Winter's coming in hot! El Nino and the Atlantic Ocean are teaming up, caterpillars are predicting a rough winter, and blizzards are on the horizon. Time to stock up!

Burkina Faso had another coup attempt, but it failed. A security pact with Niger and Mali is forming, and UK warships are on standby. The Congo might've had a coup too.

In Gabon, the president's wife tried to stage a coup but got caught. It's a liberation, they say, and General Algee Ganna is the interim president. Sylvia's facing charges, as is her son.

South Korea's buying oil from Nigeria to sell back. Democrats are throwing verbal punches in Congress over a potential government shutdown. Trump's in a $250 million fraud trial – it's Trump vs. the law.

Student loan repayments have started, filling the Treasury's coffers. A Kansas newspaper got raided while investigating the police chief. The chief got a warrant under false pretenses, but the newspaper's not backing down.

Stay tuned, because Tracy Jones has the tea in 30 minutes or less!