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TDFP News Roundup 9/13/26

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🚨 TDFP News Roundup – 9/11/26 🚨

Trump blames Ukraine for record diesel prices, urges Zelensky to halt refinery strikes

President Trump said Sunday that record U.S. diesel prices—AAA’s national average at $6.06 a gallon, a historic high—stem from Ukraine striking Russian refineries, not the Middle East, and told Zelensky to “stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia.” Trump said he has spoken with Zelensky, argued there are “plenty of other targets,” and warned diesel hits are “hurting the world” as Ukraine’s campaign has helped force a Russian diesel export ban and an estimated ~8% drop in global diesel supply.


Supreme Court blocks Missouri GOP map, restores 2022 districts

Republicans took a midterm hit after the Supreme Court blocked Missouri’s new Trump-backed congressional map, forcing the state to use its 2022 districts in November instead of boundaries that could have helped the GOP pick up another House seat. Missouri already held its August primary under the new map, so more than 1 million voters could be shifted into different districts for the general election, improving Democrats’ odds of holding Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s Kansas City seat.


House Speaker Johnson: Trump’s $5,000 adult checks need Congress to act

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that Trump’s pledge to send $5,000 to every American adult if Republicans keep the House and Senate is a “creative idea” that would require congressional approval. Johnson told NBC’s Meet the Press Congress would “work through it and find consensus,” rejected Democratic claims Trump is buying votes by citing Democrats’ own COVID stimulus checks, while Trump insisted from Ireland the payments will happen “100%.”


New York Times’ Gaza war coverage biased against Israel, study finds

A Yale School of Management review of 1,559 Times articles from Oct. 7, 2023 to June 7, 2024 found the paper’s early Gaza war coverage framed Israel as near-exclusive agent of the conflict while downplaying Hamas’s role and largely omitting Israeli casualties after Oct. 7. Researcher Edieal Pinker wrote in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism that Palestinian suffering accounts appeared about two of every three days while comparable Israeli accounts rarely appeared; the Times rejected the bias characterization.


Trump says he will consider declassifying more 9/11 recordsPresident Trump said Sunday he will consider publicly releasing more classified records related to the Sept. 11 attacks after relatives of victims asked for further disclosure about possible Saudi government links to the plot. “I’m going to look at it when I get back,” Trump said before boarding Air Force One from Ireland, adding he knew they asked him Friday.

Hardline Iran faction launched Hormuz attacks to derail peace deal, report says

A New York Post report Sunday said hardliners in Tehran, led by paramilitary chief Hossein Taeb, greenlit summer Strait of Hormuz ship attacks that blew up a U.S.–Iran memorandum of understanding while Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei remains out of public view. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was reportedly furious; experts say the hardliners used the leader’s absence to kill prospects of a lasting deal with Trump.


Houthi rebels seize Perim Island in Red Sea as Saudis urge Trump to act

Iran-backed Houthi rebels captured Perim Island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and a former Pentagon official warned Sunday the militants had entered a U.S. “kill box” at a vital shipping chokepoint. Sources told Fox that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called President Trump twice Sept. 10 urging U.S. military strikes as IRGC-backed advances tighten pressure on Red Sea traffic.


Vulnerable House Republicans embrace Trump for midterms

Fox News reported Sunday that battleground GOP incumbents including Reps. Ryan Mackenzie, Mike Lawler, and Rob Bresnahan took the stage at the first-ever midterm convention, betting proximity to Trump will defy classic midterm losses. Democrats are already running ads tying the incumbents to Trump’s agenda on prices, tariffs, and the Iran war.


Appeals court to test Trump’s interim U.S. attorney appointments

The 4th Circuit hears Tuesday the administration’s bid to revive prosecutions of James Comey and Letitia James after a judge tossed indictments tied to interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan’s appointment. The Justice Department is also asking the Supreme Court to take a related appointment dispute with nationwide stakes.


Obama warns AI “dangerous,” urges Democrats to own the issue

The New York Times, via Reuters Sunday, quoted Barack Obama at a private fundraiser saying AI is “moving very fast in private hands” and could be dangerous without governance. He urged Hakeem Jeffries to frame a public AI policy conversation if Democrats take the House and pressed 2028 candidates to make AI safety and economics a central agenda.


Amodei calls to “pace the frontier”; Altman and Musk agree

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said frontier labs must slow capability gains so safety can keep up, warning AI agent swarms could take over the internet within six to 12 months after the Hugging Face breakout. OpenAI’s Sam Altman pledged independent evaluators with employee-like access; Elon Musk wrote simply, “Dario is right.”

Swedes vote as Sweden Democrats eye first cabinet seats

Sweden held a tightly contested parliamentary election Sunday, with polls showing a narrow centre-left lead but the right closing; a right-wing win would bring the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats into government for the first time. Migration, gang crime, and cost of living dominate; shootings fell sharply under the current government even as integration debates rage.


Trump watches Irish Open final at Doonbeg, set to present trophy

President Trump spent Sunday at his Doonbeg resort for the Amgen Irish Open final, with Taoiseach Micheál Martin also on site and Trump expected to present the winner’s trophy before flying out of Shannon Sunday evening. UK Conservatives and Northern Irish unionists pushed back on his Saturday unity comments as unhelpful, while more than 10,000 protested in Dublin on Saturday.


GOP’s T.W. Shannon: keep Black-voter gains without Trump on ballot

Former Black Voices for Trump chair and Oklahoma LG nominee T.W. Shannon told Fox that jobs and lower crime can hold Trump’s 2024 Black-vote gains (about 16%) even without Trump on the midterm ballot. He slammed DSA-aligned Democrats on taxes and policing; the DNC said Black voters will reject Trump’s “cost-raising” agenda.


Carney explores Canada as EU “associate member,” WSJ says

Reuters reported Sunday that Prime Minister Mark Carney is exploring a new “associate member” status with the EU amid the U.S.–Canada trade war, with EU officials said to be open to inventing the category. Talks cover freer movement in energy, AI, defence, and critical minerals plus possible visa-free work; CETA ratification delays show how hard deeper ties can be.


Russian drone strike wounds five in Odesa

Ukrainian officials said at least five people were wounded in a Sunday morning Russian attack on Odesa, a day after strikes killed two and injured 26. The Black Sea port city has faced persistent missile and drone attacks that have forced closures of export hubs vital to Ukrainian trade.


South Korea aims to lock $350B U.S. investment details this week

Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan said Sunday Seoul will hold early-week video talks with Washington to finalize details of its proposed $350 billion U.S. investment package. He said a $200 billion strategic-investment ceiling and $20 billion annual cap are already agreed and will not change; specific projects remain undisclosed.


Rep. Tom Tiffany swims from sinking plane after lake landing

Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial candidate Rep. Tom Tiffany said his four-seat Bonanza lost power approaching Wausau Downtown Airport Saturday night and made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau. He and the pilot swam to shallow water as the plane sank; both had only minor injuries and were taken to Aspirus Wausau Hospital.


Louisiana man sought after 4 stabbed dead, child critically hurt

Terrebonne Parish named Kaegan Jude Solet, 47, a person of interest after four people were found stabbed to death near Ashland Drive in Houma and a child was critically wounded. Solet has a 2019 attempted-murder arrest history; a sheriff’s lieutenant said authorities are “stunned” he was free and that how he “slipped through” needs answers.



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