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  GROK THE NEWS - Monday, October 19, 2026 19.10.2026 16min

  GROK THE NEWS - Monday, October 19, 2026The Department of Justice delivered a password-protected thumb drive containing the names of more than twenty thousand individuals it says it reasonably believes are likely noncitizens registered to vote in California, then gave state and Los Angeles County officials forty-eight hours to review the list, segregate any returned mail ballots from those names, and halt signature verification or tabulation until citizenship is confirmed. This leads because it is a direct federal challenge to state election administration nineteen days before the midterms.Other headlines: DHS reports lowest fiscal-year border apprehensions and first year of zero releases; Trump waives Graham Act Russia sanctions; UKMTO records elevated Hormuz attacks with oil flows still substantial; Ukraine launches large drone strike on St. Petersburg oil facilities; PLAN Liaoning carrier group trains in western Pacific; Army expands Space Operations Branch enlisted cadre; DHS appointees requested CISA hack a voting machine (request dropped, later disclosed); Canadian soldiers killed in training fire; France records over 2,000 arrests after violent protests; European Council reaffirms Ukraine support; Zelenskyy requests additional EU funding; Israeli police arrest suspects in West Bank attacks; Iran appoints new defense minister; Vietnam signs EFTA free-trade agreement; Japan allows Taiwan as place of origin in records; truck crash kills devotees in Gwalior; U.S.-Japan Keen Sword exercise opens; CENTCOM asserts Hormuz control; Japanese defense minister on Pacific monitoring.Tags: Department of Justice, California election, border security, Russia sanctions, Strait of Hormuz, Ukraine drones, China carrier, U.S. Army, CISA, Canada, France protests, European Council, Zelenskyy, Israel, Iran, Vietnam, Japan, India, Keen Sword, CENTCOM
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  GROK THE NEWS - Friday, October 16, 2026 16.10.2026 19min

  GROK THE NEWS - Friday, October 16, 2026The Department of Justice filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Central District of California yesterday seeking an injunction that would bar the State of California from tabulating vote-by-mail ballots cast by more than 20,000 people the department identifies as likely non-citizens until their citizenship status can be verified. IEA accelerates remaining 100-million-barrel oil release. Trump rules out nuclear weapons and ground troops against Iran. Saudi coalition intercepts Houthi drones and missiles. Hegseth calls near-1.5-trillion-dollar defense budget critical to counter China. Bend elementary school shooting kills three children and a teacher. Ukraine resumes Ryazan refinery strikes. Trump cancels Hasan execution livestream. Two cargo ships sink near Hormuz. Wang Yi tells Herzog to reverse West Bank settlements. Australia supplies Fiji with maritime drones. Israeli overseas voting begins. Kallas says pressure belongs on Moscow. Zelenskyy reports Starlink and intelligence disruptions. China-U.S. AI talks continue. Visa approved for China operations. Warsh comments on U.S. economic strength. Georgia early voting opens. German court opens Nord Stream trial. FBI and USPS investigate suspicious election mailings.Tags: DOJ, California, IEA, oil, Trump, Iran, Saudi, Houthis, Hegseth, China, Bend, Ukraine, Zelenskyy, Hormuz, Wang Yi, Israel, Australia, Fiji, midterms, Nord Stream
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  GROK THE NEWS - Thursday, October 15, 2026 15.10.2026 18min

