Wednesday, October 14th, 2026 - Guilfoyle Fired, OpenAI Got Bugged, Pope Leo Has Lung Cancer

Today's Headlines: Kimberly Guilfoyle resigned as US ambassador to Greece after her grifting became too public to ignore, announced by new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia during her first briefing — which lasted 14 minutes, eight of which she spent reading from a script, and within 48 hours it emerged she claimed to have passed the bar in China, where noncitizens aren't allowed to take it but Trump told reporters she was "very good." On the public execution situation, TikTok and Newsmax both said they won't air Pete Hegseth's planned nationwide livestream of the Fort Hood shooter's firing squad execution, and Trump is apparently nervous about the public reaction. Meanwhile, Ilhan Omar's investigation expanded to include her financial disclosures alongside the immigration paperwork allegations, all of which she's denied and which have been right-wing talking points for years. An OpenAI engineer was arrested for planting a secret microphone in a conference room USB port using advanced encryption to transmit data — a 35-year-old Saudi national who worked there for over a year — which is a new category of AI company security problem. Bank of America was fined $1.2 billion by the Treasury Department for willfully violating anti-money laundering laws related to Iran, Russia, drugs, and terrorism, which is the third-largest Treasury fine in history. Cornell banned all fraternity parties for the rest of the academic year and is bringing in trauma-informed criminal investigators, which is a significant step that will absolutely just move the parties off campus. And Pope Leo's lung surgery revealed cancer — surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung — with no word yet on further treatment.

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The Guardian: Kimberly Guilfoyle ousted as US ambassador to Greece after alleged misconduct | Trump administration

WaPo: White House scrambles over questions on new press secretary’s background

Axios: TikTok, Newsmax say they won't air possible livestreamed public execution

Axios: Rep. Ilhan Omar under investigation by Jeanine Pirro's office

WaPo:U.S. probe of Rep. Ilhan Omar focuses on birth date, citizenship papers, people familiar say

NYT: F.B.I. Arrests OpenAI Employee Accused of Planting Bug in Office

AP News: US hits Bank of America with $1.2 billion fine, saying it violated money laundering, sanctions laws

NBC News: Cornell bans fraternity parties for the rest of the academic year amid investigation into alleged sexua