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• 3 Russia's Lavrov Visits Tehran for Talks; Iran Says Its Seven-Day Hormuz Offer, Rejected by Trump in September, Still Stands
• 3 Norte Fire Damages or Destroys Seven Homes in San Juan Capistrano; All Evacuation Orders Lifted as Containment Reaches 25%
• 3 'No Kings: Vote Early' Events Set for Saturday at More Than 2,500 Sites in All 50 States
• 3 Judge Kelly Issues Preliminary Injunction Keeping CNN, MS NOW and Politico Reporters at the White House, Finding the Ban Likely Viewpoint Discrimination
• 3 Twelve Senators, Six From Each Party, Ask Trump to Rescind Russian Diesel Deal and Treasury Sanctions License
• 3 OpenAI Says Iran-Origin Accounts Used ChatGPT to Place About 100 Articles Critical of the U.S. War in Roughly a Dozen Outlets
• 4 Paramount's $31-a-Share Takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Set to Close Oct. 6; Combined Company to Be Named Skydance
• 3 Supreme Court Hears Exxon and Suncor Bid to End Boulder Climate Lawsuit, With Eight Justices After Alito Recusal
• 2 No Atlantic Hurricanes Have Formed So Far in 2026, as of Oct. 2, Despite Eight Named Storms
• 5 Hegseth Announces Drone-Focused Four-Star Command and 20% Cut in General and Admiral Posts in Quantico Speech to Junior Troops
• 3 Tennessee Halts Its Last 2026 Execution and Orders Outside Review After Christa Pike Survives Two Pentobarbital Doses
• 2 No Shutdown Deadline on Sept. 30: Trump Signed a Stopgap on Sept. 2 That Funds the Government Through Dec. 11
• 4 DHS Signs Contracts Worth Up to $7.3 Billion to Build ICE Detention Space at Government Sites in Five States
• 3 FDA-Approved mRNA Flu Shot Has No CDC Recommendation While a Court Order Keeps the Vaccine Advisory Panel From Meeting
• 2 U.S. Diesel Averages $6.529 a Gallon in EIA's Sept. 21 Survey; USDA Raises 2026 Farm Fuel Forecast to $21.6 Billion