What Happened Today – September 22, 2026

Side-by-side photos of Sen. John Curtis in his official Senate portrait and Donald Trump Jr. speaking at AmericaFest 2025 in Phoenix

Sen. John Curtis, a Utah Republican, asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate Donald Trump Jr. after ProPublica reported a Putin-allied oligarch bankrolled his Bahamas wedding weekend. (Official Senate portrait; Xuthoria/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Donald Trump stood before the United Nations General Assembly today and asked the world’s leaders whether he should drive Iran “into hell.” He framed it as a choice between a deal and the decision to “annihilate the Islamic Republic,” and told the room the deal would probably come “right after the election.” Iran, he said, … Read more

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