  GROK THE NEWS - Thursday, October 15, 2026The United States Space Force activated Space Forces Special Operations as a component field command effective October 7, establishing a headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida to be commanded by Colonel Peter Norsky, with a formal activation ceremony scheduled for November 2. It leads because it institutionalizes space power inside special operations as a permanent component command.Hormuz attacks surge. California ballot demand. Autonomous Warfare Command path. PLA activity around Taiwan. DHS civil penalties. Starshield speed limits. China-North Korea bridge opens. Pakistan school collapse. Kabila leads M23 coalition. EU summit. Russian energy strikes. Asian stocks plunge. IMF Asia outlook. India detentions. Ebola cases. Ethiopia border advance. North Korea cruise missiles. Russian diesel deal. House spending shifts.Tags: SPACEFOR-SOC, MacDill AFB, Colonel Peter Norsky, USSOCOM, Strait of Hormuz, Autonomous Warfare Command, PLA, DHS, Starshield, Yalu River Bridge, Peshawar, Joseph Kabila, European Council, Zelenskyy, KOSPI, IMF, India, Ebola, Ethiopia, North Korea, Meloni, House midterms
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  GROK THE NEWS - Wednesday, October 14, 2026 14.10.2026 18min

  GROK THE NEWS - Wednesday, October 14, 2026James Mills, Executive Director of the Georgia State Election Board, sent a certified letter dated September 30 to Attorney General Todd Blanche asking the Justice Department to ban the use of unreadable QR-code vote tabulation statewide, set a binding six-month deadline for Georgia to move to a system that lets voters verify the paper record of their vote, and order an immediate forensic backup followed by installation of the latest certified Dominion software on every ballot-marking device, scanner, and election-management system before the November 3 election. It leads because it is the highest-impact Score-3 election-administration action still standing on the slate.Space control weapons confirmed. Liaoning carrier group to Western Pacific. Aramco headquarters struck. Venezuelan oil concessions. Russia mass missile and drone strike. Iran Hormuz spotter tactics. Guilfoyle resignation request. Pope Leo surgery. Bulgaria ship sinkings. Keen Sword 27 scale. Supreme Court grants. French student protests. EU China trade summit. MI5 Iran warning. Eritrea-Ethiopia UN letters. Saudi fuel depot strike. ICC sanctions. Energy Dominance Month. Schedule Policy/Career reclassification.Tags: Georgia elections, space weapons, Liaoning, Aramco, Venezuela oil, Ukraine strikes, Hormuz, Guilfoyle, Pope Leo, Bulgaria drones, Keen Sword, Supreme Court, France protests, EU China, MI5, Eritrea Ethiopia, Saudi strikes, ICC, energy policy, federal reclassification
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  GROK THE NEWS – October 12, 2026 – Houthi strikes kill 13 at Riyadh airport 12.10.2026 15min

  GROK THE NEWS – October 12, 2026 – Houthi strikes kill 13 at Riyadh airportYemen’s Houthi forces struck a passenger terminal complex at King Khalid International Airport on Saturday, killing 12 people and wounding 309, then hit the same terminals again on Sunday, killing one more person and wounding 11.Full Description: October 12, 2026 Lead measure: two-day Houthi strikes on King Khalid International Airport killed at least 13 and wounded more than 300, the deadliest on Saudi soil in more than a decade, with U.S. review of possible involvement. Headlines include North Korea’s multiple ballistic missiles, CENTCOM’s disablement of a cargo vessel under the Iran blockade, Trump’s energy-ceasefire announcement, Hurricane Isaias deaths, Hurricane Simon off Mexico, the Panama 7.7 earthquake, the Djibouti migrant boat tragedy with 139 dead, a federal judge’s order canceling taxpayer-funded ads, Pope Leo XIV’s planned lung surgery, and bipartisan pushback on Russian diesel imports. Full cast is the archive behind the clip.Tags: Grok The News, Riyadh, Houthis, King Khalid, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, North Korea, missiles, CENTCOM, Hormuz, Iran blockade, Trump, energy ceasefire, Ukraine, Isaias, Simon, Panama earthquake, Djibouti, Pope Leo, diesel
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  GROK THE NEWS – Friday, October 09, 2026 – Hurricane Isaias 110 mph approaching landfall 09.10.2026 15min

