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Nashville, TennesseePublished 2 Oct 2026
On Sept. 30, Tennessee gave Christa Pike two doses of pentobarbital at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. She was still alive and snoring, and was taken to a hospital. Gov. Bill Lee paused the rest of the year’s executions and ordered a review. Hours earlier the U.S. Supreme Court had lifted a same-day stay.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 30 Sep 2026
Former special counsel Jack Smith told the Senate Judiciary Committee he would not be silenced and stood by the charges against President Trump. Republicans called the prosecutions an abuse of power.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 30 Sep 2026
On Sept. 28, 2026, the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to pause Judge Royce Lamberth’s orders and let the Bureau of Prisons stop surgeries, hormone therapy, and social accommodations for federal inmates with gender dysphoria.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 30 Sep 2026
On Sept. 29, 2026, President Donald Trump signed an executive order telling the executive branch to use “Super Intelligence” instead of “artificial intelligence,” and he and tech executives signed a voluntary safety accord he called morally binding.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 30 Sep 2026
The administration used Homeland Security funds for spots it calls public service announcements. Democrats and some Republicans say the ads are political and should not be paid with tax dollars.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 29 Sep 2026
On Sept. 29, 2026, President Trump unveiled an AI government site at the Mellon Auditorium in Washington and signed an order tying agencies to it, while tech executives pressed caution and he refused to slow development.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 29 Sep 2026
A White House import ban on selected Canadian alcohol, whey, molasses and motorcycles took effect Tuesday, the latest step in the U.S.-Canada trade fight.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 29 Sep 2026
The department removed the 2024 Title IX regulations from the federal code and put the 2020 rule back in print. Courts had already set the 2024 rule aside.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 28 Sep 2026
In Washington, the Transportation Department set a 2031 fleet average of 34.9 miles per gallon, down from the Biden-era 50.4. Officials said the change would cut new-car prices; critics said drivers would burn more fuel and breathe dirtier air.
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Renton, WashingtonPublished 28 Sep 2026
Boeing told airlines the flight-management flaw is not an immediate safety issue. Southwest and United are refusing jets with the affected software while the MAX 7 and MAX 10 await deliveries and certification.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 28 Sep 2026
Michael Burgwald and Courtland Rae were moved to headquarters Friday. The White House says they slowed a serious threat case. The field-office chief says Kash Patel did not order it.
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San Francisco, CaliforniaPublished 27 Sep 2026
The deal pulls back guidance that let agencies fire workers in a funding lapse. Unions call it a retreat. The San Francisco case stays on hold through the end of the year.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 27 Sep 2026
The president said Saturday he signed off on new mileage rules the Transportation Department plans to unveil Monday, cutting the 2031 target well below the Biden-era standard.
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Oklahoma City, OklahomaPublished 26 Sep 2026
Judge David Russell halted the state’s nonsectarian charter rule against Ben Gamla, setting up a clash with an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision the U.S. Supreme Court left in place.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 25 Sep 2026
The spot tells viewers it was paid for by the U.S. government. The White House calls it a patriotic public-service announcement. Democrats and some Republicans say public money should not pay for it.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 25 Sep 2026
The justices stayed a lower-court ban on Homeland Security's citizenship tool. Three liberals dissented, and the majority said a 90-day purge limit will mute the effect on the midterms.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 25 Sep 2026
Xi's first U.S. visit in more than a decade opened with a tarmac welcome and a state dinner. The governments extended their trade truce, and they still spoke past each other on Taiwan and artificial intelligence.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 25 Sep 2026
The Senate voted 49-50 on Thursday against a House-passed war powers resolution. Four Republicans joined Democrats; John Fetterman was the only Democrat opposed.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 22 Sep 2026
Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday the administration is cutting hundreds of thousands of Affordable Care Act marketplace enrollees it calls fraudulent or ineligible. Officials put the savings at $2.2 billion. Outlets do not agree on the head count.
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Nuuk, Sermersooq, GreenlandPublished 22 Sep 2026
Trump says the pact gives the United States permanent control over Greenland’s security. Denmark and Greenland say it leaves their sovereignty in place.
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Boston, MassachusettsPublished 22 Sep 2026
On Sept. 18, 2026, the First Circuit largely upheld a ruling that the Department of Homeland Security cannot rapidly deport people to a third country without notice and a chance to raise fear of persecution or torture. DHS says the ruling is not yet in effect.
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