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Sep 24, 2026
CNN White House reporter Betsy Klein was reportedly denied access on Thursday [Reuters]
CNN, Politico and MS NOW reporters have been allowed back into the White House after they sought an emergency court hearing to restore their revoked press access.
They accused the White House in a court filing of having "repeatedly violated" a judge's order lifting President Donald Trump's ban on the three media outlets.
But the White House said in a filing that it began reinstating access shortly after 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT) on Thursday.
CNN, MS NOW and Politico reported they were granted entry hours after some of their staff were turned away. Trump initially said he barred the outlets because of "fake news". The White House later cited national security.
In the early hours, Judge Timothy Kelly had ruled the ban on the outlets should be temporarily lifted because it "likely violated their constitutional due process rights".
The White House in its filing said that the press passes had been restored by 09:07 local time and that confiscated badges were available starting at 09:45.
The standoff limited some TV coverage as Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House ahead of a state dinner.
CNN said some of their journalists were denied entry, including senior White House reporter Betsy Klein. But a producer was allowed to enter, the outlet reported.
Politico said one of its reporters was denied access to the White House and had his press credentials confiscated.
MS NOW reported that its White House reporter Laura Barrón-López and a producer were barred and had their passes taken, but another MS NOW produ
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Sep 24, 2026
By Samia Nakhoul, Parisa Hafezi and John Irish
Sept 24 (Reuters) - US and Iranian negotiators in New York are exploring a phased path out of war that would involve Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz and Washington lifting its economic blockade of Iran, sources close to the talks said.
The strait has become the central bargaining chip in efforts to end the nearly seven-month US-Iran conflict, with Iran seeking relief from the US blockade that is choking its economy and Washington ?seeking free passage for ships on the global oil supply route now blocked by Tehran.
The talks face a big obstacle as neither side wants to be the first to surrender its leverage, according to comments to Reuters by two Iranian sources, two ?regional officials and two Western diplomatic sources, but behind Iran's stance is a recognition of the economic cost of prolonged confrontation.
A senior Iranian official said the most plausible way to end the impasse would be a phased arrangement, with Iran allowing navigation through Hormuz in return for the US lifting its economic blockade and Tehran potentially gaining access to frozen ?assets.
"One way forward would be to solve the crisis in stages. The first would be to end the blockade and reopen Hormuz," he said on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
That would involve US President Donald Trump accepting another temporary fix, after an earlier understanding collapsed in July. So a central challenge facing the negotiators is not just to sketch out a deal but also to ensure any concessions are durable enough for both sides to trust, the sources said.
Trump has said he thinks the US and Iran could reach a deal after midterm elections to Congress on November 3. A senior European official said the Iranians "have a very long list of demands."
The White House and the US State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment for this article.
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Sep 24, 2026
By Ahmed Aboulenein
WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Dr. Heidi Overton, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the embattled US FDA, told senators on Thursday that all vaccines on the US market are safe and effective, as the health committee's Republican chairman pressed her on immunization at ?her confirmation hearing.
In his opening statement, US Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana pressed Overton to affirm the safety of the measles, mumps and ?rubella vaccine and to commit to keeping politics out of the agency's decisions.
He criticized Overton for standing behind Trump when the president signed an executive order breaking up the childhood vaccine schedule into ?more doses, a move physicians' groups and vaccine makers strongly oppose. Cassidy, himself a physician, said the order was based on "zero scientific evidence" and would raise costs for families.
Cassidy, noting Overton's presence when Trump called the MMR shot "potentially quite lethal", pressed the nominee on whether she would break with the president's characterization of the vaccine at a time when the country is experiencing its worst measles outbreak in decades due to declining vaccination rates.
Overton affirmed its safety. "The MMR vaccine is not lethal," Overton said.
"Yes, senator, ?the MMR vaccine is safe and effective," she said. "Every vaccine ?on the US market right now are safe and effective according to the FDA," she added, when Cassidy asked her if any were not.
TRUMP'S 'AMERICA FIRST' PICK
Trump nominated Overton, a White House policy aide, in August, turning to an "America First" ally to ?steady an agency shaken by staff losses, low morale and fights over vaccines, the abortion pill and drug approvals.
If confirmed, Overton will take over a Food and Drug Administration that has lost more than 3,000 staff over the past year, including division heads, and is under pressure to rebuild confidence among in
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Sep 24, 2026
A fifth teacher and her student died during a field trip to an Iowa nature reserve this week, investigators and school officials said.
Hannah Jorgensen, 24, a fifth-grade teacher at Borlaug Elementary School in Coralville, and Ahmed Osman, 10, died while on the trip at the MacBride Nature Recreation Area on Tuesday, the Iowa City Community School District said in a statement.
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office received a call around noon of two persons in the water near the Coralville Reservoir spillway at the nature reserve, which is roughly eight and a half miles north of Iowa City.
Google Maps Street View - PHOTO: Coralville reservoir is shown in Coralville, Iowa.The bodies of Jorgensen and Ahmed were eventually found in the reservoir, investigators said. The circumstances behind their deaths during the trip are still under investigation, according to the Johnson County Sheriff's Office.
Police investigating 2 Ole Miss students' deaths after kratom found"Hannah and Ahmed were deeply valued members of our school district community, and their loss is being felt throughout Borlaug and across our district," the Iowa City Community School District said in a statement Wednesday. "Our hearts are with their families and loved ones, as well as Hannah's colleagues and students, Ahmed's classmates and friends, and everyone who knew and cared for them."
Jorgensen's body was first discovered Tuesday and Osman's the next day, investigators said.
School officials said that counselors will be on hand to help with the school community.
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Sep 24, 2026
US President Donald Trump grimaced as B-1 bombers staged a noisy flyover (Brendan SMIALOWSKI)Xi Jinping called Thursday for the United States and China to manage their superpower rivalry and keep AI under human control as President Donald Trump gave his Chinese counterpart a lavish welcome at the White House
Trump shook hands with Xi at the start of a day full of pomp and pageantry, but their talks will focus on tense issues -- particularly how to handle the rising challenges posed by artificial intelligence.
The 80-year-old US president hailed what he called his "truly great friendship" with the Chinese leader, with whom he has met three times since returning to power last year.
"Working together, President Xi and I have made tremendous strides on the issues facing our two countries," Trump said.
"During this visit, we will also discuss pressing issues concerning security, technology, and super intelligence -- SI."
But while billionaire Trump has repeatedly dismissed fears that AI could pose a threat to humanity, Xi took a more measured tone on the issue.
"We have both the capability and responsibility to develop and manage AI for good and ensure that the development of AI is always under human control," he said at the White House.
Xi added that the two countries had a "historic responsibility of advancing human development and progress" and should "strengthen communication."
The Chinese leader also announced that a pair of pandas -- a traditional symbol of Beijing's diplomacy -- would be heading to a US zoo in a few days.
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Few breakthroughs are expected during Xi's state visit. Instead the trip is likely to be more about pomp and pageantry as the world's two biggest economies seek to manage their riva
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Sep 24, 2026
Hurricane season is showing no signs of slowing down, with three storms brewing in the Pacific.
Powerful Category 5 Hurricane Polo is sending bands of heavy rain and strong winds across Mexico's southwestern coast, while Tropical Storm Nolo is forecast to intensify into a hurricane late Thursday, threatening Hawaii's Big Island with potentially catastrophic flooding.
Some areas of Hawaii are expected to see up to 35 inches of rain, according to the National Hurricane Center.
A third storm, Hurricane Odalys, is churning over open water far from land.
Polo is forecast to remain a powerful major hurricane for the next few days, with its core expected to stay offshore before moving farther out to sea, according to the NHC. Nonetheless, the storm could produce up to eight inches of rain in parts of Guerrero, raising the risk of life-threatening flooding and mudslides.
Hurricane conditions caused by Tropical Storm Nolo are possible as early as Friday night in Hawaii County, the NHC said. The National Weather Service said Tropical Storm Nolo would likely strengthen before closing in on the Big Island on Friday or Saturday.
John Bravender, a weather service warning coordination meteorologist, said during a news conference Wednesday afternoon that the heavy downpour "could cause catastrophic flooding," adding, "but when you put that on top of grounds that we've been raining off and on for the last couple of months … that rain could cause even more damage."
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Sep 24, 2026
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Per Live Nation, the "Free Palestine" tour will "bring Macklemore together with artists and friends for a series of performances that center Palestine and Palestinians, and help provide humanitarian aid and support to the movement."
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Additionally, all proceeds from the concerts will benefit the following organizations: Anera, Glia, Gaza Soup Kitchen, Taawon, HEAL Palestine, Palestinian Youth Movement, Middle East Children's Alliance, Jewish Voice for Peace, Medical Aid for Palestinians. Institute for Middle East Understanding, Palestine Children's Relief Fund and UNRWA USA.
"If these last couple of weeks have shown us anything, it's that something has shifted over the last three years," Macklemore wrote in a sta
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Sep 24, 2026
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., issued a temporary restraining order on Thursday, ordering the White House to restore access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters who had been banned by President Trump.
In his 8-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, ordered the White House to "immediately return, reinstate, and restore" access to the news outlets for a period of 14 days, saying their lawsuit against the president was likely to succeed in showing that their press passes were revoked without due process.
But hours after the ruling was issued, some reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico were still denied access to the White House grounds, and the outlets requested an immediate hearing.
"This morning journalists from each of CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO attempted to enter the White House and were turned away, and Secret Service agents confiscated the hard pass of journalists whose hard passes had not previously been confiscated," the outlets said in a court filing early Thursday.
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Sep 24, 2026
By Alexander Cornwell and Emily Rose
TEL AVIV, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to use his UN address on Thursday to berate New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani for calling him a war criminal, a feud that highlights the Israeli leader's growing isolation ahead of elections at home that he may lose.
Addressing the mayor directly ?in a video statement this week, Netanyahu said he was going to New York "to tell the truth about our heroic soldiers" and "to tell the truth about you." He falsely accused ?Mamdani of supporting Hamas militants.
Mamdani campaigned for office on a promise to have Netanyahu arrested for alleged war crimes should he visit the largest US city but later said he determined he lacked the legal authority to do so. This ?week, Mamdani described Netanyahu as "the architect of a horrific genocide against Palestinians."
Netanyahu, who rejects war crimes allegations, will be making his first visit to New York since Mamdani took office in January. Israelis opposed to Netanyahu's right-wing government are planning to protest in New York.
Ahead of his speech, Netanyahu's government paid to place 500 pro-Israel and anti-Iran billboards and dozens of trucks carrying messages in support of Israel across Manhattan, Netanyahu's office said in a statement.
"Freedom doesn't defend itself. America and Israel stand together against terror," one of the billboards states. Under it appears the subtext: "Paid for by the State of Israel".
NETANYAHU ADDRESS TO RESEMBLE 'CAMPAIGN SPEECH'
Israel ?holds a general election in five weeks that opinion polls suggest could ?end Netanyahu's long hold on power.
The campaign is unfolding amid mounting criticism of Israel's Gaza war and without a planned meeting with US President Donald Trump.
"He's not really speaking to the UN, he's speaking to the Israeli public," said former Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren, who expect
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Sep 24, 2026
Republicans' 2024 gains among young men have evaporated — and that could have instant ramifications this November, according to a new Cygnal poll.
President Donald Trump narrowly carried young men in 2024, according to exit polls, a big swing toward the GOP from past elections. But Democrats' generic ballot lead among male likely voters ages 18-30 now sits at 57%-40%, according to the new survey.
Trump's favorability is underwater at just 38%-55%, and Republicans' net favorability among the demographic now sits at -9 points, with 40% viewing the party favorably and 49% unfavorably.
One silver lining for the GOP: Among all registered voters sampled, including those least likely to turn out in November, the Democratic generic ballot lead is much smaller, 44% to 41%.
"It is not a very good electorate, if you're the Republican Party, among the people who are the most determined to vote," said Alex Tarascio, pollster and principal at Cygnal, in an interview with POLITICO ahead of the poll's release during Thursday's Symposium on Young American Men.
Young men alone likely won't determine control of Congress; they make up a fraction of the electorate, and they are less likely to vote than women of the same age or their older counterparts. But that lack of enthusiasm itself is a warning sign for Republicans, who will need to motivate their base ahead of November if they wish to maintain control of Congress.
The young men sampled are overwhelmingly concerned about cost-of-living issues — the same reason that many swung toward the GOP two years ago.
When given a list
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Sep 24, 2026
President Donald Trump dismisses climate change as a hoax. He calls federal policies aimed at curbing it a wasteful "Green New Scam." His administration has worked furiously to gut such policies and unleash unbridled consumption of fossil fuels.
But the Trump agenda has inadvertently dealt a sizable blow against global warming.
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His war on Iran, now in its seventh month, has led to a plunge in the consumption of oil and gas around the world as fighting disrupts production and transportation.
Analysts had initially forecast that the shortages would be just a blip in the global economy, with the conflict winding down quickly and fuel exports ramping right back up to where they were. That is not how things are playing out.
The shortages have gone on for so long that they are aggressively driving down how much carbon is being released into the atmosphere, a Washington Post analysis of data from the International Energy Agency shows. People worldwide are using significantly less oil and gas, which means less climate pollution.
These charts show how the revised 2026 forecasts for oil, gas and coal use from the International Energy Agency have markedly changed the emissions outlook. They build on a development first spotted by the outlet CarbonBrief.
In January, IEA forecasts anticipated big increases in emissions from the fossil fuel sector compared with 2025. By this month, the outlook had changed drastically. Even with a spike in coal burning, as countries race to replace the oil and gas they can no longer access or afford, fossil fuel emissions this year are on track to be significantly lower than they were last year.
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Sep 24, 2026
Republican support for the war in Iran is dropping as Senate GOP candidates speak out against it and voters increasingly blame high gas prices on the nearly seven-month conflict.
Growing public opposition among even Republican voters has put incumbents such as Sens. Jon Husted (R-Ohio), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) in a tough political position.
Several of these Republican candidates, including Husted; former Rep. Mike Rogers (R), who is running for Senate in Michigan; and Rep. Ashley Hinson, the Republican Senate candidate in Iowa, are calling for a swift end to the war.
"The war with Iran needs to end, and end quickly," Rogers urged in a campaign video Monday.
Hinson on Monday wrote on social media that "the war needs to be brought to a successful and immediate end."
Husted told Politico on Tuesday that "the war needs to come to an end as quickly as possible so that we can lower gas prices."
