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Isaias Kills at Least Four in Florida and Alabama After Category 2 Landfall Near Destin
About 670,000 homes and businesses in four states were still without power at midday Saturday, and the National Weather Service confirmed several tornadoes in South Carolina as the storm's remnants moved inland.
Trump Says 70 Million Children Now Have Trump Accounts After Treasury Auto-Enrolled More Than 60 Million
Accounts the government opened automatically cannot take family contributions or the $1,000 federal seed until a parent claims them, and the seed goes only to children born from 2025 through 2028.
Supreme Court Hears Exxon and Suncor Bid to End Boulder Climate Lawsuit, With Eight Justices After Alito Recusal
On the first day of its new term, the Court heard arguments on whether federal law bars Boulder city and county from suing two oil companies for climate damages under Colorado law. The Trump administration backed the companies.
Trump Names Intelligence Chief Jay Clayton to Chair New 'Super Intelligence Force'; Clayton Says a Report Is Due in 120 Days
FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson, Pentagon technology chief Emil Michael and OPM Director Scott Kupor will also help lead the White House AI task force. Trump's post creating it listed no budget, no new legal powers and no specific actions.
Treasury Begins Mailing $500 Checks, Which the White House Calls Obamacare 'Refunds,' to More Than 950,000 HealthCare.gov Enrollees in 30 States
The White House says the one-time payments return surplus exchange fees to unsubsidized 2026 enrollees, and it blames the Biden administration for the overcharge; health-policy experts and Democrats dispute that account and point to the timing, five weeks before the midterms.
Falling Tree Kills NYCHA Worker in Brooklyn as Nor'easter Cuts Power to More Than 130,000 Customers in the Northeast
A 56-year-old New York City Housing Authority maintenance worker died Saturday, Sept. 26. The storm peaked with an 81 mph gust at Montauk Point, flooded the Jersey Shore and led three governors to declare emergencies or open emergency centers.
Judge Moves James Comey's Arraignment in '86 47' Seashell Case to January 2027 and Sets No New Trial Date
U.S. District Judge Louise Wood Flanagan granted Comey's unopposed request to push back his Sept. 30 arraignment in New Bern, North Carolina, while his motions to dismiss the threat charges are still pending.
U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Missouri's 2025 Congressional Map a Third Time, Keeping 2022 Lines for November
In an unsigned order with no noted dissents, the justices on Sept. 25 paused an appeals-court ruling issued four days earlier that would have required the Republican-drawn 2025 map. So Missouri will vote in November under the districts it used in 2022 and 2024.
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.
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.