Saudi forces said they intercepted three Houthi ballistic missiles Monday (one over Riyadh, two over Khamis Mushait); the Houthis claimed the airport and a military base as targets and warned airlines off Saudi airports. King Khalid International stays shut under a NOTAM to at least Oct. 17 for safety and readiness checks, with cancellations across Saudi airports at 46.4% Monday. The closure follows the Oct. 10 strike that killed at least 13 and wounded 300+, and Sunday's strike that killed 1 and wounded about 11. Fuel read: this is the Hormuz-adjacent war widening, not winding down. Sources: CNN · NY Post.

Earlier Monday Trump told reporters he had nothing to do with the early-morning HSI search of Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington home. At the evening Youngstown rally for Sen. Jon Husted and Vivek Ramaswamy, he attacked Omar and Somalia at length; CNN reports the crowd chanted “Deport!” Omar, who has not been charged, calls the search political intimidation. DOJ has confirmed only a judicially authorized warrant in an ongoing criminal investigation — it has not stated the subject publicly. Sources: CNN · USA Today.

EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg adopted nearly 1,600 new listings — reported as 1,569 total, 826 companies and 743 individuals — aimed at Russia's military-industrial complex, more than half tied to the ballistic-missile production chain. Foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged Washington to align. That lands the same week Washington is defending Russian diesel imports as fuel relief. Brussels is tightening supply chains; Washington is loosening fuel supply. Sources: Reuters via KRRO.

Democrat David Jolly held a nearly two-hour town hall at Florida A&M, pledging flagship status and funding, Medicaid expansion, suspending expanded 287(g) agreements, removing Surgeon General Ladapo, and a one-year moratorium on new hyperscale data centers. Polling is split by house: Change Research out Monday has Jolly and Byron Donalds tied 47–47; Mason-Dixon had Donalds up 48–41. Early voting starts Oct. 24. Sources: Tallahassee Democrat · Political Wire.