Politico
October 2026
‘We’re regulating the machine, not the message’: Australian minister hits back at censorship claims
We are regulating the machine here, not the message,
Can Australia make Big Tech own the risk?
Next on her plate is a proposed Digital Duty of Care law that would make tech companies responsible for actively preventing harm on their sites, not just reacting to complaints
Tillis says Trump's Russian diesel deal may be illegal
I do believe there’s a legitimate case for saying the president’s not following the law,
Pope Leo XIV will undergo surgery to remove a nodule on his lung
Saudi Arabia extends closure of airport after 12 killed in suspected Houthi missile attack
One Nation is soaring in polls. Winning power is much harder.
The same polling that suggests One Nation is on the brink of a political breakthrough disguises a fundamental weakness in its electoral prospects
Trump announces Katie Bailey as new chief of White House-Hill relations
Attack on Riyadh airport killed 12 people and wounded over 300 more, Saudi authorities say
Trump says Zelenskyy ‘better damn well stop' attacks on Russian oil refineries
Zelenskyy could have settled this war many times. Many, many times. And he chooses not to,
‘Get in line:’ Donors strike new tone about helping Paxton
But polls have deteriorated in the weeks ahead of the midterm election so much so that many of these same donors are dropping their objections
Damage assessments, cleanup begin after Hurricane Isaias thrashes Florida Panhandle
All in all, we had a significant storm,
The GOP’s affordability boomerang
The premise is simple: Let’s make sure that this program is preserved for those truly in need, and that we aren’t squandering taxpayer dollars,
Even if he did something, no one would believe it anyway at this point,
While Katie’s MAGA credentials are rock solid and it’s obvious the President has trust in her capabilities she is also a genuinely kind person and will work well with the press corps, unlike the first press secretary who came across as an angry leprechaun at times,
‘Ship has sailed’: New poll shows even an end to the war or lower gas prices may not save Republicans
Republicans are running out of ways to reverse their gloomy midterm prospects
Trump’s 2020 Obsession Is Weighing Down Arizona Republicans
I know for a fact that the 2020 election in Maricopa County was fraudulent, when it comes to mail-in ballots,
We have a president of the United States right now who has openly mused about how he wishes he had called out the National Guard during 2020, and who has been demanding that states turn over their voter rolls, and who is trying to undermine vote by mail,
Doing the audit the way it happened didn’t solve the problem,
He looked at his phone. He silenced it. He put the phone down and proceeded to certify the election results,
You can overplay that hand, and some candidates around the country who don’t want to talk about current issues sometimes do,
It’s a terrible question,
I said, ‘That’s just absolutely not true,
We can’t escape it,
The 2020 election, sadly, is our broken record,
While some may be disappointed that Trump lost by a hair, that’s what happened,
Isaias makes landfall along the US Gulf Coast as a dangerous Category 2 hurricane
Trump boosts a New York ally in a tough race
Your city and state are dirty, filthy places, and everybody wants to leave,
How California’s insurance race became a race to the left
Cities that are reactively imposing a moratorium are just trying to initiate the very process that we just went through and come up with the kinds of regulations that we’re bringing forward,
Gov. Newsom’s fracking ban is one of the most important health and environmental achievements in California’s history and it’s backed by strong science,
This is an industry that needs a transformative shift,
Blowing something up with no plan is not going to help consumers,
How California’s insurance race became a race to the left
People are sick and tired of the greed of these billionaires, tired of them undermining democracy,
Zelenskyy accuses Trump of ‘smokescreen’ oil deal amid talks to end Ukraine war
At this very moment, while our team is talking with the American team in Florida, at this very moment, the President of the United States is talking with the leader of the Kremlin, the leader of this war, the leader of this aggression, and has an agreement under which America is allowing Russia to export diesel fuel,
Soaring diesel prices meet rising seas
For a lot of these countries, they’re really at the end of these really long supply chains,
Political capital is limited; what we need is a federal government that invests in renewable nation-building projects rather than costly fossil fuel infrastructure that risks leaving Canada behind,
The increase in Canada’s 2025 emissions is yet another signal that the country must accelerate action to meet the Carney government’s own commitments. That can be achieved by doubling electricity generation capacity, doubling electrification and doubling energy efficiency,
What we cannot, and should not do, is organize our people’s safety around an indefinite wait,
As a result, headline inflation measures could remain above where oil price trends would normally indicate for as long as a significant portion of global refining capacity stays offline,
Clean energy is not just about cutting emissions,
U.S. fuel prices will likely remain unusually elevated relative to crude prices,
Some Pacific countries spend 25% of their GDP on diesel,
Our analysis suggests that building additional transmission capacity alone may not fully realize the anticipated (resource adequacy) benefits,
Record Numbers of Barrels through the Hormuz Strait,
Trump swipes at Nobel committee after peace prize awarded to human rights lawyer
Today the Nobel Committee shamed itself beyond repair and demeaned the once great Nobel Peace Prize by giving it to the UN’s Navi Pillay,
RFK Jr. launches vaccine injury probe
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is rolling out a plan to better track and treat vaccine injuries and adverse effects
We should be receiving soon the analysis of the obeldesivir as postexposure prophylaxis when we’re using it with contacts,
Paying physicians specifically to file more of these reports, without parallel investment in the controlled studies needed to interpret them, risks generating a flood of uncorroborated ‘signals’ that get treated as evidence in public and political debate, even though VAERS was never designed for that purpose,
This is just the start to reforming these programs to make them something that will truly help provide an adequate safety net for the people that do suffer the unlikely, but unfortunately real, adverse events from vaccines,
The lengthy regulatory work that will be required after the study concludes could push any potential solution to the next administration,
Trump’s beef gamble isn’t paying off
Trump administration launches new sanctions on International Criminal Court
Rubio’s announcement came hours after a former ICC judge, Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
Either the ICC will end its threats, or we will end the ICC.”
Today, the United States is sanctioning the International Criminal Court,
Donalds on AI, Trump and state of play
Rodríguez will put Floridians first by standing up to powerful special interests, rooting out corruption, and enforcing consumer protections,
I’m very pro-player when it comes to college sports,
Rick Scott makes the case for Byron Donalds as poll shows him tied with David Jolly,
I don’t think you can just say we’re going to just move on,
Typically what happens, a lot of states, they’ll look at what Florida’s doing, and they’ll say, ‘Man, that actually makes sense. Maybe we should do that, too,’
Vanderbilt hits $400 million for West Palm campus,
Democrats expect to win the House. Here’s their to-do list,
Where candidates Byron Donalds and David Jolly stand on vaccines,
Demings pitches $800M in tourist tax for 13 ideas — including UCF sports facilities,
US adds new torture allegations to Maduro case,