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President Trump defended his media relations at an event hosted by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at Gracie Mansion on Monday, telling reporters that despite previous threats to boycott him, the press has not followed through. Mayor Mamdani stated he invited all members of...

President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party secured 355 of 450 seats in Russia's State Duma in elections held on September 22, 2026, extending the ruling party's parliamentary supermajority. According to africanews, the result gives United Russia enough seats to pass constitutional amendments without opposition support.

Wall Street Journal reporter Joshua Jamerson returns to his hometown of Detroit to examine how rising living costs and economic conditions are influencing voter priorities in Michigan, a key battleground state in the 2026 midterms. The segment explores the impact of economic factors on working...

A federal immigration officer shot 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a Venezuelan national, in Austin on Sunday, according to official reports. Garces Perez's attorney stated the man entered the country legally and holds work authorization. The shooting prompted rapid-response protests in Austin Sunday evening. The...

ProPublica's education team has published an investigation into school voucher programs that lawmakers promised would expand educational options for students with disabilities. According to ProPublica, in Georgia, 71% of counties have no private schools accepting vouchers for disabled students, contradicting the stated purpose of the...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union suffered election losses in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin on September 21, 2026. According to TRT World, the results mark the second major blow to Merz's coalition in three weeks, following what the outlet describes as a record 44 percent...

More Perfect Union's investigation documents how corporate fishing operations in Alaska discard millions of pounds of fish annually while public access to rivers and fishing grounds has been curtailed. According to More Perfect Union, opposition to the policy shift among fishing communities could affect U.S....

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote completed Africa's largest refinery project, enabling Nigeria to process its own crude oil domestically instead of importing refined petroleum products at substantial cost. For decades, Nigeria's state-owned refineries operated at minimal capacity, forcing the continent's largest oil producer to spend billions...

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz spoke with CNN's Dana Bash on Sunday about a bilateral agreement between the United States and Denmark concerning Greenland, addressing questions of governance and jurisdiction over the territory.

Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar discusses why mail-in voting has become popular in some of the state's most Republican, rural counties, directly addressing the disconnect between Republican criticism of mail voting and Republican use of it. According to VICE News, Aguilar's remarks come amid...

On September 21, 2026, voters in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania participate in regional elections two weeks after the Alternative for Germany (AfD) achieved its first major regional victory. Polls suggest the far-right party could win in both states, marking a potential expansion of its influence...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with Apple CEO Tim Cook to discuss cooperation between the Australian government and major tech companies on artificial intelligence development and social media regulation. Albanese stated that partnership with tech giants will be essential for Australia's economic opportunity and...

Regional elections are underway in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on September 20, 2026, with results seen as a barometer for Chancellor Friedrich Merz's centre-right government. Merz has scheduled a crisis meeting and canceled his attendance at this week's UN General Assembly to manage potential fallout,...

Three women were killed in separate domestic violence-related incidents across New South Wales within a 24-hour period, including a 90-year-old grandmother stabbed 19 times, according to ABC News Australia. A 47-year-old man accused in one of the killings claimed the medication Ozempic affected his mental...

According to NBC News, millions of residents across the Upper Midwest were placed under flood alerts Saturday following heavy rainfall that exceeded 8 inches in some areas, causing rivers to swell to dangerous levels. NBC News reports that the deluge prompted widespread evacuation warnings as...

According to ABC News, diesel prices across the United States have reached record highs while gasoline prices remain elevated, with no relief in sight for drivers nationwide.

U.S. President Donald Trump called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to stop attacking Russia's diesel fuel refineries, stating the strikes are driving global fuel shortages, according to remarks Trump made to reporters in Doonbeg, Ireland. Trump said Ukraine could pursue other military targets but must...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's government claims the Ebola outbreak is trending downward in hotspots, but health experts and responders contradict this assessment, saying the outbreak remains severe and is now reaching new areas. According to France 24 correspondent Emmet Livingstone, the divergence between official...

President Donald Trump said Friday that he is banning CNN, MSNBC, and Politico from the White House effective immediately, announcing the move during an Oval Office press conference. The administration has not indicated it has taken steps to implement the ban. First Amendment groups stated...

President Trump announced an immediate ban on CNN, MSNBC, and Politico from White House access, per reporting by Mary Bruce. In the Lindsay Clancy case, a holdout juror who voted to convict stated he "didn't have any doubts" that Clancy knew what she was doing...