  GROK THE NEWS – Friday, October 09, 2026 – Hurricane Isaias 110 mph approaching landfallThe National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Isaias has maximum sustained winds of 110 miles per hour and is expected to make landfall tonight or early Saturday within the Hurricane Warning area from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, to the Bay and Gulf County Line, Florida.Full Description: Friday, October 09, 2026. Hurricane Isaias strengthens toward the northern Gulf Coast with 110 mph winds and life-threatening storm surge. Lead covers the National Hurricane Center advisory, track, surge heights, rainfall, and preparations. Headlines include Trump’s statement on no Iran strikes before midterms, the Kramatorsk bus strike, an ICE shooting in New York, the livestreamed Hasan execution, visa-program suspensions, and more.Tags: Hurricane Isaias, National Hurricane Center, Gulf of America, storm surge, landfall, Trump Iran, Kramatorsk, ICE New York, Nobel Peace Prize, USS Abraham Lincoln, Grok The News
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  GROK THE NEWS – Thursday, October 08, 2026 – Army sets Hasan firing squad December 3 08.10.2026 15min

  GROK THE NEWS – Thursday, October 08, 2026 – Army sets Hasan firing squad December 3Acting Secretary of the Army Adam Telle directed on October 6 that Nidal Hasan be executed by firing squad at Fort Hood at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time on December 3.Full Description: Thursday, October 8, 2026 package. Lead: the date-certain firing-squad execution at the site of the 2009 attack. Headlines include the updated Pryluky death toll, Houthi strikes on Saudi airports, Eritrean troops in Adigrat, and the remaining world rundown. Host Robert Gardner.Tags: Grok The News, Nidal Hasan, Fort Hood, firing squad, military execution, Pryluky, Houthis, Saudi airports, Eritrea, Ethiopia, denaturalization, oil reserves, Paramount, Warner, Skydance, Mali, Sudan, Taiwan, F-16, FBI, ECINET, Nile, Red Sea, Board of Peace, space weapons
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  GROK THE NEWS – October 7, 2026 – Vance: Iran must cut enrichment to end the war 07.10.2026 18min

  GROK THE NEWS – October 7, 2026 – Vance: Iran must cut enrichment to end the warVice President JD Vance said Monday that Iran must make a meaningful reduction in its nuclear enrichment capacity to end the seven-month war.That cut is the American condition for ending the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.Full Description: Wednesday, October 7, 2026. Vice President JD Vance said Monday in Fairbanks that Iran must make a meaningful reduction in its nuclear enrichment capacity to end the seven-month war. He said the cut is required now, not as an assurance of a later drawdown, and that 60 percent enriched fuel fails a basic threshold. He said the United States will not trade words for actions. Washington is in talks with President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. He said it is not clear who decides in Tehran after the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Proposals have been exchanged to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump rejected Tehran's latest offer. Headlines on the same cast: a Cairo flight diverted from Aden after a Houthi missile near the runway, and a Saudi intercept north of Riyadh; 70 missiles and 130 drones fired at Ukraine, five dead in Pryluky and two in Kyiv; Qatar says talks are ongoing; the Africa Credit Rating Agency launches in Mauritius; the Human Rights Council extends the Sudan inquiry 28 to 10 and demands a ceasefire; France's interior ministry counted 256,000 marchers and 488 arrests; gangs killed five miners and 12 soldiers in Zamfara; the World Health Organization said Russia reported no plague case in Irkutsk and ended contact monitoring; the United States and Greece signed a counterterrorism information-sharing memorandum; Israel Katz said 4,000 of 6,000 who crossed on October 7, 2023, have been killed; U.S. forces on Okinawa are under a 48-hour alcohol ban and operations pause; North Korea warned on Taiwan arms sales and backed Russia; Delhi police detained Rahul Gandhi at an election-commission sit-in; Norway tabled a 608.4 billion kroner oil-fund draw; Paramount closed the Warner Bros. Discovery deal as Skydance; the Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai; Min Aung Hlaing landed in Kuala Lumpur for talks on returning about 5,000 migrants; Christa Pike is conscious after a failed execution; China's foreign ministry restated its Taiwan and South China Sea line.Tags: Grok The News, October 7 2026, JD Vance, Iran, nuclear enrichment, Strait of Hormuz, Aden, Houthis, Ukraine, Zelensky, Qatar, Africa Credit Rating Agency, Sudan, France, Okinawa, Nobel Prize Chemistry, Myanmar
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  GROK THE NEWS – October 6, 2026 – Mecca pact orders rapid force deployment 06.10.2026 15min

