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Hollywood comes to Kimmel's defense after ABC pulls late-night show

September 18, 2025 1:08 AM EDT Updated 5 hours ago LOS ANGELES, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Hollywood blasted the White House for targeting free speech after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel's talk on Wednesday under regulatory threats from Donald Trump's administration, rallying behind the late-night comic after his comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The Walt Disney (DIS.N)-owned broadcaster said it was yanking "Jimmy Kimmel Live" indefinitely after at least one ...

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'How the hell did that happen?': Bill Barr reveals Trump's reaction to learning about Epstein's death

Wednesday 17 September 2025 16:40 EDT President Donald Trump was baffled when he learned that Jeffrey Epstein died while in federal custody in 2019, former Attorney General Bill Barr recounted in his recent deposition to the House Oversight Committee. Barr, who served as Trump’s attorney general for less than two years during his first administration, said he informed the president that Epstein died by suicide at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York after being arrested on child s ...

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The impending retirement that could rock Capitol Hill

09/17/2025 07:00 PM EDT More than three dozen lawmakers are already planning to leave Congress next year. But there’s another impending legislative branch retirement that could have major implications in Washington. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, who heads the Government Accountability Office, hits the end of his 15-year term Dec. 22 and will be forced to vacate the post that occupies an increasingly crucial — and politically charged — oversight role. The comptroller general is uniquely em ...

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DOJ Deletes Study Alleging Rise In Far-Right Terrorism In US

Published Sep 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM EDT The Department of Justice appears to have deleted a study which documented the frequency of far-right violence in the U.S. from its website. The removal was first reported by 404 Media. There is an archived listing of the study available online, but it no longer appears to be hosted on the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs page, where it was previously. A spokesperson for the Department of Justice declined to comment on this article. Why ...

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GOP shuts down House Democrats' effort to subpoena banks handling Jeffrey Epstein money

Updated Sept. 17, 2025, 5:16 p.m. ET WASHINGTON – House Republicans rejected an effort to subpoena four banks that reportedly flagged about $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions linked to disgraced financier and alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, made a motion during the group's first oversight hearing pressing FBI Director Kash Patel since he took over the bureau in February. “These four bank ...

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ABC Pulls 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Indefinitely After Host's Charlie Kirk Comments

Sep 17, 2025 3:21pm PT Disney's ABC said it would take Jimmy Kimmel's popular late-night show off its schedule "indefinitely" after one of the biggest owners of TV stations in the U.S., Nexstar Media, said it intended to pre-empt airings of the program following remarks the host made about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Nexstar said Wednesday that its "owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network will preempt "Jimmy ...

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Donald and Melania Trump's unusual sleeping arrangement during UK state visit laid bare

Donald and Melania Trump's unusual sleeping arrangement during their stay at Windsor Castle has been revealed by insiders. The US President will reportedly sleep in a separate suite to his wife while in the UK for a state visit, with the couple also sleeping in their own sheets carried over the Atlantic. Members of Donald Trump's team purportedly looked over the room where the leader of the free world would be staying and judged the royal bedding to not be up to it. The President's squad are sai ...

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Kash Patel Melts Down In Congressional Hearing When Asked About Trump's Name Being In the Epstein Files

Sep 17th, 2025, 1:36 pm Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and FBI Director Kash Patel sparred during a heated House hearing exchange on the Jeffrey Epstein files on Wednesday. Swalwell repeatedly pushed Patel about whether or not President Donald Trump was given notice that his name is in the files, as has been reported, resulting in Patel attacking Swalwell’s time in office. Swalwell began by asking, “Director, the first time you saw Donald Trump’s name was in the Epstein files. Did you close the fi ...

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Republicans Go Nuclear Again To Confirm 48 Trump Nominees At Once

Sep 17, 2025, 02:37 PM EDT | Updated 2 hours ago WASHINGTON — Republicans triggered the “nuclear” option for the second time in less than a week on Wednesday, unilaterally changing the Senate’s rules to confirm 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees with a single vote over the objections of Democrats. Bitterly complaining about months of Democratic obstruction, GOP senators last week began the process of establishing a new precedent that now allows them to confirm scores of Trump’s nominees ...

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Treasury to phase out paper checks, citing cost and security

Posted 1:10 PM, Sep 17, 2025 The Treasury Department will stop sending monthly paper checks after Sept. 30. This will impact those receiving Social Security benefits. This also means tax returns will no longer be sent via mail. The Social Security Administration says fewer than 1% of Social Security recipients currently receive paper checks. Those individuals will need to opt in to direct deposit or a prepaid debit card option to continue receiving their benefits. "We’re proactively s ...

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Democrats Urge Trump Administration To Stop ICE Arrests Of Pregnant Women

14 min ago - Sep 18, 2025, 09:09 AM EDT | Updated 34 minutes ago Nearly 30 Senate Democrats sent a letter to the Trump administration urging the Department of Homeland Security to stop detaining pregnant immigrant women in the wake of recent reports that suggest ... (Huff Post)

Democrats unveil funding alternative to counter GOP in shutdown brawl

16 min ago - Congressional Democrats released bill text Wednesday night for their own stopgap spending proposal as they dig in against a House Republican-backed measure that would fund the government until late November. The new Democratic proposal links funding ... (Politico)

NYT chief executive warns Trump is deploying 'anti-press playbook', FT says

54 min ago - September 18, 2025 12:17 AM EDT Updated 9 hours ago Sept 17 (Reuters) - The chief executive officer of the New York Times (NYT.N), Meredith Kopit Levien, said the company would "not be cowed" by U.S. President Donald Trump’s $15-billion lawsuit ... (Reuters)

