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⚠️ GOP's redistricting firewall is cracking Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Stock: Getty Images House Republicans are quietly scaling back hopes for the 10-seat boost they sought from redistricting nationwide amid a souring political climate and polls showing a collapse in GOP support among Latino voters in Texas and Florida, Axios' Hans Nichols writes. Why it matters: On their down days, Republicans privately worry that the great redistricting war of 2026 will net them only one seat nationwide, according to top GOP strategists. 🔭 Zoom out: At the beginning of the cycle, Republicans viewed redistricting like an umbrella in a storm: It could keep their House majority dry in a light drizzle — but in a political hurricane, it wouldn't be enough. Two weeks before the midterms, Republicans no longer talk seriously about redistricting saving their House majority, as they did before the Iran war helped boost inflation and sink President Trump's approval ratings. They've also spent $133 million on TV ads in 15 redrawn districts that were supposed to be easy pickings, according to AdImpact. 🧮 By the numbers: Early this summer, Republicans believed they had created 16 more GOP-friendly seats: five in Texas, four in Florida, two in Ohio and one each in Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina and Tennessee. But since then, courts have tossed a Missouri map and the political environment has darkened, with Democrats holding an 8-percentage-point lead in new Washington Post-ABC polling. Keep reading. ps:Gerrymandering right out in the open!!!!!

AI governing the AI world Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Stock: Getty Images Slowly but surely, the leading AI companies are creating a national self-governing structure to oversee their technology and its societal impact, Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen write in a "Behind the Curtain" column. With the federal government largely hands-off, Anthropic, OpenAI and others are self-regulating their technology and now setting up their own plans to redistribute their wealth. Why it matters: Not since the age of the robber barons have America's industrial titans wielded such sweeping power to shape society — and decide how their private fortunes should serve the public good. In the modern era, Washington has largely exercised those powers through regulation, taxation and public spending. 🖼️ The big picture: President Trump has no interest in new regulations. Instead, he has blessed a basic framework for the AI companies to regulate themselves — and potentially each other — outside of formal government monitoring. Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Elon Musk's XSI, Meta and Nvidia are working on different versions of this. To be clear, this is all voluntary and rests on the public trusting companies the size of industrialized nations to responsibly police themselves. These companies are in a frantic race to create human-surpassing superintelligence. All are pressing ahead, even as their leaders — particularly at Anthropic — warn of potentially catastrophic risks and profound economic disruption. At the same time, some AI leaders are promising to direct a portion of their vast wealth to benefit those outside their companies. Zoom in: At least three competing visions are emerging for sharing the spoils of the AI boom, each with a different answer to who should control the wealth. Anthropic: The company. On the eve of its blockbuster IPO, Anthropic pledged 5% of its shares to a new public benefit fund that could grow into one of the largest philanthropic institutions in history. At a hypothetical $2 trillion valuation, its stake would be worth $100 billion — more than the Gates Foundation's current endowment. Including earlier founder and employee pledges, roughly 20% of Anthropic's shares are earmarked for the public good. Musk: The people. Musk responded to Anthropic's announcement by urging the company to give shares "directly to the public." Yesterday, Musk pledged to give every American child a share of SpaceX next year — a staggering $10.5 billion giveaway at current prices. Musk called it the "first of many," though he offered no details on how the unprecedented distribution would work. OpenAI: The government. CEO Sam Altman has floated giving the U.S. government a 5% stake in OpenAI through a sovereign wealth fund — potentially handing Washington a multibillion-dollar interest in one of the world's most powerful AI companies. Altman envisions an Alaska-style fund that could distribute the industry's investment returns directly to Americans, though the plan remains preliminary and would likely require congressional approval. 🥊 Reality check: The numbers are staggering. So are the assumptions about future wealth, billionaire follow-through and the public's willingness to trust its benefactors. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett launched the Giving Pledge in 2010, a voluntary promise by billionaires — including Musk — to give away most of their fortunes. Gates built a philanthropic empire, only to become a lightning rod for conspiracy theories. Anthropic's ambitions depend on extraordinary growth projections — its own employees envision 17% GDP growth in 2030 — while Musk has a history of making spectacular promises that fail to materialize. Anthropic's roots in effective altruism, a philosophy deeply distrusted by the Trump administration and its allies, also raise a more fundamental question: Who gets to define the public good? Between the lines: No industry requirements or consensus exist on how best to redistribute their expected wealth. But Trump Accounts — which allow families, businesses and individuals to invest in tax-advantaged funds for children — are emerging as a favorite vehicle for free-market AI leaders. Billionaire investor Brad Gerstner, a driving force behind the program, is championing a vision of broad-based ownership in which ordinary Americans share directly in the economic upside of the AI revolution. SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell and her husband have already pledged roughly $320 million in company shares to 2 million children through Trump Accounts — a potential blueprint for distributing an even larger slice of Musk's fortune. 👀 What to watch: The Trump administration hasn't fully relinquished its regulatory authority, potentially complicating the emerging experiment in AI self-governance. After Anthropic disclosed that its AI had submitted a false homicide tip to Philadelphia police and improperly interacted with government websites, the White House declared that AI companies must report security incidents and remedy any harm. "This notification and remediation process is not optional," Trump's Super Intelligence Force warned — a striking assertion of federal authority just weeks after the president blessed a voluntary system of industry oversight.

