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2026 midterms

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Democrats are now favored to win a slim House majority, and their path to a Senate majority is no longer a long shot.

  1. 09-27Cook Political Report now projects Republicans will lose the House, five weeks before Election Day
  2. 09-27NBC's new polling average puts Democrats up 52%-43% on the generic ballot; Trump at 26% with independents
  3. 09-27Ohio governor: Acton vs. Ramaswamyalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-07, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-19, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11, 08-10, 08-08, 08-05, 08-04
  4. 09-27Maine Senate: Jackson vs. Collinsalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-07, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-19, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11, 08-10, 08-08, 08-05, 08-04
  5. 09-27Texas Senate: Talarico vs. Paxtonalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-19, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11, 08-10, 08-08, 08-05, 08-04
  6. 09-27Alaska Senate: Peltola vs. Sullivanalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-07, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-19, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11, 08-10, 08-08, 08-05, 08-04
  7. 09-27Iowa Senate: Hinson vs. Turekalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-07, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-19, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11, 08-10, 08-08, 08-05, 08-04
  8. 09-27Michigan Senate: El-Sayed vs. Rogersalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-07, 09-06, 09-05, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-19, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11, 08-10, 08-08, 08-05, 08-04
  9. 09-27Ohio Senate: Brown vs. Hustedalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-07, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-19, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11, 08-10, 08-08, 08-05, 08-04
  10. 09-27Wisconsin governor: Crowley vs. Tiffanyalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-07, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11, 08-10, 08-08, 08-05, 08-04
  11. 09-27Georgia governor: Bottoms vs. Jacksonalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-07, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-19, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11, 08-10, 08-08, 08-05, 08-04
  12. 09-27Nevada governor: Lombardo vs. Fordalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-07, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-19, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11, 08-10, 08-08, 08-05, 08-04
  13. 09-27North Carolina Senate: Cooper vs. Whatleyalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-07, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-19, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11
  14. 09-27Georgia Senate: Ossoff vs. Collinsalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-07, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-19, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11
  15. 09-27Nebraska Senate: Ricketts vs. Osbornalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-07, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-19, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11
  16. 09-27New Hampshire Senate: Pappas vs. Sununualso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-07, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-19, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11
  17. 09-27Iowa governor: Sand vs. Lahnalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-07, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-19, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11
  18. 09-27Alaska governor: Wilson vs. Begichalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-07, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-19, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11
  19. 09-27Michigan governor: Benson vs. Jamesalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-07, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-19, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11
  20. 09-27Arizona governor: Hobbs vs. Biggsalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-07, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-19, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11
  21. 09-27Texas governor: Abbott vs. Hinojosaalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-07, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-19, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11
  22. 09-27New York governor: Hochul vs. Blakemanalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-07, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-19, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11
  23. 09-27Pennsylvania governor: Shapiro vs. Garrityalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-07, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-19, 08-18, 08-17, 08-11
  24. 09-27Florida governor: Donalds vs. Jollyalso 09-25, 09-24, 09-23, 09-22, 09-21, 09-20, 09-19, 09-18, 09-17, 09-16, 09-15, 09-14, 09-13, 09-12, 09-10, 09-09, 09-08, 09-06, 09-05, 09-04, 09-03, 09-02, 09-01, 08-31, 08-30, 08-29, 08-25, 08-20, 08-19
  25. 09-25UN delegates walk out as Israel’s prime minister defends military action.
  26. 09-25Democrats leading in Michigan, New Hampshire Senate races: Survey
  27. 09-24[UPDATE] Republican candidates in Florida, Tennessee and Minnesota remove Trump from campaign materials
  28. 09-24[UPDATE] Marist poll finds Democrats leading Republicans 53%–41% among registered voters for Congress.
  29. 09-24[UPDATE] Trump's approval is 37.6% in Nate Silver's polling average.
  30. 09-24Iowa judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit over Selzer poll showing Harris ahead in 2024.
  31. 09-24Susan Collins (Sen-R Maine) calls ProPublica’s report on FBI bribery inquiry a ‘political hit job’.
  32. 09-24Trump administration reports about 160 arrests in its search for noncitizen voting.
  33. 09-2470% of Republicans see substantial mail-voting fraud, compared with 18% of Democrats
  34. 09-24[UPDATE] Missouri redistricting opponents ask Supreme Court to block map favoring Republicans in seven seats
  35. 09-24Republicans pour money into red states and grapple with a bleak midterm outlook
  36. 09-21NBC poll: 55% of registered voters say Trump’s policies have hurt the economy.
  37. 09-21Several House Republican candidates removed Trump references from their campaign websites.
  38. 09-20[UPDATE] Ballots are in the mail in 20 states with 45 days to Election Day, including the Texas, Michigan and North Carolina Senate races
  39. 09-20Newsom signs 13 bills making it a felony to seize California ballots before certification
  40. 09-2065% of Hispanic voters disapprove of Trump, and two GOP Latinos ran ads against ICE
  41. 09-20Silver's model puts Democrats up 7.8 points on the generic congressional ballot
