The News Roundup For October 9, 2026

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With less than one month to go until the midterms, Donald Trump is in Texas campaigning on behalf of Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton. Senate Democrats scuppered a plan championed by their Republican colleagues that would have sought to lower surging energy prices driven by data center construction. And New York has declared a state of emergency due to a surge in measles cases. In global news, following the police response to student protesters in France, the government has banned the use of stun grenades as lawmakers work to quell the demonstrations. On President Vladimir Putin’s birthday, Russian forces unleashed a wave of attacks across Ukraine killing 12 and injuring more than 40.…