MARK BRODIE: California Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in advance of what is expected to be a Super El Niño — bringing heavy rains and flooding.
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Breaking News Sep 30, 2026Terror Watch: One Year After Heaton Park, Counter-Terror Police Say the Threat to Jewish Communities Remains High
One year after a terrorist attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester, the head of UK counter-terrorism policing says the threat to Jewish communities remains high.
Breaking News Sep 30, 2026Passengers overcame pilot who tried to crash flydubai flight, Israel says
Here’s the latest • Hijacking attempt: A pilot on the Israel-bound Flydubai flight diverted to Saudi Arabia stabbed the other pilot and appears to have tried to crash the plane, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
Breaking News Sep 30, 2026Trump signs executive order rebranding AI as ‘Super Intelligence’ as tech titans ink separat…
The executive order followed a White House gathering of top technology CEOs President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order directing the federal government to replace the term “artificial intelligence” with “Super Intelligence” across the executive branch, cementing a rebranding effort he has championed in recent weeks.
Breaking News Sep 30, 2026Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration’s Third-Country Deportations, for Now
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to restart its program of removing migrants to countries other than their homeland without giving them an opportunity to raise human rights concerns, and said it would hear arguments in the case later this year.
Breaking News Sep 29, 2026Texas Just Got Handed a Statewide Disaster Declaration, and the Emergency This Time Is the P…
Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statewide disaster proclamation to allow expanded use of dyed diesel on Texas roads.
Breaking News Sep 29, 2026Georgia Is Under a State of Emergency Over Fuel. Here’s What Kemp’s Order Does
Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency over fuel prices and suspended Georgia’s 33.3-cent gas tax through Oct. 29, along with truck weight limits, and switched on the state’s price-gouging law.
Breaking News Sep 29, 2026Jack Smith to senators: “I will not be silenced”
WASHINGTON — Former special counsel Jack Smith told senators Tuesday that he would not be silenced “by continued threats of prosecution” over his handling of the investigation into President Donald Trump.