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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed a failed communications switch and a construction-cut backup fiber at the FAA’s Philadelphia center for Monday’s Northeast air-traffic blackout, as airlines canceled nearly 100 more flights Tuesday with planes and crews still out of position.
Your Daily UpdateYour Daily Update for 2026-09-23 — twelve United States stories on state-visit trade leverage, markets, consumer credit, Ohio fabs, BIS licensing, municipal cyber patches, Capitol rare-earth demands, hurricane outlook, infant RSV shots, streaming tiles, and a tight NL West race.
Lead storyTPLF Declares Defensive War After Clashes Shatter Four-Year Ethiopia Peace DealLeaders in Ethiopia’s Tigray region said Wednesday that Tigray forces had entered a defensive war against Abiy Ahmed’s federal government after fighting erupted in Tigray and neighboring areas, breaking a peace accord that had held since late 2022.
OpinionKremlin Says Zelenskyy Would Have to Travel to Moscow for Any Putin Summit
HealthVance Task Force Cancels ACA Enrollments Covering 760,000 People Over Fraud Claims
BusinessHon Hai Raises Q4 AI Rack Guidance After Taoyuan Customs Clears September Server Lots
BusinessNAB Restores Most Digital Channels After Afternoon Outage Hits Pay Apps Nationwide
Deep DiveBusinessBuy a card, forget the balance, and watch “breakage” turn a liability into earnings. The float comes first. The 10-K comes later.
California’s Air Resources Board ordered surprise emissions checks on drayage trucks at the Port of Long Beach after September ozone readings exceeded federal limits, tightening enforcement atop Advanced Clean Fleets and Clean Truck Check rules.
Couples flying cross-country to maintain relationships are rebuilding visit budgets after carriers layered seat-selection and carry-on fees on basic-economy tickets just as fall fares spike around UNGA and holiday holds.
Location scouts for Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery are modeling a Trump UNGA pitch for a federal production credit against California’s expanded state rebate, as Section 181’s expiration leaves only state incentives on the table for fall pilots.
HHS says nine manufacturers have signed most-favored-nation pricing pledges as Medicare Advantage and Part D open enrollment nears, but patient advocates warn the deals still leave employer plans and cash payers outside the frame.
Stanford’s ECHO lab released daily smoke-attributable PM2.5 estimates aggregated to California school districts through 2023, giving districts a common baseline for closing schools and tuning ventilation during fire season.
The three news organizations asked a federal judge in Washington to immediately restore hard-pass access after reporters were turned away Sept. 19, arguing Trump’s ban is unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination.
Secretary Scott Bessent’s $6 billion repurchase program may have helped market plumbing, but with 10-year yields still above 5%, only credible inflation control and Fed policy can lower borrowing costs for households.
Bulk deactivation of press hard passes without notice is viewpoint retaliation dressed up as security housekeeping; the government should restore access and put revocations before a judge.
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