VOL. I · NO. 8591TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 20265¢

THE EDITION

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

124 stories filed by the Buffoon Desk.

WORLD Kremlin-aligned blogger admits Russian claims on Svyatohirsk are false – ISW · via NV

WORLD UK pledges £100M for Ukraine air defenses, including Patriot missiles · via NV

WHITE HOUSE New Poll: Voters Increasingly See Trump As Corrupt · via HuffPost

WORLD Zelenskyy weighs UAE, Switzerland, and Türkiye for next trilateral peace talks · via NV

TARIFFS Best ETFs To Buy For UK Investors In 2026 · via Forbes

WHITE HOUSE GOP Strategist Has ‘Apprentice’ Theory For Why Trump's Not Spending Midterm War Chest · via HuffPost

COURTS Federal workers sue USDA over forced relocations, attrition · via Courthouse News

CULTURE I Hated Turning My Bathroom Light On In The Middle Of The Night: This Is My Solution · via HuffPost

WORLD Russian drone attack sparks office fire in Kyiv district · via NV

COURTS Federal judge blocks livestock grazing in Oregon’s sage grouse research areas · via Courthouse News

CULTURE We Asked Professional Organizers How To Tame The Chaos Of Our Homes Without Spending A Fortune · via HuffPost

WORLD Houthi strikes on Saudi oil hubs and utilities wound 73 in major escalation · via NV

COURTS ‘Revenge in Los Angeles’: Lil Durk murder-for-hire trial heads to jury · via Courthouse News

WORLD Russian forces deliberately strike Dnipro-Zaporizhzhia passenger train, killing attendant · via NV

COURTS States accuse feds of defying court order on school mental health grant cuts · via Courthouse News

WORLD Ukraine opens first underground kindergarten in Kharkiv Oblast · via NV

WHITE HOUSE Trump’s Latest Massive Promise Is Savaged By Critics, Including A Former MAGA Ally · via HuffPost

COURTS Eli Lilly lawsuit against weight-loss drug seller gets another shave · via Courthouse News

WORLD Iran’s Proxy Strategy Is Never Coming Back · via Foreign Policy

WORLD Lublin Airport closes due to military aviation activity amid Russian attacks on Ukraine · via NV

CULTURE You're Not Too Old For K-Beauty: Here Is Effective (And Trendy) Mature Skin Care · via HuffPost

COURTS ‘The Pitt’ producers urge California appeals court to reject ‘ER’ lawsuit · via Courthouse News

WORLD Exclusive: Anti-graft activist Shabunin on Ukraine's corrupt and criminal law enforcement elite · via NV

WHITE HOUSE New Mexico Senator Trounces Trump With Spanish Insult After 'New America' Idea · via HuffPost

WORLD Hungary expels 10 Russian diplomats over "unacceptable" activity · via NV

CULTURE I’m 80 And In Good Health. People Always Ask How I Do It. Here’s My Answer. · via HuffPost

COURTS Fire investigator insists 2003 house fire that killed three children was arson · via Courthouse News

CULTURE Supreme Court to decide on whether Trump’s voting-by-mail rules can go into effect – but might not rule yet on whether they’re constitutional · via The Conversation

WHITE HOUSE Excluding Certain Canadian Alcoholic Beverages from Importation into the United States in Response to Continued Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States with Respect to Alcoholic Beverages · via White House

WHITE HOUSE Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subject to the Additional Duties Imposed to Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the United States with Respect to Motor Vehicles · via White House

COURTS Supreme Court blocks Missouri’s GOP-friendly congressional map for midterms · via Courthouse News

COURTS Parents of 14-year-old girl sue musician D4vd over daughter’s death · via Courthouse News

COURTS DC Circuit rules IRS data sharing plan with ICE unlawful · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Trump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court · via Arizona Mirror

COURTS Third Circuit pauses interstate gas pipeline over shoddy environmental review · via Courthouse News

COURTS Southeastern Conference asks judge to clear Thursday vote on ousting LSU · via Courthouse News

COURTS Homeless high schooler can play football for now · via Courthouse News

WORLD Indigenous peoples near Congo parks propose diverse solutions for the future of conservation · via Mongabay

COURTS Judge trims lawsuit challenging RFK’s new childhood vaccine schedule · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Navajo leaders raise alarms about planned AI data center near Horseshoe Bend · via Arizona Mirror

