Headlines for September 16, 2026

U.S. House of Representatives Votes to End War on Iran for a Third Time, Saudi Arabia Claims It Destroyed a Houthi Drone South of Mecca, GOP Congressmember Massie Introduces Impeachment Articles Against Defense Secretary Hegseth, U.S. Acknowledges Space Force Has Deployed Weapons in Orbit, Trump Admin Approves $2.8 Billion Package Selling 2,000-Pound Bombs to Israel, Building in Gaza Housing 100 People Collapses, Killing At Least 20 People, UN Warns of Israel War Crimes as Hundreds of Bodies Recovered From Rubble in Gaza, Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon Headline “Pro-Human Assembly” Calling for AI Regulations, 5,000 Gallons of Diesel Spilled From a Data Center’s Storage Tank in New Jersey, Trump’s Board of Trustees Votes to Close Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Bloomberg: Trump Made Nearly 28,700 Stock Trades in 17 Month, More Than All of Congress, FBI Director Kash Patel Suggests He Might Send Federal Agents to Polling Places, Pennsylvania Health Officials Report a Fourth Measles Death, More Opening Acts Drop Out of Ed Sheeran’s Tour Over Macklemore’s Removal