Driver accused of intentionally driving into Australian lawmaker was not a known threat, police say MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A driver accused of intentionally causing serious injury to Australian federal lawmaker Helen Haines by hitting her with his car appeared in court for the first time on Wednesday as police said they were still investigating his apparent motivations. Meanwhile, Haines remained in critical condition after an apparent escalation in political violence that has shocked a nation where such crimes are rare. https://apnews.com/article/australia-lawmaker-critical-driver-arrested-d25a79269b7b6fd0349f3102c151dbdf?

> Ukraine says it has carried out the world's first drone evacuation of a wounded soldier (More) | See video (More) > Independent Australian politician Helen Haines is critically wounded after being struck by a car near her office; officials arrested the driver but have not disclosed a motive as of this writing (More) > France imposes curfew for minors in several northern cities, including Lille, as well as parts of Paris (More) | See previous write-up (More)

> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow -0.1%, Nasdaq +1.1%) as tech stocks climb ahead of Tesla and Meta earnings later this week (More) | China's economy outpaces forecasts, growing 4.5% year-over-year on strong exports (More) > Elon Musk pledges SpaceX shares to every US child after Anthropic announces it will commit 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund, partly to address labor market impacts (More) | 64% of Americans say AI is developing too fast (More) > US homebuilder sentiment hits nearly 14.5-year low amid higher mortgage rates, rising costs of building materials, and labor shortages (More) | Homebuyers cancel roughly one in seven sales last month, the highest share since the pandemic (More)

> Trump administration creates White House task force and National Institutes of Health division to advance women's health research (More) | Women globally spend 25% more of their lives in poor health or with disabilities than men (More) > Apple announces Oct. 28 product launch event, where analysts expect the company to unveil its first touch-screen MacBook Pro (More) | iPhone Duo—Apple's first foldable phone—is back-ordered until late January (More) > Fingerprint analysis suggests women and children helped make China's Terracotta Army sculptures, challenging the long-held assumption the work was done entirely by men (More) | Scroll for aerial view of the more than 8,000-soldier army (More)

> Tampa Bay advances to World Series with win over Cleveland, will face Milwaukee (More) | Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts will reportedly miss the rest of the NFL season due to blood clots in his lungs (More) > Netflix reportedly fires film chief Dan Lin five days after laying off roughly 1,000 employees (More) | Jon Stewart extends contract with Paramount to continue hosting “The Daily Show” through December 2028 (More) > Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international anchor, is leaving the network in June 2027 after 43 years; she did not give a reason for departing but revealed last October that she had resumed treatment for ovarian cancer (More)

Saudi Bugging Suspect Federal prosecutors yesterday asked a judge to detain a Saudi national accused of bugging OpenAI's headquarters until his trial, citing his alleged ties to Saudi royals and plans to flee the country. The FBI arrested Abdulrahman Alfozan earlier this month on suspicion of planting an audio recording device in an executive conference room to capture proprietary information. Prosecutors say an undisclosed member of the Saudi royal family repeatedly sought to recruit the 35-year-old engineer, who joined OpenAI in 2025, to an AI venture in the kingdom. Alfozan reportedly bought one-way tickets to Saudi Arabia for his family weeks before the devices were installed. His defense says he planned to spend his roughly two-month paternity leave there. After his arrest, Saudi officials purchased new tickets for his wife and son. Separately, Saudi Arabia postponed its flagship investment conference until 2027 following airport attacks by Iran-backed Houthis. AI was expected to feature prominently as the kingdom's AI company, HUMAIN, seeks $2.5B for data center development.

