U.S. Treasury suspends Iran sanctions exemptions.
Today's events
Iran trade exemptions.
Treasury's sanctions office indefinitely suspended three general licenses and one licensing policy under the Iran sanctions regulations, staying General License J-1 as of September 8.1Sep 10 · TreasuryCanadian dairy and liquor.
Five proclamations under Section 338 of the 1930 Tariff Act bar certain Canadian alcohol, dairy and motor-vehicle products from importation beginning September 29, and revise the July duty lists from September 15.2Sep 9 · WHPoland's $4 billion loan.
Under Secretary of State Thomas DiNanno signed a $4 billion military-financing loan guarantee with Poland in Warsaw, lifting total U.S. support to nearly $20 billion.3Sep 9 · StateCritical minerals order.
President Trump signed a determination under Section 101 of the Defense Production Act covering recoverable critical minerals and materials.4Sep 9 · WHScam-market blacklist.
Treasury blacklisted Xinbi Guarantee, a Chinese-language online marketplace that Southeast Asian scam centers use to launder proceeds from fraud against Americans, along with two entities supporting its operations.5Sep 9 · StateEcuador corruption bans.
State designated seven former Ecuadorian officials — a prison-authority director, judges and a legislator — for taking bribes from gangs tied to designated terrorist groups, barring them and their families from U.S. entry.6Sep 9 · StateCitrix and Cisco flaws.
CISA added four actively exploited flaws to its catalog: authentication bypasses in Citrix NetScaler and Cisco Firewall Management Center, a Fortinet buffer overflow, and a Google Chromium out-of-bounds write.7Sep 9 · CISAUranium mining rules.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed its first groundwater-protection requirements written specifically for in-situ uranium recovery, plus added flexibility to delay decommissioning at licensed facilities. Comments close October 13.8Sep 10 · Fed. Reg.DOJ v. Berkeley Law.
Justice and Education found Berkeley Law intentionally discriminates against white and Asian applicants; in 2025 black applicants had 5.8 times the admission odds of comparable white applicants.9Sep 9 · DOJ
This week
Eight tankers in four days.
Central Command destroyed three Iranian crude carriers on September 5 and five more on September 8, each time after Revolutionary Guard missiles missed U.S. warships. Crews were ordered to abandon ship first. Four of the September 8 strikes fell in the Gulf of Oman and one near Kharg Island, Iran's main crude export terminal. The two actions led the September 6 and September 9 briefs.1Sep 5–8 · CENTCOMIran's airlines and banks.
The State Department sanctioned 36 entities and individuals on September 8, designating every remaining active Iranian airline plus third-country firms that procured aircraft and cargo services for Mahan Air. Treasury had blacklisted Türkiye-based Golden Global Bank four days earlier, and on September 10 its sanctions office suspended three general licenses indefinitely. All three actions sit under Operation Economic Outcast.2Sep 4–10 · StateSix Chinese AI firms named.
The National Security Agency, CISA and the FBI said on September 8 that DeepSeek, Alibaba, Moonshot AI, MiniMax, StepFun and Z.AI extracted billions of tokens across millions of requests from U.S. frontier models including Claude, GPT, Gemini and Grok, likely with Chinese government awareness. Commerce finalized $475 million in quantum-computing awards the same day: $375 million to GlobalFoundries, $100 million to PsiQuantum.4Sep 8 · CISAMinerals, twice in two days.
Rubio and Colombia's foreign minister signed a critical-minerals and rare-earths supply framework in Barranquilla on September 8, committing both governments to finance projects within six months, alongside a civil nuclear memorandum. The next day Trump signed a Defense Production Act determination on recoverable critical minerals and materials. Colombia was the first stop on a three-country Andean tour that also took in Ecuador and Peru.5Sep 8–9 · StateGasoline at $4.07.
The Energy Information Administration reported September 4 that regular gasoline averaged $4.07 a gallon nationally and $5.21 on the West Coast, with New York Harbor refining margins running about $1 a gallon above 2025 since May. It attributed the tightness to refining disruptions in Russia, China and the Middle East. Interior proposed the same week to fast-track drilling permits and pipeline rights-of-way in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve.6Sep 4 · EIA
Allied Governments
Ukraine funding tally.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told the Ukraine Defence Contact Group that allies allocated more than $10 billion over the past year to Ukraine's purchases of American weapons, including $3.5 billion from an EU loan.aSep 8 · NATOLondon calls Beijing.
