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Ottumwa, Iowa, council opens with a Satanic Temple member's "Hail Satan" invocation under its open prayer policy, and a pastor rises to "reverse this curse."
Same speaker booked for Election Day
Source: The Ottumwa Courier
October 7, 2026
Social Security ends flexible work schedules Nov. 16, which a union says breaks a contract running to 2029, with staffing at a 50-year low.
Advanced sick leave cut in July
Source: Government Executive
October 7, 2026
US measles cases reach 3,887, most since 1991, as Pennsylvania's outbreak tops 1,000 before a November review experts expect will end US elimination status.
207 hospitalized, five dead in Pennsylvania
Source: Ars Technica
October 7, 2026
FDA says its safety review of abortion pill mifepristone, which could end mail delivery, won't finish until March, months after the Nov. 3 midterms.
FDA nominee called pill "dangerous to women"
Source: NBC News
October 7, 2026
Homeland Security proposes making colleges pay $70,000 for each international student in a work-training program, after a federal judge struck down its $100,000 H-1B fee.
$30,000 for each renewal
Source: The Associated Press
October 7, 2026
Ambassador to Greece Guilfoyle pushed a Trump donor to wire $100,000 to her Amex days before her confirmation hearing, messages the WSJ reviewed show.
"You'll literally cost me my ambassadorship"
Source: The Wall Street Journal [gift link]
October 7, 2026
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