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Two tankers hit in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran claiming one, hours after Trump tells Axios his "big decision" could be to "annihilate" the regime.
Gulf leaders meet Trump next week
Source: CBS News
September 18, 2026
State Department approves a potential $24 billion sale of 48 F-35s to Saudi Arabia over lawmakers' warnings China could obtain the jet's technology.
Israel only other regional operator
Source: The Hill
September 17, 2026
Six Senate Democrats demand Office of Personnel Management halt collecting claims-level health records on 8 million federal workers and families, data the agency can re-identify.
First letter unanswered since April
Source: Federal News Network
September 17, 2026
HHS Secretary Kennedy names eight members to the task force that decides which preventive care insurers must cover free, four months after firing its chair.
Support agency lost 80% of staff
Source: Reuters
September 17, 2026
Postmaster General Steiner says the Postal Service has stopped building the voter-screening system behind Trump's mail-ballot order after the Supreme Court blocked it.
Source: The Associated Press
September 17, 2026
Appeals court lets HUD shift $1.3 billion in homelessness funding from Housing First to treatment while it appeals a ruling that it skipped public comment.
Same court refused HUD in April
Source: The Jurist
September 17, 2026
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