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RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine panel realizes it has no idea what it's doing, skips vote (Beth Mole/Ars Technica)

Beth Mole / Ars Technica:
RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine panel realizes it has no idea what it's doing, skips vote … The second day of a two-day meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices—a panel currently made up of federal vaccine advisors hand-selected by anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. …

2025-09-19 17:20:01 UTC

Ars Technica

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Some Republicans turn to social media pressure after Charlie Kirk killing (Michael Macagnone/Roll Call)

Michael Macagnone / Roll Call:
Some Republicans turn to social media pressure after Charlie Kirk killing  —  In the week since the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, some Republican members of Congress have struck a different tone on social media content moderation of political speech.

2025-09-19 17:10:01 UTC

Roll Call

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Draft Bill Would Authorize Trump to Wage Drug Trafficking War (New York Times)

New York Times:
Draft Bill Would Authorize Trump to Wage Drug Trafficking War  —  The potential legislation would grant President Trump sweeping power to use military force if he saw a link to “narco-terrorists.”  —  Draft legislation is circulating at the White House and on Capitol Hill …

2025-09-19 17:10:01 UTC

New York Times

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Nato intercepts Russian warplanes violating Estonian airspace (Jaroslav Lukiv/BBC)

Jaroslav Lukiv / BBC:
Nato intercepts Russian warplanes violating Estonian airspace  —  Three Russian warplanes that violated Estonian airspace have been intercepted by Nato, the military alliance has said.  —  Estonia's foreign ministry in Tallinn condemned the incursion as “brazen”.

2025-09-19 17:05:01 UTC

BBC

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Judge strikes Trump's lawsuit against New York Times over its content (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Judge strikes Trump's lawsuit against New York Times over its content  —  A federal judge on Friday struck Donald Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times (NYT.N) over its content.  —  U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday said Trump violated a federal procedural rule requiring …

2025-09-19 17:00:05 UTC

Reuters

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Judge strikes down Trump's $15bn lawsuit against the New York Times (The Guardian)

The Guardian:
Judge strikes down Trump's $15bn lawsuit against the New York Times  —  Judge says US president's complaint that the newspaper is ‘spreading false content’ about him violates federal rule  —  A US judge on Friday struck down Donald Trump's $15bn lawsuit against the New York Times newspaper and some of its individual journalists.

2025-09-19 16:40:00 UTC

The Guardian

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Pessimism about the direction of the country is growing among Republicans (AP-NORC)

AP-NORC:
Pessimism about the direction of the country is growing among Republicans  —  Forty-nine percent of Republicans say things in the United States are heading the right direction down from 75% in June. … Since June, the share of adults who say the country is on the wrong track increased 13 percentage points from 62% to 75%.

2025-09-19 16:30:01 UTC

AP-NORC

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Bill Would Give The State Dept. The Ability To Deny Passports To Citizens Who Criticize Israel

This isn’t anything that actually needed to be done. The federal government has plenty of options at its disposal if it thinks someone is providing material support for terrorism. It’s one of things that keeps the FBI loaded up with anti-terrorism dollars, thanks to its ability to radicalize people just so it can arrest them. […]

2025-09-19 16:29:44 UTC

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Trump asks Supreme Court to halt order letting transgender people choose passport sex markers (Lindsay Whitehurst/Associated Press)

Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Trump asks Supreme Court to halt order letting transgender people choose passport sex markers  —  The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to halt a judge's order allowing transgender and nonbinary people to choose the sex marker on their passports.

2025-09-19 16:25:00 UTC

Associated Press

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EXCLUSIVE: Families of Americans Killed by Israeli Violence Join Zeteo in Heart-Wrenching Interview

The father of Sayfollah Musallet and the mother of Rachel Corrie tell Prem there’s been no justice for their children who were killed more than two decades apart.

2025-09-19 16:16:42 UTC

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House passes GOP bill to avert a shutdown, but Senate looks likely to reject it (NBC News)

NBC News:
House passes GOP bill to avert a shutdown, but Senate looks likely to reject it  —  The Republican bill would keep the government from shutting down at the end of this month, buying another seven weeks for the parties to negotiate.  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House …

2025-09-19 16:15:00 UTC

NBC News

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House Oversight chair says committee has Epstein files from Treasury (Politico)

Politico:
House Oversight chair says committee has Epstein files from Treasury  —  Rep. James Comer, chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Friday his panel had begun receiving materials from the Treasury Department as part of its investigation into the agency's handling of the case against Jeffrey Epstein.

2025-09-19 16:15:00 UTC

Politico

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Russian fighter jets breach Estonian airspace near Tallinn (Politico)

Politico:
Russian fighter jets breach Estonian airspace near Tallinn  —  Russian MiG-31s flew into Estonian airspace before Italian jets were scrambled to intercept them.  —  Three Russian fighter jets flew into Estonian airspace on Friday in what would appear to be the third attempt by the Kremlin this month to test NATO's eastern border.

2025-09-19 16:10:01 UTC

Politico

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The political mood feels like 9/11 again (Nate Silver/Silver Bulletin)

Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
The political mood feels like 9/11 again  —  Cancel culture comes around.  And everybody is on their worst behavior. … In 2002, ABC canceled Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect amid pressure from advertisers and the Bush White House.  The show had been embroiled in months of controversy …

2025-09-19 16:05:00 UTC

Silver Bulletin

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The S.E.C. Drops Efforts to Recoup Funds From Trump Clemency Recipients (Kenneth P. Vogel/New York Times)

Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
The S.E.C. Drops Efforts to Recoup Funds From Trump Clemency Recipients  —  Devon Archer, Trevor Milton and Carlos Watson were convicted in fraud schemes totaling hundreds of millions of dollars.  Now, they will not be required to pay back victims.  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission …

2025-09-19 15:40:00 UTC

New York Times

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House approves stopgap funding bill, putting shutdown ball in the Senate's court (Katherine Tully-McManus/Politico)

Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
House approves stopgap funding bill, putting shutdown ball in the Senate's court … As such, the measure is expected to fail in the Senate later Friday, prolonging the brinksmanship as lawmakers prepare to leave town for a weeklong break ahead of the midnight deadline at month's end.

2025-09-19 15:30:00 UTC

Politico

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A Rogue Nation on the High Seas (Tom Nichols/The Atlantic)

Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
A Rogue Nation on the High Seas  —  Trump is treating the military like his personal mercenaries.  —  Donald Trump is being cagey about how many people he's ordered the U.S. Navy to kill on the high seas.  The official toll from American military strikes on two boats suspected of running drugs …

2025-09-19 15:20:00 UTC

The Atlantic

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Capitol agenda: CRs hit the floor (Mia McCarthy/Politico)

Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Capitol agenda: CRs hit the floor  —  Congress is barreling toward votes on stopgap funding bills Friday before lawmakers leave for recess.  Here's what to watch: IN THE HOUSE — The House will vote this morning on the GOP-led continuing resolution funding the government through Nov. 21.

2025-09-19 14:20:00 UTC

Politico

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Buttigieg responds to Harris' VP snub: You earn voters' trust on 'what they think you're going to do,' not 'on categories' (Politico)

Politico:
Buttigieg responds to Harris' VP snub: You earn voters' trust on 'what they think you're going to do,' not ‘on categories’ … The divergence comes as their party is grappling with its approach to diversity, as the Trump administration slashes through diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

2025-09-19 14:15:00 UTC

Politico

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Trump suggests FCC could revoke licenses of TV broadcasters that give him too much 'bad publicity' (Zoë Richards/NBC News)

Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Trump suggests FCC could revoke licenses of TV broadcasters that give him too much ‘bad publicity’  —  Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr told Fox News Thursday afternoon that ABC's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's show indefinitely may not be “the last shoe to drop.”

2025-09-19 14:10:02 UTC

NBC News

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Most Americans critical of Trump on crime, economy and other issues, poll finds (Washington Post)

Washington Post:
Most Americans critical of Trump on crime, economy and other issues, poll finds  —  The Post-Ipsos survey paints a downbeat picture of Trump's presidency, as Americans disapprove of his performance by double-digit margins on a broad range of issues.  —  Just now

2025-09-19 13:40:01 UTC

Washington Post

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AOC builds toward a big choice for 2028 (Alex Thompson/Axios)

Alex Thompson / Axios:
AOC builds toward a big choice for 2028  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and her team are positioning her to run for president or the U.S. Senate in 2028, according to people familiar with her operation. … A fellow New Yorker, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, 74, is up for re-election in 2028.

2025-09-19 13:40:01 UTC

Axios

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Trump's moves against media outlets mirror authoritarian approaches to silencing dissent (Associated Press)

Associated Press:
Trump's moves against media outlets mirror authoritarian approaches to silencing dissent  —  Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has waged an aggressive campaign against the media unlike any in modern U.S. history, making moves similar to those of authoritarian leaders that he has often praised.

2025-09-19 13:15:05 UTC

Associated Press

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Xi, Trump hold phone talks (CGTN)

CGTN:
Xi, Trump hold phone talks  —  Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday held phone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.

2025-09-19 13:15:05 UTC

CGTN

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Disney Pulled Jimmy Kimmel as Pressure Built on Multiple Fronts (New York Times)

New York Times:
Disney Pulled Jimmy Kimmel as Pressure Built on Multiple Fronts  —  The abrupt programming decision quickly morphed into a flashpoint for free speech in America under the Trump administration.  —  For Robert A. Iger and his leadership team at Disney and ABC, time was running out.

2025-09-19 13:10:00 UTC

New York Times