Edition

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Sunday edition

White House

Trump waives the Russia tariffs Congress just passed

Confirmed

President Trump set the new Russia tariffs on paper Friday, then waived them the same day. The also waives most of the law's new sanctions.¹

Full story and sources · 3 primary sources

Bend, Oregon

Parent and teacher stopped Bend school gunman, police say

Confirmed

Thursday, Oct. 15

On Thursday, Oct. 15, a gunman killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon. Police say a parent and a teacher stopped him. The gunman is dead.¹

Sources · 1 listed

Prices

Import prices post their biggest yearly jump since 2022

Confirmed

Goods shipped into the United States cost more in September. Import prices rose 1.1 percent from August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET.¹

Sources · 1 listed

Production

Factories and power plants made more in September

Confirmed

U.S. factories, mines, and power plants turned out more in September. Industrial production rose 0.7 percent, the Federal Reserve said Friday.¹

Sources · 1 listed

Justice Department

Justice Department sues California over its voter list

Confirmed

Thursday, Oct. 15

The Justice Department sued California on Thursday over the state's voter list. The complaint says more than 20,000 people the government believes are likely noncitizens are registered, and that California mails a ballot to every registered voter.¹

Sources · 2 listed

Justice Department

Justice Department charges 16 people with illegal voting

Confirmed

The Justice Department said Friday it has charged 16 noncitizens in North Carolina, New York, and Idaho in connection with illegal voting and false claims of U.S. citizenship.¹

Sources · 1 listed

Models

Meta releases weights for Muse Spark Open

Confirmed

Thursday, Oct. 15

Meta published the weights for Muse Spark Open on Thursday. Anyone can download them under the company's license. Meta calls it the most capable open-weight model from a U.S. lab. That ranking is Meta's claim.¹

Sources · 2 listed

Tesla

Tesla shows a Roadster it says can fly

Partially confirmed

Thursday, Oct. 15

Tesla put a new Roadster on its website Thursday night. The page lists three versions. Of the invite-only one, Tesla writes, “So yes, it can fly.”¹

Sources · 2 listed

Research

Anthropic says Claude traced old encryption seeds

Confirmed

Anthropic said Friday that its model Claude found where five famous encryption-curve seeds came from. The company says the work took less than half an hour.¹

Sources · 1 listed

Space

Japan still plans a Mars-moons launch on Monday

Confirmed

A Japanese spacecraft bound for the moons of Mars is still set to launch Monday at 3:41 p.m. Eastern. It has not launched.¹

Sources · 2 listed

White House

Press secretary Katie Zacharia says she is leaving

Partially confirmed

Katie Zacharia, the White House press secretary, said late Friday that she is leaving the job. The only source this desk opened is her own post.¹

Sources · 1 listed

Justice Department

Three people charged in a Delaware trafficking case

Confirmed

A federal indictment unsealed in Delaware charges three people with conspiring to sex-traffic children. The Justice Department named Jamar Geeter, Kalvin Carter Jr., and Jada Hasty.¹

Sources · 1 listed

Bucks County

Bucks County charges a prosecutor over abuse images

Confirmed

Thursday, Oct. 15

Prosecutors in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, charged a New Jersey deputy attorney general on Thursday with felonies tied to images of child sexual abuse, including images they say a computer generated.¹

Sources · 1 listed

Models

DeepSeek says its fast model got faster

Partially confirmed

DeepSeek said Saturday that a new version of its fast model is live on its site, its app, and its paid interface. The company says it finishes tasks faster than the last one. That is DeepSeek's claim.¹

Sources · 1 listed

Research

Anthropic says Claude designed tighter quantum circuits

Partially confirmed

Anthropic said Friday that Claude drew quantum-computer circuits tighter than the ones already published. The company says the model did most of the searching itself. Those results are Anthropic's claims.¹

Sources · 1 listed

Research

Anthropic reports a gap in what people expect of AI

Confirmed

Anthropic published two reports on Friday about its own hiring and about what people expect AI to do. Inside the company, agent hours have pulled ahead of the staff.¹

Sources · 2 listed

NASA

NASA names Stephen Cash to lead Marshall

Confirmed

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman named Stephen Cash director of the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. He starts Monday.¹

Sources · 1 listed

Treasury

Foreigners bought more U.S. assets in August

Confirmed

Foreign investors put more money into the United States in August than they took out. The Treasury Department said Friday the net inflow was $199.8 billion.¹

Sources · 1 listed

Models

OpenAI posts disagree on a Pro model name

Partially confirmed

OpenAI said Friday afternoon that the top model for its highest-paying ChatGPT customers got faster. Two official posts, less than half an hour apart, do not use the same name for it.¹

Sources · 1 listed

UFC

Malott knocks out Buckley in Edmonton

Confirmed

Mike Malott knocked out Joaquin Buckley on Saturday night in Edmonton. The finish came at 2:32 of the second round. UFC gave Malott a Performance of the Night bonus.¹

Sources · 1 listed

PFL

Bishop beats Carmouche for a flyweight title

Confirmed

Jena Bishop beat Liz Carmouche by decision on Friday night in Chicago. The fight was for the PFL women's flyweight title. PFL's page calls Bishop the new champion.¹

Sources · 1 listed

ONE

ONE posts MMA and grappling winners in Asia

Confirmed

ONE posted MMA and grappling winners from Friday in Bangkok and Saturday in Tokyo. This desk is carrying only those bouts.¹

Sources · 2 listed

Safety

Super Typhoon Champi brushes past Guam and heads west

Confirmed

Added 7:40 a.m. ET, Oct. 18

The eye of Super Typhoon Champi passed about 10 miles south of Guam's southern tip at about 4:26 a.m. Sunday, Guam time, the island's homeland security office said.¹ Its top winds were near 150 mph. By Sunday evening the storm was moving away to the west, and the National Weather Service had no watches or warnings left for the Marianas.²

Sources · 7 listed

Safety

Hurricane Trudy brings heavy rain and strong wind to Mexico's west coast

Confirmed

Added 7:40 a.m. ET, Oct. 18

Hurricane Trudy is skirting the Pacific coast of west-central Mexico with top winds near 105 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said at 2 a.m. Mountain time Sunday.¹ A hurricane warning covers the coast from Manzanillo north to Cabo Corrientes. Forecasters warn the rain could bring deadly floods and mudslides.

Sources · 1 listed

Safety

Kenya confirms a third Ebola case, again found in quarantine

Confirmed

Added 7:40 a.m. ET, Oct. 18

Kenya's Ministry of Health confirmed a third case of Bundibugyo Ebola on Friday, Oct. 16.¹ The patient is a 65-year-old woman, a close relative of the first two patients, who had been in quarantine since Oct. 6 and fell ill there. The ministry says there is no sign of community spread and the risk to the public is low.

Sources · 3 listed

Desk note

President Trump set the 's new Russia tariffs on Friday and waived them the same day. Import prices rose 1.1 percent in September. This paper also catches up three Thursday stories this desk missed: a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Tesla's new Roadster page, and Meta's open weights for Muse Spark. It covers Friday morning through Sunday morning. No Saturday edition ran. The markets note is the week of Monday, Oct. 12, through Friday, Oct. 16. Fight results are on the Sport page. The Daily Safety desk added three stories to today's edition.