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September 15, 2026
The day's top events, read by how settled the reporting is.
Kremlin calls Trump's proposed energy truce a good idea
Moscow praised Trump's energy truce proposal on Sept. 15 without saying it would stop hitting Ukrainian energy sites, and aerial strikes went on.
McConnell back in the Senate
Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate on Monday after a three-month absence that followed his hospitalisation in June.
Supreme Court blocks Trump order restricting voting
The Supreme Court rejected Trump's effort to restrict voting by mail, leaving states free to send ballots under the systems they have used for years.
Trump calls AI safety warnings a hoax
Trump calls warnings about AI a hoax in a run of social media posts, then telephones Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who puts him on speakerphone at a Los Angeles summit.
Ebola spreads to a sixth Congo province
Bundibugyo virus disease has spread to a sixth province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Congolese officials report a decline in transmission.
Senate sets procedural vote on crypto bill
The Senate votes shortly after 2 p.m. EDT on advancing a cryptocurrency regulatory framework, after Trump agreed to tougher ethics terms Democrats sought.
Ukraine says drone strikes
Ukraine's railway network says drones that struck at Yahodyn near the Poland border likely targeted former CIA director David Petraeus, Boris Johnson and other dignitaries.
Anthropic researcher quits over AI extinction fears
Jacob Coxon announced his resignation from Anthropic, saying AI could kill us all by the end of the decade, in a post that shook Silicon Valley, Washington and Beijing.