Day: September 29, 2026

Breitbart   The U.S. State Department on Monday announced U.S. visa restrictions against 27 Latin American nationals due to their efforts in undermining democratically elected governments in the Western Hemisphere. The list of targeted individuals includes current and former government officials, lawmakers, members of the judiciary, police officers, judges, businessmen, and other nationals from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru — all members of the U.S.-led Americas Counter Cartel Coalition (A3C), also known as the Shield of the Americas. The targeted Latin American government officials and their respective immediate relatives have either had their existing U.S. visas revoked, or are now barred from obtaining one. READ THE FULL STORY   

The Hill   Consumer confidence dipped in September to its lowest level in a dozen years, the Conference Board reported Tuesday. The board’s consumer confidence index fell to 81.9 last month, down 6.7 points from August. That marked the lowest point for the metric since 2014, when consumer sentiment was rebounding from a low point of less than 30 during the financial crisis. The expectations index, a six-month outlook of future economic conditions, also declined by 3.2 points in September to nearly 60. That metric dipped to less than 60 last year, the first time it had done so since 2013. READ THE FULL STORY   

CBS News   Lindsay Clancy was back in Plymouth Superior Court Tuesday for the first time since her high-profile Massachusetts murder trial ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury on Sept. 4. Prosecutors did not specifically say if they will retry Clancy, and if so, on what charges, however during Tuesday’s hearing both sides discussed setting a retrial date with Judge William Sullivan. Clancy’s attorney told the judge there’s “no evidence” his client admitted to strangling her children, though during trial he argued only that she wasn’t criminally responsible for her actions due to postpartum psychosis. READ THE FULL STORY