Saturday, September 5, 2026 · 1:02 AM NY · Evening Edition

U.S. Edition · Vol. III No. 247

Headlines

Trump calls the Iran war “small potatoes.” Diesel is $5.85. Eighteen Americans are dead. · Paco Baca: “Demencrazy” on the road to the Strait of Hormuz · Washington approves a $5 billion bomb sale to Saudi Arabia · Labor Day drivers face the highest holiday gas prices on record · Trump asks the Supreme Court to green-light USPS limits on mail ballots

Desk

Sports

The games the country actually watches.

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

Baseball

Ohtani sits. The biceps and the pennant do not.

Shohei Ohtani got a night off as arm and neck trouble lingered. September baseball does not wait.

The Rocket News · Los Angeles · September 3, 2026

Video · Yahoo Sports

Football

The president vs. the halftime show

Donald Trump reacted harshly to Super Bowl LX, starring Bad Bunny. The country watched anyway.

Video · BBC News