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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>TIMEhttps://time.com/<!\[CDATA\[Breaking news and analysis from TIME.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science and entertainment news.\]\]>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:49:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1<!\[CDATA\[Hepatitis B Cases Could Surge Under New Vaccine Guidelines, Study Finds\]\]> https://time.com/article/2026/10/19/hepatitis-b-vaccine-recommendations-study/<!\[CDATA\[Health\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Delaying the newborn hepatitis B vaccine by even a couple of months would have detrimental effects at a population level, new models show.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[sefa ozel—Getty Images\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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 —sefa ozel—Getty Images

[Hepatitis B](https://time.com/archive/6733595/its-worth-a-shot/) can be a silent killer. It can pass from mother to child during birth and can spread through contact with infected blood or semen[.](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6420165/) Among babies infected before they turn 1, [up to 90% develop a chronic, potentially lifelong infection](https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/why-hepatitis-b-vaccination-begins-at-birth), for which there are treatments but no cure. People may not even know they have the virus [until their liver fails or they develop cancer, years later](https://liver.org.au/your-liver/liver-diseases/hepatitis-b/). Early-in-life hepatitis B infections, left untreated, lead to [a 1 in 4 lifetime chance of developing liver cancer](https://www.hepb.org/what-is-hepatitis-b/faqs/what-is-the-likelihood-that-someone-infected-with-hepatitis-b-will-develop-liver-cancer/). 

In the U.S., [hepatitis B vaccination became routinely recommended for all infants](https://immunizationdata.who.int/global/wiise-detail-page/introduction-of-hepb-birth-dose?ISO%5F3%5FCODE=&YEAR=) in 1991; later guidance specified that the first dose should happen within 24 hours of birth. However, in Dec. 2025, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Trump Administration moved to [cease recommending this practice](https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2025/fact-sheet-hepatitis-b-immunization.html) for babies born to mothers who test negative, instead advising a [shared decision-making model](https://time.com/7345057/new-childhood-vaccine-schedule-cdc-what-it-means/) where parents and clinicians decide together what is medically appropriate: a dose shortly after birth, or a first dose "no earlier than 2 months of age." (For babies born to mothers who test positive or whose status is unknown, the CDC continues to recommend a dose shortly after birth.)

A new study, published today in _Annals of Internal Medicine_, uses computer modeling to simulate the hepatitis B infection status of an entire year’s worth of children born in the U.S. under the new recommendations over their first 20 years of life. The researchers find that if only about 26% of children are vaccinated—an estimate of what would occur under shared decision-making—chronic hepatitis B cases would rise by 225%.

## When should kids get the first dose of hepatitis B vaccine? 

The American Association of Pediatrics continues to [recommend vaccination at birth against hepatitis B for all infants](https://www.aap.org/en/news-room/news-releases/aap/2025/hepatitis-b-immunization-is-critical-to-protect-all-newborns/), and [15 states have sued](https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-trims-lawsuit-challenging-rfks-new-childhood-vaccine-schedule/) the Trump Administration over vaccination schedule changes. 

“It's been challenged in many states and by professional societies, but we wanted to add some evidence to the conversation about what the potential impact of those changes could be,” says Dr. Amir Mohareb, an infectious-disease researcher at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital who is an author of the new study. 

The simulation modeled how many of 3.6 million children, born the same year in the U.S., would develop hepatitis B under a number of scenarios, including if the former CDC recommendations continued to be followed, if the initial dose (also called a “birth dose”) was delayed, and if a shared decision-making scenario was employed. 

The model suggests that if the first dose is delayed until 2 months old, and only 75% of infants get it, then there would be a 19% increase in chronic cases compared to if every child received their first dose at birth. With a 26% vaccination rate at 2 months, the number climbed to 225%. 

This study modeled only at a single year of births, notes Mahoreb. “Imagine that happening year after year after year after year. That could quickly become thousands and thousands of new infections, and even a small number of new infections could result in lifelong chronic infection that could be detrimental to families, lead to more cases of cancer, and \[become\] costly to the health care system,” Mohareb says.

Two other recent modeling studies have looked at the impacts of changing hepatitis B vaccine recommendations. One found that if vaccination no longer occurred at birth, [a substantial increase in screening pregnant women for the virus would be necessary](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2848161) to keep infection numbers in infants down. Another, looking at the economic ramifications, found that even if every child eventually received the vaccine, [delaying the first dose by 2 months yielded an additional $16.4 million in health care spending on new infections](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42043804/).

“All three of these studies complement each other, in a good way, and provide some modicum of evidence so that we don't need to risk doing a clinical trial or testing this on people,” Mahoreb says. “We have done those experiments.” Decades ago, he continues, clinical trials already proved the efficacy of the existing approach, “so that we would have the benefit now of advancing medical progress and not needing to reopen that question.”

\]\]> https://time.com/?p=blt28e3aba9dc728351 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:00:03 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Veronique Greenwood\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Midterm Ad Spending Has Surpassed $10B. Where Is the Money Coming From?\]\]> https://time.com/article/2026/10/19/midterm-ad-spending-has-surpassed-10b-where-is-the-money-coming-from-/<!\[CDATA\[Politics\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Super PACs and billionaires are fueling record political ad spending in 2026, with competitive Senate races drawing hundreds of millions of dollars.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Joel Angel Juarez—Getty Images\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, poses at a rally for his Senate bid at Southern Roots Brewing Co. on Oct. 17, 2026, in Killeen, Texas.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, poses at a rally for his Senate bid at Southern Roots Brewing Co. on Oct. 17, 2026, in Killeen, Texas. —Joel Angel Juarez—Getty Images

Political advertising spending for the midterm election cycle this year has reached a record high, surpassing $10 billion as of last week. It is projected to reach $11.6 billion by Election Day, according to the media tracking group [Ad](https://x.com/AdImpact%5FPol/status/2110392092740481399)[Impact](https://adimpact.com/blogs/adimpact-reveals-2026-election-cycle-to-reach-record-11.6-billion-in-ad-spending). The previous midterm spending record was set in 2022 at $8.9 billion, the organization reported, and the 2024 presidential cycle saw some $11.2 billion spent on ads. 

The figure does not capture other campaign expenses, such as staffing, travel, and voter outreach. But it does measure one of the more influential political campaign tools: Research [published](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/effect-of-television-advertising-in-united-states-elections/29ED18D9FB4B7AA52F6404ECF15F4114) in the _American Political Science Review_ in 2021 estimated that a Senate candidate with a $2 million television advertising advantage over an opponent could gain about 10,000 votes—potentially enough to tip a close race.

**Read More**: [_Ohio May Be the Sleeper Senate Race of the Midterms_](https://time.com/article/2026/06/23/ohio-may-be-the-sleeper-senate-race-of-the-midterms/)

Spending the most, however, does not guarantee electoral success, experts tell TIME.

“It is important to keep in mind that having the most, and spending the most, does not guarantee you wins,” says Brendan Glavin, the director of insights at the research group OpenSecrets, which tracks money’s effect on U.S. politics, policy, and elections. “You need to have enough to compete, and you need to be able to get your name out, and people need to know who you are. But it’s not always about having the most.”

That has not deterred both parties from digging deep into their piggy banks this cycle—although their spending has been uneven.

Republicans have significantly outspent Democrats in Senate races, at $233 million to $121 million on broadcast television ads across nine of the tightest upper-chamber races last month, according to AdImpact. In races categorized as “toss-ups” by the Cook Political Report, AdImpact data attributes $947 million to Republicans and $625 million to Democrats, including ads that have not yet been aired. A large portion of the funding comes from a small number of deep-pocketed individuals bankrolling super PACs.

The spending gap is much narrower in House races, where Republicans have outspent Democrats by $14 million across 21 toss-up races. 

Democratic Senate candidates, however, have substantially outraised their Republican opponents in many competitive races.

Here’s where some of that money has come from and a look at how it’s being spent.

## Texas Senate race: $500 million

Texas is one of the most closely watched Senate races. October polling shows that James Talarico has the chance to become the state’s first Democratic Senator since 1993\. A win in the state would deal a critical blow to Republicans’ grip on the upper chamber of Congress. He’s at 51% against Republican Ken Paxton according to [CBS/YouGov polling](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-senate-talarico-paxton-poll/) from Oct. 8-16.

Combined ad spending and airtime reservations have surpassed $500 million, according to AdImpact, making it only the second non-presidential race to cross that threshold. The Ohio Senate race in 2024 reached $542.7 million. 

Elon Musk, who has given $369 million to Republicans since the start of 2025 and is the biggest individual donor to federal elections this cycle, gave $158 million last month to Senate Leadership Fund, which transferred matching amounts to Texas PAC, the group supporting Paxton. Musk gave an additional $10 million to Lone Star Liberty PAC in August to support the candidate.

Glavin says that these donations, although not funneled to Paxton’s campaign directly, “essentially went directly into supporting Paxton” and appear to have “helped stabilize things” for him.

Talarico has [outraised](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/16/senate-republicans-are-getting-smoked-in-fundraising-01122911) his opponent by roughly $50 million from July through September—but large donors and super PACs have given Paxton the edge when it comes to broadcast ads. 

## Ohio Senate race: $460 million

Over $450 million in combined ad spending has gone toward Ohio’s Senate race, according to AdImpact.

Republicans have spent nearly $270 million to support Jon Husted, while Democrats have spent over $180 million in support of Sherrod Brown. Ohio gives Democrats another chance to flip a Republican-held seat, with Husted leading by less than a point as of Sunday, according to an ActiVote [poll](https://www.activote.net/polls/2026/oh-u-s-senate/2026-10-18/).

Husted was appointed to replace Vice President JD Vance in 2025, meaning that the winner of this special election would need to win again in 2028 to serve a full six-year term.

Through September, Republicans spent $41 million more than Democratsin aired election ads, making it the second-largest GOP dollar advantage among nine identified battleground states, behind Texas, according to [AdImpact](https://adimpact.com/blogs/republicans-hold-aired-spend-advantage-in-senate-battlegrounds).

## Maine Senate race: $200 million

Maine is home to the most expensive Senate race per capita this cycle, with a combined ad spend of roughly $200 million.

In Maine, Democrats are vying to flip a red seat. Republican Sen. Susan Collins is seeking her sixth term, but she’s closely contested by logger and former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson. 

Republicans have spent or committed almost $114 million on advertising since January, compared with almost $81 million for Democrats, according to AdImpact.

## What are the donation limits for PACs and super PACs? 

[The Federal Election Campaign Act](https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/contribution-limits) sets [limits](https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/contribution-limits) for individual donations to congressional races.

The limit for an individual donation to a candidate’s campaign is $3,500 per election for the 2025-2026 election cycle. These caps are [adjusted](https://www.fec.gov/updates/contribution-limits-for-2025-2026) for inflation every two years. 

A traditional political action committee (PAC) pools contributions to support or oppose candidates. Individuals may contribute up to $5,000 to a traditional federal PAC per year. The limit is higher for contributions to a national party committee, at $44,300 per committee per calendar year. 

Super PACs, unlike traditional PACs, cannot donate directly to candidates’ campaigns or coordinate their advertising with those campaigns. Those restrictions are intended to prevent unlimited outside donations from becoming a way around limits on contributions to candidates.