The calls are also coming from the lower chamber.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in an interview with a local TV station urged "a resolution" to the war.
Recent polls show that Rogers and Husted are trailing their Democratic opponents, Abdul El-Sayed and former Sen. Sherrod Brown (Ohio), respectively.
Hinson, meanwhile, is locked in a tough race the Cook Political Report last month shifted to "toss-up."
A Republican senator who requested anonymity to discuss voter frustration over the war and high gas prices said there's growing political pressure on GOP candidates to oppose the unpopular conflict.
"People are very, very con
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Sep 24, 2026
Hawaii's Big Island was under a hurricane watch late Wednesday night after Tropical Storm Nolo formed in the Pacific Ocean earlier in the day, the National Hurricane Center said.
Nolo is expected to become a hurricane by Thursday night and could become a major hurricane by the weekend, the center said. A storm is considered a major hurricane when it reaches Category 3 or higher on the hurricane scale, meaning it has maximum sustained winds of at least 111 mph.
Maps show Tropical Storm Nolo's pathStorm Nolo had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph as of late Wednesday night local time. Its core was some 460 miles south-southeast of Honolulu and 285 miles south of South Point, which is on the Big Island.
Nolo was crawling north at 2 mph, but a "general north to north-northeast motion is expected through Friday, followed by a sharp westward turn by Saturday in the vicinity of the Big Island," the Miami-based hurricane center said.
Nolo is expected to approach the Big Island on Friday and Saturday.
The storm is expected to bring around 15 to 20 inches of rain to the Big Island, with up to 35 inches possible in some areas. The heavy rain could trigger "catastrophic life-threatening flooding and mudslides, especially in areas of steep terrain," the hurricane center warned.
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Sep 24, 2026
Democrats are begging for more money ahead of November. But they're torn over what to do with the limited funds they already have.
After months of downplaying their financial concerns, the four Democratic groups most responsible for delivering control of Congress are now issuing public pleas for more donations as Republicans swamp them on the airwaves. And party leaders are grappling with tough choices on which races to spend their limited dollars as campaigns clamor for backup.
"We need more cash" to expand the map, said Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Executive Director Julie Merz.
Mike Smith, who leads House Majority PAC, warned if Democrats "can't compete dollar-for-dollar in these closest races, they risk putting winnable seats out of reach."
Devan Barber, who runs the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, expressed excitement about "opportunities to expand the map further. But, "Additional investments require additional resources."
Added Senate Majority PAC spokesperson Lauren French: "We want to win the majority, and that costs money."
Republicans are poised to massively outspend Democrats on advertising: Since the start of August, they have placed $820 million in ad buys across the Senate map, compared to $556 million from Democrats, including future bookings through Election Day. That includes outspending Democrats in all but one of the nine most expensive Senate races, according to a POLITICO review of data from AdImpact, which tracks political advertising.
On the House side, the GOP has spent or booked $454 million across the map to $381 million for Democrats. That disparity grows even larger in the districts that were within 10 points at the presidential level in 2024.
House Democrats are currently planning to spend more in more heavily
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Sep 24, 2026
With six weeks to go until Election Day and early voting already underway in a handful of states, the conventional wisdom is that Republicans may be in for some setbacks in the midterms.
As it defends its fragile House and Senate majorities, the GOP is fighting political history, which has traditionally seen the president's party lose congressional seats during the midterms. It's also battling high costs at the grocery stores and gas pumps tied to what polls show is an unpopular war with Iran, as well as President Donald Trump's underwater approval ratings.
But Democrats are saddled with their own issues, from an ideological civil war between the party's left wing and the establishment that has handed Republicans plenty of political ammunition, to a brand image that's nothing to brag about. Add to that the Democrats' major disadvantage as the GOP floods the airwaves with attack ads.
Here are six forces that will likely determine whether Republicans can turn back a possible blue wave and hold power in Congress.
Who's Up And Who's Down In The Latest Fox News Midterm Election Polling
Gas prices have ticked up in recent weeks amid renewed fighting in the Middle East.Six weeks until Election Day, and just as the voting begins, fuel prices keep rising, with the national average for gas nearly $4.50 per gallon and diesel topping $6.50 per gallon, according to AAA.
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Sep 24, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's move to ban three news outlets from the White House grounds, saying early Thursday that CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have their access restored.
It's the latest development in an escalating showdown between Trump and media outlets whose coverage he dislikes. Trump announced he was banning the outlets Friday, assailing what he called "fake news." More recently, the president has said negative coverage was dangerous for the country.
The outlets argued they were singled out because of the content of their coverage — in other words, viewpoint discrimination — and called the ban a "blatant violation" of the First Amendment.
In an order, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said the media outlets had met the legal thresholds to obtain a temporary restraining order, in effect for 14 days. He said they were likely to succeed in showing that their passes were revoked without due process.
"This is a high bar, but Plaintiffs have met it," he wrote.
Kelly said case law requires that the government have clear standards governing conduct that would lead to revocation of a press pass. He called the standard of objectionable reporting outlined in letters that the White House sent the outlets days after banning their reporters "so vague it hardly does the trick."
Kelly — whom Trump nominated in 2017 and who ordered a CNN journalist's access restored in a similar case in 2018 — heard arguments Wednesday and ended the hearing without ruling.
Temporary restraining orders are typically designed to preserve the status quo pending a closer review of the c
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Sep 23, 2026
In a closed-door meeting with lawmakers, the chair of the Senate GOP's campaign arm made the case that the party can still outrun a difficult political environment and hold on to the Senate in the November midterms, multiple people in the room confirmed to CBS News.
"We're in the fight for our lives with a record number of toss-up races," Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), told his colleagues during Wednesday's meeting, CBS News has learned.
With just under six weeks until the midterms, Scott said the group will focus its future spending on a handful of tight races where it is either defending GOP-held seats or attempting to flip Democratic seats, the people said.
Scott pointed to Maine, Texas, Ohio, Iowa and Alaska as among the seats the party is defending. As for opportunities to go on offense, he named New Hampshire and Michigan.
Semafor was first to report on Scott's comments.
The meeting came as Republicans aim to defend their narrow majorities in the House and Senate — and prepare to face down political headwinds wrought by President Trump's sagging approval ratings, tied in part to voter dissatisfaction with the cost of living and frustrations with the Iran war. Democrats have sought to capitalize on the political environment, mounting strong challenges against GOP Senate candidates in red states like Ohio, Texas, Iowa and Alaska.
Historically, the party that controls the White House almost always loses ground in the midterms. During his closed-door presentation, Scott argued Republicans could follow a trajectory similar to the one their opponents traced in 2022, when Democrats gained a Senate seat despite losing the House and struggling with then-President Joe Biden's rough approval ratings.
Senators were also told during the presentation that Republicans are aiming to take advantage of a
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Sep 23, 2026
WASHINGTON - Maine Sen. Susan Collins' Republican colleagues swiftly came to her defense the day after the news outlet ProPublica published an investigative story that laid out evidence of alleged involvement in a pay-to-play scheme involving a defense contractor.
The story, which came out on Tuesday, Sept. 22, said that records and emails showed the FBI sought to launch a sweeping investigation examining Collins' interactions with a top donor who won lucrative federal contracts. By late 2024, the agency reportedly had enough evidence to pursue a sweeping bribery probe involving Collins and other members of Congress.
But that effort, according to the ProPublica story, evaporated after the Trump administration purged the Justice Department and FBI of its teams that handle public corruption cases.
It's unclear whether the accusations laid out in the article will resonate with Maine voters in November, when Collins is up for reelection in a toss-up race that will prove crucial to whichever party ultimately controls the Senate.
The story does, however, add to a maze of obstacles she's facing to retain her coveted seat in Congress. While she has a track record as a Teflon political candidate in the Pine Tree State, her campaign is already being hurt by
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Sep 23, 2026
By Renju Jose and Chris Thomas
SYDNEY, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Australia said on Wednesday an OpenAI agent breached a government health data portal in June, gaining unauthorised access to files, in what could be the first ?known instance of an AI agent hacking a government website.
The breach is one of the highest-profile incidents of ?AI agents accessing external systems outside the United States,coming on top of several recent breaches globally by rogue AI agents that have alarmed governments and companies.
Prime Minister Anthony ?Albanese said the OpenAI agent gained unauthorised access to the medical statistics portal of a government agency responsible for non-sensitive health data and statistics, including public medical spending.
"Evidence currently available is there is no broader compromise to the ... network. Nonetheless, this situation is obviously unacceptable," Albanese said during a media briefing in New York, where he is attending the UN General Assembly. Investigations continue and Australia had ?voiced its "extreme concern about this incident" to OpenAI ?CEO SamAltman, Albanese said, adding that he was deeply disappointed by the company's delay in notifying the government. "It took until September 10 before there was any notification at all," Albanese said, adding that the investigation ?would also examine why government systems had failed to detect the breach in the first place.
He also warned that three other government websites "may be impacted" by the OpenAI agent's activity.
"The question is, when it was trying to harvest data, did it go into these other sites? So we're ?not ?confirming that that occurred," he said.
The incident comes after OpenAI and Anthropic, in ?separate submissions to a parliamentary inq
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Sep 23, 2026
Theranos founder and convicted felon Elizabeth Holmes has been approved for placement in a community correction center, or halfway house, and is scheduled to be placed there next year, according to an update from the Department of Justice's Victim Notification System, ABC News has learned.
Holmes is scheduled to be placed in the Austin Transitional Center in Del Valle, Texas, on Aug. 23, 2027, according to the notification.
Benjamin Fanjoy/Bloomberg via Getty Images - PHOTO: Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., arrives at federal court in San Jose, Calif., March 17, 2023. When reached for comment on Wednesday, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said in a statement that it "does not discuss the conditions of confinement for any individual, including release plans."
"Additionally, per BOP policy, specific designation information cannot be released until after an individual arrives at their designated institution," the statement continued.
BOP said several factors go into assigning individuals to facilities, including "the level of security and supervision required, medical or programmatic needs, separation or security considerations necessary for the individual's safety, and other relevant factors, such as proximity to the individual's release residence."
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' conviction upheld by US appeals courtHolmes was originally sentenced in 2022 to 11 years and 3 months in prison for defrauding inves
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Sep 23, 2026
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted in favor of recommending that the agency approve a blood test for multiple cancers on Wednesday. The assay, called the Galleri test, is designed to help screen for cancers before symptoms appear, according to its maker, Grail.
The 10-person panel unanimously agreed that Grail showed that the Galleri test was safe, but there was less agreement over whether it was effective or had benefits that outweighed the risks: the panel voted 6-4 in favor of effectiveness and 7-2 in favor of the question of benefits, with one panelist abstaining from the latter.
The panel's favorable vote "represents an important step forward for the field," says Ajay Goel, a professor and chair of the department of molecular diagnostics and experimental therapeutics at City of Hope, a cancer research and treatment organization.
Ultimately, however, he says that "I would still view it as an encouraging step rather than the final word on the clinical value of this type of testing."
Some cancer screening tools exist on the market already—including for breast, lung, prostate and other cancers—but no early-detection tests for multiple types of cancer have been approved by the FDA, according to the American Cancer Society. Having such a test would be clinically useful, enabling doctors to potentially det
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Sep 23, 2026
CHICAGO (AP) — A U.S. citizen was left bloodied and injured on the side of the road in a Chicago suburb after a confrontation with immigration enforcement agents who mistook him for a fugitive, according to local police and a resident who tried to help the man.
The man, whose identity was not disclosed, was taken away in an ambulance after the encounter on Sunday in Evanston, a city around 12 miles (19 kilometers) north of downtown Chicago. He told police his head, neck and teeth were injured, according to a news release from the Evanston Police Department.
A federal agent told officers who responded to calls reporting an altercation at just before 10 a.m. that morning that five agents in separate vehicles were looking for a fugitive with a Chicago address and a warrant for his arrest, according to the release. The agents mistook the man for the fugitive, the agent told police.
When the man refused to give his identification, the agents tried to handcuff him, the agent said. After realizing he was a U.S. citizen and not the person they were seeking, they released him.
One police officer saw blood on the agent's hands, according to the release. The agent told police he was injured while trying to handcuff the man, and that they left the area immediately after because they feared protesters who had gathered would attack them, it noted.
Police have visited the man at the hospital and photographed his injuries, and are investigating the encounter.
Local authorities investigatingEvanston Mayor Daniel Biss said in a post on X that the man was treated at St. Francis
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Sep 23, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington is getting a much chillier reception on Capitol Hill than at the White House as lawmakers from both parties use the visit to denounce China's actions on the world stage.
Lawmakers have long found little downside to taking a hawkish tone on China, but the U.S.'s war with Iran has inflamed tensions as U.S. officials accuse China of propping up Iran's economy and supplying its military with components and intelligence, endangering U.S. service members in the Middle East.
In speeches, letters, press conferences and hearings, lawmakers from both parties aired criticism of Xi's visit. Their actions and events stand in stark contrast to the warm welcome that Trump gave Xi on Wednesday as he arrived in Washington for a lavish state visit.
Republicans air their dissenting views
Sen. Roger Wicker, the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, took to the Senate floor Tuesday night, offering a list of issues for Trump to raise with Xi, but not before suggesting that Xi shouldn't have been asked to visit Washington at all.
"Quite frankly, had the White House asked me for advice, I would have suggested the president not invite Xi Jinping to Washington for such a lavish welcome here in the United States of America based on all of the troubling issues we have with President Xi and the Chinese Communist Party," Wicker said.
Wicker seemed particularly taken aback by the honor of a state dinner. Over the salad course, Wicker said the president could ask Xi about the Chinese Navy's harassment of Filipino fishermen and sa
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Sep 23, 2026
Aircraft on the deck of the US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln as it docks for a rest stop at Laem Chabang Port, Thailand, on September 3, following a long deployment in the Middle East. - Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters
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Eight US Navy personnel assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during a period that included when the ships undertook combat operations against Iran and the carrier set a modern record for its time at sea, according to a letter from the service's acting secretary, which was obtained by CNN.
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao revealed the number, which has not been previously reported and covers crew members from several ships that travel together, including the carrier, in written responses to questions posed by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand about the morale and mental health of the USS Abraham Lincoln's crew. Cao wrote that no service members had killed themselves during the deployment.
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Sep 23, 2026
President Trump's decision to ban a trio of news outlets from the White House complex last week and revoke their hard press badges appeared to be on thin ice Wednesday after a key hearing where the sides presented their arguments.
