The Unspun News for American Citizens · Friday, September 25, 2026 08:33 AM EDT

Noise removed — for independent thinkers.

Iran · Deportations · China · ICE · Ads · Ballots · Press · AI · Monuments · Noncitizens

Executive Summary

The Senate voted 49-50 Thursday against ending U.S. hostilities against Iran. Four Republicans crossed over. One Democrat voted no. The war began Feb. 28 with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, and Iran then closed the Strait of Hormuz. Diesel now averages $6.53 a gallon. Republican candidates in five states say the war should end. The Justice Department went back to the Supreme Court a third time to resume deportations to third countries. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wants a response by Monday.

President Trump and Xi Jinping talked trade, AI and Taiwan at the White House, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said China is buying the soybeans it promised. Kansas’ Republican senators told DHS its ICE sweep left local police out. A pro-Trump ad tagged “Paid for by the U.S. Government” ran on Fox News, and Rep. Jamie Raskin called it possible theft. California’s Supreme Court ordered a sheriff to return 650,000 seized ballots. CNN, MS NOW and Politico got their passes back after a morning of denials, then were barred from Xi’s dinner arrivals. Twenty-three attorneys general asked Congress to regulate AI. Trump called AI catastrophe a hoax.

Mortgage rates topped 7 percent for the first time since January 2025. A GAO report found ICE bought warehouses it sold at a loss and tents it never used. Starbucks will close 250 stores. The Kremlin has not decided on Trump’s invitation to Putin for December’s G20 in Miami. Missouri’s map still waits on the justices. The country meets a moment in which a war vote fails by one, a court order stalls at a gate, and a sheriff’s evidence room gives back the ballots.

The work behind this brief

Today’s Production: Articles Researched 296 · Sources 46 · Citations 85 · Facts Checked 363 · Bias Unspun 125

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Implicit Bias Notice

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