Headlines for September 17, 2026

U.S. Declines to Join Saudi Attacks on Yemen After Secretly Meeting With Houthis, Trump on Iran: “Hopefully We Are Towards the End of ​the War”, Fed Raises Interest Rates for First Time Since 2023 as Iran War Drives Inflation, Oil Prices Dip Slightly From 4-Month Highs as Saudi Arabia Offers Additional Oil Shipments, Palestinian-American Journalist Naqaa Hamed Arrested by Israeli Authorities, Palestinians in Gaza Hold Funerals for People Killed in Building Collapse, Democratic Rep. Meeks Refuses to Clear Trump’s $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Interfaith Coalition Unveils 330-foot Memorial Shroud Bearing Names of Children Killed in Gaza, Palestinian Attorney Noura Erakat Arrested at Palm Beach Hearing on $1B Israel Bond Investment, OpenAI Discloses Six More Incidents of “Concerning” Behavior by “Misaligned”AI Agents, House OKs Ratepayer Protection Act to Shield Against Surging Electricity Costs from Data Centers, Pentagon Claims to Strike Vessel in the Eastern Pacific, Ex-Philippines President Duterte Appears at ICC to Face Charges Over “War on Drugs” Killings, Toxic Haze Spreads Across Southeast Asia as Wildfires Rage in Indonesia, NYT: Trump Admin Guts Key Provision of the Endangered Species Act