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8:30 PM ET, September 16, 2025

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Erica Orden / Politico:
Sotomayor rebukes calls to ‘criminalize free speech’ in apparent swipe at Pam Bondi … “There's free speech and then there's hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society,” Bondi said.  She added that “we will absolutely target you …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Justice Sotomayor questions if Americans know the difference between presidents and kings
Discussion: Associated Press and CNN
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Pam Bondi's Ridiculous 24 Hours
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing  —  The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
Politico:
House Republicans roll out 7-week funding patch as shutdown looms … “They have chosen not to engage Democrats,” California Rep. Pete Aguilar, the House Democratic Caucus chair, said Tuesday.  “So my assumption is that they have the plan, and they have something that has the votes.”
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Politico:
House again votes to surrender tariff powers to Trump  —  House Republicans voted in near lockstep Tuesday to again cede congressional power over tariffs to President Donald Trump.  A measure that effectively blocks challenges to Trump's sweeping global tariff declarations through March 2026 was adopted on a 213-211 vote.
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Top Democrats blast House stopgap proposal
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Trump's new civil suit against The New York Times is so bizarre  —  Americans have never had a president who, while in office, sued independent news organizations for publishing reports the White House disapproved of.  —  About a week ago, for reasons that were not altogether clear …
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Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
Trump Sues The New York Times for Articles Questioning His Success
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Investors, Trump Close In on TikTok Deal With China  —  Oracle, Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz are part of consortium that would control 80% stake  —  TikTok's U.S. business would be controlled by an investor consortium including Oracle , Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz under …
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Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
Trump Delays TikTok Ban Again … The latest extension gives negotiators until Dec. 16 to find a new owner for TikTok.Andres Kudacki for The New York Times  —  President Trump on Tuesday extended for the fourth time the deadline for when TikTok had to be separated from its Chinese owner, ByteDance, or face a ban in the United States.
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Further Extending the TikTok Enforcement Delay  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Extension.  (a) The enforcement delay specified in section 2(a) of Executive Order 14166 of January 20 …
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Politico:
Adam Schiff and Kash Patel get into a shouting match
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Patel lashes out at Schiff, calling him ‘political buffoon at best’
Politico:
Carr splits from the GOP's social media crackdown after Kirk killing … The FCC chair's restraint is notable amid widespread anger surging among Republicans about the state of online discourse.  Social media platforms have come under tremendous pressure from Republicans to crack …
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Myah Ward / Politico:
MAGA debates how to respond to Kirk's killing
Discussion: Techdirt
TMZ.com:
Fake Charlie Kirk Shooter Hit With Child Porn Charges  —  FAKE CHARLIE KIRK SHOOTER SLAPPED WITH KIDDIE PORN CHARGES ... After Confessing to FBI  —  The man accused of obstructing the Charlie Kirk murder probe is in even more hot water ... he's now been charged with possessing child porn.
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New York Times:
Here's what to expect from the charges and first hearing.
Andrew Jeong / Washington Post:
South Korea to examine Georgia ICE raid for possible human rights abuses  —  South Korea vowed to investigate whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement violated human rights after it detained hundreds at a Hyundai-LG plant.  —  SEOUL — The South Korean government said it will look …
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Politico:
Georgia Supreme Court declines to hear Fani Willis' appeal of her removal from Trump election case … Willis said she disagreed with the court's decision, but would direct her office to make the case file and evidence available to the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia so it can appoint a new prosecutor to replace her.
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89  —  He made serious topics like grief and political corruption resonate with the masses, in no small part because of his own star power.  —  Robert Redford in 2013.  With a distaste for Hollywood's dumb-it-down approach to moviemaking …
Zachary Pleat / Media Matters for America:
Fox continued Trump's campaign to fire Fed board member Lisa Cook just before reports seemed to exonerate her  —  The Trump administration and Fox have accused Cook of mortgage fraud as part of a long-running effort to influence or seize control of the Fed
Discussion: Reuters and Deseret News
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
Oklahoma Schools Were Instructed to Hold a Moment of Silence for Charlie Kirk  —  Public and private entities have been criticized over decisions to honor the right-wing activist, or their choice not to.  —  Ryan Walters, the Republican superintendent of schools in Oklahoma …
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Sean Murphy / Associated Press:
Oklahoma court stops social studies standards with 2020 election misinformation from taking effect
Discussion: Associated Press
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House passes 2 bills overhauling DC sentencing policies  —  The House passed two bills on Tuesday to assert congressional control over the District of Columbia's sentencing policies, the first portion of a slate of legislation coming to a vote this week aimed at overhauling the criminal justice system of Washington, D.C.
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Ken Dilanian / MSNBC:
Trump's deportations divert FBI agents off child predator cases  —  Officials warn that President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is leaving domestic terrorists, including online extremists who prey on children, unpoliced.  —  President Donald Trump's promise to carry out the …
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Homeless Man Found Hanging From Tree in Vicksburg, Raising Fears After Earlier DSU Hanging  — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  The body of 35-year-old Cory Zukatis was found hanging from a tree in a wooded area off of Washington Street in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on Monday afternoon.
Alan Sepinwall / What's Alan Watching?:
Don't stop believing  —  Hi, everybody.  Today was going to be the second installment of the What Else Is Alan Watching? bonus tier.  I had everything set up: a video Q&A, some quick discussion of the Emmys (Yay, Pitt!  Boo, Nate Bargatze!), a link to The Sopranos trivia quiz I wrote …
more at Mediagazer »
Ta-Nehisi Coates / Vanity Fair:
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause  —  By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.  —  Before he was killed last week, Charlie Kirk left a helpful compendium of words …
Maxine Joselow / New York Times:
Park Service Is Ordered to Take Down Some Materials on Slavery and Tribes  —  The Trump administration ordered a famous Civil War-era war image removed from a National Park Service site in Georgia as it moves to promote what it considers a more positive view of American history.
Jamey Keaten / Associated Press:
UN commission of inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza and urges global action  —  A team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, issuing a report Tuesday that calls on the international community …
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will run for a third term in 2026  —  The Democrat, who was his party's vice presidential nominee in 2024, made the announcement Tuesday morning.  —  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday announced that he would seek re-election to a third term in 2026.
Washington Post:
More Epstein documents come from the Hill  —  The House Oversight Committee released a list of contacts, a deposition with former Attorney General Bill Barr and other documents.  —  just now  —  The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released documents from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's estate …
Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
New York judge tosses terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione, lets murder count stand  —  A judge on Tuesday dismissed terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione in New York state's case over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but he kept the state's second-degree murder charges against him.
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
A DHS Data Hub Exposed Sensitive Intel to Thousands of Unauthorized Users  —  A misconfigured platform used by the Department of Homeland Security left national security information—including some related to the surveillance of Americans—accessible to thousands of people.
Washington Post:
60 violations in 50 days: Inside ICE's giant tent facility at Ft. Bliss … When the first immigrants arrived at their new detention quarters at a Texas military base this summer, they were marched onto an active construction site.  Dust swirled and excavators hummed as contractors raced …
 
