The Brief

Hurricane Isaias, the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2026 season, weakened to a Category 2 storm before making landfall near Destin, Florida, late Friday, then weakened further into a post-tropical cyclone and later a tropical storm as it moved into the southeastern U.S. At least four deaths have been attributed to the storm, and more than 600,000 customers remained without power Saturday as crews worked to restore service.

Forecasters warned of continued flood threats across the Southeast as the storm, now a tropical storm, tracked toward the Tennessee Valley, with the possibility of additional heavy rain in its path.

Christa Pike has been discharged from the hospital and returned to prison, more than a week after she survived a lethal-injection execution attempt last month in which she was given two doses of the drug but did not die.

Pike's attorneys said she is grateful for the care she received from first responders and her medical team following the botched execution.

The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting that killed 13 people, which would be the first public execution in the U.S. in roughly 90 years. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution, planned for December, would be made public.

The plan has drawn bipartisan criticism, including from Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, who compared it to practices in authoritarian states, and Vice President JD Vance, who said he would not watch if it is streamed. Pope Leo XIV also condemned capital punishment as "an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person." Legal experts say there is little clear path to challenge the decision, since broadcasting is not addressed in Army execution rules.

An ICE agent shot and wounded a man, identified by officials as 28-year-old Oscar Belgal, in the Marble Hill neighborhood of New York City, with a child in the backseat of his car. The Department of Homeland Security said agents opened fire after Belgal tried to ram officers with his vehicle during an attempted arrest; he survived and is now held at a detention facility outside New York.

The Department of Homeland Security has defended the agents' actions, saying Belgal "decided to not comply with lawful orders." The shooting has heightened tensions between New York officials and the Trump administration over the city's sanctuary policies, with newly released bodycam and CCTV footage fueling further scrutiny of the incident.

President Trump said he struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the U.S. to obtain millions of tons of Russian diesel, a sharp reversal of years of U.S. pressure on Moscow over its war in Ukraine, aimed at easing fuel prices ahead of next month's midterm elections.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sharply criticized the move as "an investment in war that must be ended, not prolonged." A Russian glide-bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia killed at least 20 people, including three children; Zelensky said the strike was Russia expressing its "thanks" for the diesel deal. Trump responded by saying it was "time for Ukraine to get new president," blaming Zelensky for high diesel prices.

At least eight people, including two children and a pregnant woman, were killed in a shooting at a home in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Friday, according to state officials. The attacker was also found dead at the scene.

All but one of those who died, including the gunman, were related to each other, police said. A motive for the shooting has not yet been released.