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🌍 Reuters: Hormuz Commodity Traffic Fell to 2 Monday From 10 Sunday — Bab el-Mandeb Still 26; Projectile Already Ran wp-6489-hormuz.jpg

🌍 Reuters: Hormuz Commodity Traffic Fell to 2 Monday From 10 Sunday — Bab el-Mandeb Still 26; Projectile Already Ran

Steve Sr. Editor September 22, 2026
Reuters / Kpler, New Delhi, Sept. 22: commodity vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz fell to two...
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🇺🇸 Reuters: Macron — Trump Tower Talk Was ‘Very Constructive’; Energy Moratorium, Interceptors; Zelensky Still Due, Not Held wp-6487-tower.jpg

🇺🇸 Reuters: Macron — Trump Tower Talk Was ‘Very Constructive’; Energy Moratorium, Interceptors; Zelensky Still Due, Not Held

Steve Sr. Editor September 22, 2026
Reuters, John Irish, New York, Sept. 21: Emmanuel Macron said he discussed with President Trump a moratorium...
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🧠 Knowledge: 52,049 Is the Close. 52,013 Was 1:00. An Hour Is Not 12,000 Homes Built. 8–1 Is Not 4–2. Three Waters Is Not a Craft. wp-6467-clock.jpg

🧠 Knowledge: 52,049 Is the Close. 52,013 Was 1:00. An Hour Is Not 12,000 Homes Built. 8–1 Is Not 4–2. Three Waters Is Not a Craft.

Steve Sr. Editor September 21, 2026
Dow 52,048.83 is Monday’s close, not the 1:00 tape at 52,013.48 and not Friday’s 51,682.64. Bitcoin $86,433...
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🔬 NASA: Perseverance’s Jezero ‘Margin Unit’ Shows Water at Least Three Times — Igneous Rock, Not the Lake Bed They Expected wp-6465-mars.jpg

🔬 NASA: Perseverance’s Jezero ‘Margin Unit’ Shows Water at Least Three Times — Igneous Rock, Not the Lake Bed They Expected

Steve Sr. Editor September 21, 2026
NASA / JPL, Sept. 21: Perseverance reached Jezero Crater’s Margin Unit in September 2023 expecting sedimentary shoreline...
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📉 Close: Dow 52,049, +366 — S&P 7,765, Nasdaq 27,122; BTC $86,433 at 7:00; 1:00’s 52,013 Already Ran wp-6461-close.jpg

📉 Close: Dow 52,049, +366 — S&P 7,765, Nasdaq 27,122; BTC $86,433 at 7:00; 1:00’s 52,013 Already Ran

Steve Sr. Editor September 21, 2026
Yahoo Finance close: Dow 52,048.83, up 366.19 from Friday’s 51,682.64, +0.71%. S&P 500 7,764.70, +114.20, +1.49%. Nasdaq...
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🇺🇸 Miami Court Monday: Joseph Badio and 17 Others Appear After Sunday Flight — 18 From Haiti; 30 Indicted; Not a Verdict wp-6459-court.jpg

🇺🇸 Miami Court Monday: Joseph Badio and 17 Others Appear After Sunday Flight — 18 From Haiti; 30 Indicted; Not a Verdict

Steve Sr. Editor September 21, 2026
AP via Independent, Monday: former Haitian Justice Ministry official Joseph Badio, in a wheelchair, and 17 men...
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🌍 Reuters: UKMTO — Projectile Hit a Ship Entering Hormuz, Minor Injuries; Saudis 2.9 Million b/d Through Hormuz vs 700,000 wp-6457-hormuz.jpg

🌍 Reuters: UKMTO — Projectile Hit a Ship Entering Hormuz, Minor Injuries; Saudis 2.9 Million b/d Through Hormuz vs 700,000

Steve Sr. Editor September 21, 2026
Reuters, Monday: UKMTO said a ship sailing into the Strait of Hormuz was hit with a projectile,...
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🇺🇸 FOX 5: Trump and Mamdani Met About an Hour at Gracie — Housing, Sunnyside Yard 12,000 Homes; Then Took Questions wp-6455-gracie.jpg

🇺🇸 FOX 5: Trump and Mamdani Met About an Hour at Gracie — Housing, Sunnyside Yard 12,000 Homes; Then Took Questions

Steve Sr. Editor September 21, 2026
FOX 5 NY, Briana Scalia, 6:17 p.m. ET: President Trump and Mayor Zohran Mamdani met about an...
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