U.S. destroys five Iranian oil tankers.
Today's events
Five Iranian tankers.
Central Command destroyed five Iranian crude carriers — four in the Gulf of Oman, one near Kharg Island — after Revolutionary Guard missiles twice missed a U.S. warship. Crews were ordered to abandon ship first.1Sep 8 · CENTCOMCanadian import bans.
Trump banned certain Canadian alcohol, dairy and motor-vehicle products from the U.S. market under a 1930 tariff law. He also ordered $50 billion of Canadian goods stripped from federal purchasing schedules.2Sep 9 · USTRIran's airlines.
The State Department sanctioned 36 entities and individuals across multiple jurisdictions, designating the remainder of Iran's active airlines and third-country firms that procured aircraft and cargo services for Mahan Air.3Sep 8 · StateChinese model distillation.
The National Security Agency, CISA and the FBI said DeepSeek, Alibaba, Moonshot AI, MiniMax, StepFun and Z.AI extracted billions of tokens from U.S. frontier models including Claude, GPT, Gemini and Grok.4Sep 8 · CISAColombia minerals pact.
Rubio and Colombia's foreign minister signed a critical-minerals and rare-earths supply framework plus a civil nuclear cooperation memorandum in Barranquilla. The minerals deal commits both governments to finance projects within six months.5Sep 8 · StateQuantum foundry awards.
Commerce finalized two CHIPS Act research awards: up to $375 million to GlobalFoundries for a domestic quantum foundry and cryogenic chip design, and up to $100 million to PsiQuantum for photonic quantum computing.6Sep 8 · CommerceFour exploited flaws.
CISA added actively exploited vulnerabilities in Adobe Commerce and Magento, two Microsoft Windows flaws and N-able N-central to the catalog federal agencies must patch first.7Sep 8 · CISADuke admissions finding.
The Health and Human Services civil-rights office found Duke School of Medicine intentionally discriminated against white and Asian applicants using race and race-revealing proxies in admissions.8Sep 8 · HHSSatellite phone links.
The Federal Communications Commission proposed letting unlicensed devices communicate directly with satellites on a non-interference basis, adding satellite allocations in specific unlicensed bands and clarifying that equipment may operate within spacecraft.9Sep 8 · Fed. Reg.
Allied Governments
Settlement goods ban.
The UK, France and Canada said they will ban imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank and target those who profit from them. Britain also called the occupation unlawful.aSep 8 · UK FCDOIran sanctions law.
Britain laid regulations reimposing sectoral financial and trade measures on Iran that were lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal, citing Iran's stock of over 400 kilograms of 60-percent enriched uranium.bSep 8 · UK FCDOHormuz phone call.
Japan's foreign minister told Iran's foreign minister to show maximum flexibility and restraint, pressing for restored free navigation through the Strait of Hormuz and a resumption of U.S.–Iran talks.cSep 8 · Japan MoFA
Voices
“Iran has used the tankers as part of a multibillion-dollar shadow network that funds the IRGC and its regional proxies. Iran has no means by which to defend these vessels.”
U.S. Central Command statement · Sept 81
“Canada walked away from a near-final trade deal that offered better treatment than any other trading partner, and instead Canada chose to embark on senseless retaliation against the United States.”
Amb. Jamieson Greer, U.S. Trade Representative · Sept 92
“We will not relent in our campaign to shut down the Iranian regime's financial lifelines, including the aviation sector.”
Tommy Pigott, State Dept. Spokesman · Sept 83
“Likely with Chinese government awareness, DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, MiniMax, StepFun, and Z.AI extracted billions of tokens across millions of exchanges/requests from U.S. frontier AI models.”
Joint Cybersecurity Advisory, NSA, CISA and FBI · Sept 84
“Establishes a U.S.-Colombia framework to secure resilient, diversified, and fair supply chains for critical minerals and rare earths.”
U.S.–Colombia Critical Minerals Framework · Sept 85
“OCR found that Duke School of Medicine intentionally discriminates against applicants by granting and denying admission based on an applicant's race, breaking federal anti-discrimination laws.”
Paula M. Stannard, HHS Office for Civil Rights · Sept 88
Sources
- U.S. Central Command, “U.S. Destroys 5 IRGC Tankers After Iran Targets Another American Warship,” September 8, 2026. centcom.mil/media/…/us-destroys-5-irgc-tankers
- Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, “Ambassador Greer Issues Statement on President Trump's Response to Canada's Continued Retaliation Against the United States,” September 9, 2026. ustr.gov/press-releases/…/greer-statement-canada
- U.S. Dept. of State, “Operation Economic Outcast Grounds Iran's Aviation Sector,” September 8, 2026. state.gov/releases/…/operation-economic-outcast
- CISA, NSA and FBI, “China-Based Artificial Intelligence Companies Conducting Industrial-Scale Distillation Campaigns Against U.S. AI Companies” (AA26-251A), September 8, 2026. cisa.gov/cybersecurity-advisories/aa26-251a
- U.S. Dept. of State, “Secretary Rubio and Colombian Foreign Minister Bula Sign Arrangements on Critical Minerals and Civil Nuclear Cooperation,” September 8, 2026. state.gov/releases/…/colombia-critical-minerals
- U.S. Dept. of Commerce, “Department of Commerce Announces Finalization of CHIPS R&D Award with GlobalFoundries,” September 8, 2026. nist.gov/news-events/…/chips-award-globalfoundries · companion award: nist.gov/news-events/…/chips-award-psiquantum
- CISA, “CISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog,” September 8, 2026. cisa.gov/news-events/…/four-known-exploited-vulnerabilities
- U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, “HHS OCR Releases Findings of Civil Rights Investigation into Duke School of Medicine,” September 8, 2026. hhs.gov/press-room/…/duke-school-medicine
- Federal Register, “Unleashing Unlicensed Spectrum for Direct-to-Device” (Federal Communications Commission, proposed rule), September 8, 2026. federalregister.gov/…/unlicensed-spectrum-direct-to-device
- UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, “UK to bring forward new powers to respond to moral emergency in Palestine, and target illegal settlement activity in the West Bank,” September 8, 2026. gov.uk/government/news/…/west-bank-settlement-powers
- UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, “Written Ministerial Statement: Iran Sanctions, 8 September 2026,” September 8, 2026. gov.uk/government/speeches/…/iran-sanctions
- Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Japan-Iran Foreign Ministers' Telephone Call,” September 8, 2026. mofa.go.jp/press/release/…/japan-iran-ministers-call