Quick Hits

• Far-right AfD wins the German state election in Saxony-Anhalt but falls just short of an absolute majority, leaving it unable to govern alone against the mainstream parties' refusal to cooperate — the so-called "firewall" — while Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU slumps to what The Guardian calls a "disastrous" result (The Guardian, CBS News, BBC).
• An armed man was arrested after charging toward Amy Acton, the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, at a campaign stop at the Canfield Fair; several people were injured, and the suspect was identified by Al Jazeera as Patrick Havas, 38 (CBS News, Al Jazeera).
• The Trump administration filed another Supreme Court appeal in its push to restrict mail ballots, after a U.S. District Court judge extended an order blocking the Postal Service from enforcing the president's executive order for the November elections (CBS News).
• The USS Abraham Lincoln is heading home with nearly 5,000 troops after roughly 300 days deployed, even as CBS News reports fighting amplified in the Gulf region over the weekend between the U.S. and Iran (The Hill, CBS News).
• Volcano eruptions in Indonesia closed eight airports, canceling 1,558 flights and affecting 170,000 passengers — including 963 flights at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta airport alone (CBS News).

Top Stories

• Germany's AfD surge: Alternative für Deutschland won the Saxony-Anhalt state election but failed to secure the absolute majority needed to govern alone, per CBS News. Merz called the "shock" AfD victory "an election result we cannot simply move past" (The Guardian), and BBC Europe editor Katya Adler says the far-right win is ringing alarm bells for the EU and traditional parties.
• Attack on Amy Acton: Mahoning County Sheriff Jerry Greene told CBS News the suspect "aggressively shoved his way through the crowd" toward Acton before being arrested with weapons; campaign officials said several people were injured during the Sunday campaign stop (CBS News, Al Jazeera).
• Mail ballot fight reaches the Supreme Court again: The administration's latest filing seeks to restrict mail ballots ahead of the midterms, following the lower court's extended order against the Postal Service enforcing Trump's executive order (CBS News).
• Ukraine diplomacy: Special envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday the U.S. is confident trilateral talks will produce a "good resolution" to the Ukraine war, after he and Jared Kushner held meetings on the conflict (The Hill).
• Carrier departs as Gulf conflict escalates: The Lincoln left for the U.S. Sunday after a five-day Thailand port visit and an extended Middle East deployment (The Hill); CBS News reports fighting amplified between the U.S. and Iran over the weekend.

Left Perspective

• The Guardian (exclusive) reports UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese called the UK's planned ban on goods from Israeli settlements "important" but said it must go further to be more than a "press release," urging a "true paradigm shift" as Foreign Secretary David Miliband resets policy.
• The Guardian covered an Australian court sparing Ashlyn Nassif jail after she pleaded guilty to falsifying documents for a $150m Westpac loan, with the court hearing her father — Toplace boss Jean Nassif, who fled Australia in 2022 — "pressured" her.
• The Guardian also reports Ukraine is seeking to seize a bottled water company over a stake held by the Patarkatsishvili family — the billionaire family of a British theatre impresario — in a firm jointly owned with a Russian oligarch.
• CBS News marked 25 years since 9/11 with a report from Kabul noting the Taliban is "firmly back in control" five years after America's longest war ended.

Right Perspective

• The Washington Examiner reported President Trump announced the new White House helipad he requested is complete, contrasting it with Dwight Eisenhower's era of smaller helicopters.
• Fox News highlighted dramatic video of floodwaters bursting through the glass doors of an off-campus college students' home, sending a door panel flying across the room.

International View

• Indonesia: Beyond the airport closures, Al Jazeera reports a massive market fire in the village of Babuda killed 11 people, six of them children.
• Mexico: Ten people were killed and dozens injured when a fireworks display detonated during a religious festival (Al Jazeera).
• United Kingdom: Anti-immigration protesters clashed with police in Portsmouth after around 140 people arrived aboard a small boat (Al Jazeera).
• Philippines: Manila's defense chief warned China may reassert itself amid U.S.–South Korea drill cuts, while saying Washington gave "definite assurances" its commitments to the Philippines remain (Al Jazeera).

