Houthi Fighters Take Yemen's Perim Island in Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a Day After Seizing Mokha Port
Yemeni government forces withdrew from the island overnight on September 11, 2026, and Houthi fighters moved in; Brent crude ended the week above $100 a barrel for the first time in nearly four months.
U.S.
U.S. Supreme Court Pauses Federal Judge's Order That Missouri Use Its 2025 Congressional Map in November
The Sept. 10 order, issued without explanation, leaves Missouri's 2022 district lines in place for now while a referendum on the newer map goes before voters.
D.C. Circuit Denies Stay of DOJ Order Moving Medical and FDA-Approved Marijuana to Schedule III
A three-judge panel ruled on September 9, 2026 that challengers had not met the legal test for a stay, so the April 28 order stays in effect while the underlying case continues.
Justice Department Sues Hawaii, Arkansas, Utah and D.C. Over In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students, Bringing Total Jurisdictions Sued to 25
The four complaints, filed September 10, argue the tuition policies are preempted by a 1996 federal law; Arkansas's attorney general said he agrees with the Justice Department, while the other three jurisdictions have not conceded.
Trump Meets Irish President Connolly and Taoiseach Martin in Dublin, Then Travels to His Doonbeg Resort for the Irish Open
The Sept. 12-13 visit pairs official talks in Phoenix Park with a stop at a golf tournament held at a course the president owns, as protest marches and a large state security operation go ahead.
CENTCOM Reports Biggest Wave of Tanker Strikes Since War Began as Iran Claims It Hit 10 Ships and a U.S. Base; Vance Says He Is "Extremely Skeptical" of Iran's Wedding-Strike Account
U.S. Central Command said it destroyed five Iranian tankers on September 9 — the largest exchange of shipping attacks since the war began — while Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed it hit 10 ships and a U.S. base in Jordan; Vice President JD Vance had said days earlier, on September 3, that the U.S. is investigating but doubts Tehran's account of a September 1 strike on a wedding in Sirik County.
Treasury Designates Hezbollah- and Kataib Hezbollah-Linked Companies and Individuals in Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey and the UAE
The September 10 action by Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control is the latest step in "Operation Economic Outcast," a campaign against Iran and its allied armed groups announced on August 24, 2026.
N.C.
North Carolina and 11 Local Governments Reach $455 Million PFAS Settlement With Chemours, DuPont and Corteva, Plus a $135 Million Reserve Fund
State officials valued the deal at $590 million and called it North Carolina's largest environmental damages recovery; the cash is paid over 15 years, and Wilmington's water utility says its own lawsuit continues.
Trump to Campaign for Whatley in Gastonia on Sept. 16; Elon Poll Puts Cooper Ahead 49-38 Among Likely Voters
The Elon University Poll released Sept. 10 showed the same 11-point margin as its August survey, with more voters undecided; other recent polls show a tighter race.
VinFast Asks Court to Dismiss North Carolina's Suit Over Chatham Megasite, Says Concrete Footers Met Construction Deadline
In an 80-page state court filing this month, the Vietnamese automaker denies breaching its deal and blames delays on the state, while North Carolina's attorney general argues a missed "vertical construction" deadline lets the state buy the 1,765-acre site back.
National Weather Service Forecasts Rain From a Coastal Low in Central North Carolina Starting Sept. 15, With Isolated Flash Flooding Possible
Forecasters expect up to about 1.5 inches of rain in Raleigh and up to 3 inches east of the Triangle through midweek, with a 10% chance of up to 5 inches in Wayne and Wilson counties.
NC Utilities Commission Holds Sept. 9 Hearing on Duke Energy's 850-Megawatt Simple-Cycle Gas Plant in Rowan County
Duke Energy Carolinas is asking state regulators to certify two gas-fired combustion turbines at its Buck site, with data-center growth at the center of the fight over whether the plant is needed and who should pay for it.
Finance
Dollar Index Ends Friday at 99.04 After Touching 99.36 on August Inflation Data
The dollar gave back an early pop on September 11 as August core inflation came in at 0.3% and traders weighed roughly even odds of a Federal Reserve rate increase on September 16.
Oracle Reports 30% Revenue Growth and $664 Billion Backlog; Shares Close Down 1.7% After Intraday Rally
Oracle's fiscal first-quarter cloud-infrastructure sales rose 121% and its contracted backlog grew to $664 billion, while the stock gave up an early gain and closed lower on September 11.
10-Year Treasury Yield Closes at 4.96% on Sept. 11, Highest Since October 2023
U.S., Japanese, British and German government bond yields all climbed in early September 2026, days before a Federal Reserve meeting at which traders see a possible rate increase.
University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index Falls to 47.8 in Preliminary September Reading
The survey's early-September estimate is down from 51.7 in August and below the 51.0 forecast, with year-ahead inflation expectations rising to 4.6%.
U.S. Average Diesel Price Reaches $6.06 a Gallon on Sept. 11, a Nominal Record; California Averages $7.98
AAA's national diesel average topped $6 for the first time in nominal dollars as the U.S.-Iran war, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and strikes on Russian refineries squeeze global diesel supply; adjusted for inflation, the 2022 and 2008 peaks were higher.
ECB Raises Key Rates 25 Basis Points, Lifting Deposit Rate to 2.50%; Euro Slips to About $1.16 as U.S. Producer Prices Rise 0.4% in August
The European Central Bank's second hike since the U.S.-Iran war began was unanimous and widely expected; the euro gained against most major currencies but fell against a dollar lifted by hot U.S. producer-price data one day before the August CPI report.
World
Xi, Putin and Modi Open 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi; Bloc Adopts Joint Declaration
Leaders of the 11-member group met Sept. 12-13 at Bharat Mandapam and agreed on a declaration, a day after BRICS finance chiefs raised "serious concerns" about unilateral tariffs without naming any country.
European Commission Approves €6.1 Billion Ukraine Defense Tranche, Clearing About €2 Billion for U.S.-Made Patriot Interceptors
The Sept. 11 decision releases roughly $7.1 billion from the EU's €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan and grants five exceptions to the loan's buy-European rule, two of them for American PAC-3 missiles.
Russian Drones Hit Pavlohrad Shopping Center; Canada Pledges C$350 Million for Ukrainian Air Defense
Ukrainian officials say a daytime drone attack on a shopping center in Pavlohrad killed at least four people on Sept. 10, hours after Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a partnership declaration in Calgary.
Lithuania and Latvia Warned in July of Possible Russian Attacks on Energy and Transport Links; NATO Allies Report Foiling an Arctic Cable Operation
Baltic and Polish leaders cited intelligence about possible strikes on infrastructure, Moscow called the warnings a pretext for NATO buildup, and Western officials say submersibles were confronted near Svalbard in the spring.
Iran's President Arrives in New Delhi for BRICS Summit; Foreign Minister Holds De-escalation Call With Pakistan's Army Chief
Masoud Pezeshkian landed in India on Sept. 11 ahead of the Sept. 12-13 BRICS summit and was scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a day after Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke by phone with Pakistan's Field Marshal Asim Munir about restarting talks with Washington.
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.
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.