— NPR: Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the 39-year-old son of former President Joko Widodo, offered to resign during a meeting with President Prabowo Subianto on Tuesday, according to officials. It was not immediately clear whether Prabowo accepted the resignation. The resignation offer comes amid growing pressure on Raka over a court dispute involving his academic credentials. It was apparently not related to an ongoing probe into allegations that top police officials, including the president's chief of staff Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo, had been involved in a wiretap targeting the president. Three other police generals have also been implicated in the case.
— The measure's failure is a win for Democratic leaders who opposed it, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, who may run for president in 2028. Critics of the tax, known as Proposition 40, said it would have prompted ultrawealthy taxpayers to leave the state. The "no" side raised roughly 10 times as much as the "yes" side. Google co-founder Sergey Brin alone dumped more than $100 million into a political action committee working to defeat the measure.
— Action for Human Rights and Friendship (ADHA) is calling on the government to launch a parliamentary inquiry. "Despite 300 thousand euros [$336,000] announced for the Navy and the training of more than 300 agents, the association denounces the lack of lasting results in the face of the increase in irregular arrivals to the Canaries," ADHA said.
— Guardian: Under House rules, the vote would have to occur no later than Wednesday. Massie first introduced articles of impeachment against Hegseth on 15 September, but House speaker Mike Johnson called US Congress into recess before it could be heard.
— U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the meeting "very productive" and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saod the session was "constructive and quite substantive".
— The soldiers were among 71 troops tried in Walikale, North Kivu province. Four were acquitted, while one received a 10-year prison sentence. The latest verdicts come weeks after 27 other soldiers received death sentences for allegedly retreating from the frontline. DR Congo resumed the use of capital punishment in its legal framework in March 2024, ending a two-decade suspension of executions.
— Reuters: Polish justice minister says Krakow shooting may be linked to right-wing extremism. Right-wing parties in Poland have previously rejected these claims.
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