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Fly Me to the Moons Japan will launch a landmark trip today to collect samples from Mars’ moon Phobos. Launch time for the Martian Moons eXploration mission is scheduled for 3:41 pm ET. Watch the livestream here. The five-year MMX mission aims to reach Mars in August 2027. It will orbit the planet for three years to observe and photograph Phobos and its sister moon Deimos before collecting samples and returning to Earth. Scientists' aim is to learn how the two small, potato-shaped moons formed; one theory holds they are asteroids, while another suggests they are debris from an ancient collision with Mars. Research could settle what the moons are made of and may even clarify how Mars lost its thick atmosphere and lakes of water. There have been multiple Soviet and Russian attempts to reach Phobos from the late 1980s to 2011. Japan’s mission involves collaboration with NASA and the European Space Agency, among others.

October 19, 2026 The Fatherhood of God “For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.” (Acts 17:28) “The fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man” was a religious cliché promoted for many years, especially by religious liberals in the period between the two world wars. However, continuing hostilities between and inside most nations now make the idea of universal brotherhood in this present world almost farcical. The fact is, however, that God truly is the Father of all men in the sense that He created them all. “Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us?” (Malachi 2:10). That was the rhetorical question posed to Israel in the last book of the Old Testament. In the New Testament the apostle Paul confirmed the same great truth to the pagan Gentiles. “[God] hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth,” and “we are the offspring of God” (Acts 17:26, 29). The sad fact is, however, that most men and women have actually become “children of the wicked one” because of sin (Matthew 13:38). We can only become spiritual children of the heavenly Father by being born again through faith in Christ. But we then truly “become the sons of God,” as assured to all those who “believe on his name” (John 1:12). Now we believers can all rejoice in the wonderful truth that we have the same heavenly Father. We have been “renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: where there is neither Greek nor Jew . . . but Christ is all, and in all” (Colossians 3:10-11). May God help those of us who are (or will someday become) fathers on Earth to truly be children of our Father in heaven and thereby be genuine models of the heavenly Father to our human children here on Earth. HMM

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Hegseth Ripped for ‘Pointless’ Military Stunt That Killed Airman The airman died after a rappelling demonstration. An airman has died after falling during a pregame rappelling demonstration at a college football game in Texas, prompting criticism of “military showboating.” During a demonstration at the University of Texas at San Antonio’s annual Salute to Armed Forces & Veterans game on Saturday, an unidentified service member lost control of his rope and fell to the ground. He was transported to a nearby hospital, where he died. The football game continued just 10 minutes after the airman was transported to the hospital. The rappelling team consisted of members of the 6th Combat Training Squadron, Detachment 2, Task & Purpose reported. “We are deeply saddened by the incident that occurred at the start of tonight’s football game. Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the soldier who was affected, his family and his military colleagues,” a UT San Antonio spokesperson wrote in an Instagram post Saturday evening.The fatal incident comes as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has emphasized a renewed “warrior ethos” within the U.S. military, something critics quickly highlighted. “Thanks @PeteHegseth @SecWar for yet another pointless and tragic recruiting spectacle,” Jackie Singh, an aide on President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign, wrote on X after the fatal incident. Dem strategist Chris D. Jackson called the stunt “absolutely sickening.” “This ridiculous military showboating at football games needs to STOP,” he wrote on X. “Now a man could lose his life, all because some Hegseth-like official apparently thought putting on a macho spectacle for people who came to watch FOOTBALL was a brilliant idea. These men are human beings, NOT props for someone’s political theater.” Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson pushed back against the criticism, saying it was “disgraceful that anyone would use the tragic death of a service member to try to score political points.” Hegseth, for his part, spent Saturday at a different sports stadium, attending a football game between the University of Tennessee and the University of Alabama. Before the game, he administered the enlistment oath to young men and women representing all service branches and the Tennessee National Guard. As he did so, he told them: “We’ve had three core principles from the beginning of showing up at the War Department: restore the warrior ethos, rebuild the military, reestablish deterrence.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/airman-killed-in-hegseths-pointless-military-stunt?

Photographer attacked by settlers in the West Bank feels insulted by Netanyahu The photographer with The Washington Post who was attacked by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank so badly that several vertebrae were broken said Sunday she was increasingly angry that Israel’s military seems to protect settlers more than the Palestinians they threaten. Read More.

