October 19, 2026

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🌍 Aramco: No October Crude for European Term Buyers — East-West Pipeline Still Down; Houthis on the Red Sea Route wp-6138-pipeline.jpg

🌍 Aramco: No October Crude for European Term Buyers — East-West Pipeline Still Down; Houthis on the Red Sea Route

Steve Sr. Editor September 18, 2026
Bloomberg via Straits Times, Friday: Aramco told at least two European refiners — and, the people said,...
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🇺🇸 Complaint: Di Jin Charged as Unregistered PRC Agent — Detained in Detroit; Hearing Sept. 25 wp-6110-airport.jpg

🇺🇸 Complaint: Di Jin Charged as Unregistered PRC Agent — Detained in Detroit; Hearing Sept. 25

Steve Sr. Editor September 18, 2026
ClickOnDetroit / Eastern District of Michigan complaint, unsealed this week: Di Jin, also Sophie Jin or Xin...
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🇺🇸 Steiner: ‘There’s an Injunction, So We’re Not Doing Anything’ — USPS Stops Mail-Ballot Computer; ‘Business as Usual’ for 2026 wp-6108-mail.jpg

🇺🇸 Steiner: ‘There’s an Injunction, So We’re Not Doing Anything’ — USPS Stops Mail-Ballot Computer; ‘Business as Usual’ for 2026

Steve Sr. Editor September 18, 2026
AP via NBC News, Sept. 17, 7:53 p.m. ET: Postmaster General David Steiner said the Postal Service...
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🌍 Bab el-Mandeb: Windward 45 Transits Sunday After a Dip to 25 — OCHA: 8 Civilians Killed, 32 Wounded wp-6106-strait.jpg

🌍 Bab el-Mandeb: Windward 45 Transits Sunday After a Dip to 25 — OCHA: 8 Civilians Killed, 32 Wounded

Steve Sr. Editor September 18, 2026
ABC/AP, Friday: Windward reported Bab el-Mandeb traffic fell from 35 daily transits before the Houthi advance to...
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🇺🇸 DOJ: L.A. Homeless-Nonprofit Cases — Young Charged Over $7.5 Million Alleged; Mitchell a Fugitive; Soofer Agrees to Plead wp-6080-sidewalk.jpg

🇺🇸 DOJ: L.A. Homeless-Nonprofit Cases — Young Charged Over $7.5 Million Alleged; Mitchell a Fugitive; Soofer Agrees to Plead

Steve Sr. Editor September 18, 2026
DOJ, Sept. 16, Central District of California: Michael Young, 46, arrested on a wire-fraud complaint; more than...
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🇺🇸 Trump to Axios: ‘Do I Want to Go In and Annihilate Them or Do I Not?’ — A Quote Is Not an Order wp-6078-whitehouse.jpg

🇺🇸 Trump to Axios: ‘Do I Want to Go In and Annihilate Them or Do I Not?’ — A Quote Is Not an Order

Steve Sr. Editor September 18, 2026
The Hill, Julia Manchester, Sept. 17, 2:11 p.m. ET / Axios: Trump said he has a ‘big...
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🇺🇸 Public-Charge Rule Takes Effect Friday — No Injunction; Judge Abrams Set States’ Conference for Oct. 9 wp-6076-folder.jpg

🇺🇸 Public-Charge Rule Takes Effect Friday — No Injunction; Judge Abrams Set States’ Conference for Oct. 9

Steve Sr. Editor September 18, 2026
CNN, Tami Luhby, Sept. 18, 3:00 a.m. ET / USCIS: the DHS public-charge rule is scheduled to...
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🌍 Hormuz: Four Commodity Ships Thursday vs a 16-Ship Average — Yemenis Flee Dhubab by Boat; IOM 100,000 Displaced wp-6074-hormuz.jpg

🌍 Hormuz: Four Commodity Ships Thursday vs a 16-Ship Average — Yemenis Flee Dhubab by Boat; IOM 100,000 Displaced

Steve Sr. Editor September 18, 2026
Reuters, London/Dubai, Sept. 18: four commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, below a 10-day...
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🇺🇸 DOJ: Five Charged in Georgia H-2A Visa Scheme — Passports Withheld, Threats Alleged; One Still at Large wp-6046-farm.jpg

🇺🇸 DOJ: Five Charged in Georgia H-2A Visa Scheme — Passports Withheld, Threats Alleged; One Still at Large

Steve Sr. Editor September 17, 2026
DOJ, unsealed Tuesday / WSB-TV Thursday 1:10 p.m. ET: five charged in the Southern District of Georgia...
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🇺🇸 House Democrats Introduce Resolution to Block Trump–Saudi Civil Nuclear Deal — Not a Vote; House Out Until November wp-6044-capitol.jpg

🇺🇸 House Democrats Introduce Resolution to Block Trump–Saudi Civil Nuclear Deal — Not a Vote; House Out Until November

Steve Sr. Editor September 17, 2026
Reuters, Patricia Zengerle, Sept. 17, 4:49 p.m. UTC: Meeks, Sherman, Garamendi, and Beyer introduced a joint resolution...
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