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TDFP News Roundup – 11/01/26

Writer: Yossi Schmidt
Yossi Schmidt
9 hours ago
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Today’s 20 stories from The Digital Free Press, led by FBI agents questioning donors of Alaska’s second Dan Sullivan, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin calling the Ilhan Omar probe a “large case,” a judge’s permanent dismissal of President Trump’s lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, and Reuters’ report that the White House has mapped how Trump could govern without Congress.



Part 1: Top 10 Stories


1. FBI questions donors of Alaska’s second Dan Sullivan as the state calls DOJ’s bid to set aside his ballots ‘disturbing and impossible’

FBI agents have begun asking donors of Dan J. Sullivan, the Alaska Senate candidate who shares a name with Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, whether they were misled about whom they were backing, The Digital Free Press reports. On Saturday, Alaska’s Republican-run state government urged a federal judge to dismiss the Justice Department’s lawsuit over the race, calling its request to set aside ballots ranking the second Sullivan “both disturbing and impossible.” The state’s quotes are as the Associated Press reported them. No one has been charged.


2. DHS Secretary Mullin says the Ilhan Omar probe is a ‘large case’ involving multiple people

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Fox News on Friday that the case investigators assembled involving Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is “a large case that we have presented to the DOJ,” and that it is not targeting just one individual, the New York Post reported. Homeland Security Investigations agents searched Omar’s Washington, D.C., home on Oct. 12. “We’re not weaponizing. We’re not using political theater on this,” Mullin said. Omar has denied wrongdoing, and no charges have been announced.


3. Judge permanently dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over the Epstein birthday letter

U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles in the Southern District of Florida on Saturday granted the Wall Street Journal’s motion to dismiss President Trump’s lawsuit over its reporting on a birthday letter Trump allegedly sent Jeffrey Epstein, the Washington Examiner reported. The dismissal is with prejudice, meaning the suit cannot be refiled over the same issue. Gayles ruled that Trump did not show the outlet acted with actual malice. Trump has called the story fake.


4. White House has spent months mapping how Trump could govern without Congress if Democrats win, Reuters reports

Senior White House officials, including Stephen Miller and Russell Vought, have worked with the White House Counsel’s Office since April on executive actions President Trump could take on immigration, tariffs, housing costs and federal spending without Congress if Democrats win Tuesday, Reuters reported Sunday, citing a White House official and two people familiar with the plans. The Digital Free Press has not independently confirmed the report.


5. U.S. and Iran race to revive Qatar talks as Trump weighs new strikes after the midterms

The U.S. is poised to rejoin talks with Iran in Qatar after Qatari mediators spent 12 hours in Tehran on Friday trying to head off another military escalation, the New York Post reported, citing Axios and regional outlets. A reported draft framework would address Iran’s highly enriched uranium and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, warned Saturday of a “geographically unrestricted response” to any new strike, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi threatened an “earth-shattering blow.” President Trump said Friday the war is “going to end soon,” without saying how.


6. ICE says it arrested more than 4,100 illegal immigrants in a 10-day ‘Lone Star Mission’ across Texas

The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested at least 4,170 illegal immigrants during a ten-day operation across Texas, about 417 a day, Breitbart News reported. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said those arrested included people with murder, sexual assault, drunk driving and smuggling records, and DHS released individual examples. The figures are DHS’s own.


7. Arizona’s U.S. attorney refers claims against three voter registration groups to the FBI

U.S. Attorney Timothy Courchaine has referred allegations that three Arizona groups registered noncitizens to vote to the FBI, The Digital Free Press reports. In identical Oct. 26 letters reviewed by TDFP, he asked Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap to review registrations the groups submitted, citing “written and video reports” and “a cursory review.” No charges have been announced.


8. U.S. indicts alleged CJNG cartel tunnel engineer tied to a 2,000-foot Tijuana-to-San Diego tunnel

A federal grand jury in the Southern District of California has indicted Luis Manuel Hernandez Victoria, 60, a Mexican national prosecutors say designed and built border tunnels for the Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG), Breitbart News reported. Prosecutors allege he was behind a tunnel found in San Diego in May with more than a ton of cocaine. He is in Mexican custody after an arrest in Jalisco in mid-October, and U.S. officials are seeking his extradition. The charges are allegations.


9. AI company Anthropic gives $900,000 to California Democrats days before the election

Anthropic, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company, gave $900,000 to Democratic Party committees and voter-turnout efforts, according to a Friday disclosure filed with the California secretary of state, the New York Post reported. The California Democratic Party received $525,000, a statewide get-out-the-vote group $150,000, and five county Democratic organizations $45,000 each. A party spokeswoman said the money would help elect Democrats and defeat the Trump-backed Prop. 39.


10. Shootings near college crowds in Alabama, Delaware and Indiana leave 1 dead and more than 20 hurt

One person was killed and more than 20 others were hurt in three shootings near college crowds between Saturday evening and early Sunday, The Digital Free Press reports: outside Legion Field after the Magic City Classic in Birmingham, Alabama, on Main Street near the University of Delaware, and on Kirkwood Avenue near Indiana University during homecoming weekend. Police in all three cities are asking for video. Victim counts may change as police update them.