California Voting Crackdown Federal officials arrested more than two dozen people in California accused of voting illegally in US elections. The crackdown comes two weeks before the US midterm elections on Nov. 3. All of the people arrested are lawful permanent residents but not US citizens, the Justice Department says. They are on a list of more than 20,000 names the DOJ tagged as “likely” noncitizens to whom California mailed ballots this year. The DOJ last week sued the state to prevent election officials from counting those ballots until immigration status is confirmed; California says the DOJ did not provide any evidence to support the allegations. Since 1996, 73 noncitizens have been convicted of voting illegally. The Census Bureau this year suggested upward of 24,000 voters in the 2020 election were noncitizens; see criticisms of that finding. ps:Of course not!! How many times did the trump people take this to court? 60+ I believe and lost each time!! Even SCOTUS rejected to look at this!!!!

Gen. 15:1 (KJV) After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward. Ps 28:7 (KJV) The LORD [is] my strength and my shield my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. Ps 28:7 (LXXE) (27:7) The Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in him, and I am helped: my flesh has revived, and willingly will I give praise to him. Ps 28:7 (YLT) Jehovah [is] my strength, and my shield, In Him my heart trusted, and I have been helped. And my heart exulteth, And with my song I thank Him.

Alberta voters overwhelmingly reject separation process in a victory for Carney EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Voters in Canada’s oil-rich Alberta province overwhelmingly backed remaining in the country, referendum results showed Tuesday, delivering a boost to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push for national unity as U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and annexation threats rally Canadians around their country. https://apnews.com/article/alberta-canada-referendum-independence-carney-ed0d58ef051859ce12052e75d2d6e8a0?

German Chocolate Cake is named after an American baker by the name of Samuel German. It has no affiliation with the country of Germany. James

Why don’t people vote? Eighteen million registered voters didn't cast a ballot in 2024. What was their reason? https://usafacts.org/articles/why-dont-people-vote/? How many voters have a party affiliation? As of September 2026, 42% of registered voters have declared a party affiliation—39.1 million Republicans and 45.3 million Democrats. https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-voters-have-a-party-affiliation/? One last fact All states require some form of identification when registering to vote. But what about voting in person on Election Day? Twenty-four states require photo ID to vote in person, and 12 accept alternative forms of ID. Fourteen states and Washington, DC, do not require voters to show ID at the polls if they have voted before.

⛽️ The inescapable question Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Stock: Getty Images One issue is breaking through even among the most loyal Republican supporters: gas prices. Why it matters: Republicans promised to slash gas prices. The Iran war sent them soaring, up 37% since President Trump took office. Republicans call it temporary. There are limits to what voters will accept. On recent campaign trips where we joined Scalise and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), gas prices were the most frequent concern raised at events. These events drew GOP donors, activists and supporters who turned out to help Republicans win in November — not undecided voters. Zoom in: The first question Scalise fielded at a Nevada campaign event for O'Donnell was about high gas prices. "Everyone's always worried about gas prices," the attendee said, asking whether Republicans could do more to promote Trump's efforts to expand domestic energy production. Another attendee pointed to the gas-price difference between California and Oregon on a recent trip, and asked whether Congress could intervene to ease state restrictions. Scalise acknowledged the impact of the Iran war on gas prices — saying they'd fall once it's resolved — but blamed Democratic energy policies for making the U.S. more vulnerable to rising costs. Zoom out: Emmer faced similar concerns during a recent campaign trip through North Carolina and Virginia. "Four-dollar gas, five-dollar diesel, six-dollar diesel, totally unacceptable," Emmer told supporters at a North Carolina fundraiser. "But it ain't enough to make me vote for communists." Democrats "are talking about affordability. That's the problem. We need to be sensitive to the fact that gas and diesel are way up. Just sensitive to it because people are struggling," he told us in an interview. The big picture: Republican candidates are feeling the pressure too. Texas Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton privately blamed the Iran war and gas prices for his campaign struggles, according to audio we scooped earlier in October. "It's the war, it's gas prices, it's diesel," Paxton told donors at a closed-door fundraiser last month, calling affordability "by far our biggest problem." The bottom line: "I don't think gaslighting works," House GOP conference Chair Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) told us in an interview last month. "I think if you meet voters where they're at and you have an honest conversation with them ... that's pretty refreshing to them."

