The Rocket News

U.S. Edition · Evening Edition · Wednesday, September 9, 2026

President Trump at a microphone against a blue sky: the figure in black and white — cap, suit, tie, face — the sky in color. Editor’s plate, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026.

Midterms

“Trumpapalooza” is on in Dallas. Trump keys night one.

American Airlines Center. Vance tomorrow. Skippers shrugged. The Senate is still a toss-up.

The Rocket News · Dallas · September 9, 2026

Desks

Politics More

Chief of Staff Andrew Card whispers to President George W. Bush in a Sarasota classroom on Sept. 11, 2001: both figures in black and white; children’s mural and chalkboard in color. Editor’s plate.

Twenty-five years

How 9/11 changed George W. Bush’s presidency and legacy

This was a war, he said in Dallas tonight. Two days to the 25th. The wars stayed on.

Video · C-SPAN

Midterms

“Trumpapalooza” opens tonight in Dallas. New Hampshire is now a race.

Video · New York Times Podcasts

The American Airlines Center in Dallas at dusk: brick arches, an empty plaza, no figures in the frame.

Midterms

“Trumpapalooza” opens in Dallas. The Senate is now a toss-up.

Video · CBS News

The Court

The White House is back at the Supreme Court over mail ballots.

Video · CBS News

The Supreme Court of Missouri Building, Jefferson City: red brick, gray slate roof, U.S. and Missouri flags on the lawn.

U.S.More

Miami

Miami: one pilot kept saying they were too fast. The other did not answer.

NTSB, Wednesday: last 1:42 on the tape. “Too low terrain.” A go-around, then idle. Five still dead.

Video · NTSBgov

Miami

Miami: the Amazon jet tried to go around. The boxes say the landing was never clean.

Video · NTSBgov

Miami

NTSB in Miami: five dead in a cleaning van. The recorders are in Washington.

Video · NTSBgov

The Weekend

Labor Day Sunday is still the first $4 gasoline holiday on record.

Video · FOX 10 Phoenix

A color gas-station canopy and $4.09 board; the man at the pump printed in black and white.

World More

An oil tanker in a narrow dusk strait between arid mountains, a distant column of smoke on the horizon.

Diplomacy

Qatar wants Hormuz opened. Unconditionally. The file went to Beijing.

Doha rejects Iranian transit fees and anyone else’s leverage. Forty-two tankers are still waiting.

Video · BBC News

Europe

AfD wins Saxony-Anhalt and not a majority. Europe still has to count.

Video · CBS Evening News

An empty carrier flight deck at dusk: ranked jets, a wake, no faces.

Diplomacy

A peace signed in June, already fraying by summer’s end

Video · Kompas.com

An empty diplomatic table after a signing: blotters, fountain pens, water glasses in a marble hall.

World War More

A products tanker listing and on fire at a Persian Gulf anchorage at dusk, black smoke and orange flame, arid mountains on the far shore. No figures in the frame. News photograph, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026.

The Gulf

Iran says it hit 10 ships. A seafarer is dead. Brent closed $101.

Two U.S. hulls and eight tankers, Tehran claims. CENTCOM: the Navy shots missed. Hercules Star, off Dubai.

Video · ILTV Israel News

The Red Sea

Houthis hit three Saudi cities a second day. Yemen counts 55 raids.

Video · Firstpost

Black smoke and orange fire at a southern Saudi energy site after Houthi strikes. No figures in the frame. News photograph, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026.

Ukraine

A woman is dead in Kyiv. Sixteen wounded, two of them children.

Video · Euronews

A burned Ukraine–Moldova border checkpoint at dawn: scorched cars, a gutted inspection canopy, a column of smoke, empty lanes. No figures in the frame. News photograph, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026.

The Gulf

U.S. destroys five Iranian tankers. Iran hits a Jordan base. Brent is $100.

Video · LiveNOW from FOX

A crude-oil tanker on fire in the Gulf of Oman at dawn, black smoke and orange flame, arid mountains on the far shore. No figures in the frame. News photograph, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026.

Economy More

A suburban gas station at dusk, pump canopy and price board in color, no figures in the frame.

The Tape

Brent closed $101.21. Diesel is still a record.

Plus 3.36 percent. The high was $101.87. AAA: $4.22 a gallon. The pump is eight weeks from a ballot.

Video · LiveNOW from FOX

The Border

Washington bans Canadian dairy, liquor and motorcycles. The date is Sept. 29.

Video · BBC News

Freight trucks queued at night under the lights of a snowy northern border crossing. No faces.

The Border

Canada’s 50 percent tariffs take effect. $27.6 billion of American goods.

Video · BBC News

The Pump

Wright spent Sunday saying the pump is fine. Labor Day is $4.15.

Video · FOX 10 Phoenix

Science More

Humanoid robots in Delta Robots livery holding Democratism flags outside a Warsaw ministry. No people in the frame. Photograph, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026.

Machines

Anthropic built a model of what A.I. does to the American paycheck. You can push the sliders.

Nibble, or upend. The lab behind Claude put the argument in public. Labor is already a number.

Video · KPIX / CBS News Bay Area

Machines

Thirty robots marched on Warsaw. They asked Poland to regulate A.I.

Video · KPIX / CBS News Bay Area

Machines

The stock market is closed for Labor Day. The models are not on holiday.

Video · FOX 10 Phoenix

A night sky over water, a pale object caught in a grainy frame.

Machines

Musk puts a taxi on the street with no steering wheel

Video · YouTube

Mexico More

A border crossing at dusk, freight lanes and a river, lights coming on in two countries. No faces.

Mexico City

Sheinbaum: you cannot swear to two flags. She named who voted no.

PRI, PAN, Movimiento Ciudadano. The floor is Sept. 21–23. One homeland, she said again.

Video · GBS

Mexico City

Sheinbaum: one flag. Deputies advance a ban on dual nationality for those who govern.

Video · GBS

Mexico City

Sheinbaum: Mexico is not a colony. Trump posted a flag over the map.

Video · GBS

Mexico City

Sheinbaum: no Mexican president answers to another country. Fox and Alito are a souvenir.

Video · CBS Evening News

A border crossing at dusk, freight lanes and a river, lights coming on in two countries.

Sports More

An empty stadium at dusk, floodlights coming on over a vacant field.

Kickoff

Patriots 7–0 early. Darnold is out with a hip. A rookie scored first.

Eli Raridon, two yards from Drake Maye. Drew Lock is in. The Super Bowl rematch is live.

Video · NFL on NBC

Kickoff

The NFL opens tonight: Patriots at Seahawks, a Super Bowl rematch, 8:20 p.m. Eastern.

Video · NFL on NBC

Kickoff

The NFL opens with a Super Bowl rematch. Champions League starts tonight.

Video · NFL on NBC

Baseball

Ohtani may DH on Labor Day. He will not pitch this year. The math closed.

Video · Los Angeles Dodgers