There is no limit to how much an eligible person or entity can donate to a super PAC, as demonstrated by Musk's steep contributions in Texas. 

Several other billionaires have also contributed to Republican super PACs: Shipping industry moguls Elizabeth and Richard Uihlein donated $138 million in the current election cycle, while Jeff Yass, who founded Susquehanna International Group, and his wife, Janine, contributed $110 million. The top donor to a Democratic super PAC is George Soros, who is linked to the entities responsible for contributing $102 million to Democracy PAC, which he founded in 2019.

Two court decisions in 2010 helped establish today’s super PAC system. The Supreme Court’s [_Citizens United_](https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained) ruling protected independent political spending by corporations and unions, while a subsequent federal appeals court ruling removed limits on individual contributions to groups making only independent expenditures.

Critics argue that the system gives wealthy donors disproportionate political influence and allows money to flow through nonprofits that conceal its original sources, using what’s referred to as “dark money.” Super PACs must disclose their donors, but those donors can include organizations that do not identify their own funders. 

The legal rationale for allowing unlimited contributions rests on the premise that prohibiting individuals or entities from contributing directly to campaigns prevents corruption.

\]\]> https://time.com/?p=blt98a1700f1bd4c3d0 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:58:01 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Connor Greene\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Jalen Hurts Has Deep Vein Thrombosis and Blood Clots in His Lungs. Here’s What to Know\]\]> https://time.com/article/2026/10/19/jalen-hurts-dvt-blood-clots-lungs/<!\[CDATA\[Health\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Here's how to spot a blood clot—and why some people need blood thinners longer than others.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Icon Sportswire—Getty Images\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts looks on during the game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles on October 4, 2026 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts looks on during the game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles on October 4, 2026 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. —Icon Sportswire—Getty Images

Jalen Hurts is expected to miss the rest of the NFL season after doctors diagnosed blood clots in both lungs,[ ESPN and NFL Network reported](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/%5F/id/50218378/eagles-jalen-hurts-season-due-blood-clots).

The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback has deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and bilateral pulmonary emboli, according to [an Oct. 19 statement from the team](https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/eagles-and-jalen-hurts-agent-nicole-lynn-provide-an-update-on-qb-jalen-hurts). He is clinically stable and has no significant functional limitations, they said, but needs blood thinners—and can’t participate in contact activities, including football, while taking them.

“Jalen’s prognosis is very good, and we expect a full recovery,” the statement said.

The news raises questions beyond football: How do you recognize a blood clot? What does treatment involve? And why can some people stop blood thinners after a few months while others take them for life? We asked doctors who aren’t involved in Hurts’ care what everyone should know.

## **How to recognize a possible blood clot**

Deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, occurs when a clot forms in a vein deep inside the body, often in the leg. Those veins carry blood back toward the heart. They’re different from superficial blood clots——[Hurts’ original diagnosis](https://time.com/article/2026/10/16/jalen-hurts-superficial-blood-clot/)—which form closer to the skin, explains Dr. Geoffrey Barnes, a cardiologist and vascular medicine specialist at University of Michigan Health.

The distinction matters because deep-vein clots are more likely to break loose and travel through the heart into the lungs. Once a clot lodges in an artery there, it causes a pulmonary embolism.

DVT often causes pain, swelling, and redness or a darker skin color. Patients commonly tell Barnes, “My entire calf and ankle are swollen.” One leg might look noticeably different from the other.

An injury can make those symptoms easier to dismiss. “If you’re worried that you have a DVT, it’s important that you get medical care quickly,” Barnes says. Seek a same-day evaluation through your doctor, urgent care, or an [emergency department](https://time.com/7285524/when-to-go-emergency-room-vs-urgent-care/) rather than waiting to see whether it goes away.

Unexplained shortness of breath, chest pain, coughing up blood, or fainting require emergency care because they can signal a pulmonary embolism. A dry cough without a cold, pain when taking a deep breath, or a racing heart can also be clues, says Dr. Stephan Moll, a hematologist and professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina who runs an [Athletes and Blood Clots Clinic](https://www.med.unc.edu/htcenter/patient-care/clotting-disorders/athletes-and-blood-clots-program/). 

Some pulmonary embolisms cause only mild symptoms—or none at all. People can mistake the discomfort for bronchitis, pneumonia, or a strained muscle, Moll says.

Clots become more common with age. Other risk factors include surgery, injury, prolonged inactivity, cancer, certain inherited conditions, and estrogen-containing medications. But young, active people can develop them, too.

## **How doctors diagnose and treat blood clots**

To check for a leg clot, doctors usually use ultrasound. They move a handheld device over the skin to get pictures of the veins underneath, gently pressing as they go. A normal vein should flatten under that pressure.

With a clot, “you can’t squeeze it closed because that solid clot is in the way,” Barnes says.

Doctors typically use a specialized CT scan to look for clots in the lungs. Finding them in both lungs doesn’t, by itself, establish how sick someone is, Barnes says. Doctors also check oxygen levels, blood pressure, and whether the heart is struggling to pump blood through the lungs.

Pulmonary embolisms range from mild cases to medical emergencies, Moll emphasizes. Some people need treatment in the hospital, including medication that dissolves clots or a procedure to remove them. Many others can be treated with anticoagulants, commonly called blood thinners.

Blood thinners help keep clots from growing and prevent new ones from forming. “They do not dissolve blood clots,” Moll says. Your body gradually breaks down the existing clot, though some people are left with scar tissue.

Many people with DVT can take medication at home, Barnes says. Some people with lower-risk pulmonary embolisms can, too.

Treatment for DVT or pulmonary embolisms generally lasts at least three months. “For the first three months it’s uninterrupted blood thinners,” Moll says.

After that, doctors weigh the chance of another clot against the risk of bleeding from continued medication. What caused the clot helps guide that decision. Someone who developed one after surgery may be able to stop once treatment is complete and that temporary risk has passed. “But if this kind of came out of the blue,” Barnes says, longer-term treatment may make sense. Cancer, continued immobility, and certain clotting disorders can also affect the decision.

Having a scan that looks better doesn’t automatically mean it’s time to stop medication, Moll says. Doctors generally follow symptoms rather than ordering repeated scans to watch a clot disappear.

Even someone who stops daily medication may need a prevention plan for future surgery or another period of increased risk. “Risk factors vary, and the length of treatment varies, and the recovery varies,” Moll says.

## **What recovery looks like**

A blood-clot diagnosis doesn’t necessarily mean you need to stay on the couch.

“I’m not asking them to go for a jog or run a marathon,” Barnes says. “But I want them to be up and walking around as much as they can tolerate,” gradually doing more every day.

Getting tackled is another matter. Blood thinners make bleeding harder to stop, so a collision or fall—especially one involving a head injury—can become much more dangerous. When it comes to contact sports like football, “I would not let an athlete play on blood thinners,” Moll says. 

For some athletes who need long-term treatment, specialists may consider a carefully managed, intermittent medication schedule after the initial three months, Moll says. It isn’t suitable for everyone and requires expert oversight; patients shouldn’t skip doses to play sports. Ask your doctor which activities you can safely return to and when.

Keeping your legs moving can also help reduce the risk of future clots. On long flights, Barnes recommends getting up to walk every one to two hours. While you’re seated, pretend your big toe is a pen and trace the alphabet with it to get your ankle moving and help pump blood through your legs. “You can do that just sitting in your seat. Nobody knows,” he says. If you’ve recently had a clot, check with your doctor before flying.

Some people feel much better relatively quickly. Others experience lasting damage to the veins after DVT, which can leave blood struggling to flow back up the leg. That can result in what doctors call post-thrombotic syndrome: “chronic swelling, chronic pain, chronic leg heaviness,” Moll says. After a pulmonary embolisms, some people continue to have shortness of breath, chest discomfort, or fatigue, particularly if the clots haven’t fully cleared.

Depending on what’s causing the symptoms, treatment might include [compression stockings](https://time.com/7358172/do-compression-socks-work/) for leg swelling, specialized rehabilitation, or a procedure to address damaged veins or lingering clots. Tell your doctor if those symptoms linger. “We have treatments that we can offer to try and make that better,” Barnes says.

\]\]> https://time.com/?p=blt2c78b602fcae0655 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:26:48 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Angela Haupt\]\]><!\[CDATA\[France Imposes Partial Curfews After Police 'Lost Control' of Protests\]\]> https://time.com/article/2026/10/19/how-protests-in-france-europe-spiraled-out-of-control/<!\[CDATA\[World\]\]><!\[CDATA\[France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez acknowledged the police had “lost control” in some cities over the weekend as looting broke out and buildings burned.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Jeff Pachoud—Getty Images\]\]><!\[CDATA\[A protester wrapped in a French flag stands in front of Lyon's burning tourism office in southeastern France, on Oct. 17, 2026\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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A protester wrapped in a French flag stands in front of Lyon's burning tourism office in southeastern France, on Oct. 17, 2026 —Jeff Pachoud—Getty Images

France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez on Monday admitted that police “lost control” in some cities over the weekend as[ violent protests erupted](https://time.com/article/2026/10/06/france-student-protest-in-photos/) across the country, while French President[ Emmanuel Macron](https://time.com/5680174/france-emmanuel-macron-transcript-interview/) called for a review of the police response to the rioting and looting.

Nuñez[ said](https://www.rtl.fr/actu/politique/je-suis-responsable-de-tout-le-ministre-de-l-interieur-laurent-nunez-reconnait-une-perte-de-controle-dans-certaines-villes-le-17-octobre-7900686658) there had been a "lack of anticipation" ahead of the demonstrations on Saturday and acknowledged that policing numbers had fallen short in some areas as hundreds of thousands took to the ​streets to protest over, what they say are, underfunded public services and rising cost-of-living pressures. The demonstrations followed weeks of ‌student protests that had also seen some violence.

In the wake of the chaotic scenes, Nuñez offered his resignation to Macron because he "felt responsible” for how things unfolded. Macron refused to accept it, due to “the need for a continuous command of the police,” the Élysée Palace told TIME. Instead, Macron has called for the Interior Ministry to “take all necessary steps to ensure transparency over planning and intelligence failures” and to put an end to the barricades and looting.

As France aims to regain full control of its streets, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu[ has](https://youtu.be/x8k7V-9vypg?t=2219) extended local mayors the power to enforce “partial curfews,” in an effort to protect businesses and people. "My determination to restore order is absolute," Lecornu told reporters, emphasizing that localized curfews were preferred over a national enforcement at this time. Paris authorities have since issued overnight curfews in two areas of the capital. The Interior Ministry[ reported](https://x.com/Interieur%5FGouv/status/2111753103544361173) that around 550,000 people had taken to the streets on Saturday. A French trade union[ put the number](https://www.cgtetat.fr/societe-959/mobilisations/article/17-octobre-pres-de-800-000-manifestantes-et-manifestants-partout-en-france-pour) at over 800,000\. Nuñez on Sunday[ said](https://x.com/NunezLaurent/status/2111774348839133668) that more than 2,000 people had been arrested and over 600 police officers and firefighters injured. In Paris, at least 300 businesses were vandalised, Dominique Restino, the head of the Paris chamber of commerce, told BFM television.