Due process "wasn't followed here," U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, said near the start of the afternoon hearing.
CNN, Politico and MS NOW sued on First Amendment grounds after they were denied access to the White House grounds on Saturday. The five major television networks that comprise the rotating pool covering Trump's daily activities have since pulled out in solidarity with the banned outlets.
Wednesday's hearing came as each of the major networks weighed how to cover Trump's expected return to Washington from New York, where he traveled to meet with world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly.
The president is slated to greet Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday evening, an event that typically would garner a large amount of media attention and drive the news cycle for hours.
"These are urgent matters," Theodore Boutrous, an attorney for the media outlets, told the judge. "We're at war. World leaders are coming to Washington."
Boutrous urged Kelly on Wednesday to immediately restore the three outlets' credentials, arguing that Trump's ban amounted to "v
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Sep 23, 2026
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or, at least, its people.
"If managed poorly, I even believe AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole," said Dario Amodei, the chief executive officer of Anthropic.
"We could lose control of the future to AI," said his competitor, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI.
Both said the countries of the world, though the U.N. Security Council, where they testified Wednesday afternoon, have to set safeguards, which would be actual controls to prevent the technology from getting too powerful to rein in. They also called for the world to make sure that the power of AI isn't concentrated in one company or country.
For world leaders, one key question about AI is this: Who should control life-and-death decisions — human or machine?
The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday huddled with top technology leaders to figure out if the increasing abilities and pervasiveness of artificial intelligence should be controlled and, if so, by who. Other lingering questions: How could it be done? When might it be just too late?
The day before, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of "killer robots." Experts and European leaders said that's not hyperbole but something that's already a reality or at least perilously close.
This article originally appeared on Associated Press at https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/heads-ai-firms-tell-un-195335966.html
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Sep 23, 2026
NEW YORK — Sunny Hostin told her fellow panelists on "The View" that she was the holdout juror responsible for "The Butcher of Tompkins Square Park" being found not guilty by reason of insanity in his 1991 murder trial.
East Village resident Daniel Rakowitz was charged with killing and mutilating a female acquaintance in 1989, then trying to get rid of the evidence by making soup out of her remains and serving it in Tompkins Square Park.
Hostin said on Tuesday that she felt a connection to the murder trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy, whose case ended in a Sept. 4 mistrial with all but one juror believing the defendant's compromises mental state exempted her from criminal culpability.
"The reason … I feel so strongly about this holdout juror is because I was a holdout juror in a case, in the Daniel Rakowitz case," she said to her shocked castmates.
Hostin, whose name was Asuncion Cummings at the time, said she sat on the jury before starting law school. She went on to become a federal prosecutor, then a television legal analyst.
To make her point, Hostin read a New York Times article about the case that mentions her resistance.
"Several jurors questioned afterwards said one holdout juror was principally responsible for preventing them from returning a guilty verdict," the article said.
She continued telling her story to her stunned colleagues.
"That was me, and it was because clearly I saw he was psychotic, he was in psychosis, he did not mean to kill her and once he killed her he panicked," the 57-year-old legal expert explained. "He chopped up her body parts, yes, boiled her body parts, tried to commit the perfect crime."
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Sep 23, 2026
By Parisa Hafezi, Humeyra Pamuk and Jana Choukeir
UNITED NATIONS/DUBAI, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Iran and the United States remain far apart on how to end their war but diplomacy must continue, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday, after Iran's president told the UN General Assembly that Tehran would never surrender to US pressure.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in his speech in ?New York, condemned what he called "signs of a bullying mentality" from US President Donald Trump, who had used the same forum on Tuesday to threaten to "annihilate" Iran.
The duelling speeches at the annual ?UN gathering bookended the first shuttle talks between the US and Iran for months, though they appeared to have yielded no concessions in the public stance of either side towards ending the war.
The senior Iranian official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Tehran was reviewing Washington's ?response to its peace proposals, which prioritise lifting a US naval blockade on Iranian ports and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
"There are still many differences between the Iranian and US positions, but diplomacy is continuing," the official said.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Wednesday that a deal with Iran would involve hard work over a period of time, adding that Trump also had military options.
The US has also said it will impose so-called secondary sanctions against any country that allows Iranian flights after Wednesday. Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told state TV Iran would ensure neighbouring countries' airports could not function if they stop Iranian flights.
IRAN 'WILL NOT BOW TO PRESSURE', ?PRESIDENT SAYS
In his address to the 193-member General Assembly, Pezeshkian homed in on ?the US blockade of Iranian ports and on the Strait of Hormuz, conduit for a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments
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Sep 23, 2026
The full fury of a significant September nor'easter will target New England, where high winds lead to extensive power outages and heavy rain swamps outdoor activities this weekend.
The storm and its effects are occurring through the full moon this weekend, which will raise tide levels and lead to major coastal flooding. Long-duration pounding surf will cause extensive beach erosion from North Carolina to southern Maine.
"This storm may be remembered for its destructive coastal flooding and severe beach erosion, especially along eastern Long Island and the Massachusetts coast," AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jon Porter said.
The pressure difference between high pressure over the interior Northeast and developing low pressure off the mid-Atlantic coast is strengthening northeast winds from North Carolina to New York. These winds are pushing ocean and bay waters toward shore, causing coastal flooding. Flooding will be worst around high tide through Friday in the mid-Atlantic region.
Water levels will be 2-3 feet above the average monthly tide level, with some locations approaching 6 feet above that level. The worst conditions are forecast for southeastern Virginia, where water will become trapped at the lower end of the Chesapeake Bay, causing backups along the region's tidal rivers.
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Sep 23, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge heard arguments Wednesday but did not rule from the bench in a case on President Donald Trump's ban of three news outlets from White House grounds.
The hearing marked the latest development in an extraordinary showdown between Trump and media outlets whose coverage he dislikes. Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico beginning Friday, assailing what he called "fake news." More recently the president has said negative coverage was dangerous for the country. The outlets argued they were singled out because of the content of their coverage — in other words, viewpoint discrimination and called the ban a "blatant violation" of the First Amendment.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly — whom Trump nominated in 2017 and who ordered a CNN journalist's access restored in a similar case in 2018 — didn't immediately rule on the news outlets' request for a restraining order. It was unclear when he would issue a decision.
He opened by reminding both sides that he's required to apply case precedent.
The rulings in two prior cases over press access — including one that went to the U.S. Supreme Court — made clear that journalists were entitled to an opportunity to be heard before they have their press passes revoked.
Justice Department attorney Michael Velchik has argued that the rulings in the earlier cases were wrong.
"Maybe they were, maybe they weren't, but currently as a district judge I have to apply them," Kelly said.
Arguments began with Theodore Boutrous Jr., attorney for the outlets, calling the ban an "unprecedented, unreasonable punishment" and saying there was "not a semblance of due pro
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Sep 23, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is investigating an apparent breach of its jobs website as a criminal hacking group claimed to have accessed "very sensitive data" on nearly all agents and job applicants.
"The FBI is aware of claims regarding unauthorized activity affecting FBIjobs.gov and is currently investigating," the bureau said in a statement. The website, the main portal for prospective employees to learn about the FBI and initiate the application process, remained offline Wednesday morning.
A message that circulated online from a hacking group known as ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the hack.
The message, directed to FBI Director Kash Patel as well as the assistant director in the charge of the FBI's cyber division, said the hacking group had "compromised very sensitive data on almost ALL FBI Agents and individuals who filed an application with the FBI for a job."
The claims could not immediately be verified, and an FBI spokesperson declined to comment further. An email to an address associated with the organization was not immediately returned.
In its message, ShinyHunters said it would give the bureau one week to correct or remove what it says are false allegations in an FBI public service announcement from May that described the organization as a "cyber criminal group specializing in large-scale data breaches and extortion."
That announcement characterized ShinyHunters as "threat actors" who often "use their real or exaggerated claims of access to sensitive or personal information to prompt payment from victims," commonly harass or threaten victims and "may falsely claim to have sensitive or compromising information, including embarrassing pho
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Sep 23, 2026
Donald Trump; Melania Trump on ‘Fox & Friends'
Speaking on Fox & Friends on Wednesday, Sept. 23, Melania, 56, praised Trump's speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City the day prior when questioned whether he'd asked for any feedback from his wife.
"I told him he had [a] great delivery, he did very well. And a great speech," the first lady — who was on the show to discuss the launch of Imperia, a network for women CEOs, and her Fostering the Future Together initiative — said.
She added of her husband, "So I tell him the truth. Sometimes he doesn't want to hear it, what I tell him, but that's okay. I always say the truth."
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Sep 23, 2026
Donna Ganger, the mother of Renee Good, who was fatally shot by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis earlier this year, said Tuesday she voted for President Trump and thought that federal immigration officers would "protect" Americans.
Ganger said it is "torture" that "as a mom and as a family, we could not protect" Good, who was killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer on Jan. 7 in an incident caught on video that triggered a nationwide discussion on the Trump administration's immigration efforts.
"But no one can protect against others who are determined to disregard our country's constitutional rules and values," Good's mother added. She spoke during a public forum hosted by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.).
"I'm a registered Republican," Ganger said. "I voted for President Trump under the impression that these agents were here to protect the citizens of the United States, innocents like our family and the others here, against terrorists, certainly not to accuse those of us here of being terrorists and take precious lives."
After the officer fatally shot Good, a 37-year-old American citizen with one son, multiple Trump administration officials said the woman committed "domestic terrorism" by allegedly driving her car toward the ICE officer.
"This was an act of domestic terrorism," then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi
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Sep 23, 2026
By Parisa Hafezi, Humeyra Pamuk and Jana Choukeir
UNITED NATIONS/DUBAI, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a speech at the UN on Wednesday that Tehran would never surrender to the US but still believes in diplomacy, a day after President Donald Trump used the same forum to threaten to "annihilate" Iran.
The duelling speeches at the ?annual UN General Assembly in New York bookended the first shuttle talks between the United States and Iran for months, which appeared to have yielded no concessions in the public ?stance of either side towards ending the Middle East war.
In his speech, Pezeshkian defended Iran's military actions as defensive, and insisted Iran was not seeking nuclear weapons.
In a potential new flashpoint, Iran also threatened to act against its neighbours if they ?abide by new US sanctions intended to ground Iranian civilian aircraft worldwide.
Washington has said it will impose so-called secondary sanctions against any country that allows Iranian flights after Wednesday. Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told state TV Iran would ensure neighbouring countries' airports could not function if they stop Iranian flights.
The annual UN gathering in New York provided the occasion on Tuesday for Iranian and U.S. officials to hold their first known indirect talks since a ceasefire collapsed in July, with Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner communicating through mediators on the sidelines.
"Steve and Jared had a ?very productive meeting today with mediators of Iran," Trump said on Tuesday ?after his own speech. "I think there's a lot of momentum for them to make a deal. It's what we're hearing from everybody."
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Sep 23, 2026
Two of the key faces of the left in elected office, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, met at an economic event in Manhattan on Wednesday, as world leaders gather in New York for the U.N. General Assembly.
Their meeting is the latest in a slate of encounters between left-wing U.S. politicians and kindred figures abroad as they seek to forge ties to counter the rise of right-wing populism.
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Organizers behind these formal and informal gatherings say the efforts to bring together U.S. left-leaning Democrats in office and their ideological counterparts aim to contend with the well-organized, growing international movement of populists in step with President Donald Trump's administration, as the anti-immigrant and nationalist Alternative for Germany party gains traction, and France's Marine Le Pen and her party, National Rally, lead in polls ahead of a presidential race next year.
Wednesday's event at Gracie Mansion, Mamdani's residence, was billed as focused on "building an economy for the many." Sánchez touted the success of Spain's minimum-wage increases as "proving that another economic model is possible."
"That is why the powerful fear us. Because day after day, we show that a different path is possible, and it works," Sánchez said at the event, which also included the prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, and European Council President António Costa, who is a former socialist prime minister of Portugal.
Mamdani nodded to the
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Sep 23, 2026
By David Morgan
WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - US states may have added more than 30,000 self-declared non-citizens to the nation's voter rolls since 2000 because of software glitches and clerical errors made while processing their driver's license and state ID applications, according to official records reviewed by Reuters.
The cases expose weaknesses in voter registration systems across a dozen US states governed by both Democrats and Republicans, but at numbers that experts said were too small relative to the country's more than 170 million registered voters to impact elections. Reuters was not ?able to determine how many of these non-citizens actually cast a ballot.
The findings suggest that inadvertent bureaucratic failures, rather than organized efforts to register immigrants illegally, are a major source of non-citizen registrations, and raise questions about whether legislative efforts to require proof of citizenship for voter registration ?would eliminate the issue.
President Donald Trump and his supporters have claimed, without evidence, that non-citizen voting is widespread and part of an organized conspiracy led by Democrats who hope to retake Congress in November's midterm elections, and are pushing lawmakers to toughen up voting requirements.
New Jersey announced the most recent high-profile case of errant voter registrations over the summer, saying a technology glitch added about 6,600 non-citizens ?to voter rolls between June 2023 and June 2024, even though they answered "no" when asked if they were citizens while applying for licenses and IDs.
Bureaucratic errors have also been reported in at least 11 other states - including Republican strongholds like Iowa, Texas and South Dakota - bringing the nationwide figure above 30,000 since 2000, according to the Reuters reporting.
A nationwide tally of such mistakes has not previously been reported.
Reuters used data from t
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Sep 23, 2026
Former Vice President Kamala Harris (Getty Images)
Former Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned for Michigan's Democrat Senate nominee this week, one of five Democrats taking visible steps toward possible 2028 presidential campaigns.
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat nominee for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat, joined Harris at a Detroit event on Black maternal healthcare this week; her fall schedule also includes stops in Nevada and Georgia, the Associated Press reported.
Harris has said she has "not decided if I'm going to run again," even as she works the phones with donors and skips major policy speeches, Fox News reported.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is weighing both a 2028 run and a primary challenge to Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the Senate's minority leader, she said in an interview with The New York Times, as Reason reported this week.
"Life doesn't wait for you to be ready for things," she said, adding that deference to Schumer would not drive her decision.
The comments follow a staff shake-up: her longtime campaign manager, Oliver Hidalgo-Wohlleben, is leaving after running her operations since 2020, he told Axios.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who is term-limited and leaves office in January, toured South Carolina, an early presidential primary state, from Sept. 3 to 6, visiting Aiken, Columbia, and other stops while stumping for state Democrats.