  GROK THE NEWS – October 6, 2026 – Mecca pact orders rapid force deploymentPakistan, Türkiye, and Saudi Arabia agreed Monday to move at once to the practical use of their collective-defense commitments, and to provide the agreed military forces and capabilities for rapid deployment in the kingdom.An attack on one is now an order to move forces, the first time the Mecca committee has carried the August commitment out.Full Description: Tuesday, October 6, 2026. The lead is the Riyadh order. Pakistan, Türkiye, and Saudi Arabia agreed to provide agreed military forces and capabilities for rapid deployment in the kingdom under the Makkah Agreement for Joint Defence, signed August 7. Ishaq Dar, Khawaja Asif, and Field Marshal Asim Munir sat for Pakistan. Prince Khalid bin Salman said the committee activated collective deterrence against attacks on the kingdom and the holy sites, and against all those standing behind them. The statement condemned attempted targeting of Mecca and Medina. The headlines follow. Yemen’s Defence Ministry said its forces took Mocha and the Dhubab airfield. A Houthi spokesman claimed hits on King Khalid International Airport and an Aramco refinery. A Hormuz master reported a projectile strike at 16:37 Universal Time. Spain’s prime minister called an election for November 29. The committee named Nauman Mahmood secretary general for three years. Ukraine said 51 percent of Russian refining capacity was disabled, and counted 137 drones overnight. A grain ship sank off Romania with two dead. A ship sank off Bulgaria. A Nigerian Air Force plane crashed with 25 aboard. Russia’s health watchdog said the Irkutsk laboratory worker died of pneumonia of unknown origin. Thailand counted 31 flood deaths. South Korea said mines were planted south of the military line. Germany pledged a further 1 billion euros. A diesel-tax order runs through December 31. Iran named an acting oil minister. Four Lebanon aviation determinations were revoked. A 15-year-old lost a hand in Lens. Six people are presumed dead off Nantucket.Tags: Grok The News, October 6 2026, Makkah Agreement, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Türkiye, rapid deployment, Riyadh, Yemen, Mocha, Hormuz, Spain election, Ukraine, diesel tax, Irkutsk, Thailand floods, Nigeria crash, Lens
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  GROK THE NEWS – October 5, 2026 – Brazil runoff set for October 25 05.10.2026 17min

