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A federal judge on Wednesday ordered President Donald Trump to temporarily restore White House press access to CNN, MS Now and Politico, saying the ban on the three outlets was likely unconstitutional and rejecting the administration's national security justification.
· 8 sourcesPresident Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, highlighting his administration's economic record and U.S. policy toward Iran, according to reports. The speech kicks off a jam-packed day of diplomatic meetings.
· 3 sourcesPresident Trump is scheduled to meet separately with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in New York and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House this week, according to announcements from both foreign leaders.
· 2 sourcesThe Federal Communications Commission under the Trump administration is facing backlash from cities and counties across the United States over a proposal that would preempt state and local permitting rules for wired broadband deployment, with local governments arguing the plan is illegal and threatens public safety.
Donald Trump made more than 440 purchases and 700 sales of stock in July, with total transaction values estimated between $79 million and $270 million, according to an analysis of his latest financial disclosure released Tuesday.
· 2 sourcesPresident Donald Trump delivered a bellicose address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, threatening to 'annihilate' Iran if no deal is reached, calling on all nations to enforce the 'complete economic isolation' of Tehran, and rejecting any international scheme to regulate artificial intelligence — just a day after 22 world leaders signed a statement calling for global AI guardrails.
· 10 sourcesAn internal memo quietly distributed to US Fish and Wildlife Service field offices has directed staff to radically reinterpret the Endangered Species Act, instructing them to prohibit only actions that specifically intend to harm an animal rather than those that inadvertently cause death or injury — a move that blindsided conservationists and echoes a 1995 dissent by the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Senator John Curtis of Utah has called for a Senate investigation into allegations that a Russian oligarch and ally of Vladimir Putin helped cover the cost of Donald Trump Jr's wedding in the Bahamas, accusing the president's son of corruption.
· 2 sourcesPresident Trump addresses the United Nations today at a moment of global tumult, with the ongoing war in Iran and eroding international alliances shadowing his speech. He is also expected to sign a security agreement concerning Greenland and meet with world leaders, according to officials familiar with the plans.
· 2 sourcesThe lawyer for Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of murdering her three children, has asked a judge to investigate a juror in the case after proceedings ended in a mistrial this month, filing a motion seeking access to the juror's phone records and a questionnaire he completed.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its measles dashboard on Friday but still excludes four measles deaths in Pennsylvania, where the outbreak appears to be accelerating and clinicians report encountering cases unlike anything seen before. Members of Congress have requested an immediate briefing on the decision to change how measles deaths are reported, as cases nationwide reach levels not seen in decades. A possible measles exposure was also reported in the neonatal intensive care unit at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia last week.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, the Venezuelan DoorDash driver shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Austin, Texas, his lawyer said Tuesday. Judge Orlando Garcia ordered that Garces Perez appear in person on September 30, effectively preventing his removal before that date.
· 2 sourcesA Kansas man has been convicted of vehicular homicide in the death of a school teacher, Ashleigh Boyd, whose husband was killed months earlier in a separate incident. The verdict comes just four days after a Louisiana jury found a woman guilty in the drugging death of Boyd's widower, Telemundo reporter Adan Manzano.
A row over President Donald Trump's decision to ban three news organisations from the White House has led to a network boycott that disrupted live coverage of a presidential event on Monday, with remarks barely audible in footage of a new helipad ceremony. The dispute centres on the White House press pool and could affect coverage of upcoming engagements including the UN General Assembly.
Federal immigration officials in Texas prevented Representative Veronica Escobar (D-TX) from fully conducting congressional oversight at a controversial ICE detention facility last month, the lawmaker told the Guardian. The visit to the Camp East Montana tent facility at Fort Bliss came after two separate disturbances had been reported there.
Protesters gathered in Austin, Texas on Sunday after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and wounded a Venezuelan DoorDash delivery driver, who was later transferred from hospital to a detention centre with a bullet still lodged in his back, according to his lawyer.
A Mississippi grand jury has unanimously declined to bring criminal charges against anyone in the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, a Black teen whose body was found on Horn Island days after a July 4 boating trip with friends. The Jackson County grand jury, which met from September 14 to 18, issued 132 subpoenas, heard from 43 witnesses, and reviewed physical, digital and forensic evidence before concluding there was 'no credible evidence' of criminal conduct.