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Clashes occur between protesters throwing projectiles and police responding with tear gas during a demonstration against the high cost of living in Paris, France, on October 17, 2026 —Jerome Gilles—NurPhoto/Getty Images

Alongside the violence in the capital, what started out as peaceful protests in Marseille and Lyon also turned violent as rioters descended. Authorities in Marseille on Monday[ imposed](https://x.com/SkyNews/status/2112101621731676475) a temporary ban on public gatherings and demonstrations. French unions have already called for a new round of strikes and marches on Nov. 5.

Various buildings and official monuments have been targeted across the country.

A historic town hall in the French city of Limoges was[ damaged](https://x.com/SkyNews/status/2111591952760045834) in what appeared to be an arson attack on Saturday. One of the main tourist offices in the city of Lyon was[ set](https://apnews.com/video/tourist-office-burns-in-lyon-on-night-of-unrest-in-france-0dd2f64e62a548348f961a5c4e963f74) ablaze. In Bordeaux, the prefect's residence was[ attacked](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ckpdg1v41562t?post=asset%3A6ec1a641-abfb-4800-9e1f-7885a71a361d#post), according to local authorities.

Macron condemned the "unbridled violence" as he addressed the nation Sunday evening. “Those who looted will have to pay for the damage, and those who sought to bring down the Republic will be held accountable,” he vowed in a[ televised speech.](https://www.elysee.fr/emmanuel-macron/2026/10/18/adresse-aux-francais-7)

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Smoke rises from the bar 'La Barrique' on the sidelines of a demonstration against the "high cost of living", in Paris on October 17, 2026 —Kiran Ridley—AFP/Getty Images

Isa Obradovich, a French-Peruvian American artist living in Paris, has participated in a number of protests since the movement went nationwide in early October. The 22-year-old says the demonstrations have become increasingly charged amid escalating clashes between protesters and police.

“I had to walk through clouds of tear gas to get home and clouds of smoke from fires,” she says of her journey home from the protests this weekend.

Obradovich notes the property damage in her own neighborhood, sharing that some of the stores she regularly visits were impacted by the protests.

“You can also see that there has been more property damage. \[Some\] grocery stores in my neighborhood were closed yesterday. One of them because they had boarded up the walls, and the other one because the windows of the storefront had been smashed and all the stuff inside had been ruined. I walked past as shop owners and employees were standing there looking at the devastation,” she says.

The Federation of Trade and Retail told TIME that “nearly 3,000 shops and businesses of all sizes across France have been affected by the violence over the weekend.” The French government has said it will create a fund to financially assist shops that were impacted by the riots.

### Lawmakers clash over where the blame lies

Lecornu has blamed far-left agitators for the unrest. "There is, after all, a far-left movement that wants to cause—we can’t put it any more strongly—profound unrest in the country in ⁠the run-up to the presidential election," he said.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of France’s far-left party, France Unbowed, pushed back against this framing and[ insisted](https://x.com/JLMelenchon/status/2111882865197625588) the protest movement is “the result of ten disastrous years in which President Macron has disorganized the state and public services.” TIME has reached out to Macron’s offices for comment.

The discord between lawmakers and the uncertainty in the government with Nuñez’s resignation attempt hanging over the proceedings comes just six months ahead of France’s next presidential lection, where Mélenchon will no doubt be hoping to beat centrist contenders to the runoff. 

France’s public debt has climbed to a record $4 trillion in Macron’s two terms, [according](https://apnews.com/article/france-economy-presidential-election-record-debt-7cd020a54d0810a8d9df8a5544cd5312) to figures shared by France’s National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies in late June. The fiscal dilemma has heightened scrutiny on government spending and has [sparked questions over “Macronisme,” ](https://time.com/article/2026/10/16/france-student-protests-macron/)the right-of-center, top-down governing style that Macron emulates. Further adding to the economic pressures, French government [bonds dropped](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-19/france-s-bonds-drop-as-rioting-heaps-pressure-on-government) after the weekend of unrest.

Antonio Fatas, a professor of economics at Insead, the European business school, has said the political and economic situation is serious. “I am very worried about the economic situation because growth is low and it is difficult to see how the dynamics change. Then you have the debt numbers, which are bad, and the financial markets are thinking the government is not in control,” he [told](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/10/france-caught-between-bond-markets-student-worker-blockades) the _Guardian_.

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People vandalize a shop during protests in Milan, Italy, on Oct. 18, 2026\. —Andrea Carrubba—Getty Images

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Teachers stand between anti riot Police and students at Piazza Castello in the center of Turin during the 'No Meloni Day', a national day of marches across Italy inspired by what is happening in France and Spain, to protest against the cost of living, the School Decree, the condition of school buildings and demanding increased funding, on October 16, 2026\. —Marco Bertorello—AFP/Getty Images

### Demonstrations spread across France

Throughout September, students across France blockaded schools and demonstrated against, what they say is, a poorly-funded high school system. The protests went nationwide on Oct. 6, when more than 250,000 people took to streets across with teachers, parents, and union activists joining marches.

The demonstrations have drawn comparisons to the[ May 1968 protests,](https://time.com/article/2026/10/07/student-protests-france-signs-may-1968-strikes-police-clashes/) which were initiated by a student movement and led to millions of workers striking and nearly toppled the government.

In the years since, there have been numerous protest uprisings in Paris, including the[ Yellow Vest movement of 2018](https://time.com/5468025/emmanuel-macron-yellow-jackets-civil-war/) and the [pension reform protests](https://time.com/6248668/paris-france-protests-retirement-age/) of 2023.

What distinguishes the unrest that unfolded over the weekend is how the pockets of violence dispersed, says Fabien Jobard, a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research. He says that the rioters moved away from the main demonstrations, seemingly catching the police off guard and making it all the more difficult to contain the unrest. That, coupled with the French authorities’ own admittance of failing to anticipate the full scale of the protests, meant that “it was too late to gather enough police forces in different places,” adds Jobard.

On Saturday, as some sought to revive the[ Yellow Vest movement of 2018](https://time.com/5468025/emmanuel-macron-yellow-jackets-civil-war/), protesters draped a yellow vest over the[ Marianne statue](https://x.com/clashreport/status/2111751210285842611) at the Place de la République. 

The[ group that helped coordinate the action on its website](https://17octobregiletjaune.net/) described the mobilization as a convergence of student protests and wider economic grievances, bringing together high school and university students, farmers, firefighters, workers, teachers, healthcare workers, climate activists, residents of working-class neighborhoods, and retirees.

Alongside concerns over school funding and cost-of-living pressures, including concerns over fuel prices, which have significantly increased since the onset of the Iran war after as continued disruption to the Strait of Hormuz sent [energy markets spiralling](https://time.com/article/2026/06/19/us-iran-deal-strait-hormuz-shipping-oil-gas-prices/) worldwide.

Obradovich describes it as an “intersectional protest movement,” arguing that “the root of all of these problems boils down to this government system taking away funding from public services.”

In his speech addressing the nation, Macron said order must be restored, but also recognized protesters’ concerns. He said his government was working with fuel distributors to ensure a “tangible impact on prices.” Addressing the concerns of students, he said the voices of young people “must be heard” and referenced how the Minister of National Education had set up an online portal to hear concerns. Additionally, he said meetings were being held to develop solutions alongside young people.

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Albanian riot police detain a demonstrator during renewed clashes outside the Ministry of Education in Tirana, Albania, on October 18, 2026, as student-led anti-government protests continue. —Vlasov Sulaj—NurPhoto/Getty Image

### Thousands protest in other European cities

France was not alone in dealing with demonstrations over the weekend, as protesters also took to the streets in other European countries.

In Portugal,[ protesters](https://cgtp.pt/accao-e-luta/22846-milhares-sairam-a-rua-em-lisboa-porto-e-coimbra) marched in Lisbon, Porto, and Coimbra as they called for better pensions, improved public services, and affirmative government action to combat rising living costs.

In Milan, police clashed with protesters as some threw stones and looted shops during demonstrations against underfunded services and the rising cost of living.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned "the violence of criminals who, even through organized groups, exploit demonstrations to seek confrontation and sow chaos." There were further clashes between police and protesters in Bologna and Turin.

Unrest also[ broke out in Brussels](https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium-news/2365633/brussels-protest-turns-violent-as-march-heads-towards-midi-station), Belgium, on Saturday afternoon, as antifascist activists took to the streets. The demonstrations turned violent, prompting police intervention amid reports of property damage.

In Albania, protests spilled over to a sixth day on Sunday, with student-led demonstrations marching against, what they argue is, an underfunded education system, and allegations of government corruption. Police and protesters clashed in the capital of Tirana, as Prime Minister Edi Rama staunchly rejected calls for his resignation.

Albania’s current demonstrations come months after a protest movement rallied against a planned luxury development linked to Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law. The initial marches in May were borne out of environmental concerns, but protests developed amid allegations of corruption and discontent over cost-of-living pressures.

\]\]> https://time.com/?p=blt2043e8802fe43f59 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:27:20 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Tiago Ventura\]\]><!\[CDATA\[An Idaho ICE Raid Rounded Up Hundreds. The Fallout Could Change How ICE Operates\]\]> https://time.com/article/2026/10/19/ICE-immiration-raid-Wilder-Idaho-warrant-FBI-ACLU/<!\[CDATA\[Politics\]\]><!\[CDATA\[The raid in Wilder, Idaho is at the center of a court fight that could shape ICE operations around the country.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Sally Krutzig–Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Agents stand at La Catedral Arena in Wilder, Idaho, in late October 2025 as part of an investigation into alleged illegal horse betting that involved multiple law enforcement agencies.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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Agents stand at La Catedral Arena in Wilder, Idaho, in late October 2025 as part of an investigation into alleged illegal horse betting that involved multiple law enforcement agencies. —Sally Krutzig–Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

People first noticed the black helicopter in the sky. 

It was a chilly Sunday afternoon a year ago at La Catedral Arena, a popular track for horse racing outside the Idaho town of Wilder. Hundreds had gathered at the arena for a festival celebrating [horse racing](https://time.com/article/2026/04/16/can-a-british-bookie-get-congress-to-save-america-s-horse-meat/) and Mexican culture. 

As the military-style helicopter hovered above them, attendees from the rural, [predominantly Latino community,](http://courthousenews.com/how-a-surging-hispanic-community-is-shaking-up-idaho/) began to get nervous.

“Something is wrong,” Ivan Popoca, who attended the festival with his two kids, remembers thinking.

Within minutes, the festival grounds [descended into chaos](https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article316873420.html). Backed by armored trucks and snipers, more than 200 members of law enforcement stormed the grounds, some shot rubber bullets into the crowd and hurled flash-bang grenades into vehicles where people had fled to hide. Hundreds of people, including teens as young as 14, were detained and zip-tied.

When it was all over, federal authorities had arrested 105 people for alleged immigration violations. Yet on paper, this wasn’t an immigration raid at all. The only warrant for the Wilder raid was secured by the FBI. Its target: the owner of the track and four others for alleged unlicensed gambling. 