  GROK THE NEWS – October 5, 2026 – Brazil runoff set for October 25The Superior Electoral Court said Sunday that Flávio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will meet in a runoff on October 25.A binding first round in Latin America's largest economy forces a new vote, and neither man holds a majority.Full Description: Monday, October 5, 2026. The Superior Electoral Court said Sunday that Flávio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will meet in a runoff on October 25. Neither took a majority of valid votes. Bolsonaro led with about 47 percent, a little over 56 million votes. Lula had about 45 percent, a little under 54 million. The gap is a little more than 2 million votes. About four in five registered voters turned out. The full cast also carries Mekelle, where the Tigray People's Liberation Front said it had moved out and federal forces entered; every U.S. bomber leaving RAF Fairford, a dozen B-1 Lancers that had struck Iranian missile sites; seven oil producers holding November targets, with Brent about 103 dollars; an Israeli strike aimed at Ali Ahmed al-Amoudi in Gaza City, with five dead received at Al-Shifa; Yemen's order to retake Houthi-held territory as Turbah fell; a German package of more than a billion euros for Ukraine; Latvia's United List at a projected 42 seats; Bosnia's preliminary presidency count, about 214,000, 164,000, and 93,000; the FBI arrest of Wanying Zhang; two dead and at least 35 hurt at a Vienna, Georgia homecoming, with more than 50 shots fired and more than a thousand people there; a plague death in Shelekhov and a three-week hospital quarantine; a World Food Programme driver killed in South Kordofan; Nicaragua leaving the Central American Parliament; a FlyDubai cockpit attack the Emirates called terrorism; four Hormuz projectile strikes since October 1; a Super Intelligence Force named by President Trump; Iran reviewing U.S. views on its seven-day plan; a U.S. Marine arrested in Naha; and Spain's Congress defeating two housing decrees, 178 to 172 and 184 to 166.Tags: Grok The News, October 5 2026, Brazil election, Flávio Bolsonaro, Lula, runoff, October 25, Mekelle, Tigray, RAF Fairford, OPEC, Brent, Gaza, Yemen, Hormuz, Ukraine, Super Intelligence Force
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  GROK THE NEWS – October 2, 2026 – Autonomous Warfare Command directed 02.10.2026 15min

  GROK THE NEWS – October 2, 2026 – Autonomous Warfare Command directedPete Hegseth directed a four-star Autonomous Warfare Command, targeted for October 1, 2027. October 2, 2026 edition with Robert Gardner.Full Description: Grok The News for Friday, October 2, 2026. The lead is the Department of War direction, given Thursday at Quantico, to build Autonomous Warfare Command by October 1, 2027. The command is not stood up. No statute was posted with the speech. Project Agincourt is the interim unmanned-systems path. The same address created an Office of Religious Affairs, a Fortress installation-power program, a proposed base for 15,000 to 25,000 troops, and Project Meridian, a 120-day study. A radio report named private co-leads. The department account did not.Headlines, in order: Treasury blacklists Iran Khodro, SAIPA, and the state railway. Trump calls the Hormuz offer not enough. A coalition accuses the Houthis of hitting a Medina power station. Fighting is reported in Taiz and Sanaa. Pakistan claims further strikes on Afghan hideouts. Ukraine says the FP-7 was used in combat. Students set fire to two French schools. Pakistan warns India on Indus water. Islamabad and PTI open talks. The October 4 march stays on the calendar. Six are killed in Kachhi. Pakistan's quarterly violence deaths rise 83 percent. Afghan returns at Torkham run 150 to 200 a day. Four bodies are recovered in Bannu. Hideouts are destroyed in Karak. A Lahore court questions a cyber agency. The Foreign Office signals a cautious line on Iran sanctions. A Russian envoy says Western aid prolongs the war. Treasury ties Iran's auto sector to Guard patronage.Host Robert Gardner. Next edition Monday.Tags: Grok The News, October 2 2026, Autonomous Warfare Command, Pete Hegseth Quantico, Project Agincourt, Project Meridian, Iran Khodro sanctions, SAIPA, Strait of Hormuz, Medina power station, Houthis Taiz, Pakistan Afghanistan strikes, Ukraine FP-7, Robert Gardner
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  GROK THE NEWS – October 1, 2026 – Hormuz oil claim versus tanker strikes 01.10.2026 26min