  42. 09-17[UPDATE] Fed raises its benchmark rate a quarter point to 3.75%-4%, its first increase since July 2023
  43. 09-16[UPDATE] Mail ballots will move under pre-2026 rules on Nov. 3 as the administration stands down
  44. 09-16FBI director Kash Patel defended dropping automatic disqualifications for bestiality before 18 and declined to say agents are barred from polling places
  45. 09-16[UPDATE] Speaker Mike Johnson said the Iran war will keep gas prices high past the midterms
  46. 09-16[UPDATE] White House dismissed AI safety warnings as a Democratic midterm ploy
  47. 09-16Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio told Republicans that 61% of voters want AI data center rules
  48. 09-15[UPDATE] Supreme Court leaves Trump's USPS mail-ballot rules blocked for Nov. 3 midterms in apparent 7-2 vote
  49. 09-15[UPDATE] 10-year Treasury yield hit 5.014% Monday, Sept. 14, first time since October 2023
  50. 09-15Democratic state parties will train 10,000 volunteers to monitor polls in 57 states and territories
  51. 09-14Russian jet drone hits Kyiv-Warsaw train locomotive 1.2 miles from Polish border, hurting no one
  52. 09-12The U.S. deported an Afghan resident in the first Alien Terrorist Removal Court case since 1996.
  53. 09-12[UPDATE] White House pitches Intel stock and immigration revenue to fund Trump's $5,000 dividend
  54. 09-12[UPDATE] Trump closed the two-day Dallas convention asking supporters to pretend he is on the ticket.
  55. 09-12[UPDATE] Supreme Court weighs letting USPS enforce blocked mail-ballot rules ahead of November
  56. 09-12Justice Department orders 29 states and D.C. to preserve 2024 election records
  57. 09-11Latino and voting groups and Denver filed two suits to bar ICE from polls
  58. 09-11[UPDATE] Trump closes Republican midterm convention in Dallas
  59. 09-11Registered voters widen Democratic House edge to 49%-38%
  60. 09-11[UPDATE] Helena Foulkes beats Dan McKee in Rhode Island primary, first governor primary loss since 2018
  61. 09-11Talarico leads Paxton 48-44 in AARP Texas poll
  62. 09-11[UPDATE] Fetterman fundraises off GOP video, says he'd be 51st Democratic vote if Senate flips
  63. 09-11Retired Judge Luttig warns House Republicans poised to claim midterms were stolen on January 3, 2027
  64. 09-10CNN polls show no clear Senate leader in Maine or Michigan.
  65. 09-09Pappas leads NH Senate primary 62%-36%; Sununu leads GOP side 70%-25%
  66. 09-08[UPDATE] Witkoff says Moscow-Kyiv trip produced 'substantive progress' on scheduling more talks, with no date set and no terms disclosed
  67. 09-08[UPDATE] 45 of 70-plus GOP candidates surveyed are skipping or undecided on the Dallas convention, where tickets cost $25,000
  68. 09-08FCC chair puts broadcast polls on the agency's list, with no definition, no timeline and no draft
  69. 09-07[UPDATE] Trump administration asks the Supreme Court a third time to lift the block on its USPS mail-ballot rule
  70. 09-07[UPDATE] NBC poll puts Trump approval at 36%, with the RCP average just under 40%
  71. 09-0769% of voters oppose an AI data center in their own area, 45% strongly
  72. 09-07Trump's MAGA Inc puts $10M in ads behind Ken Paxton in Texas Senate race
  73. 09-07Fetterman calls CNN report on his missed Senate work 'smears' from disgruntled staffers
  74. 09-07Four Democratic governors weigh early 2028 launches while Newsom campaigns in South Carolina
  75. 09-06[UPDATE] Judge turns her block on Trump's mail-voting order into a preliminary injunction
  76. 09-06Trump speaks both nights of the RNC's first Midterm Convention, Sept. 9-10 in Dallas
  77. 09-06AfD projected to take more than 40% in the Sept. 6 Saxony-Anhalt state election
  78. 09-05Supreme Court lets party committees buy TV ads at the cheap candidate rate, 8-1
  79. 09-05NC board votes 3-2 to reject mail ballots with unsealed envelopes or mismatched signatures
  80. 09-04Vance says the six-month Iran conflict is not a war, two days after about 100 U.S. strikes
  81. 09-04[UPDATE] DOJ asks the Supreme Court to unblock the USPS mail-ballot rule, one day before ballots go out
  82. 09-04Missouri Supreme Court votes 7-0 to block the GOP House map for November
  83. 09-04Maryland's top court puts a Democratic redistricting amendment on the November ballot
  84. 09-04Missouri GOP candidate Thomas Ross charged with plotting to plant cocaine on the rival he beat by 33 votes
  85. 09-04El-Sayed refuses to disavow Hasan Piker, offers his 3 million followers a "pathway" into his Senate campaign
  86. 09-03[UPDATE] More than 20 states tell court USPS ballot-verification rules cannot be met before November
  87. 09-03Immigrant-rights group sues DHS and DOJ to stop federal database checks of voter rolls
  88. 09-03Germany blames Russia for August 4 drone bombing at Leipzig airport, closes Russian consulate in Bonn
  89. 09-02[UPDATE] House passes the Senate's temporary funding bill 370-48, keeping agencies at current levels through December 11 and sending it to Trump
  90. 09-02USPS built Trump's mail-ballot portal in 3 months, and one mismatched scan can reject a whole batch
  91. 09-02[UPDATE] DHS says ICE has no polling-place operations planned but can enter for a threat or warrant
  92. 09-01House votes Sept. 1 on a stopgap that funds the government to Dec. 11, pushing the shutdown deadline past the midterms
  93. 09-0170% oppose a data center nearby, and Trump says they'll be poor for it
  94. 09-01[UPDATE] Judge leaves Trump's mail-ballot order blocked, with a Sept. 3 hearing on a longer freeze
  95. 09-01Joint Chiefs chair says no troops at polling places in November's midterms
  96. 08-31Trump says he will report NBC's Kristen Welker to the FCC over her endorsement analysis
  97. 08-29[UPDATE] Judge blocks USPS from rejecting noncompliant mail ballots for 14 days; DOJ appeals
  98. 08-29Thousands march in Washington to urge Black voters to turn out in the midterms
  99. 08-27Trump orders midterm ads centered on his record
  100. 08-25MAGA Inc. spends $827,711 to boost Darline Graham before runoff
  101. 08-25California Supreme Court heard challenge to Sheriff Chad Bianco’s seizure of 650,000 ballots
  102. 08-20Angie Nixon beats Alex Vindman for Florida's Democratic Senate nod, 750,000 votes to 550,000
  103. 08-19Median Strategies faked its Bass and Hong polls as a 'social experiment,' then closed
  104. 08-18Attorney General Blanche says the voter rolls fight may go to the Supreme Court
  105. 08-09Senate votes 90-6 to push the shutdown fight past the midterms
  106. 08-09Vance says the Iran talks are moving, then calls the war only half over
  107. 07-30SC U.S. Senate (R): Norman leads Graham Nordone
  108. 07-30WI governor (D): Barnes exits as Hong leads
  109. 07-30MI U.S. Senate (D): El-Sayed leads Stevens by 15
  110. 07-30IA U.S. Senate (D): Turek won’t commit to Schumer
  111. 07-29Exclusive: Musk plans massive push for GOP in midterms
  112. 07-28Idaho Democrat exits Senate race, clearing the lane for independent Todd Achilles
  113. 07-28One poll puts Talarico five points ahead of Paxton in Texas
871 updates · 2026-07-28 → 2026-09-27

