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Donald Trump is accused of conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The Supreme Court ruled in July that presidents are not immune from prosecution for actions taken in an official capacity.

A federal judge unsealed a 165-page filing from special counsel Jack Smith's updated election interference case against former President Donald Trump. The document details the extent to which a bevy of advisers, including Vice President Mike Pence, tried to convince Trump that his challenge to the 2020 presidential election would not succeed but he went ahead with his election-rigging claims anyway. In one instance, a White House staffer overheard Trump telling family members that “it doesn’t matter if you won or lost the election. You still have to fight it.”


President Biden approved Gov. Cooper's request for active-duty military personnel and equipment to support ongoing rescue, relief and recovery operations in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene.

Tropical Storm Helene hit Western North Carolina a week ago and killed at least 61 people. Much of the region lost power, cell towers, internet service, road access and running water. Rescue teams with cadaver dogs are being brought in to search some of the hardest hit communities. Pastor Jeff Dowdy and his wife spent more than four hours chain-sawing their way out of their neighborhood to help get an aid station up and running. They are just trying to do whatever they can.


Iran fired 180 missiles at Israel on Tuesday in retaliation for the killing of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders and an Iranian general. US warned of an imminent attack by Iran, but it seems to be falling on deaf ears.

Iran launched almost 200 ballistic missiles towards Israel on Tuesday night. Most of the missiles were intercepted, but a small number struck central and southern Israel. It was Iran’s second such attack on Israel this year, after it launched about 300 missiles and drones in April. Iranian state TV said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched “tens of ballistic missiles” at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders and an Iranian general. The launch comes after Israeli forces moved into southern Lebanon as part of a campaign against Tehran-backed Hezbollah. Oil prices surged more than 4%, while stocks declined.


Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in fighting with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on Wednesday. Israel declared war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip a year ago.

At least five people were killed in an Israeli strike on the West Bank city of Tulkarm on Thursday. At least nine Israeli soldiers have been killed in clashes with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, where Israel announced the start of what it says is a limited ground incursion earlier this week. The region is bracing for retaliation following an Iranian ballistic missile attack. World Health Organization reports that 28 health workers died in the past day in Lebanon. Three dozen health facilities closed in the south and five hospitals were either partly or fully evacuated in Beirut.


Tim Walz and JD Vance went after each other’s running mates Tuesday. October 1 marked the first day of the final full month before the 2024 presidential election. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will be the candidates.

Tim Walz and JD Vance went after each other's running mates in Tuesday's debate. Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign announced Wednesday that Tim Walz will have his first appearance on a late-night talk show during an upcoming trip to California. Violence in the Mideast, a massive labor strike among East Coast and Gulf Coast dockworkers, and the devastation of Hurricane Helene all struck with only five weeks before the 2024 presidential election. How events shake out could be decisive as they claw for votes in battleground states. The current occupant of the White House, Joe Biden, is trying to display steady calm as a flurry of difficult problems arise at once.


Microsoft and NGO-Information Sharing and Analysis Center filed a civil action to seize 66 internet domains allegedly used by the Callisto Group, which Microsoft calls Star Blizzard. The domains were used as part of an ongoing spear-phishing campaign by the so-called "Callisto group" linked to Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) between January 2023 and August 2024

A hacking group tied to Russian intelligence tried to worm its way into the systems of Western think tanks, journalists and former military and intelligence officials. The group targeted its victims with emails that appeared to come from a trusted source, but in fact they sought access to the victims' internal systems. On Thursday, a U.S. court unsealed documents authorizing Microsoft and the Department of Justice to seize more than 100 website domain names associated with Star Blizzard. It came after a lawsuit was filed against the network by Microsoft and NGO-Information Sharing and Analysis Center.


Fawzia Amin Sido, 21, was kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Iraq a decade ago. She was rescued from Gaza this week in a secret operation involving Israel, the United States and Iraq.

Fawzia Amin Sido, 21, was kidnapped from her home by ISIS terrorists in Iraq when she was just 11 years old. She survived years of sexual and physical abuse at the hands of a Palestinian ISIS militant and was moved to Gaza several years ago. Steve Maman, a Jewish Canadian businessman sometimes referred to as "the Jewish Schindler" for his efforts to help Yazidis escape ISIS captivity, posted a video on social media showing the moment the family was reunited after 10 years.


Tim Walz and JD Vance took part in the only vice presidential debate of the 2024 US election campaign on Tuesday. NPR fact checked the Vance-Walz debate.

JD Vance and Tim Walz faced off in a vice presidential debate in New York on Tuesday. NPR fact-checked the candidates' claims in real time. The tone of the debate was collegial, as the two Midwestern men tackled issues like the economy, immigration and health care. It was the last scheduled debate of the election season. Vox's Zack Beauchamp is a senior correspondent at Vox and he covers ideology and challenges to democracy. His book "Democracy" was published July 16.


Melania Trump's memoir, "Melania," will be published a month before the November election. She wrote in her book that women should have autonomy in deciding their preference of having children based on their own convictions and free from any intervention or pressure from the government.

Melania Trump's memoir, "Melania," is set to be released in the U.S. on Tuesday by Skyhorse. The former first lady has written that she supports abortion rights and women's right to control their own body. Her husband Donald Trump has taken credit for the Supreme Court's decision that ended the constitutional right to abortion. In her new memoir, Melania reveals her views on abortion and reproductive rights are at odds with those of the Republican Party and her husband.


FEMA is almost out of money. The House and Senate passed a government funding extension that left out billions of dollars in requested disaster relief funds.

The House and Senate passed a government funding extension that left out billions of dollars in requested disaster funding for Hurricane Helene's recovery efforts. The account that funds most of the relief programs after major disasters was nearly out of money in early August. It is the ninth time FEMA has had to conserve cash because of congressional inaction since 2001. President Joe Biden may have to request an emergency spending package to finance the recovery efforts from HurricaneHelene. Congress might need to cut short its October recess to pass it quickly. Some lawmakers are open to a reconveneing before the election.


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