Daytona Beach, Florida

Volusia County authorities arrested Daytona Beach resident Allison Albro, 21, after she posted on social media that she was "going to the Trump rally in my city" to "shoot him with my glock." The post came ahead of President Donald Trump's Friday evening rally at the Ocean Center. Sheriff Mike Chitwood said Albro told investigators and the U.S. Secret Service the post was a joke and that she had no access to a firearm. She faces charges of written threats to kill and unlawful use of a communications device. Officials said local, state and federal agencies are coordinating security for the visit.

Idris Evans, a 46-year-old pediatric critical care physician at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, was fatally stabbed early Thursday after a man broke into his family's home on Linden Avenue in Edgewood, Pennsylvania. His wife, Gina Evans, was also wounded but survived; their two young sons escaped to a neighbor's house. Police arrested Elijah Hemingway, 32, who was found hiding in a nearby garden and has been charged with criminal homicide, attempted homicide, burglary, and aggravated assault. He is presumed innocent.

Hemingway had been released on nonmonetary bond in July on a Pennsylvania burglary charge despite prior domestic-related disorderly conduct pleas and a 2025 Florida case in which he was found incompetent to stand trial after allegedly attacking a girlfriend and fighting deputies. He was also charged Saturday with raping a woman in Wilkinsburg hours before the Edgewood attack, and has since been denied bail on that charge. The case has renewed scrutiny of Allegheny County's pretrial release policies, developed partly with support from the MacArthur Foundation's Safety and Justice Challenge, aimed at reducing jail populations.

Daytona Beach City Auditor Abinet Belachew has resigned, submitting his formal resignation letter to Mayor Derrick L. Henry and the City Commission. Belachew, appointed in September 2025, said his departure will be effective Oct. 15, 2026, roughly one year after he took the post. He brought more than two decades of government financial oversight experience to the role.

The resignation comes amid a state investigation into questionable city spending. In December 2025, Florida's Joint Legislative Auditing Committee voted to investigate Daytona Beach following reports of P-card misuse, excess building permit revenue, and questionable vehicle purchases. A subsequent internal audit of the fire department found over $500,000 in improper P-card charges for vehicle repairs and fuel, take-home vehicles with no mileage logs, and more than $50,000 in fast-food spending by leadership. Belachew cited accomplishments including a new audit framework and risk-based audit plan, and urged the city to preserve an independent auditor's office going forward.

Daytona Beach's city auditor resigned as a state probe into P-card misuse and questionable spending continues.

Florida GOP Rep. Cory Mills is running for reelection while under House Ethics Committee investigation over allegations he assaulted a former girlfriend and violated campaign finance laws. Mills denies wrongdoing. Though he touts a Trump endorsement from February, Trump did not include Mills in a recent wave of primary endorsements, and Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he does not support Mills.

Mills faces GOP challengers Ryan Elijah, who has been endorsed by Reps. Anna Paulina Luna and Mike Haridopolos, along with Sarah Ulrich and Michael Don Johnson. His central Florida 7th District seat, which he has won twice, was left unchanged in the state's May redistricting.

The controversy has shifted the race's outlook: Cook Political Report moved the district from "solid red" to "likely red." Democrats see an opening, backing Navy veteran Bale Dalton through the DCCC, while former Rep. Alan Grayson is also running. Voter sentiment in the district is split over whether Mills' record outweighs his perceived effectiveness.