Singapore expands crackdown on Indonesian companies linked to haze Singapore will issue preventive notices to three more Indonesian companies to tackle and prevent forest fires in Kalimantan province that may have sent smoke across the border, the National Environment Agency said Monday. Read More.

Nvidia CEO urges German manufacturers to adopt AI, saying digital tech won't replace heavy industry Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged Germany's makers of cars and industrial machines to quickly adopt artificial intelligence to “re-engineer” the country's struggling business model by tapping its wealth of manufacturing data and expertise. Read More.

Musk pledges to give a share of his SpaceX company to 'every kid in America' Elon Musk on Monday pledged to give one share of his company SpaceX to “every kid in America” next year. Read More. ps:What a pathetic man! Instead of just paying off the national debt he'd rather buy an election!! Judge grills Trump administration over plans to overhaul Washington golf course A federal judge on Monday questioned the Trump administration’s claims surrounding its efforts to redevelop a historic Washington golf course, challenging its contention that a recent tree-cutting spree did not indicate work was moving forward on the project, which is temporarily blocked by a court order. Read More.

🏀 1 sports thing: Gators top preseason poll Data: AP. Chart: Axios Florida will start the men's college basketball season where the team ended two seasons ago: No. 1. The Gators were the overwhelming pick to top this year's preseason AP Top 25, nabbing 47 of the 59 first-place votes. 🐊 Florida started last season at No. 3, but crashed out of the poll entirely by early January. The Gators rallied to win the Southeastern Conference regular-season championship — only to get stunned by Iowa in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Go deeper.

✈️ A new search for wreckage tied to famed aviator Amelia Earhart turned up "no conclusive evidence" to support a theory that her aircraft sits in a lagoon in the South Pacific. Go deeper.

🇫🇷 French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is pushing for curfews to prevent more rioting and looting amid the cost-of-living and education protests rocking the country. Go deeper ...

Pay-for-play text rocks White House Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photos via Getty Images Top Trump adviser Ric Grenell allegedly outlined a stunning pay-for-influence offer to a Turkish billionaire last year, Axios' Marc Caputo reports exclusively. The offer to Turkish businessman Turhan Mildon included access to "POTUS," "VIP events" and administration officials, according to a text message that the White House counsel is investigating. 🤳 The May 3, 2025, text to Mildon says: "Once the money comes to the company here, I will arrange the donation to Kennedy Centre [sic], and you'll be joining the VIP events and get close with the administration, even with POTUS." Administration officials say the text is key evidence in the White House's investigation of whether Grenell misappropriated a potential multimillion-dollar donation to the Kennedy Center, which he led at the time. Mildon is married to another Trump adviser: Alina Habba, former U.S. attorney for New Jersey. She stormed into the Oval Office on Oct. 9 and accused Grenell of hoodwinking her husband into making a Kennedy Center donation that never arrived, Axios first reported. Grenell has called the accusations "lies" and denied sending the text message. 💵 At the heart of the alleged scheme is a financial transaction involving a Houston-based defense company's software and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mildon and Habba's attorneys have told the White House. Mildon alleges that at Grenell's direction, he wired $17.6 million to Texas Armament & Technology. Mildon says the money was to be split in two parts: one for the Congo deal and nearly $6 million for the Kennedy Center. Habba told Trump it took 17 months for Mildon to learn the Kennedy Center never received the money he thought was included in the wire sent at Grenell's direction. It's unclear what the Congo contract was for, how it related to the Kennedy Center or what the financial specifics were. Keep reading.

