News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
This is an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
Four US Navy sailors aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier were injured on Monday evening when an aircraft suffered a “mishap” while trying to land on the ship off the coast of Virginia, with two aviators ejecting from the plane, the Navy said in a statement.
— CNN (@cnn.com) September 29, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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White House looking to Europe to release diesel from strategic reserves
— Politico (@politico.com) September 29, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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Iraqi fuel trucks are loading gasoline at a Syrian port to meet surging global energy demand as the critical Strait of Hormuz remains closed and mediators work with Iran and the United States to end the war.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) September 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Estonian authorities say that an arson attack carried out last month on a defense company that provides military vehicles to Ukraine was an act of sabotage commissioned by Russian security services.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) September 29, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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The former US prosecutor who indicted Donald Trump clashed with Republican senators, defending his investigations and saying career prosecutors on the cases were illegally fired.
— Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) September 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Trump government ads were funded by Homeland Security, WSJ reports
— CNBC (@cnbc.com) September 29, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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Trump signs executive order to launch AI-powered ‘America.gov’
— Politico (@politico.com) September 29, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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US consumer confidence near 12-1/2-year low amid labor market fears reut.rs/4hgiRos
— Reuters (@reuters.com) September 29, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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OpenAI said it has paused training of its latest artificial intelligence models as reports of AI agents going rogue mount.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) September 29, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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A US appeals court declined to immediately block sanctions against lawyers for President Trump whom a judge accused of misusing the court system in settling a lawsuit the Republican president filed against the Internal Revenue Service reut.rs/3VWex5k
— Reuters Legal (@legal.reuters.com) September 29, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to revive third-country deportations, for now.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) September 29, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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BREAKING: Federal prosecutors have charged a Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin, Texas, with assaulting an officer.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) September 29, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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