The Rocket News — Politics, World & Economy

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 · 9:23 PM NY · LATEST HEADLINES

U.S. Edition · Vol. III No. 265

All the news that’s fit to launch

Headlines

Trump said he has called for a diesel export ban. · Russia injured seven overnight. Zelenskyy asked for a winter package. · Vance said 750,000 left the ACA marketplaces. · Polo is a Category 4. Guerrero is still in virtual class. · Macron: a spectacle that should shame everyone.

U.S. Edition · LATEST HEADLINES · Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Trump said he has called for a diesel export ban. AAA’s Wednesday gallon was $6.52.

The Pump

Trump said he has called for a diesel export ban.

AAA put Wednesday’s gallon at $6.52, a half-penny under Tuesday’s record. Grassley wants the embargo. Six weeks to the midterm.

The Rocket News · New York · September 23, 2026

Desks

Trump told the Assembly he might annihilate Iran. Then Witkoff sat three hours.

The Assembly

Trump told the U.N. he might annihilate Iran. Then the meeting.

The Post said he came to tout the wins. The war took the hall. Witkoff sat three hours. Hormuz is the price.

Video · Forbes Breaking News

The Station

The White House turned on Trump TV. The pool sat down.

The White House turned on Trump TV at 7 p.m. YouTube, 24/7. The pool sat down.

The Week

Trump: the war is ridiculous. Diesel, diesel, diesel. Zelenskyy tomorrow.

Trump called the war ridiculous. Diesel, diesel, diesel. He meets Zelenskyy at the U.N.

The Mall

Trump’s arch: drones, snipers, ammunition. He called it national security.

Video · PBS NewsHour

President Trump grayscale, red necktie in color; Arlington Memorial Bridge and the Lincoln Memorial in color. Portada plate, Sunday morning, Sept. 20, 2026.

Opponents of Missouri’s map asked Justice Kavanaugh to block this week’s ruling.

Missouri

Missouri’s map is back at the Court. The appeal went to Kavanaugh.

Politico: a third emergency filing in recent weeks. Opponents want this week’s appellate panel blocked.

New York

New York has the Assembly. Trump, Zelenskyy, Pezeshkian, Burnham.

Video · Fox News

New York has the 81st Assembly. The city is the desk this week.

Texas

Talarico 47. Paxton 46. TSU called it a virtual tie.

Video · MS NOW

TSU put Talarico one point up on Paxton. The Senate race is a virtual tie.

Maryland

Wes Moore: an AI force with no job is an AI farce.

Wes Moore, on CNN: an AI force with no job is an AI farce.

Macron said not one humanitarian corridor in Gaza had been reopened.

Diplomacy

Macron called Gaza a spectacle that should shame everyone.

Not one humanitarian corridor reopened, he said. Trump had called the peace secured.

The Hall

Guterres: cracks have become canyons. His last Assembly.

Video · United Nations

Guterres, last Assembly: cracks have become canyons. Four tests of power.

The Assembly

The U.N. opens under wars, a runaway model, and a $6 diesel.

The U.N. opens this week under wars, a runaway model, and a $6 diesel.

The Arctic

Greenland: permanent security. Denmark keeps the island. The text is not out.

Colorful houses on the Nuuk shore, fjord and mountains in color. No figures in the frame.

Seven people were injured overnight. Zelenskyy asked Trump for a winter package.

World War

Russia injured seven overnight. Zelenskyy asked for a winter package.

AP: businesses and storage. He told the Journal he wants equipment before the cold, and a halt on the grid.

World War

Russia killed four in Dnipro. Two hundred twelve drones. Zelenskyy was in the hall.

Video · ТСН

Zelenskyy sat in the hall. Overnight: four dead in Dnipro. They meet Trump at 1:15.

World War

Russia hit Zaporizhzhia. Ten regions. After Kyiv’s 1,000 drones.

Russian drones hit Zaporizhzhia. Ten regions overnight. After Kyiv’s 1,000 drones.

