FBI Director Kash Patel defended loosened hiring rules on prostitution and bestiality during a contentious Senate oversight hearing. Senators also pressed him on election security, FBI firings, his travel, a defamation lawsuit and investigations involving federal agents.
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Los Angeles prosecutors said they will not seek the death penalty against Nick Reiner, who is charged with murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner. If convicted of all charges, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole.
Russia and Ukraine exchanged new drone strikes hours after President Donald Trump said both sides had agreed to stop targeting energy infrastructure. Zelenskyy said Ukraine would pause attacks only if the U.S. secured a genuine Russian commitment to spare Ukrainian infrastructure.
A public inquiry found “complete failure” at the Countess of Chester Hospital allowed Lucy Letby to continue harming babies. Lady Justice Kathryn Thirlwall said some deaths and attacks could have been prevented with earlier safeguarding action.
An anonymous whistleblower says DHS officers may have violated state laws while searching voter records for a Trump administration noncitizen voting investigation. The disclosure also raises concerns about data reliability, legal guidance and quotas for officers reviewing voters.
Conserve Big Bend and six Texas landowners sued the Trump administration to stop border wall construction across private property in the remote Big Bend region. The lawsuit says the area has among the lowest apprehension totals on the Southwest border and was wrongly labeled a zone of “high illegal entry.”
Former CIA Director John Brennan has been subpoenaed to testify Oct. 15 before a Florida grand jury examining whether officials conspired against Donald Trump. The subpoena emerged in Brennan’s lawsuit alleging the investigations targeting him are politically motivated.
A DHS inspector general report found detainees at Florida’s shuttered “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration facility were held in small metal cages for up to nearly two hours. The watchdog said the practice was unprecedented among inspected ICE facilities and did not align with humane treatment standards.