He acknowledged that his 2028 ambitions were factored into the trip, but said other goals ranked higher.
Days later, in a CNN intervie
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Sep 23, 2026
(Corrects Trump's approval rating in paragraph three)
By David Hood-Nuño and Evan Garcia
DONNA, Texas, Sept 23 (Reuters) - South Texas unfurls in long stretches of highways across flat landscapes dotted with pump jacks, mesquite trees, and gas stations sporting prices that voters swear should not be this high. This territory swung heavily to Donald Trump in 2024 — but may shift again in 2026.
From the outskirts of San Antonio, through historic, sprawling ranchlands to the border city of McAllen, Reuters traveled more than 360 miles (580 km) and ?spoke to more than 30 Latino voters, who shared a similar refrain: as President, Trump had a chance to lower prices across this expanse, where trucks and beef barbacoa are king, and failed.
Many are no longer convinced the Republican Party is looking out for people like ?them. Frustration over economic pressures and Trump's immigration agenda is rising, exposing cracks in what Republican officials hoped was a durable political realignment among Latino Americans. Trump's approval rating nationwide has fallen to 32%, the lowest since returning to office, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll.
That uncertainty poses a problem for Texas Republicans, who redrew congressional maps last year betting the Latino ?contingent who helped power Trump's 2024 win would remain in their column.
Now, they're grappling with whether this notoriously swingy voting group may snap back to Democrats in the Lone Star State as they have in other parts of the country in off-year and special elections, said David Wasserman, elections analyst at the nonpartisan forecaster Cook Political Report.
Texas Republicans sought to make several districts more favorable to their candidates ahead of the 2026 elections, basing their changes on Trump's 2024 performance, the strongest showing among Latino voters by a Republican presidential candidate this century. Rather than dilute Latino v
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Sep 23, 2026
Republican Bruce Blakeman has caught up within single digits of Democratic incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul's lead in the New York gubernatorial race with six weeks left until the Nov. 3 election, a new poll of likely voters found.
Blakeman is closer to pulling off an upset of Hochul than GOP challenger Lee Zeldin was during the same time period in 2022, a new Siena University survey reveals.
Hochul leads Blakeman by 9 points — 50% to 41%, according to the poll.
Republican Bruce Blakeman is closing in on Gov. Kathy Hochul, now 9 points behind in the New York governor's race. Michael Nagle for NY Post
"At this time four years ago, Hochul led Lee Zeldin by 17 points, 54%-37%, before going on to win by six points," said Siena pollster Steven Greenberg
Last month, Hochul led Blakeman 49% to 39%, so Blakeman picked up a point but still has significant ground to make up.
Hochul is far from beloved, even though voters favor her on some key issues.
Only 48% of voters view her favorably and 48% unfavorably.
Her job approval rating is also under 50% — 48% gave a thumbs up and 47 disapproved.
Hochul i
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Sep 23, 2026
The impeachment effort against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posed a dilemma for Republican leaders ahead of the midterms. In the lame duck, it could be Democrats in the bind.
Hegseth is leading an unpopular war in Iran, and GOP leaders were eager to avoid an impeachment vote this month, which would have put some vulnerable Republicans in a tough spot heading into November's elections. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) defused the issue by punting that vote until after the elections.
But the tides are likely to turn after the election, when Republicans will be freed to weigh in on Hegseth's fate without fear of a voter backlash, while Democrats will face a tougher choice.
Do they go charging after Hegseth full bore, to appease a liberal base demanding Pentagon accountability? Or do they tread more cautiously, to allow time for the formal investigations many Democrats say they want to see before backing something as explosive as impeachment?
Rep. Jamie Raskin (Md.), the senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction over impeachment proceedings, suggested that answering those questions won't be easy.
"I think that all impeachment articles should be sent to the Judiciary Committee, and we should scrutinize them," Raskin, a former professor of constitutional law, said last week as Congress was leaving Washington for the long campaign recess.
"I'm not a huge fan of pop-up impeachments," Raskin continued, "but if that's all Speaker Johnson leaves us, then we will have to take it very seriously."
The issue will be an early, postelection test for House Minority Leader H
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Sep 23, 2026
In the weeks leading up to his resignation last year, the first architect on the White House ballroom clashed with President Donald Trump over design features that the architect believed violated building safety codes, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions and corroborating documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
James McCrery II withdrew from the project last October after warning repeatedly that Trump was insisting on a preliminary design that did not provide adequate emergency exit routes or fire-containment measures, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private discussions.
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Trump brushed off McCrery's concerns, they said, and the president countered that no building codes apply to White House construction.
"I am the code," Trump said.
That episode, as described by the people familiar with the matter, offers new insight into Trump's priorities for the ballroom at a time when he is flexing executive power to fast-track construction projects across the nation's capital. The interviews and documents obtained by The Post - including early ballroom designs and images Trump appeared to have marked up with his trademark black-ink Sharpie - also show how deeply involved the president has been in the details of the project.
White House renovations and construction are typically handled by federal agencies required by law to comply with nationally recognized building safety standards to the "maximum extent feasible," unless doing so would present a national security risk.
But Trump's White House construction projects are being routed through the Executive Resid
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Sep 23, 2026
Getty Images; Tyler Le/BITaylor Scriber, a millennial living in Texas, is trying to join the growing ranks of his generation and buy his first home. He's been scouring listings with his real estate agent, taking a few tours to see what suits him best, and estimating his potential costs, including property taxes.
The final piece of that homeowning puzzle has been stuck in Scriber's craw lately. After reading recent headlines about property taxes in the Lone Star state being slashed for older residents and those with disabilities, he started to feel that he may end up shouldering the fiscal burden through his own payments with resulting rate hikes — and costing out worst case scenarios for what the cost of his future home might realistically look like, since so many homes have those abatements. After all, since Texas has no income tax, sales and property taxes are key in funding municipal services
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Sep 23, 2026
NATO military aircraft were deployed in Polish and Romanian airspace overnight and on Wednesday morning, in response to the latest wave of Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, officials in both allied nations said.
Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 161 drones -- of which 82 were jet-powered -- and an unspecified number of Banderol cruise missiles into the country overnight. Air defenses intercepted or suppressed 119 drones and three cruise missiles, the air force said, with impacts recorded across 18 locations.
Poland's Armed Forces Operational Command said in a post to X that Polish fighter jets were scrambled "to ensure safety" due to Russian "strikes using jet-powered unmanned aerial vehicles on targets in western Ukraine."
The alert concluded after approximately an hour. The command said that no violations of Polish airspace were recorded.
Stringer/Reuters - PHOTO: Firefighters work at the site of a shopping centre hit by a Russian drone attack, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Sept. 22, 2026.Russia's escalating strikes in Ukraine increasingly spilling into NATO, Romania saysIn Romania, which borders Ukraine to the country's southwest, the Defense Ministry in Bucharest said that two Romanian F-16 fighter jets were scrambled on Tuesday night "to respond to an aerial target maneuvering in the northeast of the locality of Valkove, on Ukrainian territory, near the border with Romania."
Around an hour later, the ministry said that the alert had concluded and that "no incursions into national airspace have been reported."
The scrambling of NATO assets in response
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Sep 23, 2026
Three leading US news outlets went to court after being banned from the White House by President Donald Trump (Jim WATSON)CNN, MS NOW and Politico can be shut out from areas of the White House at President Donald Trump's request, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday, a day ahead of a court hearing.
The three leading outlets went to court after Trump ordered on Friday that they be barred from the presidential mansion as punishment for distributing what he calls "fake news."
A US district judge set a hearing on the complaint for Wednesday.
The Department of Justice said in a court filing that Trump can "control reporters' access to restricted presidential areas, such as the Oval Office."
"Access to the White House is a privilege -- not a right," it added.
The court filing said that letters explaining the president's reasons for the ban had been sent to the outlets on Tuesday. They have until Friday to object.
The letters cite numerous "reporting incidents" by the outlets that "threatened national security and spread falsehoods," according to the filing.
The letter to CNN cited a story on Trump's plans to build a bunker below the East Wing ballroom he is constructing, which "disclosed 'top-secret' construction details," and several stories about the Iran war, the network said.
Journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico were denied any access to the White House grounds on Saturday and had their passes confiscated.
In their lawsuit, the three outlets asked for a temporary restraining order against the ban on the grounds that it violates the First Amendment of the US Constitution, which upholds the right to a free press.
"This ban could not be a more direct assault on the First Amendment nor a more blatant violation of our most fundam
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Sep 23, 2026
Follow updates on the war in the Middle East for Wednesday, Sept. 23, here. See earlier developments below.
What to know about the Iran war:Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in New York late Tuesday night for the U.N. summit. Pezeshkian said just before leaving for the U.S. that he would "firmly defend" its positions in the war and use the opportunity to "convey Iran's plight." Iranian state media say he will address the world body on Wednesday.President Trump told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday he has a "big decision to make" on whether to make a deal or drive Iran "into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness or generations." American and Iranian envoys held indirect talks on the sidelines of the General Assembly, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said. Mr. Trump told reporters the discussions went well, but did not offer further details.
Iran president vows to "firmly defend" his country's positions at U.N.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed on Tuesday to "firmly defend" his country's positions as he departed for New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly.
"We emerged with our heads held high, and this is a source of dignity and pride for all of us. Therefore, we will firmly defend our positions in international forums," he said before flying out of Iran, according to footage broadcast by state television.
The pre
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Sep 23, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington on Wednesday, he's expected to get a rare greeting from President Donald Trump, who will be on the tarmac to welcome his counterpart instead of waiting for him to drive up to the White House.
Trump's decision to greet Xi at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington rather than receiving him at the executive residence shows how far the U.S. president is going to honor China's leader as he makes his first state visit in more than a decade.
First lady Melania Trump said her husband decided to personally greet Xi when he arrives in the Washington region because "they have a great relationship."
"He's coming on our soil, and we need to welcome them with the most respect," she said of Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, during an interview Wednesday on Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends."
The White House has not released many details about Wednesday's greeting, but Trump is expected to participate in an arrival ceremony at the base with Xi and his wife. The salutation will kick off a three-day visit that's expected to be saturated with pomp, even by White House standards. The state visit, complete with a formal state dinner at the White House on Thursday, is supposed to reciprocate for the ceremonial grandeur that marked Trump's May visit to China.
But it also is a showy patina at a time when tensions between the two geopolitical rivals are high over trade, artificial intelligence, Trump's
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Sep 23, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday, where he was met with a rare planeside greeting from President Donald Trump, who was there to welcome his counterpart instead of waiting for him to drive up to the White House.
Trump's decision to greet Xi at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington rather than receiving him at the executive residence shows how far the U.S. president is going to honor China's leader as he made his first state visit to the U.S. capital in more than a decade.
A 100-foot (30 meter) long red carpet was unfurled at the bottom of the staircase placed at the door of Xi's plane. A 21-person honor guard was arrayed on the sides of the carpet and Trump and first lady Melania Trump stood near a staircase on the side of the plane, where they greeted Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, with handshakes.
Two American children presented bouquets of yellow-colored flowers to Xi and his wife. The welcome ceremony also included a flyover by two B-1 bombers, platoons from each military service, and a presentation of the flags and anthems of both countries. Trump and his wife spoke to their counterparts, but their words could not be heard. Trump, who wore gloves and an overcoat though it was a relatively warm 63 degrees Fahrenheit (17 degrees Celsius) outside, removed one of his gloves to shake hands with Xi. At one point, he slapped Xi on the back and said something to him that was inaudible.
The salutation kicks off a three-day visit that's expected to be saturated with pomp, even by White House standards. The state visit, complete with a formal state dinner at the White House on Thursday, is supposed to reciprocate the ceremonial gran
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Sep 23, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul, was sentenced in Manhattan to 15 years in prison Wednesday for a felony sex crime in another #MeToo reckoning.
Weinstein's sentencing for sexually assaulting one-time TV production assistant Miriam Haley followed a legal odyssey spanning more than six years. His 2020 conviction was overturned by New York's highest court, citing testimony from other women whose allegations weren't part of the case. A second jury found Weinstein guilty again at a retrial last year.
Once among the most powerful figures in the entertainment industry, Weinstein was an Oscar-winning producer whose hits included "Shakespeare in Love," "Pulp Fiction" and "Chocolat." But his downfall came quickly after sexual assault allegations in 2017 set off the #MeToo movement.
Weinstein, 74, is expected to appeal. He is now likely to remain behind bars until at least his late 80s. He has denied raping or sexually assaulting anyone. Seated in a wheelchair, he was quickly wheeled out of the courtroom after the sentencing, while some of his accusers hugged and brushed away tears.
Weinstein and his victim both spoke in court
Weinstein faced up to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting Haley at his Manhattan apartment in 2006. He has already served more than six years as his case has cycled again and again through the criminal justi
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Sep 23, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — The first time Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to prison, reporters, advocates and the curious public crammed the courtroom to witness the disgraced Hollywood honcho's #MeToo reckoning.
Hours later, the world began shutting down as the COVID-19 pandemic raged. Now, after an overturned conviction and two retrials, Weinstein is set to be sentenced again on Wednesday for one of the same crimes — more than six years after his first sentencing in March 2020.
Weinstein, 74, faces up to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting a one-time TV production assistant, Miriam Haley, at his Manhattan apartment in 2006. He has already served more than six years as his case has cycled again and again through the criminal justice system. Haley gave her account of the assault at two trials.
"The unthinkable was happening," Haley testified last year, dabbing her eyes.
Haley, who has also gone by the name Mimi Haleyi, is planning to speak at Weinstein's sentencing, her lawyer, Gloria Allred, said. Weinstein will also address the court, his spokesperson, Juda Engelmayer, said.
The Oscar-winning "Pulp Fiction" and "Shakespeare in Love" producer was originally sentenced to 23 years in prison after a jury convicted him of assaulting Haley and raping an aspiring actress, Jessica Mann, in 2013.
But New York's highest court erased those guilty verdicts in 2024, ruling that Weinstein was prejudiced by testimony from other women whose allegations weren't part of the case.
Tried for a second time last year, Weinstein was again
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Sep 22, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fight over Missouri's congressional map returned to the U.S. Supreme Court for a third time late Tuesday, after an appeals court ordered the revival of new districts backed by President Donald Trump.