Twelve months later, the Wilder raid is at the center of a court fight that could shape ICE operations around the country. Advocates argue that in Idaho, ICE unlawfully piggybacked on an FBI operation, rather than securing their own warrant, as they would be expected to do on this type of operation. A lawsuit brought forth by the ACLU argues that federal authorities violated the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures, by using an unrelated search warrant as a “cover to go fishing for immigration arrests.” 

“That is not what a criminal search warrant execution looks like. That is what a massively violent immigration raid looks like,” says Jenn Rolnick Borchetta, an ACLU attorney who helped bring the resulting lawsuit. 

Trump Administration officials insist that the arrests made that day were lawful. “The facts haven’t changed: ICE helped dismantle an illegal horse-racing, animal fighting, and a gambling enterprise operation out of a property known as La Cathedral Arena in Wilder, Idaho,” a DHS spokesperson told TIME. Idaho Gov. Brad Little also defended the raid, [saying](https://gov.idaho.gov/pressrelease/gov-little-comments-on-arrests-in-wilder/) in a statement at the time that it is “common practice” to detain others present while processing the scene. 

For Wilder residents, the La Catedral raid remains an open wound that refuses to heal. Popoca still recalls with anger how he and his 16-year-old son were zip-tied for hours for no apparent reason. 

The ACLU and some of the families involved in the case released a documentary online on Monday called [_Wilder Raids_](https://youtu.be/jMd%5FYarMqds) in which they discuss the raid’s impact, and why the legal challenge matters beyond people in Wilder. 

“Some community members don't even want to think about this anymore,” says Leo Morales, the executive director of the ACLU Idaho. “But there are also folks who are also realizing how critical it is to be able to push back, to organize and to demand fairness and justice.”

## Recurring nightmares

Juana Rodriguez attended the festivalwith her three-year-old son. Despite both of them being U.S. citizens, they were zip-tied and detained for hours following the raid. Like many others who were detained, she described not being given access to food or water. 

“For the longest time, my son begged me for food. He begged me for water,” Rodriguez says. She repeatedly asked the officers she could be untied so that she could feed and console her crying son, she says, but was rebuffed. “I wish I could have done more in the moment, but I couldn't.”

Detainees were eventually taken into a tent and questioned by ICE agents about their immigration status. Among the 105 people who were ultimately arrested, 75 are believed to have been deported to their home countries, according to local media, and 26 were released from ICE custody after their lawyers filed [habeas corpus](https://time.com/7284743/what-is-habeas-corpus-under-threat-suspension-trump-administration/) petitions. The whereabouts of the remaining four people are unclear. ICE did not provide an update on their case status.

The day after the raid, the Wilder School District reported absent rates soared, with 20% of students absent, according to [The Idaho Statesman](https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/education/article312663144.html?taid=69037dbe6c09500001d9c0f7&utm%5Fcampaign=trueanthem&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=twitter). More than half of the district’s student body is Hispanic or Latino.

A year later, Rodriguez says she is still scared to go to Latino cultural and other public events because of what happened at La Catedral. She also has nightmares about ICE officers taking her child away from her.

“I'm from here. My kids are from here,” she says. ”Why should I have to feel that? Like, I shouldn't.” 

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A large group of protesters gather in October 2025 in Caldwell, Idaho, to protest an FBI and ICE raid in Wilder. —Darin Oswald–Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

## ICE’s growing legal fights

The ACLU filed a class-action complaint in February, charging that a variety of local, state and federal agencies violated the constitutional rights of those at the festival. Both sides are now waiting for a judge to rule on a motion by ICE and other agencies to dismiss, in which it argued that federal and state law enforcement are protected by [qualified immunity](https://time.com/6061624/what-is-qualified-immunity/), a longstanding legal doctrine when executing a federal warrant. 

The Wilder case is one of multiple lawsuits the Trump Administration is fighting over its immigration enforcement operations. In Minnesota, none of the federal agents involved in the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti have been criminally charged, but a string of civil lawsuits is beginning to emerge. Earlier this month, the family of Renee Good, who was killed last January by a federal agent during the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, filed [a pair of civil lawsuits](https://www.rblaw.net/pressrelease-civil-lawsuits-united-states-individual-federal-agents-officials-death-renee-good) against the federal government, according to their legal representative. Marimar Martinez, a U.S. citizen who was shot by a Border Patrol agent during a confrontation on a Chicago street last year, has also [filed](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/us/marimar-martinez-lawsuit-ice-chicago.html) a lawsuit against the federal government. 

Anyone seeking to hold federal agents accountable must be prepared for a long wait, says Borchetta. A lawsuit against the federal government can’t even be filed unless it’s been six months since a complainant filed a claim for compensation and the issue remains unresolved. 

“If a federal employee is driving their car negligently on the job and hits you with their car, you can bring a claim for them for that negligence,” Borchetta says. “It also applies where an ICE agent is mistreating you or causing you harm.”

But the law itself imposes many limitations on suing the federal government. Victims can seek compensatory damages for actual losses, but [not punitive damages](https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R45732). And unlike state authorities who can be sued for civil rights violations in state courts, federal law enforcement authorities are generally shielded from such lawsuits based on legal precedents. 

But Borchetta says the impact of the lawsuits can be bigger than any verdict. She argues that the ongoing Wilder case has already helped change ICE’s conduct as well as how local governments collaborate with them. 

“While we don't yet have a decision from the court, we haven't seen more raids like this in Idaho,” she says. “The lawsuit itself exposes both the state and the federal actors to liability, and that can change behavior itself.”

\]\]> https://time.com/?p=blt3d9128ab185bf17c Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Philip Wang\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Trump Endorses Netanyahu Days Before Israeli Election as Iran War Tests Friendship\]\]> https://time.com/article/2026/10/19/trump-netanyahu-israel-election-endorsement/<!\[CDATA\[World\]\]><!\[CDATA\[The U.S. President gave his full backing to the Israeli Prime Minister despite a rocky relationship in recent months.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump during a joint press conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 29, 2025\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump during a joint press conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 29, 2025 —Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images

With days to go before a crucial general election in Israel, Prime Minister [Benjamin Netanyahu](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/benjamin-netanyahu/) received a last-minute endorsement for re-election on Sunday from his longtime friend, U.S. President [Donald Trump](https://time.com/article/2026/10/01/donald-trump-2026-interview/).

“Bibi Netanyahu has been a Great Warrior Prime Minister, and an even greater Partner for Peace in combatting the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Trump [posted](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117462449149582042) on Truth Social Sunday. “Please let this Letter serve to represent my Complete and Total Endorsement of Bibi Netanyahu in his upcoming Race for Re-Election as Prime Minister of Israel.”

It’s a ringing, albeit late, recommendation for someone Trump hasn’t seen eye-to-eye with in recent months over how Netanyahu’s government has navigated the Middle East conflict. Trump explained his delayed endorsement to [Axios reporter Barak Ravid](https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2111874986344665560), saying that he’d always meant to endorse Netanyahu because they “have a good relationship, and because we’ll continue to do good things together.” 

Trump said in his post that, if Israel were to have “the wrong Leader, which would be anyone other than Bibi,” the U.S. would be left alone to face the Iran threat. The U.S. and Israel jointly struck Iran in late February, kickstarting a conflict that has not only upended global markets but also thrust Middle Eastern regional security into turmoil.

“Bibi Netanyahu has been Strong, Brave, and Brilliant in the face of tremendous opposition, including that coming from even Israel, itself,” Trump added, in apparent reference to Netanyahu’s domestic challenges, including a corruption trial, some of which the U.S. President has [previously tried to influence](https://time.com/7297951/trump-netanyahu-friend-relationship-israel-prime-minister-corruption-trial-politics/). “Despite all of that, he has endured and, in fact, he has thrived!”

Trump’s endorsement comes just before Israelis head to the polling booths on Oct. 27, some three years after the country’s war with terror group Hamas ignited. Since then, Netanyahu has been criticized by opponents for failing to deliver on his promise of restoring regional security.

Public disillusionment with Netanyahu was among several factors that led to the formation of the Yashar! (“Straight!”) Party, whose founder, former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, is challenging Netanyahu for the premiership. Eisenkot’s son and nephews were killed in the war in the Gaza Strip.

It’s unclear how big of an electoral boost Netanyahu will get from Trump’s endorsement. An opinion poll from nonprofit [The Jewish People Policy Institute in Jerusalem released this month](https://jppi.org.il/en/the-war-three/) shows that most Israelis still see Trump as a great friend of Israel. A separate opinion poll from JPPI, however, shows their [trust in him has eroded](https://jppi.org.il/en/%d7%90%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%9f-%d7%94%d7%a6%d7%99%d7%91%d7%95%d7%a8-%d7%94%d7%99%d7%a9%d7%a8%d7%90%d7%9c%d7%99-%d7%91%d7%a0%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%90-%d7%98%d7%a8%d7%90%d7%9e%d7%a4-%d7%91%d7%a7%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%a1/). Eisenkot, reacting to Trump’s endorsement, [said](https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog%5Fentry/eisenkot-says-israeli-voters-not-trump-will-choose-next-pm-says-he-tried-to-stop-endorsement/) at an event in Tel Aviv that while he appreciates Trump, only Israelis will decide on their next Prime Minister. [Some surveys](https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-912004) show Yashar! is in a tight race with Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party.

Netanyahu nonetheless thanked his “dear friend Donald” in a video [posted on social media](https://x.com/netanyahu/status/2111862377163407395), saying he was “honored” and “humbled” by Trump’s backing, adding that the U.S. was “fortunate” to have Trump as its leader in the fight to denuclearize Iran.

## Trump and Netanyahu’s fraught friendship

Even before Trump became U.S. President, he had publicly [endorsed](https://www.timesofisrael.com/donald-trump-endorses-netanyahu-for-pm/) Netanyahu, though Trump, still only a TV personality in 2013, [said](https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-says-netanyahu-asked-for-endorsement/) that the Israeli politician asked for it. Since Trump was first elected, the two have been political allies and friends. Their relationship, however, has seen a number of ups and downs since Trump returned to the White House last year.

Netanyahu was the [first foreign leader](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/28/trump-netanyahu-white-house-visit) invited to the White House during Trump’s second-term Administration, and he has met with Trump repeatedly since. Netanyahu [pushed Trump](https://time.com/7295726/netanyahu-trump-israel-iran-nuclear-strikes/) to [target](https://time.com/7296469/u-s-strikes-iran-nuclear-trump-war/) three key Iranian nuclear facilities in June last year. Last November, Trump sent a letter to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, [asking him to pardon Netanyahu](https://apnews.com/article/israel-netanyahu-trump-politics-letter-trial-36cfeeacf4fa038e784f43f31a56fe4e) on his drawn out corruption trial, which the U.S. President deemed to be “political, unjustified prosecution.”

On Feb. 11, when Trump and Netanyahu met in a closed-door meeting at the White House, Israel and the U.S. [failed](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116053512461029874) to reach an agreement on how to proceed with Iran. Netanyahu has long sought to decapitate the Iranian leadership, but Trump at the time insisted on negotiations. Netanyahu, nonetheless, [reportedly pressed](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-approved-iran-operation-after-netanyahu-argued-joint-killing-khamenei-2026-03-23/) Trump to launch the Iran operation later that month.

