#1Trump Won't Rule Out More Iran Strikes Before Midterms
President Trump rejected Tehran's latest proposal — which would have reopened the Strait of Hormuz and restarted nuclear talks — saying Iran "overplayed their hand" and offered a deal he might have taken a year ago. He still expects negotiations to resume this week, but declined to rule out further US military strikes ahead of the November midterms. Source: Fox News — https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/trump-iran-war-news-peace-talks-hormuz-september-28
#2Trump Unveils $15 Billion Iowa Steel Plant, Largest in US History
Trump announced a roughly $15 billion Mesabi Metallics project in Iowa that the White House calls the first new "mega-steel" plant built in America since the 1960s. It promises 1,750 permanent jobs plus 5,000 to 6,000 construction jobs, with planned output of 10 million tons a year — about a tenth of total US production. First steel isn't expected until 2030. Source: Washington Examiner — https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4744909/trump-iowa-largest-steel-project-minnesota-mesabi-iron-range/
#3FBI Co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey Resigns
Bailey, the former Missouri attorney general who joined Kash Patel's leadership team roughly a year ago, told colleagues Monday he's stepping down effective October 2 to return to his family in Missouri. He had most recently been leading election investigations at the bureau. Reports have pointed to friction between Bailey and Patel, who at times went long stretches without speaking. Source: Washington Examiner — https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4744980/fbi-co-deputy-director-andrew-bailey-resigns-kash-patel/
#4Trump Hosts Tech Chiefs at White House Over the AI Race With China
Trump met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and other industry leaders — including Mark Zuckerberg, Greg Brockman, and Sundar Pichai — pressing the case that America must stay ahead of China on artificial intelligence. The meetings follow public calls from several of those same labs to slow development over safety concerns. Source: Fox News — https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/ai-donald-trump-anthropic-nvidia-09-28-26
Top World Stories
#5Strait of Hormuz Traffic Collapses to Two Ships
Only two commercial vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, against a pre-conflict average of roughly 125 large ships a day. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Iran will have "nothing left to trade" within about two weeks as its last oil reaches China, while Gulf states demanded an international response to Houthi attacks. Source: Washington Examiner — https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/4628183/us-iran-cease-strikes-discuss-strait-hormuz-report/
#6North Korea Celebrates Its Nuclear Arsenal at the UN
Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong used North Korea's General Assembly slot to call the nuclear program "absolute might" that has single-handedly kept war off the Korean Peninsula, and declared the North's weapons-state status permanently fixed with "absolutely no turning back." Pyongyang sent a low-ranking diplomat on the final day of debate and made no mention of its troops fighting in Ukraine. Source: Breitbart — https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2026/09/28/north-korea-celebrates-its-nukes-u-n-general-assembly/
#7Madrid Encampment Grows Over Eviction of 87-Year-Old Woman
Protesters camped overnight in Madrid's Puerta del Sol for a second day after María del Carmen Abascal was evicted from the Retiro apartment her family had rented since 1956. An investment fund raised her rent from 500 euros to 2,650, then to 1,650 — still beyond her pension. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez promised a housing decree this week. Source: Breitbart — https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/09/27/eviction-of-87-year-old-sparks-encampment-protest-in-madrid-over-housing-crisis/
Science & Technology
#8Starship Reaches Orbit for the First Time and Deploys Starlinks
Flight 14 lifted off from Boca Chica and reached low Earth orbit in about 26 minutes — the first Starship mission to target a stable orbit. Roughly 35 minutes in, it began dispensing 26 Starlink V3 satellites at one per minute. SpaceX says the vehicle will eventually carry up to 60 at a time, about twenty times a Falcon 9's capacity. Source: The Epoch Times — https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/spacex-starship-launches-into-orbit-for-first-time-6095801
#9NASA Chief Says Agency Holds Imagery It Cannot Explain
Administrator Jared Isaacman confirmed NASA has captured imagery of objects it cannot identify, saying flatly, "we don't know what it is" — while stressing there are no crashed craft or alien bodies. He also put better than 90% odds that Mars samples, if returned to Earth, will show evidence of former microbial life. Source: Fox News — https://www.foxnews.com/us/nasa-chief-confirms-agency-unexplained-ufo-imagery-dont-know-what-it-is
Wildcard
#10RAF Fairford Terror Suspects Released on Bail as Iran Denies Link
Five men arrested over an alleged plot targeting the British airbase at RAF Fairford have been released on bail while counterterror police investigate possible foreign state involvement. Tehran has denied any connection. Source: Fox News — https://www.foxnews.com/world/uk-airbase-terror-suspects-released-bail-iran-denies-connection
