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October 23: Trump Seeks Alaska Election Intervention as Lawmakers Push Ukraine Satellite Access
Ukraine satellite access
A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers is urging Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to restore and expand Ukraine’s access to Starshield satellite systems. In a letter to the Trump administration, the lawmakers warn that failing to do so would cripple Kyiv’s military operations against Russia.
U.S. elections
President Trump said Friday that he directed the Justice Department to sue to block certification of Alaska’s Senate election if Republican Senator Dan Sullivan loses in November. The department filed the lawsuit Thursday, citing the presence of a candidate with a name similar to Sullivan’s.
Separately, the Supreme Court ruled that New Hampshire can fully bar voters from using student IDs in the upcoming midterm elections. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, saying she would have kept a lower court decision in place.
Helium supplies
The United States has designated helium a critical material as war in the Middle East and export restrictions by Russia and China squeeze global supplies. The gas is vital to chipmaking, and Europe is also scrambling to secure supplies.
Investigations of fatal police shootings
Minnesota officials say the Trump administration has stopped sharing evidence in the killings of Good and Pretti. The administration has suggested state prosecutors lack jurisdiction to investigate federal officers. State officials say they do not trust the federal government to investigate itself.
In Mississippi, body camera footage has been released in the fatal police shooting of a one-year-old child. The family’s lawyer says an allegation of shoplifting “does not warrant the death” of a child.
Attacks near Paris
One person was killed and five were wounded in a series of attacks near Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron called the shooting a “racist terrorist attack.” The suspected gunman has been apprehended.
Cybersecurity
Kaspersky says a new bootkit called BlackX targeted diplomatic organizations in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan in early 2026. The malware bypasses Secure Boot on patched Windows systems that lack security revocations. Kaspersky suspects the China-linked hacking group APT41 was responsible.
Researchers also used artificial intelligence to help identify a critical flaw in PHP, a programming language used across millions of websites. The vulnerability may have gone unpatched for years. Cybersecurity executives warn that AI could accelerate both finding and exploiting weaknesses in internet infrastructure.
High chair recall
Costway is recalling its Convertible High Chairs over entrapment and fall risks that could cause serious injury or death, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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