On today's episode:

• Orbán celebrates Hungary as 'the only place in Europe' where a Trump-Putin meeting can be held.
• Venezuela floated a plan for Maduro to slowly give up power, but was rejected by US, AP source says.
• Hannibal Gadhafi, son of late Libyan leader, ordered released in Lebanon if he pays $11 million bail.
• Carter Hart agrees to join the Golden Knights after being acquitted of sexual assault.
• FIFA announces over 1 million tickets sold for 2026 World Cup in North America.
• Ace Frehley, Kiss' original lead guitarist and founding member, dies at 74.
• Ahead of Zelenskyy meeting, Trump shows signs he might not be ready to send Kyiv Tomahawk missiles.
• Ex-Trump national security adviser Bolton charged with storing and sharing classified information.
• Trump warns Hamas 'we will have no choice but to go in and kill them' if bloodshed persists in Gaza.
• US commander overseeing fatal strikes against alleged drug boats off Venezuela will retire.
• Trump says he'll meet with Putin in Hungary. He first meets Friday with Zelenskyy at the White House.
• Senate Democrats, holding out for health care, reject government funding bill for 10th time.
• Trump announces a deal with a manufacturer to make a common fertility drug cheaper for IVF patients.
• As the shutdown drags on, these people will lose if health care subsidies expire.
• Food assistance is safe through October, but it may be at risk if the shutdown continues.
• Microsoft says Russia, China increasingly using AI to escalate cyberattacks on the US.
• Alaska works to evacuate storm victims by helicopter and plane in historic airlift.
• Jury finds woman guilty in the fatal stabbing of 3 year old outside a Cleveland-area supermarket.
• US stocks drop on worries about banks.
• Average long-term US mortgage rate slips to 6.27%, nearing a low for 2025.
• Los Angeles handles Milwaukee to move one win away from a World Series return, Toronto evens up the ALCS against Seattle, Joe Flacco outduels Aaron Rodgers and a clutch field goal saves Cincinnati, and a big contract extension for No. 3 Indiana.
• Government shutdown may move UConn-Louisville opener from Ramstein Air Base to US.
• Madagascar's coup leader is sworn in as president after military takeover.
• Gen Z protests in Peru leave at least 1 dead, 100 injured, prompting an investigation.
• A doctor from Gaza has been detained by Israel for over 10 months without charge.
• Russian barrage causes blackouts in Ukraine as Zelenskyy seeks Trump's help.

—The Associated Press

About this program

Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

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