South Dakota Republican Secretary of State Monae Johnson has broken party lines to endorse Democratic nominee Terrence Davis in the race to succeed her. Johnson, who lost her bid for renomination at the state GOP convention to challenger Heather Baxter, stated that her decade-long experience running the office compelled her...
The United States Army has awarded Lockheed Martin an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract valued at up to one point two billion dollars to produce the Precision Strike Missile Increment Two variant. This advanced long-range precision weapon features a multimode seeker designed to engage fixed targets as well as moving maritime threats....
The United States plans to establish two new military installations in Greenland under a security framework involving US, Danish, and Greenlandic officials. The expansion targets enhanced tracking and defense capabilities against Russian and Chinese naval activities in the Arctic and North Atlantic regions. Currently, the US maintains only the Pituffik...
The Government of British Columbia and the Peace River South School District filed a lawsuit in California against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman. The legal action follows a February 2026 mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School where an eighteen-year-old shooter killed eight people before dying by suicide. Plaintiffs allege...
The Kremlin acknowledged that the Russian-controlled town of Oleshky in Ukraine is facing critical shortages of food and medicine, stating that military forces are working to address the situation. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha raised international alarms, intending to bring the issue before the United Nations General Assembly while accusing...
Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed state regulatory agencies on September 21, 2026, to halt all new state-issued permits and regulatory approvals for data centers across the state. The directive instructs the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to freeze environmental permitting until ongoing state audits evaluate the industry's strain on Texas...
The European Union has officially reaffirmed its stance opposing new oil and gas extraction in the Arctic, resisting intense lobbying and pressure from Norway. Ahead of unveiling its updated Northern Neighbourhood strategy scheduled for October 20, a European Commission spokesperson confirmed that the bloc's proposed moratorium on Arctic hydrocarbon extraction...
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced that the United Kingdom has agreed to a request from Saudi Arabia to provide limited, defensive air-to-air refueling support to help counter ongoing attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Speaking on September 21, 2026, while traveling to the United Nations General Assembly in New York,...
Iran’s national football team officially recalled star striker Sardar Azmoun on September 22, 2026, ending a high-profile international exile that excluded him from the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Azmoun, who plays for Dubai club Shabab Al Ahli and ranks among Iran’s all-time top international goalscorers with 57 goals in 91...
The Atlanta Falcons officially named third-year quarterback Michael Penix Jr. as their starting signal-caller for their Week 3 Thursday Night Football game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. The announcement follows an 0-2 start to the 2026 NFL regular season, during which Atlanta failed to produce a single...