Since their last meeting, their relationship has markedly shifted. Trump has since tried to find an off-ramp to the war in Iran, but Israel’s actions made such [peace deal talks](https://time.com/article/2026/05/23/iran-war-deal-news-trump/) thorny.

In March, after Israel [attacked Iran’s South Pars gas field](https://time.com/article/2026/03/19/trump-israel-attack-south-pars-gas-field/) in the Persian Gulf, Trump said he [told Netanyahu to stop such attacks](https://youtu.be/1jgFkp02qFM?t=984). Then, on April 17, Trump declared on Truth Social that Israel was “[PROHIBITED](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116420395293904982)” from further [bombing Lebanon](https://time.com/article/2026/04/10/israels-hezbollah-lebanon-war-explained/), where it was [at war with the militant group Hezbollah](https://time.com/article/2026/04/10/israels-hezbollah-lebanon-war-explained/). Netanyahu, however, insisted that Israeli troops would remain in southern Lebanon and that security threats persisted—complicating Washington’s efforts toward peace as Tehran indicated that any deal would need to include a halt of the attacks in Lebanon.

When Netanyahu in June [ordered](https://x.com/netanyahu/status/2061338803462078644?s=20) strikes on a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut to retaliate against the group’s alleged attacks on Israel, Trump phoned and excoriated the Israeli Prime Minister, [reportedly calling him “f-cking crazy.”](https://time.com/article/2026/06/02/trump-netanyahu-crazy-lebanon-hezbollah-ceasefire-iran-us-peace-deal/) Asked by [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/03/cnbc-exclusive-transcript-prime-minister-of-israel-benjamin-netanyahu-speaks-with-cnbcs-sara-eisen-on-squawk-on-the-street-today.html) about the call, Netanyahu said: “We have common goals. Sometimes we have, as in the best of families, you have these tactical disagreements. We always find a way to work them out, and we do so as great friends.”

During Netanyahu’s seventh U.S. visit in July, Trump went public with his frustration. During a telephone interview on Fox News, Trump criticized Netanyahu over reports that the Israeli leader planned to share intelligence showing Iran rebuilding its nuclear program. The U.S. President [said](https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2082084919958733226): “I don’t need Bibi to tell me that. Bibi is telling me that because he wants me to stay involved.”

Netanyahu is part of Trump’s U.N. alternative called the [Board of Peace](https://time.com/7357067/trump-gaza-board-of-peace-members-davos/), though Israel broke again with the U.S. President by [rejecting](https://jewishinsider.com/2026/01/netanyahu-board-of-peace-gaza-trump-turkey-qatar/) having Turkish and Qatari representatives on the board’s subpanel, the Gaza Executive Board, which is tasked with overseeing post-war reconstruction in the Gaza Strip.

Then Netanyahu [rejected the Board of Peace’s 15-point plan](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/world/middleeast/israel-netanyahu-trump-15-point-plan-hamas-peace-gaza.html) to advance a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and insisted that Israel would not withdraw before Hamas fully disarmed. 

In Trump’s [extensive interview](https://time.com/article/2026/10/01/donald-trump-2026-interview-transcript/) with TIME in late September, Trump did not answer directly when asked repeatedly if the Israeli population should give Netanyahu another term. “I can only say that I’m not involved in politics anymore,” the U.S. President said. 

But despite the lack of clear endorsement then, Trump seemed confident that “Bibi” could still win. “People have written off Bibi many, many times, just like they’ve written off me many, many times,” Trump told TIME. “I wouldn’t underestimate Bibi.”

\]\]> https://time.com/?p=blt084a56f465cc810b Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:30:14 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Chad de Guzman\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Who Will Benefit From the AI Revolution?\]\]> https://time.com/article/2026/10/19/who-will-benefit-from-the-ai-revolution-/<!\[CDATA\[Ideas\]\]><!\[CDATA\["The same technology that is delivering fortunes in Silicon Valley can also deliver help to the least fortunate," argues David Miliband.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Sergey Balakhnichev—Getty Images\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc7de0262b3ee1940/6ad584cb9518d46669caaf40/AI-revolution-benefit-globe.jpg?branch=production)

 —Sergey Balakhnichev—Getty Images

The [debate](https://time.com/article/2026/10/16/human-judgement-is-the-most-powerful-technology-in-the-ai-age/) about [how to control AI](https://time.com/article/2026/09/23/governments-must-prohibit-superintelligent-ai-while-we-still-can/) and limit its potential for damage is healthy and necessary. It is also [unavoidable and urgent](https://time.com/article/2026/10/03/we-won-t-know-the-answers-to-ai-s-most-important-questions-until-its-too-late/). 

But this is not the only vital debate. There are also vital questions about how the upsides of AI are shared fairly. Business as usual has left the world's poorest people behind, so far. And for those caught up in conflict—in places like [Sudan](https://time.com/7330788/what-the-crisis-in-sudan-means-for-the-world/), [Ukraine](https://time.com/7380684/life-in-ukraine-since-russias-invasion/), [Gaza](https://time.com/7306344/gazans-dying-of-starvation/), and [Afghanistan](https://time.com/7310744/afghanistan-us-aid-cuts-maternal-health/)—AI can help meet urgent needs. 

It is clear to me that the world has more resources to do good than at any time in human history, but too often, we don't distribute them where they are most needed. Now, AI stands to create even more resources in the form of free time, insights, and funds. And they need to be spent in the right places.

The AI revolution is going to [mint](https://time.com/7301736/ai-redistribution-profits/) a new generation of billionaires and millionaires—and with them, a new generation of philanthropists; a term stemming from the Ancient Greek _philanthropia,_ meaning “love of humanity”. It’s a reminder that the act of giving begins with some of the most fundamentally human impulses: care, love, empathy, and selflessness.

Maybe this explains why [Effective Altruism](https://time.com/6204627/effective-altruism-longtermism-william-macaskill-interview/)—the idea that generosity should be subjected to evidence and calculation—seemed counterintuitive. But I never understood why. After all, who wants ineffective altruism? We should all be asking where our money can do the most good. 

Organizations working at the sharpest end of the world’s toughest problems—like the one I lead—need philanthropy to be the smart money: hard-headed as well as big-hearted, focused on outcomes not visibility, concerned to add value not just kudos. Results, not just responsibility, should be the watchword.

Fortunately, there’s been an evidence revolution over the last 20 years. We know a whole lot more about what actually works. This makes giving much easier. Distance no longer needs to be the enemy of confidence. 

In fact, there is every reason to think globally, not just locally, about where to make a difference. As the world has become more and more connected, governments have retreated from global problems. For instance, official development assistance funds from Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries dropped by a historic [23.1%](https://www.oecd.org/en/data/insights/data-explainers/2026/04/a-historic-decline-in-foreign-aid-preliminary-2025-oda-data.html) in 2025\. Now, we need new philanthropy to provide some balance in a world that is clearly out of balance.

Around [94%](https://give.org/news/wise-giving-wednesday-total-2024-giving-shows-moderate-growth-over-previous-year) of American philanthropy is spent in the U.S. But the rest of the world is not just where the needs are greatest—from acute childhood malnutrition to violence against women—but where the gains from philanthropy can be greatest.

The 20 countries at greatest risk of a worsening humanitarian crisis, ranked by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) annually in our [Emergency Watchlist](https://www.rescue.org/watchlist), represent just 12% of the global population, but 90% of those in humanitarian need. In these places, led by regions like Sudan, Gaza, and South Sudan, children are three times more likely to die before their fifth birthday and 10 times more likely to grow up in extreme poverty than children born elsewhere. The people living here have done the least to contribute to climate change, but face the combined pressures of climate change and conflict—and receive the least support to adapt. 

If philanthropy and its “love of humanity” belong anywhere, it is these areas. And just in time, humanitarians have developed increasingly sophisticated tools to transform what we know about how to help people survive through and recover from crisis. Real-time data, randomized controlled trials, cost-effectiveness and cost-efficiency analysis, plus predictive analytics, have transformed the evidence base and the basis for action. 

The IRC alone has conducted over 50 impact evaluations since 2020 as well as 500 cost analyses, allowing us to measure not simply whether an intervention works, but how much it costs and how much further each additional dollar can go. So we don't need to be daunted by the big numbers highlighting the [43 million](https://www.rescue.org/uk/article/why-do-most-children-affected-acute-malnutrition-go-untreated) children who are acutely malnourished, the [20 million](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/immunization-coverage) kids without full immunization, over [300 million](https://wfpusa.org/news/global-hunger-could-reach-record-levels-because-of-conflict/) people hungry, and hundreds of thousands of women dying in childbirth in fragile states alone. These are problems that we actually know how to solve at manageable, in fact low, cost.

For example, we have learned how to deliver vaccine shots—40 million of them—at just $2 a shot in places like Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen, negotiating with armed groups along the way to get access to populations otherwise cut off from healthcare. This offers lifelong benefit, not just a short-term palliative.

We’ve shown how local health workers can more simply diagnose and treat acute malnutrition directly in communities where crisis-affected children live. This approach offers a 92% recovery rate, and earlier interventions can catch malnutrition before it becomes severe. The result is that we are 20% more cost-effective, allowing us to help more kids for the same amount of money. 

There are more examples. We've demonstrated that violence against women and violence against kids can be reduced by over [70%](https://www.rescue.org/press-release/irc-releases-breakthrough-research-preventing-violence-against-women-and-children) when they are tackled together. We have also proven the benefits of giving aid in advance of climate disasters, not just in reaction to them: in Afghanistan, our clients were three times less likely to fall further into poverty. 

Of course, the contexts stricken by war and state failure are challenging. But that makes the philanthropic imperative towards the people who live there all the more urgent.

The same technology that is delivering fortunes in Silicon Valley can also deliver help to the least fortunate. IRC’s global digital helpdesk, Signpost, has reached 20 million people forced to flee crisis in 12 languages with timely, life-saving information. Leading tech companies helped us develop it. In Somalia, IRC teams employed anticipatory action ahead of last year’s devastating drought, a disaster that typically drives cholera outbreaks. Again, it took partnership of financial support, technical know-how, and NGO savvy.

In all these areas, the traditional aid system is falling short. Too often, climate and humanitarian systems work in separate silos. Despite the evidence, less than [1%](https://startnetwork.org/whats-new/resources/untapped-potential-anticipatory-action-system-under-pressure) of aid is invested in anticipatory action. Every government donor has its own bureaucracy, with different reporting systems, compliance requirements, and measurement metrics. 

This is the syndrome that philanthropy can help break. By focusing on what works, measuring what counts, and investing in innovation. The risk does not lie in action; it lies in inertia. 

We know more than ever about what works in humanitarian crises, and we have new tools capable of extending those gains. The opportunity for this generation of philanthropists is not simply to give more. It is to take what we have learned and apply it where the stakes are highest. The real test isn't how much they give. It’s where.

