Unbiased Updates

Mail ballots are already going out in some states, and now the Supreme Court is keeping the existing systems in place — blocking the Trump administration’s new restrictions ahead of the midterms.

Plus, Mitch McConnell is back on Capitol Hill after three months away, casting his first Senate vote since a fall sent him to the hospital.

And the U.S. burned through $22.3 billion in the Iran war’s first four months, and a new Pentagon watchdog report warns of trouble replenishing them.

These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026.

Oil prices push higher again after an attack shuts down a key Saudi pipeline, tightening another route for crude as most shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains halted.

Plus, President Donald Trump resists calls to slow AI development as some of the industry’s biggest names urge more time for safety measures.

And Trump says his promised $5,000 checks are “going to happen 100%,” but Speaker Mike Johnson says there’s a step the president can’t skip: getting Congress to approve them.

These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Monday, Sept. 14, 2026.

Diesel has topped $6 a gallon for the first time, raising costs for the trucks and trains that move nearly everything Americans buy.

Plus, President Donald Trump closed the Republican midterm convention with a voting pledge that included “cheat like hell like they do,” after Vice President JD Vance delivered the final-night keynote.

And Anthropic says scientists used Claude for research that could support biological weapons development, prompting the AI company to block their accounts.

These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Friday, Sept. 11, 2026.

President Donald Trump makes a big promise at the RNC Convention in Dallas: every American adult gets $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress in November. But who pays for it?

Plus, Trump’s trip to Dallas hit an unusual snag before he even boarded: an emergency slide deployed on the new Air Force One.

And a pilot repeatedly warned they were going too fast before the deadly Amazon cargo plane crash; now a victim’s widow says what happened was not only foreseeable, but preventable.

These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026.

President Donald Trump escalates the trade war with Canada by banning some Canadian imports entirely, widening the fight beyond tariffs.

Plus, Britain bans goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, prompting Israel to retaliate by closing the British consulate in Jerusalem.

And Republicans host their first-ever national convention during a midterm election year, bringing the party to Dallas for two days.

These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026.

Canada’s new tariffs on about $20 billion of U.S. goods are now in effect, while President Donald Trump threatens further action.

Plus, Russia resumed its attacks on Ukraine with a deadly overnight strike on Kyiv, just hours after U.S. envoys wrapped up a new round of diplomacy aimed at ending the war.

And Trump spent the holiday weekend pushing “New America” as a new name for New Mexico, but unlike his other renaming efforts, he can’t do it himself.

These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026.

Two workers have been pulled alive from a hydropower tunnel nine days after Nepal’s catastrophic floods, and rescuers say they can hear more voices as they dig by hand to reach them.

Plus, Lindsay Clancy’s jury returns for a seventh day of deliberations after a dispute erupts over one juror and the possibility of a mistrial grows.

And Vice President JD Vance says he wouldn’t call the U.S. conflict with Iran a “war,” even with no clear timeline for when hostilities will end.

These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.

A gunman opens fire inside a Minneapolis high-rise, killing two people and injuring several others as responding officers come under fire themselves.

Plus, Lindsay Clancy’s jury returns for a sixth day of deliberations after reporting a second deadlock, with the possibility of a mistrial growing.

And President Donald Trump’s new $1 coins sell out within hours of going on sale, but collectors aren’t the only ones who can get one.

These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.

U.S. forces are striking Iran again — and Tehran is firing back across the region, reigniting a war that had gone quiet for a month as Trump threatens an even harsher response.

Plus, the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk is headed to trial, with a Utah judge handing prosecutors another major win by allowing them to continue pursuing the death penalty.

And Lindsay Clancy’s jury returns for a fifth day after telling the judge it can’t reach a unanimous verdict, putting the possibility of a mistrial increasingly into focus.

These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits his resignation after months of friction with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, reportedly raising concerns that Hegseth was blocking efforts to improve Army readiness.

Plus, Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been convicted of orchestrating Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing, delivering the first conviction in a murder case that remained unsolved for nearly three decades.

And the Supreme Court allows construction of President Donald Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom to continue, though Chief Justice John Roberts calls the project “likely unlawful.”

These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.