IAEA Board Votes 23-3, With 8 Abstentions, to Report Iran to the UN Security Council
The nuclear watchdog's 35-nation board formally reported Iran to the Security Council over unverified nuclear material, a step the U.S., Britain, France and Germany drafted and Russia, China and Niger opposed.
U.S.
Georgia Guard Member Charged With Two Felonies After Allegedly Drawing Gun on Fellow Soldier in D.C.
Police say Zion Mitchell, 21, pointed a loaded pistol at another guardsman during an Aug. 25 argument over hairstyle rules; he faces assault and firearm charges and is being held in the D.C. Jail.
Helena Foulkes Defeats Gov. Dan McKee in Rhode Island Democratic Primary, 62% to 38% in Unofficial Results
Foulkes, a former CVS executive who has never held elected office, won the Sept. 9 Democratic primary for Rhode Island governor; McKee conceded and pledged a smooth transition.
Census Bureau Proposes Excluding Immigrants Without Green Cards From Apportionment Counts and Dropping Race Questions
A proposed rule signed by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick would count only citizens, green-card holders and some others at their U.S. residence for the 2030 apportionment, and would bar race, ethnicity and sexual-orientation questions from the census form; it faces a 30-day comment period and expected lawsuits.
CENTCOM Says It Destroyed Five Iranian Tankers; Jordan Reports Intercepting 18 of 20 Iranian Missiles
U.S. Central Command says Iranian forces twice tried to hit a Navy warship and that it then struck five tankers tied to Iran's oil network; Jordan's army says it shot down 18 of 20 Iranian ballistic missiles, with no casualties reported.
Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Let DHS Resume Voter-Roll Citizenship Checks; Challengers' Response Due Sept. 15
The administration filed an emergency application on Sept. 8 after a federal judge and a divided D.C. Circuit panel blocked the expanded SAVE database, which lower courts found violated federal privacy and Social Security law.
D.C. Circuit Upholds Injunction Blocking IRS From Sharing Taxpayer Addresses With ICE
A three-judge panel ruled unanimously on September 8, 2026 that the IRS policy behind 47,289 address disclosures to ICE likely violated Section 6103 of the tax code, leaving a lower court's preliminary injunction in place.
N.C.
All Five Living Former NC Governors File Brief Backing Stein in Appointment-Power Cases Set for Nov. 10 Argument
Democrats Cooper, Perdue and Easley and Republicans McCrory and Martin asked the North Carolina Supreme Court to accept a joint friend-of-the-court brief in Stein v. Berger and Stein v. Hall, two consolidated challenges to laws limiting the governor's board and judicial-vacancy appointments.
NC Audit Finds Lottery Sales Rose to $6.6 Billion in FY2025 While Education Transfers Held Near $1.08 Billion
State Auditor Dave Boliek's performance audit reports the share of lottery sales sent to the Education Lottery Fund fell from 23% in fiscal 2023 to 16% in fiscal 2025, and asks lawmakers to decide whether the lottery's goal is total dollars or a target percentage.
NC Supreme Court Hears TikTok's Personal-Jurisdiction Appeal in State Youth-Safety Suit
On Sept. 9, 2026, justices questioned lawyers for TikTok and ByteDance, who want the court to reverse a 2025 Business Court ruling that let Attorney General Jeff Jackson's case go forward in North Carolina.
Federal Flight Charge Filed Against Woman Sought in Virginia Road-Crew Killings; Affidavit Cites July 24-28 North Carolina Sightings
A federal affidavit places Dennikia Rachelle Boyce in Ahoskie and Conway, N.C., in the days right after the July 24 Chesterfield County shooting; authorities have not said where she is now.
North Carolina Report Finds Reported Crime Down in All Four Major Categories From January Through June 2026
State analysts told the Governor's Crime Commission on Sept. 3 that violent, property, financial and drug offenses all fell against the same months of 2025, while domestic-related offenses such as kidnapping and intimidation rose.
First $55 Million Round of North Carolina's $193.5 Million Helene Infrastructure Grant Program Closes; State Sources List Sept. 8 and Sept. 16 Deadlines
The Renew NC Community Infrastructure Program's opening round covers water, sewer, roads and parks work in 29 storm-affected counties, and arrives amid a two-year fight over how slowly Helene recovery money has moved.
