The US Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate at 3.75% to 4% on 28 October, days before the 3 November congressional elections.

Two of the 12 committee members wanted a rate increase: Lisa Cook and Beth Hammack voted to raise it to 4% to 4.25%.

The Fed said inflation remains high, but it wants more economic information before deciding whether to change rates again.

The bank had raised rates in September to address persistent inflation, and members had signalled another increase might come this year.

The Justice Department is suing Alaska over its Senate election results.

The suit seeks to stop the state from certifying results if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses, citing possible voter confusion.

The ballot includes two candidates named Dan Sullivan, including independent challenger Daniel J. Sullivan, who denies trying to confuse voters or divert votes.

State courts have allowed the challenger to remain on the ballot.

A human accident occurred at Nishi-Tokorozawa Station in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.

Trains stopped between Ikebukuro and Hanno from 6:55 a.m.

because of the incident.

The Seibu Yurakucho and Toshima lines also stopped operating across their full routes.

The Fed left interest rates unchanged.

Analysts are already betting that its next move will be to raise them.

The decision means rates did not go up at this time.

But the unchanged rate does not rule out an increase later.

A leaked archive exposes records on more than 41,000 DHS workers, including employees and contractors across the US Department of Homeland Security and seven agencies.

The files include contact details and office locations, as well as references to internal systems and sensitive operations.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection are among the agencies covered, and the records include references to undercover work.

The transparency nonprofit Distributed Denial of Secrets published the archive, which it says came from DHS's Okta login system; an Okta spokesperson said the company had no evidence its systems were compromised.

The Kansas City Chiefs have signed Justin Tucker to their practice squad, bringing him back to the NFL for the first time since his release by Baltimore.

Tucker spent 13 seasons with the Baltimore Ravens and was widely regarded as one of the league’s best kickers.

The Ravens released him in May 2025 after allegations of sexual misconduct by massage therapists; Tucker denied the allegations and received a 10-game suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy.

Harrison Butker has missed five of 16 field goals this season, though one account also reports a missed extra point.

Sony has announced three games for PlayStation Plus subscribers in November.

Members can claim them starting November 3.

The lineup includes Dead Island 2, Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered and Monster Train 2, with the first two available on PS4 and PS5 and Monster Train 2 on PS5.

PlayStation Plus offers monthly games that members can add to their accounts.

The CDC estimates that drug-resistant bacteria and fungi cause 9.7 million infections and 50,800 deaths each year in the US.

Those estimates are higher than figures in a 2019 report, but the CDC says its data and methods changed, so the totals cannot be directly compared.

The agency lists 19 major drug-resistant germs, including four it calls urgent threats, such as the fungus Candida auris and carbapenem-resistant bacteria.

Candida auris has spread in healthcare settings and can be difficult to treat, while some of the other threats can cause severe infections in hospital patients.