Trump dominated rural America. Iowa is testing whether Democrats can win them back Standing in the doorway of his home near the corn and soybean fields that blanket this stretch of northeast Iowa, Dave Roethler doesn't know what happened to the Donald Trump he supported during his first presidency. Read More. ps:Truly, truly pathetic Analysis: For Trump, results have often revealed the art of no deal Trump Tower had just opened and “The Art of the Deal" three years from publication when 38-year-old Donald Trump suggested he could negotiate Russian arms control better than Ronald Reagan. Read More.

Kenya’s Ebola cases hit 8, with no community transmission yet Ebola cases in Kenya rose to eight on Sunday after another person tested positive while in quarantine, having been identified as a contact of the first patient. Read More.

Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak spreads to eighth province The Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached an eighth province in the country’s north, authorities said on Sunday as the spread of the world’s fastest-growing outbreak of the disease on record continues to outpace response efforts. Read More.

🥊 Piling on Beshear Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo / Axios. Photos: Charly Triballeau / AFP; Talia Sprague / Bloomberg; and Francis Chung / Politico / Bloomberg via Getty Images 💥 Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is in open war with prominent Latino lawmakers, and his potential 2028 rivals for president are taking advantage. Beshear, as head of the Democratic Governors Association (DGA), has resisted pressure from Latino leaders to invest heavily in Gina Hinojosa's campaign for Texas governor, opting to focus on races in other states. In response, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore have given money to Hinojosa's bid to unseat Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) — and earned praise from Latino lawmakers. 🤺 Why it matters: The back-and-forth amounts to one of the first fights of the 2028 Democratic primary, against the backdrop of the party's desperation to reverse the GOP's recent gains among Latino voters. 💪 Latino leaders are trying to flex their political muscle, fueled in part by Democrats' new primary schedule, which has Nevada and New Mexico — and their large Latino populations — the second and fourth states to vote in the nominating contest. Driving the news: In recent weeks Latino leaders have gone public in their pressure campaign to push Beshear to invest $10 million in Texas, as polls have shown Hinojosa ahead or within the polls' margin of error. Beshear, mindful of how expensive it is to campaign statewide in Texas and the DGA's limited resources, resisted and instead focused the committee's resources on governor's races in critical states like Nevada, Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin and Ohio. 💰 Pritzker, a potential 2028 rival to Beshear who already had donated $200,000 to Hinojosa's campaign, then publicly announced he was donating an additional $1 million to Hinojosa. That won the Illinois governor, a billionaire who has strategically spread some of his personal wealth across the party, some fans. "When Latino leaders asked for the cavalry, JB Pritzker sent it, putting $1.2 million behind Gina Hinojosa because he knows the race is winnable," Cristóbal Alex, board chair of the Latino Victory Fund, told Axios. Alex noted that Pritzker, who hosted a fundraiser for the Latino Victory Fund, has "put his resources and his time into Hispanic candidates and voters around the country." Newsom, meanwhile, sent a fundraising email that brought in $75,000 for Hinojosa. Moore privately told the DGA to reallocate $100,000 from his reelection campaign to Texas, two Democratic officials told Axios. Beshear, who personally donated $25,000 to Hinojosa's campaign, ultimately announced the DGA would give her team $1 million — 10% of the original ask and a small commitment for a big state like Texas. The money arrived this past week, according to a source familiar with the situation. 😡 The intrigue: Several Latino leaders and lawmakers were furious that Beshear didn't attend a Zoom call with them and the DGA on Oct. 7 to discuss the Texas race. "It just baffles me that someone who was even thinking of 2028 would disrespect us and not meet," Rep. Silvia Garcia (D-Texas) told Axios, noting that seven Latino members of Congress were on the call. "Just freaking five minutes on a Zoom … and excuse yourself." "I really felt like he disrespected the group, and that he is going to have a serious Latino problem if he doesn't know how to do the outreach and the communication that's going to need to get us to the White House." Beshear's critics note he had time this fall for a book tour when, they argue, he could have been raising more money for the DGA. 🤔 The other side: Several Democrats told Axios that they believe the DGA made the right strategic decision to send money to other states. Some of the Latino leaders pressuring Beshear also were consultants who stood to make money if he invested heavily in Texas. Many Latino leaders claim they speak for Latino voters, but have been proved wrong in recent elections, as Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and others have pointed out. Nevada, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Arizona are swing states likely to be more critical than Texas for a Democrat to get 270 Electoral College votes in 2028. What they're saying: DGA communications director Sam Newton told Axios: "Unfortunately for the D.C. staffers who are personally obsessed with 2028 and manufacturing Democratic infighting, the DGA and our chair Gov. Beshear, along with all of our Democratic governors, remain solely focused on beating Trump and Republicans to win as many of our high-stakes 36 races for governor as possible." The bottom line: Even some Democrats who think the DGA made the right financial decision not to invest heavily in Texas think Beshear mishandled the politics of the situation. If he can't handle the politics of being DGA chair, they argue, how could he handle a presidential campaign, and potentially the White House? Read more. — Alex Thompson

