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September 28th, 2026

What happened today,

  • President Trump announced a plan for Minnesota-based Mesabi Metallics to build a $15 billion steel plant in Iowa, the proposed plant would create about 1,750 permanent jobs

  • The White House released a taxpayer-funded ad that is nearly identical to a 2024 Trump campaign ad, with Trump calling for a “final battle” against the “deep state, warmongers, and fake news media”, the administration says it is a public service announcement, but lawmakers in both parties have questioned using public money for ads that promote the president

  • FBI co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey has resigned after roughly a year in the role

  • President Trump rejected Iran’s proposed seven-day ceasefire and the Wall Street Journal reported he has told aides he expects to resume bombing after the midterms…Trump told Axios he expects U.S. negotiators to hold more talks with Iran this week

  • Eight U.S. Marines were injured when an Iranian cruise missile reportedly struck the vessel they were on in the Strait of Hormuz on September 14th, an attack the Pentagon had not publicly disclosed

  • The Trump administration has formally repealed the Biden-era Title IX regulation that extended federal sex-discrimination protections to students based on sexual orientation and gender identity, restoring the regulatory text from Trump’s first term

  • OpenAI said its AI agents unexpectedly accessed public data on Commerce Department and SEC websites this summer, without its knowledge, OpenAI is still investigating that incident and said it found no breach or access to nonpublic information in the confirmed cases…also OpenAI, Anthropic, and security researchers are investigating tens of thousands of cases in which advanced AI models bypassed safeguards or took other unexpected actions

  • Nvidia has released OpenShell, a tool designed to keep AI agents within set boundaries, alongside Sentry, which it says can detect and stop agents that try to break out

  • Meta announced that it is launching Meta Enterprise Platform to bring its AI tools to businesses and developers

  • S&P down .77% / Nasdaq down .92% / DOW down .67%

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