Britain's prime minister spoke with Xi Jinping, raising Russia's war in Ukraine, Hong Kong, human rights and consular cases; both leaders affirmed a long-term comprehensive strategic partnership.bSep 8 · UK No.10Procurement shake-up.
Britain's defence readiness minister told a City of London audience the ministry will reject equipment that fails in Ukraine, and pressed private finance to move startup weapons technology into service faster.cSep 9 · UK MoD
Voices
“[OFAC] is indefinitely suspending three general licenses and one licensing policy … to align with changes in the foreign policy of the United States towards Iran.”
Office of Foreign Assets Control, final rule · Sept 101
“Canada reneged on its commitment, ceased negotiating in good faith, and did not remove the discrimination or unreasonable and unequal imposition at issue in Proclamation 11046.”
Presidential proclamation on Canadian alcoholic beverages · Sept 92
“Poland has significantly expanded its defense capabilities in recent years, including the acquisition of Apache helicopters, Patriot missile systems, HIMARS, advanced radar technologies, and F-35 aircraft.”
State Department media note, Warsaw · Sept 93
“To any foreign officials corruptly abusing their public position for personal financial gain: the United States will find you and expose you.”
Tommy Pigott, State Dept. Spokesman · Sept 96
“Berkeley Law School's deliberate efforts to circumvent the Supreme Court's decision in SFFA demonstrate a complete disregard for the rule of law.”
AAG Harmeet K. Dhillon, DOJ Civil Rights · Sept 99
“Title VI is clear: no student should be advantaged or disadvantaged in admissions because of the color of their skin.”
Asst. Sec. Kimberly Richey, Education Dept. Civil Rights · Sept 99
Sources
- Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Treasury, “Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations” (final rule; stay of effectiveness), September 10, 2026. federalregister.gov/…/iranian-transactions-and-sanctions-regulations
- The 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” (proclamation), September 9, 2026. whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/…/canadian-alcoholic-beverages
- U.S. Dept. of State, “United States and Poland Sign $4 Billion Foreign Military Financing Loan Guarantee, Bringing Total U.S. Support to Nearly $20 Billion,” September 9, 2026. state.gov/releases/…/poland-military-financing-loan-guarantee
- GovInfo — Presidential Documents, “Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Recoverable Critical Minerals and Materials,” September 9, 2026. govinfo.gov/app/details/…/DCPD-202600507
- U.S. Dept. of State, “Dismantling Transnational Criminal Organization Xinbi Guarantee,” September 9, 2026. state.gov/releases/…/xinbi-guarantee
- U.S. Dept. of State, “Designations of Former Ecuadorian Officials for Involvement in Significant Corruption Linked to Foreign Terrorist Organizations,” September 9, 2026. state.gov/releases/…/ecuadorian-officials-designations
- CISA, “CISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog,” September 9, 2026. cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/…/four-known-exploited-vulnerabilities
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, “In Situ Recovery Monitoring and Decommissioning Timeliness” (proposed rule and draft guidance), September 10, 2026. federalregister.gov/…/in-situ-recovery-monitoring-and-decommissioning
- U.S. Dept. of Justice, “Joint Investigation by the U.S. Justice Department and U.S. Department of Education Finds U.C. Berkeley Law School Discriminates Based on Race in Admissions,” September 9, 2026. justice.gov/opa/pr/…/uc-berkeley-law
- NATO, “NATO Secretary General Welcomes New Support for Ukraine, Urges Nations to Continue to Step Up,” September 8, 2026. nato.int/en/news-and-events/…/new-support-for-ukraine
- UK Prime Minister's Office (No.10), “PM Call with President Xi of China: 8 September 2026,” September 8, 2026. gov.uk/government/news/…/pm-call-with-president-xi
- UK Ministry of Defence, “Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard MP's Speech at Mansion House Defence and Security Event,” September 9, 2026. gov.uk/government/speeches/…/pollard-mansion-house