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6:35 PM ET, September 22, 2025

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John Koblin / New York Times:
Jimmy Kimmel's Show to Return to ABC on Tuesday Night  —  The network removal of Mr. Kimmel's show last week almost immediately morphed into a flashpoint for free speech in America.  —  Jimmy Kimmel is coming back.  —  ABC said on Monday that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” would return to its airwaves on Tuesday …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tuesday  —  Jimmy Kimmel will have more to say on late-night TV.  —  Disney and ABC will bring the comedian back to its schedule starting Tuesday night, after a decision to take his show, “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” off the air for an indefinite period of time.
Ethan Stark-Miller / AM New York:
EXCLUSIVE |  Mamdani pulls planned ABC town hall event after network suspended Jimmy Kimmel's show  —  Democratic mayoral nominee and Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani.  —  Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani announced Monday that he is canceling a televised town hall with WABC News planned …
CNBC:
Disney says ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ will return to ABC on Tuesday … Disney plans to bring “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” back to air on ABC's broadcast network beginning on Tuesday, the company said in a statement.  —  The decision was announced nearly a week after ABC said it was suspending the late night show indefinitely.
Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Disney Says ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ to Return After Backlash  —  Walt Disney Co. said Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return to the air on Tuesday, ending a suspension imposed following controversial remarks its ABC late-night host made about the assassination of Republican activist Charlie Kirk.
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Kimmel's Late-Night Show Will Return to Air Tuesday
Discussion: CNN
Associated Press:
Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence  —  President Donald Trump on Monday used the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving new evidence.  Speaking from the White House …
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NBC News:
Trump claims acetaminophen use during pregnancy may cause autism, without clear proof  —  The over-the-counter drug has been used in Tylenol and many other other widely used medications for decades as a pain and fever reliever during pregnancy.  —  President Donald Trump said Monday the Food …
New York Post:
Trump admin set to announce using Tylenol while pregnant could raise autism risk
The Hill:
Watch live: Trump autism announcement
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
It's Happened: The United States of America Is No Longer a Democracy  —  If you haven't had time yet to soak in the details of the stunning Tom Homan story that Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian of MSNBC broke over the weekend, hold on to your hats.  I'd say you won't believe what you're about to read, but of course, you will.
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Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
The Justice Department Had 36 Lawyers Fighting Corruption Full-Time.  Under Trump, It's Down to Two.  —  The Public Integrity Section is the latest casualty in the administration's attacks on Nixon-era good-government reforms.  — Copy  —  When Donald Trump took office eight months ago …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
A Scandal Covered in Tahini
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
A lot of powerful people just don't realize how unpopular Trump is  —  Last week, ABC/Disney canceled Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show after the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, threatened to revoke the broadcast licenses of television stations that carry the program.
Discussion: Raw Story and Semafor
New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire F.T.C. Commissioner  —  The justices said they will consider overruling a landmark Supreme Court precedent that has limited the president's ability to fire top officials at the agency.  —  A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Trump to fire …
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Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Supreme Court allows Trump to fire Democratic member of trade commission
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court will weigh expanding Trump's power to shape agencies by overturning 90-year-old ruling
Ben Terris / New York Magazine:
Top Goon  —  Kristi Noem is the face of Trump's police state.  Corey Lewandowski is the muscle.  Who really runs DHS?  —  On the morning of May 7, before making his way to Capitol Hill to testify in front of Congress, Cameron Hamilton, then the acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, packed up his office.
Discussion: New Republic
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Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
ICE Barbie Dropped F-Bombs on ‘Screaming’ Call With DHS Officials After Embarrassing Stories  —  ATTACK DOG  —  Sources say Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her de facto chief of staff seemed to feed off each other's negative energy during a furious call.
Discussion: Raw Story
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Tables turn for Democrats as they use shutdown for leverage … It's Republicans who are pushing a “clean” seven-week continuing resolution, which they say will buy time for more negotiations on full-year spending bills and possibly an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies.
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
What is Schumer's shutdown endgame?
Farrah Tomazin / The Daily Beast:
Tulsi Gabbard Breaks With Trump in MAGA Free Speech Rebellion  —  CARR SMASHED  —  Political observers viewed the comments as an implicit rebuke to the administration's punitive steps attacking dissent  —  Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has broken ranks with the Trump administration …
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Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Turns out Republicans don't care about free speech after all
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump will never change, but Kirk's death shines a path to MAGA's future
Financial Times:
US offers financial lifeline to Argentina's Javier Milei  —  Scott Bessent proposes support package during market volatility  —  US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said “all options” are on the table for the Trump administration to support Argentina through a bout of severe market volatility …
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American Civil Liberties Union:
Join the ACLU and Over 400 Artists to Defend Free Speech  —  Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air after our government threatened a private company with retaliation for Kimmel's remarks.  This is a dark moment for freedom of speech in our nation.  —  This is unconstitutional and un-American.
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NBC News:
Jimmy Kimmel's show returning on Tuesday, ABC announces
Discussion: Politico
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Bondi taps Trump's former personal attorney as a top federal prosecutor … Trump floated Halligan for the role in an unusual Truth Social post aimed at Bondi, one day after he forced out U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert from the job — and urged the Justice Department to charge Comey, James, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and others.
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Jack Goldsmith / Executive Functions:
How Should a DOJ Political Appointee Think About a Trump-Weaponized DOJ?
Discussion: NPR and Daily Kos
Sam Judy / The Barbed Wire:
She Survived 141 Days in ICE Custody Thanks to a ‘Beautiful Sisterhood.’ Now She's Fighting for Those Still Inside.  —  On the evening of Feb. 11, 22-year-old Ward Sakeik sat on a plane from the U.S. Virgin Islands to Miami.  She and her husband, Taahir Shaikh, were returning from their honeymoon, but he was sitting a few rows away.
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Kylie Cheung / Teen Vogue:
How ICE Raids Are Making It Easier for Civilian Men to Assault Immigrant Women
Matt Ford / New Republic:
The Roberts Court Is Winning Its War on American Democracy … Twenty years ago, Chief Justice John Roberts took the oath of office and ushered in a new era for the Supreme Court.  His 2005 confirmation vote marked the transition from the Rehnquist court—where a narrow majority of conservatives …
Discussion: One First
Steven Levy / Wired:
I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley.  I Was Wrong  —  Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump.  A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.  —  For decades, Mark Lemley's life as an intellectual property lawyer was orderly enough.  He's a professor at Stanford University and has consulted for Amazon, Google, and Meta.
Ted Mann / Bloomberg:
Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars  —  The Trump administration canceled grants for street safety measures, pedestrian trails and bike lanes in communities around the country this month, each time offering a simple rationale for yanking back federal aid: the projects aren't designed for cars.
Discussion: Boston.com
Reuters:
Exclusive: US could hit entire International Criminal Court with sanctions soon  — U.S. considers entity-wide sanctions against ICC, sources say  — ICC member states to oppose U.S. sanctions at U.N. meeting  — ICC holds emergency meetings to prepare for U.S. sanctions
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Wall Street Journal Seeks Dismissal Of Donald Trump's Defamation Lawsuit Over Jeffrey Epstein Report: “The Article Is True” … “In an affront to the First Amendment, the President of the United States brought this lawsuit to silence a newspaper for publishing speech that was subsequently proven true …
 
 
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
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Sri Taylor / Bloomberg:
Trump to Redirect $2.4 Billion in California High-Speed Rail Aid
Discussion: Associated Press and E&E News
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Debra Kamin / New York Times:
Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws
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