U.S. joins European court case over Musk fine.
Today's events
Musk fine in Europe.
The United States filed to intervene at the European Union's General Court supporting X Corp. and Elon Musk's bids to annul a €120 million Digital Services Act fine — the first such case there.1Sep 24 · DOJStablecoin rules.
The Federal Reserve Board opened comment on two proposals requiring supervised stablecoin issuers to fully back coins with short-term Treasury bills and other liquid assets, and setting capital, risk and application standards.2Sep 24 · FedSyria off the list.
Treasury's sanctions office removed a Syria-specific general license from the Terrorism List Governments Sanctions Regulations, implementing the rescission of Syria's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism; effective today.3Sep 25 · TreasuryXi state dinner.
Trump and the First Lady hosted Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan for a State Dinner in the East Room, attended by both official delegations plus business leaders and government officials.4Sep 24 · WHAdobe Commerce flaw.
Two actively exploited vulnerabilities entered the federal catalog: an incorrect-authorization flaw in Adobe Commerce and Magento, and a path-traversal flaw in multiple WSO2 products.5Sep 24 · CISACanada duties suspended.
Proclamation 11056 temporarily suspends the additional duties imposed to offset Canadian discrimination against U.S. alcoholic beverages, dairy and motor vehicles.6Sep 23 · WHCurrent-account deficit.
The deficit widened 15.7 percent to $246.0 billion in the second quarter, 3.0 percent of output; the net international investment position fell to negative $22.42 trillion.7Sep 24 · BEAUncrewed fighters delivered.
The Air Force took delivery of its first two Collaborative Combat Aircraft at Creech Air Force Base — Anduril's YFQ-44A and General Atomics' YFQ-42A — for experimentation alongside crewed jets.8Sep 24 · Air ForceDesegregation cases closed.
The Civil Rights Division dismissed more than fifty school-desegregation cases, from Waterbury, Connecticut to Flagler County, Florida, ending court oversight that had run for more than half a century.9Sep 24 · DOJ
This week
Permanent basing in Greenland.
Trump signed an agreement with Denmark and Greenland on September 22 granting the United States permanent basing rights on the island and barring any U.S. adversary from a base, military presence or sensitive investment there without American approval (September 23 brief). The day before, Rubio met the foreign ministers of eight Arctic governments, who agreed the region needs sovereign military capability and resilient critical infrastructure to deter strategic competitors.2Sep 22 · WHAndes–Atlantic Corridor.
The State Department and Argentina launched a corridor on September 23 that steers U.S. financing into rail, ports, pipelines and power that carry Vaca Muerta oil and gas and critical minerals to Atlantic markets (September 24 brief). It closed a week of resource agreements: a critical-minerals framework signed with Lithuania on September 18 and a minerals memorandum with Italy on September 21.3Sep 23 · StateShield of the Americas.
The United States and 14 Western Hemisphere governments announced asset freezes, visa restrictions and criminal liability for supporters of 24 narco-terrorist organizations on September 22, and said they will ask the Organization of American States to convene the Rio Treaty (September 23 brief). Trump told the U.N. General Assembly the same day that strikes on cartel boats had destroyed 97 percent of drugs arriving by sea.4Sep 22 · StateReactor exports.
The United States, Japan and South Korea adopted an implementation plan for small-modular-reactor exports on September 23, as GE-Vernova, Hitachi, Samsung C&T and Poland’s SGE formed a consortium to deploy the BWRX-300 across Europe — a project State put at more than $150 billion in reactor investment (September 24 brief). The Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed rewriting licensing, decommissioning and oversight rules across nine parts of its code the next day.5Sep 23 · StateSkilled-worker visa fee.
Trump extended the $100,000 fee on certain H-1B petitions for another year, to September 21, 2027, and ordered agencies to weigh an employer’s recent layoffs of American workers when judging applications (September 19 and 20 briefs). More than 700 petitions have paid the fee since 2025. A second order tightening interagency oversight of the program was filed for publication on September 22.6Sep 18 · WHShareholder proposals.
The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rescinding Rule 14a-8 on September 21, the federal requirement that public companies carry qualifying shareholder resolutions in their proxy materials, along with a companion rule dropping annual-report delivery (September 19 and 21 briefs). The 196-page proposal would leave the question to state corporate law.7Sep 21 · SEC
Allied Governments
U.S.–UK atomic treaty.