Supreme Court agrees to review a Reconstruction-era ban on distilling spirits in private homes WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider whether Congress had the constitutional authority to impose a ban on distilling spirits in private homes more than 150 years ago. https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-distilling-spirits-reconstruction-ban-51131151865ded86093a99ec56451465?

The Story of Ruth Depending on whether you’re using a Jewish or Christian version, the Book of Ruth is placed between Judges and Samuel or between the Song of Songs and Lamentations. But wherever the story of Ruth appears in your Bible, you will want to find it and study it again after you read “Ruth—Big Theme, Little Book,” originally published in the August 1996 issue of Bible Review. In this article, Adele Berlin argues that Ruth illuminates the main theme of the Hebrew Bible: the continuity of God’s people in their land.—Ed. https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/hebrew-bible/the-story-of-ruth/?

👋 Good morning! Welcome back. In today's edition: A crazy day in college football, Rays go up 3-2, Valkyries out front, NFL Sunday scoreboard, Milwaukee's "Timeless" promotion, and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy. Let's sports...   🏈 EXPANSION DEBATE CHAOS MEETS CONTROVERSY Unranked Auburn stunned top-ranked Georgia, marking the second straight week that the No. 1 team lost. (Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Saturday's historic college football chaos arrived just as the sport moves closer to a 24-team playoff, providing ammunition for both sides of the expansion debate. ICYMI: Five of the AP's top seven teams lost on the same day for the first time ever, with No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 5 Indiana, No. 6 Alabama and No. 7 Texas all going down. The rankings were shaken up so thoroughly that not a single team retained its position in Sunday's new AP poll. The timing: This came just two days after news broke of a reported "handshake agreement" between the College Football Playoff and ESPN to televise a new 24-team playoff beginning next season. The madness on the field immediately became Exhibit A for both sides of the expansion debate, with two competing arguments echoing across TV broadcasts and social media feeds all weekend: Anti-expansion: Saturday's upsets were seismic precisely because every loss carries enormous consequences, even in October. Under a 24-team format, most of those defeated heavyweights would barely suffer a scratch and season-defining losses would be more like a speed bumps. Why devalue the best regular season in sports? Pro-expansion: Look at all that parity! We need more playoff teams, not fewer. Saturday proved how many programs are capable of beating the nation's best, and a bigger field would give more of them a shot at a national championship. Why let a bad performance in October decide who gets to compete for a title when we could settle it on the field? What they're saying: Polling has shown that the vast majority of college football fans oppose a 24-team playoff. But regardless of where you stand, I thought Tim Tebow did a good job summing up what expansion will fundamentally change: "Before, it was about how consistent could you be throughout the season. Now it's about can you just get in and get hot at the right time. So it takes away the consistency. Before, you had to focus every week and you had to show up and you had to bring your best. Now, you can have weeks where you don't have to show up. And I think it changes … what college football is about." Bottom line: Saturday was either the best advertisement imaginable for a 24-team playoff or the strongest argument against one. It all depends on what you think college football should value most: The magic of its regular season, or the possibilities of its postseason. Good read: What was the most damaging loss from the chaotic college football weekend?   📸 SNAPSHOTS THROUGH THE LENS (Nick Cammett/Getty Images) ⚾️ Cleveland, Ohio The Rays have regained control of the ALCS, winning Game 4 (7-3) and Game 5 (3-1) over the weekend to take a 3-2 series lead and move within one victory of their third Fall Classic appearance (2008, 2020). Ace delivers: Tampa Bay's bats got the job done on Saturday, but it was Drew Rasmussen's arm (7 IP, 6 K, 1 ER) that paced the AL East champions on Sunday. The former Brewer is now 11-0 with a 1.73 ERA across his last 15 starts. