Maine’s housing agency reopens eviction prevention aid Monday, paying past-due rent plus up to 12 months more for renters owing no more than $9,600.
Federal judge orders EPA to reinstate $7 billion in Solar for All grants for 900,000 lower-income households, ruling Trump’s budget law cannot cancel existing grants.
Trump signs the late Sen. Graham’s Russia sanctions bill, gaining power to put 100% tariffs on the top five buyers of Russian oil and gas.
Trump says all 50 states joined most-favored-nation Medicaid drug pricing that “alone should win us the midterms,” as experts say Medicaid patients already pay little.
40 states and DC force subprime auto lender Credit Acceptance to forgive $634 million for 55,000 borrowers after the federal consumer bureau dropped the case.
California Gov. Newsom signs the nation’s first smoke-damage testing and cleanup standards, forcing insurers to pay after 13,000 claims from the 2025 Los Angeles fires.
Senate Agriculture Committee advances the farm bill on party lines, McConnell’s return supplying the vote it lacked in August, as Democrats hold out over food stamp cost shifts.
Trump warns the European Union that making Canada an associate member could be a “hostile act” and threatens “very heavy tariffs” on Europe in response.
Federal Reserve under Trump-picked Chair Warsh unanimously raises rates a quarter point, the first hike since 2023, 12 days after Trump demanded cuts.
Seattle Mayor Wilson signs a ban on rental junk fees like pet rent and package charges into law, letting the city sue landlords for triple the illegal amount.
Trump tells a North Carolina rally “hopefully we’re toward the end” of the Iran war, a week after saying it ends “immediately after” the midterms.
Treasury Secretary Bessent tells Congress Trump’s $5,000 checks won’t add to the $40 trillion debt but refuses to say how, calling the plan “in process.”
Senate Democrats block the Clarity Act crypto bill, far short of the 60 votes needed, after Republicans refuse ethics rules covering Trump family crypto profits.
Federal watchdog finds paid administrative leave hit $9.5 billion last year, up 435% since 2023, mostly for 144,000 employees paid not to work before resigning.
Congressional Budget Office puts the Iran war at $38 billion through August 1, growing up to $3 billion a month, with interceptor stocks depleted for years.
Kentucky Gov. Beshear erases $250 million in medical debt for more than 130,000 residents by spending $2.5 million in state housing money.
San Francisco Mayor Lurie unveils $30 million rent-emergency package capping rent-controlled increases at 10% a year and replacing expiring federal vouchers for 650 households.
Pentagon watchdog tallies $33.4 billion Iran war cost through June and finds the $22.3 billion in munitions fired left US stockpiles short, as oil holds above $100.
House Speaker Johnson says Trump’s $5,000 election-conditioned dividend checks need Congress to act, three days after Trump claimed tariff revenue lets him skip a vote.
Trump promises to lift the tariff on Irish whiskey while at his Doonbeg resort, five days after banning Canadian whisky and most other Canadian alcohol.
Trump tells Ukraine to stop striking Russian diesel refineries, blaming Kyiv for a global shortage experts tie to the Iran war and closed Strait of Hormuz.
San Diego transit agencies freeze fares at $2.50 for riders on CalFresh, Medi-Cal or CalWORKs ahead of the region’s first fare hike since 2009.
Trump says $1.2 trillion election-conditioned dividend needs no congressional vote, citing tariff revenue, as Commerce Secretary Lutnick points to unlaunched visa card and Intel shares.
Federal appeals court strikes down Energy Department’s emergency order keeping 64-year-old Michigan coal plant open 15 months past retirement, finding no specific shortage justified it.
New York Mayor Mamdani opens free year-round 2-K childcare for 2,000 toddlers, expanding to 12,000 next fall, as some providers still await city contract payments.
Trump declines Saudi crown prince’s request to strike Yemen’s Houthis, offering targeting help, as Saudi Arabia shuts its 750-mile Hormuz-bypass pipeline after drone attacks, CBS reports.
US diesel tops $6 a gallon for the first time as Trump says relief from the oil-price surge may not come until after the election.
Wholesale prices rise 5.4% over the past year, diesel jumping 24% in August alone, as futures traders price a two-in-three chance the Fed raises rates next week.
Trump promises every adult a $5,000 “dividend” if Republicans keep Congress, a $1.35 trillion pledge with no funding source, at the GOP’s first midterm convention.
Pima County, Arizona, adds $8.7 million to its affordable housing fund after the first $24.5 million added 618 units and kept 910 households housed.
Trump bans Canadian dairy, most alcohol and motorcycles and bars Canadian goods from long-term federal contracts, hours after Canada’s $20 billion counter-tariffs take effect.
US destroys 5 more Iranian oil tankers over missile attacks on a warship, and Iran answers with 20 missiles at US targets in Jordan.
New York Mayor Mamdani creates an Office of Worker Power and orders city agencies to hunt labor violations without waiting for complaints, citing weakened federal enforcement.
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion in US goods take effect, matching Trump’s 50% tariff, a day after he vowed “No more selling Bombardier” in the US.
Iran plans to stop ships beyond the Strait of Hormuz as Houthi rebels hit Saudi oil facilities and push toward the Red Sea route Saudi exports rely on.
Danville, Virginia, opens forgivable $5,000 down payment loans and $500 rental deposit grants for residents earning 81% to 95% of area median income, acting on its 2022 housing study and resident input.
Energy Secretary Wright says the US is “strangling” Iran’s economy for a policy change “or a new regime” and a nuclear deal “may await a next administration.”
Trump orders agencies to start removing gray wolves from the endangered species list and tells Interior Secretary Burgum to push states to let ranchers shoot them.
Justice Department antitrust official orders a “Pause on Canada” in cooperation during the tariff fight, then calls it a mistake after The Wall Street Journal reports it.
Trump threatens to stop trading with countries running trade surpluses unless the Federal Reserve cuts rates, hours after a stronger-than-expected 162,000-job August report.
US diesel hits a record $5.85 a gallon, up nearly 60% in a year, as Iran and Ukraine wars knock refineries offline.
Treasury moves to strip tax-exempt status from up to 18,000 schools that consider race in admissions, invoking a 1983 ruling against a college that banned interracial relationships.
Pitkin County, Colorado, home to Aspen, opens property tax rebates up to $2,000 for homeowners earning under 500% of the poverty level whose bills rose since 2023.
Federal judge rejects Justice Department’s bid to break up Google’s ad tech business, ordering behavior changes instead, 16 months after ruling it an illegal monopoly.
Chevron commits $7 billion to more than double Venezuela oil output by 2031, 8 months after US forces seized Maduro and took over the country’s oil exports.
Childcare waitlists grow from 8 states to 23 plus DC, stranding hundreds of thousands of eligible children, after Congress let $28 billion in pandemic aid lapse, AP finds.
San Diego County seeds a $300,000 revolving loan fund for East County small businesses that can’t get bank loans, unlocking $400,000 in federal matching funds.
House votes 370-48 to fund the government through Dec. 11, blocking political review of grants and fund transfers to Border Patrol, averting a preelection shutdown.
Iran says a US airstrike hit a wedding in a home, killing or wounding over 50, as Trump urges Iranians to “rise up and fight.”
Small Business Administration stages $1 million Shark Tank-style pitch contest September 18 judged by Nicki Minaj and other Trump supporters, hosted by actor Dean Cain.