Iran war

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The Wall Street Journal reports Trump told staff a renewed bombing campaign is probable after the November elections; asked directly, he did not answer.

  1. 09-27[UPDATE] Trump rejects Iran's offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days in exchange for ending the U.S. blockade
  2. 09-27[UPDATE] Xi ends 3-day Washington visit with trade truce extended and two more Trump meetings set
  3. 09-25Senate rejects measure to make Trump end Iran war or seek approval, 49-50
  4. 09-25Iran proposes seven-day ceasefire plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz and revive nuclear talks
  5. 09-25[UPDATE] U.S. and China agreed to extend their trade truce through Jan. 10, Bessent says
  6. 09-24[UPDATE] Bessent says U.S. and China agreed to extend trade truce from Nov. 10 to Jan. 10
  7. 09-24[UPDATE] Iran’s president offers talks but rejects nuclear limits and demands an end to the US naval blockade
  8. 09-24Iraq, Oman and Azerbaijan suspend some Iran flights after US sanctions threats.
  9. 09-23[UPDATE] Trump addresses the 81st UN General Assembly to pitch UN budget cuts and meet 11 world leaders as the Iran war nears seven months
  10. 09-23[UPDATE] Iran offers to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its naval blockade as traffic falls to two ships
  11. 09-23[UPDATE] Saudi Arabia tested its shut east-west pipeline for a restart as oil fell below $98
  12. 09-23[UPDATE] Gulf leaders urge Trump to avoid escalating with Iran after weekend strikes
  13. 09-23[UPDATE] Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pitched China an emergency AI hotline before summit talks
  14. 09-23[UPDATE] Trump canceled planned strikes on the Houthis three hours before launch
  15. 09-23Senate Democrats can force an Iran war powers vote this week, needing five Republican crossovers
  16. 09-22[UPDATE] Trump says he is choosing among wiping Iran out, letting it rot economically, or a deal, and would "probably" meet Pezeshkian at the UN this week
  17. 09-22[UPDATE] Trump declined a prepared U.S. air campaign against the Houthis, giving Saudi Arabia intelligence and targeting data instead
  18. 09-22US approved visas for Iran's delegation to the UN but denied them to Abbas, who will speak by video
  19. 09-21[UPDATE] Trump says he is considering further Iran attacks, continued economic pressure or a deal
  20. 09-21[UPDATE] Saudi Arabia says it intercepted a Houthi missile aimed at Riyadh
  21. 09-20[UPDATE] Houthi missiles hit Riyadh, burning a fuel depot near King Khalid airport
  22. 09-20[UPDATE] Oil's chokepoint shifts to refineries and tankers as JPMorgan drops its baseline oil forecast
  23. 09-20Fitzpatrick voted against Trump's tariffs, tax law and Iran war powers — and lifelong GOP backers are still leaving him
  24. 09-19Pentagon casualty database omits two U.S. service member deaths in the Middle East during the Iran war
  25. 09-18UN mission finds reasonable grounds to believe U.S. committed war crimes in two February airstrikes in Iran, on a school in Minab and a sports complex in Lamerd
  26. 09-18US grants visas for Iran's president Pezeshkian and foreign minister Araghchi while barring the Palestinian delegation for a second year
  27. 09-17Attacks on Saudi export pipeline push WTI crude to $107.02 a barrel, a 30-day high
  28. 09-16[UPDATE] Saudi Arabia suspends loadings at its last open oil terminal; September cargoes cancelled
  29. 09-16[UPDATE] CBO estimates the Iran war cost $38 billion through Aug. 1 and will add 0.5 percentage points to inflation.
  30. 09-16Thomas Massie (Rep-R Kentucky) filed eight articles impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, forcing a vote
  31. 09-16Pentagon inspector general puts U.S. equipment losses from Iranian strikes at $3.7 billion
  32. 09-15[UPDATE] 10-year Treasury yield hit 5.014% Monday, Sept. 14, first time since October 2023
  33. 09-15[UPDATE] Houthis seize two more Red Sea islands as Saudi pipeline faces 3-to-5-week outage
  34. 09-15[UPDATE] Pentagon watchdog says Iran war cost $33.4 billion through June 30, caused munitions shortfall
  35. 09-14[UPDATE] Saudi Arabia shuts Hormuz-bypass pipeline, oil rises more than $3 with 4% of supply at risk
  36. 09-14[UPDATE] Unidentified projectile hits Iranian container ship off Hengam Island, killing 1 and wounding 4
  37. 09-14[UPDATE] Houthis claim new missile and drone strikes on Saudi Arabia after taking Perim Island in offensive that killed more than 1,500 soldiers
  38. 09-14Two US airmen downed by Iranian missile on April 2 were rescued, one after two days
  39. 09-14Pentagon orders defense industry to wartime footing after US fired thousands of missiles in Iran war
  40. 09-13[UPDATE] A day after the Bab el-Mandeb capture, maritime monitors have recorded no new transit halts
  41. 09-13[UPDATE] U.S. officials link Chinese satellite imagery to a July Iranian strike that killed 3 American troops in Jordan
  42. 09-13All 11 BRICS countries adopt declaration urging Middle East restraint and condemning unauthorized sanctions.
  43. 09-12[UPDATE] Houthi forces captured Mokha and Perim island in the 28-kilometer Bab el-Mandeb strait.
  44. 09-11Trump cites 'the election' when asked why he has not escalated Iran war
  45. 09-11Houthis capture Yemen's Mokha from Saudi-backed forces 46 miles from Bab el-Mandeb
  46. 09-11Acting Navy secretary Hung Cao says Iran 'blew the hell out of' US base in Bahrain
  47. 09-11[UPDATE] Navy plans to keep 2 carrier groups near Iran at least through 2026
  48. 09-11CNN: More than 100 US advisers support Saudi campaign against Houthis
  49. 09-10[UPDATE] Iran fires 20 missiles at a US base in Jordan; Jordan says it intercepted 18
  50. 09-10[UPDATE] Brent oil exceeds $100 a barrel; US diesel reaches $5.94 a gallon
