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6:45 PM ET, September 21, 2025

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Rolling Stone:
Trump Officials Didn't Know If His Order To Prosecute Foes Was Meant To Be Secret  —  The president's social media posts urging Pam Bondi to promptly charge his political foes blindsided top officials in his administration  —  President Donald Trump surprised members of his administration …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Pushes Attorney General Pam Bondi to Prosecute Political Foes
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Republicans walk tight rope in defending Trump, condemning weaponization of DOJ
Discussion: CNN
Peter Baker / New York Times:
In Assault on Free Speech, Trump Targets Speech He Hates  —  The president's complaints about negative coverage undermine the rationales offered by his own officials.  —  As President Trump threatens a wide-ranging crackdown on mainstream media institutions and political opponents …
Discussion: Reason, Mediaite and Election Law Blog
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J Oliver Conroy / The Guardian:
The US right claimed free speech was sacred - until the Charlie Kirk killing
Discussion: Reuters
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 9-21-25: Sen. Chris Murphy, Dr. Richard Besser & Stephen A. Smith
Discussion: The Hill
Gillian Brockell / Rolling Stone:
ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights  —  At least one of the flights dumped people in a prison camp in Ghana, a country where they had no ties  —  Two American military cargo jets deported people to Africa this month on flights that appear …
Washington Post:
Trump administration set to tie Tylenol to autism risk, officials say  —  Officials will also tout the drug leucovorin as a potential autism treatment, in what President Donald Trump has billed as a “very important” announcement.  —  The Trump administration is expected to unveil new efforts …
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Politico:
Trump administration to link Tylenol use to risk of autism … In a statement Sunday, White House spokesperson Kush Desai said the “announcement will make historic progress” in addressing rising autism rates.  —  Finding the condition's cause is a major priority of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Sets Off Scramble Across Corporate America  —  Companies urgently order workers back to the U.S. before Sunday; White House seeks to clarify that the fee doesn't apply to current visa holders  —  The Trump administration's moves to upend the immigration system set off …
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NBC News:
Trump's new $100,000 visa fee sets off panic and confusion  —  The White House clarified its change to H-1B visas after workers, companies and foreign governments scrambled to respond to its latest immigration crackdown.  —  The surprise order from the Trump administration imposing …
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
Trump aide Homan accepted $50,000 in bribery sting operation, sources say  — Justice Department shut down Homan bribery probe  — Acting AG Bove criticized Homan probe as ‘deep state’ operation  — In undercover sting, Homan allegedly promised government contracts for bribe
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The Guardian:
Trump border czar Tom Homan reportedly accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Rupert Murdoch, Michael Dell part of U.S. TikTok buyer group, Trump says  —  Media moguls Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch and tech entrepreneur Michael Dell are among the U.S. investors who will be part of the deal for TikTok, President Trump said on Sunday. … I hate to tell you this, but a man named ‘Lachlan’ is involved.
Discussion: New York Times
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump says Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch are likely part of TikTok buyer group
Washington Post:
Charlie Kirk memorial to be on par with a state funeral in scale, security  —  A combination of memorial service and political rally, the event will involve an extraordinary amount of government resources.  —  just now  —  PHOENIX — With security on the level of a Super Bowl and a speaker lineup …
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Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
ICE Plans To Evacuate Chicago-Area Facility Following Immigration Protests  —  Homeland security communications show officials want to move operations following a protest in which demonstrators said they were hit with teargas.  —  The Trump administration plans to evacuate an Immigration …
Robert Draper / New York Times:
For Erika Kirk, a Husband's Life Cut Short by Violence He Seemed to Foresee  —  In an interview, the wife of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk said she had implored him to wear a bulletproof vest.  But she sees divine work in his death.  —  During the past 11 days of heartache and anger …
Adrienne Matei / The Guardian:
From Nazi Germany to Trump's America: why strongmen rely on women at home  —  Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women's unpaid labor.  In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies  —  In 1980, Gertrud Scholtz-Klink …
Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
Brazilians protest in their thousands against granting Bolsonaro amnesty  —  Huge crowds pack the streets to oppose endeavours to help ex-president escape jail  —  Tens of thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets to demand no amnesty be granted to their country's former president Jair Bolsonaro …
Discussion: Reuters, CBS News and Al Jazeera
Laura Esposito / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Melts Down Over Maher's Shooter Take  —  NEW TARGET UNLOCKED  —  The comedian is coming under fire for his Friday night monologue.  —  MAGA is turning on a new talk show host: Bill Maher.  —  The comedian came under fire from the far-right for criticizing the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! …
Steve Hendrix / Washington Post:
U.K., Canada, Australia recognize Palestine as a state, breaking with U.S.  —  The three major U.S. allies reversed decades of unwillingness to accept Palestinians as a sovereign nation until their conflict with Israel was settled.  —  LONDON — Britain, Canada and Australia formally recognized …
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Sen. Rand Paul says FCC chair's comments threatening ABC over Jimmy Kimmel were ‘absolutely inappropriate’  —  The Kentucky Republican said that FCC chair Brendan Carr had ‘no business weighing in on’ Jimmy Kimmel's comments.  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said that Federal …
Associated Press:
Man is arrested and charged in New Hampshire country club shooting  —  NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A gunman opened fire in a New Hampshire country club on Saturday as a wedding was taking place, killing one person and wounding two others, authorities said.  —  The person who died at the Sky Meadow Country Club …
 
 
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M. Gessen / New York Times:
I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger
Max Rego / The Hill:
Former acting CDC director says he 'can't look to' center for trusted info
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Trump says he will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Ben Carson
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Here's what happens when big-time lobbyists become big-name Trump officials
Washington Post:
A U.S. return to Bagram isn't a bad idea
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Gov. Josh Shapiro says Americans must ‘universally condemn’ political violence
Discussion: The Guardian and Politico
Axios:
Rise of the new radical internet
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Sam Knight / New Yorker:
Britain Is Manifesting Nigel Farage as Its Next Prime Minister
John Ganz / Unpopular Front:
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump is breaking US diplomacy, State Department staffers say
Discussion: Raw Story
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Many Americans can't buy homes, get jobs or move in this stuck economy
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez eyeing Senate or White House bid
Discussion: Daily Mail
Katy Stech Ferek / Wall Street Journal:
The Republicans Who Are Quietly Intervening to Help Immigrants in Custody
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Meta exposé author faces bankruptcy after ban on criticising company
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, set to close after WBD splits into two companies in Q3 2026

Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
The Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity for copyright infringement, alleging Perplexity's platforms lift Tribune content verbatim and divert traffic from the paper

Will Sommer / @willsommer:
The Blaze retracts its article accusing a former Capitol Police officer of being the January 6 pipe bomber after the FBI arrested a different person

 
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