Wednesday Updates: Trump's War Chaos Deepens as Houthis Shoot Down Saudi F-15, Fed Weighs a Rate Hike, and MAGA Se…
Watch now Wednesday Updates: Trump's War Chaos Deepens as Houthis Shoot Down Saudi F-15, Fed Weighs a Rate Hike, and MAGA Sends Congress Home to Dodge Accountability – 9/16/26 Important Wednesday updates. Paywall free. Brett Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network Sep 16 Hi all, Brett here. It’s Wednesday. Here’s what we’re tracking today: Houthis shoot down a Saudi F-15E and strike Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu Aramco facility Houthis down another Saudi drone near Marib Confirmation that Iran struck a US-contracted oil tanker carrying US troops, after CENTCOM denied it Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s tone-deaf defense of the war’s fallout on state media The Fed is expected to hike interest rates for the first time since 2023, driven by war-fueled inflation Iran’s parliament speaker mocks the Fed with his “Straits Taylor Rule” Iran’s foreign minister meets China’s Wang Yi in Beijing as the White House rehearses pomp for Xi’s visit House passes a symbolic war powers resolution, sev...