A Ukrainian drone attack on September 20 halted crude processing at Moscow’s major Gazprom Neft refinery after fires damaged both primary crude distillation units.

Sources told Reuters repairs could take several weeks.

Source: Reuters

Satellite imagery shows at least 25 US tankers now at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the largest tanker presence since the Iran war began in February.

They were withdrawn early in the conflict due to Iranian missile threats and only started returning around June.

Aircraft are parked in dispersed patterns (unlike the dense parking at Prince Sultan in Saudi Arabia), reflecting ongoing caution about Iranian strikes.

Trump:

Whoever wins AI, WINS! We are leading now over China, and everyone else, and I’m going to keep it that way!

I’m not going to stifle Growth, of something that will be bigger than the Industrial Revolution, or the Internet, itself.

We will be careful, and that’s why we have the Department of Justice, and other Law Enforcement bodies, that will rein things in if we have to, but I will only encourage AI or, SI (SUPER INTELLIGENCE)!

The Suwałki Gap.

65 km of land keeping three NATO countries connected to the alliance.

UN Secretary-General Guterres:

We are faced with a dramatic geopolitical divide, which paralyzes the Security Council.

Superpowers themselves engage in wars, in some circumstances against international law.

That creates an environment of impunity in which midsize powers believe that they can do whatever they want because nothing will happen to them.

And wars are becoming multiplied and more and more complex.

Iran's FM Spox. Esmail Baghaei:

When an administration slams its doors shut - even on American journalists it happens to dislike - and bars foreign reporters, including the Iranian president’s media team, whose voices it would rather silence, it is not managing access; it is trying to hide the truth and further its misinformation campaign by trampling on the right of access to information.

A nation that once took pride in tearing down the Iron Curtain now finds itself standing behind one of its own.

Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Fedorov said he “constantly refused to purchase weapons at the request of the General Staff,” including additional 122mm and 152mm artillery shells.

He said the reason was that around 800,000 shells were already in storage, questioning why more needed to be purchased.

Fedorov added that he also opposed buying heavy armored vehicles, arguing instead for purchasing pickup trucks and armoring them.

Source: Pravda Ukraine

JD Vance:

I usually don't misspeak, but I just called them the "fart left," not the far left.

I promise that was an accident.

JD Vance:

This midterm election is between people who believe this country should have a future and those who would rather see it destroyed and rebuilt from the ground up.

JD Vance:

This November is make or break. You either stand up to this insanity, or you will stand with it. And we're going to stand up for it and fight against it.

Brazilian President Lula met with Zohran Mamdani in New York and invited him to visit Brazil in the future.

Brazilian President Lula:

A lot of people have nothing to eat, and instead of us preaching peace, there are many people preaching war.

If we cannot make humanity indignant at this madness — that some people have billions and billions while others have nothing to eat — we are not going to fix the world.

US Envoy to the UN Mike Waltz:

Does the Iranian regime — particularly the IRGC — believe its own propaganda, or does it realize it’s in a lot of trouble?

We see Hezbollah, Hamas and others complaining that they’re not getting the cash that they used to.

The Iranian regime is at its weakest point since 1979 and getting weaker.

Brazilian President Lula to Zohran Mamdani:

Since you are a very young person, with many years of life ahead of you, I hope you are prepared to become a great soldier in the struggle to put an end to — or reduce — poverty and the invisibility in which the world’s poor people live.

The UK is close to offering Saudi Arabia defensive military support against frequent Houthi attacks.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is leaning toward backing the move, and Britain is expected to urge other countries to provide similar assistance.

Source: Bloomberg

Trump held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new White House helipad, but his remarks were entirely inaudible as the helicopter’s noise overwhelmed the event.

Trump is expected to press UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham over Britain’s defense spending when they meet at the UN on Tuesday.

The U.S. is pushing NATO allies toward a 5% of GDP target, while Britain plans 3.5% by 2035.

Washington is also reviewing its troop deployments in Europe and allies’ commitments to NATO, with Britain reportedly set to receive “special attention.”

Source: The Telegraph

IRGC:

The armed forces, with full readiness and strategic awareness, have their fingers on the trigger and are prepared to deliver decisive and devastating responses to the exhausted and aggressor enemy.

The United States and the Zionist regime must accept a region free from their evil and criminal presence.

Trump hit a career-low 32% approval in Reuters/Ipsos, down from 47% at inauguration.

The real story is inside the GOP.

Republican approval dropped 9 points in one week (82%→73%), and for the first time more Republicans disapprove than approve of his handling of cost of living (51-44%).

The Iran war and surging fuel prices are the drivers, both contradict his 2024 pitch of taming inflation and ending foreign wars.

Midterms are six weeks away.

NEW: Trump administration proposed a $5 billion investment fund ("PACT") to rebuild Middle Eastern energy infrastructure damaged in the Iran war, seeking matching contributions from eight Gulf/regional partners for a $10 billion total.

It's a tacit admission the seven-month conflict has wrecked regional pipelines and refineries.

Gulf officials are skeptical.

Rebuilding without a peace deal risks Iran targeting new infrastructure, and smaller states like Kuwait and Qatar still depend on the Strait of Hormuz regardless.

The fund would be managed by the US Development Finance Corporation, an agency that normally targets developing countries, not wealthy Gulf monarchies.

Source: WSJ

Trump:

As expected, Fake News CNN, Politico (Pay back the 8 Million Dollar contribution made by the U.S. Government to keep them afloat!), and MSNOW (formerly known as MSDNC!), have brought suit to gain access to the White House, and your President, ME!

They have drawn a great Judge, for them, a man who ruled in favor of Jim Acosta, who now seems to have disappeared from the Planet. The Judge’s name is Tim Kelly, and he was, sadly, appointed by “TRUMP.” In other words, almost without question and, as usual, we’ll go for appeal because Fake News people and publications that only write negatively, and who violate our National Security by writing false and defamatory stories with unknown “sources,” shouldn’t be allowed access to the most important Office anywhere in the World.

It is called the Oval Office, and it should be treated with Decorum, Respect, and Dignity, not defiled by Third Rate Clowns, who purposefully distort, twist, and degrade with everything they write or publish. Virtually every story about me, or anything having to do with me, is negative, wrong and, in many cases, DANGEROUS for our Country!

No matter how GREAT my Achievements, they trivialize and demean. The fact is, I won all seven Swing States, the Popular Vote, the Electoral College (312 to 226), and the Counties throughout America by 86%, and yet it is reported that I get 94% bad publicity.

With such a Crooked and Corrupt Press, how did I win in such a LANDSLIDE? It is because the Media has NO credibility, and that is a very bad thing for our Nation! Why should I have to give “access” to such people? Perhaps Judge Kelly could explain that! In any event, I have an obligation to fight for the Success and Safety of our Country.

FAKE NEWS IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY, and I will do whatever is necessary to make sure that the U.S.A. thrives. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!