  51. 09-10Trump predicts Iran war will end after November elections and gas will fall below $2/gallon
  52. 09-10IAEA votes 23–3 to refer Iran to UN Security Council over blocked nuclear inspections.
  53. 09-09Houthi missiles and drones hit 4 Saudi cities, wounding 73 and halting Aramco's 400,000-barrel-a-day Jazan refinery
  54. 09-09Iran says it seized a US sea drone in Hormuz; CENTCOM says it malfunctioned a day earlier
  55. 09-08[UPDATE] Iran says it will declare a restricted zone near the Strait of Hormuz and will strike threats "even before" they are carried out
  56. 09-07[UPDATE] Iran says it hit an unmanned US vessel a day after the tanker strikes; Central Command calls the claim "a total lie"
  57. 09-07Gas hit $4.13 a gallon over Labor Day weekend, topping the 2012 record of $3.82
  58. 09-07Energy Secretary Wright says an Iran nuclear deal may wait for a 'next administration' in Tehran
  59. 09-06US destroys or disables 3 Iranian oil tankers after Iran fired ballistic missiles at a US carrier and destroyer
  60. 09-06Pentagon polygraphed about 50 Joint Staff officers in August over leaks about depleted munitions; none failed
  61. 09-05U.S. average diesel price hits a record $5.85 a gallon, up 58% from $3.71 a year ago
  62. 09-04Reuters weapons experts say a US munition made a direct hit on the Iranian wedding house that killed 5
  63. 09-03[UPDATE] U.S. hits about 100 Iranian targets; Iran fires back at American bases in four countries, and a cruise missile kills 4 at a wedding
  64. 09-03U.S. drones hit 2 Iranian tankers under a new "tanker for tanker" policy as the Navy escorts a record 40-ship convoy through Hormuz
  65. 09-02[UPDATE] U.S. forces struck IRGC air-defense, radar, maritime and mine-laying sites on Iran's southern coast starting at noon on Sept. 1
  66. 09-02U.S. crude passes $90 a barrel, up 12% in a week, as U.S.-Iran war intensifies
  67. 09-02U.S. emergency oil reserve falls to 286.6 million barrels, its lowest since 1982, after releasing 128 million barrels during the Iran war
  68. 09-01[UPDATE] U.S. bombs two Iranian rocket sites near the Strait of Hormuz; Iran fires eight missiles at Jordan
  69. 08-31U.S. destroys two Iranian rocket launchers loaded to mine the Strait of Hormuz; Iran fires eight missiles at bases in Jordan, all intercepted
  70. 08-31Bessent says new Iran sanctions will land every week, with another bank next
  71. 08-31Military leaders told Hegseth prolonged Iran operations would leave the U.S. exposed elsewhere
  72. 08-30Military spouses and support-group leader describe income, childcare and return-plan disruptions during Iran-war deployments
  73. 08-29[UPDATE] U.S. goes nearly a month without large Iran strikes as Trump shifts back to sanctions; Hormuz remains closed
  74. 08-28CIA chief secretly met Russian intelligence officials in Moscow
  75. 08-28Six months into the Iran war, about two-thirds of U.S. adults say it was not worth fighting
  76. 08-28Iran war’s $35.7 billion cost—over half the Pentagon’s $67 billion emergency request—pushes the Navy to shift money from payroll
  77. 08-28Iran war uses 65% of U.S. Patriot interceptors, leaving European stocks ‘beyond critical,’ officials say
  78. 08-26China rejects Trump’s threat to sanction Iran’s trading partners
  79. 08-26Secret Service says it is aware of Iranian state-TV threat against Barron Trump
  80. 08-25U.S. sanctions nearly 60 Iranian targets and threatens countries that keep trading with Tehran
  81. 08-25House Democrats say Iran war has passed 150 days and $37 billion
  82. 08-20Trump declares an "economic D-Day" on Iran as Hormuz traffic runs 85% below normal
  83. 08-20UAE cuts off all trade with Iran, closing the gateway that handles a third of Iranian imports
  84. 08-18Trump cuts joint war drills with South Korea, blaming Seoul's refusal to help on Iran
  85. 08-18Trump threatens to bomb Oman, the U.S. ally brokering the deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
  86. 08-18Navy awards Raytheon $22.9 billion to speed Tomahawk output after Iran war shortage
  87. 08-17Trump orders the Pentagon to cut U.S.–South Korea military drills, granting a demand North Korea has made for decades
  88. 08-17Iran says Qatar is holding three of its airmen prisoner; Qatar says it has no one
  89. 08-10Iran won't reopen Hormuz until the US unfreezes its assets and lifts the blockade
  90. 08-09Vance says the Iran talks are moving, then calls the war only half over
  91. 08-08Senate passes Lindsey Graham’s Russia-Iran sanctions bill, 86-11
  92. 08-05Cargo ship is struck in the Strait of Hormuz
  93. 08-04Iran denies Trump’s claim that new U.S. talks would start Monday
  94. 07-30Iran-linked cyberattack prompts warning to water systems
  95. 07-30Senate Republicans block resolution to halt Iran war
  96. 07-28Iran fires multiple ballistic missiles at U.S. base in Jordan; all are intercepted
  97. 07-28Senate advances sweeping Russia-Iran sanctions bill 86-12
  98. 07-28Don Bacon threatens to block Iran-war funding until U.S. troops return to Poland and the Baltics
  99. 07-28The SPR is at a 43-year low — but the viral chart starts after the fill-up
  100. 07-27Trump blames Biden for affordability and calls Iran talks “friendly”
  101. 07-25IRAN UPDATE
  102. 07-25Trump says he trusts Russia and China are staying out of the Iran war
  103. 07-23Trump Threatens to Bomb Iranian Bridges and Power Plants for Every Ship Hit in Strait of Hormuz
  104. 07-23House passes $1.15T defense bill on razor-thin 216-212 vote as Iran war spending surges
  105. 07-23Trump Attends Third Wartime Dignified Transfer as Iran War Criticism Mounts
  106. 07-23Pentagon brings Iran war briefing to the House as regional conflict escalates
  107. 07-23Hegseth Grills Senate Dems on Iran Funding
107 updates · 2026-07-23 → 2026-09-27

