Threats Project (as of Oct. 4). Josh Holder/The New York Times A monthslong Ukrainian counteroffensive has pushed back Russian forces in the Donbas region. Russia said that a researcher at an anti-plague institute who died from a mysterious pneumonia had been vaccinated and that no “emergency situations” had occurred. Three African military governments started a television channel with support from Russia after cracking down on independent media. Reputations Ariana Drehsler for The New York Times Women in Hollywood have accused public relations firms of carrying out online smear campaigns intended to destroy their reputations during legal proceedings. When old photos of Chris Gallant, a Democratic congressional candidate on Long Island, surfaced showing him posing in bondage for a fetish brand, he made the most of the reveal. “All my friends know I’m kinky,” he told The Times. Other Big Stories Six days after her botched execution, Christa Pike awoke in a Nashville hospital, shackled to a bed. She was angry and confused, her lawyer said. One of the men accused in the alleged sexual assault at Cornell was part of a university program to promote safer partying. Scientists in Vienna and Beijing independently built the first nuclear clocks. They keep time by counting the squishing and unsquishing of radioactive atoms. HEALTH CHECK Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Shelby Tauber for The New York Times Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a skeptic in the hunt for an H.I.V. vaccine. So when the Trump administration delayed funds for research networks that study H.I.V., tuberculosis and emerging diseases, scientists feared the worst. Some of them were told not to start any long-term studies. They told The Times what might happen to patients in clinical (and future) trials. On Monday, Kennedy made his first visit as health secretary to the National Institutes of Health. The trip was not announced, and employees had been encouraged to work from home. While he was there, Kennedy discussed an initiative to address vaccine injuries, which will include a new research clinic at N.I.H. FREE TO READ William DeShazer for The New York Times Reel it in: Need help paying for college? Try bass fishing. Mayhem on the tarmac: An airline passenger in California stole an airport tug, crashed it, then tried to escape in a waste truck. What? Your pick: The most clicked link in The Morning yesterday was about a California couple accused of abusing 15 of their children. Space pioneer: Margaret Hamilton led a 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo program. She died at 90. OPINIONS Bina Thorsen We don’t know what exactly killed a woman who worked at an anti-plague research lab, and we may never learn. That’s why we need to be prepared for any future surprise pathogen, an immunologist argues. The debate about the alleged Cornell assault has confused “legal” and “decent” behavior. It shows how we need to think beyond consent as the “ultimate arbiter of acceptability” in sex, Christine Emba writes. 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. TODAY’S NUMBER 194 — That is the approximate age of Jonathan the giant tortoise. Scientists recently sequenced his genome, hoping it can offer clues about longevity. Take a look at the old fellow. He’s spry! SPORTS M.L.B.: The Yankees’ season is over after the Tampa Bay Rays swept their American League division series. In the National League, the Atlanta Braves are also out following a 4-1 loss at home to the Dodgers. W.N.B.A.: The Golden State Valkyries are one win away from their first trip to the championships with an 83-81 victory over the Las Vegas Aces. Golf: Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia are both leaving LIV, effective immediately. Rahm’s departure is a serious blow for the bankrupt league. RECIPE OF THE DAY Linda Xiao for The New York Times Sometimes all you want for dinner is some cheese from the fridge alongside crackers from the shelf next to the fridge. There is no reason that meal can’t be incredibly elegant. Follow Gabrielle Hamilton’s recipe for fried saltines with Cheddar and onion and serve with a ramekin of spicy mustard. Yes, fried saltines. The bath in hot oil leaves the crackers nutty, extra crisp, warm and rich. You’ll see. THE FASHIONS Lou Benoist/AFP — Getty Images; Masato Onoda Vanessa Friedman, our fashion critic, sums up the new season with an examination of two very different shows in Paris this week: Telfar, the independent New York brand, and Louis Vuitton: On the one hand, a self-made upstart from outside the fashion system, playing to a committed shopping fan base that hasn’t felt recognized by established institutions. On the other, an increasingly majestic mega-brand, flooding the zone with content (if not necessarily clothes) for a voracious world. Sound familiar? Well, fashion’s job is to reflect the world around it. Read her review. And watch her discuss the prevalence of the bra top, below. Shades of “Seinfeld”! The New York Times More on culture Precious few of us are going to be able to see Jonathan Groff in the new all-male staging of Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. But what a joy to read Helen Shaw’s review of the play for The Times. She calls the production “gorgeous and liberatory” and provides sentences to match. Read on! Late night hosts panned Trump’s plans for a new presidential retreat. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS Stavros Halkias Ryan Lowry for The New York Times Watch “Uncle Stav,” the comedian Stavros Halkias’s new special on Netflix. But first, check out his interview with our “Popcast” team. Identify these iconic figures The Times has covered in its 175-year history. Take our quiz. Assemble a jigsaw puzzle and reap the benefits of quiet, contemplative concentration. The forensic dissectologists at Wirecutter made a list of the ones they love most. 🧩 GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was floorboard. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections, Crossplay and Strands. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times and me. If you haven’t already, would you consider becoming a subscriber today? Subscriptions make this whole fandango possible. See you tomorrow. — Sam Correction: A photo caption in yesterday’s newsletter misstated the location of a protest in Paris. It took place at the Place de la Nation, not the Place de la République. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Host: Sam Sifton Editor: Adam B. 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