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- Jury deadlocked 11-1 in Lindsay Clancy murder trial; judge declares mistrial on September 4
- Trump administration proposes stripping tax-exempt status from schools with race-based aid programs
- North Carolina Teen Indicted on Murder Charges for Livestreaming San Diego Mosque Shooting (August 31, 2026)
- Minneapolis shooting kills 2, wounds 6 others including 3 police officers
- Kalshi permanently bans George Santos after he made false statements about State of the Union attendance while placing bets
- Supreme Court rejects Missouri GOP bid to use new congressional map for 2026 midterms
- Two killed, eight wounded in shooting at Trenton block party
- Billionaire Leon Black sues to block House subpoenas, skips deposition on Epstein documents
- Hong Kong court sentences three activists to 5-7 years for organizing Tiananmen vigils, September 11
- DOJ drops felony case against canoeist Hearn, cites contractor fault in pool damage
- Trump promises $5,000 dividend to every U.S. adult if Republicans hold midterms
- Albany Woman Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS, Plotting Capitol Attack
- White House teleprompter operator ordered to pay $172,000 in insider betting settlement
- House passes continuing resolution through December 11, avoiding shutdown weeks before midterms
- Federal judge vacates Trump visa ban covering 75 countries, cites violation of immigration law
- Metropolitan Museum cancels John Galliano exhibition after public backlash over 2011 antisemitic conviction
- Senator Ed Markey wins Massachusetts Democratic primary on September 1
- Iran Threatens Attack in Response to U.S. Sanctions Expansion
- Houthis seize Mocha port on September 10, positioning to control Bab al-Mandeb Strait
- Judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to overturn conviction and warns against further appeals
- Oil breaches $100 as US-Iran military strikes escalate in Gulf corridor, September 9
- Houthi attacks on southern Saudi Arabia wound 73, ignite oil facilities on September 8
- FDA approves daraxonrasib, first drug targeting KRAS mutations in pancreatic cancer
- NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches on $4.3 billion mission to map the cosmos
- Germany accuses Russia of drone attack on Leipzig airport, orders diplomatic retaliation on September 1
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