Iran’s leaders have threatened to halt all oil exports from the Persian Gulf and to treat any nation’s support for U.S. sanctions against Iran as an “act of war.” The threat came ahead of today’s announcement by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent of what the Trump administration is calling an “economic D-Day” aimed at completely severing Iran’s remaining financial lifelines. This is Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

Abbas Araghchi: “This is a repetitive scenario, from the crippling sanctions imposed during the Obama administration to the maximum-pressure campaign during Trump’s first administration and now the latest sanctions. All of these measures have been introduced under different titles, but they represent the same kind of bullying that we have always seen in American policy. In other words, it is the same movie they keep playing over and over again. We know this movie, so we know how to confront and deal with it.”

On Sunday, Iran’s currency, the rial, sank to a record low against the U.S. dollar. The International Monetary Fund now predicts Iran’s economy will contract by nearly 5.5% this year. Fuel prices are surging in Iran — something that preceded nationwide protests in 2019 and earlier this year.

In Gaza, two Palestinian brothers were killed and several others wounded when an Israeli warplane struck a tent sheltering displaced people near Al-Aqsa Hospital earlier today. The attack followed another bloody weekend in Gaza. On Sunday, Israeli forces killed at least two Palestinians, including 4-year-old Mohammad Abdul Salam Taha. Separately, a girl was injured by Israeli fire on Sunday in a camp north of Khan Younis. According to Palestinian officials, Israel has violated the U.S.-brokered so-called ceasefire agreement nearly 4,400 times since it took effect in October. This is Abu Ahmed, a displaced Palestinian who was sheltering close to a building that was blown up by Israel on Sunday.

Abu Ahmed: “There is no ceasefire. There is nothing. There is nothing. Our lives are destroyed. Our youth are destroyed. What can we do? We want solutions. We want to live in peace. This does not make sense. This does not make sense. It’s true these things are happening to other people, but I am also human. I see these things, people torn into pieces. We die. Our morale is destroyed.”

Meanwhile, Israel’s government has warned it may further intensify its attacks, after several kites landed in an illegal Israeli settlement on Gaza’s border. Palestinian officials said the kites were flown by children, were made of paper and posed no threat. But Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz accused Hamas of launching attacks, calling the use of kites an “act of war.”

Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has posted video on social media celebrating the construction of a gallows where Palestinians will be hanged.

Itamar Ben-Gvir: “This is the facility. In this place, the terrorists will be executed. A hanging rope, viewing chambers where the crime victims will be able to come and watch — like in the United States, by the way. And we are fulfilling what we promised. Look, there were those who ridiculed. There were those who giggled. This place is starting to be built. The facility is being built.”

In March, Israeli lawmakers passed a law mandating death by hanging for Palestinians who are convicted of terrorism offenses. Jewish Israelis will not face the same punishment for similar crimes. In 2008, Ben-Gvir himself was convicted by a court in Jerusalem of incitement to racism and supporting a terrorist organization.

Diplomats from Syria and Israel held U.S.-brokered talks in Jordan on Sunday aimed at easing tensions following repeated Israeli attacks, including airstrikes on a major Syrian Air Force air base. They were the first talks between the two countries in several months, coming after Israel on Saturday struck a civilian vehicle on the outskirts of Damascus. Israel said it had targeted a “terrorist” in the deadly drone strike, which left several bystanders wounded. This comes as Israel continues to occupy Syria’s Golan Heights, which it seized in the 1967 war, as well as more territory in southwest Syria it ​seized after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

In Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports after talks collapsed without a deal on Friday. On Saturday, the U.S. slapped 50% tariffs on around $20 billion worth of imports from Canada. In response, Carney announced tariffs on $20 billion of U.S. products beginning on September 8. Carney spoke to reporters on Saturday.

Reporter: “Why does it feel like today Mark Carney is going to war, trade war, the tone?”

Prime Minister Mark Carney: “Because we were attacked. Like, you’re at war when you get attacked. We got attacked. The U.S. put 50%. We waited until the United States decided to actually implement these so-called 338 tariffs. That’s fine.”

We’ll have more on the U.S.-Canda trade war after headlines, when we’ll speak with Avi Lewis, the leader of the New Democratic Party in Canada, and Lori Wallach of the American Economic Liberties Project.