Ukraine

Moscow: the largest drone night. The refinery burned. Zelensky confirmed.

Video · FRANCE 24 English

A column of fire and red smoke over Moscow apartment blocks at dusk, in color. Wire photograph.

Vance said more than 750,000 enrollees were cut from the ACA marketplaces.

The Market

Vance said 750,000 left the ACA marketplaces.

The Times: subsidies they did not qualify for. He put the savings at $2.2 billion. Some, he said, were not real people.

The Pump

Diesel is $6.53. AAA dated a new record this morning.

Video · Al Jazeera English

AAA dated diesel at $6.53 this morning — a new highest recorded national average.

The Pump

Diesel is $6.51. AAA dated the record this morning.

AAA dated diesel at $6.51 this morning — the highest recorded national average.

Treasury

Bessent: a successful engagement. Xi is still coming.

Bessent after He Lifeng: a very successful engagement. Xi is still coming.

A report out today says governments will miss the pledge to protect 30 percent of land and sea.

Science

Governments will miss the 30-by-30 target.

Campaign for Nature, out today: land and sea protection falls short of the 2030 pledge.

The Water

Nature: the worst El Niño on the books is brewing.

Nature: the worst El Niño on the books is brewing. Polo ate the heat overnight.

The Water

El Niño hit a record. A September nor’easter is next.

El Niño hit a record. A September nor’easter is next on the East Coast.

The Sky

Roman has fuel for 22 years. NASA budgeted ten.

A studio view of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, gold bay and solar arrays, in color. No figures in the frame.

Technology More

Meta is testing human contractors behind its Muse assistant. Employees raised privacy.

Technology

Meta is testing a human concierge behind Muse.

Contractors take some of the calls. Employees flagged what gets shared. Reuters saw the posts.

The Labs

Nature: AI companies cannot be trusted to self-regulate.

Video · KPIX / CBS News Bay Area

Nature: the labs cannot be trusted to police themselves. Oversight is the ask.

The Labs

They agreed to slow the models. Four subscribers sued the labs.

Dario Amodei, Anthropic chief executive, at a microphone, World Economic Forum backdrop, in color. Person plate.

The Labs

An AI report said nuclear parts. The ship was Chinese. The raid was called off.

Tankers on a hazy sea in the Middle East, in color. No figures in the frame.

Polo weakened to Category 4. Guerrero kept classes virtual.

Mexico

Polo dropped to Category 4. Guerrero is still in virtual class.

Noon GMT: 150 mph, 925 millibars, about 155 miles southwest of Acapulco. The eye stays offshore.

Mexico

Polo is Category 5 off Guerrero. One hundred ten miles in a day.

Polo went Category 5 off Guerrero. One hundred ten miles of wind in a day.

Mexico

Sheinbaum: phones out of school on Nov. 3. She has done 23 states.

Video · Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo

Sheinbaum: phones out of school on Nov. 3. She has walked 23 states.

Mexico

Sheinbaum, in Juárez: defend the homeland. A short meeting on the tarmac.

President Claudia Sheinbaum at the podium, full color, Mexican flag at her shoulder. Wire photograph.

The Dodgers shut out San Diego, 7–0, on Tuesday night.

Los Angeles

The Dodgers shut out San Diego, 7–0.

Tuesday’s National League board. The Rams took Monday, 28–6. Thursday is Atlanta at Green Bay.

Los Angeles

Chargers are 0-2. Buffalo is Sunday. Harbaugh is not deterred.

Chargers are 0-2. Buffalo is Sunday. Harbaugh said he is not deterred.

NFL

Chargers are 0-2. The Raiders did it again. Herbert has Buffalo next.

Chargers are 0-2 after the Raiders. Herbert has Buffalo next.

College

Ole Miss 32, LSU 24. Kiffin went home. Kentucky took A&M.

A packed stadium at night, lights and turf in color. News photograph.