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• Trump signs bill authorizing sweeping Russia sanctions

  19-09-2026 09:24 via yahoo.com
  Russia has intensified attacks against Ukraine as its full-scale invasion grinds through its fifth year (Oleksandr GIMANOV)US President Donald Trump signed a bill on Friday authorizing new sanctions designed to pressure Russia over its war in Ukraine, after Congress gave its approval after months of delay.Washington is pushing to revive a mediated path towards ending the conflict as Moscow intensifies attacks against Ukraine, even though much of its attention -- and munitions -- are focused on t
  
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• Aerial threat alert sounds in Saudi capital for 1st time in latest escalation with Houthis

  19-09-2026 09:11 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia warned of a “hostile aerial threat” and issued a string of emergency alerts across the kingdom, including in its capital, late Friday and early Saturday. Also Saturday, Iran’s state TV reported that a man was executed after being convicted on charges of spying for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad.Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Friday. Full coverage is available here.Alerts sound across Saudi Arabia for aerial threatSaudi Arabia warned of a
  
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• Oil prices are high but could be much worse. Trump has China's Xi to thank for that.

  19-09-2026 06:08 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It could be much worse.When President Donald Trump launched his war against Iran in late February, energy analysts issued dire warnings that oil prices could more than double during a protracted conflict and urged investors and motorists to buckle up for a bumpy ride.The war grinds on and oil prices certainly remain volatile. But the most dire projections have not yet come to pass six months into a conflict that has no end in sight.Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is mak
  
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• Google says Gemini hacked real systems after mistaking them for a test

  19-09-2026 03:37 via nbcnews.com
  Google said it did not consider the unauthorized logins to rise to the level of misalignment, the AI industry term for software going rogue or not following instructions. (David Paul Morris / Bloomberg via Getty Images file)Google on Friday disclosed the first known instance of its artificial intelligence software, Gemini, carrying out an undirected computer hack, weeks after similar disclosures by AI firms Anthropic and OpenAI raised security alarms about AI models going beyond the instruc
  
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• Someone has poisoned 28 Lake Tahoe trees. Now there's a $147,000 reward.

  19-09-2026 03:23 via yahoo.com
  These three trees, pictured on Aug. 6, are among those recently poisoned at Burnt Cedar Beach in Incline Village, Nev. (Scott Sady / For The Times)A question has bedeviled a wealthy Lake Tahoe enclave for years: Who is poisoning the towering trees that stand sentry on the North Shore?Residents of Incline Village, Nev., hope a $147,000 reward will generate some answers.“It’s the most appalling, selfish thing that anyone could do, especially for trees that are irreplaceable,&rdquo
  
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• Protesters form human chain at Kennedy Center after Trump threatens demolition

  19-09-2026 02:52 via abcnews.com
  
  Hundreds of activists gathered at the Kennedy Center Friday night in opposition to President Donald Trump's attempted takeover of the presidential memorial and threats that he will close and demolish it.Activists linked hands and formed a human chain outside the Washington venue, demanding Trump be removed as its chairman for failing to protect and manage it. Trump installed himself as chairman of the Kennedy Center last year after removing its previous leadership and replacing board members wit
  
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• Is Trump's latest White House media ban legal? Recent history shows mixed signals.

  19-09-2026 02:13 via usatoday.com
  
  WASHINGTON – If recent history is the judge, President Donald Trump faces an uncertain legal landscape after his latest attempt to ban certain media outlets from covering him at the White House.
  Trump announced in a Sept. 18 social media post that he is banning reporters from three major media outlets – CNN, MS NOW, and Politico – from the White House because he views their coverage as "FAKE NEWS."
  Trump later said there wasn't a specific incident or story that prompted him to
  
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• Trump says Donald Jr. repaid Russian oligarch with close ties to Putin for wedding party

  19-09-2026 01:57 via abcnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump said Friday that his son Donald Trump Jr. has paid back a Russian oligarch with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin who the Trumps have confirmed hosted two nights of parties after Trump Jr.'s wedding. Trump was asked in the Oval Office on Friday whether it was appropriate for his son to have accepted the gift from Umar Kremlev. "Well, it's totally, it's totally allowed. And a lot of people have parties and all, but it's totally allowed," Trump said. "
  
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• Trump says U.S. has reached a deal to take 'permanent control' of Greenland's security

  19-09-2026 00:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump has announced an agreement with Greenland, in which the U.S. will take permanent control of the Arctic island’s security. “I am pleased to announce that the United States of America has entered into an Agreement with The Kingdom of Denmark, and Greenland, that gives the United States permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland, completely addressing ALL of our many U.S. concerns,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Friday evening. The pres
  
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