Daily Intelligence Briefing — 2026-09-17 (D109)

D109 Daily Intelligence Briefing covers the US House passing its broadest Russia sanctions bill as Kyiv burns under overnight strikes, the reported secret US–Houthi deal granting American shipping Red Sea access, the Fed's first rate hike since 2023 defying Trump, von der Leyen's EU heatwave plan after 35,000 excess deaths, Nepal's climate-attributed glacier collapse, Circle's Arc stablecoin mainnet going live, Congress advancing Trump's bitcoin reserve bill, and Canada's EU associate-membership courtship drawing Trump's tariff threat. #RussiaSanctionsBill #Houthis #FedRateHike #EuropeanHeatwave #Stablecoins #OpenAI #CanadaEU #BitcoinReserve