Immigration enforcement

moved today

Federal law bars systematic voter-roll purges within 90 days of a federal election, and Nov. 3 is less than 40 days away.

  1. 09-27[UPDATE] Supreme Court lets states resume checking voter rolls against Trump's expanded federal citizenship database while the case is appealed
  2. 09-27ICE sweeps in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas disrupt beef processing
  3. 09-27Trump-appointed judge holds administration in contempt for deporting a 19-year-old asylum-seeker to El Salvador twice
  4. 09-27House Democrats plan multi-committee Trump investigations if they win the House, keeping impeachment on the table
  5. 09-25Trump administration asks Supreme Court to resume deportations to countries where migrants have no ties
  6. 09-24[UPDATE] DHS officials say ICE officer who shot Austin driver wasn’t wearing his body camera
  7. 09-24Guatemalan worker dies in crash fleeing attempted ICE stop in Grand Rapids
  8. 09-23[UPDATE] Venezuelan driver shot by ICE is rehospitalized after detention with bullet near spine
  9. 09-23[UPDATE] ICE stops listing thousands of detainees with final deportation orders in its online locator
  10. 09-22[UPDATE] Man shot once in the back by an ICE officer in Austin is held at a detention center with the bullet still in him, his lawyer says
  11. 09-22ICE detainees with final removal orders no longer appear in its public detainee locator
  12. 09-22U.S. struck 35 deals to deport migrants to countries not their own, sending more than 25,000 people since 2025
  13. 09-21ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Austin, city officials say
  14. 09-20Nearly 200,000 children ordered removed since Trump took office, double the prior rate
  15. 09-18White House pulls Lance Schroyer's nomination to lead ICE after Senate Republicans blocked him
  16. 09-18Rep. Salazar says Trump's deportations went "too far" and Hispanics who backed him "feel betrayed"
  17. 09-15Whistleblower says DHS told hundreds of officers to lie to search state voter rolls
  18. 09-15DHS watchdog says Alligator Alcatraz held 79 detainees in small metal cages
  19. 09-11Latino and voting groups and Denver filed two suits to bar ICE from polls
  20. 09-11Fourth Circuit panel rejects ICE no-bond detention 2-1, ninth circuit to do so
  21. 09-10About 200,000 Salvadorans keep temporary deportation protections as DHS leaves their status undecided.
  22. 09-09[UPDATE] Trump says German immigration rules drove the AfD's Saxony-Anhalt win
  23. 09-09State Department has held a 16-year-old green-card holder and his parents for five months over his grandmother's 1979 hostage role
  24. 09-08[UPDATE] A far-right party won a German state election outright for the first time, taking 43.8%
  25. 09-07ICE topped 50,000 arrests for a second straight month, with more people who have no criminal record
  26. 09-04ICE officer Christian Castro indicted on 6 counts of lying to the FBI about shooting a Venezuelan man through a closed door
  27. 09-03DOJ says states must report migrants without permanent legal status who apply for welfare, or lose federal aid
  28. 09-02[UPDATE] DHS says ICE has no polling-place operations planned but can enter for a threat or warrant
  29. 09-02ICE will equip every field agent with a body camera by September 30
  30. 08-30Judge strikes down provisions allowing speech-based deportation of noncitizens living in the U.S.
  31. 08-30[UPDATE] DHS deported Milo Yiannopoulos to Britain after ICE said he overstayed his visa.
  32. 08-29ICE arrests Milo Yiannopoulos over a visa overstay and missed removal hearing
  33. 08-28ICE orders 6,000 electric-shock gloves in no-bid deal
  34. 08-28Texas releases ICE officer after Minnesota’s extradition request goes unsigned for 90 days
  35. 08-27Judge rejects Minnesota’s bid to force Texas to extradite ICE agent Christian Castro
  36. 08-27State Department pauses immigrant-visa interviews worldwide
  37. 08-26ICE arrests hit record
  38. 08-26ICE releases sailor’s father
  39. 08-25Trump proposes a $103,265 fee for each new H-1B skilled-worker visa
  40. 08-25ICE detained deployed Navy sailor’s father after roughly 20 years in US
  41. 08-25ICE arrested 1,328 near Washington; about 70% had no convictions or pending charges
  42. 08-20Appeals court keeps immigration agents away from 1,400 houses of worship in 33 states
  43. 08-19Texas Governor Abbott refuses to hand over ICE officer charged in Minneapolis shooting, Minnesota sues
  44. 08-11State Department has revoked more than 175,000 visas since Trump took office
  45. 08-09DHS says it misread the law behind the $4,000 H-1B surcharge
  46. 08-08ICE controls body-camera releases
  47. 08-05Judge blocks law banning ICE officers’ masks in New York
  48. 08-0160,000 migrants reach Ceuta over two days; Spain begins mass returns
  49. 07-28DHS Cuts Asylum Interviews
  50. 07-28Judge orders ICE witness released
  51. 07-28Maine limits local police help with civil immigration enforcement
51 updates · 2026-07-28 → 2026-09-27