The new map was drawn to help Republicans gain a U.S. House seat in the pivotal midterm elections, which will determine control of Congress. The Supreme Court has twice blocked efforts to use it in November.
The latest emergency appeal comes after an unusual federal appeals court ruling that ordered a last-minute return to a GOP-friendly map even after the Supreme Court halted such a move.
The justices had left in place a Missouri Supreme Court decision requiring the state to use its previous map. The state court ruled that the new districts could not take effect unless voters approved them in a statewide referendum.
The U.S. Supreme Court gave supporters of the new map until midday Wednesday to respond to the latest appeal.
The dispute has caused confusion for over a million potential voters who could be shuffled among districts. Absentee voting already is underway in Missouri using districts adopted in 2022, after the last census.
The new congressional map backed by Trump significantly reshapes a Kansas City-based district held by Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver. Republicans hope the map could help them win seven of the state's eight House seats — one more than they currently hold.
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Sep 22, 2026
BENGALURU, India (AP) — This year's powerful El Nino and the record global heat it's driving, along with severe droughts, wildfires and shrinking water supplies, could lead to nearly half a million more deaths worldwide by the end of February, according to a research report released Wednesday.
The grim warning by the University of Chicago-based Climate Impact Lab says that as many as 451,000 more heat-related deaths between June and the end of February could be attributed to El Nino, compared with heat deaths expected in a typical year.
The heaviest toll, the group says, is expected in poorer countries, already struggling with food insecurity and high energy costs, partly due to climate change and the fallout of the war in Iran.
Michael Greenstone, a co-founder of the group and the study's co-author, said the heat danger will likely persist beyond February — even though this El Nino is expected to end by then. The fallout of the weather phenomenon could be felt well into next summer, he added.
The research, he said, shows that heat is most dangerous in places that are already hot and relatively poor.
"If you're already in a hot place, the extra couple of degrees are going to be much more dangerous," he said. Wealthier places, he added, generally have greater access to air conditioning, reliable water supplies and functioning health systems.
The study combined seasonal temperature forecasts with locali
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Sep 22, 2026
In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with ABC News' David Muir, French President Emmanuel Macron said the "main objective" of his meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday was "to find the right deal in order to open" the Strait of Hormuz and address the escalating global energy crisis that has caused the price of gas, diesel and jet fuel to spike.
Macron told Muir that when the war started, "the Iranian regime discovered they had this card in their hands," in their ability to close the strait. When asked whether that was a "blind spot" for Trump, Macron responded "I will not here blame anybody. We are where we are. I think the U.S -- I mean, your country -- is the one able to fix this issue, and we need you."
He added that the situation with the strait "was probably underestimated, and today we have to fix this issue."
ABC News - PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with David Muir, anchor for ABC World News Tonight in New York City.Iran live updates: Trump says team met with Iran delegation at UNWhen Muir asked the French president whether he would offer up his nation's military to help reopen the strait, Macron replied, "I don't want to engage in a confrontation with any country, but we are ready to be more engaged in order to protect some capacities in order to make this transit possible, yes."
Macron also criticized the decision to go to war in the first place, saying "Having a regime change by bombing a country is not something I think feasible." He added, "And for me, it's not a good option, because it doesn't work. And we did this mistake
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Sep 22, 2026
Hurricane Polo has exploded into a monstrous Category 5 storm with 180-mph winds, becoming the second-strongest hurricane ever recorded in the eastern Pacific as it threatens Mexico's southwestern coast with life-threatening floods and mudslides.
The National Hurricane Center said Polo was still strengthening after rapidly intensifying on Tuesday. The storm is expected to remain "extremely dangerous" for the next several days as it tracks northwestward over an ocean environment loaded with extremely warm water, abundant moisture and low wind shear.
"Therefore even more strengthening is possible," the hurricane center warned, raising the prospect of an even more powerful storm as Polo continues feeding on the overheated Pacific.
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The fearsome storm churns off Mexico. PBS
Atmospheric scientist Matthew Cappucci offered a jaw-dropping description of the hurricane's explosive development when h
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Sep 22, 2026
ToplinePresident Donald Trump is slated to host Chinese President Xi Jinping at a state dinner this week, where they'll be joined by billionaire tech moguls collectively worth trillions of dollars amid a backdrop of warnings about AI potentially threatening human civilization.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump listen during a dinner at the State Dining Room of the White House on Sept. 4 2025.
Photo by Alex Wong/Getty ImagesKey FactsTrump and Xi will meet on Thursday and likely discuss AI, trade and tariffs as the U.S. and China have maintained tariffs against each other despite agreements that reduced the levies last year.
The White House will then hold a state dinner that evening featuring both presidents and several billionaire leaders of the world's most valuable tech companies, several of whom are among the wealthiest people in the world.
Elon Musk, whose estimated net worth of $962.5 billion makes him the wealthiest person in the world by a massive magnitude, will reportedly attend.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, whose $374.3 billion fortune ranks as the largest behind Musk's, will be at the dinner, as will world's fourth-wealthiest person: Michael Dell (
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Sep 22, 2026
(Bloomberg) -- As Donald Trump took an aggressive stance on the global stage at the United Nations on Tuesday, several Senate Republicans were breaking from the president back in Washington.
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Sep 22, 2026
Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in a custody dispute between a California couple and surrogate who gave birth to a child last month with a rare and serious heart defect.
Justice Elena Kagan rejected the emergency appeal from the woman, McKenna West, who had asked the justices to halt a California court order declaring the couple, Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar, to be the child's parents.
Kagan handles emergency appeals arising from California and other states in the region.
The legal battle involves a surrogacy contract Gilkar and Ahmed entered into with West, which allowed the couple to demand an abortion for a baby diagnosed with a fetal abnormality, according to court filings.
West, who lives in Alaska, became pregnant with a baby boy in December. But in April, a 20-week anatomy scan showed the baby had hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a severe, life-threatening heart defect that prevents normal blood flow through the heart, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
After receiving the diagnosis, Gilkar and Ahmed requested West obtain an abortion, according to court filings. West refused and traveled to Texas, where she gave birth last month. She calls the baby Gabriel, and Gilkar and Ahmed named him Rumi. Texas bans abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy.
Before the baby was born, the California couple asked a state court to confirm their parentage of the child. The California court
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Sep 22, 2026
More than 100 people say they suffered brain injuries from a Six Flags roller coaster in the last two years alone, following a CNN investigation last month that linked the world-famous ride to life-altering injuries and deaths.
Six Flags "has been willingly gambling with people's lives… No ride like that should be allowed to exist," civil attorney Christopher Bulone said at a news conference Tuesday, announcing the filing of three lawsuits against the amusement company this week.
X2 has long been the marquee attraction at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Southern California, drawing thrill-seekers from around the world with its rotating seats, near-vertical drops and unpredictable movements.
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Allegations that the roller coaster has injured riders date back more than a decade but had been largely kept under wraps until CNN's investigation last month documenting more than a dozen reports of serious injuries and hospitalizations associated with the ride, including at least two deaths. Most recently, two women ended up in the same Santa Clarita emergency room after riding X2 just six days apart in July.
Attorneys said Tuesday that in the wake of CNN's reporting, they now represent more than 100 clients who allege brain injuries of varying severity sustained after riding X2 in the last two years. Attorneys added they heard from hundreds of other riders who were either ineligible to sue due to the statute of limitations, had injuries that were not brain-related or did not have proof of medical treatment. CNN was not able to independently verify the claims of riders who recently came forward.
Two of the lawsuits filed Monday detailed the accounts of riders featured in CNN's investigation. They allege Six Flags officials had ample notice of t
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Sep 22, 2026
President Trump threatened the annihilation of Iran if its leaders refuse to strike a deal and framed the U.S. as conquerors of Venezuela, while promoting himself as a problem solver in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
"To the victor go the spoils," Trump told the crowd, touting an oil deal with Venezuela after he launched a military operation removing its authoritarian leader in January.
The president's remarks at the global summit kicked off a whirlwind day that included a secret meeting between U.S. officials and the Iranian delegation, with the two sides at an impasse nearly seven months into the war.
Trump also signed an agreement with Denmark and Greenland that ended a standoff over his threats to invade or annex the Arctic island.
Here are five takeaways from Trump's appearance at the U.N.
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U.S. officials met with the Iranian delegation for three hours on Tuesday, Trump told reporters, pointing to his top envoy for negotiations Steve Witkoff. The president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, also attended the meeting.
"I feel very good right now," Witkoff said, hesitating to answer reporters' questions about the talks.
Iranian officials
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Sep 22, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — On a day of high-stakes diplomacy on the global stage, President Donald Trump began his United Nations visit by telling a prominent U.S. journalist, "You should not be here."
"It's an honor to be here," Trump said as he entered U.N. doors Tuesday ahead of his speech to the General Assembly and faced Kaitlan Collins of CNN, a frequent target of his ire. "I'm surprised that CNN is here covering me. You should not be here covering me. You said you weren't going to cover me."
As Collins noted later on air, CNN said nothing of the kind. The administration had banned CNN from White House grounds days earlier — along with MS NOW and Politico — and removed the network from pool duty. But CNN had been admitted into the U.N. as regularly credentialed media.
In any case, the tense moment was a stark reminder of how dramatically the bitter conflict between Trump and news outlets whose coverage he objects to as "fake news" has escalated in just a few days.
The current ban was the subject of a joint lawsuit filed Monday by the three outlets, aski
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Sep 22, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration plans to limit the number of refugees admitted to the country in 2027 to 17,500 mostly white South Africans, the administration told Congress Tuesday, as it continues to transform a program that at one point served as a pathway to safety for people fleeing war and strife from countries around the world.
In a notice to Congress obtained by The Associated Press, the administration said the white South Africans faced seizures of their land and other forms of persecution and would be likely to assimilate when they come to America. The South African government has repeatedly rejected the idea that the white South Africans, who are Afrikaners, are a persecuted minority in the home country.
The Trump administration has dramatically altered a refugee program that historically enjoyed strong bipartisan support as it welcomed tens of thousands of refugees from countries around the world to new lives in America, and instead the administration has transformed it into a vehicle to resettle white South Africans in America.
The administration told Congress in the announcement that it intended to spend about $500 million to resettle the new arrivals to the U.S.
Organizations that have historically worked to resettle refugees in new homes in America criticized the administration's decision to once again limit the program to white South Africans.
"For more than four decades, America's refugee program has provided a lifesaving pathway for people fleeing violence and persecution," said Naomi Steinberg, HIAS vice president for refugee and immigration policy and advocacy, in a statement. "But again, this administration
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Sep 22, 2026
President Trump said Tuesday that he would support banning exports of diesel fuel.
"I've said let's not send out the diesel," the president said on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. "We make a lot of diesel. It could have a little bit of an effect on regular automobile gasoline because when you do that, you know, it's a sort of a flow. It's a balance."
Trump added, "But no, I've called for it. I've called for it within my people. I've been talking about it."
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he's examining whether a diesel export ban is feasible, given overall refining capacity and whether a full or partial ban would work.
The national average price of diesel fuel has surged to an all-time record of $6.52 per gallon, according to AAA, a staggering 77% increase compared to this time last year.
Driven primarily by global supply crunches from the wars in Iran and Ukraine, the sudden spike is acting as a massive tax on the US supply chain, which is heavily reliant on diesel to move goods. Because diesel is the economy's primary industrial fuel, its high cost is spilling over into consumer prices nationwide.
Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy, posted on X, "this will backfire and is not good."
"U.S. diesel prices are determined not by a U.S. supply and demand bala
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Sep 22, 2026
A U.S. postal worker has been charged with throwing away 300 mail-in ballots in Utah. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images file)WASHINGTON — An overwhelmed U.S. postal worker in Utah threw 300 mail-in ballots into a parking lot dumpster shortly before the state's June 23 primary election in which both Democrats and Republicans were on the ballot, Justice Department officials said Tuesday.
The 34-year-old mail carrier told investigators that he did not have a political agenda and that he tossed other mail when he ditched the ballots, Melissa Holyoak, U.S. attorney for the District of Utah, said. She said roughly 95% of voters do so by mail in the state, and it wasn't clear yet whether they were able to eventually cast ballots.
According to a government memo, Damon Matai Seei told investigators that he wanted to toss out advertisements to "lighten his workload" after feeling overwhelmed.
"He claims he simply made a ‘poor decision' out of ‘frustration' and ‘laziness,'" the memo said. He didn't intend to toss any ballots, they said. Seei is no longer with the U.S. Postal Service. He pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge of destruction and delay of mail.
Justice Department officials held a news conference in Washington to announce the charge as part of its efforts to promote "election integrity." Federal prosecutors have made possible voter fraud —
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Sep 22, 2026
By Gram Slattery and Humeyra Pamuk
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump used his UN General Assembly speech on Tuesday to make the case for his war on Iran, arguing he has prevented Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and warning that he could "annihilate the Islamic Republic" if no deal is reached to end the conflict.
While predicting his administration would strike a peace ?deal with Iran following the November 3 US midterm elections, Trump called on other nations to join America in isolating Iran economically to force it to the negotiating table.
"I have a big decision to ?make. Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before?" Trump said. "Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again?"
He ?later told reporters at the United Nations that US officials had held a "very good" three-hour meeting with the Iranian delegation on Tuesday. He subsequently appeared to clarify that special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner had met with mediators rather than Iranian officials directly.
"Steve and Jared had a very productive meeting today with mediators of Iran, merely mediators," he told reporters at the start of a meeting with Gulf leaders at the UN. "Let's see what happens with that."
Since returning to office last year for a second term, Trump has sent waves through the global order, joining Israel to attack Iran, ordering a raid on Venezuela that captured the country's leader, and threatening to seize Greenland.
In a 37-minute speech ahead of a whirlwind diplomatic schedule that ?included meetings with the leaders of Britain, Ukraine and Japan, Trump
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Sep 22, 2026
Utah Republican Sen. John Curtis is calling on Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ranking Member Dick Dubin, D-Ill., to subpoena both Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden as part of an investigation into "the use of presidential family relationships for private financial benefit, preferential treatment or access by domestic and foreign interests" that Curtis is urging the senators to open.
Curtis' letter comes after he posted a video on X Friday saying that reports that Donald Trump Jr.'s two-day wedding afterparty in May had been funded by a Russian oligarch with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin "stink" and are "corruption." He promised further action on the topic.
