The Free Press · October 14, 2026

News briefs: Guilfoyle Resigns as Ambassador to Greece, Cornell Suspends Fraternity Parties

• Kimberly Guilfoyle resigned on Tuesday as U.S. ambassador to Greece; the digest states the Trump administration had previously asked her to step down after evidence surfaced of past financial misconduct.
• Cornell University announced on Tuesday that it is suspending all fraternity parties for the remainder of the academic year while administrators reevaluate Greek life safety after sexual assault allegations by a plaintiff identified as Jane Doe, according to the digest.
• The Supreme Court agreed to review a case on a government watchdog group’s authority to review DOGE records, after the Trump administration blocked the group’s Freedom of Information Act request in early 2025, according to the digest.
• Federal and state regulators asked a federal judge on Tuesday to hold Martin Shkreli in contempt; Shkreli was convicted of fraud in 2017 and permanently banned from the pharmaceutical industry, and authorities allege he has violated the ban by trading pharmaceutical stocks on YouTube, according to the digest.
• British intelligence chief Ken McCallum said in a speech on Tuesday that last month’s attack on an English air base was part of a “major shift” in Iranian ambitions, according to the digest.
• The Houthis threatened a “swift and painful” response if the United States joins Saudi Arabia’s recent attacks against them; the digest states the remarks followed a week of violence that killed at least 20 people at an airport in Riyadh.
• The Vatican announced that Pope Leo, 71, was diagnosed with lung cancer; a small pulmonary nodule identified as cancer was removed during surgery on Tuesday, according to the digest.

Roundup format: the bullets above distill the news briefs in the October 14 Front Page edition, as cited there (The New York Times for the Guilfoyle resignation; the Associated Press for Cornell; CBS News for the Supreme Court, Houthi, and Vatican items; The Wall Street Journal for Shkreli; The Washington Post for McCallum). The edition’s lead stories — the Israel election package, the diesel-deal column, and the test-accommodations piece — already have standalone cards on this page and were not re-distilled. Original headline: "Who Will Govern Israel? Plus. . .".