APOLOGY REJECTED: DSA-backed Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is apologizing to Jewish Democrats over his comments linking a Michigan synagogue attack to Israel's actions in the Middle East—but his opponent @MikeRogersForMI isn't buying it. "When someone says, 'You might have been offended by what I said,' that's not an apology. He has a long history, Brian, of anti-Semitic comments—inflammatory comments. He's angry; he's aggressive. The polling said, 'Hey, he needed to change this,' mainly because we've had so many Democratic, Jewish people here in the state of Michigan ring up our phone and say, 'I can't do this. I'm for you...' That group is swelling by the day. So that was his sad attempt, I think, to try to stem that bleeding."

An apology from us: We pulled an offensive Halloween costume that should never have been part of our assortment. It is no longer for sale. As a company, we got this wrong, and we are deeply sorry. We know this is especially hurtful for our Black guests, team members and partners. Removing the costume is an important first step, and the company is looking closely at how this happened and what needs to change to ensure this won’t happen again.

Seoul demanded an official apology and explanation from Kyiv, accusing Ukraine of violating an agreement to keep confidential the transfer of North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea