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September 4, 2026

The day's top events, read by how settled the reporting is.

Administration takes mail ballot rules to justices

The Trump administration filed an emergency appeal on Sept. 3 asking the Supreme Court to lift a judge's order pausing new Postal Service requirements for mail ballots.

Reported 92% · Contested 3% · Developing 5%

Milei orders sanctions push and a naval base

Javier Milei announced decrees to speed sanctions on companies drilling off the Falklands and a naval base in Tierra del Fuego, citing remarks by Donald Trump.

Reported 95% · Contested 2% · Developing 3%

Two workers pulled alive

Nepal's Army says two workers came out alive from a flooded hydropower tunnel on the Trishuli, nine days after the disaster on the border with China.

Reported 98% · Contested 1% · Developing 1%

Iran says it struck US assets in Kuwait

Iran's military says it hit a US air base in Kuwait with missiles and drones, and Trump says Washington is ready to strike Iran again.

Reported 74% · Contested 7% · Developing 19%

Vance rules out Iran talks

Vice President JD Vance said the US will not negotiate with Iran while attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz continue, and set no timeline for ending the war.

Reported 95% · Contested 1% · Developing 4%