The Foreign Office presented to Parliament an amendment to the UK–U.S. Agreement for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes.aSep 24 · UK FCDOGaza aid package.
The Foreign Secretary announced £88 million for healthcare, clean water, sanitation and protection in Gaza and the West Bank, co-hosting a UN ministerial with Jordan and Qatar.bSep 24 · UK FCDORussia's election breaches.
Britain, speaking also for Canada, Iceland and Norway, told Europe's main security body that Russia's Duma elections fell short of free-and-fair commitments and that holding them in occupied Ukraine violated Ukrainian sovereignty.cSep 25 · UK FCDO
Voices
“We will not tolerate the European Commission engaging in regulatory overreach to try and control American engines of innovation and economic growth.”
AAG Brett A. Shumate, DOJ Civil Division · Sep 241
“The first proposal would require that Board-supervised payment stablecoin issuers fully back their stablecoins with certain permissible reserve assets, such as short-term Treasury bills and certain other high-quality, liquid assets.”
Federal Reserve Board proposal · Sep 242
“[Treasury] is amending the Terrorism List Governments Sanctions Regulations to implement changes resulting from the rescission of the designation of Syria as a State Sponsor of Terrorism.”
Office of Foreign Assets Control, final rule · Sep 253
“The meal begins with a toast of Schramsberg ‘Blanc De Noir,’ honoring the historic ‘Toast to Peace’ shared by President Nixon and Premier Zhou Enlai in Beijing in 1972.”
White House State Dinner note · Sep 244
“Anduril's Fury and General Atomics' Vengeance deliveries show we can move at incredible speed, compete, and deliver cost-effective combat power to the force.”
Sec. of the Air Force Troy Meink · Sep 248
“In this administration, we are ending prolonged federal oversight of these school districts because the effort does not reflect the reality of those classrooms today.”
AAG Harmeet K. Dhillon, DOJ Civil Rights · Sep 249
Sources
- U.S. Dept. of Justice, “United States Files Request to Intervene in Case Brought by X Corp. and Elon Musk Seeking to Annul Decision by European Commission,” Sept. 24, 2026. justice.gov/opa/pr/…/x-corp-musk-european-commission
- Federal Reserve Board, “Federal Reserve Board requests public comment on two proposals related to establishing a regulatory framework for Board-supervised payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act,” Sept. 24, 2026. federalreserve.gov/newsevents/…/bcreg20260924a
- U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, OFAC, “Terrorism List Governments Sanctions Regulations” (final rule), Sept. 25, 2026. federalregister.gov/…/terrorism-list-governments-sanctions
- White House, “First Lady Melania Trump Releases Details on the State Dinner with His Excellency Xi Jinping, President of The People's Republic of China, and Madame Peng Liyuan,” Sept. 24, 2026. whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/…/state-dinner-xi-jinping
- CISA, “CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog” (CVE-2026-71362, CVE-2026-5430), Sept. 24, 2026. cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/…/two-known-exploited-vulnerabilities
- Presidential Documents, “Proclamation 11056—Temporary Suspension of Additional Duties To Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States With Respect to Alcoholic Beverages, Dairy, and Motor Vehicles,” Sept. 23, 2026. govinfo.gov/app/details/…/DCPD-202600545
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, “U.S. International Transactions and Investment Position, 2nd Quarter 2026,” Sept. 24, 2026. bea.gov/news/2026/…/international-transactions-q2-2026
- U.S. Air Force, “Collaborative Combat Aircraft arrive at Creech AFB, advancing operational integration,” Sept. 24, 2026. af.mil/News/…/collaborative-combat-aircraft-creech
- U.S. Dept. of Justice, “Justice Department Ends Over 50 Half-Century-Old Desegregation Cases Throughout the United States,” Sept. 24, 2026. justice.gov/opa/pr/…/desegregation-cases-ended
- UK Foreign Office (FCDO), “UK/USA: Amendment to the Agreement for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes [TS No.41/2026],” Sept. 24, 2026. gov.uk/government/publications/…/uk-usa-atomic-energy-amendment
- UK Foreign Office (FCDO), “UK announces major package of support for humanitarian relief and early recovery in Gaza,” Sept. 24, 2026. gov.uk/government/news/…/gaza-humanitarian-relief-package
- UK Foreign Office (FCDO), “UK and others condemn Russia's failure to uphold OSCE commitments: joint statement to the OSCE,” Sept. 25, 2026. gov.uk/government/speeches/…/osce-joint-statement-russia