President Trump boarded Air Force One en route to Gastonia, North Carolina, to deliver a midterm campaign speech.

AFP on the 17th, citing sources, reported Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was denied a US entry visa to attend the UN General Assembly. The Times of Israel, citing Palestinian and US officials, said Abbas’s office received the refusal and that dozens of Palestinian officials due to travel with him were also denied visas. This is the second consecutive year the US has refused Abbas a visa.

Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae reshuffled her cabinet on the 17th. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama were retained. Representative Yoshihiro Seki entered the cabinet for the first time as minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology. A former Japan Innovation Party secretary-general was appointed minister for regulatory reform, marking the first time an Ishin member has joined the cabinet.