Month: September 2025

(NEXSTAR) – After years of waiting, millions of Americans are beginning to receive their portion of the massive $725 million Facebook privacy settlement. But was it worth the wait? Some recipients in the first wave of payments are feeling a little underwhelmed and have taken to social media to voice their displeasure. Most of the…
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Trump describes the U.N. as having “great potential” but says it has to get its “act together.”

Tyson Foods said this week it plans to halt the use of high-fructose corn syrup in its products by the end of this year.  The Arkansas-based food producer announced on Monday that, in addition to pausing its use of high-fructose corn syrup, it also plans to halt the use of sucralose, the preservative BHA/BHT and…
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Joy Behar, a co-host on ABC’s “The View,” on Wednesday lauded Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) for standing up to the Trump administration. “He’s the one Republican that you can respect right now,” Behar told viewers.  The hosts were discussing Massie’s support for the release of files tied to the late Jeffrey Epstein, a financier by…
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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Apple CEO Tim Cook are among the business leaders invited to the United Kingdom state dinner for President Trump. The dinner at St. George’s Hall will include 160 guests, and Trump is expected to sit between King Charles III and Kate, Princess of Wales, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio…
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Kate, princess of Wales, toasts with President Donald Trump after his speech at the state banquet in Windsor Castle, England, on day one of U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump’s second state visit to the UK, Wednesday Sept. 17, 2025. (Yui Mok/PA via AP, Pool Photo via AP) President Donald Trump delivers…
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Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) apologized to ousted Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Susan Monarez for questioning her “backbone” during her confirmation hearing in June. “You got over the qualifications bar easily, but my worries about the direction of HHS [Health and Human Services] made me question you very significantly on your backbone,…
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FBI Director Kash Patel said he would launch an investigation into the birthday note President Trump wrote Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th. The White House has claimed the image of the note released by the Epstein estate includes a fake signature by Trump. Under questioning from Rep. Jared Moskowitz (R-Fla.), Patel agreed to an investigation,…
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The FBI director took great pains to avoid answering a direct question about Donald Trump’s connection to the Jeffrey Epstein files on Wednesday.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem shared Wednesday that conservative activist Charlie Kirk had texted her just hours before his assassination last week. “The last message he had texted me was the day before he passed away,” Noem said during an appearance on “Pod Force One” with host Miranda Devine.  “And it said, ‘We…
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The “Tonight Show” host continued to poke fun at the president over the unresolved scandal.

A veteran pleaded not guilty Wednesday after setting fire to an American flag in a federal park outside the White House last month to protest President Trump’s executive order cracking down on flag burning. Jan Carey, 54, was arraigned on two federal misdemeanor charges, at his first court appearance on Wednesday: igniting a fire in…
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Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith said Tuesday he has “no problem” with President Trump sending the National Guard to Chicago. “In the city of Chicago, I don’t give a damn what they say, I have no problem with sending in the National Guard. They were a problem before [former President] Obama got into office, when…
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered remarks Wednesday afternoon after the nation’s central bank cut interest rates for the first time this year, following months of pressure from President Trump. The decision came as the Fed attempts to ease pressure on the weakening U.S. job market. The move, floated by Powell last month, follows two…
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Obama pointed to a “broader problem” with the president’s divisive rhetoric.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Tuesday slammed President Trump for not speaking compassionately about slain state Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) after she and her husband, Mark, were gunned down in their home. “There’s no compassion, there’s no empathy in this man, and there’s no sense of governing for the whole country,” Walz said during…
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The convicted sex trafficker praised Trump during a two-day interview with the Justice Department, according to a transcript.

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The cost of electricity is rising more than twice as fast as overall inflation, turning a basic household necessity into a growing financial burden. In August, electricity prices jumped 6.2 percent from a year earlier and are now up more than 30 percent over the past four years, according to the Consumer Price Index. That…
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The president suddenly ousted her after a bad jobs report.

Donald Trump’s pledge to restore prayer in public schools has thrilled his most loyal supporters. It feels like a return to tradition, a pushback against decades of creeping secularism. But even the most committed MAGA faithful should stop and ask what comes next. Mandates rarely remain confined to one man or one moment. Power shifts…
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Harry Enten said he “wouldn’t be surprised” if the Trump official’s popularity goes even more “underwater.”

Former Attorney General William Barr recalled his conversations with President Trump when convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his jail cell in 2019, details he revealed during his testimony before a House investigative panel last month and which were made public in a transcript released Tuesday. Barr told the House Oversight and…
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The president accused the New York Times of publishing articles and a book “to inflict maximum electoral damage” ahead of the 2024 election.

Related Video: Attorney General Pam Bondi on first amendment, hate speech Students will return to Utah Valley University on Wednesday, one week after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a campus event. All in-person and online classes will resume Wednesday, according to the university. University employees, including student workers, returned to campus Monday.…
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