frozen snapshot — 2026-09-11 · see today →

What's on Howard Lutnick's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6

44%13%11%9%23%

the 9/11 losses at his old firm 44% the senators’ India cyber-firm ask 13% · newelection rules run through Commerce 11% · newthe Mexico trip 9% everything else 23%

25 years on, he still counts all 658

25 years on, he paid respects on the eve, and the coverage retold the 658 Cantor lost, the kindergarten drop-off and the jobs-for-families promise.

The kindergarten drop-off that saved Howard Lutnick and the 658 who never made it home

Washington Examiner · 2026-09-09

our translation

the one day a year nobody asks him about tariffs. he’s carried the 658 for 25 years, and today the job title comes off and the survivor shows up.

25th anniversary is todayvery sure · 4 sources

Senators want three Indian firms on his blacklist

new — Senate letter lands in two outletspretty sure · 2 sources

Election deniers found a side door: Commerce

new — new records published Sept 10honestly, a hunch · 2 sources

Handshakes for Mexico, haymakers for Canada

no new trip coverage since Sept 9pretty sure · 1 source

friday, september 11

Honor the 658 Cantor colleagues at 25th-anniversary remembrances(safe bet)

Clear time for Seoul’s industry minister, en route for investment talks(reported)

Decide what to do with the senators’ three-firm India sanctions ask(reported)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Honor the 658 Cantor colleagues at 25th-anniversary remembrances

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