  GROK THE NEWS – October 1, 2026 – Hormuz oil claim versus tanker strikesWashington says wartime oil volume through Hormuz is at a high. British strike warnings and public ship counts do not match that claim.Full Description: Grok The News for Thursday, October 1, 2026, hosted by Robert Gardner. The lead is the administration oil-volume claim for the Strait of Hormuz: Energy Secretary Chris Wright's wartime high, Admiral Brad Cooper's six-month high, and a Central Command figure of over 13 million barrels a day, set against Kpler's September average, single-digit AIS transits, and three UKMTO tanker-strike warnings. Iran says an official U.S. response to its war-end offer has arrived. The text is not released. Brent was near 100 dollars.Headlines: Flydubai cockpit stabbing diverted to Saudi Arabia. Pakistan strikes Kunar and Helmand. Russia warns NATO on Kaliningrad. European arms plants named as targets. Britain links Iran to RAF Fairford. MI5 alert on a Chinese research institute. Ukraine energy attack and emergency cuts. Kataib Hezbollah suspends operations as Baghdad slips the militia deadline. Tennessee fails to execute Christa Pike. Japan tightens residency. Blasts reported in Addis Ababa. Seven killed on a Homs bus. Hurricane Polo toll. China beef duty hits 67 percent. FTC probe of OpenAI and Anthropic. White House Accord on Super Intelligence. India opposition protest call. U.S. officials on a Taiwan timeline. Manassas workplace shooting.Tags: Grok The News, October 1 2026, Robert Gardner, Strait of Hormuz oil, UKMTO tanker attack, Trump Iran response, Chris Wright Hormuz, CENTCOM oil barrels, Flydubai FZ1073, Benjamin Netanyahu, Russia Kaliningrad nuclear, Maria Zakharova, RAF Fairford Andy Burnham, MI5 China AI, Ukraine energy attack, Kataib Hezbollah, Christa Pike Tennessee, White House Accord Super Intelligence, Taiwan invasion 2027, Japan permanent residency
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  GROK THE NEWS – Wednesday, September 30, 2026 – U.S. Leaves Iraq 30.09.2026 18min

  GROK THE NEWS – Wednesday, September 30, 2026 – U.S. Leaves IraqCoalition forces left Erbil this morning and ended Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq. Baghdad now holds the security lead as militias remain armed.Full Description: GROK THE NEWS for Wednesday, September 30, 2026. Host Robert Gardner.Lead: The United States and coalition partners formally ended Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq. Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said forces and equipment left Erbil Air Base. Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi called it a new sovereignty phase. The militia disarmament deadline moved to June 30, 2027.Also in this edition:Hormuz declared closed; Tehran still waiting on a written U.S. replyU.N. Command cites an armistice breach after North Korean minesTrump Super Intelligence order and a voluntary tech accordMorocco’s first woman prime ministerRAF Fairford vans cleared of bombs; Rubio cites a foreign actorRussia rejects a Black Sea grain ceasefireU.S.-China $60 billion tariff-cut listsValar Atomics’ Utah reactor-and-data-center planAlberta’s October 19 Canada questionTaiwan says U.S. arms policy is unchangedUNHCR funding shortfallMalaysia’s Myanmar repatriationIndia’s SCO coordinator in IslamabadCarney’s ocean-protection pledgeAn Iranian jet seized in IstanbulFalling U.S. consumer confidenceA recovered Somali tankerAn Assam Rifles ambushNetanyahu’s confirmed UAE visitPlease like, subscribe, and tell us where you are watching from. Join us tomorrow.Tags: Grok The News, Robert Gardner, Iraq withdrawal, Erbil, Operation Inherent Resolve, Strait of Hormuz, Iran, Ali al-Zaidi, Sean Parnell, Alberta referendum, Taiwan arms sales, Super Intelligence, RAF Fairford, Black Sea grain, Morocco prime minister, UNHCR
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  GROK THE NEWS – Tuesday, September 29, 2026 – Hormuz talks after Trump rejection 29.09.2026 14min

