The Rocket News — All the news that’s fit to launch

Tuesday, September 22, 2026 · 5:24 PM NY · LATEST HEADLINES

U.S. Edition · Vol. III No. 264

All the news that’s fit to launch

Headlines

Trump at the U.N.: annihilate Iran, or a deal after the vote. · Russia killed four in Dnipro. Two hundred twelve drones. Zelenskyy meets Trump. · Diesel is $6.53. AAA dated a new record this morning. · Guterres: cracks have become canyons. His last Assembly. · Polo is Category 5 off Guerrero. One hundred ten miles in a day.

U.S. Edition · LATEST HEADLINES · Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Trump told the Assembly he might annihilate Iran. A deal, he said, after the vote.

The Assembly

Trump at the U.N.: annihilate Iran, or a deal after the vote.

Thirty-eight minutes. Iran walked out. The Post said he came to tout the wins. The war took the hall.

The Rocket News · New York · September 22, 2026

Desks

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

The Station

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

YouTube, 24/7. The Essentials Station. First tape: Rushmore, July 3. Two days after the ban.

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.

The Press

All three. CNN, Politico, MS NOW. The badges came off.

President Trump at a White House podium, full color, navy suit. Wire photograph.

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

New York

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

Eighty-first session. First lady in the hall. CNN was at the door. The city is the desk.

Video · Fox News

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.

California

California: Newsom signed 13 bills. Seizing a ballot is a felony.

Gov. Gavin Newsom at a California podium, full color, navy suit, state seal. Wire photograph.

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

The Hall

Guterres: cracks have become canyons. His last Assembly.

War and peace. Wealth. Climate. Artificial intelligence. He named Russia. He did not pick a fight with Trump.

Video · United Nations

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.

Hormuz

The East-West is shut. Four percent of the world’s oil. Yanbu is dark.

Video · Times Now

An oil tanker in a narrow dusk strait between arid mountains, a distant column of smoke on the horizon. No figures in the frame.

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

World War

Russia killed four in Dnipro. Two hundred twelve drones. Zelenskyy meets Trump.

Kryvyi Rih, Pavlohrad. Kyiv hit another Rosneft plant. The meeting is 1:15 in New York.

Video · ТСН

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.

Ukraine

Ukraine overnight: 174 drones, two Zircons. Eleven dead. Day 1,669.

Ukrainian rescuers hose a burning house after a strike, rubble and smoke, in color. Wire photograph.

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

The Pump

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

Highest recorded national average, Sept. 22. Yesterday $6.51. A year ago $3.69.

Video · Al Jazeera English

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.

The Tape

Diesel is $6.51. AAA dated another record today.

A U.S. diesel pump reading $6.505 a gallon, green nozzle, in color. No figures in the frame.

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

The Water

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

Southern Africa to the Amazon. Polo ate 110 mph of that heat overnight. The window is closing.

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.

Proof

Claude wrote Fermat in Lean. Eleven days. Thirteen million lines.

Video · AI news

A glass office tower at dusk, a few floors lit, the rest dark. No figures in the frame.

Technology More

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

The Labs

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

Aviation has oversight. Banking has penalties. The labs have an essay. Tuesday’s paper did not buy it.

Video · KPIX / CBS News Bay Area

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.

Technology

Elon Musk warns: AI is like summoning the demon.

Video · Bloomberg Originals

Elon Musk, hands together, on stage, full color. Photograph supplied by the editor. Portada plate, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026.

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

Mexico

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

NHC: truly remarkable. Zihuatanejo 215 miles. Classes out. Ports shut. The track stays offshore.

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.

Mexico

Mexico: half-mast at 7:19. Eighty million phones at noon.

The Mexican flag at half-mast over an empty Zócalo, cathedral behind, Saturday morning, in color. No figures in the frame.

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

Los Angeles

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

Raiders 26-14. Herbert to Orchard Park. Two tight ends on IR.

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.

College

Miami 33, Wake 20. Georgia at Arkansas at noon. The Saturday.

Ohio Stadium, the Horseshoe packed in scarlet and gray, field below, in color. Crowd as texture. No identifiable faces.