⚡ TODAY IN HISTORY

On October 12, 2000, two al-Qaeda suicide bombers steered an explosives-laden boat into the USS Cole as the Navy destroyer refueled in the port of Aden, Yemen, killing 17 American sailors. In 1492, Christopher Columbus’s expedition made landfall in the present-day Bahamas. Today? Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement claims the weekend missile strikes on Riyadh’s airport that killed 13 people, one of them an American.

TOP NEWS

Houthi missiles kill 13 at Saudi Arabia’s main airport 1 AMERICAN DEAD

Responding to a Saudi-led offensive on its forces, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement struck King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, on Saturday and again on Sunday. The attacks killed 13 people, among them a U.S. citizen, and on Monday the U.S. embassy urged Americans to use “extreme caution” at every major Saudi airport.

Trump declares an “energy ceasefire” that Zelenskyy calls news to him SUNDAY

President Donald Trump posted the announcement on Truth Social on Sunday, one day after saying Ukraine should find a new leader and blaming Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, for record U.S. diesel prices. Zelenskyy said Ukraine wants peace but reported that Russian forces then hit a power plant in Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city.

Isaias leaves 4 dead and 170,000 Floridians in the dark

Isaias, the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season, came ashore near Destin on the Florida Panhandle on Friday night as a Category 2 storm, tearing roofs from homes, gas stations and a high school gym. At least four people died in Florida and Alabama, two of them when trees fell on their houses, and more than 170,000 Florida customers still lacked power Sunday night.

Pope Leo XIV to undergo lung surgery this week

Doctors found an early-stage nodular lesion in the lung of Pope Leo XIV, the 71-year-old first American pope, during recent medical checks, the pontiff said at his Sunday noon blessing. The Vatican expects about a week of recovery, and Leo still plans a Nov. 6-17 trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.

Pentagon plans to livestream first military execution since 1961

Nidal Hasan, the former Army major convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, is set to die by firing squad on Dec. 3. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended the livestream on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, while GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska urged the Pentagon to reverse what she called a “gruesome decision.”

WORLD

Trump says U.S. “may” join Saudi strikes on the Houthis DECISION PENDING

After Saturday’s deadly airport attack in Riyadh, President Donald Trump told reporters the U.S. would review joining Saudi Arabia’s week-old offensive on the Houthis in Yemen. Asked whether the strike changes his pledge to hold off on new Iran attacks until after the Nov. 3 midterms, Trump replied, “Well, we’re gonna take a look.”

North Korea fires ballistic missiles for the second time this month

North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the waters off its east coast on Monday morning, nine days after an Oct. 3 launch. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles flew from the area around Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, and Seoul’s presidential office called an emergency security meeting.

Hurricane Simon lashes Mexico’s Pacific resort coast

Hurricane Simon spent much of Sunday as a Category 4 storm before easing to Category 3, its eye hugging the shore near Puerto Vallarta, a resort city popular with U.S. tourists. Forecasters warned of catastrophic winds, storm surge and up to 30 inches of rain in parts of Jalisco, Colima and Michoacán, and the Puerto Vallarta airport stayed closed into Monday.

Russian bombing kills 23 in Zaporizhzhia, including 4 children

Rescue crews ended their search Sunday in Zaporizhzhia, a city in southern Ukraine, one day after the Russian attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. More than 30 people were wounded in the strike, and eight remain hospitalized.

Ukrainian drones shut a third Yandex data center in four days

Kyiv has pressed a long-range campaign targeting sites deep inside Russia while the armies on the front line remain largely deadlocked. A drone strike Sunday halted a data center in Vladimir, east of Moscow, run by Yandex, the company often called Russia’s Google, cutting taxi and banking apps in dozens of Russian cities and in Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia.

POLITICS

Judge orders end to taxpayer-funded Trump TV ads $20M

A coalition including the watchdog group Common Cause sued over the ads, arguing that $20 million in Homeland Security funds paid for political messaging ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms. U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon in New York on Sunday night ordered the administration to cancel any remaining spots for the next two weeks.

