The FBI has issued new guidance allowing people accused of bestiality and other deviant sexual activity to be hired as FBI special agents.
Ken Paxton is spotted wearing a $41,600 watch while on the campaign trail.
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Trump Gives an Uninterrupted 8-Minute Answer to Fox
“Fox News host Trey Gowdy asked him a question and President Donald Trump answered… and answered… and answered,” Mediaite reports. “He gave an uninterrupted 7 minute and 55 second answer which also weaved in one of his favorite moves: bashing ex-president Joe Biden.”
The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Zeen Rachidi
Shai-Hulud: Whoever controls your package registry controls your pipeline

On September 15, 2025, npm’s registry did something unprecedented: Packages began updating themselves. No maintainer ran npm publish. No pull
The post Shai-Hulud: Whoever controls your package registry controls your pipeline appeared first on The New Stack.
daveverse
• Dave Winer
Claude Code is like Victor Wembanyama, assuming you follow the NBA and are interested in my first-hand experience with CC as a programming partner for the last 8 months or so.
Claude Code is like Victor Wembanyama, assuming you follow the NBA and are interested in my first-hand experience with CC as a programming partner for the last 8 months or so.
Vance: "I don't think data centers are that controversial"
Q: Trump tweeted an AI generated video of bombing Kharg Island. Is that supposed to be a warning?
Vance: Trump likes to mix it up on social media a little bit
Radar
• Michelle Smith
Zero to Agent in 30 Minutes: Building a Financial News Agent with Jayeeta Putatunda
In this episode of Zero to Agent in 30 Minutes, Jayeeta Putatunda, forward deployed AI engineering lead at Turing, builds a multi-agent workflow that turns a daily flood of financial headlines into a structured analyst briefing. Financial analysts already have deep internal research, coverage assignments, and market views, but keeping that context current as new […]
TPM – Talking Points Memo
• David Kurtz
What Happened To Promised Federal Charges Against That Freed ICE Agent?
Deep-Sixed One of the weirder side plots last week in the extradition fight between Minnesota and Texas over ICE agent...
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Treasury Blocks Reporters From G20
“The U.S. Treasury Department denied credentials to journalists from The New York Times, Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal for this week’s Group of 20 finance meeting in North Carolina,” The Wrap reports.
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Republicans Ask Justices to Let Them Air TV Ads for Less
“Republican campaign groups – supported by the Trump administration – asked the Supreme Court on Monday to let them purchase television advertising at discounted rates, handing the nation’s highest court another emergency appeal that could influence the outcome of this year’s midterm elections,” CNN reports. “The quick-turn appeal follows a series of high-profile decisions from […]
Local Rescue Saves 20 Dogs From HV Hoarding Situation
Take Me Home Pet Rescue led the effort to rescue 20 dogs, including 11 puppies found in a single crate, from a hoarding situation at a home in the Hudson Valley. Continue reading…
Ars Technica
• Ryan Whitwam
Google Maps renames "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" even faster than US government
Google rolled out the Lake America change on Saturday, while the official US government maps are still waiting.
The Trump administration has approved the forever chemical pesticide trifludimoxazin for use on food crops.
WIRED
• Kate Knibbs
George Santos Just Got Hit With Kalshi’s First-Ever Lifetime Ban
The former US representative was also fined more than $71,000 for allegedly attempting to manipulate the prediction market.
Electrek
• Fred Lambert
Rivian (RIVN) CFO steps down for GE Vernova amid critical R2 ramp

Rivian CFO Claire McDonough is stepping down effective October 30, leaving after nearly six years to become chief financial officer of energy giant GE Vernova.
The departure lands at the most important moment in Rivian’s history — the ramp of the R2, the $45,000-to-$58,000 SUV the entire company is betting on.
more…
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Kalshi Bans George Santos for Life
“Kalshi said on Monday that it would ban former Republican Rep. George Santos from using its platform for life after a federal regulator alleged that the ex-congressman made more than $17,000 by placing bets on his attendance at President Trump’s State of the Union address,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “In addition to the ban, […]
The Texas Observer
• Sam Russek
The Last Mayor of Houston
On his second Saturday as the 63rd mayor of Houston, former state Senator John Whitmire drove to Yale Street Grill, a no-frills diner in the Heights neighborhood, to rendezvous with Bill King, a former Houston Chronicle columnist and current fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute, who, in 2015, had very nearly become mayor himself. Whitmire’s […]
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Fox: In 9 months, the economy lost an average of 27,000 jobs. The minimum number of jobs needed to cover population growth was 36,000.