· 2 sourcesMajor US television networks suspended their pooled coverage of President Donald Trump on Monday in a coordinated protest against his decision to bar CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the White House, while the three outlets filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the ban. The standoff has left the White House press corps without its standard shared video feed of the president's movements, including his arrival in New York for the United Nations General Assembly.
· 10 sourcesA man who shot three Palestinians in the US state of Vermont has been found guilty of attempted murder, according to reports from September 22, 2026.
A brief Al Jazeera article published on September 22, 2026, carries the headline that academic Mahmood Mamdani challenged President Donald Trump over the White House's press ban during a meeting. However, the page provides no further details, quotes, or video content, leaving the nature and outcome of the exchange unclear.
Fearing loss of control in the US Congress, Republican lawmakers are urging President Donald Trump to ban or restrict diesel exports to ease a surge in fuel prices ahead of the November midterm elections. Analysts and observers caution that such a move would likely backfire, with consequences far beyond America’s borders.
· 3 sourcesFlights resumed Monday evening at major US East Coast airports after a failed telecommunications circuit and an accidentally severed fiber optic cable forced the Federal Aviation Administration to halt incoming traffic, disrupting more than 5,600 flights on the day world leaders arrived for the United Nations General Assembly.
· 7 sourcesThe White House has for the second time in a week unilaterally removed CNN from its assigned role as the primary television pool representative covering President Donald Trump, according to a source familiar with the situation. The move comes despite a federal judge's ruling last week that overturned the administration's ban on CNN and two other media organisations from the White House.
· 11 sourcesA Vermont jury has convicted Jason Eaton, 51, of attempted murder for the November 2023 shooting of three Palestinian college students near the University of Vermont campus in Burlington, rejecting his insanity defense. Eaton, who claimed he was acting on orders from the CIA and Mossad, faces up to life in prison for the attack that left Hisham Awartani paralyzed from the waist down and wounded his friends Tahseen Aliahmad and Kinnan Abdalhamid.
· 3 sourcesFour major American television networks — Fox News, NBC, ABC and CBS — have withdrawn from pool coverage duties in solidarity with CNN after the Trump administration banned the network from press events, threatening to disrupt coverage of President Donald Trump's United Nations visit and his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
· 7 sourcesThe administration is drafting an executive order that would hand Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought veto power over every individual grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health, according to multiple reports following a contentious White House meeting.
· 3 sourcesA 30-year-old Mexican woman died in the Otay Mountain Wilderness near San Diego on Sept. 14, 2025, after crossing the border from Tijuana — her final moments captured by a nearby surveillance tower equipped with artificial-intelligence cameras that can track targets up to seven miles away, yet failed to trigger any rescue. Her death has sparked renewed scrutiny of the billions spent on border surveillance technology.
A 32-year-old migrant from Mexico died of exposure in the New Mexico desert on April 8, 2024, within sight of three AI-enabled surveillance towers installed by US Customs and Border Protection, according to an investigation by MIT Technology Review and the Times of San Diego. The death of José Morales Bernal has reignited scrutiny of the $3 billion program intended to automate border monitoring and prevent such tragedies.
An in-depth investigation by The Guardian has revealed that the Trump administration struck secret deportation deals with dozens of countries, sending thousands of migrants to nations they had never heard of, often in shackles and without prior notification. The deals, described as a 'show of force,' have cost American taxpayers millions of dollars, according to the report.
· 2 sourcesThe Trump administration's immigration crackdown has ensnared journalists, with independent photographer John Abernathy assaulted by ICE agents while documenting protests in Minneapolis, according to a report from The Guardian. The incident highlights growing concerns about press freedom as federal agents escalate aggressive tactics against both immigrants and the media covering them.
Senior Trump administration officials have discussed plans for an executive order that would establish a board responsible for approving grant funding from the National Institutes of Health, in what critics describe as a move to censor research that does not align with the president's agenda, according to reports from the Washington Post and Politico.
