Watch night one of the 2026 Republican midterm convention:Girl Scouts Reveal First Cookie For DogsTwo new items have been added to the Girl Scouts cookie collection, including one for your four-legged best friend.The scouting organization on Tuesday unveiled its first allergy-friendly cookie and its first cookie for dogs under a partnership with the dog treat company Bark.Both cookies will be available exclusively online starting on January 12, which is around the start of the start of the cookie-selling season.According to the Girl Scouts website, the canine cookies, called Patch Pals, are soft-baked, blueberry muffin-flavored treats, while the allergy-friendly cookies, called Sparkables, are oatmeal with chocolate chips and feature colorful sprinkles.Sparkables were developed with the allergy-friendly snack company Partake, whose facility is free from the top nine allergens: peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, wheat, milk, soy, fish, shellfish and sesame. Latest Live UpdatesTrump Says He’d Consider Pardoning Ex-Fixer Michael CohenPresident Donald Trump said he would consider pardoning his former fixer Michael Cohen after the pair recently reconciled over Cohen’s claim that he was “coerced” by prosecutors to testify against Trump in his hush-money trial.“He recanted; it was illegal,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday when asked about Cohen’s comments and a potential pardon. “It’s something I would consider, yeah.”Cohen earlier this year said he “felt pressured and coerced” by prosecutors to testify, though he didn’t actually recant what he said or say it was inaccurate, as pointed out by The New York Times.“I mean what they did to Michael Cohen was a disgrace,” Trump went on. “They forced him to say things that he didn’t want to say, and that he didn’t believe. And I appreciate that at least he came out, although late, he came out and rectified the situation.”OpenAI Says It's Solved A 'Million-Dollar' Math Problem That’s Stumped The Math Community For DecadesOpenAI claimed Tuesday its artificial intelligence tools just cracked a previously unsolved “million-dollar” math problem.In a statement, the company said 10,000 AI agents working concurrently took 88 hours to solve the Navier–Stokes mathematics problem, which rationalizes the motion of fluids. In 2000, the question surrounding the absolute validity of the equations became one of seven math problems the nonprofit Clay Mathematics Institute promised a $1 million reward for if solved. “The [math] community needs to have serious and unhurried discussion about where to go from here,” mathematician Tristan Buckmaster told Scientific American.Buckmaster and mathematician Levent Alpöge were working toward solving the problem, but researchers at OpenAI reportedly learned of their progress and used AI to take it over the finish line. Read more at Scientific American:Key MomentGOP Midterm Convention Kicks OffThe war in Iran is deepening and U.S. debt is at $40 trillion. Diesel prices are soaring and President Donald Trump’s tariffs have hammered the nation’s manufacturers. Americans are deeply pessimistic about the future. But at the GOP Midterm Convention in Dallas, RNC Chair Joe Gruters opened ceremonies Wednesday by asking a cheering crowd if they “love President Trump” and promised that the GOP is delivering “freedom, opportunity, security and common sense.” Democrats, Gruters, said, are being “taken over” by “radical socialists.” (Democratic Socialists have been winning primaries much to the party -- and especially Stephen Miller’s -- displeasure.)Attorney General Todd Blanche is expected to deliver remarks about “extreme liberal obstruction” of the law and Trump is expected to deliver an address at the convention at 9 p.m. ET. According to a program for the event, the night will also include themes like “Boys in Girls Sports and Gender Insanity.” UFC Champion Fighters are also going to discuss how “sports build national pride, honor athletic toughness” and will “showcase President Trump’s iconic dedication to celebrating American freedom.”Diesel Sets Another Record HighThe national average price for a gallon of diesel fuel hit $5.94 Wednesday, according to data tracked by AAA, marking a new record high.That’s a steady rise from Sept. 3 record of $5.82 a gallon, which broke the previous, pandemic-era high of $5.819, set June 17, 2022.Americans should brace for higher costs ahead. Petroleum analyst Patrick De Haan said Wednesday that $6 a gallon is “days away” from reality. “It’s now in the pipeline, unavoidable,” said De Haan.President Donald Trump told reporters he expects oil prices will remain high as long as his war with Iran continues, then predicted everything will work out perfectly -- right after the midterm elections, two months away.