{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftodays-news.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Ftodays-news-october-7-8-2025-q54Le3_0","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Today's News, October 7-8, 2025","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/01f7d4b2-716c-43f9-8a03-c96056c76782/8bb8c4f5-16a5-4282-8b55-0dbb4d288073/wwop-todays-20news-20cover.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Trump escalated ICE crackdowns as Chicago’s mayor ordered police not to aid federal agents, while voter registrations keep shifting Republican across multiple states. The FBI faces backlash for spying on lawmakers, Pam Bondi blasted Democratic senators, and the Supreme Court is set to hear a key election integrity case. The Senate confirmed 107 Trump nominees in one vote, and ICE detained 120 in Oklahoma while DOJ exposed a plot to kill a Border Patrol agent. Economically, Trump hit China with new shipping fees, gold surged near $4,000, crypto spiked, and the U.S. invested in Alaska’s Trilogy Metals. France’s government collapsed, Shell took a $600M biofuels loss, Latin America and Germany saw political violence, and oil output remains strong. Meanwhile, AI’s expansion looms over all industries, most healthcare workers quit COVID shots, and 43,000 pounds of applesauce spilled on an Illinois highway."}