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ICE says Dallas painter who died in its Laredo jail was a green-card holder accused of hiding a 2004 theft arrest, which his daughter disputes.
Jailed at border returning from Mexico
Source: The Texas Tribune
October 19, 2026Details
Trump’s Homeland Security appointees asked its cybersecurity agency to secretly get and hack a voting machine for the White House, ProPublica reports.
Told not to warn the manufacturer
Source: ProPublica
October 19, 2026Details
Pennsylvania warns doctors of measles passed to newborns, unseen in the US for decades, as its outbreak reaches 1,286 cases and six reported deaths.
53 pregnant patients infected
Source: Ars Technica
October 19, 2026Details
Election offices in at least 32 states were targeted with suspicious letters two weeks before the midterms, WIRED finds, with five evacuated over white powder.
FBI won’t say how many
Source: Wired
October 19, 2026Details
Trump tells Kansas rally France was “burned to the ground by migrants, jihadists, and communists,” though its protests are over schools and fuel prices.
Costs rose after US shut Hormuz
Source: The Guardian
October 19, 2026Details
Trump announces $8 billion in one-time diesel relief payments to farmers at a Kansas rally, crediting Republican Sen. Marshall 15 days before the midterms.
$6.32 a gallon, up from $3.63
Source: The Hill
October 19, 2026Details
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