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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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