\]\]> https://time.com/?p=blt58518c5dd814411b Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:30:03 +0000<!\[CDATA\[David Miliband\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Ramaswamy Facing Tougher Fight Than Republicans Had Expected in Ohio\]\]> https://time.com/article/2026/10/19/ramaswamy-struggles-in-ohio-race-once-seen-as-a-sure-thing/<!\[CDATA\[Politics\]\]><!\[CDATA\[“I haven’t felt this good, like we have a chance, in a while," says a Democratic strategist\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Samuel Corum—Getty Images\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Vivek Ramaswamy listens as Vice President JD Vance speaks during a rally for Ramaswamy and other Republican candidates on Oct. 09, 2026 in Lima, Ohio.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86735a7d77a3e9cd/6ad288f929dc5a2e6eb895fc/GettyImages-2299418784.jpg?branch=production)

Vivek Ramaswamy listens as Vice President JD Vance speaks during a rally for Ramaswamy and other Republican candidates on Oct. 09, 2026 in Lima, Ohio. —Samuel Corum—Getty Images

 On the day [Vivek Ramaswamy](https://time.com/6305440/vivek-ramaswamy-interview-republican-primary/) made official his run for Ohio Governor, President Donald Trump did not dally.  
 “He will be a GREAT Governor of Ohio, will never let you down, and has my COMPLETE AND TOTAL ENDORSEMENT!” the President wrote on Truth Social on Feb. 24 of last year, within hours of Ramaswamy kicking off his campaign.

Trump’s post essentially [cleared](https://apnews.com/article/election-2026-ohio-governor-ramaswamy-trump-endorsement-a650e8cb0a82917f0a364f5be0b6b70f) what had been expected to be a crowded GOP field, boxing out the likes of state Attorney General Dave Yost, state Treasurer Robert Sprague, and Lieutenant Governor Jim Tressel in a state where Republicans felt dominant. It also effectively gave Ramaswamy almost two years to focus on keeping the Governor’s mansion in GOP hands. But the very connections to Trumpism that fueled Ramaswamy’s fast political rise are now giving his party reason to worry, as polls show him trailing Democrat Amy Acton, a former state health chief and a first-time candidate.

“Something is happening here. I just can’t tell you what,” says one Ohio Democratic strategist, reflecting the apprehension pervasive in both parties right now.

On the campaign trail, Ramaswamy occasionally moderates his image as the brash MAGA warrior railing against “the woke left,” pitching tax cuts and economic development when he’s with suburban crowds and chamber of commerce types. But he can still come off at times as a pugilistic troll. He has promised to be "the most conservative Governor in Ohio's history,” defying Ohio’s history of moderate conservatives who have governed the Heartland homebase. He has embraced AI data centers in a state where they are far from popular. And he has not shrunk from Trumpian hardline immigration policies, especially when he appears with Trump. 

"As Americans, we believe in merit, that the best person gets the job, regardless of their skin color, that you are judged not on the color of your skin, but on the content of your character and your contributions,” Ramaswamy said during an Oct. 12 rally with Trump in Youngstown, where Acton grew up. “That is who we are as Americans."

Ramaswamy has not developed a thicker skin than when he ran for the White House just two years ago. In July, when confronted by hecklers at Xavier University in Cincinnati, he simply walked off stage: “Peace out, see you guys.”

The polls still show a close-range contest, but in the increasingly nasty ad war, the spending suggests a far more lopsided fight. Ramaswamy and his supporters have now run $101 million in ads against Acton, with $36 million of that coming from Ramaswamy himself. 

Acton and groups supporting her have spent about one-third of the Ramaswamy media wave, much of it describing Ramaswamy as a “swindler” who conned his way to a fortune and harnessing anti-billionaire sentiment.

“This is a guy who has been flying around the state on his corporate jet. Ohio is not a huge state geographically. It’s a state that’s incredibly driveable,” says David Cohen, the director of the Applied Politics Program at the University of Akron. “He was the worst possible choice for Republicans, not that they really had a choice.”

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7c6e31d7980ac6b/6ad28f2dce4bebf6bbd7c787/GettyImages-2273074146.jpg?branch=production)

Dr. Amy Acton speaks with supporters during a rally in Cincinnati on April 28, 2026\. —Jon Cherry\_Getty Images

A loss for Ramaswamy would be a stunning reversal of fortunes for Ohio Republicans. Once seen as a quintessential [swing state](https://time.com/article/2026/04/20/when-no-one-was-looking-ohio-became-a-swing-state-again/), Trump won Ohio during all three of his presidential bids with margins between eight and 11 points.

If Democrats can show a rebound in Ohio, the state may actually wind up back on the must-visit list for 2028 contenders from both parties. After all, states like Georgia and Arizona were also once solidly red until break-out candidates—backed by party spending—upended those assumptions. 

 “Calm down,” says a consultant who has worked with Ohio candidates in past cycles, when asked about Democrats’ optimism. “It’s still Ohio.” 

## **Ramaswamy’s rise via Trump**

For a while there two years ago, Ramaswamy seemed like the most obvious [heir](https://time.com/6316072/vivek-ramaswamy-donald-trump-maga-heir/) to Trumpism. When he launched his presidential bid in 2025, he couched it in effusive praise for the then-former President, to the point that he sometimes sounded like a Trump [surrogate](https://time.com/6307882/gop-debate-trump-elephant-not-in-the-room/) in the GOP debates that Trump refused to attend.

After a weak showing in Iowa, Ramaswamy ended his campaign and quickly folded into the broader MAGA-verse. He was chosen by Trump to help Elon Musk upend the federal government at the Department of Government Efficiency, before dropping out of that partnership.

But the talent for going viral that helped Ramaswamy gain a national profile has proved less successful this election cycle in Ohio. Social media videos of him hitting tennis balls and baseballs while listing his policy proposals have provided a font of online mockery. He hastily left Ohio State’s season opener after being booed and heckled. Later, he faced criticism for having worn a knock-off Ohio State jersey to the game. 

 Ramaswamy has also struggled to navigate his identity as a Hindu and the son of immigrants from India in the modern GOP. In the gubernatorial primary, auto entrepreneur Casey Putsch ignored Trump’s endorsement of Ramaswamy and vied for the nomination, pitching himself as an “America First” alternative to Ramaswamy. In one YouTube spot, Putsch hoisted a rifle and challenged Ramaswamy to a game of “cowboys and Indians.” 

While Ramaswamy easily won his party’s nomination, almost one-in-five votes in the primary were for Putsch, a hint that Ramaswamy’s appeal had its limits even within his own party. “One of the storylines here is a man who is Indian American and whose religion is Hindu,” says Christopher Devine, a political science professor at the University of Dayton, says. “There are a lot of members of the Republican base who may have difficulty voting someone of his demographic profile.”

 Amid efforts by both campaigns to push policy ideas like tax cuts and education reform, the ad war has boiled down to attacks portraying Ramaswamy as a conman and Acton as a drunk. The latter is based on an August 2019 incident in which police responded to an incident in Acton’s home that Acton has accused Ramaswamy of dramatically mischaracterizing, to the point that she [refused](https://time.com/article/2026/10/13/new-candidate-strategy-don-t-debate/) to share a debate stage with him. Ramaswamy has also refuted allegations his fortune came from misleading investors.

Devine says the tone of the attacks is a shift from the Senate race, where former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown and current Republican Sen. Jon Husted both have extensive records for each side to focus on. “In the Governor’s race, there’s no record to pick apart. Without much of a track record in politics to run on, they’re focusing on personal attacks against the other,” Devine says.

## **Ohio polling raises questions** 

As polling consistently shows an advantage for Acton, Republicans are increasingly arguing that the polls may be wrong by just enough to give Ramaswamy the win. One proof point is 2018, when some polls showed Brownwinning re-election by double digits. By the time votes were cast, Brown won by less than seven points

Republicans, heading into a make-or-break stretch of voting, are repeating those statistics to make the [case](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/15/republicans-cling-to-last-midterm-hope-bad-polling-01118161) that the polling once again is under-counting Republican voters. 

Cohen, the political science professor, doesn’t share that view of skewed polling: “I’m not skeptical at all. All of the polls are trending in the right direction for Acton.” 

Democrats, for their part, are viewing the race as a tie, at best. Among their reasons for concern is Ohio’s poor track record when women are on the ballot. The state’s voters have never elected a woman as Governor and rejected both Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris as presidential contenders. 

Yet given the strong headwinds against Republicans’ national brand, they can’t hide their bullishness toward the races for Governor and Senate, where polls show Brown up over Husted. “I haven’t felt this good, like we have a chance, in a while,” says a second Ohio Democratic strategist. But, he adds, given how tight both races may be, no one should expect an early race call once the polls close.

\]\]> https://time.com/?p=blt9410b469167f384b Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:06:00 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Philip Elliott\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Why Aren’t We Teaching Every Student CPR?\]\]> https://time.com/article/2026/10/18/why-aren-t-we-teaching-every-student-cpr/<!\[CDATA\[Ideas\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Schools already rehearse fire drills and lockdown drills. Cardiac arrest is far more common, write Meng Yang and Dr. John Maa.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Justin Sullivan—Getty Images\]\]><!\[CDATA\[A volunteer with the San Francisco Paramedic Association teaches CPR using a mannequin on June 1, 2011 in San Francisco, Calif.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17e672f7ee8848db/6abffcf5b5b321e03d96f051/cpr-training.jpg?branch=production)

A volunteer with the San Francisco Paramedic Association teaches CPR using a mannequin on June 1, 2011 in San Francisco, Calif. —Justin Sullivan—Getty Images

In 2024, two Michigan high school students were sitting in the bleachers during a student-teacher basketball game when their physical education teacher collapsed from cardiac arrest. They had both recently learned cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at a career-focused technical nursing center and rushed to help, beginning chest compressions and using an automated external defibrillator (AED) before emergency responders arrived. 

Thanks to their actions, their [teacher survived](https://www.wxyz.com/news/kids-just-do-good-things-oak-park-teacher-who-went-into-cardiac-arrest-thanks-students-staff-who-saved-him), and is one of approximately [350,000 Americans](https://newsroom.heart.org/facts/cpr-cardiopulmonary-resuscitation-and-updated-guidelines-2025) who experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year. Roughly nine out of ten [will not survive](https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001303). 

We often describe the difference between life and death as a matter of speed: how quickly emergency services arrive and how fast a hospital can intervene. But in reality, cardiac arrest outcomes often depend on whether someone nearby begins CPR in the first few minutes, which rarely belong to emergency responders, but instead to whomever is standing closest: a classmate, teacher, stranger at a basketball game, or someone waiting for a train. Every minute without CPR [sharply reduces](https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644%2805%2981302-2/abstract) the chances the patient will live long enough to reach a hospital.

Schools occupy a special role in public health. As a location most Americans pass through and one of the only places they may ever encounter CPR training, a high school classroom may be the best opportunity to prepare the next generation of lifesavers. 

Schools already rehearse fire drills and lockdown drills for dangers that are statistically rare. Cardiac arrest is the reverse: far more common, and far less rehearsed. CPR skills can save lives years down the road when a cardiac arrest occurs at home, in a gym, at an airport, or at a university. Harnessing that opportunity requires both the resources to teach CPR effectively and the policies to ensure every student has the chance to learn it.

In Europe, Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Norway, Portugal, and England implemented [school CPR education](https://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-9572%2818%2930723-8/fulltext) through national requirements or curriculum standards. Denmark offers a clear example of the positive impact. From 2001 to 2010, as Denmark introduced nationwide resuscitation initiatives including mandatory school CPR education, bystander CPR rates more than doubled, while 30-day survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest [more than tripled](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1745678).