WORLD Yaroslavl man sentenced to 14 years for allegedly sending photos of soldiers’ graves to Ukrainian intelligence — Russia’s first known treason conviction of its kind · via Meduza

WORLD Sickles, sarees and smoke: Women on the frontlines of Uttarakhand forest fires · via Mongabay

COURTS American Samoan’s indictment reversed · via Courthouse News

WORLD New analysis maps mercury threat to 951 Amazon communities in three countries · via Mongabay

WORLD Mercury threatens over 160 communities in Bolivia’s Beni River basin · via Mongabay

COURTS Wisconsin Supreme Court poised to broaden children’s rights in gruesome matricide case · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Sierra Club Florida calls on voters to oppose Amendment 3 · via Florida Phoenix

WORLD Bloomberg: Russia plans to intensify attacks on Ukraine through the winter, and serious peace talks are ‘unlikely’ before 2027 · via Meduza

WORLD Indigenous territories maintain Amazon forest just as well as protected areas, study finds · via Mongabay

COURTS ‘Boardwalk Empire’ actor Michael Pitt signals possible plea deal in sexual assault case · via Courthouse News

COURTS Minnesota city urges state Supreme Court to allow return to paper voter rosters · via Courthouse News

COURTS Colorado forensic scientist sentenced to 10 years for misreporting criminal evidence · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Trinity Health in Livonia to lay off 557 employees starting in October, primarily in IT support · via Michigan Advance

WORLD Riverside families in the Amazon change meals as mercury poisons staple fish · via Mongabay

WHITE HOUSE Adjusting Certain Delegations Under the Defense Production Act · via White House

WHITE HOUSE Appeals court upholds decision to toss challenge to Ann Arbor public power initiative · via Michigan Advance

WHITE HOUSE Colorado ranchers join fight against fossil fuel companies · via Florida Phoenix

WORLD Singkil peat swamp: The embattled orangutan capital of the world · via Mongabay

CULTURE You can’t shield kids from scary news – here’s what ‘Sesame Street’ and other children’s shows did after 9/11 · via The Conversation

WHITE HOUSE Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Accelerates Veterans’ Access to Benefits and Employment Opportunities · via White House

WORLD Can a new national peace policy fix Nigeria’s security problems? · via Global Voices

COURTS UK sanctions Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank as Israel announces consulate closure, bans British lawmakers · via Courthouse News

WORLD Germany to send Ukraine PAC-2 missiles from its own stockpile, as Kyiv says most of the roughly 1,000 Patriot missiles it is ordering will take years to arrive · via Meduza

WHITE HOUSE Uthmeier wants penalties for corporations whose AI chatbots contribute to crimes · via Florida Phoenix

COURTS Cryptocurrency scam ringleader pleads guilty to defrauding victims of $250 million · via Courthouse News

WORLD 69 Russians return home as ‘Professor Molchanov’ remains impounded in Norway over a claim by Ukraine’s Naftogaz · via Meduza

WHITE HOUSE Canadian dollar-for-dollar tariffs hit U.S. goods as Trump antagonizes northern neighbor · via Arizona Mirror

WHITE HOUSE Trump’s school tax credit could hurt schools in Michigan and elsewhere · via Michigan Advance

WHITE HOUSE Federal judge upholds NJ Gov. Sherrill order barring ICE from some state property · via Florida Phoenix

WORLD Carbon credit financing emerges as Africa’s biggest bet for expanding clean cooking · via Mongabay

COURTS Tunisian journalists protest after arrest of reporter · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE President Trump Honors 9/11 Heroes and Renews America’s Vow to Never Forget · via White House

COURTS Spain declassifies intelligence reports into Ceuta migrant rush · via Courthouse News

COURTS Polygamy splits a family reunion as European court sides with the Netherlands · via Courthouse News

COURTS Feds demand revival of national citizenship database ahead of midterms · via Courthouse News

WORLD Putin and Trump discussed U.S. negotiators’ trips to Moscow and Kyiv in one-hour call, Kremlin says · via Meduza

WHITE HOUSE What Trump’s new study says about support for trans rights — and why experts are worried · via Michigan Advance

WHITE HOUSE Donalds, Jolly say their camps are just beginning to discuss debates · via Florida Phoenix

COURTS Kansas Republicans break with Trump over calls to boycott Canadian jets · via Courthouse News

COURTS Feds take on Chinese tech giant at trial over Iranian sanctions · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE The largest US school districts restrict student AI use · via Stateline

