Republican nominee for Iowa Governor Zach Lahn was on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream to talk about his candidacy in the 2026 midterm election.

Lahn explained that he supports Iowa farmers and that his family has been in agriculture for many decades. He also told viewers that he is not a politician and that this is his first time running for public office.

The Food and Environment Reporting Network had some concerns about President Trump’s tariffs and other issues, including the high cost of fertilizer.

“How will you manage that relationship? President Trump versus the people of Iowa, when you think they are in conflict?” Bream asked.

“From the very beginning, my campaign has been about how do we put farmers first in this. You know, my family has been involved in agriculture for a 130 years in this state,” Lahn said.

“I’ve been talking about the same things, about big corporations that are consolidating power, taking choice and competition away from our farmers, that are creating monopolies in the market,” Lahn continued.

“I’ve talked about things that even sometimes the President disagrees with, like importing more beef. I want to grow our herd here,” Lahn explained.

“I’ve been able to maintain an independent message on this because I’m not a politician. Never ran for office. This is my first time doing this,” Lahn said.

“I got in because of these issues. Because I’m watching what’s happening on the ground with our agricultural community,” Lahn said.

“The way you maintain an independent voice is that you get with the people on the ground, and that’s what I’ve done through townhall after townhall, meeting with people and understanding the issues they are facing,” Lahn explained.

“Washington DC will have their issues. I’m here to put Iowa first, and that’s what I’ve been doing since the very beginning of this campaign,” Lahn said.

Lahn also talked about the MAHA movement and said that Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr is doing great work with HHS.

“I think that you know, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has been trying very hard. He is an absolute warrior on these issues. What you run into is that Washington DC is a broken machine with entrenched interests, corporate influence, like permeating every part of it,” Lahn explained.

“As he is trying to root this out, he is facing an unbelievable amount of difficulty and pushback,” Lahn continued.

Watch:

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— Fox News Sunday (@FoxNewsSunday) October 11, 2026

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Tennis star and mega-millionaire, Coco Gauff, says it’s been difficult for her as a black woman in the United States.

She made the comments back in January at the Australian Open.

Gauff has it so rough that she is the highest-paid female athlete in the country world, despite low name-recognition and no obvious speaking skills.

According to reports, Coco made over $33 million last year. She made $8 million in on-court money and $25 million in endorsements.

It’s been rough.

Interviewer: Congrats. This is a bit of a heavier question to start, but you’re usually pretty outspoken about political issues, and I’m curious how you feel about the state of the US one year into the second Trump administration.

Coco Gauff: I mean, I think I’ve already stated my opinions in the past on how I feel about it. And yeah, I mean, I hope forward that we can have a lot more peace in our country. More kindness when the way we speak to each other about different topics and things like that.

But yeah, obviously I’ve been pretty vocal about how I felt. And yeah, I don’t feel at this point— I feel a bit fatigued talking about it just because of the fact that it is hard.

Also, I think being a Black woman in this country and having to experience things even online and seeing your marginalized communities being affected And knowing that I can only really donate and speak out, and I try my best to do that.

But yeah, I just hope that as time continues that we can reach a state where we’re not currently in and we keep moving forward. I posted that video of Martin Luther King yesterday, and that was kind of saying that we must keep moving forward even though things may not be as calm as it— as I would like it to be right now.

If Coco wanted more peace in the country maybe she would call out BLM, antifa or the DSA communists who are leading all the radical, violent protests in the US today.

That is evidently not something she has figured out.

This really gets old. Maybe she can go cry on billionaire Oprah’s shoulder.

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In the latest stop on a promotion tour for his new book, How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents, RINO Senator Thom Tillis (NC) went on another anti-Trump tirade for 12 minutes on NBC this morning, taking aim at Trump’s foreign policy. 

Tillis can’t help but root against Trump.

Today, it was Trump’s agreement to import diesel fuel from Russia, which he announced on Friday after speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“I completely reject it,” Tillis said, describing the ongoing conflict as “an illegal war that was initiated by the despot that we know as Vladimir Putin.”

“Look, I was over in Ukraine a couple of weeks ago with a couple of my colleagues. We went to Kharkiv. We heard stories of systematic kidnap and relocation of children, rape of women and daughters in the presence of their husband before they were executed,” he claimed.

“If President Trump wants to end the strain of energy supplies, number one, get things right in Iran, and number two, recognize that it was Vladimir Putin, not Zelensky, that started this war, and it’s Vladimir Putin who owns the responsibility for energy prices to the extent that they come from that part of the world.”