A central challenge is how to implement CPR training at scale. The international [KIDS SAVE LIVES](https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001128) initiative offers a practical blueprint. Endorsed by the World Health Organization, it calls for recurring, age-appropriate basic life support education beginning in childhood. Research from the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation shows children can learn the early links in the chain of survival from the young age [of 4](https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001128), perform effective chest compressions by age 12, and pass skills to family members and others.

Some may hesitate to perform CPR because of legal concerns over causing injury—[like rib fractures](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11458643/)—while administering CPR, but every state has Good Samaritan laws providing protections to people who render emergency aid in good faith. A 30-year review of U.S. litigation across all 50 states from 1989 to 2019 found no cases in which a layperson who [provided CPR](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32259608/) was held liable for causing harm. 

The U.S. has also made significant progress in bringing CPR education into schools. In 1984, [Alabama](https://cpr.heart.org/en/training-programs/community-programs/cpr-in-schools/cpr-in-schools-legislation-map) became the first state to require CPR instruction for high school graduation. Over the four decades since, communities have taken different approaches to bring CPR into the classroom. In [West Virginia](https://wv.aft.org/files/2015%5Faftwv%5Flegislative%5Fupdate%5F4%5F4.pdf) and [Alaska](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/get%5Fdocuments.asp?docid=13794&session=34), educators’ unions formally backed legislation requiring CPR education, while efforts in [Washington](https://mynorthwest.com/local/new-law-requires-high-schoolers-get-cpr-training-before-graduation/28659) and [Illinois](https://www.heart.org/en/news/2026/02/12/after-losing-his-daughter-to-cardiac-arrest-at-18-dad-vowed-to-bring-cpr-aed-training-to-schools) advanced in memory of students lost to cardiac arrest.

Today, [43 states](https://cpr.heart.org/en/training-programs/community-programs/cpr-in-schools/cpr-in-schools-legislation-map) require some form of CPR education before high school graduation. California, Colorado, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Hampshire, and Wyoming are the seven that remain. Several are already taking steps to expand CPR education. Massachusetts invested $425,000 to expand [CPR education in public schools](https://malegislature.gov/Budget/FY2027/FinalBudget), while Colorado includes hands-on CPR and AED instruction in its [statewide health education](https://content.leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a%5F023%5Fsigned.pdf) guidelines but stops short of requiring schools to provide it. California Gov. Gavin Newsom [recently signed](https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/30/governor-newsom-issues-legislative-update-9-30-2026/) a resolution directing the Instructional Quality Commission to include high school CPR in the state’s next health curriculum framework. San Francisco is taking an even broader approach, with paramedics and firefighters working to train [100,000 community members](https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/community/sf-paramedic-invents-program-to-offer-care-in-every-language/article%5Fa190b793-99ec-4767-9b47-87a8ac4172b5.html) in CPR.

There is evidence that laws can translate into lifesaving action. A study of nearly 300,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests across 20 states found that patients had 12% higher odds of receiving bystander CPR in states with [high school CPR education](https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2022.03.359) laws than those without them.

Other lifesaving education efforts can also offer a roadmap. In Georgia, [Wesley’s Law](https://dbhdd.georgia.gov/press-releases/2025-12-05/georgia-launches-statewide-narcan-initiative-public-schools), championed by Laura and Larry Gay after their [son’s death](https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2024-04-23/gov-kemp-signs-legislation-strengthening-education-system-georgia), required public schools to stock overdose-reversal medication such as naloxone. In 2025, the state launched an opioid-settlement-funded initiative to provide overdose-reversal kits to public schools statewide, along with training resources for staff. In Indiana, emergency-response professionals helped expand Stop the Bleed training in schools, and the state’s Secured School Safety Grant program now offers [funding](https://www.in.gov/dhs/files/FY26-SSSG-NOFO.pdf) for school bleeding-control programs and kits.

Both examples demonstrate how local champions and an existing source of funding can help turn a lifesaving idea into reality. Broadening collaboration among organizations such as the American Medical Association, American Red Cross, Project ADAM, and American Heart Association can also help expand CPR education nationwide.

After Buffalo Bills safety [Damar Hamlin](https://time.com/collection/time-for-change/2026/damar-hamlin-heart-health/) suffered cardiac arrest on the field in 2023, he became a leading advocate for the [bipartisan HEARTS Act](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/%5F/id/42901713/hearts-act-spurred-damar-hamlin-unanimously-passes-senate), which Congress passed unanimously in 2024\. President Biden signed it into law later that year, supporting schools in expanding access to AEDs, CPR and AED education, and cardiac emergency response planning.

Cardiac arrest does not wait for emergency responders. The students who stepped forward when their teacher collapsed playing basketball in Michigan illustrate what becomes possible when CPR skills are taught before they are needed. Someday, every high school student in the U.S. could graduate prepared to step up and become a lifesaver.

\]\]> https://time.com/?p=blt3ccfccf2b9aec489 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 10:00:04 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Meng Yang and John Maa\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Once Upon a Time in Harlem Is One of the Great Documentaries of the Year\]\]> https://time.com/article/2026/10/16/once-upon-a-time-in-harlem-review/<!\[CDATA\[Entertainment\]\]><!\[CDATA\[The film drops in on a party in 1972, when key figures of the Harlem Renaissance reunited for an evening at Duke Ellington's apartment\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Courtesy of Neon\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Once Upon a Time in Harlem\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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Once Upon a Time in Harlem —Courtesy of Neon

In 1972, filmmaker William Greaves arranged what we now know was one of the great parties of the 20th century: He commandeered the Harlem apartment of Duke Ellington and arranged for a special group of old friends and colleagues, many of whom had not seen one another in 50 years, to reconnect. The invitees were key figures of the [Harlem Renaissance](https://time.com/4206723/photos-harlem-street-life-1930s/), including muralist Aaron Douglas, poet and novelist Arna Bontemps, society editor Gerri Major, jazz pianist and composer Eubie Blake, and many more. Greaves’ aim was to film the event—he appointed his son, David, as one of the cinematographers—and turn it into a documentary that would serve not just as a record of how these people lived and what they accomplished, but as a way of thinking about how we honor those who are a repository for our past. For a few hours in 1972 Harlem, it was circa 1925 again. This group of people laughing, arguing, and reminiscing about a great era of American history—and also about members of their cohort who were long gone—recaptured lightning in a bottle. And yet the resulting film, _Once Upon a Time in Harlem,_ is one we almost didn’t see.

Greaves, who’d made a name for himself with experimental documentaries like _Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One_ (1968), as well as establishing the pioneering public television program _Black Journal,_ considered his Harlem Renaissance film to be one of the most important projects of his life. But although he worked on it off and on for years, he wasn’t able to complete it before his death, in 2014\. At last, the film he envisioned has been brought to life by David Greaves and his daughter—William’s granddaughter—producer Liani Greaves. _Once Upon a Time in Harlem_ is one of the great documentaries of its era, and certainly of this year. It’s history that breathes.

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4d2e522a8f0cb16/6ad2930e5313806a7ecb8da3/Still_(5%29_Gerri_Major_in_ONCE_UPON_A_TIME_IN_HARLEM_Courtesy_of_NEON_copy.jpg?branch=production)

Gerri Major —Courtesy of Neon

Ellington's elegantly appointed flat fills up quickly; for the viewer, it’s like dropping into a party right in the middle, as clusters of beautifully dressed people greet one another, embracing, laughing, talking. (Ellington himself was ill and unable to attend.) The guests make themselves at home: Photographer James Van Der Zee, who took extraordinary portraits of the major “show people” of the 1920s, as well as everyday citizens of Harlem, steps up to Ellington’s piano and runs through a few graceful, rippling phrases. We learn that he was trained as a classical musician before turning to photography, just one reminder of the ways people in the arts often need to find a means to support themselves—and sometimes those means can leave us with a lasting record of an era, as we can see from Van Der Zee’s gorgeous, expressive portraits, which flash on the screen like a blessing. Painter and activist Richard Price Nugent, when asked what it was like to be a part of the Renaissance, can’t really say. “While you’re living it, it is the now,” he reflects. Actor Leigh Whipper, the first Black man to join Actors Equity and one of the oldest in the group, and publisher and bookseller Richard B. Moore, recite long poems and passages from the era by memory. Moore calls up Claude McKay’s brilliant, lacerating poem “If We Must Die” as if he’d just learned it yesterday, but you know he’s been living with it for years.

Conversations swell through the room in waves, often prompted by Greaves himself, who was not just a filmmaker but also a poet and sculptor, a man who acted and danced. (The film has been brilliantly edited by Anne DeMare and Lynn True.) Ida Mae Cullen, the peppery widow of poet Countee Cullen, pipes up to remind the group, vigorously, that the Harlem Renaissance really lasted for just one decade, the 1920s, though its ripples began years before and resonated for decades after. For this group, politics and art are so entwined as to be indistinguishable. At one point, a vigorous yet civil cross-talking argument breaks out over the principles and philosophy of Back-to-Africa activist Marcus Garvey: there’s mutual respect in this room, but no such thing as consensus. Among other things, _Once Upon a Time in Harlem_ might make you yearn for an era when people, including intellectuals, really knew how to dress: society editor Major, resplendent in a bold, patterned dress, sports about 10 glittery bracelets on each wrist and pulls it off with aplomb.

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Aaron Douglas, Jean Blackwell Hutson, Richard Bruce Nugent, Eubie Blake, and Irvin C. Miller —Courtesy of Neon

What’s striking about _Once Upon a Time_ in Harlem is the seemingly casual quality most of these captured conversations. But casual isn’t the same as insignificant. Regina Andrews, a regal woman decked out in a white lace dress and vivid turquoise earrings and necklace, speaks of the job she started as a young woman, as a librarian at the 135th Street branch of the New York Public Library. Shortly after she was hired, her superiors explained that certain poets and authors would often come to the library to work; they had special rooms reserved for them. She and her roommate became friendly with many of these luminaries, among them Cullen and Langston Hughes, and would often host little get-togethers in their apartment. The problem? They didn’t have enough dishes to go around. And so one New Year’s Day, when Andrews and her friends set out on a tour of the area’s Chinese restaurants, the men—unbeknownst to her—collected a few plates here and a few cups there. Suddenly, Andrews had enough dishes and cutlery for everybody, pieces she treasured for years.

Maybe that sounds like a minor thing, having enough dishes to entertain your friend group of poets and writers. But as Andrews tells that story, it feels anything but small. “It was just the joy of living and creating together,” she explains—as good a summation as any of what it must have been like to be alive in such a glorious time, a “now” that, thanks to Greaves and his family, becomes a part of our lives too.