Brendan Moran/Sportsfile | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images - PHOTO: Donald Trump Jr | Hunter BidenPresident Donald Trump said last week that his son had repaid the oligarch for the afterparty costs, though no evidence of that alleged repayment has been publicly offered.
"As I understand it, he paid them back. He didn't want to have that, so I hear he paid them back. A person that he knows pretty, I guess a friend of his, gave him a wedding party. That's very common," the president said.
"The country should not have to accept one standard for the family of a Republican president and another for the family of a Democratic president. Nor should congressional
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Sep 22, 2026
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Archaeologists have found a fragment of cuneiform recording the Treaty of Kadesh, which was signed by Egypt's Ramesses II and the Hittite king Hattusili III around 1269 B.C. | Credit: Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Archaeologists have discovered a 3,400-year-old fragment of the world's oldest known peace treaty, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism has announced.
The agreement, known as the Treaty of Kadesh, was signed around 1269 B.C. by Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II and Hittite king Hattusili III. Other parts of the treaty have already been found, but the new fragment was unearthed during an excavation at Hattusha, in north-central Turkey.
"We have found traces of peace, thousands of years old, in the soil of Anatolia," Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Turkey's minister of culture and tourism, said in a Sept. 21 translated statement. The newly discovered cuneiform tablet fragment contains text from a section of the treaty related to the treatment of refugees, according to the statement. "It reminds us of our responsibility to protect human life and dignity," Ersoy said.
Archaeologists unearthed the fragment from a building in the ancient Hittite capital of Hattusha. The Hittite Empire controlled central Anatolia from about 1650 to 1200 B.C. during the Bronze Age. Archaeologist
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Sep 22, 2026
AUSTIN, Texas — The ICE officer who shot a Venezuelan man in Austin on Sunday, leaving a bullet lodged in his back, was issued a body camera but was not wearing it during the shooting, two officials with the Department of Homeland Security told NBC News.
The officials said it was not clear why the officer was not wearing his body camera. Another ICE officer who was in the same vehicle was wearing a body camera, the officials said. That camera captured partial footage of the incident, but the footage does not include the moment of the shooting, the officials said.
Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, 28, was shot early Sunday afternoon by an ICE officer while making deliveries as a DoorDash driver. He was taken to a hospital and, four hours after he was shot, was taken into immigration custody at the South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall, Texas, his attorney said. The bullet remains in his back.
On Tuesday, a federal judge granted an emergency order temporarily blocking deportation proceedings against Garcés Pérez, according to his attorney, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch.
The Travis County District Attorney's Office also sent a letter to DHS and ICE leadership requesting that Garcés Pérez be allowed to remain in the country since he is "a material witness" in their criminal investigation into the shooting.
Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis shared on Tuesday evening some of the first video footage obtained by the department as part on their probe into the shooting. The videos came from an off-duty officer who captured part of the encounter betw
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Sep 22, 2026
The Paramount logo is displayed on the water tower at Paramount Studios on December 8, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. - Mario Tama/Getty Images
Paramount has cleared the final hurdle in its year-long race to take over Warner Bros. Discovery. Now comes the really hard part.
In the coming weeks, Paramount will take control of CNN and scores of other Warner assets like HBO, DC Comics, and the Discovery Channel.
Integrating all the channels, studios and streamers will take a while. While Paramount executives have had months to think through the possibilities, the work of turning two sprawling media empires into one company is only beginning.
"There's still work to get this deal across the finish line," Paramount CEO David Ellison told staffers in a memo, "but we're excited to bring these two iconic companies together, as it means more opportunity for our creatives, production crews and employees across the business, and more great entertainment for audiences everywhere."
Ellison sent the memo after a coalition of state attorneys general agreed to drop their antitrust lawsuit in exchange for relatively modest concessions.
David Ellison, CEO of Paramount Skydance, speaks during the Paramount P
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Sep 22, 2026
Hundreds of consumers are suing the manufacturers of GLP-1 receptor agonists, alleging the medications may increase the risk of a rare form of vision loss.
The patients behind the lawsuits allege that the medications caused NAION (nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy), according to The Wall Street Journal.
NAION is a rare eye condition in which blood flow to the optic nerve is suddenly reduced, leading to sudden vision loss.
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It is the most common cause of acute optic nerve injury in adults over age 50, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the National Eye Institute, which describes it as an "eye stroke."
"The problem with NAION is there's no treatment," Dr. Douglas Lazzaro, an ophthalmologist at NYU Langone Health, told Fox News Digital. "So it can cause some very profound vision loss."
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Hundreds of consumers are suing the manufacturers of GLP-1 receptor agonists, alleging the medications may increase the risk of a rare form of vision loss.The companies in question, Novo Nordisk (maker of Ozempic and Wegovy) and Eli Lilly (maker of Mounjaro a
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Sep 22, 2026
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President Donald Trump used his address to the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday to launch a pointed attack on the International Criminal Court, calling it a "rogue institution" and urging every country that belongs to the tribunal to withdraw.
"I call on all nations that are members of the ICC to officially resign from this rogue institution immediately," Trump said during his speech in New York.
Trump called the ICC an "evil group of people" and said the United States would not permit American service members or others to face what he described as "show trials" before an "anti-American tribunal" that he said has no jurisdiction over the United States.
His remarks came as his administration is preparing its most sweeping action yet against the court.
Newsmax reported Sunday, citing The Wall Street Journal, that the Trump administration is preparing sanctions against the ICC itself that could potentially cut the Hague-based institution off from much of the global financial system.
Under the proposal described by the Journal, most transactions involving the ICC could be prohibited following a six- to seven-month grace period, potentially making it difficult for the court to conduct transactions in U.S. dollars.
A final decision had not been made as of Sunday, but U.S. officials told the Journal the sanctions could be finalized as soon as this week, while world leaders are gathered in New York for the General Assembly, or shortly afterward.
The proposed measures would mark an escalation from sanctions already imposed by the Trump administration against individual ICC officials.
According to Newsmax, those previously targeted include former ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, ICC President Tomoko Akane, several ju
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Sep 22, 2026
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Venezuelan delivery driver in Austin, Texas, on Sunday was not wearing a body camera at the time of the shooting, sources familiar with the investigation told CBS News.
An ICE officer shot Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old native of Venezuela who federal officials said has a deportation order, in the upper torso on Sunday afternoon while Garces Perez was working for DoorDash, according to local authorities and his attorney.
The shooting was the latest involving federal agents enforcing President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration and has sparked protests in Texas, as well as calls for accountability and a transparent, independent investigation.
The lack of body camera footage from the ICE officer who shot Garces Perez — a detail first reported by The Atlantic — is likely to escalate concerns about the shooting.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin had said earlier this month that all ICE officers would be equipped with body cams by the end of September.
"We're getting close," Mullin said at a press conference in New York. "By the end of September, I'm pretty sure we will be there."
Representatives for the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to inquiries on the ICE officer not wearing a body camera.
Garces Perez's medical condition has also been subject of controversy. Following his hospitaliz
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Sep 22, 2026
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., raised concerns during an interview published Tuesday about how her race and gender could factor into a potential 2028 presidential bid.
"Pretty candidly, I think about my identity," Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview with The New York Times. "I'm not naïve to the fact that we are living under a very regressive administration, and I happen to be a woman, and I, you know, happen to be Latina. And I think that there's a lot of conversation about electability, and I don't kind of shy away from those realities."
The progressive congresswoman said of a possible White House run, "I think about it personally."
"I am 36, I'm about to turn 37 years old — and what that means for my life," she added.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., arrives ahead of the 25th anniversary commemoration ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York on Sept. 11, 2026."This country has never elected a female president. Why are we pretending that this is not a factor?" she told the Times. "That doesn't make it impossible, but to act as though it's not a factor in anything ever is really a form of, like, denialism."
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Ocasio-Cortez said the discussion around race and gender
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Sep 22, 2026
By Gram Slattery and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump and the leaders of Greenland and Denmark signed an agreement on Tuesday that permits a larger US military presence on Greenland and may resolve a standoff over the strategically located and mineral-rich island.
The agreement, ?signed during Trump's visit to the UN General Assembly in New York, stops short of Trump's demand that the US adopt Greenland as a US territory ?to head off the growing Arctic presence of Russia and China.
But the deal does permit a greater US military presence on the icy territory, an option that emerged as Greenland leaders argued against a complete US ?takeover.
A text of the deal released after the signing event said the US can establish a "Golden Dome" defense system in Greenland as a shield against ballistic missile threats. The shortest route from Europe to North America runs via the Arctic island, which is the location of the northernmost US military base.
In his speech to the assembled world leaders at the UN before the signing ceremony, Trump said the agreement gives the US "permanent control over security and all other needs on that territory."
"No US adversary will ever be permitted to establish a military ?presence in Greenland any more, or make sensitive investments there ?without our express written approval," Trump said.
Trump signed the agreement along with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen in a trilateral ceremony after Trump gave his UN speech.
Frederiksen described the agreement as a deal that can "last forever" and said it ?underlines the importance of the NATO alliance and respects Greenland's right to self-determination.
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Nielsen emphasized the importance of NATO in the Arctic region. "We believe that it is vital to keep NATO strong, also in the
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Sep 22, 2026
By Gram Slattery, Parisa Hafezi and Antoni Slodkowski
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Washington and Tehran were moving toward a settlement, while a senior Iranian official said Tehran could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within days if the US eased military pressure and lifted its blockade on Iranian ports.
Trump's remarks came just hours after ?he repeated a threat at the UN General Assembly to annihilate Iran if it failed to strike a deal.
Speaking after a meeting with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham at the United Nations ?in New York, Trump said: "They want to talk to us. They have been talking to us, even today they've been talking to us, and the relationship is developing.
"But we can't let them - and they understand that - we can't let them have a nuclear weapon."
He gave ?no details on the talks. No face-to-face meetings between Iran and the United States are known to have taken place since July, when an agreement on an interim deal to end the war collapsed weeks after it was signed.
Earlier, in a combative speech to the UN, Trump gave no sign of readiness to compromise. He called for Iran's complete economic isolation and said he believed a deal would be done after November's midterm elections "because it doesn't make sense for them not to. They're waiting to see how I do in the midterm election."
Trump faces growing domestic discontent over the unpopular Iran war, rising energy costs and stubbornly elevated inflation.
Iran had earlier signalled a willingness to ?revive negotiations to end their almost seven-month-old conflict, with the presidents of both ?countries due at the UN for the annual gathering.
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Sep 22, 2026
By Bo Erickson and Christy Santhosh
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is halting enrollment in Obamacare health plans for more than 760,000 people it believes were fraudulently signed up, Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday, part of an anti-fraud effort he ?estimated would save $2.2 billion in taxpayer money.
The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services canceled about 315,000 plans last month, citing unverified citizenship or ?immigration documentation and suspected improper enrollments.
The agency will bar 569 brokers it accused of submitting "statistically implausible rates of plan year 2026 applications" without necessary applicant information such as a Social Security number.
The ?plans, created by Democratic President Barack Obama's signature Affordable Care Act, offer income-based subsidies. Republican President Donald Trump sought unsuccessfully in his first term to overturn the law and has proposed changes that would make the plans less comprehensive.
Millions dropped coverage this year as rising medical costs and the expiration of extra COVID-era subsidies made monthly premiums unaffordable.
Vance described the canceled group as "a mix of both phantom people, but also real people who just don't meet the eligibility requirements," including some he ?said who were signed up by brokers without their ?knowledge.
Vance said the administration would further verify between 419,000 and 450,000 more people to confirm they are legal US residents meeting income thresholds.
CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz said the enrollees were treated as "phantoms" because officials believe most either do not exist or ?were unaware they had coverage, having never filed a claim and being unreachable despite repeated contact attempts.
BROKER REGISTRATION FREEZE
The administration is using an emergency-style rulemaking process to impose an immediate, indus
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Sep 22, 2026
Utah Republican Sen. John Curtis is calling on Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ranking Member Dick Dubin, D-Ill., to subpoena both Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden as part of an investigation into "the use of presidential family relationships for private financial benefit, preferential treatment or access by domestic and foreign interests" that Curtis is urging the senators to open.
Curtis' letter comes after he posted a video on X Friday saying that reports that Donald Trump Jr.'s two-day wedding afterparty in May had been funded by a Russian oligarch with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin "stink" and are "corruption." He promised further action on the topic.
Brendan Moran/Sportsfile | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images - PHOTO: Donald Trump Jr | Hunter BidenPresident Donald Trump said last week that his son had repaid the oligarch for the afterparty costs, though no evidence of that alleged repayment has been publicly offered.
"As I understand it, he paid them back. He didn't want to have that, so I hear he paid them back. A person that he knows pretty, I guess a friend of his, gave him a wedding party. That's very common," the president said.
"The country should not have to accept one standard for the family of a Republican president and another for the family of a Democratic president. Nor should congressional
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Sep 22, 2026
A man is recovering from injuries he sustained Sunday morning after ICE officers mistakenly targeted him in a Chicago suburb.
In one video verified by NBC News, a Black man is seen sprawled on the street, near a curb, behind a black SUV in Evanston, Illinois. Two agents wearing ICE-style vests are seen standing over him. One of the agents has his face covered and is wearing a vest that reads "POLICE," and the other appears to be pinning the man down to the ground. The man is shouting at them and can be heard saying, "I'm a f------ U.S. citizen."
According to Evanston police, the man reported injuries to his head, neck and teeth, and officers on the scene requested an ambulance.
Police said they are investigating the incident, which was recorded by bystanders and gained attention after being posted on social media.
One bystander in the background of the video is heard saying the ICE officers used force against the man. Other bystanders begin shouting at the man on the ground, asking him if he is OK. The ICE officers eventually get in the black SUV and drive off, leaving the man on the ground. The bystanders begin trying to help the man and call Evanston police.
"I saw two agents pinning down a gentleman. They were using very rough force on him, and it looked like they really did hurt him because we had to call 911," Miguel Angel Olivares, one of the people who witnessed the encounter, told NBC Chicago on Monday.
"When we saw him, he had his jaw swollen and he had a little blood on his shirt. I'm not sure if it was the agent's or it was his blood," Olivares said.
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Sep 22, 2026
The Pentagon is altering the promotion process to get to the rank of general in an effort to "cut bureaucracy and demand true meritocracy" across the senior ranks, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday.
In a video posted to social media, Hegseth declared the Defense Department this year will roll out the Joint Warfighter Evaluation, a new battlefield-style assessment for eligible colonels and Navy captains. The evaluation is intended to screen the officers aimed for one-star general or admiral on "their ability to fight, adapt, and win," according to Hegseth.