CNN, Politico, and MS NOW announced plans to sue the Trump administration on Monday after their reporters were denied entry to the White House and had credentials revoked over the weekend, prompting President Donald Trump to deny the move was an 'assault' on press freedom while defending his targeting of 'FAKE NEWS.'
· 9 sourcesRepublican Representative María Elvira Salazar of Florida doubled down Sunday on her accusations that President Donald Trump has gone too far on immigration enforcement, warning in a CBS News interview that some of his advisers are 'compromising his legacy' and that Trump risks squandering his support among Hispanic voters.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a new law that for the first time imposes financial penalties on social media influencers who fail to disclose when they are paid to post about political campaigns, closing a gap in existing disclosure rules that carried no enforcement teeth.
President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that his proposed 250-foot triumphal arch in Washington, D.C., will be converted into a 'top grade military complex' capable of housing drones, snipers, and ammunition. The announcement comes as the project faces a federal lawsuit and has not yet received final approval from the National Capital Area Planning Commission.
· 10 sourcesFBI Director Kash Patel has stated in a recent Fox News interview that artificial intelligence use at the bureau has increased by 605% since he became director, though the specific metric behind the figure remains undefined. Patel described AI as a critical tool for triaging data and protecting children from school shootings, citing its role in stopping a planned attack in North Carolina and several other states since he took office.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz on Sunday defended President Trump's decision to bar CNN, Politico and MS NOW reporters from the White House, arguing the president is "absolutely within his rights" to limit access to journalists he believes are not acting in good faith. The comments come a day after Trump announced the ban, which saw reporters from the three outlets denied entry and their press credentials confiscated as they attempted to enter the White House grounds for work.
· 2 sourcesTensions across the Middle East are escalating after Iran claimed it has intelligence that the United States is preparing to resume its bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic, prompting President Donald Trump to cut short a weekend at Camp David and return to Washington without official explanation, while the State Department issued a new security alert for all US citizens in the region.
· 4 sourcesDescendants of Holocaust victims have filed two lawsuits in California seeking the return of Nazi-looted paintings, including works that currently hang in Pasadena's Norton Simon Museum and in Auschwitz. The legal actions are the first to be brought under recently passed California and US federal laws designed to ease the recovery of artwork forcibly taken from Jewish families during the second world war.
The U.S. State Department has approved a potential $2.6 billion sale of air defense equipment to Ukraine as the country's conflict with Russia intensifies following trilateral talks with U.S. special envoys.
The US Air Force has acknowledged the deployment of weapons in space, a rare admission that has left experts puzzled over the nature and extent of America's orbital capabilities. The White House has declined to provide further details, maintaining an opaque stance on the issue.
The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that a month-old infant born via surrogate can be relocated from Texas to Los Angeles for urgent medical care, siding with the biological parents in a legal battle that has drawn national attention over surrogacy, abortion, and parental rights.
President Trump’s escalating trade standoff with Canada is drawing criticism from voters in border and industrial states that could determine Senate control in next year’s midterm elections, according to a new report.
Pete Hegseth, a Fox News commentator and former U.S. Army officer, has kicked off a 'Send Me Tour,' according to a report from Al Jazeera, which noted the launch comes amid backlash over the ongoing Iran war. No further details about the tour's itinerary, purpose, or timeline were provided.
Donald Trump said Saturday he would create an ‘AI Force’ and appoint an artificial intelligence ‘czar’ to monitor the technology, but offered almost no specifics on either initiative.
· 4 sourcesThe NAACP and other civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to block the Trump administration from sending armed federal agents to U.S. polling places in November's midterm elections, naming the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Justice, the FBI, and several Trump officials as defendants.
The White House has followed through on President Donald Trump's threat to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from its grounds, confiscating press passes from reporters from all three outlets on Saturday morning and denying them access to the building. The outlets have signaled they may challenge the ban on First Amendment grounds.
· 7 sourcesThe Trump administration is scrambling to salvage its third-country deportation program after a federal appeals court ruled that migrants may contest being sent to nations other than their country of origin, a decision that adds a new burden to the government's rapid-removal effort. The case could head to the Supreme Court.
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