Month: September 2025

Fewer Republican voters said the U.S. is headed in the right direction following the recent killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah, according to a survey released Friday.  The new Associated Press (AP)-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found that now over half of GOP voters, 51 percent, think the country is heading…
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Federal authorities are tracking “several threats of unknown credibility” against people planning to attend a Sunday memorial service in Arizona for Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who was fatally shot last week in Utah. Threats to President Trump, Vice President Vance and members of Kirk’s family were among those being investigated, two law enforcement sources confirmed…
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) argued on Friday the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last week is “not a license for the abuse of power” and that Congress instead should be working to unite the country. Ocasio-Cortez said on the House floor that Kirk’s assassination was a “horrific and vile attack” and said condemning…
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Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) cautioned that political rhetoric “needs to come down across the board” in an appearance on CNN’s “The Lead With Jake Tapper” this week. Host Jake Tapper showed Fitzpatrick a clip of Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) criticizing the left for calling people on the right “extremists,” “fascists” and “Nazis” during FBI Director…
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Longtime late night host Conan O’Brien weighed in Friday on his colleague Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension at ABC, warning of a broader threat to free speech.  “The suspension of @jimmykimmel and the promise to silence other Late Night hosts for criticizing the administration should disturb everyone on the Right, Left, and Center,” O’Brien, who hosted late…
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Some new iPhone models are debuting at higher prices, but that doesn’t mean President Trump’s tariffs are to blame. “There’s no increase for tariffs in the prices to be totally clear,” Apple CEO Tim Cook told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday. The remark was a rare instance of Cook definitively addressing the link between tariffs…
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“When you go back and take a look, all they do is hit Trump. They’re licensed. They are not allowed to do that!” the president falsely claimed.

Related Video: Trump THREATENS More Broadcast Networks: ‘Licenses Should Be Taken Away’ Mike Eisner, the former longtime CEO of Disney, criticized the company’s current leadership for suspending Jimmy Kimmel following pressure from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over comments the comedian made about the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk. “Where has all the leadership gone,”…
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The Senate on Friday confirmed Mike Waltz as President Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, filling a key post days before the United Nations General Assembly kicks off in New York next week.  Waltz’s nomination was delayed for months amid pushback from some Senate Democrats, although Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) had expressed support for his…
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Related Video: Jimmy Kimmel Suspension Ignites Free Speech FIRESTORM (Posted Sept. 18, 2025) CBS’s Stephen Colbert mocked the suspension of comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s show with a parody video of Disney character Lumière wearing a MAGA hat and commanding employees to keep quiet — or get their shows pulled. “Listen up,” Lumière says in the video,…
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Trump took issue with reporting about Mark Burnett turning him into a celebrity, arguing he “was already a mega-celebrity” before “The Apprentice.”

Related Video: Trump On TV Network Criticism: ‘Maybe Their License Should Be Taken Away’ The hysteria merchants are in high gear again as they respond to the news that Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC talk show has been “preempted indefinitely.”   Kimmel got the gate from ABC because of his reckless remarks about the death of Charlie…
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Close Thank you for signing up! Subscribe to more newsletters here The latest in politics and policy. Direct to your inbox. Sign up for the 12:30 Report newsletter Subscribe It’s Friday. Monday is the first official day of fall. That’s when I finally deem it appropriate to start consuming anything pumpkin spice. 🍂 In today’s…
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Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) says the repeated Democratic warnings that President Trump is trying to turn the United States into an “autocracy” are at odds with the hardline stance Democratic leaders have taken on a government funding bill, which is likely to result in a shutdown that would only empower Trump. Fetterman has made…
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Robert White, a member of the Washington, D.C. Council is launching a bid to challenge Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, 88, for her seat amid calls for her to retire.  “The people in the district right now are scared. We have been attacked relentlessly. Congress has stolen our money,” White said Friday during an appearance on…
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On Air Force One, Donald Trump once again commented on the indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s show.

Taliban officials rejected President Trump’s suggestion that Bagram Airfield near Kabul could return to U.S. control after it was abandoned during the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan under the Biden administration. The Taliban indicated it is willing to talk with the Trump administration about the air base — which was built by the Soviet Union…
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House Republicans on Friday approved a short-term government spending package to avert a shutdown at month’s end, sending the bill to the Senate and setting up a clash with upper chamber Democrats vowing to sink the measure.  The legislation was crafted by Republicans, without Democratic input, and that dynamic was reflected in the lopsided 217-212…
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris recounted a conversation with President Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign where he promised to tone down his rhetoric. “I’m going to tone it down,” Trump said, per the Harris book. “I will. You’re going to see.” Harris offered the story as part of her upcoming memoir “107 Days, writing…
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Jimmy Kimmel’s colleagues on the late-night circuit banded together this week to defend the comedian, who sparked a firestorm with comments about the assassination of conservative Charlie Kirk that earned him a rebuke from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and eventually a suspension by ABC. “We have another fun, hilarious administration-compliant show,” comedian Jon Stewart…
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Related Video: Trump Team DENIES Epstein Birthday Letter, Trump Calls It A ‘DEAD ISSUE’ (Originally posted Sept. 9, 2025) If you have ever spent any time on a discussion board, you know that trolls are the bane of the online world. These are the people who continually interrupt your attempts to have a serious discussion…
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Related video: New Harris book criticizes Biden Former Vice President Kamala Harris revealed in her upcoming memoir “107 days” that former President Biden had gotten “tired” over the course of his reelection campaign, attributing his exhaustion in part to his age. “On his worst day, he was more deeply knowledgeable, more capable of exercising judgment,…
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House Democrats gave remarks on Friday morning as the lower chamber prepares to vote on a stopgap funding bill to avert a shutdown at the end of the month. The continuing resolution (CR) bill, unveiled by Republicans on Tuesday, would keep the government funded until Nov. 21. GOP leaders who crafted the legislation aim to…
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) hammered ABC’s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel off air this week, arguing it is “North Korea-style stuff” that is being done because of President Trump.  “It’s one of the most outrageous affronts on this. This is North Korea-style stuff. And it’s being done because this is a weak, thin-skinned man…
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Speaker Mike Johnson is ready to bring a continuing resolution (CR) to avert a shutdown to the House floor on Friday, before the chamber leaves for a recess that stretches beyond the Oct. 1 government funding deadline. Democrats have vowed to vote against the funding bill, demanding restoration of Medicaid support and action to extend…
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