He further accused Trump of “tarnishing Lindsey Graham’s efforts to try and get the sanctions bill through.”

Asked whether he thinks Trump’s waiver of sanctions violates the law, Tillis said he will be putting out a statement with New Hampshire Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen to pressure Trump into reversing the deal, claiming it has “deadly consequences.”

“I do believe there’s a legitimate case for saying the president’s not following the law,” he said, calling on Russia to end the war by “backing out” of all territory they’ve occupied since the beginning.

Asked if the deal will put American lives at risk, Tillis said, “it absolutely will. My goodness!” while highlighting Putin’s “cozy relationship” with Iran over the years.

“I will guarantee you at the first opportunity Putin has to embarrass or undermine President Trump, he will,” he added.

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Texas Democratic Senate Nominee James Talarico broke his silence on his two-week hiatus this afternoon in interviews with NBC and MS Now, swearing that he “just had the flu” as claims that he was suffering a mental health episode continue to circulate. 

The Gateway Pundit reported earlier on allegations that Talarico was admitted to a mental institution in Ohio during his mysterious absence. An employee at the Lindner Center of HOPE in Mason, Ohio, allegedly confirmed on Saturday during a recorded phone call that Talarico had been “just discharged” from the facility. However, Talarico’s team denied the claim, saying “Talarico was home in Austin, Texas recovering from the flu.”

BREAKING: James Talarico Was Reportedly in Ohio Mental Health Hospital During Mysterious Disappearance – Talarico Campaign Responds! (AUDIO)

Talarico previously claimed, from a hotel room somewhere, that he had been diagnosed with a flu so bad that he went to an urgent care in Dallas during a virtual appearance at a United States Hispanic Business Council forum on September 30.

"I was starting to feel kind of under the weather a few days ago, and last night it got so bad that I went to the urgent care here in Dallas," he said. "And I was diagnosed with the flu, and so uh I'm running a fever, and I'm my most contagious uh right now."

Now, he's changed his story, saying, "I just went to my primary care physician, but it wasn't anything worse than, you know, a nasty case of the flu." So, was it urgent care in Dallas or a primary care physician at his home in Austin?

When asked by Dallas-Fort Worth-based NBC reporter Phil Prazan to explain his absence, Talarico said, "Yeah, I got the flu, and I'm feeling much better, and I'm glad I had a chance to recover."

"That's not true," he said of the claim that he was in a mental hospital. "I just had the flu, and I feel much better. But it's a good reminder that you can't believe everything you read on the internet."

Talarico further maintained that he's ready to debate Republican Senate Nominee Ken Paxton and called on Paxton to meet him on a stage. "You know, I've heard rumors that he has a rare medical condition that causes clinical levels of cowardice. So, I know Ken Paxton has asked for proof of life for me; I'm asking for proof of spine from him," he said.

He also used the same pre-rehearsed lines in an interview with MS Now's Rosa Flores this afternoon.

"I had the flu. This is the craziest thing I've ever heard. It's wild that someone can just put something on the internet and then the media just runs with it," he said. "You know, I've heard credible reports that Paxton has a serious medical condition that causes clinical levels of cowardice... He has asked for proof of life from me; I'm asking for proof of spine from him."

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A man was arrested on Sunday after he fatally stabbed his parents in their Indianapolis home on Sunday.

The unidentified suspect stabbed his parents shortly after 12 noon.

Officers arrived to the residence in the 2800 block of Lakeshire Lane near Township Line Road and found two victims suffering from stab wounds.

The suspect’s mother was pronounced dead at the scene, and his father was transported to a hospital where he later died.

The double homicide is reportedly being blamed on a ‘mental health episode.’

WTHR reported that a crisis team has been to the home before.

WRTV reported:

Two parents were allegedly stabbed to death by their son in their north side home Sunday afternoon, according to police.

According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, just before 12:30 p.m., officers responded to the 2700 block of Lakeshire Lane, located near West 96th Street and Township Line Road, on the report of a person stabbed.

Arriving officers found a man and a woman who had trauma wounds and had been stabbed.

Police say the woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and the man was taken to the hospital in critical condition, where he died shortly after arriving.

More on this tragic story from WTHR:

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Russian forces hit Kyiv’s Northern Bridge for the second straight day on October 4, dropped guided bombs on Sumy, and killed civilians in five regions as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv with new aid.

In Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a strike at 10:34 a.m. hit the Northern Bridge roadway, injuring two people, one of whom was hospitalized. A damaged heating main in the Desnianskyi district temporarily cut off hot water. Overnight, drones damaged six private houses, a church, a primary school, a café, and a medical facility in the Boryspil district. No one was hurt.

In Chernihiv Oblast, a drone set fire to a house and outbuilding in the Nosivka community, damaging neighboring homes. Regional head Viacheslav Chaus reported five people injured regionwide. In Nosivka, a 76-year-old woman, a 55-year-old man, and a 10-year-old boy suffered burns. The boy was moved from intensive care to a Kyiv hospital in serious condition.

In Sumy Oblast, Russia carried out 45 attacks on 21 settlements in 14 communities. Five guided bombs hit Sumy and the Bezdrytsia community in the morning, and around 2 p.m. Russia dropped six more on the city. Drones hitting a Sumy enterprise killed a 52-year-old worker. Authorities reported more than 25 injured, 21 by aerial bombs, including a 1-year-old child. Sumy has been a frequent target, as covered in a recent field report.

In Poltava Oblast, a drone hit an energy facility, temporarily leaving about 22,000 consumers without power, regional head Vitalii Diakivnych said.

On the Eastern Front, Kharkiv Oblast head Oleh Syniehubov said Russia attacked Kharkiv and 10 other settlements with three missiles, one MLRS round, seven Geran-2 drones, two Molniya drones, nine FPV drones, and 136 other drones, killing one person, a 42-year-old man in Kharkiv, and injuring 12. Late on October 4, a Banderol missile-drone hit a residential high-rise in Kharkiv’s Industrialnyi district. Mayor Ihor Terekhov first reported two dead, but updated figures put the toll at one killed and six injured.

In Donetsk Oblast, regional head Vadym Filashkin reported 20 Russian attacks and said Russian forces killed a resident of Kramatorsk. In Sloviansk, three private houses and two cars were damaged. Authorities evacuated 293 people from the front line, including 21 children.

In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Russia struck four districts more than 70 times with drones, artillery, and an aerial bomb, killing one person in the Nikopol area and injuring four, three near Nikopol and one in Pavlohrad. In Dnipro, an attack hit a telecommunications company’s premises.

On the Southern Front, Zaporizhzhia Oblast absorbed 891 strikes on 52 settlements, including 25 airstrikes, 719 drone attacks, two MLRS salvos, and 145 artillery strikes, with 40 damage reports. Drones attacking Kushuhum and Novostepnianske killed two people and injured two. A 79-year-old man died in Kushuhum, and in Novostepnianske a drone hit a moving truck, killing the driver.

In Kherson Oblast, regional head Oleksandr Prokudin said Russian drones, artillery, and aircraft hit Kherson and 19 other settlements, injuring six people and damaging an apartment building, seven private houses, a cell tower, a gas pipeline, an agricultural enterprise, and a minibus.

Ukraine’s General Staff reported on October 5 that Russia lost 2,020 personnel in the previous 24 hours, bringing its total since February 2022 to about 1,542,720. Ukrainian losses were not disclosed, though the war’s toll on soldiers has strained Ukraine’s prosthetics providers. Overnight on October 4, the SBU hit a Su-35 and Su-34 at the Khanska military airfield in Russia’s Republic of Adygea, and drones of its Alpha special operations center struck an ammunition depot there.

Merz arrived in Kyiv by train. At a joint press conference, he and Zelensky announced a German package worth over €1.3 billion ($1.46 billion), including €1 billion in military aid with funding for interceptor drones that can counter Russian jet-powered weapons, and about €350 million for energy. Germany will also supply thousands of IRIS-T missiles and additional IRIS-T fire units. “This will quickly and noticeably strengthen Ukraine’s air defense, and this reinforcement is urgently needed,” Merz said. The two countries signed 15 cooperation documents. The visit came days after Ukrainians marked Pokrova, an observance that links Christian faith with military service.

Zelensky said the U.S. is proposing “some kind of meeting at the technical level in a trilateral format by the end of October.” He said he spoke directly with the U.S. negotiating team on October 3 and that Ukraine is ready to participate.

Asked whether Russia had shared its new jet-powered drone with North Korea, Zelensky replied, “Yes, of course.” Zelensky also congratulated Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs, whose pro-Ukraine United List won 41 seats in the 100-seat Saeima.

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