"While the backbone of our military is our NCOs [noncommissioned officers] and our petty officers, victory depends on the commanders who lead them," Hegseth said in the video.
"America needs warfighters who can master a chaotic battle space," he added, later noting that commanders should be chosen by "proven competence, not paper credential."
He likened the new evaluation to the Louisiana Maneuvers — a mass series of military exercises done directly before the U.S. entered World War II, during which roughly 400,000 troops conducted a wargame to evaluate America's training, logistics and commanders.
Hegseth said such testing brought out leaders like former President Eisenhower, a five-star Army general who planned and carried out the Allied assault on the coast of Normandy and the liberation of Western Europe; Army Gen. Omar Bradley, the first chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who eventually oversaw the U.S. military's policymaking in the Korean War; and Ad
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Sep 22, 2026
By Gram Slattery and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump and the leaders of Greenland and Denmark signed an agreement on Tuesday that permits a larger US military presence on Greenland and may resolve a standoff over the ?strategically located and mineral-rich island.
The agreement, signed during Trump's visit to the UN General Assembly in New York, stops short of Trump's ?demand that the US adopt Greenland as a US territory to head off the growing Arctic presence of Russia and China.
But the deal does permit a greater US military presence on ?the icy territory, an option that emerged as Greenland leaders argued against a complete US takeover.
A text of the deal released after the signing event said the US can establish a "Golden Dome" defense system in Greenland as a shield against ballistic missile threats. The shortest route from Europe to North America runs via the Arctic island, which is the location of the northernmost US military base.
In his speech to the assembled world leaders at the UN before the signing ceremony, ?Trump said the agreement gives the US "permanent control over ?security and all other needs on that territory."
"No US adversary will ever be permitted to establish a military presence in Greenland any more, or make sensitive investments there without our express written approval," Trump said.
Trump signed the agreement along with ?Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen in a trilateral ceremony after Trump gave his UN speech.
Frederiksen described the agreement as a deal that can "last forever" and said it underlines the importance of the NATO alliance and respects Greenland's right to self-determination.
A STRONG NATO
Nielsen emphasized the importance of NATO in the ?Arctic ?region. "We believe that it is vital to keep NATO strong, also in th
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Sep 22, 2026
Washington — President Trump defended his handling of conflicts around the world in a speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, saying he could "annihilate" Iran while predicting that its leaders would make a deal to end the war after the U.S. midterm elections.
He framed his approach to foreign policy over his first two years back in office as deploying American power to solve "decades of intractable challenges" that previous U.S. leaders have failed to address.
"I do not believe in letting problems fester. They only become harder to solve. So while others have talked, I have acted," he said.
The roughly 35-minute speech came before Mr. Trump is set to meet with other world leaders on the sidelines of the annual U.N. gathering, including the prime minister of the U.K. and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He is navigating several ongoing international conflicts beyond the war with Iran, which will hit its seven-month mark next week. Mr. Trump is also seeking to close a peace plan for the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas, and has struggled to bring Russia's invasion of Ukraine to an end.
In his remarks, the president justified his decision to begin the war with Iran, framing it as an effort to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. After recounting the run-up to the war and the failed negotiations to end the fighting over the past several months, Mr. Trump said he has "a big decision to make."
"Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before, maybe one of the greatest in the Middle Eas
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Sep 22, 2026
Republican gubernatorial nominee Byron Donalds launched an updated campaign website that in part removed multiple prominent references to President Donald Trump. ©Douglas R. CliffordFlorida Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds launched an updated campaign website this week, stripping away numerous prominent references to his endorsement from Donald Trump as the president's approval ratings hit new lows.
Donalds' campaign website was previously dominated by references to his Trump endorsement. A button to "Chip in to Support Trump Endorsed Byron Donalds" was at the top of the homepage. "TRUMP-ENDORSED Proven Conservative Fighter. BYRON DONALDS" was the page's main text. A yellow banner reading "ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP!" marked the middle of the homepage and a prominent section quoting Trump's 2025 endorsement said "RUN, BYRON, RUN!"
All of those mentions were stripped away from his updated website. His campaign also removed a photo of Donalds and wife Erika Donalds posing with Trump.
Trump's endorsement is now only listed in a rolling banner of conservative endorsements from others, including Elon Musk, Sen. Rick Scott, Speaker Mike Johnson, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Charlie Kirk and others, with no outsize prominence on the website's homepage. Trump's endorsement and Donalds' photo with the president are now featured on a separate endorsements landing page instead.
On a landing page detailing Donalds' agenda, the con
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Sep 22, 2026
Republican gubernatorial nominee Byron Donalds launched an updated campaign website that in part removed multiple prominent references to President Donald Trump. ©Douglas R. CliffordFlorida Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds launched an updated campaign website this week, stripping away numerous prominent references to his endorsement from Donald Trump as the president's approval ratings hit new lows.
Donalds' campaign website was previously dominated by references to his Trump endorsement. A button to "Chip in to Support Trump Endorsed Byron Donalds" was at the top of the homepage. "TRUMP-ENDORSED Proven Conservative Fighter. BYRON DONALDS" was the page's main text. A yellow banner reading "ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP!" marked the middle of the homepage and a prominent section quoting Trump's 2025 endorsement said "RUN, BYRON, RUN!"
All of those mentions were stripped away from his updated website. His campaign also removed a photo of Donalds and wife Erika Donalds posing with Trump.
Trump's endorsement is now only listed in a rolling banner of conservative endorsements from others, including Elon Musk, Sen. Rick Scott, Speaker Mike Johnson, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Charlie Kirk and others, with no outsize prominence on the website's homepage. Trump's endorsement and Donalds' photo with the president is now featured on a separate endorsements landing page instead.
On a landing page detailing Donalds' agenda, the cong
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Sep 22, 2026
Former President Clinton is knocking President Trump's plans for a triumphal arch and the efforts to put his name on the Kennedy Center, saying that global challenges would be more easily dealt with if leaders "didn't care as much about who got the credit."
The 42nd president delivered opening remarks at the opening of the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York on Tuesday. As he took to the lectern, Clinton quickly referenced Trump's recent announcement that plans for a massive arch bridging Washington and Virginia would incorporate a "top grade military complex" that would be used to store drones.
"I think it's important to take a few minutes to assess where we are now and the environment in which we are meeting," Clinton said.
"I suppose I could take my entire allotted time to discuss the self-evident wisdom of building an Arc de Triomphe in Washington to hold all our drones," the former president said to laughs from the audience.
"Some of this stuff — it's hard to make up," he added.
"Over the course of a lifetime, there are only so many real opportunities to make decisions that we know will shape our personal history and the history of those we live with and care about for a long time to come. This is one of those moments," he said, before mentioning the Kennedy Center board's attempts to inscribe Trump's name on the historic Washington building.
Last week, a federal
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Sep 22, 2026
Sept 22 (Reuters) - The Venezuelan man who spent Sunday night in an ICE detention center with a bullet lodged in his back after ?being shot by a federal immigration agent in Austin, Texas, has ?been taken back to a hospital, according to public statements from his lawyer on Monday night.
"I have finally ?received notice that Wilber was taken back to another hospital to receive treatment regarding paralysis in his left side," wrote Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, the attorney for Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, on her social media accounts.
Lincoln-Goldfinch added that she would visit him first ?thing on Tuesday morning.
During a ?news conference on Monday, Lincoln-Goldfinch introduced a man who phoned in as Perez, who said he had been transferred to an ICE processing ?facility about 130 miles southwest of Austin on Sunday after a few hours in the hospital following the shooting.
On the Monday call, Perez, 28, said that he was still ?bleeding ?and was not receiving adequate medical care.
"I'm ?not doing well because of the ?gunshot I received," he said in Spanish, adding that he had to sleep on the floor at the detention center.
He said he had been out working as a DoorDash food delivery driver on Sunday when his car was sideswiped by the agents, who he said did not identify themselves or turn on any ?sort of lights or siren.
Perez said that an ?agent shot him while he was still in ?his car and that there ?had been no foot chase. Austin police said on Sunday that ?he had run from agents.
The Department ?of Homeland Security did ?not respond to requests for comment on Monday or Tuesday. DHS on Sunday released a written statement saying that Perez was in the US ?illegally and that he ?had a final order of remo
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Sep 22, 2026
The fallout from President Trump's decision to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters from the White House continued on Monday, with the news organizations filing a federal lawsuit, other outlets dropping their coverage in protest and the administration launching a live YouTube stream branded "TRUMP TV."
In response to the ban, four major TV networks — ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News — refused to participate in the White House pool, the rotating group of reporters, photographers and videographers that document the president's public events. CNN had been scheduled to serve as the television pool on Monday.
As a result, Trump was largely inaudible during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the White House's new helipad on Monday, where he gave a brief speech without the microphone that the pool would typically provide.
On Monday night, the White House launched a Trump TV YouTube stream. Branded "TRUMP TV: The Essentials Station," the White House said in its description that it would run videos and highlights of "the Trump Administration's biggest moments all in one place." The first video showed Trump's remarks on July 3 at Mount Rushmore.
The three banned news organizations filed a lawsuit against Trump and three of his top advisers in federal court earlier Monday, dem
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Sep 22, 2026
The fallout from President Trump's decision to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters from the White House continued on Monday, with the news organizations filing a federal lawsuit, other outlets dropping their coverage in protest and the administration launching a live YouTube stream branded "TRUMP TV."
In response to the ban, four major TV networks — ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News — refused to participate in the White House pool, the rotating group of reporters, photographers and videographers that document the president's public events. CNN had been scheduled to serve as the television pool on Monday.
As a result, Trump was largely inaudible during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the White House's new helipad on Monday, where he gave a brief speech without the microphone that the pool would typically provide.
On Monday night, the White House launched a Trump TV YouTube stream. Branded "TRUMP TV: The Essentials Station," the White House said in its description that it would run videos and highlights of "the Trump Administration's biggest moments all in one place." The first video showed Trump's remarks on July 3 at Mount Rushmore.
The three banned news organizations filed a lawsuit against Trump and three of his top advisers in federal court earlier Monday, demanding that access for their reporters be immediately restored.
"This morning, we notified the government that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes," CNN, MS NOW and Politico sa
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Sep 22, 2026
President Donald Trump gave his highly anticipated U.N. General Assembly speech Tuesday morning in front of a standing room only crowd.
However, as Trump spoke about the last six months of Iran military strikes, that country's U.N. delegates walked out of the assembly.
Trump told the gathering of world leaders in New York City that he had a "big decision" coming up on Iran.
"Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before?" Trump asked.
"Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again?" The president continued: "Do I drive them into hell?"
Trump said he believes Tehran will "make a deal right after the [midterm] election" in November.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are in New York for the annual meeting but didn't attend Trump's speech. However, their staff and delegates watched the beginning of Trump's speech then exited the General Assembly 10 minutes into his remarks. Only one Iranian delegate remained in the hall to listen to the U.S. president.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 22, 2026As Trump spoke about Ir
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Sep 22, 2026
The 36-year-old Congresswoman said she's not basing her decisions on "deference." Screenshot
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) says any decisions she makes about her political future won't be decided by "deference" — and called the years ahead a "very unique political window" as she discussed a possible White House run with The New York Times.
In a wide-ranging interview that dropped on Tuesday, AOC touched on everything from gender in politics to her own potential run for the White House to the chance the Democrats could take control of the Senate in the upcoming midterm elections.
"There's an argument that some make that this is a very unique political window and, oftentimes in politics, you do only get one shot," she told The Times. "And you don't — and just in life in general — life doesn't wait for you to be ready for things. Sometimes life just makes things ready for you."
"Every element of this is something that's within consideration," she added in a phone interview last week with Times national correspondent Shane Goldmacher, who noted the congresswoman was home recovering from Covid as they spoke.
Ocasio-Cortez, 36, was a political neophyte when she was first elected to Congress eight years ago after she shockingly unseated the incumbent, political veteran Joe Crowley.
She recently made headlines for her very public fertil
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Sep 22, 2026
President Donald Trump's push to convert his planned triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery into a military complex has complicated a required federal review process and raised new legal and safety concerns.
Trump unveiled his new national security rationale Sunday in a post on Truth Social, saying that the 250-foot-tall arch project - which he has framed for nearly a year as a tourist attraction - will now house drones, snipers and ammunition. The president said he was making the change at the request of the U.S. military.
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Critics of the plan saw echoes of Trump's shifting security case for the White House ballroom, which the administration has used to defend that project in court. But while presidents have historically had some leeway to revamp the White House grounds, the arch would stand on federal parkland more than a mile away, where Congress has set stricter rules for construction.
"There is nothing that authorizes or justifies a massive arch, even if Trump tries to disguise it as a military facility," said Rep. Jared Huffman of California, the top Democrat on a House committee that oversees federal parkland. "This is cartoonishly illegal, but he's obviously trying to find a way to do it anyway."
Aviation experts warned Monday that using drones at the planned arch site - Memorial Circle, a roundabout near Reagan National Airport - could pose risks in the airport's crowded airspace.
"Anything you add to the airspace complicates the airspace and increases the operational risk," said Tom Lintner, a former safety official at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Other military and safety experts have ques
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Sep 22, 2026
Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine tours the Maine Energy Marketers Association Technical Education Center in Brunswick on Sept. 3, 2026. (Photo by Emma Davis/ Maine Morning Star)
This story was originally published by ProPublica
In the final weeks of 2019, a top fundraiser for Sen. Susan Collins walked into a perilous meeting at a Corner Bakery in Washington, D.C.
For the first time in her two-decade Senate career, the Republican lawmaker from Maine was in danger of losing her seat. President Donald Trump's dismal approval ratings were dragging her down in the polls, and she was falling behind her likely 2020 Democratic challenger in fundraising.
Scott Reed, head of the Collins super PAC, was on a mission to close that gap. Reed was meeting that day with three executives from a Hawaiian defense contractor, Navatek. A year earlier, Collins had helped their company land a multimillion-dollar Navy research contract in Maine. Now, seated at a coffee shop not far from the U.S. Capitol, Reed asked them for a $500,000 donation.
Government contractors are banned from making political contributions. More consequentially, for the company to offer donations to Collins in exchange for an official action, or for Collins to accept, would constitute criminal bribery.