Russia-Ukraine war

moved today

Just under the Sept. 22 record of $6.53, and hitting schools, farms and food banks

  1. 09-27Diesel nears $6.50 a gallon, up from $3.69 a year earlier; Trump officials blame Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries
  2. 09-24US invites Putin to December’s G20 at Trump’s Miami golf club
  3. 09-24Zelensky (President, Ukraine) urges countries to limit trade with Russia to cut war funding
  4. 09-23[UPDATE] Zelensky asks Trump for a mutual halt on energy and port strikes
  5. 09-23Kremlin-backed fintech A7 moved $6.9 billion through Citigroup and Standard Chartered using forged documents.
  6. 09-21Trump and Zelensky agree to New York talks, expected Sept. 22
  7. 09-19[UPDATE] Trump signs the bill authorizing 100% tariffs on buyers of Russian oil
  8. 09-17[UPDATE] Congress sends Trump a bill letting him impose 100% tariffs on countries that buy Russian oil
  9. 09-16[UPDATE] The House voted 214-211 to advance 100% tariffs on buyers of Russian oil
  10. 09-16Russian drones targeted Volodymyr Zelenskyy's plane twice in recent weeks, Zelenskyy said
  11. 09-15Putin-linked oligarch paid hundreds of thousands for Trump Jr after-wedding celebration
  12. 09-15Trump announced a Russia-Ukraine energy truce Kyiv calls conditional
  13. 09-15[UPDATE] Russian drone hit Ukrainian locomotive beside Petraeus train after Johnson train left, hurting no one
  14. 09-14[UPDATE] Saudi Arabia shuts Hormuz-bypass pipeline, oil rises more than $3 with 4% of supply at risk
  15. 09-13[UPDATE] Vladimir Putin warned that sending European troops into Ukraine means war with Russia.
  16. 09-13Kyiv prepares for peace talks to resume in October; Zelensky on Witkoff and Kushner diplomacy
  17. 09-12House schedules vote next week on authorizing 100% tariffs on Russian oil buyers
  18. 09-10[UPDATE] Trump says Russia's president wants a Ukraine peace deal after their phone call
  19. 09-10Norway’s prime minister says a drone nearly hit Ukrainian President Zelensky’s plane leaving Moldova.
  20. 09-09[UPDATE] Russia resumed strikes on Kyiv after the truce, killing 7; Trump and Putin then talked for an hour
  21. 09-09Ukraine is buying about 1,000 Patriot interceptors with an EU loan, but most arrive years from now
  22. 09-08[UPDATE] Witkoff says Moscow-Kyiv trip produced 'substantive progress' on scheduling more talks, with no date set and no terms disclosed
  23. 09-08Russia orders Germany's last consulate in Russia closed by Sept. 18, leaving one embassy each
  24. 09-07[UPDATE] Witkoff and Kushner hold first Kyiv talks of the war, agreeing on next steps but no terms; announcement promised in weeks
  25. 09-07Kennedy says the House should have passed the Russia sanctions bill the Senate cleared in August
  26. 09-06[UPDATE] Putin orders 72-hour halt to strikes on Kyiv while Witkoff and Kushner visit, after a three-hour Kremlin meeting
  27. 09-05U.S. average diesel price hits a record $5.85 a gallon, up 58% from $3.71 a year ago
  28. 09-05Witkoff and Kushner meet Putin in Moscow Sept. 5, Zelensky in Kyiv Sept. 6, carrying a U.S. proposal to end the war
  29. 09-04Zelensky says Witkoff and Kushner will visit Kyiv in coming days, their first trip to Ukraine
  30. 09-02[UPDATE] U.S. forces struck IRGC air-defense, radar, maritime and mine-laying sites on Iran's southern coast starting at noon on Sept. 1
  31. 09-01Russia's finance minister returned to the G20 in person for the first time since the Ukraine invasion
  32. 08-30Russian drone hits ammunition depot near Kyiv, killing 38; four remain missing
  33. 08-29[UPDATE] CIA chief told Moscow to end the Ukraine war before Russia’s military and economy worsen
  34. 08-28CIA chief secretly met Russian intelligence officials in Moscow
  35. 08-28Russia threatens British military sites if Ukraine uses U.K. weapons inside Russia
  36. 08-28Russia attacks nine Ukrainian cities, killing 2 and wounding at least 14
  37. 08-27CIA chief reportedly warned Moscow against a limited Russian attack on NATO
  38. 08-26CIA chief Ratcliffe makes rare Moscow visit
  39. 08-04Zelensky says Russia launched nearly 1,900 drones at Ukraine in one week
  40. 07-28Senate advances sweeping Russia-Iran sanctions bill 86-12
  41. 07-27Zelensky will meet senators Tuesday as Russia sanctions vote nears
  42. 07-23House passes $1.15T defense bill on razor-thin 216-212 vote as Iran war spending surges
42 updates · 2026-07-23 → 2026-09-27

Courts and the administration

moved today

Federal law bars systematic voter-roll purges within 90 days of a federal election, and Nov. 3 is less than 40 days away.

