What changed the week of Sep 21

001 RULES U.S. Argentina and United States sign sweeping trade agreement SOURCED 002 RULES U.S. Clean energy project cancellations sweep the US after federal rollback SOURCED 003 RULES U.S. Congress confronts its war powers as US-Iran conflict escalates without authorization SOURCED 004 RULES U.S. Court reinstates $7 billion 'Solar for All' program cut by EPA SOURCED 005 RULES U.S. Missouri Supreme Court blocks new congressional map, sends it to voters SOURCED 006 RULES U.S. Trump administration cancels ACA coverage for hundreds of thousands over fraud claims SOURCED 007 RULES U.S. Trump's national energy emergency faces widening court challenges SOURCED 008 RULES U.S. US alcohol use falls for first time since pandemic as younger adults drink less SOURCED 009 RULES U.S. eBay bans airbag sales after counterfeit inflators linked to deaths SOURCED 010 RULES WORLD CBP suspends de minimis exemption for mail shipments, tightening prescription imports SOURCED 011 RULES WORLD California adds penalties for influencers who hide paid political posts SOURCED 012 RULES WORLD DoorDash settles NYC delivery worker pay dispute for $131.5 million SOURCED 013 RULES WORLD EU ambassadors agree to lift sanctions on two Russian oligarchs, extend others for three years SOURCED 014 RULES WORLD EU's €3 small-parcel duty ends tax-free shipping for US sellers SOURCED 015 RULES WORLD FTC overhauls rules of practice, drops ethics clearance requirement SOURCED 016 RULES WORLD Federal judge orders Texas to air condition all prisons by end of 2029 SOURCED 017 RULES WORLD German town of Heidenau votes to ban new Holocaust 'stumbling stones' SOURCED 018 RULES WORLD Irish watchdog fines Google €403m over location data handling SOURCED 019 RULES WORLD Italian parliament approves return to nuclear power SOURCED 020 RULES WORLD Italy bans face veils in schools and caps non-Italian students per class SOURCED 021 RULES WORLD Japan tightens permanent residency rules for foreign workers SOURCED 022 RULES WORLD Jury finds Facebook liable for deceiving users about data privacy SOURCED 023 RULES WORLD Jury orders Apple to pay record patent damages over iPhone haptics SOURCED 024 RULES WORLD Lula bans online betting in Brazil, reversing 2023 legalization SOURCED 025 RULES WORLD Meta restricts Lula's Facebook page and campaign ads before Brazil election SOURCED 026 RULES WORLD Montreal adopts bylaw fining insults against municipal employees SOURCED 027 RULES WORLD Ohio Supreme Court blocks ballot measure targeting AWS data center SOURCED 028 RULES WORLD Seattle bans grocery 'surveillance pricing' based on personal data SOURCED 029 RULES WORLD Senate committee advances 2026 water bill with new pipe-funding renewal SOURCED 030 RULES WORLD Serbia's Vučić resigns as president to run for prime minister SOURCED 031 RULES WORLD Singapore makes bus nuisance behaviour a finable offence, aligning with rail rules SOURCED 032 RULES WORLD South Sudan's president dissolves government ahead of first national elections SOURCED 033 RULES WORLD Sri Lanka court convicts 15 men over Easter Sunday bombings SOURCED 034 RULES WORLD Supreme Court allows expanded citizenship-check database before midterms SOURCED 035 RULES WORLD Swiss voters reject stricter neutrality rules, keeping sanctions and NATO options SOURCED 036 RULES WORLD Texas shuts down Trinidad police department after audit finds no public benefit SOURCED 037 RULES WORLD Trump says he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House SOURCED 038 RULES WORLD U.S.