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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Utah governor shares details on Charlie Kirk assassination investigation  —  Republican Gov. Spencer Cox also railed against social media, saying on NBC News' “Meet the Press” that “cancer probably isn't a strong enough word.”  —  Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on Sunday provided updates …
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Kirk suspect's transgender roommate “aghast,” may be key to motive
Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer … Rachael Sirianni first learned her lab might be in trouble just a few weeks into the new year.  A professor at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, in Worcester, Sirianni focuses primarily on an aggressive form of pediatric brain cancer known as medulloblastoma.
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Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
How the Trump Administration Is Dismantling America's Cancer-Research System  —  Here are the takeaways from The New York Times Times Magazine article on how the cancer-research system, which has helped save millions of lives, is under threat in one of its most productive moments.
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Lankford: ‘Just believing differently than some other American is not illegal’  —  Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said Sunday that “just believing differently than some other American is not illegal” in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's death.  —  “I'm a conservative Republican.
Discussion: Breitbart
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Strength In Numbers:
People are more likely to support partisan violence when they think the other party does too |  Weekly roundup for September 14, 2025  —  I'm going to do something a bit different this week and lead off by highlighting a point from my long Friday column that I think is worth repeating.
Sophia Tesfaye / Salon:   “They” killed Charlie: The right's rush to assign blame for Kirk's killing
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Charlie Kirk's murder and its aftermath are symptoms of a fragile democracy
Discussion: CBS News
Fox News:
Kilmeade apologizes for remarks on homelessness, mental illness  —  ‘Fox & Friends’ co-host Brian Kilmeade admits fault over previous comments after the murder of Iryna Zarutska.
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Rolling Stone:
Inside Stephen Miller's Reign of Terror  —  Everything you loathe or love about Donald Trump's America, you hate or cherish about Miller's republic of fear  —  t was after 3 a.m. on Nov. 6 last year, and nobody on the planet was happier than a balding, slender man standing near the reception desk of the Hilton West Palm Beach.
Discussion: Raw Story
Nicholas Kerr / ABC News:
Republican Rep. Michael McCaul won't seek reelection after 11 terms  —  The 11-term Congressman joins two other House Republicans retiring.  —  In this Sept. 24, 2024, file photo, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul presides over a hearing scheduled with Secretary …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:   Rep. Michael McCaul won't seek reelection in 2026
Peter Baker / New York Times:
In an Era of Deep Polarization, Unity Is Not Trump's Mission  —  President Trump does not subscribe to the traditional notion of being president for all Americans.  —  The first few minutes of President Trump's Oval Office address after the assassination of Charlie Kirk last week followed the conventional presidential playbook.
Yoo Jee-ho / Yonhap News Agency:
U.S. Deputy State Secretary Landau expresses regrets over detention of S. Koreans  —  A senior U.S. state department official on Sunday expressed regrets over the recent mass detention of South Korean workers in America and vowed to prevent similar occurrences.
Discussion: The Korea Herald and Fortune
Stephen Prager / Truthout:
New Bill Would Allow Rubio to Strip US Citizens' Passports Over Political Speech  —  The legislation would allow the Secretary of State to strip anyone's US passport with no legal due process. … Free speech advocates are sounding the alarm about a bill in the US House of Representatives …
Discussion: The Intercept
NBC News:
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox shares new details about Charlie Kirk shooting suspect: Full interview  —  Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) joins Meet the Press after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, saying the suspect came from a conservative family “but his ideology was very different than his family.”
Discussion: CNN, CBS News, CNBC and The Guardian
Washington Post:
Who was arrested in Trump's D.C. crime emergency?  We analyzed 1,273 records.  —  Arrests involving federal officers occurred in all eight city wards, but have been concentrated in the city's poorest, least White and most crime-riddled neighborhoods.  —  On President Donald Trump's orders …
Sakshi Venkatraman / BBC:
Workers taken to hospital after FBI uses furnace to burn seized meth  —  Fourteen staff members at a US animal shelter have been taken to hospital after the FBI used an incinerator at the facility to burn two pounds of seized methamphetamine.  —  Staff and some 75 cats and dogs were evacuated …
Discussion: Metro.co.uk and CBS News
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
The Real Reason Trump Is a Threat to the Economy  —  It's not just the agenda.  It's also the shambolic, vibes-based way he's pursuing it.  —  WITH HIS BROAD SHOULDERS, thick arms, and even thicker New England accent, ironworker Daniel Langlais is exactly the sort of American who is supposed to love Donald Trump's policies.
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
After Kirk's Killing, Suspect Joked That His ‘Doppelganger’ Did It  —  Before he was arrested on suspicion of carrying out the assassination, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson sent friends messages showing that he was closely following news about the killing.  —  The day after Charlie Kirk was killed …
New York Times:
Trump's Reversals on Immigration Mount Over Economic Concerns  —  President Trump has walked back some significant immigration policies that collide with his economic agenda, angering his far-right allies.  —  President Trump entered the White House in January promising both the …
Discussion: Raw Story
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
How the US rightwing is taking over news media and choking press freedom  —  Takeover of broadcast companies by Donald Trump's allies is harbinger of media capitulation to authoritarian leanings  —  The US right has appeared to increase its influence on mainstream media in America in recent weeks …
Bjarke Smith-Meyer / Politico:
Musk calls for new UK government at far-right rally in London  —  “You either fight back or you die,” Musk says via video link to demonstration organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson.  —  Elon Musk called for the “dissolution of parliament” and change of government in the U.K. during a far-right rally in London on Saturday.
Erin Schumaker / Politico:
The ‘deep state’ is proving to Trump it's a worthy foe … President Donald Trump and his team are crowing about the downsizing of the federal bureaucracy, which is set to shrink by tens of thousands more on Sept. 30 when workers who took a DOGE buyout hang it up.
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
September 13, 2025  —  President Donald J. Trump has been trying to remove Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook from the board of governors, alleging she lied on a mortgage application by claiming two homes as primary residences, which could garner a lower interest rate.
Eva Hartog / Politico:
Why Putin won't end his war against the West  —  The Russian president has pegged his political survival to a continuous confrontation with America and its allies.  —  When Vladimir Putin sent at least 19 drones into Poland last week, the Russian president was delivering a message …
Discussion: Daily Mail
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump effort to target television drug ads could have massive implications  —  An effort by President Trump's administration to curb advertising for pharmaceutical drugs on television is posing creating a potential marketing hurdle for some of the country's largest drugmakers while threatening a key revenue stream for media companies.
Arek Sarkissian / Politico:
Amid Florida's push against vaccine mandates, fears grow of increased risks … The Florida Department of Health, which Ladapo oversees, began revising immunization guidelines Wednesday for schools, day care facilities and home day cares, a process which usually takes about 90 days to complete.
 
 
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