News Summary at 2:34 p.m. EST

In Krakow, Poland, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said the gunman who killed six people and wounded 15 in the Main Square was fascinated with far-right ideologies and held “very radical views.” The suspect, a 25-year-old Polish citizen, opened fire Saturday with an automatic weapon; details on the attacker’s actions were not expanded beyond the officials’ assessment. Separately in the US, Republicans are absorbing the impact of midterm losses, with Ron DeSantis calling it an “extinction-level event” and Ted Cruz citing a “Watergate-level repudiation.” The party faces internal fights over whether to return to fiscal conservatism or embrace Donald Trump’s approach as leadership battles loom.