Part 2: 10 More Stories, Only on TDFP


11. Clocks fall back again as the Trump-backed daylight saving time bill stalls in the Senate

Americans turned their clocks back an hour Sunday morning after the Senate failed to act on the Sunshine Protection Act, Fox News reported. The House passed legislation earlier this year that would let states observe daylight saving time year-round, but it has stalled in the Senate amid opposition from lawmakers in both parties. President Trump has pressed senators to vote, writing on Truth Social that “a vast Majority of the Country” wants it, his claim, not verified.

Source: Fox News


12. Mexico rejects Texas’ claim to nine cartel-used islands in the Rio Grande

Mexico’s Foreign Relations Ministry condemned Texas’ claim to nine islands in the Rio Grande, saying a 1970 binational treaty sets the border and only the two federal governments can change it, Breitbart News reported. Texas General Land Office Commissioner Dawn Buckingham announced the claim so U.S. and Texas law enforcement could patrol the islands, which Breitbart says have long been used by cartels to move drugs and migrants. Mexico said it would pursue the matter.


13. U.S. Embassy in Moscow warned of a credible ‘mass casualty’ threat at a popular tourist site

The U.S. Embassy in Moscow issued a security alert Saturday warning of “a credible threat of a mass casualty event” at the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve, Fox News reported. The embassy said it was coordinating with Russian authorities and urged people to avoid the area, stay alert and avoid crowds. The former imperial summer estate drew more than 2 million visitors in 2022, according to Moscow city officials.

Source: Fox News


14. France opens attempted-murder probe after a Molotov cocktail hits police during Halloween unrest; hundreds arrested

Paris investigators opened an attempted-homicide case after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at riot police during Saturday’s “Act III” protests, Breitbart News reported, citing Le Figaro. Four police officers and one gendarme were injured, three of them burned, and hundreds of people were arrested nationwide as some cities imposed curfews. Authorities put turnout at about 320,000 nationwide, and Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez blamed the violence on the “ultra-left” movement.


15. Critics say NY AG Letitia James never acted against three troubled shelter operators whose executives gave her $56,000

Executives, lobbyists and spouses tied to homeless shelter operators Samaritan Daytop Village, Acacia Network Housing and CORE Services Group gave more than $56,000 to New York Attorney General Letitia James’ campaigns over eight years, records show, while her office brought no enforcement action against the nonprofits, the New York Post reported. Republican challenger Saritha Komatireddy said James “refused to hold these operators accountable.” A James campaign spokesperson did not address the question and criticized Komatireddy’s donors instead, the Post said.


16. Fox News Power Rankings move Kansas Senate race to Toss-up and Nebraska to Lean R

Fox News moved the Kansas Senate race between Republican Sen. Roger Marshall and Democrat Adam Hamilton from Lean R to Toss-up, and Nebraska from Likely R to Lean R, where Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts faces independent Dan Osborn. Fox’s forecast says seven states are most likely to decide the majority, with Democrats’ ceiling at 55 seats on a good night and Republicans able to keep control with up to 52.

Source: Fox News


17. One killed, six wounded in shooting inside a Spirit Halloween store in Fairfield, California

A shooting inside a Spirit Halloween store at the Solano Town Center mall in Fairfield, California, on Friday night killed a 31-year-old woman and wounded six others, three of them critically, the Daily Wire reported. Police said the shooting is believed to have stemmed from a targeted incident involving one suspect, who remained at large. Police asked anyone with information or video to contact them.


18. Massachusetts voters decide Tuesday whether to keep the state’s sweeping 2024 gun law

Gun-rights activists led by the Gun Owners’ Action League gathered nearly 100,000 signatures to put Massachusetts’ 2024 gun law, H.4885, before voters on Tuesday’s ballot, the Daily Caller reported. The law added licensing requirements for semiautomatic firearms, rules on home-built guns, carry-permit training and new requirements for nonresidents. A MassINC Polling Group survey in September found 70% of likely voters inclined to vote “yes” to keep it in force.


19. State Department says South African politicians endangered Afrikaners after two deadly farm attacks

A State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital that “the lives and property of Afrikaners have been endangered by politicians who incite race-based violence against them,” after two attacks on farmers near Johannesburg this month. Fox reported that a 50-year-old man was tortured and a 55-year-old was beaten to death. It is the latest clash between the Trump administration and South Africa’s government over the issue.

Source: Fox News


20. Somali pirates seize an Iranian fishing vessel with 23 aboard, raising fears for cargo ships

Somali pirates hijacked the Iranian fishing vessel Azini, carrying 23 people, on Thursday between Bandar Bayla and Hafun in northeastern Somalia, the Associated Press reported. The Maritime Security Center Indian Ocean warned that the ship was nearing a commercial shipping lane and could become a floating base for further attacks.


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