Overnight editors stayed with the removal of all U.S. bombers from RAF Fairford after an Iran-linked plot, noting the aircraft had been used in strikes on Iran.
Attention then moved to Washington as the Supreme Court opened its new term, with argument in Boulder's climate-liability suit against ExxonMobil and Suncor over whether local governments could seek damages, alongside immigration, religion and gun cases on the early docket.
Midday coverage turned to a suspected pneumonic plague death at a Russian lab, with about 200 under observation and U.S. officials saying they were monitoring, while new sourcing said the FlyDubai co-pilot had long planned to crash into Israel's main airport and Tehran warned of a crushing response to renewed U.S. action.
Late focus shifted to the midterms, with Trump campaigning in Nebraska, defending a $5,000 dividend pledge and saying his super PAC would pay for promotional ads after backlash.