IWN — United StatesIndependent news. No ads.https://iwn.lucarnepro.fr/en-usComey asks federal judge to dismiss third Justice Department case, this one under the Espionage Acthttps://iwn.lucarnepro.fr/us/2026/10/30/comey-espionage-act-dismissal-hearing/https://iwn.lucarnepro.fr/us/2026/10/30/comey-espionage-act-dismissal-hearing/Lawyers for the former FBI director were due in a Washington courtroom Friday to argue that prosecutors filed charges too late and without a grand jury. The Justice Department says the filing was needed to beat a 10-year statute of limitations.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:45:00 GMTU.S.Judge rejects Justice Department bid to set aside California ballots as Washington state disputes its own listhttps://iwn.lucarnepro.fr/us/2026/10/30/ballots-noncitizen-list-dispute/https://iwn.lucarnepro.fr/us/2026/10/30/ballots-noncitizen-list-dispute/A federal judge refused to let the government hold ballots from up to 20,000 Californians it calls likely noncitizens, while Washington's top election official says a similar list of 400 names includes many citizens. The Justice Department says it will appeal.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:50:00 GMTU.S.Israel's final election results leave neither Netanyahu nor Eisenkot with a majority as Likud alleges interferencehttps://iwn.lucarnepro.fr/us/2026/10/30/israel-election-no-majority/https://iwn.lucarnepro.fr/us/2026/10/30/israel-election-no-majority/Official results give Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc 53 of 120 Knesset seats and his main rival's bloc 48, short of the 61 needed to govern. Netanyahu's Likud party says, without evidence, that the vote was stolen, while election officials say they found no basis for claims of systematic violations.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:55:00 GMTWorldDoorDash agrees to buy Instacart for about $17 billion, a deal that would reshape U.S. grocery deliveryhttps://iwn.lucarnepro.fr/us/2026/10/30/doordash-instacart-deal/https://iwn.lucarnepro.fr/us/2026/10/30/doordash-instacart-deal/The $65-a-share offer, announced Thursday, is a 26% premium over Instacart's price before talks leaked. Closing is not expected until late 2027 or early 2028 and depends on antitrust review.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTBusiness