{"id":95324,"date":"2026-09-25T06:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95324"},"modified":"2026-09-25T06:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:11:13","slug":"news-and-analysis-9-25-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95324","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 9\/25\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The measure, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/sep\/15\/iran-war-cost-cbo-report\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">passed<\/a> the House last week with bipartisan support, failed in the Senate by a 49-50 vote&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/sep\/24\/senate-war-powers-vote-fail\">Senate Republicans Block Democratic Effort to End US War with Iran<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; despite the four Republicans who supported the measure, thanks to two Democrats, Fetterman (who voted against the bill) and Alsobrooks (who did not vote at all)\u00a0 :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/interactive\/2026\/09\/24\/how-every-senator-voted-iran-war-powers-resolution\/\">How Every Senator Voted on the Iran War Powers Resolution<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;After 9\/11, there was a small spike in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2025\/12\/04\/public-trust-in-government-1958-2025\/\">trust<\/a> [in the government], but the Bush administration&#8217;s lies about the Iraq War and <a href=\"https:\/\/usafacts.org\/articles\/how-have-military-deaths-changed-over-time\/\">7,000<\/a> dead soldiers rapidly eroded that trust&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2026\/09\/23\/three-mistakes-that-made-donald-trump\/?mc_eid=e1ce968106\">3 Mistakes that Made Donald Trump<\/a> (Reason)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Iranian officials said that while the proposal was effectively the same as the memorandum of understanding made in June, it was designed to move at a much faster pace&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/09\/24\/world\/middleeast\/iran-proposal.html\">Iran Proposes 7-Day Plan to End War:\u00a0Under the offer, the Strait of Hormuz would reopen and nuclear talks would be revived<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;DHS sent a list of 185 alleged noncitizen voters to the state of Nevada, only to discover that every single one of them was actually a U.S. citizen&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2026\/09\/24\/homeland-security-agents-are-harassing-american-voters-of-foreign-origin\/?mc_eid=e1ce968106v\">Homeland Security Agents Are Harassing American Voters of Foreign Origin<\/a> (Reason)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Neither the Sudanese Armed Forces, the Rapid Support Forces, nor their respective leaders represent legitimate, constitutional governance for Sudan &#8211; they rule through force of arms alone&#8221; &#8212; US State Department:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202609240099.html\">Sudan: Has the U.S. Adopted a Regime Change Policy in Sudan?<\/a> (allAfrica)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/view\/group\/main\/main\/id\/00098215.html\">U.S. Seeks &#8216;Serious Partners&#8217; to Advance Peace in Sudan<\/a> (allAfrica)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newarab.com\/news\/israel-blocks-900-wheelchairs-gazas-child-amputees\">&#8216;Calculated Effort to Destroy Palestinian Life&#8217;: Israel Blocks 900 Wheelchairs for Amputee Children in Gaza<\/a> (New Arab)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[P]roceeds &#8230; will benefit &#8230; Anera, Glia, Gaza Soup Kitchen, Taawon, HEAL Palestine, Palestinian Youth Movement, Middle East Children\u2019s Alliance, Jewish Voice for Peace, Medical Aid for Palestinians. Institute for Middle East Understanding, Palestine Children\u2019s Relief Fund and UNRWA USA&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/music\/news\/macklemore-free-palestine-tour-1236874352\/\">Macklemore Announces \u2018Free Palestine\u2019 Tour with All Ticket Sales Being Donated to Charity<\/a> (Variety)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Being &#8220;told to convert to Christianity \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/06\/15\/texas-republican-party-convention-muslims-sharia-law\/\">or leave the country<\/a> &#8230; left Hussein disillusioned with the current Texas Republican Party&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/09\/24\/texas-muslims-republican-rhetoric-tribfest-2026\/\">Muslims in Texas Are Disillusioned as GOP Ramps Up Anti-Islam Rhetoric<\/a> (Texas Tribune)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;US and Iranian negotiators in New York are exploring a phased path out of war that would involve Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz and Washington lifting its economic blockade of Iran, sources close to the talks said&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/us-iran-discuss-phased-deal-reopen-hormuz-end-us-blockade-sources-say-2026-09-24\/\">US and Iran Discuss Phased Deal to Reopen Hormuz and End US Blockade, Sources Say<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The measure, which passed the House last week with bipartisan support, failed in the Senate by a 49-50 vote&#8221; &#8230; Senate Republicans Block Democratic Effort to End US War with Iran (The Guardian) &#8230; despite the four Republicans who supported the measure, thanks to two Democrats, Fetterman (who voted against the bill) and Alsobrooks (who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95324"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95326,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95324\/revisions\/95326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}