Katie Zacharia Holds First WH Press Briefing, New Allegations Roil Ken Paxton's Campaign: Live Updates

Key Points:

• U.S. Air Force Maj. Jason Watson has been held in solitary confinement since August after calling for President Trump’s impeachment while in uniform, facing charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice including Article 88, which prohibits contemptuous words against the president.
• Pope Leo, aged 71, is scheduled for lung surgery to remove a small nodule at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, with recovery expected to take about a week; all public events have been canceled until October 20.
• Over 400 scientists, including AI pioneers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, have called for an international regulatory body to oversee containment standards and incident reporting for advanced AI systems, citing recent security concerns and arguing voluntary industry measures are insufficient.
• President Trump faced criticism after allowing a protester to be assaulted at an Ohio rally and making derogatory remarks about Somalis and Rep. Ilhan Omar, whose home was raided by Homeland Security Investigations agents in a probe reportedly related to immigration paperwork.
• A GOP super PAC mistakenly aired $25,000 worth of attack ads against a Maine Senate nominee in Portland, Oregon, blaming a media vendor for the error and securing a refund for the misplaced spending.