Grass fire at Canadian military base kills 4 soldiers and critically injures 19 other people WAINWRIGHT, Alberta (AP) — Four Canadian service members were killed and 39 people injured, including 19 critically, when a fast-moving fire overtook soldiers conducting live-fire combat training at a military base in Alberta, officials said Sunday. https://apnews.com/article/canada-alberta-military-base-fire-wainwright-1a41899da5b6e797b000061fa4da9c6a?

Lockheed Martin Showered Susan Collins With Cash as F-35 Program Hit Turbulence In May 2023, the Pentagon’s shiny new fighter jet was not looking so shiny or new. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/15/susan-collins-lockheed-martin-f35-fighter-jet/? Inside ICE, Officials Question String of Trump Admin “Midterm Panic Moves” After agents with Homeland Security Investigations, a division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, raided the Washington, D.C., home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Monday morning, officials who spoke to The Intercept raised questions about whether the raid was political in nature. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/15/ice-omar-raid-midterms-political/? Trump Is Targeting Ilhan Omar. Where’s the Elite Media Outrage? Agents from the Department of Homeland Security on Monday raided the Washington, D.C., home of Rep. Ilhan Omar ostensibly in connection with a criminal investigation into her childhood immigration to the United States. The raid was signed off on by a federal judge, apparently after a “back-and-forth” with federal law enforcement, and has been condemned by civil rights groups as highly suspect. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/15/ilhan-omar-raid-corporate-media-coverage/? America’s Sordid History of Filming Executions as Entertainment Earlier this month, Acting Secretary of the Army Adam R. Telle signed an order scheduling the execution of Nidal Hasan, a former Army major who was convicted of killing 13 people in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas. Two days later, self-styled War Secretary Pete Hegseth made a startling announcement. “We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public,” Hegseth told the conservative Real America’s Voice News network, as the interviewer raised his eyebrows. The Department of War’s official “Rapid Response” Twitter account promptly promoted the clip. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/15/public-execution-livestream-hegseth-trump/? Mother Sues ICE Contractor for Jailing Her and Her Baby in a Hotel Room After being detained for five days in an airport hotel, a mother filed suit against a longtime Immigration and Customs Enforcement contractor on behalf of herself and her now 23-month-old son, alleging false imprisonment among other counts. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/15/ice-contractor-hotel-detention-mvm-sonesta/? Dems Have an Opportunity to Force an End to the Iran War. Will They Take It? For months, Democrats have forced Republicans to take vote after vote on President Donald Trump’s unpopular war on Iran. Now those votes could help Democrats retake Congress — and they will immediately have opportunities to follow through on their anti-war rhetoric. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/17/congress-democrats-iran-war-end-strategy/? ps:Well we'll see or are they also just talk and no action?? President Apocalypse Twenty-five years ago — as the U.S. prepared to invade Afghanistan — Tom Engelhardt launched this publication as a form of pushback. TomDispatch began as an informal listserv offering commentary and collected articles from the global media to a select group of Tom’s friends and colleagues. A year later, it gained its signature moniker and has been providing “a regular antidote to the mainstream media” ever since. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/18/trump-president-apocalypse-war/? Long After the Maui Fires, Toxic Metals Linger in Residents’ Bodies In August of 2023, a series of wildfires broke out across Maui, killing more than 100 people, destroying thousands of homes, and causing billions in damage. Noelani Ahia, who is Kanaka Maoli and co-founder of Maui Medic Healers Hui, helped mobilize nearly 600 volunteers in Lāhainā, including doctors, nurses, and therapists. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/16/maui-wildfire-toxic-metals/? DHS Was Designed as a Weapon A fresh wave of outrage over the Trump administration’s use of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has surged after two high-profile events involving ICE in the span of a week: the shooting of a young father in New York City last Thursday, and the Monday morning Homeland Security Investigations raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/16/ice-raid-ilhan-omar-dhs-trump/?

