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Trump predicts war with Iran will end 'very soon,' likely after midterms is rank 1 on the Google News board dated 2026-09-13T06:01:34.180732, a full swap from Friday's Politico 9/11 unity lead. The rest of the list is weekend politics: a $5,000 dividend funding fight, El Nino and a record-quiet Atlantic, Irish reunification remarks in Dublin, Hegseth and 60 Minutes, BRICS in New Delhi, a Malibu trespass at Kamala Harris's home, an $80 million Missouri map suit, a Smithsonian statue demand, and a North Carolina Senate scare. Zero overlap with September 12.
Top trending stories on Google News: September 13
Trump predicts war with Iran will end 'very soon,' likely after midterms - Fox News: President Donald Trump told reporters the Iran war, now in its seventh month, would end shortly after the November midterms. He repeated the line at the GOP midterm convention and on a Saturday Ireland trip, adding that oil would fall afterward. Brent had been above $104 that week.
Taxes wouldn't fund $5,000 Trump 'dividend' if Republicans win midterms, says commerce secretary - The Guardian: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told NBC the pledged $5,000 adult payment would not come from tax revenue. Newsweek put the cost near $1.22 trillion. Vice President JD Vance had pointed at tariffs; NEC director Kevin Hassett mentioned reconciliation.
Where have all the Atlantic hurricanes gone? El Nino might bring record slow storm season - PBS: Associated Press science copy on a basin with no hurricane by mid-September, breaking the September 11 satellite-era mark set in 2002 and 2013. CNN counted 103 days into the season without a hurricane and blamed record-strong El Nino wind shear.
Trump endorses Irish reunification, breaking with decades of U.S. policy - The Washington Post: In Dublin on Saturday with Taoiseach Micheal Martin, Trump said he would "love to see" a united Ireland and that it "may as well happen now." UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham's office said Good Friday Agreement tests for a border poll were not met.
Exclusive: Inside Hegseth's push to showcase a dramatic Iran rescue on '60 Minutes' - CNN: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pressed two F-15 crew members shot down over Iran in April to appear on the September 13 60 Minutes season premiere. One, "Bravo," agreed; "Alpha" declined. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell called the pressure claim a "complete lie."
BRICS leaders voice concern over Middle East, condemn unilateral sanctions at India summit - AP News: The XVIII BRICS Summit in New Delhi adopted a September 12 declaration calling for restraint in West Asia and condemning unilateral sanctions not authorized by the U.N. Security Council. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attended; Iran and the UAE compromised on war language.
Alleged trespasser stopped outside Kamala Harris' Malibu home - NBC News: Private security stopped a person on the Malibu property Friday night around 10:30 p.m. Harris and Doug Emhoff were away. Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies took a trespassing report, made no arrest, and said patrols would increase.
Missouri voters sue Denny Hoskins, seek $80 million over redistricting referendum - FOX 2: Five St. Louis-area voters filed a class action Friday seeking $100 to $500 each for more than 162,000 certified referendum signers, about $80 million, after Secretary of State Denny Hoskins rejected a challenge to the 2025 congressional map. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined another push to use that map.
Trump Demands Smithsonian Install 'Colossus' George Washington Statue - The New York Times: Truth Social posts late Friday asked the Smithsonian to put an 11-foot Washington statue in Flag Hall by Constitution Day, September 17, start a five-year exhibit through the 300th birthday in 2032, and replace Jose de Rivera's 1967 Infinity sculpture with a 30-foot "Washington Colossus."
Republicans fear they have a North Carolina problem - Politico: GOP worry that Michael Whatley is not closing on Democrat Roy Cooper for the open Senate seat. An Elon poll had Cooper ahead 49-38; ECU had 46-39. Operatives cited low Whatley name ID and Trump's standing with unaffiliated voters.
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What changed on Google News since yesterday
- New: all 10 headlines.
- Dropped: Politico 9/11 unity, Saudi East-West pipeline, Trump at the Pentagon on 9/11, the Mississippi hanging arrest, AP Fact Focus on the GOP convention, a 9/11 widow on Saudi Arabia, anti-bribery copy on the $5,000 pledge, the earlier NYT Missouri map story, DeSantis on the Clancy juror, CIA bin Laden files.
What today's Google News stories reveal
The Sunday board is midterm machinery, not memorial copy. Iran is the through-line (ranks 1, 5, and 6). Money is the second (the dividend at 2, Missouri damages at 8). Culture-war museum copy and a Senate polling panic fill the bottom. Hurricane silence is the only science story, and it is a missing-storm record rather than a landfall.
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