Politics & World Affairs — September 14, 2026

Russian drone hits Ukrainian train. A Russian drone struck a stationary train near Ukraine's border with Poland shortly after former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and senior European officials passed through the station.

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Supreme Court blocks Missouri map. The Supreme Court blocked Missouri's redrawn congressional map, requiring the state to use its 2022 district boundaries for the midterm elections in a setback for Republicans.

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Judge blocks FEMA staffing cuts. A federal judge ruled the Trump administration's plan to cut FEMA's workforce by 50% unlawful. The ruling found DHS seized the agency's staffing authority and halts thousands of planned job cuts.

The decision turns what had previously circulated as an administration proposal into a settled legal question, at least for now, with a court definitively rejecting the reduction plan. According to the AP, the outcome centers on where staffing authority for the disaster agency properly resides, with the judge finding the Department of Homeland Security had improperly taken control of decisions that belonged to the agency itself.

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