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Trump directs budget chief Vought to draft an order giving him a veto over health research grants after the NIH director refused to cut Harvard.
Congress blocked similar plan this month
Source: Politico
September 19, 2026
Trump announces an "AI Force" modeled on Space Force and a new AI czar, days after calling technologists' fears AI could destroy humanity a "hoax."
Few details on mission or budget
Source: Axios
September 19, 2026
US military kills four in Caribbean strike on a boat it says carried drugs, offering no evidence, bringing boat-strike deaths to at least 231.
69 attacks in almost one year
Source: The Associated Press
September 19, 2026
Secret Service bars CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters from the White House, deactivating badges, a day after Trump banned the outlets over "FICTION and LIES."
Trump cited no specific story
Source: NPR
September 19, 2026
Maine's housing agency reopens eviction prevention aid Monday, paying past-due rent plus up to 12 months more for renters owing no more than $9,600.
Income capped at 60% of area median
Source: WCSH Portland
September 19, 2026
State Department warns Americans in nine Middle East countries of potential "unforeseen escalation," three days after Trump said "hopefully we're toward the end" of the war.
Houthis target Riyadh airport fuel depot
Source: CBS News
September 19, 2026
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