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4:20 PM ET, September 14, 2025

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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
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Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg:
US Official Offers Regrets Over Detention of South Koreans  —  US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau on Sunday expressed regret over the recent detention of hundreds of South Korean workers in Georgia.  —  Landau, in Seoul for a Korea-US vice foreign ministerial meeting …
Discussion: Axios
Ahn Sung-mi / The Korea Herald:
No breakthrough in Korea-US talks on $350b tariff deal  —  Seoul emphasizes national interest amid stalled talks, while Georgia raid adds strain on alliance  —  South Korea's industry minister returned from the US on Sunday with no apparent progress on follow-up negotiations …
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.
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
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Republican Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas will not seek reelection
New York Times:
Kirk Shooting Suspect Held ‘Leftist Ideology,’ Utah Governor Says  —  Gov. Spencer Cox said the suspect had been “radicalized,” and noted he had a romantic partner who is transitioning from male to female who is cooperating fully with investigators.  —  Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah on Sunday provided …
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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 …
Robert Jimison / New York Times:
White House Seeks More Supreme Court Security Funding After Kirk Killing  —  In a notice to Congress, the Trump administration said the additional $58 million would go to the U.S. Marshals Service.  It also said it supported additional security for lawmakers.
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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Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone:
Fox Host Says to 'Just Kill ‘Em’ While Discussing Homeless People Who Decline Help
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 and The Independent
Washington Post:
Boosted by summits in Alaska and China, Putin moves against Europe, Ukraine  —  Russia has been emboldened in its strategy of splitting the U.S. from Europe while pushing ever harder to gain a military victory in Ukraine.  —  Since President Vladimir Putin's invitation to Alaska by President Donald Trump …
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Eva Hartog / Politico:
Why Putin won't end his war against the West
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Daily Mail
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.”
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Molly Parks / Washington Examiner:
Eric Trump says ‘sleeping enemy’ has been awoken after Kirk assassination
Discussion: New York Post and Washington Times
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Americans told to watch what we say about ‘free speech icon’ Charlie Kirk  —  It was oddly fitting last Thursday to see the breaking news about the hunt for the campus assassin of right-wing radical Charlie Kirk merge almost seamlessly into the national commemorations for the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 …
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Associated Press:
After Kirk's killing a growing chorus of conservatives wants his critics ostracized or fired
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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: RedState, Metro.co.uk and CBS News
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
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Stephen Prager / Common Dreams:   New ‘Thought Policing’ Bill May Let Rubio Strip Passports from US Citizens Over Political Speech
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 …
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.
Steve Schmidt / The Warning with Steve Schmidt:
Panic and cowardice at 30 Rock  —  This is the story of a letter written by a peacock, who was once proud.  It is now abused by the owners of a new zoo that have drooped its tail and dulled its plume.  Known once for integrity, the bird is now riddled with a necrotizing cancer …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Gavin Newsom just tried to fix one of his biggest Achilles' heels … The energy package comes at a high point for Newsom: He's taken some early leads in 2028 presidential primary polls and is increasingly viewed as his party's top pugilist against President Donald Trump and his Make America Great Again movement.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
The Real Reason Trump Is a Threat to the Economy  —  WITH HIS BROAD SHOULDERS, thick arms, and even thicker New England accent, ironworker David Langlais is exactly the sort of American who is supposed to love Donald Trump's policies.  But Langlais says he is dumbfounded …
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
Trans ‘partner’ of Charlie Kirk suspect ‘praised Joe Biden’ before conservative activist was shot... as link to bizarre ‘furry’ lifestyle revealed  — The Assassination of Charlie Kirk: Listen to the latest on the Daily Mail podcast  —  The transgender ‘partner’ of Charlie Kirk's alleged shooter shared …
Wall Street Journal:
UnitedHealth Is Spending Big on Trump Allies to Fix Its Washington Problems  —  The largest U.S. health insurer's Medicare business faces investigations and policy threats  —  As UnitedHealth Group faces government investigations and changes in federal payments that have hurt its results …
Alison Main / CNN:
Fetterman says Democrats have ‘forgotten why we lost’ and Trump is ‘not an autocrat’  —  Democratic Sen. John Fetterman has a warning for his party: learn from the politically charged whirlwind that put Donald Trump back in the White House and secured Republicans control of both chambers of Congress or risk staying in the minority.
Discussion: twitchy.com, NewsMax.com and Breitbart
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 …
 
 
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Kirk's death reinvigorates Republicans' redistricting race
Jonathan Limehouse / USA Today:
US Secret Service agent put on leave for ‘karma’ post after Charlie Kirk's murder
Discussion: The Guardian, NewsMax.com and Breitbart
Politico:
Democratic mayors are backing colleges even 'if we're going to get our a—es handed to us'
Long Le / The Hill:
Trump is modeling Chinese state capitalism and there's no going back
HuffPost:
Everyone Is Talking About The Double Standard Between How Trump Responded When Charlie Kirk Was Assassinated Vs. When A Minnesota Lawmaker Was Assassinated
Discussion: Daily Mail
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Lankford: ‘Just believing differently than some other American is not illegal’
Discussion: Breitbart
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House GOP eyes lawmaker security boost in bill to avert shutdown
Discussion: CNBC
 Earlier Items: 
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
September 13, 2025  —  President Donald J. Trump has been trying to remove Federal Reserve …
David Rothkopf / Need to Know:
Everyone Got the Story of the Murder of Charlie Kirk Wrong
Discussion: New York Times
Bjarke Smith-Meyer / Politico:
Musk calls for new UK government at far-right rally in London
Erin Schumaker / Politico:
The ‘deep state’ is proving to Trump it's a worthy foe
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump effort to target television drug ads could have massive implications
New York Times:
Trump's Reversals on Immigration Mount Over Economic Concerns
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Toxic Fumes Are Leaking Into Airplanes, Sickening Crews and Passengers
Discussion: New York Post
 

 
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