Underreported

• BBC: New videos and evidence the FBI failed to share reportedly undermine Omar al-Bayoumi's 25 years of denials, revealing links to extremists and the Saudi state in the ongoing 9/11 lawsuit.
• BBC: A victim of Richard Scatchard says his 2023 killing of Kelly Faiers could have been avoided, after he was freed from prison following a drugging and rape conviction.
• CBS News: Around 4,000 DTE Energy utility workers worked through the weekend to restore power to thousands of Southeast Michigan residents after storms.
• 9/11 anniversary thread: CBS News profiled Bridgeport, Connecticut's Adam J. Lewis Academy — a school honoring a Sept. 11 victim — while ABC News covered fire-scarred Lahaina and Paradise, California, uniting on the football field in a "Unity Bowl."

Sources

• The Guardian — AfD Saxony-Anhalt win: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/06/saxony-anhalt-germany-afd-exit-poll-ulrich-siegmund
• CBS News — AfD election: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/afd-german-election-saxony-anhalt/
• BBC — AfD significance analysis: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c986w38r4j5o
• CBS News — Amy Acton attack: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-acton-ohio-armed-man-attack/ ; video: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/armed-man-arrested-after-charging-at-democratic-ohio-governor-candidate/
• Al Jazeera — Ohio attack: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/7/armed-assailant-attacks-ohio-democratic-candidate-during-campaign-stop
• CBS News — Supreme Court mail ballot appeal: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-supreme-court-appeal-us-postal-service-mail-ballot-fight/
• The Hill — USS Abraham Lincoln: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6074537-uss-abraham-lincoln-u-s-return-thailand/
• CBS News — USS Lincoln video: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/uss-lincoln-heads-home-as-war-with-iran-escalates/
• CBS News — Indonesia volcano flights: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/indonesia-volcano-eruption-flights-airport/
• The Hill — Witkoff Ukraine talks: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6074505-witkoff-kushner-confident-ukraine-war-talks/
• The Guardian — Albanese/Miliband: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/07/un-francesca-albanese-miliband-israel-palestine-settlements-trade
• The Guardian — Nassif case: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/07/jean-nassifs-daughter-court-father-pressured-her-falsify-documents-150m-construction-loan-ntwnfb
• The Guardian — Ukraine water company: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/07/ukraine-seeks-to-seize-water-company-owned-by-billionaire-family-of-british-theatre-mogul
• CBS News — Taliban/9/11: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/taliban-back-in-control-25-years-after-9-11/
• Washington Examiner — White House helipad: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4715703/trump-new-helipad-white-house-completed/
• Fox News — floodwaters video: https://www.foxnews.com/us/dramatic-video-captures-floodwaters-bursting-through-glass-doors-college-students-home
• Al Jazeera — Indonesia market fire: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/7/aje-onl-nf_11-dead-in-massive-indonesia-market-fire-070926
• Al Jazeera — Mexico fireworks blast: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/7/ten-killed-and-dozens-injured-in-mexico-fireworks-blast
• Al Jazeera — UK Portsmouth clashes: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/7/anti-immigration-protesters-clash-with-police-in-uk-after-boat-arrival
• Al Jazeera — Philippines/China warning: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/7/philippines-warns-china-may-reassert-itself-amid-us-south-korea-drill-cuts
• BBC — al-Bayoumi videos: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr4vn1e207go
• BBC — Scatchard case: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74el40wpw9o
• CBS News — Michigan power restoration: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/southeast-michigan-storms-power-restoration-progress/
• CBS News — Connecticut school: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/school-turns-sept-11-loss-into-legacy/
• ABC News — Unity Bowl: https://abcnews.com/video/136245231/