October 19, 2026

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📉 Saturday 8:08 a.m.: Bitcoin $81,314 — Cash Closed; Friday’s Dow 51,683 Already Ran; Do Not Invent Sunday Futures wp-6178-desk.jpg

📉 Saturday 8:08 a.m.: Bitcoin $81,314 — Cash Closed; Friday’s Dow 51,683 Already Ran; Do Not Invent Sunday Futures

Steve Sr. Editor September 19, 2026
Yahoo Finance, Saturday 8:08 a.m. ET: BTC-USD $81,314.26. U.S. cash equities are closed. Friday’s official close remains...
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🇺🇸 White House: Trump Signed H.R. 5334 Friday — Graham Russia-Iran Sanctions Are Law; 100% Tariffs Are Authority, Not a Levy Collected wp-6176-lawn.jpg

🇺🇸 White House: Trump Signed H.R. 5334 Friday — Graham Russia-Iran Sanctions Are Law; 100% Tariffs Are Authority, Not a Levy Collected

Steve Sr. Editor September 19, 2026
White House, Sept. 18: the President signed H.R. 5334, the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran...
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🇺🇸 FBI: 35 More Possible Victims in Fake-49ers Romance Case — Love and Chan Still Charged; $1.3 Million, 26 in the Complaint wp-6174-phone.jpg

🇺🇸 FBI: 35 More Possible Victims in Fake-49ers Romance Case — Love and Chan Still Charged; $1.3 Million, 26 in the Complaint

Steve Sr. Editor September 19, 2026
KCRA / ESPN, Sept. 19: Portland FBI says it has contacted 35 more women who may be...
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🇺🇸 Senior Official: More Than $1 Billion Cut From the U.N. Budget — 3,000 HQ Posts; 25% of Peacekeepers ‘Sent Home’ wp-6172-plaza.jpg

🇺🇸 Senior Official: More Than $1 Billion Cut From the U.N. Budget — 3,000 HQ Posts; 25% of Peacekeepers ‘Sent Home’

Steve Sr. Editor September 19, 2026
IANS, Washington, Sept. 19: a senior U.S. official said more than $1 billion has been cut from...
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🌍 Yemeni Experts: 100,000 Fighters and 120 Missiles in the West-Coast Offensive — Army: 3,000 Radios; Holding the Coast Is the Fight wp-6170-coast.jpg

🌍 Yemeni Experts: 100,000 Fighters and 120 Missiles in the West-Coast Offensive — Army: 3,000 Radios; Holding the Coast Is the Fight

Steve Sr. Editor September 19, 2026
Al Majalla, Anwar Al-Ansi, updated Sept. 18: Yemeni military experts put more than 100,000 militia fighters in...
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🧠 Knowledge: 51,683 Is Not 51,583. October Zero Is Not Four Ships. 16 Charged Is Not Convicted. 7–4 Is Not 3–1. Progress Is Not a Pact. wp-6150-clock.jpg

🧠 Knowledge: 51,683 Is Not 51,583. October Zero Is Not Four Ships. 16 Charged Is Not Convicted. 7–4 Is Not 3–1. Progress Is Not a Pact.

Steve Sr. Editor September 18, 2026
MarketWatch/AP Dow 51,682.64 is not the 1:01 tape at 51,582.71 and not Thursday’s 51,778.04. Aramco’s October European...
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🇺🇸 Waltz: Trump Will Do a UNGA ‘Pull-Aside’ With Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez — Not a Bilateral; Also Burnham, Takaichi, GCC wp-6148-un.jpg

🇺🇸 Waltz: Trump Will Do a UNGA ‘Pull-Aside’ With Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez — Not a Bilateral; Also Burnham, Takaichi, GCC

Steve Sr. Editor September 18, 2026
AP, Washington, Sept. 18, 6:23 p.m. ET: U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz told reporters Trump will have a...
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⚾ Pirates 7–4 Brewers — Five-Run Second; Griffin Two-Run Double, Davis 423-ft HR; Montgomery 14th Save wp-6146-park.jpg

⚾ Pirates 7–4 Brewers — Five-Run Second; Griffin Two-Run Double, Davis 423-ft HR; Montgomery 14th Save

Steve Sr. Editor September 18, 2026
AP via CBS, Thursday at PNC Park: Pittsburgh 7, Milwaukee 4. Konnor Griffin’s two-run double keyed a...
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