Finance
Brent Crude Closes Above $101 After Iranian Missile Attacks on a Navy Warship Prompt U.S. Strikes on Five Iran-Linked Tankers
U.S. Central Command destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Sept. 8 after Iran's Revolutionary Guard twice fired at a U.S. warship; Iran struck back at shipping and a base in Jordan, and oil hit its highest price since July.
Gold Trades Back Above $4,400 an Ounce as Dollar Slips to Four-Month Low, Ending Three-Session Slide
Gold rose about 1% on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, as traders waited on U.S. inflation data before the Federal Reserve's September 16 decision; the metal remains roughly 21% below its January 28 intraday record of $5,589.38.
Amgen Shares Fall About 10% After Novartis Says Pelacarsen Missed Its Main Goal in a Phase III Heart Trial
Novartis reported on September 4 that pelacarsen lowered lipoprotein(a) but did not cut cardiovascular events in an 8,323-patient study; Amgen fell 9.8% on September 8 after a BMO Capital Markets downgrade, while Novartis's Zurich-listed shares fell about 1.9% on September 7.
Treasury's Enlarged Long-Bond Buybacks Take Effect Sept. 9, Raising the Per-Operation Cap From $2 Billion to at Least $4 Billion
Treasury announced the change on Aug. 19; the 10-year and 30-year yields fell that day and gave back the decline the next session.
EverBank and WaFd Agree to $3.9 Billion Reverse Merger, Creating a Bank With About $75 Billion in Assets
Under the deal announced Sept. 7, EverBank's investors would own about 59.2% of the combined company, which would keep the EverBank name and trade on Nasdaq as EVBK after an expected early-2027 close.
Canada's Counter-Tariffs of 15% to 50% Take Effect on C$27.6 Billion of U.S. Goods
Ottawa's surtaxes on more than 700 American products began at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, matching the 50% U.S. Section 338 tariffs that hit Canadian goods on Aug. 22, and paired with a C$7.5 billion aid package for Canadian workers and businesses.
World
Drone Crossed Moldovan and Romanian Airspace on Sept. 8, Delaying Zelensky's Flight to Norway
Moldova closed its airspace for about an hour, holding or diverting seven aircraft including President Volodymyr Zelensky's plane; Norway's prime minister said the plane was "almost hit," while Moldovan and Ukrainian officials say it took off only after the drone had crashed.
WFP Asks for $101 Million for Congo Ebola Response, Citing 5,500 Cases and 2,642 Deaths in the Outbreak's First 100 Days
The Bundibugyo-strain outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, declared a global health emergency in May, had more than 6,600 confirmed cases reported as of early September, and the U.S. has both pledged money and barred entry from three African countries.
U.K., Canada and 10 Other European Countries Announce Trade Restrictions on Israeli Settlement Goods; Israel Closes British Consulate in Jerusalem
Twelve governments said on September 8 they will curb trade with Israeli West Bank settlements; Israel called the move hostile and retaliated, and the Trump administration said the United States will not join.
Houthi Missiles and Drones Hit Four Southwestern Saudi Cities; Saudi-Led Coalition Says 73 Wounded
The Saudi-led coalition said the September 8 attacks on Abha, Jazan, Najran and Khamis Mushait started fires and briefly halted work at oil and utility sites; the Houthis said the strikes answered three days of Saudi air raids in Yemen.
Militants Raid Hunting Lodge and Town in Mozambique's Niassa Province; Police Report 11 Abducted, Three Americans Evacuated
Mozambican police say attackers struck Marangira and a nearby safari camp on Sept. 3, killing at least one person and taking hostages, including a South African mechanic; three U.S. hunters were flown out unhurt.
Taiwan's Air Force Budgets NT$6.88 Billion for 26 Hardened Aircraft Shelters in Hualien and Taitung
The shelters, listed in the defense ministry's 2027 budget proposal and scheduled through 2031, are part of a "one aircraft, one shelter" policy for F-16Vs on Taiwan's east coast, where deliveries of 66 new jets from the United States began in August 2026.
Analysis
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What Fauci's Released Diary Documents About the U.S. COVID-19 Response — and What It Leaves Unresolved
A 1,141-page personal diary released by Sen. Rand Paul's committee is roughly one-third routine administrative logging; a minority of entries bear directly on contested questions, and a few conflict with contemporaneous public statements.
Eight Months of Mamdani: What New York's Record Actually Shows, and What It Cannot Yet Show
A claim-by-claim audit of what Zohran Mamdani has delivered, how New Yorkers judge it, and what the evidence does and does not license anyone to conclude about the rest of the country.