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Lead President Donald Trump on Tuesday in Washington signed a presidential memorandum directing federal agencies to push pharmaceutical companies to comply with existing advertising transparency rules, with particular emphasis on social media. The administration said it will follow the memorandum by issuing 100 cease-and-desist enforcement letters and thousands of warning letters to companies and online … Read more

Federal District Judge Jia Cobb on Tuesday night granted a preliminary injunction stopping President Trump from removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook while her legal challenge proceeds. The order, issued in Washington, D.C., prevents the White House and the Fed Board from effectuating Cook’s termination and keeps her on the Board for the Fed meeting … Read more

Lead The opening weekend of the 2025 NFL season produced chaotic games and revealing numbers. On Sept. 7–8, rookie J.J. McCarthy turned a shaky debut into a fourth-quarter takeover for the Minnesota Vikings, the Cleveland Browns lost to Cincinnati after two tipped interceptions and two missed kicks, and the Denver Broncos overwhelmed the Tennessee Titans … Read more

Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily left in place President Donald Trump’s decision to withhold about $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid, responding to an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court. The short-term order pauses a U.S. District Court ruling by Judge Amir Ali that found the withholding likely required fresh congressional approval. … Read more

Lead: Early on the morning of the incident, Poland’s armed forces reported that multiple drone-type objects breached Polish airspace and were engaged and shot down. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he briefed NATO leadership and that Polish forces, with allied support, remain on high alert. Several eastern regions and major airports were temporarily closed while … Read more

September 9, 2025 — President Emmanuel Macron named Sébastien Lecornu, the departing defense minister and a close ally, as France’s next prime minister roughly 24 hours after the government fell in a no-confidence vote. The rapid choice aims to prevent a power vacuum ahead of planned street protests and to shore up momentum for a … Read more

Lead: Democrat James Walkinshaw has won the special election for Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, NBC News projects, filling the seat left vacant after Rep. Gerry Connolly died in May. The victory, projected in early September, gives Democrats 213 seats in the House once Walkinshaw is sworn in, narrowing the Republican margin to 219 with three … Read more

Lead: A Unicef analysis released this week finds that, for the first time, more children and adolescents worldwide are classified as obese than underweight. The study estimates about 188 million people aged 5–19 — roughly one in 10 — are now obese, while the share of underweight children in that age group has fallen. Researchers … Read more

Lead: The U.S. Supreme Court has expedited review of President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging import tariffs, agreeing on an unusually fast timetable to hear the case in November and issue a later ruling. The move puts the contested tariff policy—already in place—squarely before the nation’s highest court after lower courts found most of the measures unlawful. … Read more

Lead President Donald Trump said he was “very unhappy” after an Israeli airstrike in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, that targeted what Israel called senior Hamas leaders. Trump told reporters he would issue a fuller statement the following day and emphasized the urgent need to recover hostages. The White House described the strike … Read more

Lead: On Monday Night Football in Chicago on Sep. 8, 2025, the Minnesota Vikings rallied from an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Bears 27-24, handing 22-year-old J.J. McCarthy a dramatic NFL debut. McCarthy, returning to his hometown, overcame a pick-six and early pressure to engineer three fourth-quarter touchdown drives and a two-point conversion. The … Read more

On 10 September 2025, Poland said it scrambled national and NATO air defences to intercept multiple drones after a Russian air attack struck western Ukraine, marking the first reported time Warsaw engaged defensive assets inside its own airspace during this war. Polish military authorities said the objects — described as “drone-type” — repeatedly violated Polish … Read more

Lead: French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday named 39-year-old Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister, charging him with an immediate push to forge a parliamentary consensus on the national budget. The appointment comes after legislators ousted François Bayrou in a confidence vote on Monday, creating fresh uncertainty for Europe’s second-largest economy. Macron asked Lecornu … Read more

Lead: On Sept. 9, 2025, President Trump signed an executive action aimed at stricter enforcement of direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising while Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) children’s health report the same day in Washington. The measures direct FDA and HHS to demand clearer safety warnings … Read more

On Sept. 9, 2025 a federal judge in Washington, D.C., temporarily barred President Trump from removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook while she challenges her dismissal in court. The decision by Judge Jia M. Cobb of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia allows Cook to remain on the Fed Board as litigation … Read more