“Right after the election, oil prices are going to be tumbling downward,” Trump claimed.He also added that the war will also end “immediately after the election,” despite having already repeatedly declared victory.The Emergency Slide On Trump’s Qatari Air Force One Just DeployedFor reasons that are unclear, the inflatable emergency slide on President Donald Trump’s Qatari-“gifted” Air Force One appears to have deployed Wednesday as Trump was preparing to leave for Dallas ahead of the RNC’s midterm convention.Video captured by reporters traveling with the president showed the brown slide protruding from the forward fuselage, opposite the stairs Trump would normally use to enter the aircraft. After about 15 minutes, the slide, now losing air and seemingly tangled on itself, drooped limply onto the tarmac.At the same time, the old blue-and-white Air Force One was moved into position a couple hundred meters away and deployed its front and rear steps, according to a White House pool report.Trump remained on Marine One while the emergency-slide drama unfolded.The president was vague when asked by reporters what was going on.“So they’re checking the slide over here, and I think it’s going to take 15 minutes,” he said. “They were doing a check on the slide, you know, the emergency. So I think it takes about 15 minutes.”Trump ultimately ended up boarding the Qatari jet for the trip to Dallas, telling reporters it was safe to fly, “Or I wouldn’t be on it.”‘You Are The Worst’: Trump Snaps At Reporter For Asking About Convention No-ShowsPresident Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter when questioned about whether the Republican Party’s first-ever midterm convention was set to be a flop.Speaking to reporters Wednesday, the president was asked by Mary Bruce of ABC News about the GOP lawmakers in tight midterm races who have said they will sit out the event, which has been dubbed “Trump-a-Palooza.”Several vulnerable Republicans plan to skip the convention in Dallas, which begins Wednesday, against the backdrop of Trump’s ailing approval ratings and a protracted war with Iran.On Monday, Trump dismissed the negativity engulfing the two-day gathering, posting that he only really wanted “Candidates that are in tight Races” to attend, as he attempted to appear relaxed about any no-shows.But a day later, he claimed the convention would be a sell-out and there is not enough room for everyone in any case.“We’re going to be sold out tonight, just so you understand,” Trump said tetchily in reply to the question. “Who are you with?”“ABC News, sir,” replied Bruce, the outlet’s chief White House correspondent.“ABC Fake News,” Trump shot back. “You are the worst of all, in my opinion.”Reporter: Several Republicans in competitive races are not coming to the convention.Trump: Everybody wants to come. We're going to be sold out tonight. Who are you with?Reporter: ABC News. Trump: ABC Fake News. The reason that some people are not, is because we don't have a… pic.twitter.com/hrVbEDhOkU— Acyn (@Acyn) September 9, 2026Woman Widowed By Miami Plane Crash Sues Amazon Over Worker's DeathA woman whose husband was killed in Sunday’s cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Amazon, cargo airline 21 Air, the plane’s lessors and the two pilots manning the aircraft.Yaraisi Santiso Morejon filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Miami-Dade County, alleging multiple failures contributed to the death of her husband, 53-year-old Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo. Rodriguez was one of five people killed when Amazon Air Flight 7598 overshot the runway and crashed into a van carrying a cleaning crew that was finishing its last job before returning home.Read more:Trump Claims Iran War Will End ‘Immediately After The Election’The Iran war that President Donald Trump predicted would last “four-to-five” weeks has stretched into its sixth month — but he’s now confident he’ll have it wrapped up “immediately after the election,” he told reporters Wednesday.However, in a transparent bit of politicking, he claimed the war would stretch on if Americans vote for anyone other than Republicans in the midterms.“Oh, I think the war is going to end immediately after the election,” he told reporters. Asked why, he repeated the claim. “I think the war will end immediately after the election.”Prodded again to explain his thinking, Trump said it was “because [Iran] can’t hold out any longer.”“They’re desperate to try and affect the election so that we can get a nice, weak group of people in there and leave them alone, and let them have their nuclear weapon,” Trump said.New Apple CEO Announces Foldable iPhone ‘Duo’Apple CEO John Ternus, in his first Apple event since taking over for Tim Cook on Sept. 1, has introduced the company’s first radically different iPhone in years: iPhone Duo.The foldable phone is similar in size to a passport which can then be unfolded to reveal a continuous 7.6-inch internal display, similar in appearance to an iPad mini.Ternus called the device “entirely new yet remarkably familiar” in his introductory remarks.Ms. Rachel Endorses Democratic Nominee For U.S. SenateChildren’s programming host and advocate Ms. Rachel has endorsed Democratic nominee Troy Jackson to represent Maine in the U.S. Senate.“I met with Troy Jackson today, and we had a great talk,” Ms. Rachel wrote Tuesday on Instagram, adding that she’s originally from Maine. “He truly cares about the people of Maine. He also truly cares about children everywhere. He doesn’t want our tax money funding bombing kids. He doesn’t want our tax money traumatizing kids in ICE detention. He wants Maine families to be able to afford childcare, he wants Medicare for all and paid family leave when babies are born.”See All Updates