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10 Biggest News Stories - Thursday, October 29, 2026

Based on AP, Reuters and other wire coverage today:

1. Federal Judges Order Trump Administration to Keep Funding SNAP During Shutdown
Two federal judges ruled the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP food aid program using contingency / emergency reserve funds during the government shutdown. The rulings came a day before payments were due to be halted. SNAP is used by 1 in 8 Americans.

2. Trump Calls on Senate to Scrap the Filibuster to End Shutdown
President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the 60-vote filibuster threshold - the "nuclear option" - so the Republican majority can bypass Democrats and reopen the shutdown federal government. The shutdown entered its second month on Saturday and is the second longest in history, with little urgency in Washington to end it.

Related: Continued staffing shortages in air traffic control facilities are causing delays at airports as the shutdown nears the one-month mark, with controllers working without pay since Oct. 1. The FAA reported staffing-related delays on Friday at airports in Boston, Nashville, Houston, Dallas and Newark.

3. FBI Arrests Multiple People in Michigan Over ISIS-Inspired Halloween Attack Plot
FBI Director Kash Patel says federal officials arrested multiple people in Michigan who allegedly were plotting a violent attack over the Halloween weekend. Arrests took place Friday morning in Dearborn near Fordson High School and in Inkster, with two people briefed telling AP the plot was inspired by Islamic State extremism.

4. Iran and U.S. Hold Indirect Nuclear Talks in Oman - U.S. Threatens to Shoot Mining Boats
Iran and the United States have held indirect talks in Oman. The presence of U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command, at the talks in Muscat also served as a reminder that the USS Abraham Lincoln and other warships stood off the coast of Iran. Separately, U.S. President Donald Trump says he has ordered the U.S. military to "shoot and kill" small Iranian boats that deploy mines to choke traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

5. Gaza Ceasefire Holds Uneasily - Body Exchanges Continue
Israel has handed over the bodies of 30 Palestinians, according to the Red Cross and Gaza hospital officials, a day after Palestinian militants turned over remains of two hostages. Israel separately says the remains of three people handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross this week do not belong to any of the hostages. Since the ceasefire began, militants have released the remains of 17 hostages, with remains of 11 still in Gaza.

6. Sudan - Mass Killing at Darfur Hospital
The World Health Organization reports gunmen who reportedly killed at least 460 people at a hospital in Sudan's Darfur region returned three times to the facility. The attack happened Tuesday the same day the Rapid Support Forces captured the provincial capital of El-Fasher after a long siege. Over 62,000 people have fled the area.

7. UK - Mass Stabbing on London-Bound Train
British police say two people remain in life-threatening condition after the mass stabbing attack on a London-bound train. Police said nine of the 10 injured were initially in life-threatening condition, and that two people arrested remain in custody, both born in the United Kingdom. Police do not consider it a terrorist incident.

8. Ukraine Strikes Key Fuel Pipeline Supplying Russian Army Near Moscow
Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) said it hit the 400-kilometer Koltsevoy pipeline in the Moscow region that supplies the Russian army with gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, calling it a "serious blow" to Russian military logistics. The claim came amid sustained Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

9. Russian Deputy Military Intelligence Chief Shot in Moscow
Russian authorities say a deputy chief of its military intelligence agency has been shot and wounded. Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev was hospitalized after being attacked Friday by an unidentified assailant at an apartment building in Moscow, a day after Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. negotiators wrapped up two days of talks in the United Arab Emirates.

10. King Charles III Strips Prince Andrew of Titles
King Charles III has moved to shield the monarchy, with scandal-plagued Prince Andrew from now on to be known simply as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, after details of Andrew's links to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continued to dribble out and Parliament raised questions about his residence near Windsor Castle.

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