Macron condemns those who ‘sought to bring down the Republic’ after rioting mars nationwide protests PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday voiced the public’s “anger” and “shame” over rioting and looting during nationwide protests against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools. At least 2,400 people were arrested. https://apnews.com/article/france-protests-violence-looting-f5ce07c2ef46ad0c02c6ff7018532a59?

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Trump’s decision to waive Russian sanctions outrages Congress, but no quick counter seen President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to waive sanctions on Russia days before they were to take effect drew outrage Saturday from members of Congress, which had overwhelmingly passed the legislation in a bipartisan display of American support for Ukraine in the war with Russia. Lawmakers from both parties blasted the executive order late Friday, the latest in a series of steps that the Republican president has taken drawing the United States closer to Russia's Vladimir Putin. Read more. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ St Petersburg oil facilities ablaze as Ukraine launches more than 1,000 drones at Russia Online forum controlled by Nevada GOP House candidate contains slurs and Nazi talk, AP review finds A bitter Michigan Senate race rattles Jewish and Muslim voters already on edge over the war in Gaza California officials who process ballots from suspected noncitizens risk prosecution, US warns ICE pursuit in Houston that broke a man’s leg targeted a suspect who died years ago, family says Painting Eisenhower Building would diminish historic character of White House complex, report says No Kings rallies across US urge voters to cast ballots early ahead of midterms House Speaker Mike Johnson draws on faith as he fights to hold the Republican majority Trump’s new pitch for Republican candidates — they’re really good looking

👰‍♀️ 1 for the road: Rise of the three-day wedding Illustration: Lindsey Bailey/Axios Nearly 1 in 3 weddings now span at least three days, with couples devoting more time and money to making guests feel entertained and cared for, according to a new report from The Knot, Axios' Sami Sparber writes. Couples' top priority "is now the guest experience," The Knot editorial director Esther Lee tells Axios. Multiday weddings give couples more time to host guests who "are sacrificing their time and energy" to celebrate.

🇫🇷 France rocked by worst riots in years A car burns in the Place de la République in Paris yesterday. Photo: Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters Police arrested at least 1,800 people across France after violent groups clashed with officers and looted shops during nationwide demonstrations that drew hundreds of thousands of people who denounced rising living costs and poor conditions in schools. Masked groups set fires and attacked public buildings, including city halls, in several cities. In Limoges, in central France, flames engulfed the neo-Renaissance city hall, which was built in the 19th century and survived two world wars. The building's iconic clock tower collapsed. Get the latest.

🛰️ Russian satellite approach raises alarms Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios A Russian satellite was tracked Friday closely stalking a U.S.-owned commercial satellite — part of a space-based network that has supported Ukraine's military, Axios space expert Thomas Novelly writes. Why it matters: Experts told Axios it's a rare maneuver that raises the possibility of Russian interference with U.S. space equipment. Space intelligence company LeoLabs said Friday that the Russian satellite's movement "appears to be a deliberate approach toward" the U.S.-owned imaging satellite. As of Friday afternoon, Russia's Cosmos 2612 satellite was roughly three miles from the American satellite, LeoLabs said. Between the lines: Aerospace analysts and legal experts said it's worrisome that Russia burned the satellite's fuel and changed its altitude, orbital plane and speed to approach the U.S. satellite. Clayton Swope, a CSIS senior space fellow, said on Friday the distance is essentially "bumper-to-bumper."

📍 How cost of living affects poverty Data: Census Bureau. Map: Erin Davis/Axios California and Louisiana have something surprising in common: Both have some of the nation's highest poverty rates when the cost of living is factored in, Axios' Russell Contreras writes from Census Bureau data. The big picture: Southern states dominate America's traditional poverty rankings based on pretax income. That familiar geographic divide starts to disappear when you account for more of a family's financial realities. The Supplemental Poverty Measure includes factors like taxes, work and medical expenses, and geographic differences in housing costs.