WORLD Russian drone damages ‘We Are Ukraine’ TV newsroom in Kyiv during live broadcast of Ukraine’s joint United News program · via Meduza

WORLD New-to-science Amazon frog stands out for its slow ‘lazy’ song · via Mongabay

COURTS Canadians shun American products as trade war drags on · via Courthouse News

COURTS Far-right party’s IKEA play hits legal snag at EU court · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE ‘We can’t just be anti-Trumpers’: Gallego pitches education vision for Democratic majority · via Arizona Mirror

COURTS Historic far-right victory deepens German political crisis · via Courthouse News

WORLD ‘Plastic pollution hotspots’ spawn a public health crisis across Latin America · via Mongabay

WHITE HOUSE As extreme weather worsens, Black and Hispanic homeowners are paying more for insurance · via Michigan Advance

WORLD Why is Amazonian wildlife turning up at a Bangkok market? · via Mongabay

CULTURE Tiny backpacks reveal the secret, sometimes circuitous migrations of small songbirds · via The Conversation

CULTURE ‘Star Trek’ and NASA have intertwined legacies – the show championed diversity and inspired generations of real space scientists · via The Conversation

FACT CHECK Chemical Security: DHS Should Provide Options for Voluntary Vetting of Facility Personnel for Terrorist Ties · via GAO

CULTURE AI is helping ease competition for scarce space on the airwaves · via The Conversation

FACT CHECK Banking Services: Cannabis Businesses Face Access Challenges · via GAO

CULTURE Could you survive The Oregon Trail? An emergency medicine doctor offers tips on how to not die in the great outdoors · via The Conversation

FACT CHECK Priority Open Recommendations: Department of State · via GAO

CULTURE Huachuma, the Andean psychedelic cactus, is drawing Western seekers and raising ethical questions · via The Conversation

WHITE HOUSE DOJ blocked serious ICE shooting charge over federal prosecutor’s ‘strongest possible’ objections · via Michigan Advance

WHITE HOUSE Detroit district maintains growth in literacy and math on the 2026 M-STEP · via Michigan Advance

WHITE HOUSE On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, States Newsroom editor remembers the heroes of Flight 93 · via Stateline

CULTURE Rural Career Opportunities Exist. Advisers in Missouri are Proving It to Their Students · via Daily Yonder

WORLD Why it’s so hard to predict a tragedy like Nepal’s glacier collapse · via Grist

WORLD America is losing its war against wildfire · via Grist

WORLD The world is adapting to extreme heat — but not nearly fast enough · via Grist

WORLD FSB says it detained suspect in attempted murder of Russian general. Ukraine accuses the general of ordering the strike on Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt children’s hospital. · via Meduza

WHITE HOUSE Trump's oil price promise was just struck by Houthis defying Hegseth · via Newsweek

WORLD ‘Birds know no borders’: Interview with BirdLife Africa’s Alex Ngari · via Mongabay

WORLD Russian forces resume strikes on Kyiv, killing two · via Meduza

WORLD Ukrainian drones attack Russia’s Saratov, damaging homes and injuring 10 · via Meduza

WORLD Putin unlikely to stop even if Russia takes all of Donetsk — ISW · via NV

WORLD Kremlin surprised by Pashinyan’s Armenian-language speech at international summit · via NV

WORLD Death toll reaches nine after victim of Russia's Sept. 1 Kyiv strike dies in hospital · via NV

WORLD Tusk slams Poles celebrating far-right AfD's win in Germany · via NV

WHITE HOUSE Senior USCIS official arrested in green card crackdown issues denial · via Newsweek

WORLD Protect this tree. Save Africa’s rainforests. · via Mongabay

WORLD Zelenskyy says Donbas is central to entire conflict with Russia · via NV

WORLD Russian assault with 92 drones and Banderol munitions hits 12 sites in Ukraine - Air Force · via NV

WHITE HOUSE Hit dogs holler over Hope Florida disclosure · via Florida Phoenix

TARIFFS Chinese competition threatens 300,000 European manufacturing jobs · via NV

WORLD What remains after Nepal’s Gen Z protests? Survivors reflect one year later · via Global Voices

WHITE HOUSE Fuel Prices At Record Labor Day High In US Thanks To Iran War And Refinery Issues · via HuffPost

WORLD National Rally leader says France should demand guarantees in exchange for Ukraine support · via NV

TARIFFS Best Stocks & Shares ISA Providers In The UK 2026 · via Forbes

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