-China diplomatic reset under Trump's second term SOURCED 039 RULES WORLD UK brings first charges over 1994 Rwanda genocide SOURCED 040 RULES WORLD US high schoolers' mental health improves from record lows SOURCED 041 RULES WORLD WordPress patches critical flaw present in every version since 2016 SOURCED 042 NEW U.S. Alpine peaks across Northeast U.S. and Canada are greening as shrubs move in SOURCED 043 NEW U.S. FAA launches AI system to manage air traffic SOURCED 044 NEW U.S. Heatwave seasons have lengthened by about a month since 1979, global analysis finds SOURCED 045 NEW U.S. Mammals produce cyclo-octasulfur rings to suppress ferroptosis SOURCED 046 NEW U.S. Researchers identify five brain activity profiles in major depressive disorder SOURCED 047 NEW U.S. Shinbone compression helps brains heal, mouse and pig study finds SOURCED 048 NEW U.S. Study finds human brain grows from two separate cell lineages SOURCED 049 NEW WORLD 1.7-billion-year-old fossils show early complex life needed oxygen SOURCED 050 NEW WORLD Acadia pushes Alzheimer's psychosis drug to phase 3 despite missed trial goal SOURCED 051 NEW WORLD Alkermes unveils ADHD data for orexin drug, expanding the class beyond sleep disorders SOURCED 052 NEW WORLD Amateur astronomer spots 390-million-year-old impact crater on satellite maps SOURCED 053 NEW WORLD Amgen's dazodalibep clears phase 3 Sjögren's trial SOURCED 054 NEW WORLD Ancient meteorite grains reveal magnetism helped build the solar system SOURCED 055 NEW WORLD Astronomers find first stellar stream beyond the Milky Way SOURCED 056 NEW WORLD Beacon's gene therapy for inherited blindness hits primary goal in pivotal trial SOURCED 057 NEW WORLD Buried volcanic complex on Moon's far side points to ancient magnetic field SOURCED 058 NEW WORLD CERN begins disconnecting Large Hadron Collider for high-luminosity upgrade SOURCED 059 NEW WORLD Carbon-capturing concrete proves stronger than conventional mixes SOURCED 060 NEW WORLD Cascadia subduction zone is tearing apart off Vancouver Island SOURCED 061 NEW WORLD Celldex antibody hits phase 3 goals for chronic hives, setting up 2027 FDA filing SOURCED 062 NEW WORLD Cue Biopharma's Xolair challenger clears phase 2 in chronic hives SOURCED 063 NEW WORLD Diskless white dwarf powers 1,000-year shock wave that shouldn't exist SOURCED 064 NEW WORLD FDA approves SELUTION SLR, first sirolimus drug-eluting balloon in the US SOURCED 065 NEW WORLD Fragment of world's oldest peace treaty unearthed in Turkey SOURCED 066 NEW WORLD Genetic study splits gentoo penguins into four species SOURCED 067 NEW WORLD Kyverna touts year-long miv-cel data as Novartis, Bristol Myers pause autoimmune CAR-T trials SOURCED 068 NEW WORLD LHC search narrows hiding places for quantum black holes SOURCED 069 NEW WORLD Lutetium atomic clocks verified at the 19th digit SOURCED 070 NEW WORLD Merck's remigromig meets main goal in pivotal eye disease trial SOURCED 071 NEW WORLD Meta launches Muse, an AI agent that acts across personal apps SOURCED 072 NEW WORLD Mexican gray wolves reestablish in Durango's forests after 50-year absence SOURCED 073 NEW WORLD Mexico reintroduces bison to desert reserve, ecosystem begins recovering SOURCED 074 NEW WORLD Needle-thin brain implant packs recording, stimulation, and drug delivery into one fiber SOURCED 075 NEW WORLD Netherlands builds sovereign Linux workspace to replace Microsoft for government SOURCED 076 NEW WORLD New wild cat species identified in Bolivia, first in over a century SOURCED 077 NEW WORLD Non-Abelian anyons prove capable of universal quantum computing SOURCED 078 NEW WORLD ORNL turns plastic waste into fuel with low-temperature