Tuesday, September 22, 2026

President Trump is set to address the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, with Ambassador Mike Waltz saying the speech will stress confronting Iran’s nuclear threat and Gaza peace-plan progress. Sideline meetings are…

CNN, MS NOW, and Politico filed a federal lawsuit after the White House revoked their hard passes, calling the ban viewpoint discrimination under the First Amendment. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly scheduled a…

AMD shares jumped about 10% Monday, briefly pushing its market value above $1 trillion for the first time, as Meta’s Muse AI assistant topped free U.S. app charts and Meta stock rose more than 11%. Broader chip indexes…

A Washington federal court will hear CNN, MS NOW, and Politico’s request to restore White House access after hard passes were deactivated without notice. Experts cite long-standing rules against conditioning press…

Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, 28, told reporters by phone he was detained at the South Texas ICE Processing Center with a bullet still lodged near his spine after an Austin shooting Sunday. DHS says he has a final…

Iowa’s Ashley Hinson and Michigan’s Mike Rogers called Monday for ending the nearly seven-month Iran war quickly, citing record diesel prices, after previously backing Trump’s authority to strike. A Reuters/Ipsos poll…

Investors piled into AI names after Meta’s Muse agent led free app downloads, sending Meta up more than 11% and helping AMD briefly clear a $1 trillion valuation. Semafor and CNBC noted AMD as the fourth U.S. chipmaker…

Crude eased Tuesday after reports Iran offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the U.S. eases military pressure and lifts a port blockade. Reuters also cited Saudi East-West Pipeline restarts and…

Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee joined other Fed speakers in warning that services and demand-driven inflation remain sticky alongside energy prices, reinforcing hawkish signals after the Sept. 16 rate hike…

New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart exited Monday night’s loss to the Rams with a knee injury; preliminary exams and NFL Network reporting point to a sprained MCL with negative X-rays and an MRI due Tuesday. Jameis…

FIFA President Gianni Infantino wrote to the FIFA Council proposing an independent external review of how major decisions are made, after the collapsed Forward Enterprise investment plan sparked a backlash. The Council…

Paige Bueckers scored 26 as Dallas beat Phoenix 87–82 on Sept. 19 for a sixth straight win, then poured in 30 in an 87–86 rematch loss when Kahleah Copper hit a layup with 2.4 seconds left. Both games drew heavy…

Trump is due to meet Danish PM Mette Frederiksen and Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen at the UN Tuesday to sign a deal expanding the U.S. military footprint beyond Pituffik, including sites at Narsarsuaq and…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due to meet Trump at the UN to seek a reciprocal pause in strikes on energy and critical infrastructure before winter. Trump has urged Kyiv to stop hitting Russian refineries…

A senior Iranian official told Reuters Tehran could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if Washington eases military pressure and lifts its blockade of Iranian ports. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is in…

At its Apsara conference, Alibaba unveiled the T-Head Zhenwu V900 AI chip, claiming triple the performance of the M890 and clusters of up to 500,000 cards, with mass production eyed for Q1 2027. CEO Eddie Wu said Qwen…

Reuters reports Meta Ray-Ban-style AI glasses drawing lawsuits over bystander recordings and cloud training use, while UK venues including Wetherspoon have restricted the frames. Device makers are testing camera-free…

Chinese startup DeepSeek is among firms invited to brief the U.N. Security Council on AI and international security Wednesday, sources told Reuters, alongside expected remarks from OpenAI’s Sam Altman. Plans remain…

Apple announced a 600-capacity Apple Music Hall beneath its U.K. HQ at Battersea Power Station, wired for Spatial Audio, multi-camera livestreams, and on-site studios. Variety says the venue officially opens Sept. 28…

Gloria Steinem’s essay collection An Unexpected Life is out from Random House weeks after her death at 92 on Sept. 2. USA TODAY and Washington Monthly highlight its focus on community organizing, intersectional…

PBS NewsHour noted that Dolly Parton’s Aug. 25 death and Gloria Steinem’s Sept. 2 death, eight days apart, prompted dual remembrances of contrasting feminist influence—Parton’s cultural reach and Steinem’s organizing…

British Columbia and School District 59 sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in California, alleging the company failed to alert police to ChatGPT threats before the Feb. 10 Tumbler Ridge Secondary shooting that killed six…

Pennsylvania requested CDC Epi-Aid for an outbreak exceeding 700 cases and four measles-associated deaths, but said it would rescind the ask if CDC will not recognize those fatalities. HHS said assistance and fatality…

FDA-approved 2026–27 COVID vaccines are in retail channels, but CDC has not yet opened Vaccines for Children ordering covering about half of U.S. children. HHS says procurement decisions are being finalized; pediatric…

NOAA’s Sept. 10 ENSO discussion says El Niño is strengthening, with Niño-3.4 at +1.8°C and a greater than 90% chance of a very strong event through winter 2026–27. CPC puts a 75% chance of a historic October–December…

NHC said Polo, a Category 4 with ~150 mph winds about 215 miles south of Zihuatanejo, could reach Category 5 Tuesday while paralleling Mexico’s Pacific coast. Moisture from Polo is also enhancing Southwest U.S. flood…

Only six named Atlantic storms have formed by late September, with no hurricanes yet—experts largely blame very strong El Niño wind shear. NOAA had already lowered seasonal expectations; the Pacific basin, by contrast…

Katmai National Park’s Fat Bear Week runs Sept. 22–29, with public voting on 16 Brooks River brown bears packing on salmon weight for winter. Last year’s champion was Bear 32 “Chunk”; fans vote at fatbearweek.org and…

Forecasters say a coastal low could develop into an early-season nor’easter late this week, bringing multi-day rain, northeast winds, high surf, and coastal flooding from the Mid-Atlantic into New England. Exact track…

U.S. Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, at 2:00 a.m. local time, when clocks move back one hour. Almanac notes most states still change clocks; Arizona (except Navajo Nation) and Hawaii remain on standard…