Internet loses human touch Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios. Stock: Getty Images The internet is undergoing a foundational shift as websites evolve from human destinations to information hubs for AI agents, Axios' Sara Fischer and Kerry Flynn write in an Axios Media Trends Executive briefing. Why it matters: Human discretion, a critical safeguard for establishing trust online, is rapidly disappearing. The big picture: Bad actors are using AI to create new information sources designed to manipulate LLMs. 🔮 State of play: Premium publishers and brands are looking to get ahead of this problem in the short term by becoming reliable information warehouses for bots while serving premium experiences for humans. At TIME, a news publisher that has leaned heavily into agentic optimization, human visitors encounter articles with imagery and storytelling while AI agents receive structured information, COO Mark Howard told Axios. TIME's Agent Ads product extends that approach to advertising, providing machine-readable information about sponsors, including FAQs. Reality check: Smaller companies may struggle to handle an influx of bot traffic or build the infrastructure needed to serve both humans and machines. The bottom line: Few consumer websites will survive as direct destinations in the agentic era. Without a trust layer to vet information that machines retrieve and analyze, the internet risks becoming a breeding ground for content that's useless to humans.

🕰️ Decades-long GOP win streaks at risk Democrats are running surprisingly competitive races in traditionally Republican territory, and it's putting GOP winning streaks at risk that stretch as far back as the 1930s, Axios' Andrew Solender writes. Kansas (1932): Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) faces a surprisingly tough challenge from Democrat Adam Hamilton, who has significantly outraised the incumbent GOP senator. A Democrat hasn't won a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas since 1932. Texas (1988): James Talarico is giving Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton a real run for his money in the Senate race. Talarico generally leads in polls by low single digits. Cook rates it a toss-up. Democrats last won a Senate seat in the state with Lloyd Bentsen in 1988. South Carolina (1998): Polls show Republican Sen. Darline Graham leading Democrat Annie Andrews by just a few points. The last South Carolina Democrat elected to the Senate was Fritz Hollings in 1998. In gubernatorial elections, Democrats are looking to break losing streaks in Texas (1990), Florida (1994), Georgia (1998) and Alaska (1998). Republicans seeking to break Democratic win streaks include Mike Rogers in Michigan's Senate race (1994) and Christine Drazan in the Oregon governor's race (1982).

1 big thing: Anti-party, anti-politician candidates surge Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Stock: Getty Images In red states and blue, unconventional candidates are downplaying — or even disowning — party labels to tap into voters' disdain for Washington, Axios' Hans Nichols writes. Why it matters: They might not all win, but the sheer number of political outsiders connecting with voters tells us something about the electorate: It's angry and willing to take risks. The candidates — whether they come from the pulpit or the NFL sidelines — are making the same bet: Voters are tired of career politicians. 🗺️ Zoom in: Consider three unorthodox Democrats leading Senate contests in red states: a Presbyterian seminarian in Texas (state Rep. James Talarico), a megachurch pastor in Kansas (Adam Hamilton), and an Alaska Native in that state (former Rep. Mary Peltola, who once skipped a week of House votes to go fishing when Chinook salmon were running). Traditionally blue Minnesota's Senate race features Michele Tafoya — a former NFL sideline reporter who's endorsed by President Trump but calls herself an independent Republican. She's mounting a serious challenge to Democrat Peggy Flanagan, the lieutenant governor. In House races, Democrats are fielding a smokejumper in Montana (Sam Forstag), a 29-year-old barista in Colorado (Melat Kiros) and a Tejano singer in Texas (Bobby Pulido). Four independent Senate candidates are courting Democratic voters without a (D) next to their names — and sometimes without a Democrat in the race. In Nebraska, Dan Osborn, a union steamfitter and former factory mechanic, is mounting a serious independent challenge to Sen. Pete Ricketts, a former two-term governor whose family owns the Chicago Cubs. In Montana, Seth Bodnar, a former Army Green Beret and University of Montana president, is running as an independent for an open Senate seat. Democrats tried to persuade their nominee to drop out, but she stayed in the race. In South Dakota, Brian Bengs, a one-time park ranger, is challenging Republican Sen. Mike Rounds as an independent. Four years ago, Bengs ran as a Democrat against Sen. John Thune. In Idaho, former Army tank commander and tech executive Todd Achilles is running as an independent against Republican Sen. Jim Risch. (Achilles previously served as a Democrat in the Idaho House.)