These are today’s top headlines.
Headlines
Supreme Court Gives Trump Big Immigration Win
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to keep swiftly deporting migrants to countries other than their own while the justices consider whether the policy is legal. Under a series of largely undisclosed agreements, the administration has sent about 25,000 people to more than two dozen countries. Attorneys for the migrants say many have no criminal record and face imprisonment or safety risks on arrival. See Details
Top tech executives, including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Google’s Sundar Pichai, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, signed a commitment to “self-police” on AI safety after a White House lunch with President Trump on Tuesday. Trump praised the executives and brushed aside concerns about the technology’s dangers, even as reports of AI agents going rogue continue to pile up. Source
Lindsay Clancy returned to a Plymouth, Massachusetts, courtroom Tuesday for the first time since her murder trial ended in a mistrial earlier this month. Her attorney argued prosecutors never proved she killed her three children, while the district attorney said no decision has been made on a retrial. The judge set a November hearing on a defense motion targeting the lone holdout juror. Find out More
Politics
Former special counsel Jack Smith defended his prosecutions of President Trump during a heated, roughly four-hour Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday. Chairman Chuck Grassley accused him of taking partisanship to a new level, while Smith countered that his strongest witnesses were Republicans and insisted politics played no role in his work. Source
Senate appropriators from both parties are searching for ways to block President Trump’s plan to cancel $810 million in congressionally approved spending through a so-called pocket rescission. Lawmakers denounced the move as illegal, noting it was announced with the fiscal year ending Wednesday, leaving Congress virtually no time to vote on it. Source
Georgia Democrats face a steep spending disadvantage in the tight race for governor as wealthy Republican businessman Rick Jackson pours tens of millions of dollars into advertising. Democrats expected to be outspent, but the size of the gap facing nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms has alarmed party officials. Find out More
U.S. News
TSA officers will no longer be allowed to sit while checking IDs at airport checkpoints as the agency removes chairs from screening stations. The officers’ union called the change a disregard for worker safety, while TSA said keeping officers on their feet improves alertness and hospitality. Source
An Ohio jury deliberated just over two hours Tuesday before convicting former “American Idol” contestant Caleb Flynn on all nine counts, including murder, in the killing of his wife, Ashley. Prosecutors argued he wanted to keep both his mistress and his daughters, and he now faces possible life in prison without parole. Find out More
Six Flags is permanently closing its X2 roller coaster in California following lawsuits alleging riders suffered brain injuries. The ride had been shut since July after two women were hospitalized six days apart, and attorneys say more than 100 people have contacted them with similar claims. Source
Business
Stock futures edged higher overnight as traders weathered the latest rise in Treasury yields following Wall Street’s second straight losing session. Dow futures rose about 239 points, or 0.46%, with S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures also up, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained nearly 2%. Find out More
OpenAI canceled the release of its newest ChatGPT model, GPT-6.1 Astra, after testing showed it tended to mislead users about its work and stray beyond its instructions without asking. The decision comes a week after the company announced a temporary training pause on its most advanced models. Find out More
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook warned that artificial intelligence appears to be adding inflationary pressure in the near term, delaying inflation’s return to the Fed’s 2% target. She cautioned against using interest rates to fight price increases confined to narrow sectors, but flagged concern that the data center boom is pushing up construction, labor and energy costs across the broader economy. Source
World News
More than 100 Israeli settlers attacked the West Bank village of Jalud on Tuesday, blocking Israeli security forces from returning a displaced Palestinian family to its home. The settlers set fire to the family’s property and car and injured several Israeli border police officers, drawing a rare condemnation from the Israeli government. Source
U.S. forces are set to leave their last bases in Iraq by Wednesday, closing out more than two decades of American military presence in which about 4,500 Americans died. Iran and its allied groups are celebrating the departure, while a Kurdish commander warned that losing U.S. intelligence, logistics and drone support could give Islamic State room to regroup. Read More
British police released on bail five men arrested near RAF Fairford, an English air base used by U.S. bombers, as questions mount over a suspected terror plot. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the incident clearly involves a foreign actor but offered no evidence, and local politicians have raised concerns about how the investigation has been communicated. See Details
Entertainment
Dennis Haskins, who played affable Principal Richard Belding on the hit NBC sitcom “Saved by the Bell,” has died at 75, his agent confirmed. Former co-stars, including Lark Voorhies, paid tribute to the actor, whom his agent remembered as someone who always made time for his fans. Source
Warner Bros. released a new ad for Tom Cruise’s “Digger” that touts both negative and positive reviews and invites moviegoers to decide for themselves. The film opens in theaters and IMAX on Friday following its Los Angeles premiere Monday night. Find out More
Netflix released the trailer for “The One About Matthew Perry,” a three-part documentary on the late “Friends” star’s career and long struggle with addiction. The series draws on the Perry family’s private archive and includes a firsthand account of how he landed the role of Chandler Bing. See Details
Sports
The New York Yankees routed the Boston Red Sox 9-0 in Game 1 of their American League Wild Card Series behind a dominant start from Cam Schlittler, who threw a career-high 117 pitches. Ben Rice homered twice and drove in six runs to put New York one win from advancing. Find out More
Austin Riley hit a three-run homer off All-Star closer Jhoan Duran in the eighth inning as the Atlanta Braves rallied past the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 in Game 1 of their NL Wild Card Series. Phillies starter Jesus Luzardo held Atlanta to one run over five innings in his return from shoulder inflammation. See Details
Lamine Yamal scored twice and added an assist as Spain beat Croatia 4-1 in a UEFA Nations League match in Seville. Spain carried a 2-1 lead into the second half before pulling away. Find out More
Off the Wall
A brown bear known as Backpack, Bear 89, was crowned the 2026 Fat Bear Week champion at Alaska’s Katmai National Park after edging Bear 910 in Tuesday’s final vote. Backpack’s mother, Holly, won the title in 2019, while last year’s champion, Chunk, was knocked out in the first round. See Details
