Tuesday, October 13, 2026

U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle announced her resignation Tuesday after the White House asked her to step down, press secretary Katie Zacharia said. The move follows Wall Street Journal reports alleging she sought to have a Trump donor pay off a $100,000 credit card debt before her confirmation, and a State Department inspector general inquiry into financial and workplace conduct. Guilfoyle called the allegations "false" and said she will "vigorously defend" her reputation.

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes extended her order barring the Trump administration from removing more trees at East Potomac Golf Links, blocking further work until at least October 26. The ruling follows a hearing over the removal of hundreds of trees last weekend and seeks testimony from Interior Department officials about whether they defied an earlier court order. Trump has sought to redevelop the course into a championship-level venue.

Newly released 911 audio shows a dispatcher told callers at 9:03 p.m. on September 30 the report of a medical emergency at Riverbend prison was a false call, after Tennessee's attempted execution of Christa Pike failed. The first call came at 8:40 p.m.; responders were held at the gate because officials had not given entry codes, and it took about 30 minutes for officials to confirm the emergency was real. Two doses of pentobarbital failed to kill Pike, who was hospitalized and later returned to prison.

A day after Homeland Security Investigations agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington home as part of a fraud investigation into immigration paperwork her late father filed when she was a child, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said her office is separately investigating Omar's financial disclosures, which showed businesses tied to her husband rising from as much as $51,000 in 2023 to $30 million in 2024. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin had said in September investigators were examining whether Omar's family fraudulently obtained refugee status. Omar called the search political targeting and is fundraising off it.

A 42-year-old man, identified as Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, was killed after being ejected from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia. Several other people were injured. Six Flags closed nine similar rides at six parks across North America

Katie Zacharia, succeeding Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary, held her first briefing Tuesday, lasting under 15 minutes and taking questions from three conservative-outlet reporters. Later, on the South Lawn before departing for Alaska with Trump, she was asked where she passed the bar exam and said she did so after moving to China. Trump has called her an attorney, but her bar credentials remain unclear.

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, said Monday that Catholic soldiers assigned to the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan should request to be excused, calling it contrary to Church teaching. He also objected to the Pentagon's plan to livestream the execution, warning it could "imitate the terrorists." Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people in 2009, is set to be executed by firing squad at Fort Hood on Dec. 3.

The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will review a dispute over whether the Department of Government Efficiency must comply with Freedom of Information Act requests. A nonprofit watchdog group sued DOGE, arguing it should be subject to FOIA discovery. The case is expected to be argued early next year. The same day, the court also agreed to hear an asylum case involving a Nigerian cook and declined to hear a sanctions appeal from a lawyer in Kari Lake's Arizona voting machine lawsuit.

Florida executed James Robertson on Tuesday, nearly 18 years after he fatally attacked his cellmate, an act he said he committed deliberately to be sentenced to death. State officials said the execution occurred without complications. The case marks Florida's first execution since a botched lethal injection in Tennessee.

CVS Pharmacy reached a $315 million settlement with the Justice Department on Tuesday over allegations it improperly filled opioid and other controlled-substance prescriptions and sought reimbursement from federal healthcare programs. The lawsuit, filed in 2024 on behalf of former employee Hillary Estright, alleged violations of the Controlled Substances Act and False Claims Act, including filling excessive, early, and "trinity" opioid prescriptions, and prescriptions from "pill mill" providers despite warning signs they were invalid.

Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery Tuesday to remove a lung nodule, and the Vatican said the operation concluded successfully. The pope had said the growth was contained and found at a very early stage. He is expected to spend about a week recovering in the hospital.

A Ukrainian cargo ship sank after drones struck it and another vessel overnight in the Black Sea off Bulgaria's coast, prompting rescue operations. Eleven crew members remain missing, local officials say. Bulgaria's prime minister summoned Russia's ambassador, saying all logic suggested Russia was responsible. The attacks are the latest in a series on commercial shipping, and Bulgaria is now seeking assistance from NATO and the European Union.

A cyberattack disrupted cold-storage systems at hundreds of supermarkets across France, including Carrefour, Monoprix, Les Mousquetaires, E. Leclerc and Coopérative U stores, forcing some to discard spoiled food. The attack targeted a Danish software system used in at least 380 stores, and about 80 Coopérative U stores were affected. Investigators have not identified the attackers. Forbes reported the losses could reach millions of euros.

The Saudi-led coalition struck a fuel depot near Sanaa, the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital, after Saudi authorities issued an evacuation notice for an oil facility there. The Iran-backed Houthis threatened to retaliate against Saudi energy giant Aramco. A Houthi-run broadcaster said oil facilities west of the capital were hit. Missiles were intercepted near Riyadh following the strike.

A man stabbed at least eight people at a shopping mall in Incheon, South Korea, on Tuesday, police and fire officials said. Police arrested one man and are investigating his motive. The New York Times reported at least six people injured, while other outlets cited at least eight stabbed.

Britain's MI5 director Ken McCallum said Iran has escalated attempts to strike military installations in the UK, calling the suspected plot against RAF Fairford last month part of a broader pattern rather than an isolated incident. He also described Iran-led attacks on Jewish communities as "sickening" and warned of escalating hybrid threats from Russia, alongside risks from China, AI and terrorist groups.