molten salts SOURCED 079 NEW WORLD One-time CRISPR therapy keeps cholesterol lower for a full year in early trial SOURCED 080 NEW WORLD OpenAI agents accessed US government websites without authorization SOURCED 081 NEW WORLD OpenAI pauses training of latest models after AI agents act beyond instructions SOURCED 082 NEW WORLD Otsuka, Ionis ALS drug hits primary Phase 3 endpoint, heads to FDA SOURCED 083 NEW WORLD Picosecond pulses push superconductors past their critical-current limit SOURCED 084 NEW WORLD Researchers discover backup pathway for essential amino acid that may help tumors resist treatment SOURCED 085 NEW WORLD Researchers turn Avast sandbox kernel bug into SYSTEM-level exploit SOURCED 086 NEW WORLD Roche's dual GLP-1/GIP drug posts strong phase 2 diabetes results SOURCED 087 NEW WORLD Roche's sefaxersen meets phase 3 goal, joining IgAN market battle with Novartis SOURCED 088 NEW WORLD Solar system's first bodies built mostly from heat-forged rock, not ice SOURCED 089 NEW WORLD Stanford records first real-time quantum jumps of sound SOURCED 090 NEW WORLD Time crystals synchronize across long distances in a semiconductor SOURCED 091 MONEY U.S. 30-year Treasury yield hits highest since 2004 as global bond selloff deepens SOURCED 092 MONEY U.S. Fed holds rates at 3.75%-4% after September's first hike since 2023 SOURCED 093 MONEY U.S. Paramount Skydance’s $108 billion hostile bid ignites a fight for Warner Bros. Discovery SOURCED 094 MONEY U.S. Treasury triples long-term debt buybacks as yields hit 2007 levels SOURCED 095 MONEY U.S. Trump administration redirects $500M clean steel grant to coal furnace SOURCED 096 MONEY U.S. Venezuela opposition walks fine line over U.S. oil deal SOURCED 097 MONEY WORLD Kentucky buys and cancels $250 million in medical debt for 130,000 residents SOURCED 098 MONEY WORLD Telix acquires isotope maker ITM in deal worth up to $2.35 billion SOURCED 099 BUILT U.S. 71.5% of U.S. coastal land is sinking, study finds SOURCED 100 BUILT U.S. DOE commits $1.9 billion to modernize aging US transmission lines SOURCED 101 BUILT U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve drains to lowest level since 1982 SOURCED 102 BUILT U.S. US diesel prices hit record high as conflicts squeeze global supply SOURCED 103 BUILT U.S. US solar module production passes 100 GW cumulative landmark SOURCED 104 BUILT WORLD Dangote, Ethiopia, and Djibouti break ground on $660m fuel pipeline SOURCED 105 BUILT WORLD HALO Trust completes 27-year landmine clearance in Kosovo SOURCED 106 BUILT WORLD Lake Powell hits record low amid Colorado River drought SOURCED 107 BUILT WORLD Poland, Westinghouse-Bechtel agree commercial terms for first nuclear plant SOURCED 108 FORCE U.S. Brent crude nears $100 as Strait of Hormuz shipping halves SOURCED 109 FORCE U.S. Oil tankers halt Strait of Hormuz transit after US-Israel strikes on Iran SOURCED 110 FORCE WORLD Gauteng’s tavern killings: Bekkersdal massacre deepens a December pattern of public-space slaughter SOURCED 111 FORCE WORLD Nigeria investigates deaths of dozens of detainees in overcrowded cell SOURCED 112 FORCE WORLD Seven Ethiopian armed groups form coalition against Abiy's government SOURCED 113 FORCE WORLD Sri Lanka's largest mass grave uncovered in Jaffna SOURCED 114 FORCE WORLD Toxic haze from Indonesian wildfires sickens tens of thousands SOURCED 115 FORCE WORLD Trump's Greenland gambit SOURCED 116 FORCE WORLD United Russia keeps Duma majority in Russia's first wartime election SOURCED 117 FORCE WORLD Venezuela's opposition under continued pressure after Maduro's removal SOURCED