CALWIRE Whistleblower Report (Sunday, October 11, 2026)

Today's top story: Attacks on Riyadh threaten Saudi confidence. This roundup covers 12 stories from Semafor, Intercept, and ProPublica.

Attacks on Riyadh threaten Saudi confidence
The Houthi attacks threaten the kingdom’s efforts to project its business-as-usual approach, and official silence is unsustainable... — Semafor

A C-Section in Shackles: A Palestinian Woman’s Harrowing Birth in Israeli Detention — Intercept

As Trump’s Wall Closes in, DHS Intimidates a Border Tribe With Surveillance, Masked Agents and Drones — ProPublica

Watch: Inside Our $22K Sports Betting Experiment — ProPublica

ICE Shooting in NYC Inflames Mamdani’s Policing Problem — Intercept

New York Plans Stronger Sports Betting Regulation to Curb Gambling Addiction — ProPublica

Where Are the Iran War Protests? — Intercept

The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official — ProPublica

Inside the Breakup of an American Industrial Giant
After nearly four decades at Honeywell, Vimal Kapur reached the top — and then took on the task of breaking the 140-year-old indus... — Semafor

QatarEnergy wins Brazil energy concession
The state-owned company will hold 30% of each block in the Ceará Basin, with operator Petrobras holding the rest. — Semafor

New construction projects in the Gulf plunge 37%
Gas and chemicals were the only sectors to grow, as ADNOC and Aramco kept spending. — Semafor

A Nobel winner's novel in verse
A modern retelling of an ancient Greek myth from the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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