U.S. revokes visas of South American officials.
Today's events
Hemisphere visa bans.
New policy bars foreign officials who undermine elected governments through corruption or narcotrafficking; the State Department revoked visas for 12 Bolivians, two Colombians including a sitting senator, two Ecuadorians and a Peruvian judge.1Sept 28 · StateIran warning.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the weekend security incident in the United Kingdom “clearly involves the hands of a foreign actor,” and warned that Iran's open threats to American interests would draw repercussions.2Sept 28 · StateIowa steel mill.
The White House announced a $15 billion Mesabi Metallics mill in Iowa producing 7.5 million tons of steel a year, fed by the first new U.S. iron-ore mine in 50 years.3Sept 28 · WHClimate superfund struck down.
A federal judge in Manhattan granted the Justice Department summary judgment against New York's Climate Change Superfund Act, blocking $75 billion in penalties on global energy producers — the second federal court to void the law.4Sept 28 · DOJCitrix zero-days.
CISA amplified Citrix's disclosure of eight NetScaler flaws and added two critical zero-days to its exploited-vulnerability catalog, citing partner intelligence that attackers are exploiting them globally for remote code execution.5Sept 27 · CISAAtomic information.
President Trump issued a determination on the provision of atomic information to Finland and Sweden, the North Atlantic alliance's two newest members.6Sept 28 · WHU.S.–China trade board.
The U.S. Trade Representative said the U.S.–China Board of Trade recommended $30 billion of non-sensitive goods on each side for more favorable tariff treatment, covering roughly 30% of U.S. exports to China.7Sept 28 · USTRPesticide settlement.
The Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general settled their 2022 antitrust suit against Corteva, which must dismantle the loyalty program that blocked generic pesticides from distributors; the order runs 10 years.8Sept 28 · FTCArtemis Accords.
NASA welcomed Albania, Croatia, Côte d'Ivoire and San Marino to the Artemis Accords, bringing the space-exploration framework to 76 countries — close to 40% of the world's nations.9Sept 28 · NASA
This week
Xi's state visit.
Trump hosted Xi Jinping at the White House on September 24, and the terms followed a day later (September 26 brief). The two governments reached consensus on more favorable tariff treatment for $30 billion of goods in each direction, and China will import at least 10 million metric tons of U.S. coal in 2027 and 2028. The record also said Iran can never have a nuclear weapon and no country may impose tolls on international waterways.1Sep 25 · WHArctic basing rights.
Trump signed an agreement with Denmark and Greenland on September 22 granting the United States permanent basing rights on the island (September 23 brief). It also bars any U.S. adversary from a base, military presence or sensitive investment in Greenland without American approval, which reaches past military access to foreign investment on the island.3Sep 22 · WHAndes-Atlantic Corridor.
The State Department and Argentina's foreign ministry launched a corridor on September 23 that steers U.S. financing into rail, ports, pipelines and power lines carrying Argentine oil, gas and critical minerals to Atlantic markets (September 24 brief). It follows a critical-minerals agreement Rubio signed with Italy and accompanies a U.S.–Japan–South Korea plan to export small modular reactors.4Sep 23 · StateStablecoin backing.
The Federal Reserve proposed on September 24 that supervised stablecoin issuers hold full reserves in short-term Treasury bills and other liquid assets, meet capital standards, and apply through a new process; comments close in 60 days (September 25 brief). It is the Board's first framework under the GENIUS Act stablecoin law, and it ties the sector's growth to demand for U.S. government debt.6Sep 24 · Fed
Allied Governments
Settlement goods ban.
Britain told the UN Security Council it will legislate to ban imports from illegal Israeli settlements and sanction those financing them, calling the E1 project a point of no return for a two-state solution.aSept 28 · UK FCDOSyria sanctions eased.
Japan removed 16 entities from its Assad-era asset freeze, including the Commercial Bank of Syria, the General Petroleum Corporation and the defence and interior ministries; 59 individuals and 15 entities remain listed.bSept 29 · Japan MoFAClyde submarine docks.
Britain's Ministry of Defence committed multi-billion-pound funding for three new floating docks for the Royal Navy's nuclear submarine base on the Clyde, plus a new marine research vessel, through UK-only competitions.cSept 27 · UK MoD
Voices
“[W]e are dealing with elements in the world – and in the case of Iran, for example, who have openly threatened to attack American interests globally.”
Sec. of State Marco Rubio · Sept 282
“Undermining a democratically-elected government is a threat to security and rule of law in the Americas and will not be tolerated.”
State Dept. Spokesman Tommy Pigott · Sept 281
“CISA has received reports and partner threat intelligence confirming that threat actors are actively exploiting these vulnerabilities globally.”
CISA Alert, Citrix NetScaler · Sept 275
“New York's woke climate change law is not only unconstitutional, it is harmful, jeopardizing every American's access to affordable and reliable energy.”
Assoc. Atty. Gen. Stanley E. Woodward Jr., DOJ · Sept 284
“President Trump is unlocking improved market access for about 30 percent of U.S. exports to China, while benefiting consumers with imports from China of household goods, toys, and other products.”
U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer · Sept 287
“Our momentum reflects a growing commitment to peaceful, responsible exploration and a shared understanding that the future in space will be shaped by those willing to lead.”
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman · Sept 289
Sources
- U.S. Dept. of State, “Visa Restrictions for Foreign Nationals Undermining Democratically-Elected Governments in Western Hemisphere Countries,” September 28, 2026. state.gov/releases/…/western-hemisphere-visa-restrictions
- U.S. Dept. of State, “Secretary of State Marco Rubio With Sean Hannity of Fox News,” September 28, 2026. state.gov/releases/…/rubio-with-sean-hannity
- White House, “Mined, Melted, and Poured in America: President Trump Reverses Years of Anti-Mining Policy,” September 2026. whitehouse.gov/releases/…/mined-melted-and-poured-in-america
- U.S. Dept. of Justice, “Another Federal Judge Strikes Down New York's Climate Superfund Law as Unconstitutional,” September 28, 2026. justice.gov/opa/pr/…/new-york-climate-superfund
- CISA, “Critical Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Exploited in Citrix NetScaler ADC, Gateway,” September 27, 2026. cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/…/citrix-netscaler-zero-days
- GovInfo — Presidential Documents, “Presidential Determination on Provision of Atomic Information to Finland and Sweden” (DCPD-202600551), September 28, 2026. govinfo.gov/app/details/DCPD-202600551
- Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, “Ambassador Greer Issues a Statement on Announcement of Recommendations from the U.S.-China Board of Trade,” September 28, 2026. ustr.gov/…/us-china-board-of-trade
- Federal Trade Commission, “FTC, States Win Protections to Lower Pesticide Prices for American Farmers in Antitrust Case Against Corteva,” September 28, 2026. ftc.gov/news-events/…/antitrust-case-against-corteva
- NASA, “NASA Celebrates as Artemis Accords Surpasses 75 Signatories,” September 28, 2026. nasa.gov/news-release/…/artemis-accords-75-signatories
- UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, “The UK is acting with international partners to protect the two-state solution: UK statement at the UN Security Council,” September 28, 2026. gov.uk/government/speeches/…/uk-statement-un-security-council
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, “Partial lifting of ‘Asset freezing and other measures imposed on Syrian President Al-Assad and related individuals and entities’,” September 29, 2026. mofa.go.jp/press/release/…/syria-asset-freeze-partial-lifting
- UK Ministry of Defence, “Healey pledges ‘new age of industrialisation’ as Government backs British shipbuilding,” September 27, 2026. gov.uk/government/news/…/government-backs-british-shipbuilding