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Friday, September 18, 2026
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Good Morning! On this day in 1870, Henry Washburn, a former U.S. representative and Union Army general, led the expedition that discovered and named Old Faithful in Yellowstone.
Plenty of people still turn on AM radio for a ballgame or a storm warning, and the House wants to keep it that way. It voted this week to require AM in every new car, over the objections of the automakers. We have the details below, and today’s poll asks whether Congress got it right.
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 Iran Downs 2 More American Drones
Iran has downed at least two more unmanned MQ-1 American aircraft in recent days, U.S. officials said Thursday. In addition, at least 24 Reaper drones have been lost since the war began, roughly $720 million worth.
New photos published this week show the damage at U.S. bases across the Gulf, including a radar plane at Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan Air Base with its tail severed from the fuselage.
A Pentagon watchdog counts hundreds of damaged buildings at bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, and Jordan, along with 30 large drones destroyed and $3.7 billion in lost equipment.
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OpenAI Says 6 More AI Models Went Rogue
OpenAI disclosed six new incidents of “unexpected or concerning” behavior by its AI models, including systems that acted without authorization, coordinated with other models, and evaded oversight.
In one case, an unreleased model inserted instructions into its own notes to override its constraints, while a GPT-5.6 Sol training run hid mistakes by manipulating chat summaries.
The company also unveiled a misalignment reporting framework with deadlines favoring public disclosure even when behavior is not fully explained.
The announcement adds to pressure on Capitol Hill, where Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is already investigating OpenAI over a separate July incident in which hundreds of its agents hacked AI startup Hugging Face.
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Ranked: Which Cars Hold Their Value Best
A new ranking of car depreciation finds the Porsche 718 Cayman lost just 9.6% of its value over five years, the best of any car model, while the electric Nissan LEAF shed 63.1%.
The study analyzed more than 950,000 used vehicles. Six EVs ranked among the 15 fastest-depreciating cars, and the Land Rover Range Rover posted the steepest absolute dollar loss at nearly $70,000.
Enthusiast sports cars dominated the value holders, with four of the top seven spots going to coupes and convertibles. Older EVs, meanwhile, face resale pressure as newer models leapfrog them in range and charging technology.
Toyota, buoyed by its reliability reputation, placed eight models in the top 15. See the full ranking here.
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The following stories are featured exclusively on The Flyover Podcast—a daily show that gives you the most important headlines in under 15 minutes.
➤ New research revealed just how many Americans are carrying medical debt despite having health insurance. (Listen Now)
➤ Princess Diana’s brother took aim at King Charles in a new memoir that has drawn a rare rebuttal from Buckingham Palace. (Hear Story)
➤ Uber was ordered to pay $40 million to the family of a woman killed after her driver abandoned her on a freeway. (Hear Details)
  
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➤ President Trump called Canada’s potential European Union associate membership “laughable” and warned of “very heavy tariffs” on Europe if the move is made with hostile intent. (More)
➤ The House overwhelmingly passed the Ratepayer Protection Act, 417-3, to prevent tech companies from passing AI-driven data center energy infrastructure costs on to consumers. (More)
➤ The Senate has lined up 60 bipartisan co-sponsors for the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, passed by the House earlier this week, requiring automakers to include AM radio in all new cars at no extra cost for use in emergency communications. (More)
➤ A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to submit any planned changes to the Kennedy Center in writing 30 days in advance, amid a dispute over renaming or possibly even demolishing the venue. (More)
➤ Former Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, a Republican who served nearly three decades in Congress and later helped guide Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation, has died at 84. (More)
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➤ An NCAA oversight committee confirmed that a replay error cost Western Michigan a season-opening victory against Michigan. The committee said replay officials didn’t follow proper procedures on the game’s second-to-last play, giving Michigan the win, but the official result can’t be changed. (See Details)
➤ The Buffalo Bills debuted their new $2.2 billion Highmark Stadium last night against the Detroit Lions on Thursday Night Football. The 60,000-seat venue features a partial roof, natural grass, and the smallest seating capacity in the NFL. (More)
➤ The NHL could add a 33rd franchise as early as the 2029-30 season, with billionaire Dan Friedkin reportedly prepared to invest $3.5 billion in a team and new arena in either Houston or Austin. The league’s Board of Governors is expected to weigh in by December. (More)
➤ ESPN play-by-play announcer Joe Buck agreed to a six-year, $108 million extension to remain in the Monday Night Football booth, a deal that will keep him calling games into 2032 and covers ESPN’s next two Super Bowl broadcasts. (More)
➤ Yesterday’s results: NFL | NCAAF | MLB | WNBA | Golf | Soccer
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 Daily Market Report 09/17/2026
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NASDAQ
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations |
26,418.30 |
1.69%
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SPX
S&P 500 |
7,637.76 |
1.14%
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DJI
Dow Jones Industrial Average |
51,778.04 |
0.61%
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BTC
Bitcoin |
$76,595.17 |
0.58%
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GOLD
Per Ounce |
$4,384.40 |
-0.07%
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SILVER
Per Ounce |
$65.79 |
2.34%
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OIL
West Texas Intermediate Crude |
$101.23 |
-1.17%
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GNRC
Generac Holdings, Inc. |
$207.23 |
+18.34%
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Bitcoin, gold, silver, and oil are traded 24 hours a day.
➤ Big Stock Move: Generac Holdings stock jumped more than 18% on Thursday after the power-generator company signed a deal of up to $8 billion with Amazon.com to provide backup power for data centers. (More)
➤ Lucid and European ride-hailing platform Bolt announced a partnership to deploy at least 25,000 autonomous robotaxis across major European cities, boosting Lucid shares in early trading. (More)
➤ Walmart announced a weeklong Deals & More sale starting Oct. 5 with discounts up to 50%, competing with Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days and requiring no membership. (More)
➤ A new report shows that housing prices fell in 36 of the 50 largest U.S. metro areas in August, led by Austin, Tampa, and Memphis, according to a Realtor.com analysis. (More)
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➤ The youngest planet ever found is a Jupiter-sized newborn under a million years old, still sitting in the gas and dust where it formed, 450 light-years away. (Meet Elias)
➤ Researchers identified a new wild cat species in Bolivia’s cloud forest, the three-pound tilcayo cat, marking the first such discovery in more than a century. (More)
➤ T. rex’s temperature was about 97 degrees, hotter than a crocodile and cooler than a bird. That warm blood means it could have hunted from Mexico to Alaska. (See Findings)
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Friday Entertainment is brought to you by:
➤ Spider-Man: Brand New Day is now the highest-grossing domestic movie of all time, surpassing Star Wars: The Force Awakens with $936.8 million after 47 days in theaters and reaching $2.45 billion worldwide. (More)
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➤ A scrap tucked inside a Dutch library book turned out to be a 1,700-year-old piece of the Odyssey. Only about 30 such fragments exist worldwide. (See Fragment)
➤ A tip about a swerving van outside Oslo led Norwegian police to nearly 67,000 American silver coins worth $2.65 million, proceeds of a U.S. investment fraud. (See Case)
➤ The odds that you’ll see a white Christmas have been mapped state by state. Forecasters put a greater-than-90% chance of a very strong El Niño, which typically brings milder December temperatures to much of the northern U.S. (See Map)
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 Daily Quote
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A warm-blooded T. rex is a T. rex that can go almost anywhere on the continent, including the Arctic. That is a very different animal from a sun-basking reptile.”
— Aradhna Tripati, the UCLA geochemist whose team took the first direct temperature reading of a Tyrannosaurus rex
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 Today’s Trivia
Which three U.S. states does Yellowstone National Park cover?
Show me the answer
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