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US voters will go to the polls on 3 November in midterm elections that could reshape the balance of power in Washington and determine how much room President Donald Trump has to govern. The vote will decide control of Congress, influence the fate of his domestic agenda and offer an early verdict on his presidency.
US President Donald Trump has rejected an Iranian proposal to restore commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz within seven days, dismissing Tehran's offer as unacceptable despite mounting economic pressure from the waterway's effective closure. The decision deepens uncertainty over a conflict that has already disrupted one of the world's most critical energy chokepoints, rattled oil and gas markets, and increased the likelihood of renewed military escalation.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has imposed a ban on online gambling just days before a presidential election in which he is seeking a fourth term, escalating a politically charged fight over betting, addiction and family finances. The move has drawn accusations of opportunism from the Bolsonaro camp and warnings from football clubs and the betting industry that the crackdown could damage sponsorship revenue and push demand underground.
Police in Jackson, Mississippi, say a 29-year-old Black mother of four was already dead before her body was placed hanging from a tree in what investigators now describe as a staged scene. The case, which has stirred anguish and fear in a state scarred by the history of racial violence, has led to multiple arrests as detectives say the killing was tied to a drug dispute.
South Africa's new ambassador to Washington, Roelf Meyer, has flatly rejected Donald Trump's claim that white Afrikaners face genocide, saying the notion of a mass attack on the minority "does not exist." Meyer, a former apartheid-era mediator and self-described Afrikaner, says violence in South Africa has been misrepresented as the Trump administration expands a refugee pathway for white South Africans.
The Pentagon is asking Congress for $30.3 million over five years to develop Polygraph+, an AI-enabled upgrade to the government's long-criticized lie detection system. The project would combine machine learning with non-contact "standoff sensing" to assess credibility, even as experts warn the effort could deepen the flaws of traditional polygraphs rather than fix them.
A Democratic US representative has announced plans to introduce legislation that would terminate the federal surveillance tower program along the southern border, citing MIT Technology Review's investigation into its deadly failures. The move comes as AI's role in climate and security debates intensifies, with the technology drawing both investment and skepticism at New York Climate Week.
A Democratic congresswoman is preparing legislation to terminate the U.S. border surveillance tower program after an investigation found more than 1,050 deaths occurred within the towers' advertised range between 2015 and early 2026. Rep. Delia Ramirez says the billion-dollar system has failed to deliver safety and instead reflects a broader architecture of militarized border enforcement that she wants dismantled.
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