See short summaries of topics covered during special reports that NBC News aired in October 2018 after the page break below: ↓
President Trump remarked on a free trade agreement reached between the United States, Mexico, and Canada from the White House Rose Garden.
October 5:
1. United States Senate held a procedural vote on advancing the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court.
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2. Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins announced how she would vote on Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination to the SCOTUS in a speech on the Senate floor.
October 6:
Senate confirmed Judge Kavanaugh to the SCOTUS.
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October 8:
Judge Kavanaugh was formally sworn-in as a Justice to the SCOTUS.
October 9:
United States ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced that she would resign.
October 10:
1. Hurricane Michael was about to make landfall along the Florida Panhandle with category 4 strength winds.
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2. Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach, FL with 155 miles-per-hour winds.
3. Latest on Michael's impacts and the DOW Jones Industrial Average ended 800 points down.
October 24:
1. Suspicious packages were sent to multiple public figures including George Soros’ home, the New York home of Bill and Hillary Clinton, the home of former President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C. and CNN's New York City offices.
2. President Trump remarked about the wave of pipe bombs that had been sent to public figures around the country.
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October 25:
The New York Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio provided an update on more suspicious packages that were intercepted by police matching the pipe bomb packages sent to political leaders and CNN.
October 26:
1. More suspicious packages found, addressed to actor Robert De Niro and New Jersey Democratic Senator Cory Booker.
2. A suspect was taken into custody in the serial pipe bomb packages case.
3. The pipe bomb suspect was identified Cesar Altieri Sayoc Jr. of Aventura, Florida and President Trump remarked on his capture.
4. Department of Justice officials, FBI, NYPD, United States Postal Inspection Service, Secret Service and other officials held a news conference on arrest of pipe bomb suspect Sayoc.
October 27:
1. Active shooter situation reported at Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
2. President Trump remarked on the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue.
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3. Pittsburgh officials announced that the suspect, Rob Bowers, was in custody and that eight people were killed and six more were injured in the synagogue shooting.
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4. President Trump spoke about the synagogue shooting from the Future Farmers of America Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana.
5. Pittsburgh officials announced that the number of fatalities in the synagogue shooting rose to 11 and the number of injured remained at six.
October 30:
President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh following the attack.
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