CEOs of Reddit, Twitch and Discord Called to Testify in Congress After Charlie Kirk Killing

54 min ago - Many Republicans are blaming social media for the murder of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk since it’s been revealed the suspect engraved internet meme messages on the bullets and used Discord to allegedly confess to the killing. And now a high-pro ... (Gizmodo)

National Academies publishes rebuke of EPA attempts to dismiss climate threats

1 hr ago - 12h One of the United States' leading scientific groups published its strongest rebuke of the Trump administration's dismissal of the dangers of climate change, saying the evidence is "beyond scientific dispute." The National Academies of Sciences, ... (msn/CBS News)

John H. Luckadoo, Last Pilot From a Storied Bomber Group, Dies at 103

1 hr ago - As part of a unit known as the Bloody 100th, he flew 25 harrowing missions in his B-17 bomber over German-held territory during World War II. By Clay Risen Published Sept. 17, 2025 Updated Sept. 18, 2025, 6:08 a.m. ET John H. Luckadoo, the last survi ... (NYT)

Liberal nonprofit groups push back against Trump's crackdown after Kirk's killing

1 hr ago - 09/17/25 11:24 PM ET Over 120 liberal nonprofit groups pushed back against the expected crackdown by President Trump’s administration after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, saying that philanthropy “exists to bring people ... (The Hill)

DOJ Deletes Study Alleging Rise In Far-Right Terrorism In US

2 hrs ago - Published Sep 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM EDT The Department of Justice appears to have deleted a study which documented the frequency of far-right violence in the U.S. from its website. The removal was first reported by 404 Media. There is an archived listi ... (Newsweek)

Hollywood comes to Kimmel's defense after ABC pulls late-night show

2 hrs ago - September 18, 2025 1:08 AM EDT Updated 5 hours ago LOS ANGELES, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Hollywood blasted the White House for targeting free speech after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel's talk on Wednesday under regulatory threats from Donald Trump's administrat ... (Reuters)

Immigration judge orders Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to Algeria or Syria

3 hrs ago - "An immigration judge has ordered Mahmoud Khalil be deported to Algeria or Syria, alleging he omitted information from his green card application, according to court documents filed Wednesday." "Immigration Judge Jamee Comans, based out of Jena, Loui ... (NBC News)

Federal probe into Trump foe Letitia James hits a standstill, law enforcement officials say

3 hrs ago - Sept. 17, 2025, 9:31 PM EDT The mortgage fraud investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James is at a standstill because federal agents and prosecutors don’t believe they have enough evidence to get a conviction if the case were to g ... (NBC News)

Starbucks workers sue over company's new dress code

3 hrs ago - By DEE-ANN DURBIN Updated 7:02 PM CDT, September 17, 2025 Starbucks workers in three states took legal action against the coffee giant Wednesday, saying it violated the law when it changed its dress code but refused to reimburse employees who had to ... (AP)

Democrats release counteroffer to avert shutdown while House moves ahead on GOP plan

3 hrs ago - Updated on: September 17, 2025 / 7:40 PM EDT Washington — Democrats released a counteroffer Wednesday night to fund the government and avert a possible shutdown next month. But Republicans are forging ahead with their plan, advancing the legisla ... (CBS News)

The impending retirement that could rock Capitol Hill

4 hrs ago - 09/17/2025 07:00 PM EDT More than three dozen lawmakers are already planning to leave Congress next year. But there’s another impending legislative branch retirement that could have major implications in Washington. Comptroller General Gene Dod ... (Politico)

More immigrants are being locked up alone. And the practice is growing.

4 hrs ago - 12h Immigration detention centers are holding more people in solitary confinement than had been believed, and the practice is growing. New data show thousands more immigrants were held in solitary confinement under the Biden administration than had b ... (USA Today)

Why seniors who want covid shots should consider getting one this week

4 hrs ago - 12h Story by Lena H. Sun, David Ovalle For people 65 or older considering getting a new covid shot, this week might be the best opportunity to get vaccinated without complications before a federal vaccine advisory committee's scheduled Friday vote to ... (Washington Post)

Trump administration cannot proceed with overhaul of US health agencies, court rules

4 hrs ago - 12h (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused for now to allow U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to proceed with a planned overhaul of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which would involve reorganizing several ... (msn/Reuters)

GOP shuts down House Democrats' effort to subpoena banks handling Jeffrey Epstein money

5 hrs ago - Updated Sept. 17, 2025, 5:16 p.m. ET WASHINGTON – House Republicans rejected an effort to subpoena four banks that reportedly flagged about $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions linked to disgraced financier and alleged sex trafficke ... (USA Today)

'How the hell did that happen?': Bill Barr reveals Trump's reaction to learning about Epstein's death

5 hrs ago - Wednesday 17 September 2025 16:40 EDT President Donald Trump was baffled when he learned that Jeffrey Epstein died while in federal custody in 2019, former Attorney General Bill Barr recounted in his recent deposition to the House Oversight Committee ... (The Independent)

Senate Democrats want to revive a NOAA database that tracked billion-dollar natural disasters

6 hrs ago - Sept. 17, 2025, 1:24 PM EDT / Updated Sept. 17, 2025, 4:32 PM EDT Senate Democrats are seeking to revive a database that had tracked billion-dollar climate and weather disasters for decades, until it was retired by the Trump administration this May. ... (NBC News)

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