Police have identified and charged the suspect in the attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. In his first moves as the new owner of Twitter, billionaire Elon Musk reportedly dismissed the company’s top leadership on Oct. 28 and posted on Twitter, “The bird is freed.”

Former President Donald Trump plans to hold rallies in Iowa, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida ahead of the midterm elections. Phoenix police on Oct. 27 arrested an unnamed suspect who burglarized the Phoenix office of Arizona gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs. President Joe Biden’s chief of staff Ron Klain was found to have violated the Hatch Act—a law prohibiting government officials from using their jobs to influence elections.

A jury on Oct. 26 found three men guilty of materially aiding gang members in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Two counties in the battleground states of Arizona and Nevada are expected to hand count early voter ballots, signaling a distrust of electronic voting machines.

Athletic clothing giant Adidas announced on Oct. 25 that it cut ties with billionaire Kanye West, also known as Ye, over his recent comments on social media. A New York judge ruled to reinstate all city workers who were fired over the vaccine mandate, as President Joe Biden gets his third booster shot.

This year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the nation’s report card, found that math scores across the country saw their largest declines ever recorded—highlighting the negative impact that pandemic school closures had on student performance. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Oct. 24 temporarily blocked a subpoena served on Sen. Lindsey Graham over his communications with election officials after the 2020 election.