  GROK THE NEWS – Tuesday, September 29, 2026 – Hormuz talks after Trump rejectionTrump says U.S. negotiators spoke with Iran through mediators Monday. Tehran wants a written answer today on Hormuz.Full Description: GROK THE NEWS for Tuesday, September 29, 2026. Host Robert Gardner.Lead: President Donald Trump said Monday that United States negotiators spoke with Iranian officials through mediators the same day, after he rejected Tehran’s seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Qatar-mediated talks continued in New York and that he hopes for a formal U.S. reply today. No signed counteroffer or blockade change had posted by early morning in Chicago.Headlines in this edition include SpaceX Starship Flight 14 reaching orbit and deploying 26 Starlink V3 satellites; five men arrested near RAF Fairford released on police bail; a U.S. import ban on Canadian alcohol, dairy, and motorcycles taking effect; a Myanmar market airstrike in Kyauktaw; Tigray fighting around Alamata and Erebti; deadly clashes in Baidoa; a U.N. vote due on Haiti’s Gang Suppression Force; Russian drones on Kyiv; an Israeli strike that killed Hamas northern commander Izz al-Din al-Beik; U.S. visa revocations in Latin America; the U.K. resettlement scheme reopening; an Israeli demolition in Mansouri, Lebanon; Dutch diplomats ordered to surrender Ramallah credentials; Hurricane Polo’s Mexico landfall; floods in Thailand, Myanmar, and Uttar Pradesh; Putin’s order on Metro AG; Chinese aircraft near Taiwan; and Maricopa County’s SAVE check.Please like, subscribe, and comment with your city. Join us tomorrow.Motion graphics: tubebacks.comTags: Grok The News, Robert Gardner, September 29 2026, Hormuz, Iran talks, Trump, Araghchi, Starship Flight 14, RAF Fairford, Canada import ban, Kyauktaw, Tigray, Baidoa, Haiti GSF, Kyiv drones, Hamas al-Beik, SAVE, Taiwan ADIZ, Hurricane Polo
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  Grok The News - September 28, 2026 28.09.2026 15min

  GROK THE NEWS – Monday, September 28, 2026 – Hormuz Talks This WeekTrump says Iran talks may resume this week after he rejected the seven-day Hormuz plan. Also: SAVE restored, India reviews rolls, Vucic resigns.Full Description: Grok The News for Monday, September 28, 2026, the weekend-catch edition with host Robert Gardner.Lead: President Donald Trump told Axios on Sunday he expects talks with Iran this week, one day after rejecting Tehran’s seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran still wants an official U.S. reply. The IRGC Navy claimed it captured an unmanned submarine in the strait. Tanker Trackers said Gulf crude clearances have roughly doubled under U.S. escort.World headlines: the Supreme Court SAVE stay; India’s Election Commission software review; the Senate’s 49-50 Iran war-powers vote; a Saudi strike on a Taiz market and French air defenses for Yanbu; Sunday Ukraine-Russia deaths and Friday’s ArcelorMittal halt; United Russia’s 349-seat certification; Lula’s betting ban; TPLF’s capture of Erebti; a U.S.-China AI safety channel; an $810 million spending cancellation; Vucic’s resignation; Switzerland’s neutrality referendum; Palestinian list registration; Fairford arrests; Afghan and Pakistani militant tallies; Baidoa fighting; Hurricanes Polo and Nolo; Sudan’s Sodri claim; and Netanyahu’s reported UAE visit.Join us tomorrow to GROK THE NEWS.Tags: Grok The News, Robert Gardner, Hormuz, Iran, Trump, Araghchi, SAVE, Supreme Court, India Election Commission, Vucic, Switzerland neutrality, Fairford, Tigray, Lula, Ukraine, United Russia, Netanyahu
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  Grok The News 9/25/26 26.09.2026 18min

  Greetings Humanity! Let's GROK THE NEWS!I'm broadcast veteran Robert Gardner, using Grok to daily help me find and summarize the most important news around the world. Each weekday, I edit and deliver a newscast, about twenty minutes in length, that looks closely at the top story in the world, followed by numerous stories of international interest. I am Christian and conservative, and this shows in the opinions I offer, which are separate from the raw facts of the news I report. Having served 25 years as a radio journalist, I can tell you that EVERY reporter and news editor has opinions. I'm just honest about mine!