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) 🏀 San Francisco, California The Valkyries' vaunted defense took care of business on Saturday at "Balhalla," where Golden State beat Atlanta, 68-64, to take a 1-0 lead in the WNBA Finals. Gabby Williams continued her dominant form with a game-high 26 points, including eight in the final three minutes to turn a narrow deficit into a narrow victory. From 10-0 to 0-10: The Dream entered the day riding a 10-game winning streak… and left having lost 10 straight Finals games. They're still searching for their first win on the sport's biggest stage after being swept in 2010, 2011 and 2013. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images) 🏀 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania LeBron James made his 76ers home debut in Friday's preseason finale, putting up 8 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists in an overtime loss to the Celtics. Next up: The new-look Sixers travel to New York for tomorrow's season-opener against the reigning champion Knicks. Preseason takeaways: On the eve of Opening Night, it's a great time to absorb the basketball we saw during the preseason. What are teams trying to establish? What do they need to work on? And how much should you believe in your squad? (Brett Davis/Getty Images) ⚽️ Atlanta, Georgia Stop me if you've heard this one before: Lionel Messi just set a new MLS record. This time, he became the first player in league history with at least 15 assists in three straight seasons after setting up Miami's first goal in Saturday's 3-1 win over Atlanta. But wait, there's more: Messi then scored twice in a four-minute span, giving him 25 goals this season, five more than anyone else. With 40 goal contributions for second-place Miami, he's a virtual lock to win his third straight MVP.   🏈 WEEK 6 NFL SUNDAY: RAMS REELING, BOLTS BROKEN Rams QB Matthew Stafford walks off the field after the loss. (Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) The Rams entered the season as one of the biggest Super Bowl favorites in recent memory. Six weeks in, they don't even look like a playoff team. The latest low point: an 18-16 loss to the Cardinals as 12.5-point favorites, dropping them to last place in the NFC West at 2-4. "We won't win a game unless we figure out how not to beat ourselves. There's nothing positive I can say about today," head coach Sean McVay told reporters postgame. "A good, humbling day. This is the challenge in sports." Across town, it's even worse: The Chargers fell to 0-6* with a 22-6 loss to the Chiefs, leaving Los Angeles' two NFL teams with a combined 2-10 record. The Bolts didn't generate as much preseason hype as their SoFi Stadium** co-tenants, but they were widely viewed as being among the top contenders. Instead, they might be the worst team in the league. Packers WR Matthew Golden celebrates a touchdown with the Lambeau faithful. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images) More from Sunday: Packers 23, Cowboys 13 … Once upon a time, this was a storied rivalry. Not so much anymore. The Packers are 11-1-1 against the Cowboys since 2009 and haven't lost to "America’s Team" in over a decade (Oct. 16, 2016). Bills 33, Raiders 30 … For the fourth time this season, Buffalo's defense allowed 30+ points. And for the fourth time, Josh Allen and the offense bailed them out and they won. Texans 34, Jaguars 31 … The third and final London game ended on a walk-off field goal. Next up on the NFL's international slate: Steelers vs. Saints this Sunday in Paris. Browns 13, Ravens 10 … Cleveland (4-2) sits atop the AFC North after beating the Lamar Jackson-less Ravens, but Baltimore (4-2), Pittsburgh (4-2) and Cincinnati (3-2) are lurking. Steelers 26, Buccaneers 19 (OT) … After trailing 16-3 entering the fourth quarter, Pittsburgh roared back late to win back-to-back games for the first time this season. Patriots 26, Jets 19 … Feel familiar? It should. This was New England's 41st victory over Gang Green since 2000, the most wins by any team vs. any opponent in that span. Saints 34, Giants 27 … J.J. McCarthy nearly engineered an epic comeback after replacing Jameis Winston in the fourth quarter (243 passing yards in 11 minutes!). Is it his job now? Bears 31, Falcons 23 … Caleb Williams returned with a flourish after missing the last three weeks with a hamstring injury, completing 30 of 36 passes for 305 yards and a touchdown. Titans 26, Colts 20 … Tennessee scored 26 second-half points to earn its first victory and snap an 11-game losing streak to AFC South opponents dating back almost two years. Panthers 25, Eagles 14 … The Eagles looked like a potential dynasty 20 months ago. Less than two calendar years later, it's worth asking if they need to start a rebuild. *Full circle: The Chargers' starting QB the last time they began a season 0-6 (in 2000)? Jim Harbaugh, their current head coach. **Make yourselves at home: The Cardinals (2-0) have more wins at SoFi Stadium this season than the Rams (1-2) and Chargers (0-3) combined.   ⚾️ BRASS TICKET MILWAUKEE'S "TIMELESS" PROMOTION (Milwaukee Brewers) Eleven years ago, 1,000 Brewers fans paid $1,000 apiece for a ticket to any future home game. Now, with Milwaukee headed to the World Series for the first time in more than four decades, the lucky fans who held onto theirs can finally cash in. Timeless Ticket: The Brewers launched the unusual promotion in 2015, selling 1,000 "Timeless Tickets" for $1,000 each. The personalized, 1-pound brass tickets (Willy Wonka would be proud!) could be redeemed for any future home game, "whether it's this season, the year 2050, or the 7th game of the World Series." Fans who hadn't already redeemed their ticket were required to submit a form to secure their World Series seat. Ticket redemption "is subject to availability," according to the Brewers, who have been "working diligently on all inquiries." Fans who submitted requests are expected to learn today which game they'll attend and where they'll be sitting. Milwaukee hosts Games 1 and 2 on Friday and Saturday, plus Games 6 and 7, if necessary, the following weekend. Quite the value: The cheapest available ticket for Game 1 is currently $2,681 (via Gametime), and plenty of nosebleed seats are going for more than $3,500. Timeless Ticket holders, meanwhile, not only get their own much cheaper ticket but also the right to purchase three additional tickets at face value, subject to availability. Then vs. now: When the Brewers launched this promotion in 2015, it was a fun way to drum up some sales and attention for a team that rarely contended into October. Fast forward a decade, and that isn't exactly an issue anymore, as they've now reached the postseason twice as many times in the last nine seasons (8) as they did in their previous 49 (4).   📺 VIEWING GUIDE WATCHLIST: MONDAY, OCT. 19 Tropicana Field after the Rays won Game 2. (Julio Aguilar/Getty Images) ⚾️ ALCS, Game 6 Who will face the Brewers in the World Series? We could get our answer tonight in St. Petersburg (8pm ET, TBS), where the Rays (up 3-2) will try to finish off the Guardians. Pitching matchup: Freddy Peralta (0.79 ERA in 11.1 IP this postseason) gets the ball for the home team, while the Guardians will deploy a bullpen game with ace Gavin Williams "not an option" after he went five innings on Thursday. 🏀 WNBA Finals, Game 2 The Valkyries host the Dream again this evening (8pm, USA) as they look to take a commanding 2-0 lead before the best-of-seven series shifts to Atlanta. Grit and grind: Don't expect an offensive shootout. These two defensive-minded teams combined to shoot just 32% (46-142) from the floor in Game 1, the second-worst FG percentage in Finals history. 🏈 Commanders at 49ers San Francisco brings its 5-0 record and NFL-best +61 scoring differential into a home matchup against Washington (8:15pm, ESPN/ABC), which will look to rebound from last week's clock mismanagement that resulted in a tie. Wrong kind of history: Unless the Commanders win tonight, the NFC East will become the first division since the merger (1986) to go winless in back-to-back weeks despite every team playing both weeks. Got plans tonight? Gametime is the best place to score last-minute tickets to the events in your city.   🏈 LET'S PLAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL TRIVIA Hoosiers WR Nick Marsh reacts after realizing he was out of bounds on the potential game-winning score. (Jeffrey Brown/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) With Indiana's 22-game winning streak and Notre Dame's 16-game run both ending Saturday, which FBS team now owns the nation's longest active streak at 12 games? Hint: Big 12. Answer at the bottom.   🏀 FANTASY HOOPS DRAFT YOUR SQUAD! Yahoo Fantasy Basketball is back and better than ever. Grab your friends and play in a private league or join a public league to compete against other fans all season long. New way to play: High Score is our streamlined game format that features six weekly starters, with only their highest-scoring game each week counting toward your total. Spend less time managing your lineup and more time following the action. Draft your squad: Opening Night is tomorrow, so the clock is ticking!   Trivia answer: Utah

Bipartisan permitting bill in Congress could speed energy projects, but draws green critics WASHINGTON —Suddenly there’s hope for cutting the reams of red tape that can make getting new energy projects a seemingly endless slog. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/16/repub/bipartisan-permitting-bill-in-congress-could-speed-energy-projects-but-draws-green-critics/?