Four GOP senators join Democrats to oppose Russian diesel deal 300,000 TONS

President Donald Trump announced Friday that the U.S. would buy more than 300,000 tons of Russian diesel right away to ease record fuel prices. Republican Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Thom Tillis and John Curtis, with Democrats Jeanne Shaheen and Richard Blumenthal, said Sunday the deal hands Russia’s Vladimir Putin a “financial lifeline” and must be reversed.

Justice Department opens antitrust probe of TV networks

ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox and NBC briefly suspended the shared White House TV press pool in September after President Donald Trump revoked credentials for reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico. A Justice Department spokesperson said Saturday that group boycotts among business rivals can violate the Sherman Act, the 1890 federal antitrust law.

Judge strikes down DOJ voter-roll checks before midterms

The Justice Department had sought full voter files from every state to check against federal immigration databases and press states to drop voters it deemed ineligible. U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan in Washington ruled Friday that the policy violates the Privacy Act and has already removed U.S. citizens from voter rolls.

Speaker Johnson vows to stay GOP leader even if the House flips

House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana told CBS News in an interview published Monday that colleagues would ask him to keep leading Republicans “in the unlikely scenario” they lose the majority on Nov. 3. Johnson, speaker since 2023, plans to campaign in 40 districts across 22 states before Election Day.

MARKETS

Oil dips as the energy ceasefire outweighs Saudi strikes BRENT $103.91

Traders weighed the Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire and new Russian diesel supplies versus the weekend Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude exporter. Brent crude, the global benchmark, fell 0.77% to $103.91 a barrel Monday, while U.S. crude lost 1.26% to $90.69.

Stocks trade Monday while the bond market takes Columbus Day off S&P 7,811

The S&P 500 rose 0.6% Friday to 7,811.54, just short of the record it set on Tuesday, Oct. 6, and futures pointed higher early Monday. The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq keep regular hours for Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day, but bond trading is closed.

Big banks kick off earnings season Tuesday +30% PROFITS

JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Wells Fargo report third-quarter results Tuesday morning, followed by Bank of America and Morgan Stanley on Wednesday. Analysts expect S&P 500 profits rose more than 30% from a year earlier, LSEG data shows.

Wednesday inflation report could steer the next Fed hike 3.6% FORECAST

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates in September for the first time since 2023 to contain inflation, and its next meeting runs Oct. 27-28. Economists polled by Reuters expect Wednesday’s consumer price index, the most-watched U.S. inflation gauge, to show prices up 3.6% from a year ago, compared with 3.4% in August.

10-year Treasury yield holds at 5.24% 5.24%

The 10-year yield, which guides U.S. mortgage and car-loan rates, closed Friday at 5.24%, near its highest level since 2007. Traders see more than an 80% chance the Fed lifts rates at least once more by December, based on CME Group’s FedWatch tool.

ENTERTAINMENT

‘Other Mommy’ tops the box office despite a D+ audience grade $27.5M

Universal’s horror film, starring Jessica Chastain as a mother and her sinister double, opened to $27.5 million in North America, well above forecasts of about $20 million. Opening-night audiences gave it a D+ CinemaScore, yet the film has earned $45.2 million worldwide on a budget under $20 million.

Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Social Network’ follow-up flops $5.5M

Sony’s “The Social Reckoning,” Sorkin’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning 2010 script for “The Social Network,” made $5.5 million in its opening weekend on a reported $30 million production cost. The original film opened to $22.4 million in 2010.

Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ now on track to lose $245 million

The Warner Bros. satire from director Alejandro González Iñárritu dropped about 60% in its second weekend after an $8 million debut on Oct. 2-4, the weakest Cruise opening since 2007’s “Lions for Lambs.” The film cost a reported $160 million to $180 million to make, plus about $100 million in marketing.

Paramount closes $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery $110B

David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance completed the all-cash deal on Oct. 6, paying about $31 a share after outbidding Netflix earlier this year. The merger puts CBS, CNN, HBO and two of Hollywood’s oldest film studios under one owner.

Billy Crystal turns his burned-down home into a Broadway show

The Pacific Palisades wildfire in January 2025 destroyed more than 5,000 homes on the west side of Los Angeles, including Billy Crystal’s. The comedian told CBS News he built his new one-man Broadway show, “860,” from what he found in the ruins.