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Sunday, October 4, 2026
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employers added 29,000 jobs in September, and the unemployment rate was 4.2 percent. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said both “changed little.” The bureau also marked July and August down by 60,000 jobs combined. Friday’s edition locked before the 8:30 a.m. Eastern release and did not carry a number.
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White House
In Kyoto on Sunday, the United States and 16 other countries endorsed a joint declaration, the Legal instrument A joint declaration the United States and 16 other countries endorsed on Oct. 4, 2026, at the Science and Technology in Society Forum in Kyoto. The White House says it calls for new ways to fund labs, wider use of super intelligence in research, and more training.. Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, led the American side at the Science and Technology in Society Forum.Kyoto Vision for a Golden Age of Science
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Justice Department
On Friday the Justice Department said it had unsealed charges over money allegedly raised for Hamas, including from donors in the United States, and that three men were arrested here. French police arrested three more people. The same day Treasury blocked the U.S.-touching property of a Gaza-based man, two people in France, and two groups they used to raise money. The charges are allegations. The people charged are presumed innocent.
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State Department
The State Department said Saturday that rising tension between Ethiopia and Eritrea could spill across the Horn of Africa. Spokesman Thomas “Tommy” Pigott urged both governments to respect their neighbors’ borders, hold back, and return to the talks they agreed in their Legal instrument The agreement the State Department cited on Oct. 3, 2026, when it urged Ethiopia and Eritrea to return to dialogue and cooperation. The statement calls it their 2018 peace framework and does not reprint the text..2018 Ethiopia–Eritrea peace framework
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White House
The White House said Friday that Medicare will send a one-time payment of $90 to more than 20 million people, to help with Part B premiums. The money is to come from the Legal instrument The Medicare account the Oct. 2, 2026, White House fact sheet says will pay a one-time $90 to more than 20 million Part B enrollees. The sheet says Congress established the fund in 2008, put $2 billion in it for fee-for-service improvements, and had not used it before.. Most people who qualify are supposed to see a direct deposit in early October. People whose premiums Medicaid already pays, and people who pay an extra charge based on income, are left out.Medicare Improvement Fund
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Anthropic
Anthropic said Friday it will spend $100 million to train 10,000 engineers by the end of 2027. The program is called Claude Frontier Academy. The company is not announcing a new model. It is teaching people who already work inside banks, drug companies, and consulting firms how to put Claude into a real business.
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NASA
NASA and SpaceX now plan to undock the Crew-12 capsule no earlier than 1:05 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, Oct. 7. If that holds, splashdown off California is about 11:25 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, Oct. 8. This morning, station commander Jessica Meir is scheduled to hand command to cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov at a ceremony that starts at 10:20 a.m. Eastern.
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UFC
Natalia Silva won the vacant women’s flyweight title on Saturday night in Salt Lake City. She beat Wang Cong by unanimous decision, 48-47, 48-47, and 49-46, in the main event of UFC 332 at the Delta Center.
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State Department
The United States and Japan signed a protocol in Tokyo on Friday that keeps their science and technology agreement going with no end date, and amends it. Michael Kratsios signed for the United States. Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu signed for Japan. The agreement itself dates to 1988.
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Treasury
The board of the Legal instrument The joint U.S.-Ukrainian investment fund Treasury says was created under an agreement Secretary Scott Bessent and Prime Minister Svyrydenko signed in April 2025. On Oct. 2, 2026, its board approved further minerals and energy investments. on Friday approved another round of deals in minerals and energy. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the votes keep moving an agreement he and Prime Minister Svyrydenko signed in April 2025. The release names the projects and does not state a dollar size for the new round.U.S.–Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund
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Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve on Friday gave the public until Nov. 4 to comment on a proposal to update Legal instrument The Federal Reserve rule on loans a bank makes to its own insiders: executives, directors, and major shareholders. On Oct. 2, 2026, the Board extended comments on a proposal to modernize it until Nov. 4. Comments had been due Oct. 5., the rule on loans a bank makes to its own executives, directors, and major shareholders. Comments had been due Oct. 5. The announcement came out at 4:00 p.m. Eastern, after Friday’s edition locked.Regulation O
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