Good morning. Here is what matters today, in five.
1. Ten noncitizens charged with voting in North Carolina. Homeland Security Investigations and the FBI arrested ten noncitizens, nine green-card holders and one illegal alien, for allegedly voting in North Carolina elections. One German national is accused of casting ballots in seven general elections going back to 2008. via DHS.
2. Mortgage rates dip to 7.32%, first drop since August. Freddie Mac says the 30-year fixed averaged 7.32% this week, down from 7.40% but still more than a point above a year ago. The Fed meets Tuesday and Wednesday after a quarter-point hike in September. via The Rightist.
3. Fewer kids, more fights in Los Angeles schools. LAUSD’s own data shows 6,131 student fights last school year, up 21% in four years, while enrollment fell from 486,259 to 389,438. Parent watchdogs say fights have more than doubled since 2018-19 and question the district’s record-keeping. via The Center Square.
LAUSD says campuses are safer. Presumably the 6,131 fights were all friendly.
4. Ossoff rails at billionaires, banks 47 of them. Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff calls Washington a government for the ultra-rich, yet filings show at least 47 out-of-state billionaires have bankrolled his Senate campaign since 2025. This week he headlined a Beverly Hills fundraiser with tickets up to $25,000. via The Daily Signal.
The working class has never been so well represented in Beverly Hills.
5. Two ex-FBI officials charged with lying about Hunter Biden. The Justice Department charged Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, formerly of the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force, with making false statements to Congress in 2023 about the bureau’s Hunter Biden investigations. Both surrendered Friday; Floris’s lawyers call the charges political. via The Daily Wire.
That is the five. Go win the day.