Trump says he will call Putin about a Siberian plague-lab worker’s death, as Russia says its tests have not linked it to plague.
Daria Shipilova, 28, worked at a Siberian anti-plague institute. Russia officially calls the cause pneumonia of unknown cause. Washington is preparing a formal request for information, and the State Department reissued its Level 4 do-not-travel warning for Russia.
Washington first contacted Moscow as early as Friday, Oct. 2. The CDC says there is no sign of a broader threat to the United States.
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in tests of her contacts. They found two Covid cases and one rhinovirus case.
- Under quarantine or medical watch
- About 200 people in Russia
- Hospitals
- at least five hospitals remain quarantined
- In placeA Level 4 “Do Not Travel” warning for Russia
Reissued by the State Department after the case. It is not a finding of disease risk at home.
- Next stepA CDC travel health notice for Russia
On top of the State Department’s Level 4 warning.
- ThenScreening sick travelers at U.S. entry points
Customs and Border Protection rules.
The playbook comes from David Mansdoerfer, a former Trump health official, who calls it “very well defined.”
“Maybe, you know, there’s nothing there. Maybe it’s bigger than we thought. We don’t know.”Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking in Iceland
Still open: what pathogen killed her, and whether anything escaped the lab.
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ABC asked a federal judge to halt the FCC’s early review of its eight station licenses, which were not due for renewal until 2028–2031.
U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan heard about two hours of argument on Tuesday, Oct. 6, and did not rule. ABC calls the review unconstitutional retaliation. Justice Department lawyers say it stems from Disney’s alleged failure to cooperate with an investigation of its diversity hiring practices.
The reporting dates the FCC’s order to April 2026 and the renewals to the years 2028–2031, so each is drawn as the whole month or the whole span of years, not as a day. The eight stations’ individual renewal dates are not given.
ABC has its “head on the guillotine,” left to wonder “if anything we say is going to make it come down.”Beth Wilkinson, ABC’s lawyer
“What is it that made this so different that you needed to call for an early license renewal?”Judge AliKhan, pressing the Justice Department
The government also says this court has no power to hear the case. ABC says the review is already chilling its midterm coverage.
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British police arrested a seventh RAF Fairford suspect while the six before him remain out on bail, none of them charged.
The 22-year-old British man was arrested in Westminster on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts. Fairford, a base 100 miles west of London, is used by U.S. bombers to strike Iran; all 12 B-1 bombers pulled from it are now back in the United States.
of the six earlier suspects has been charged. Police released every one on bail.
- Five men
Arrested near the base on Sunday, Sept. 27. Police found gasoline in three vans and no explosives.
Bailed · not charged - A 27-year-old UK-Iranian national
The sixth suspect, released on Saturday, Oct. 3.
Bailed · not charged - A 22-year-old British man
Arrested in Westminster on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, reported Tuesday, Oct. 6: the first arrest in a week. Police say it came out of the ongoing investigation, not the first-day sweep.
Arrested
“I wouldn’t have done that.”
Trump, on the first bail decision“Strong indications”
that Iran played a part, says Prime Minister Andy Burnham“A little bit out of context.”
Retired Gen. Charles Wald, on how the bomber move is being shown
Still open: officials have not said what ties any suspect to Iran or to a drone plan.
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ProPublica documented 506 U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents since January 2025.
The nonprofit newsroom built a case-by-case catalog of citizens whom immigration agents stopped, restrained or held since the start of Trump’s second term. Some were held at gunpoint. The Department of Homeland Security says it is “NOT arresting U.S. citizens by mistake.”
more than 300 accused of assaulting or obstructing agents. Fewer than half were charged in federal court.
More than 100 held after agents questioned whether they were citizens. Nearly all were people of color.
at least 70 children and teens
at least 63 detained while recording agents
36 held a day or more without a lawyer or family
roughly a dozen deported, most of them children
Added together the panels come to more than 506, so one person can appear in several; they are not slices of a whole. Where ProPublica says “at least” or “more than,” only that floor is lit. The dozen deported is approximate and drawn in outline. Every figure comes from ProPublica alone, and no other outlet has confirmed it.
ProPublica gives no earlier tally to set beside 506. It says only that its count is far larger than any reported before.