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Current Events
A wrongful-death notice from Charlie Kirk’s family alleges that Utah Valley University officials, campus police and the State of Utah failed to take security measures that could have prevented his killing.
September 16, 2026 · 5 min readCurrent Events
Federal charges document specific alleged unlawful votes, while the broader scale remains a separate factual question.
September 16, 2026 · 5 min readCurrent Events
Reports citing DHS say the person featured in the viral arrest video was removed to Haiti; agency claims about affiliation and prior conduct remain attributed.
September 16, 2026 · 5 min readCurrent Events
The FBI and Justice Department say they disrupted an alleged ISIS-inspired attack plan. The accused remains presumed innocent.
September 16, 2026 · 5 min readCurrent Events
A second federal judge has frozen new Postal Service restrictions on mail ballots, putting the rules on hold while the administration asks the Supreme Court to intervene before the midterms.
September 14, 2026 · 5 min readCurrent Events
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are challenging a new public-charge rule that would give immigration officials broader authority to consider an applicant’s use of government benefits when deciding permanent-residency cases.
September 14, 2026 · 5 min readCurrent Events
A federal court says the administration’s directive to cut FEMA staffing in half violated legal protections enacted to preserve the agency’s disaster-response capacity.
September 14, 2026 · 5 min readCurrent Events
Saudi Arabia temporarily shut its critical East-West pipeline after attacks, threatening a key route that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz as oil and diesel markets are already under severe pressure.
September 13, 2026 · 5 min readCurrent Events
A unanimous federal appeals panel struck down the administration’s emergency order keeping Michigan’s J.H. Campbell coal plant open, removing the federal barrier to its planned retirement.
September 13, 2026 · 5 min readCurrent Events
Iran-aligned Houthi forces have captured strategic positions around Bab el-Mandeb, tightening their grip on a second major energy and shipping chokepoint.
September 13, 2026 · 5 min readCurrent Events
The television feed showed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani appearing to laugh during the solemn reading of victims’ names; the audio does not reveal what they were discussing.
September 13, 2026 · 4 min readCurrent Events
The CIA released 71 President’s Daily Brief products—more than 100 pages of analysis—showing how intelligence warnings about bin Laden and al-Qaida evolved before the attacks.
September 13, 2026 · 6 min readCurrent Events
Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet approved the formal rule that paves the way for state terrorist designations, with legal challenges already underway.
September 13, 2026 · 5 min readCurrent Events
The anniversary is more than a ritual of remembrance. It is a test of whether the country can still hold grief, gratitude and national purpose at the same time.
September 11, 2026 · 6 min readCurrent Events
A distant shipping chokepoint is showing up in fuel prices, inflation expectations and the political choices Americans face at home.
September 11, 2026 · 7 min readCurrent Events
The GOP’s Dallas gathering was structured around one political reality: even when Trump is not on the ballot, the party still runs through him.
September 11, 2026 · 6 min readCurrent Events
Federal appeals courts are divided over mandatory detention without bond hearings, creating the kind of conflict the Supreme Court often has to resolve.
September 11, 2026 · 6 min readCurrent Events
The IEA is warning that disrupted Gulf flows could deepen the 2026 supply shortfall and keep pressure on fuel markets.
September 11, 2026 · 5 min readEconomy
Economy
Ipsos found more respondents expected worsening national conditions than improvement; that sentiment is not itself a recession forecast.
September 16, 2026 · 5 min readEconomy
The 10-year Treasury yield has crossed 5% for the first time since 2023, a market milestone that can feed directly into mortgages, business loans and the cost of financing a heavily indebted government.
September 14, 2026 · 6 min readEconomy
U.S. diesel has climbed above $6 a gallon for the first time, creating a fresh inflation shock for trucking, agriculture, deliveries and the prices consumers ultimately pay.
September 13, 2026 · 5 min readEconomy
August prices accelerated, gasoline surged and markets are now treating another rate increase as the most likely next move.
September 11, 2026 · 6 min readEconomy
Stocks recovered Friday, but oil, inflation and a likely Federal Reserve decision keep the underlying pressure intact.
September 11, 2026 · 5 min readEconomy
The White House is considering the Defense Production Act as fuel prices rise and U.S. refineries run near their limits.
September 11, 2026 · 6 min readEconomy
Tariffs, auto rules and Chinese investment are all in play as Washington and Mexico City try to reach an interim agreement before November.
September 11, 2026 · 6 min readCulture
Culture
A Washington spa’s petition has reached the Supreme Court docket, but the justices have not yet agreed to hear the case.
September 11, 2026 · 6 min readCulture
First responders and survivors continue to die from illnesses linked to toxic exposure at Ground Zero, a quarter-century after the attacks.
September 11, 2026 · 6 min readFamily
Family
A weakening sentiment reading and higher inflation expectations show the gap between headline economics and household economics.
September 11, 2026 · 5 min readFamily
New rules targeting social-media feeds and AI chatbots reflect a growing recognition that children should not be treated like ordinary adult users.
September 11, 2026 · 6 min readFamily
Nearly 13,000 reported cases were tied to the outbreak. Officials say the recalled lettuce is gone, but the contamination source remains unresolved.
September 11, 2026 · 5 min readTechnology
Technology
Anthropic says an Iran-nexus threat actor used Claude to track U.S. naval movements, research ship vulnerabilities and develop targeting recommendations against American forces.
September 13, 2026 · 5 min readTechnology
Former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned and warned that frontier AI labs are racing toward systems their own researchers fear could become catastrophically dangerous.
September 13, 2026 · 5 min readTechnology
The serious policy question is no longer whether advanced AI needs testing. It is how to create testing that improves safety without freezing innovation.
September 11, 2026 · 7 min readOpinion
Opinion
The Supreme Court left a lower-court injunction in place against a ballot-mail rule; Trump publicly criticized the justices after the decision.
September 16, 2026 · 5 min readOpinion
Vance, Rubio, DeSantis and Cruz are already being discussed as the next generation of Republican leadership — even with 2026 still unfinished.
September 11, 2026 · 5 min readOpinion
National unity does not require political agreement. It requires remembering that disagreement is not the same thing as disloyalty.
September 11, 2026 · 5 min readThe Take
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