  1. 09-27[UPDATE] Supreme Court lets states resume checking voter rolls against Trump's expanded federal citizenship database while the case is appealed
  2. 09-27[UPDATE] Supreme Court blocks Missouri's 7-1 GOP map a third time, keeping the 6-2 map for Nov. 3
  3. 09-25[UPDATE] California Supreme Court orders Sheriff Chad Bianco to return approximately 650,000 seized ballots
  4. 09-25Trump administration asks Supreme Court to resume deportations to countries where migrants have no ties
  5. 09-23[UPDATE] Appeals court orders Missouri to use 7-1 Republican map but stays ruling one week
  6. 09-22Fish and Wildlife director tells staff killing an endangered animal is not an illegal 'take' unless the killing was the purpose
  7. 09-20[UPDATE] Thousands ring the closed Kennedy Center as Trump ties the $257 million renovation to putting his name on it
  8. 09-18EPA repeals most of the 2024 carbon limits on coal and gas power plants
  9. 09-16[UPDATE] Mail ballots will move under pre-2026 rules on Nov. 3 as the administration stands down
  10. 09-16[UPDATE] Senate blocks the Clarity Act 49-50 on motion to proceed
  11. 09-15[UPDATE] Supreme Court leaves Trump's USPS mail-ballot rules blocked for Nov. 3 midterms in apparent 7-2 vote
  12. 09-14[UPDATE] Supreme Court blocks Missouri redraw, leaving 2022 House map favoring GOP in 6 of 8 districts
  13. 09-13[UPDATE] A federal judge struck down the Trump plan to cut FEMA's workforce by 50%.
  14. 09-13[UPDATE] Missouri election officials warned the restored 6-2 map will confuse voters and disrupt races.
  15. 09-11[UPDATE] Supreme Court blocks Missouri from using 7-1 Republican map in November
  16. 09-10[UPDATE] States ask Supreme Court to keep new USPS ballot requirements blocked
  17. 09-10Missouri Supreme Court summons Hoskins after he ordered officials to use a blocked congressional map.
  18. 09-09Kavanaugh leaves Missouri's 6-2 map in place; hours later a federal judge orders the state to run the 7-1 map
  19. 09-09Trump administration asks Supreme Court to unblock the SAVE database for checking voter rolls
  20. 09-09State Department has held a 16-year-old green-card holder and his parents for five months over his grandmother's 1979 hostage role
  21. 09-06[UPDATE] Missouri asks the Supreme Court to reinstate its 7-1 congressional map three days before the ballot deadline
  22. 09-04ICE officer Christian Castro indicted on 6 counts of lying to the FBI about shooting a Venezuelan man through a closed door
  23. 09-04[UPDATE] Judge Boardman blocks Trump's Aug. 6 birthright citizenship order as "almost certainly unconstitutional"
  24. 09-03Federal judge blocks Trump's Aug. 6 order narrowing birthright citizenship, calling it "almost certainly unconstitutional"
  25. 09-01Trump administration asks Supreme Court to discharge 29 transgender troops before their January 2027 trial
  26. 08-30Appeals court set aside Georgia’s voting-map ruling and ordered a new review under stricter racial-discrimination rules.
  27. 08-29[UPDATE] Judge blocks USPS from rejecting noncompliant mail ballots for 14 days; DOJ appeals
  28. 08-29Trump asks Supreme Court to let Pentagon enforce its transgender ban against current service members
  29. 08-27Judge clears Trump’s USPS mail-ballot rule; 24 states and D.C. sue hours later
  30. 08-27Lisa Cook denies mortgage wrongdoing as Trump renews bid to fire her
  31. 08-27Judge declines to erase Bannon’s contempt conviction — for now
  32. 08-26USPS violated a court order to finalize Trump’s mail-ballot rule; judge allows publication
  33. 08-20Appeals court keeps immigration agents away from 1,400 houses of worship in 33 states
  34. 08-18ACLU asks the Supreme Court to strike Texas's Ten Commandments classroom law
  35. 08-11Meta and TikTok tried to end thousands of youth addiction suits before trial; the 9th Circuit told them to wait
  36. 08-08Justice Samuel Alito says he will stay for another Supreme Court term
  37. 08-08Appeals court says Trump needs Congress to build the White House ballroom
  38. 08-08Trump issues narrower birthright-citizenship and “birth tourism” orders
  39. 08-08White House gives Fed governor Lisa Cook 21 days to answer mortgage-fraud allegations
  40. 07-29Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll case
  41. 07-27Trump asks Supreme Court to revive federal voter list and mail-ballot limits
  42. 07-27Minnesota prediction market ban paused by federal judge days before rollout
42 updates · 2026-07-27 → 2026-09-27

Inflation and the Fed

moved today

A global bond selloff pushed the yield up, but other big borrowers are paying less than the US.