 
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New York Times:
Social Platforms Duck Blame for Inflaming Divisions Before Charlie Kirk's Death
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Bessent sees trade deal likely with China before November deadline on reciprocal tariffs
Discussion: Bloomberg
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
JD Vance's ‘statistical fact’ on political violence is neither statistical nor a fact
Discussion: New York Times
Gil Duran / New Republic:
What's Up With Peter Thiel's Obsession With the Antichrist?
Discussion: Gizmodo
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The Washington Post has broken my heart
Discussion: IJR and HotAir, more at Mediagazer »
Maydeen Merino / Washington Examiner:
Democrats call Marjorie Taylor Greene out for DOGE hearing on weather modification
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Times
 Earlier Items: 
Jaweed Kaleem / Los Angeles Times:
UC employees, not waiting on leaders, sue Trump for ‘financial coercion’ over UCLA cuts
Robert Draper / New York Times:
Joe Manchin Would Like a Word. (OK, Maybe Several Words.)
David Ingram / NBC News:
Musk's posts take a dark, inflammatory turn after Charlie Kirk killing
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Another massive Trump corruption scandal for right-wing media to bury
Discussion: MSNBC and Lawyers, Guns & Money
New York Times:
A ‘Broken’ Trust: F.B.I. Agents Fired by Patel Speak Out
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to buy WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash and stock deal; the transaction is expected to close after Q3 2026

The Guardian:
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
The EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules, the first fine under the DSA, citing issues including the deceptive design of its blue checkmarks
 
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