Yes. At the Republican Party’s midterm convention in Dallas on September 9, 2026, President Donald Trump proposed paying every U.S. adult citizen a $5,000 “Trump dividend” if Republicans win both the House and the Senate in November’s elections. He framed the payout as tied to what he called the country’s economic strength, but offered few … Read more
Yes. On September 9, 2026, Apple introduced iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone, with a 7.6-inch inner display and a 5.4-inch outer display that delivers about 90 percent of the screen area of iPhone 18 Pro when closed. The device is powered by Apple’s A20 Pro chip. U.S. pricing starts at $1,999, with pre-orders beginning … Read more
Yes. On September 8, 2026, the NSA, CISA, and FBI released joint Cybersecurity Advisory AA26-251A naming DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, MiniMax, StepFun, and Z.AI. The agencies said the firms had, likely with Chinese government awareness, extracted billions of tokens across millions of requests from U.S. frontier models—including Claude, GPT, Gemini, and Grok variants—since at least … Read more
Yes, according to NTSB flight-data briefings. On September 8–9, 2026, investigators said the Boeing 767 freighter’s throttles advanced to values consistent with go-around thrust after touchdown on Miami International Airport’s Runway 30, then returned to idle about four seconds later. Recorder data showed the nose and right main gear touched down at about 158 knots; … Read more
Yes. On September 9, 2026, President Donald Trump told reporters before leaving for the Republican National Convention in Dallas that he thinks the war with Iran will end “immediately after” the U.S. midterm elections on November 3. He argued Tehran was trying to influence the vote and could not hold out longer under U.S. economic … Read more
Yes. On September 9, 2026, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it attacked 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz — including two U.S. vessels and eight oil tankers — after the United States said it had destroyed five Iranian oil tankers. Reuters described the exchange as the biggest declared wave of tit-for-tat shipping attacks … Read more
Yes. Eighth seed Ben Shelton defeated defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s quarterfinals, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7). The match ended around 3:34 a.m. local time on Sept. 9, 2026 — the latest finish in US Open history — and sent Shelton into the semifinals against Frances Tiafoe. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/c20v6pgz7nmo
Yes. On September 9, 2026, Brent crude futures breached $100 a barrel and settled at $101.21, their highest close since late May, after a fresh wave of U.S.–Iran tanker strikes threatened Middle East supply. Front-month Brent rose $3.29 (about 3.4%) on the day and touched an intraday high of $101.58, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate … Read more
Yes. Search Engine Roundtable reported on September 9, 2026 that Google is answering nearly all People Also Ask (PAA) questions with AI Overviews. AlsoAsked’s sample of about 19.2 million English-language queries found that 97% of PAA answers in the first week of September 2026 were AI Overviews, up from 86% in August and roughly 12% … Read more
Yes. Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said four people, including one child, were killed and 29 others injured in an overnight Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian Black Sea port city of Novorossiysk on September 9, 2026. Three of the injured were reported in serious condition. Kondratyev said damage included private homes, apartment buildings, a church, … Read more