  1. 09-27US 10-year Treasury yield nears 5.2%, above what Germany, France, Canada, Greece and Estonia pay to borrow
  2. 09-24Fed Governor Michael Barr says more rate increases are likely to counter inflation
  3. 09-22[UPDATE] Chicago Fed's Goolsbee says getting inflation to 2% will be 'painful' and require pushing employment below target
  4. 09-17[UPDATE] Fed raises its benchmark rate a quarter point to 3.75%-4%, its first increase since July 2023
  5. 09-16[UPDATE] Saudi Arabia suspends loadings at its last open oil terminal; September cargoes cancelled
  6. 09-16[UPDATE] CBO estimates the Iran war cost $38 billion through Aug. 1 and will add 0.5 percentage points to inflation.
  7. 09-16Federal Reserve is expected to raise its benchmark rate a quarter point on Wednesday, Sept. 16, its first hike in three years.
  8. 09-15[UPDATE] 10-year Treasury yield hit 5.014% Monday, Sept. 14, first time since October 2023
  9. 09-14Trump threatens trade cutoff with some nations unless Fed lowers rates despite 3.4% inflation
  10. 09-12Consumer prices rose 0.4% in August and 3.4% over the year, lifting September Fed rate hike odds above 80%
  11. 09-12Trump threatens tariffs unless Fed chair Kevin Warsh cuts interest rates
  12. 09-11August inflation holds at 3.4% annually; gasoline drives monthly increase
  13. 09-08The national debt passed $40 trillion, up from $37.6 trillion at the end of fiscal 2025
  14. 09-06[UPDATE] Trump blamed the Fed and trade partners after the 162,000-job August report, as the 10-year yield hit 4.79%
  15. 09-05U.S. employers added 162,000 jobs in August, about triple the 53,000-56,000 forecast, and unemployment held at 4.1%
  16. 09-02Ten-year Treasury yield hit 4.78% on Tuesday, Sept. 1, its highest since January 2025
  17. 09-01[UPDATE] Pentagon takes a 35% stake in the venture given exclusive rights to 17 Venezuelan oil fields
  18. 08-30Warsh says the Fed may need to raise rates because inflation has not eased
  19. 08-20Fed held rates 9-3, and the minutes show the hawks were not just the three who voted no
  20. 08-20Federal debt tops $40 trillion, adding the last trillion in under five months
  21. 08-10China's consumer prices rose at the slowest pace since January on weak demand
  22. 08-08White House gives Fed governor Lisa Cook 21 days to answer mortgage-fraud allegations
  23. 08-04Tariffs raised prices for imported and U.S.-made goods—with the biggest policy exposure in metals and autos
  24. 08-01China’s nominal exchange rate held steady while its real trade-weighted rate fell 14%
  25. 08-0130-Year Real Yields Hit 2008 High
  26. 07-28Medicare Part D got cheaper and more generous — but the subsidy is ending
26 updates · 2026-07-28 → 2026-09-27

Gaza and Hamas

moved 3 days ago
  1. 09-24Trump's Board of Peace proposes $2.45 billion for 66 Gaza recovery projects over six months.
  2. 09-09Book says UAE's bin Zayed warned Netanyahu of a coming Hamas attack 10 days before Oct. 7
  3. 08-18Kushner asks Israel to take small steps in Gaza to test Hamas disarmament
  4. 08-17Hamas told Kushner in Egypt it still plans to disarm and demilitarize Gaza
  5. 08-10Netanyahu rejects Trump's 15-point Gaza plan, says troops stay until Hamas disarms
  6. 08-04Israel raises ‘serious security concerns’ over Hamas disarmament deal
  7. 07-30Trump says Hamas agreed to phased disarmament in Gaza; Israel remains skeptical
7 updates · 2026-07-30 → 2026-09-24

Tariffs and trade

moved 6 days ago

Donald Trump will host Xi Jinping at the White House for a summit and state dinner Thursday, Sept. 24.

  1. 09-21[UPDATE] U.S. and China open New York talks on trade, AI and critical minerals
  2. 09-20Fitzpatrick voted against Trump's tariffs, tax law and Iran war powers — and lifelong GOP backers are still leaving him
  3. 09-19[UPDATE] Trump signs the bill authorizing 100% tariffs on buyers of Russian oil
  4. 09-18[UPDATE] Carney accepts EU invitation for Canada to become the bloc's first associate member; Trump calls it a possible 'hostile act'
  5. 09-18India faces 100% tariff threat over Russian oil after US House vote
  6. 09-17[UPDATE] Congress sends Trump a bill letting him impose 100% tariffs on countries that buy Russian oil
  7. 09-17EU chief proposes making Canada the bloc's first associate member
  8. 09-16[UPDATE] The House voted 214-211 to advance 100% tariffs on buyers of Russian oil
  9. 09-14US bans Canadian alcohol, dairy and vehicle imports after 50% tariffs
  10. 09-12House schedules vote next week on authorizing 100% tariffs on Russian oil buyers
  11. 09-12Trump threatens tariffs unless Fed chair Kevin Warsh cuts interest rates
  12. 09-11Trump promises $5,000 checks to every adult US citizen if Republicans hold the House and Senate
  13. 09-10[UPDATE] Trump bans select Canadian dairy, alcohol and motorcycle imports starting Sept. 29.
  14. 09-08[UPDATE] Canada's 15%-50% tariffs on $20 billion of U.S. goods took effect just after midnight Tuesday, Sept. 8
  15. 09-07[UPDATE] Canada's 50% tariffs on $27.6B of U.S. goods start Tuesday, Sept. 8
  16. 09-06DOJ told antitrust staff to stop working with Canada, then called it a misunderstanding
  17. 09-02[UPDATE] Canada tariffs $20B of U.S. goods Sept. 8; U.S. trade rep says no talks underway
  18. 09-01Trade talks with Canada collapse, leaving 50% U.S. tariffs on $27.6 billion of Canadian goods
  19. 08-31Trump calls it a rejection of all Canadian imports; the enacted 50% tariffs cover about 5%
  20. 08-28Trump suspends tariffs for 90 days on 661 million pounds of imported ground beef
  21. 08-28Canada removes all U.S. fish and seafood from a planned 25% Sept. 8 counter-tariff after industry warns of economic harm
  22. 08-26Canada tariffs nearly $20 billion in U.S. goods to match Trump’s 50% levies
  23. 08-25Trump imposed 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian goods and threatened the same rate on autos and steel
  24. 08-20Trump pauses 50% Canada tariff two hours before it hits, buying three days
  25. 08-20Federal debt tops $40 trillion, adding the last trillion in under five months
  26. 08-08Senate passes Lindsey Graham’s Russia-Iran sanctions bill, 86-11
  27. 08-05US states sue to block Trump tariffs impacting dozens of countries
  28. 08-04Tariffs raised prices for imported and U.S.-made goods—with the biggest policy exposure in metals and autos
  29. 07-28Senate advances sweeping Russia-Iran sanctions bill 86-12
  30. 07-28Trump’s tariffs will cost the average US household $900 in 2026
  31. 07-25Two small businesses sue Trump over tariffs covering nearly all U.S. imports