In New York, a federal judge has struck down a Trump administration ban on issuing visas to immigrants from 75 countries. When the policy was enacted in January, the State Department claimed, without evidence, that people from those nations are likely to receive public benefits after arriving in the U.S. Among countries targeted were Afghanistan, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas said Trump’s measure was “patently unlawful” and violated federal immigration law by discriminating on the basis of nationality.

In Texas, calls are mounting to shut down the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, where it’s estimated more than 100 children are being detained by ICE. This comes after a 5-year-old boy, identified as Liam Tadeo, and his father were taken by ICE on their way to a child’s soccer game in Austin last week. Journalist Lidia Terrazas of Univision posted a video on social media showing Liam crying and his father handcuffed as they’re escorted into a vehicle. The arrest happened just days before Liam was set to start kindergarten. This is Texas Democratic Congressmember Greg Casar.

Rep. Greg Casar: ”ICE just arrested a 5-year-old boy on his way to a soccer game in my home city of Austin, Texas. His name, just like the name of the little boy from Minnesota, is Liam. And Liam should be starting kindergarten this week, but instead he’s sitting in a trailer prison right now in Dilley, Texas.”

Texas Democratic Congressmember Joaquin Castro said ICE denied his request to visit Liam and his father at the ICE camp. Castro said afterward, “His detention is another devastating example of why Dilley must be shut down and why our government must end the detention of children and families. I have seen firsthand the conditions that children and families are being subjected to at Dilley, and no child should be held there.” Dilley is run by the for-profit prison company CoreCivic.

More than 160 people have been deported to Haiti as the Trump administration begins to round up immigrants following the end of TPS, temporary protected status. It was the first deportation flight to Haiti after the Supreme Court greenlighted the Trump administration’s termination of TPS for an estimated 350,000 Haitians. The plane landed in the northern Haitian city of Cap-Haïtien Thursday. The country’s main international airport in Port-au-Prince has been deemed too dangerous due to gang violence and growing political instability. Many of those deported last week were TPS holders and had been living and working in the U.S. since 2010.

A U.S. Navy sailor who is on his ninth month of deployment aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln said his father has been detained by ICE. Joshua Aviles said he had received a call this weekend notifying him of his father’s arrest. Luis Manuel Aviles was taken into custody during a traffic stop in Key West, Florida. His wife said he is a handyman with a valid U.S. work permit. Aviles is originally from Nicaragua and has lived in the U.S. for nearly 20 years. His son Joshua said on social media, “This is heartbreaking for me. I don’t know how I can mentally continue working 12+ hour days knowing that my dad is somewhere, possibly being treated like a criminal. My dad’s only 'crime' was coming to this country to give my siblings and me a better life.”

Tyson Foods, the largest meatpacking and processing company in the U.S., has shuttered two of its facilities in Illinois and Utah, laying off more than 3,000 workers. The company said in a release earlier this month it’d be closing its Joslin, Illinois, and Eagle Mountain, Utah, facilities, claiming “one of the most historic cattle shortages the country has ever experienced” as the reason for the move. About 2,500 Tyson employees were impacted in Illinois alone due to the sudden closure of the plant. Workers and supporters held a rally in Joslin Friday in protest of the mass layoffs. They’re demanding the facility be reopened, as well as six months of full compensation and benefits for workers who’ve been left jobless. This comes as Tyson Foods CEO and President Donnie King made over $34 million in 2025, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

In northwest Indiana, thousands of homes remain without power nearly two weeks after high winds and torrential rain knocked down trees and power lines, leaving behind flooded basements and roads. More than a third of a million homes and businesses were affected by the storm. This is Demond Pompy, a resident of hard-hit Gary, Indiana, where over one in three residents lived in poverty even before the disaster.

Desmond Pompy: “These are all the things that people take for granted, the basic things, as far as, like, power, taking a shower, flushing your toilet, anything of that nature like that. So, we’re really under siege, and I hope they just take care of the situation.”

A private arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to rehire the opinion columnist Karen Attiah with back pay. Attiah was fired last fall over comments she made about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Her termination came as The Washington Post laid off more than 300 journalists, dismantling its sports, local news and international coverage — all under the ownership of billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. That followed Amazon’s $1 million donation to President Trump’s inaugural fund. Karen Attiah spoke to Democracy Now! in February.

Karen Attiah: “There’s a reason why this is an international news story. I think The Washington Post stands for a lot more than just a media company. It stands for a lot more than even just journalism, I would say. For a lot of people around the world, they’re looking at The Washington Post as a proxy and a bellwether for what’s happening to America and democracy.”