Microsoft's October 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses 1408 CVEs across the October security release. The infographic above summarises severity and risk level by product family; the prose below unpacks the items that need attention this cycle. 3 CVEs carry a zero-day flag (publicly disclosed and/or being exploited in the wild).
"The message delivered by a president during a high-stakes midterm campaign can be critical," the New York Times reports. "As President Trump travels the country ahead of this year's elections, he might focus on selling Americans on how he will bring the Iran war to a close, or control rising prices." "But in a puzzling approach, at some recent rallies he has instead started his often-meandering remarks by effusing about the physical appearances of other men and, more rarely, finding fault with them."
A large fire near a Canadian military base in Alberta has killed and injured some people, the defence minister said, without confirming the number of casualties. The Canadian Armed Forces were working with local authorities to manage the fire and were looking into what caused it, David McGuinty said, describing the situation as "very, very active and delicate". Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said on X that a "serious incident creating a major fire" had occurred, adding his "thoughts are with all the brave women and men affected". Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, where the fire broke out, is one of the country's busiest military training bases.
An encounter between Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and an unidentified man "quickly" went "off the rails," according to the progressive media organization MeidasTouch, which shared a video of the incident. Ramaswamy came under scrutiny this week after one of his campaign ads featured a video of the Republican candidate shaking hands with a male registered sex offender and complimenting his patriotic attire. According to The Bulwark, the ad featured Vernon Edwards, who pleaded guilty in 2006 to two counts of gross sexual imposition involving a girl under 13. Ramaswamy's campaign has since reworked the ad to remove Edwards and claimed to be unaware of Edwards' criminal history. Read more
A federal officer slammed a vehicle into a Houston construction worker and broke his leg, believing him to be a man who apparently died years ago, the dead man's family said on Friday, further calling into question the account given by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The worker, 48-year-old Miguel Parra Hernandez of Mexico, remains hospitalized with multiple leg fractures and needs reconstructive ankle surgery, according to FIEL, a Houston-based immigration advocacy group. At a news conference on Friday, the group said the alleged suspect's family had shared documentation proving his death.
A fire engulfed the historic town hall in Limoges, central France, after a group set the 143-year-old building alight amid unrest following nationwide cost-of-living protests. Local prefect Maurice Barate said the roof had collapsed onto the lower floors, except for the west wing, and that around two-thirds of the building's exterior had already disappeared. The blaze followed demonstrations that escalated into violence in several French cities on Saturday. The extent of the damage to the town hall was still being assessed Read more
A new POLITICO Poll finds that even as Republicans promote their tax cuts and rebrand their megabill as "Working Families Tax Cuts," their message isn't breaking through.
President Donald Trump is blaming senior aides and political operatives for a faltering midterm strategy, questioning campaign spending, faulting redistricting and second-guessing candidate choices as Republicans fight to retain control of Congress, said three people familiar with internal discussions.
President Donald Trump is now operating as the chief prosecutor of the United States: he has the exclusive authority to decide who is investigated or prosecuted by the Department of Justice. This is what Trump himself has repeatedly suggested;[1] it is what his Department of Justice has confirmed;[2] and it is what the Supreme Court has held the Constitution establishes.[3] Here, we examine the constitutional, legal, and ethical constraints on the president when he exercises his power as chief prosecutor by choosing a particular person to be investigated or prosecuted.
ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith discussed his Thursday dinner with President Donald Trump, singer Kid Rock, and "Real Time" host Bill Maher, telling CNN during a Friday appearance on "Laura Coates Live" that he didn't expect the White House event to last more than 30 minutes " only for it to run over four hours. "He was saying, I'm going to campaign, I'm going to go all over this country, I'll do whatever I have to do to help whoever I have to do, because the people love me,'" Smith recalled Friday. "I said, Sir, the polls show you in the 30-percentile in terms of popularity,'" Smith continued. "He said, Did you know that 99% of the Republicans actually approve of me? So, the people out there that are conservatives ... they love me, I love them, they will vote the way that I want them to vote.' That's how he feels. That's the level of confidence that he has." Read more
Larry David, the newest member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has some suggestions for the party"starting with mandatory siestas and pet bereavement leave
Music at link is Anthony Braxton, "To Composer John Cage." Read more
Two Americans were "severely" beaten Thursday and Friday in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and outrage poured in as U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee remained silent on the matter. Heidi Levine, a veteran journalist and photographer for The Washington Post, was "severely" beaten Friday, the Post reported, while "wearing a protective vest clearly marked PRESS on front and back." She was "kicked repeatedly" after being knocked to the ground, and "stripped of her cameras and phone" by Israeli settlers. "I just got back actually two days ago from three weeks in Ukraine," Levine said from a hospital bed, video shared by independent journalist Jasper Nathaniel showed. "I've been covering this conflict here for over three decades, and this is the second time that I've been brutally attacked " 15 years ago I was also attacked in front of the [Israeli] army." Read more
Former Vice President Kamala Harris Kamala Harris GOP shrinks ambition despite bashing polls Harris tells Keke Palmer she's undecided on 2028 run Harris to hit campaign trail for Democrats in Mississippi, New Hampshire, more More(Kamala Harris) on Wednesday said the Biden administration should have responded sooner to the Israeli government's "horrific conduct" in the Gaza war. Read more
The top 1% of Americans pay 40% of all federal income taxes. The top 10% pay 70%. The Bottom 50% pay 3%. Still think the rich arent paying their fair share?
Five years ago, parents across the country were angry and frustrated. Schools had remained closed or offered only limited in-person instruction long after evidence of the damage to children was impossible to ignore. Mask mandates dragged on. Parents were discovering that schools had embraced radical ideas about race and gender that would have been unthinkable just a few years earlier. So they did what Americans are supposed to do in a representative democracy. They showed up at public meetings, stood at the podium, asked questions, demanded answers and challenged policies they believed were harming children.
