President Donald Trump announced that the United States and India are continuing trade negotiations, as reported by The Spectator Index via X at approximately 9:46 PM UTC on September 9th, 2025. This development follows previous reports of Trump asking the European Union to impose tariffs on oil imports from India and China. In domestic news, "new signage" was noted at the War Department, according to a post on X by Paul McLeary, with questions raised about taxpayer costs for unspecified initiatives. Separately, long guns were observed on the DC Metro, also noted by Paul McLeary on X. An emergency protest demanding ICE leave Chicago was underway at Michigan and Ida B. Wells, with attendance described as a few dozen as of 5:00 PM local time. Previous reports from earlier in the day indicated Chief Justice John Roberts revived President Trump's "pocket rescission" of $4 billion in foreign aid. Speaker Mike Johnson claimed revised Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs numbers "prove" the Biden-Harris administration hid inflated figures. Additionally, Princeton student Elizabeth Tsurkov was released from captivity in Iraq and transferred to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. The Senate also saw a resolution hotlined by Senator Ruben Gallego expressing that Ashli Babbitt is disqualified from eligibility for military funeral honors.