But the company did have such a proposal: Navatek was hungry for more government contracts in Maine. If they cut a big check, the CEO told Reed, Navatek wanted Collins to guarantee te
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Sep 22, 2026
Infographic with map showing route of Saudi Arabia's East-West pipelineYemen's Houthis on Tuesday accused Saudi Arabia of carrying out a spate of deadly strikes that killed civilians and prison inmates, as Riyadh seeks to repel an offensive that has seen the Iran-backed group seize strategic territory.
The recent Houthi takeover of Yemen's Red Sea coast has left hundreds dead and heightened fears over global trade and shipping through the vital Bab al-Mandab strait.
It has also forced thousands to flee, with the United Nations on Tuesday forecasting the number of displaced could swell from more than 130,000 today to over 230,000 in coming months.
The gains made by the Houthis have cemented the hold of Iran and its regional allies over two key waterways in the Middle East -- Bab al-Mandab and the Strait of Hormuz -- which are major shipping arteries for global flows of energy.
Saudi Arabia, which backs Yemen's internationally recognised government, has sought to contain the Houthi advance with airstrikes on areas under their control.
The Houthis have retaliated with attacks on Saudi territory, including a strike targeting the capital Riyadh for the first time in years.
On Tuesday, the Houthis said a strike by Saudi Arabia on a prison in northwest Yemen killed nine detainees, while they also accused the Saudis of killing six civilians including two children in the port city of Mocha.
Two more civilians were killed by strikes in Yemen's Al-Jawf province, the Houthis added.
"A mother and child were killed, while her husband and two of her other children were wounded in strikes carried out by the Saudi enemy" in the Al-Batin area, Houthi media said, citing the Houthi health ministry.
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As violence has escalated, thousand
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Sep 22, 2026
Our long, hot summer is finally coming to an end this evening with the autumnal equinox, which marks the beginning of fall here in the Northern Hemisphere.
At a precise moment each September, usually on the 22nd or 23rd, the sun is directly above the equator, marking the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere.
(South of the equator in the Southern Hemisphere, it's known as the vernal or spring equinox and marks the beginning of spring.)
But what weather will the U.S. see this fall, given the record hot August and a forecast that calls for El Niño to peak either in late fall or early winter?
Read on for the forecast and also a look back at some of the statistics that made the three-month summer so remarkable.
What time is the autumnal equinox?
The exact time of the equinox is 8:05 p.m. ET. The equinox occurs at the same moment worldwide.
The word equinox comes from the Latin words "aequalis" and "nox," meaning equal night. On the autumnal (and the spring) equinox, day and night are both roughly 12 hours long in most of the world.
This will be true Sept. 22 from as far north as Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska - north of the Arctic Circle - to as far south as Wellington, New Zealand, the world's southernmost capital city.
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Sep 22, 2026
Rev. Vidal Rivas has served at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church for almost two decades. —Dee DwyerWhen a mother returned to Maryland earlier this year after four months in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention, her children, ages one and four, did not recognize her at first. In her absence, they had lived with Vidal Rivas, an Episcopal priest who had agreed to be their temporary guardian if immigration authorities took her into custody.
Rivas' wife slept beside the children to soothe them while their mother was gone. When his wife became sick, Rivas took on more of the childcare.
The experience was demanding. But Rivas, 62, stands ready to do the same for 29 other children whose immigrant parents have named him as their standby guardian. Two more families are making similar arrangements with him, he says.
"I feel a lot of responsibility, and a very heavy weight," says Rivas, who has served at St. Matthews Episcopal Church in suburban Washington for nearly two decades.
Inside the church hangs a sign bearing the same message in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole: "We love migrants." For Rivas, the words have become a commitment to the families who fear an immigration arrest could suddenly separate them from their children.
Rivas began encouraging families to name him as a standby guardian last year, shortly after President Donald Trump returned to office. Nearly all of the parents are Salvadoran, like him, and have been bracing for the Trump Administration to end Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for roughly 170,000
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Sep 22, 2026
CANTON, Georgia - A nursing home assistant found Roselin Shankland struggling to breathe as she reached Room 204 on her morning rounds.
Shankland's pulse dropped to 34 beats a minute. Her blood pressure collapsed.
By the time Shankland reached the hospital the day after Christmas 2023, a urinary tract infection had spread to her bloodstream. Her organs were shutting down.
Six hours later, the 78-year-old retired nurse was dead.
Her death was the devastating end of a common - and often preventable - health threat facing older women. It also reflected a broader failure to provide menopausal women with a widely recommended treatment that can prevent recurrent urinary tract infections.
Menopause increases the risk of UTIs because declining estrogen changes the tissue and bacteria of the vagina and urinary tract, making it easier for harmful bacteria to grow. In older women, those infections are also more likely to spread to the bloodstream, causing sepsis, organ failure and death.
Vaginal estrogen, a low-dose treatment applied directly to the vaginal tissue as a cream, tablet or ring, can help restore those protections and prevent recurrent infections. It can cost as little as a few dollars a month. Major medical groups have recommended it for years for menopausal women with recurring UTIs, yet many women are never offered it.
Now, a peer-reviewed study of nearly 2 million women with recurrent UTIs provides striking new evidence of its potential benefits. Researchers reviewing medical records from 2017 through 2025 f
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Sep 22, 2026
Republicans are playing defense deep in their own territory as voter anger over price hikes puts more House and Senate seats in play in the midterms.
New rounds of big spending, visits from Trump administration officials and private conversations among top GOP officials overseeing the battle for control of Congress reveal a party rushing to shore up red seats and states President Donald Trump won handily in 2024.
In the House, the fight has expanded far outside the few-dozen seats considered the most competitive as Republicans start to unleash their massive warchest: Since Aug. 1, more than $110 million in ad bookings have gone toward Republican-held districts so red that Trump won them by double digits.
In the Senate, Republicans are racing to shore up Ohio GOP Sen. Jon Husted as the Midwest struggles under the weight of Trump's tariffs and high diesel prices. Trump and Vice President JD Vance are both expected to travel to the state before the midterms to boost Husted, according to four people familiar with the matter who were granted anonymity to discuss not-yet-public plans.
GOP leaders are also trying to keep a handle on contests in Iowa and Kansas — and they've quietly begun deprioritizing Georgia and even North Carolina, which a growing number of Republicans are privately bracing for Democrats to flip.
"We need to stop the contagion," said one senior GOP official, who, like others, was granted anonymity to speak candidly about the midterm landscape.
"The map is hilariously big right now," said one national Republican pollster.
Since Aug. 1, nearly two-thirds of advertising funds in House races have been booked or spent in races with GOP incumbents, according to a POLITICO analysis of data from AdImpact, which tracks political advertising.
That includes nearly $18 million to
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Sep 22, 2026
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen
COPENHAGEN, Sept 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is due to meet with leaders of Greenland and Denmark on Tuesday to sign a deal that will allow a larger ?US military presence on Greenland and could end a standoff over the strategically located and ?mineral-rich island.
The agreement will allow the US to expand its military footprint in Greenland, three people familiar with the matter have told ?Reuters.
In addition to the existing Pituffik Space Base, the deal is expected to open two new military sites: Narsarsuaq, a former Cold War airbase whose population has dwindled to just a few dozen, and Mestersvig, currently used by the Sirius Dog Sled Patrol, an elite Danish special forces unit.
Greenland, a former colony and now a semi-autonomous ?territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, ?sits between the Arctic and North America and holds vast energy resources.
Trump's refusal to rule out military or economic force to acquire it triggered a diplomatic crisis in ?January within NATO and forced Denmark and the island's government into intensive negotiations.
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Trump will meet Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen at 10:30 a.m. ET (1430 GMT) at the UN General Assembly in New ?York for ?the trilateral signing ceremony.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen ?has said the agreement will place Arctic ?security under NATO's collective watch rather than leaving it to Washington and Copenhagen alone.
Trump said on Friday that the deal gives the US "permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland." Denmark has not responded to Trump's assertion but has said the agreement respects the kingdom's sovereignty and Greenland's right to self-determination.
"The reason why we can conclude this agreement, which is beneficial from Greenlandic, American, and European pers
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Sep 22, 2026
FILE PHOTO - US President Donald Trump delivers a speech during an event at the Pentagon. (is associated with: «White House launches 'Trump TV' stream as media access row escalates») Andrea Hanks/White House/dpaThe White House launched its own online streaming channel, "Trump TV," on Monday as a dispute with major US media outlets escalated after President Donald Trump barred journalists from three organizations from the White House.
The channel went live on Monday evening, initially broadcasting speeches by Trump as well as footage of US military exercises accompanied by commentary praising the armed forces' capabilities.
In a post on X, the White House said the stream would run around the clock, featuring "past moments, announcements, and the latest and greatest from the administration all in one place."
No original productions or journalistic programming were initially aired. The White House has already provided a livestream of Trump's appearances for some time.
The Trump TV launch comes after Trump announced on Friday that he was revoking White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, escalating a long-running dispute with the media.
Trump accused the outlets of spreading fake news. Critics see the move as an attempt at intimidation and an attack on press freedom.
On Monday, the three outlets filed a lawsuit against the administration, saying its actions threaten "press freedom and the public's right to independent journalism free from government interference."
Other major US broadcasters resp
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Sep 21, 2026
The grand jury reviewing the evidence in the death of Nolan Wells has found that no criminal charges are warranted at this point, according to the Jackson County Grand Jury Report released late Monday night.
The report says that the "position of, condition of, time of discovery, and location" of the 18-year-old's body off the coast of Mississippi this July is "consistent with drowning."
Wells vanished after he and friends had gone out celebrating the Fourth of July holiday on barrier islands off the Gulf Coast. His body was recovered in the waters off Horn Island two days later.
Authorities have previously said they believe the college football player drowned, but the final determination would go to a grand jury that would review all the case materials, including the state medical examiner's completed autopsy report, to decide whether Wells' death involved a crime.
Jackson County Sheriff's Department - PHOTO: The Jackson County Sheriff's Department released this photo during the search for Nolan Xavier Wells, 18, in Mississippi.The grand jury of 23 people, convened last week, found "no credible evidence to support the public allegations" that anyone riding to or from the island that day surrounding Wells "engaged in any criminal conduct related to" his death.
The panel was comprised of what the report called a "cross section of citizens" from the area: 13 men and ten women, including "12 Caucasians, five African Americans, one Asian, two Hispanics, two Native Americans, and one individual who preferred 'other.'" Their ages ranged from 27 years old to 68 years old.
The grand jury heard from 43 witnesses and reviewed materials including physical evidence collected at the scene, digital evidence, police reports and interviews, vi
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Sep 21, 2026
The grand jury reviewing the evidence in the death of Nolan Wells has found that no criminal charges are warranted at this point, according to the Jackson County Grand Jury Report released late Monday night.
The report says that the "position of, condition of, time of discovery, and location" of the 18-year-old's body off the coast of Mississippi this July is "consistent with drowning."
Wells vanished after he and friends had gone out celebrating the Fourth of July holiday on barrier islands off the Gulf Coast. His body was recovered in the waters off Horn Island two days later.
Authorities have previously said they believe the college football player drowned, but the final determination would go to a grand jury that would review all the case materials, including the state medical examiner's completed autopsy report, to decide whether Wells' death involved a crime.
Jackson County Sheriff's Department - PHOTO: The Jackson County Sheriff's Department released this photo during the search for Nolan Xavier Wells, 18, in Mississippi.The grand jury of 23 people, convened last week, found "no credible evidence to support the public allegations" that anyone riding to or from the island that day surrounding Wells "engaged in any criminal conduct related to" his death.
The panel was comprised of what the report called a "cross section of citizens" from the area: 13 men and ten women, including "12 Caucasians, five African Americans, one Asian, two Hispanics, two Native Americans, and one individual who preferred 'other.'" Their ages ranged from 27 years old to 68 years old.
The grand jury heard from 43 witnesses and reviewed materials including physical evidence collected at the scene, digital evidence, police reports and interviews, vi
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Sep 21, 2026
Last year's speech was characterized by Trump's extraordinary accusations of UN sabotage when an escalator in the New York headquarters briefly stopped working and the teleprompter glitched (TIMOTHY A. CLARY)US President Donald Trump is expected to claim he is winning both on the battlefield and as a peacemaker Tuesday in a speech to the United Nations overshadowed by growing spillover from his stalled war against Iran.
Trump will likely not hold back in renewing his frequent boasts that under him the United States is "the hottest country" in the world.
He is also expected to seek to justify the Iran war, which has so far failed to fulfil White House objectives and provoked widespread economic damage over the Strait of Hormuz's closure.
But the self-styled peacemaker could equally use the UN stage to tout his controversial efforts to end the Gaza conflict and his ongoing effort to bring more Arab countries into the Abraham Accords with Israel.
"No one knows what Trump is going to say, not even Trump's speechwriters," International Crisis Group's Daniel Forti said.
"This year, we expect more of a contrast between Trump, sort of both announcing and celebrating his record as a peacemaker versus defending his ongoing military operations around the world," said Forti.
"It's not entirely clear what reaction Trump's going to get from world leaders."
- Anti-UN speech at UN? -
The keynote speech at the start of the UN General Assembly High-level week will provide Trump with a big platform to renew his frequent assaults on the global body.
Last year's speech was characterized by Trump's extraordinary accusations of UN sabotage when an escalator in the New York headquarters briefly stopped working and the teleprompter glitched.
Trump has regul
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Sep 21, 2026
Protesters against Missouri's congressional redistricting plan gather outside the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City on May 12. - David A. Lieb/AP/File
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Missouri must use a GOP-friendly congressional redistricting plan for November's election but put that ruling on hold for a week so the Supreme Court could review the dispute.
The ruling from the US 8th Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest twist in a whiplash legal wrangling over the map of the state's eight congressional districts, injecting another round of uncertainty, as it does not take effect immediately but rather sets up another round of appeals.
The Missouri Supreme Court previously said the 7-1 Republican-leaning map adopted by the legislature last year could not be used because of a referendum challenge brought against it under the state constitution. Instead, the court ordered election officials to use an older, 6-2 redistricting plan even though the 2025 plan had been used in the state's primary. The US Supreme Court declined to reverse that ruling, and it then paused a federal judge's ruling that sought to revive the 7-1 map.
The new ruling from the 8th Circuit said requiring voters to cast general election ballots on the older plan violates the US Constitution.
It relied on estimates put forward by a conservative group in the case to conclude "that more than 1.4 million Missourians could not vote for the congressional district nominees who will appear on their Nove
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