\]\]> https://time.com/?p=bltfb882e4fe294de26 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:25:27 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Stephanie Zacharek\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Daisy Edgar-Jones Is the Austen Heroine We Need in a Charming Sense and Sensibility\]\]> https://time.com/article/2026/10/15/sense-and-sensibility-movie-review/<!\[CDATA\[Entertainment\]\]><!\[CDATA\[There's plenty to love in Georgia Oakley’s adaptation of the Jane Austen novel\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Courtesy of Focus Features\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Daisy Edgar-Jones and George MacKay\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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Daisy Edgar-Jones and George MacKay —Courtesy of Focus Features

When news got around that a new movie version of _Sense and Sensibility_ was in the works, cries of dismay rang forth from Bath to Brooklyn. How could anyone dare try to top [Ang Lee’s 1995 adaptation](https://time.com/6197835/best-jane-austen-movies-adaptations/), penned by—and starring, alongside Kate Winslet— Emma Thompson? But the idea that fine adaptations of great books need to be stopping points, rather than springboards, is alarming by itself. Why is a new adaptation of any [Jane Austen novel](https://time.com/7302901/jane-austen-persuasion-how-to-grow-up/) such a bad thing? There are always new movie audiences, eager for their own fresh take. And just as important, why shouldn’t another generation of actors have a crack at these roles? Our ability to stream anything we want, whenever we want, hasn’t necessarily made us more adventurous; sometimes it’s just a way of clinging to familiar favorites at the expense of welcoming anything new. Austen herself, with her aversion to sentimentality, would have disapproved.

Then what would she make of Georgia Oakley’s amiable, if occasionally a little sluggish, reading of her debut novel, published anonymously in 1811? It’s hard to say for sure, but there’s nothing that’s offensive about this new _Sense and Sensibility,_ and plenty that’s lovely. Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles play Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, sisters in a close-knit family whose temperamental differences temporarily drive them apart. As the film opens, Elinor and Marianne, along with their mother (Caitríona Balfe) and younger sister Margaret (Bodhi Rae Breathnach), are just learning that they’ll soon have to vacate the airy, comfortable house they’ve called home for years. The girls’ father has just died; his property will not go to his daughters, but to his son from a previous marriage, John (Tom Brooke), who nevertheless hopes to do right by making sure his father's second family well provided for. But his disagreeable wife Fanny (Stacy Martin), feels differently, and to maintain their pride, the Dashwood women choose to move into far more modest quarters, in an arrangement brokered by a family friend, Mrs. Jennings (a blissfully dithery Fiona Shaw).

Mrs. Jennings is also an unrepentant meddler, and she believes she can easily marry off the two eldest Dashwood girls. Ever-sensible Elinor, who never asks for much, has already met, and fallen for, Edward Ferrars (George MacKay), Fanny’s brother, as kind and modest as Fanny is arrogant. And Marianne, a dreamer who lives for music and books, has her sights set on flirty, fun Mr. Willoughby (Frank Dillane): He loves to laugh and sing and dance, and Marianne is sure he’s perfect for her, though another potential suitor, the stalwart and rather dull Colonel Brandon (Herbert Nordrum), is also circling. If you’ve never read Austen’s lively and perceptive novel—or seen either Lee’s 1995 version or the 2008 BBC miniseries adaptation—you’re left to guess which men the sisters will end up with, which is just one of the story’s delights.

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Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles —Courtesy of Focus Features

But as always with Austen, there’s more to love than romance: The economics of “making a good match” are always, by necessity, lurking somewhere in these characters’ minds. In the case of the sisters Marianne and Elinor—one too dreamy, the other perhaps not dreamy enough—the differences in what they look for in a partner are almost enough to pull them apart. Oakley, who previously directed the 2022 drama _Blue Jean,_ has a deft touch with the material and a deep respect for the English countryside setting. There are drowsy closeups of wildflowers, and shots of placidly grazing deer; a country dance feels lively and lived-in, contrasted with a later ball, set in London, where the steps are more formal and regimented—Oakley leaves no doubt as to which is more fun. Shot by Arnaud Potier, the film has a handsome, genteel look. And if at times the movie comes off as a bit decorous and stiff, the actors, particularly Edgar-Jones and Creed-Miles, do their best to keep the proceedings whirring. Creed-Miles shows that there’s a slightly self-centered quality to Marianne’s romantic preoccupations—she takes pride in wearing her heart on her sleeve, though in some sense it’s also a means of getting her way. And yet as Creed-Miles plays her, it’s impossible to dislike her. When Marianne become truly hurt, we hurt for her, thanks to the bruised anguish in Creed-Miles’ eyes. 

And Edgar-Jones plays Elinor, the practical sister, with just the right amount of subdued fire. Elinor is the one who always matches her expectations with reality, and as much as she loves Edward Ferrars, she doesn’t put up much of a fight when she learns she might have to give him up. Edgar-Jones gives us clues to Elinor’s submerged longing, but only in flashes. And in a pivotal scene, where Marianne accuses Elinor, angrily, of “always being right,” we can see how wounded she is, even as she recognizes that Marianne is onto something: Elinor would rather be correct than look foolish. Edgar-Jones plays Elinor as reserved without making her recessive; we can see the ways in which she _wants_ to want more. In an age of lowered expectations—for movies, for romance, for just about everything—maybe she’s the Austen heroine we need, ready to break out of the box she’s drawn around herself. Austen knew what she was talking about, and time hasn’t eroded her wisdom.

\]\]> https://time.com/?p=bltca7b8dbe426f16ae Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:27:24 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Stephanie Zacharek\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Whalefall Is the Most Disgusting Tearjerker You'll See This Year\]\]> https://time.com/article/2026/10/15/whalefall-ending-explained/<!\[CDATA\[Entertainment\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Austin Abrams' ocean survival thriller doesn't pull any punches with its agonizingly visceral premise\]\]><!\[CDATA\[20th Century Studios\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Jay (Austin Abrams) is attacked by a squid inside the belly of a whale in Whalefall.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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Jay (Austin Abrams) is attacked by a squid inside the belly of a whale in Whalefall. —20th Century Studios

**_Warning: This post contains spoilers for_** **Whalefall** **_, now in theaters._**

It's been a big few months for [Austin Abrams](https://time.com/article/2026/09/18/resident-evil-review/) moaning and groaning his way through some of the worst situations imaginable. First, as medical courier Bryan Hodukavich in [_Resident Evil_](https://time.com/article/2026/09/16/resident-evil-zach-cregger-ending-explained/)_,_ he was forced to contend with an onslaught of mutant zombie monsters. Now, as Jay Gardiner in _Whalefall_, he spends the majority of the film's 106-minute runtime getting repeatedly maimed inside the belly of an 80-foot-long sperm whale that weighs 60 tons.

Directed by Brian Duffield ([_No One Will Save You_](https://time.com/6316816/no-one-will-save-you-hulu/), _Spontaneous_) and co-written with Daniel Kraus (the author of the best-selling 2023 novel on which the movie is based), _Whalefall_ follows Jay as he plunges into the treacherous depths off Northern California's Monastery Beach to retrieve the unrecovered remains of his late father Mitt ([Josh Brolin](https://time.com/7308025/weapons-ending-explained/)), a legendary local diver who became severely ill from advanced, terminal Mesothelioma. The movie's opening scene shows Mitt leaving sealed letters for his wife and three children in a cooler on his boat before taking his own life by strapping diving weights to himself and jumping into the ocean. A year later, Jay still hasn't opened his letter when he is swallowed by a massive whale who's on the hunt for a giant squid in those same waters. 

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Jay contemplates his situation inside the whale in Whalefall —20th Century Studios

With just about an hour of oxygen left in his diving tank, Jay must endure a series of increasingly agonizing ordeals as he searches for a way to escape his terrifying predicament. There's a nasty encounter with the giant squid's razor-sharp beak, exposure to corrosive stomach acid, and the ever-present threat of being crushed by the whale's constricting organs or suffocating on the toxic, unbreathable methane gas inside its body. Amid the visceral horror of Jay's ingestion, we learn more about his complicated relationship with Mitt, a harsh and often emotionally abusive man, through a series of flashbacks.

Eventually, the whale breaches the surface and Jay nearly manages to break free by climbing out of its open mouth. But he ends up tumbling back inside the whale as it dives deep down into the ocean, causing Jay's eardrums to explode and him to start to hallucinate from lack of oxygen and panic. It's then that Jay, believing he is likely going to die, begins hearing his late father's voice speaking to him through the whale. As the whale is attacked by orcas, saved by its own pod, and returns to the surface, Jay is forced to process his trauma, confront the guilt and grief he feels over not visiting his dad before he died, and come to the realization that the only way he's going to survive is by applying the tough-love diving lessons Mitt drilled into him as a child to his current situation.

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9fa92d70f336a69d/6ad0e76d84fec9a3855d04c1/Whalefall-Austin-Abrams-Josh-Brolin.jpg?branch=production)

(L-R): Austin Abrams as Jay Gardiner and Josh Brolin as Mitt Gardiner in Whalefall. —20th Century Studios

"The whole story is based on his relationship with his father, and not being able to take in what his father is trying to impart because of his father's personality and the way that he does it," Brolin told the [_Direct_](https://thedirect.com/article/whalefall-stars-josh-brolin-and-austin-abrams-break-down-the-important-father-son-dynamic-at-the) of _Whalefall_'s overarching message. "And I think what the whale represents a symbol of how to get out of our own way in order to inhale those gems that you need, because I think the father really wants him to become self-sustaining, and he does it in a way that's almost paranoid. So the son can't hear it, and then when the son needs it, you see that he heard it. He just didn't hear it in the way that \[his father\] wanted him to, and I don't blame him, by the way." 

In the end, Jay is able to escape the whale, who has already succumbed to its orca injuries, by managing to blow it up from the inside. The whole thing is overly sappy and obviously a bit preposterous, but if you're able overlook the absurdity of the premise and some particularly cheesy lines of dialogue, then you may be left feeling some type of way about the meaning of unconditional love. As the whale version of Mitt somberly reminds Jay, "The whale is forever." 

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 —STUDIO LBLB VIVIAN BRUCHEZ

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 —Ubicquia

\]\]> https://time.com/?p=blt0788a9735610825b Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:30:25 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Sophia Lebowitz\]\]><!\[CDATA\[1X Neo\]\]> https://time.com/collection/best-inventions/2026/1x-neo/<!\[CDATA\[1X Technologies\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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 —1X Technologies

\]\]> https://time.com/?p=blt963cba210260dc7f Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:30:25 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Amanda Loudin\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra\]\]> https://time.com/collection/best-inventions/2026/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra/<!\[CDATA\[Samsung Electronics America\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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 —Samsung Electronics America

\]\]> https://time.com/?p=blt46c4eadc5c9c547f Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:30:25 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Nitish Pahwa\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Santevia Refillable Metal Shower Filter\]\]> https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-special-mentions/2026/santevia-refillable-metal-shower-filter/<!\[CDATA\[Emily Holmes\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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 —Emily Holmes

\]\]> https://time.com/?p=blt9caee439e4007302 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:30:21 +0000<!\[CDATA\[TIME Staff\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Burūv\]\]> https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-special-mentions/2026/bur-v/<!\[CDATA\[Burūv\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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 —Burūv

\]\]> https://time.com/?p=bltf466fb15f9c01bf9 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:30:21 +0000<!\[CDATA\[TIME Staff\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Alvéole Aura\]\]> https://time.com/collection/best-inventions/2026/alveole-aura/<!\[CDATA\[Alvéole\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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 —Alvéole

\]\]> https://time.com/?p=blt1f69c984a3552723 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:30:17 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Drew Robb\]\]>