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September 21, 2026
The day's top events, read by how settled the reporting is.
Ukrainian drones hit a Moscow oil refinery as Russia reports 1,110 downed overnight
Russia's Defense Ministry says it downed 1,110 Ukrainian drones overnight, and the governor of the Moscow region counts two dead and 20 wounded as parliamentary voting ends.
US and Chinese officials discuss an AI risk warning mechanism before Trump meets Xi
Over about eight hours of talks in New York, Bessent and He Lifeng took up a system for alerting each other to serious AI incidents before the Trump-Xi summit.
Trump says the military asked him to make his planned arch a drone and sniper site
Trump said in a Sunday post that the US military asked him to turn his planned Triumphal Arch into a complex for drones, snipers and sniper ammunition.
United Russia wins more than 57% of the vote in Russia's wartime Duma election
With nearly all votes counted, United Russia, the party loyal to Vladimir Putin, holds more than 57% in the election for the State Duma, Russia's lower house.
White House weighs an order creating a board to rule on NIH grant awards
Trump administration officials weigh an executive order for a board, including Russ Vought and Jay Bhattacharya, that would rule unanimously on NIH grant awards.
Far-right AfD wins state vote in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as Merz vows to stay
The far-right AfD beat the Social Democrats in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's state election, and Chancellor Friedrich Merz, whose CDU also lost, says he will stay on.
Haiti sends 18 suspects in President Moïse's 2021 killing to Florida for trial
Eighteen suspects in the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse are flown from Haiti to Florida on a military plane to face trial in US federal court.
The US has pledged at least $410 million to deport migrants to third countries
Internal government records show the Trump administration had authorized or pledged at least $410 million by the end of June for deportation deals with 31 countries.