Weekly News Review
Friday, September 25 – Thursday, October 1, 2026, Updated at 6:31 AM ET
NATIONAL POLITICS AND NEWS
➤ Wednesday Sep 30: Hegseth confirms that the US military will cut 20% of its generals and admirals (AP)
➤ Wednesday Sep 30: G.O.P. Nominee in Texas Privately Said Trump's Convention Hurt Him (New York Times)
➤ Tuesday Sep 29: Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads (Wall Street Journal)
➤ Tuesday Sep 29: Trump says tech execs signed 'morally binding' accord to help police AI (Politico)
➤ Monday Sep 28: Trump offers Iran economic relief for concrete nuclear concessions (Axios)
➤ Monday Sep 28: Andrew Bailey, a Deputy Director at the F.B.I., Leaves His Job (New York Times)
➤ Sunday Sep 27: A 'Big Problem': Trump's War With Iran Drags Down Republicans in Midterms (New York Times)
➤ Saturday Sep 26: Scoop: 'Delusional' Senate forecast rattles Sea Island retreat (Axios)
MAINE POLITICS AND NEWS
➤ Wednesday Sep 30: Troy Jackson apologizes after linking Jewish Mainers' views on Gaza to their identity (Bangor Daily News)
➤ Wednesday Sep 30: Janet Mills will leave a $1B budget gap behind for her successor to close (Bangor Daily News)
➤ Tuesday Sep 29: Lawmaker says Mills blocked her from state job because she supports Rick Bennett (Portland Press Herald)
➤ Monday Sep 28: Some Maine swing voters rethink support for Susan Collins after pay-to-play (Portland Press Herald)
➤ Monday Sep 28: GOP governor nominee Bobby Charles proposes using Rainy Day Fund for heating costs (Maine Public)
➤ Saturday Sep 26: Heating Fuel Hits Record High of $6.02 Per Gallon (The Maine Wire)
➤ Friday Sep 25: Defiant Susan Collins tells supporters to 'debunk the lies' after a tumultuous week (Bangor Daily News)
➤ Friday Sep 25: Hannah Pingree continues to hold a big lead in new poll of Maine governor's race (Portland Press Herald)
TECHNOLOGY
➤ Wednesday Sep 30: FTC opens sweeping probe of Anthropic, OpenAI and other super intelligence models (New York Post)
➤ Wednesday Sep 30: How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (New York Times)
➤ Tuesday Sep 29: OpenAI Scraps GPT-6.1 Astra Model Release Over Safety Concerns (Wall Street Journal)
➤ Monday Sep 28: Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows sweeping AI vision, surging costs (Reuters)
➤ Monday Sep 28: AMD to Buy Fei-Fei Li's World Labs AI Startup for $8.2 Billion (Bloomberg)
➤ Monday Sep 28: Florida asks for order to halt ChatGPT development (Axios)
➤ Sunday Sep 27: Scoop: Anthropic's Dario Amodei to have White House dinner with Trump (Axios)
SPORTS
➤ Wednesday Sep 30: Yankees Eliminate Red Sox, Box Score Stats, Highlights & Bracket After 2026 MLB Wild... (Bleacher Report)
➤ Monday Sep 28: 'It's a terrible decision': Mike Vrabel's candid view of Drake Maye (Boston.com)
➤ Monday Sep 28: Senate passes bill to regulate college sports NIL deals (Washington Examiner)
➤ Sunday Sep 27: 9 takeaways from Patriots' ugly 35-6 loss to Jaguars (Boston.com)
➤ Sunday Sep 27: It's officially a Red Sox-Yankees rematch. Here's everything you need to know. (Boston.com)
➤ Saturday Sep 26: Irish Crush Purdue 49-10 (FightingIrish.com)
ECONOMY AND MARKETS
➤ Wednesday Sep 30: Most U.S. stocks fall after the bond market cranks the pressure even higher (AP via BNN Bloomberg)
➤ Tuesday Sep 29: S&P 500 falls as consumer confidence falls to 12-year low (TheStreet)
➤ Monday Sep 28: The Moves That Backfired on Trump and Drove Interest Rates and Inflation Higher (Wall Street Journal)
➤ Monday Sep 28: Oil prices surge after Trump rejects Iran's plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz (Al Jazeera)
➤ Monday Sep 28: 'So much cash': Nvidia stock jumps after largest share buyback ever (Yahoo Finance)
➤ Sunday Sep 27: It's a 5% world. We're just living in it (Axios)