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US News Roundup – September 23, 2026

President Trump used his UN General Assembly speech to issue Iran an ultimatum, framing the choice as "a deal or annihilation." Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian publicly rejected further talks on those terms, even as Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi met privately with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

The Justice Department defended the White House's press pool ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico before Judge Timothy Kelly, citing the East Wing ballroom-bunker leak and sensitive Iran-war coverage as national-security grounds for the restriction.

Financial markets moved on bond yields: the 10-year Treasury yield hit 5.11%, a 19-year high, driven by stronger-than-expected September business activity data and rising energy prices. October rate-hike odds climbed to roughly 66%, and the S&P 500 fell 0.75% while the Nasdaq dropped about 1.1%.

Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate and potentially subpoena Donald Trump Jr. over payments from Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev toward his Bahamas wedding; Trump has said his son repaid him for the expenses.

DoorDash reached a record $131.5 million settlement with New York City over underpaying roughly 260,000 delivery workers, following a probe led by the city's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection under Mayor Mamdani's administration.

한국어 요약

트럼프 대통령은 유엔총회 연설에서 이란에 "협상이냐, 파멸이냐"는 최후통첩을 내놓았다. 페제시키안 이란 대통령은 이 조건 하의 추가 협상을 공개적으로 거부했으나, 아락치 외무장관은 위트코프·쿠슈너 특사와 비공개로 회동했다.

법무부는 팀 켈리 판사 앞에서 CNN, MS NOW, 폴리티코에 대한 백악관 출입기자단 배제 조치를 옹호하며, 이스트윙 벙커 유출 사건과 이란 전쟁 관련 민감 보도를 국가안보상의 근거로 제시했다.

채권시장에서는 10년물 국채 금리가 5.11%까지 올라 19년 만의 최고치를 기록했다. 예상보다 강한 9월 기업활동 지표와 에너지 가격 상승이 배경으로, 10월 금리 인상 가능성은 약 66%로 높아졌고 S&P500은 0.75%, 나스닥은 약 1.1% 하락했다.

존 커티스 상원의원(공화·유타)은 상원 법사위에 도널드 트럼프 주니어에 대한 조사 및 소환 가능성을 요청했다. 러시아 재벌 우마르 크레물레프가 그의 바하마 결혼식 비용을 지불했다는 의혹과 관련된 것으로, 트럼프 대통령은 아들이 그 비용을 상환했다고 밝혔다.

도어대시는 뉴욕시와 약 1억 3,150만 달러의 역대 최대 규모 합의에 도달했다. 맘다니 시장 행정부 산하 소비자·근로자보호국(DCWP) 조사 결과 약 26만 명의 배달 노동자에게 임금을 과소 지급한 사실이 드러난 데 따른 것이다.

Sources: Democracy Now!, PBS NewsHour, ABC17News/CNN wire, NBC News, LocalNews8/CNN Business wire

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