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Death toll in Philippines MV June Aster ferry fire off Coron, Palawan rises to 35 dead with 54 missing; cause under investigation
Putin-linked Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev paid hundreds of thousands for Trump Jr.'s Bahamas wedding celebrations, sparking House Oversight investigation and Trump repayment claims
Lindsay Clancy mistrial: identified holdout juror Desronvil faced domestic-violence revelations as judge impounds jury list and retrial looms
Rep. Thomas Massie files eight privileged impeachment articles against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the unauthorized Iran war; Speaker Johnson adjourns the House early to avoid a vote
Hurricane Lowell batters Kauai as Category 2, leaving ~35,000 without power for days to weeks; Governor Green asks Trump for federal aid
Pennsylvania confirms four measles-associated deaths as CDC's public count shows zero 2026 deaths, amid RFK Jr.-directed reporting changes
Drone attack from Iraq forces Saudi Arabia to shut East-West pipeline, risking 4% of global oil supply as Brent hits $108
Fed raises rates 25bp to 3.75-4% on Sept 16, 2026—first hike since 2023—as Warsh cites sticky inflation; Trump demands cuts
DOJ and Education Department find UC Berkeley Law discriminated against white and Asian applicants, citing admissions data; Berkeley denies wrongdoing
Viral video of Mamdani and AOC smiling during Ground Zero's 25th-anniversary name-reading ignites Cruz condemnation amid 100,000-signature petition against his attendance
GOP held its first-ever midterm convention in Dallas Sept 9–10 as Trump promised a $5,000 dividend and vulnerable Republicans skipped the event
Trump bans Canadian alcohol, dairy, and motorcycle imports effective Sept. 29 after Carney's $20B retaliatory tariffs, escalating the US-Canada trade war
Typhoon Dujuan killed four and injured 22 in Japan, dumping record 832mm rain on Oshima; nearly two million were advised to evacuate
Patrick Clancy's first post-mistrial 60 Minutes interview reveals forgiveness and a new pregnancy; a retrial-or-dismissal decision is due September 29
Trump announces his planned Arlington triumphal arch will double as a drone/sniper military complex, citing an unspecified military request
Macklemore was dropped from Ed Sheeran's U.S. tour after venues, urged by Robert Kraft and Jewish advocacy groups, refused to host his 'Free Palestine' stage remarks
















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