Iran says it hit 19 ships in Hormuz over two nights, a US official says it hit zero, and Sunday's satellite snapshot shows no ships in the strait at all. The last one means no oil or other cargo moving, which is the most important one IMO.
The IRGC says it used electronic warfare to seize another US underwater drone.
NBC: an Iranian cruise missile injured 8 US Marines on Sept 14. Officials say they were on a "maritime vessel", not a Navy ship, and suffered smoke inhalation and possible Traumatic Brain Injury. Brain injury? They’re Marines, how would you tell?
On Saturday Trump rejected Tehran's seven-day proposal, by Sunday he told Axios he expected talks this week, and he has an announcement booked for 2pm ET today. One analyst noted his pattern of flip-flopping over 24 ours has happened 7 times in 3 months. He’s like a magic 8 ball with about a dozen pre-written answers that he just cycles through…
Trump on diesel export ban: says he is "thinking of it very seriously" and that it "may cause a little car gasoline rise”. Analysts say Australia and UK would be hardest hit and would have to resort to rationing pretty quickly. One analyst noted a diesel ban is “one sure way to lose an election”. Again, Australia and UK demonstrate that being a friend to the US is just as dangerous as being an enemy.
PM Koretskyi says Ukraine is "preparing for the worst-case scenario" of widespread, prolonged internet outages. Russian strikes on data centers and other infrastructure continue. A Ukrainian drone raid collapsed a Bryansk railway bridge and derailed 10 railcars; 18 empty wagons also derailed in Unecha.
Amodei had a private dinner with Trump at the White House on Sunday. Axios reports that an anti-Amodei briefing of unclear origin was pushed toward Trump beforehand (Axios, lol). Trump's line on the meeting: "let's go, let's win”. I guess Trump and Anthropic decided to kiss and make up.
AI-assisted hospital coding added about $1bn in payouts with no rise in treatment; insurers now use AI to deny those claims. More Luigis are needed.
Headline: CEO of Flock Garrett Langley doesn’t like his photo being shared publicly. If he’s not doing anything wrong then he has nothing to fear…
Trump says arrests for voter fraud are about to double as massive new fraud gets uncovered. Two times zero?
Good news in short supply right now, but take some solace in the fact that noticing is growing every day…
