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9:40 AM ET, September 23, 2025

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Washington Post:
‘Based on what I feel’: Trump escalates attack on childhood vaccines  —  Trump promoted long-debunked claims that vaccines can cause autism as he called for changes to the childhood immunization schedule sought by anti-vaccine activists.  —  Public health experts were already on edge …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Daily Kos
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Associated Press:
Trump makes unfounded claims about Tylenol and repeats discredited link between vaccines and autism  —  President Donald Trump on Monday used the platform of the presidency to promote unproven and in some cases discredited ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism as his administration announced …
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump's Pick to Replace Ousted U.S. Attorney Lacks Prosecutorial Experience  —  Trump Promotes Unproven Ties to Autism and Tylenol Use  —  Where Things Stand  — Autism: President Trump, speaking at the White House, gave direct and unproven medical advice contradicting decades of research …
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 …
NPR:
Trump blames Tylenol for autism.  Science doesn't back him up  —  In a White House press conference Monday, President Trump and several deputies said the Food and Drug Administration would be updating drug labelling to discourage the use of acetaminophen by pregnant women, suggesting a link between the common painkiller and autism.
Politico:
Playbook: Trump vs. the world  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco  —  Good Tuesday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard.  Get in touch.  —  KAM-BACK KID: Former VP Kamala Harris will be all over the airwaves this morning as her memoir recounting the 2024 election campaign sprint is officially released today.
Discussion: KSTP-TV
Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
In Targeting a Common Painkiller, Trump Oversteps His Own Advisers' Guidance on Autism
Discussion: CBS News
Alex Wickham / Bloomberg:
UK Tells Patients 'Don't Pay Attention' to Trump on Tylenol
Discussion: Al Jazeera and CBS News
Politico:
RFK Jr. to link Tylenol to rising autism rates
Dylan Scott / Vox:
The flimsy evidence behind Trump's big autism announcement, explained
Maya Goldman / Axios:
Trump's Tylenol warning could fuel new lawsuits
Discussion: The Independent
Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Mamdani Lands Endorsement From Kamala Harris, His Biggest Yet
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
For Trump, Who Has ‘Strong Feelings’ About Autism, the Issue Is Personal
Discussion: Fox News, Axios and STAT
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:   Today in Politics, Bulletin 212. 9/22/25
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.
CNN:
Kimmel's show to return Tuesday, but Sinclair will continue to keep it off its ABC stations  —  Video Ad Feedback  —  Jimmy Kimmel's show set to return on Tuesday  —  Jimmy Kimmel's show set to return on Tuesday  —  Trump links autism to Tylenol use during pregnancy, contradicting decades of evidence
The Hollywood Reporter:
Jimmy Kimmel to Return to ABC on Tuesday After Show's Controversial Suspension
CNBC:
Disney says ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ will return to ABC on Tuesday
NBC News:
Secret Service agents dismantle system used to convey assassination threats  —  Agents discovered a system in five locations in and around New York that could be used to disable cell phone towers.  —  NEW YORK -U.S. Secret Service agents have dismantled a network of electronic devices located …
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Nicole Sganga / CBS News:
U.S. Secret Service disrupts telecom network that threatened NYC during U.N. General Assembly
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization  —  Section 1.  Antifa as a Terrorist Threat.  Antifa is a militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government, law enforcement authorities, and our system of law.
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Christopher Mathias / MSNBC:
Trump's new anti-antifa panic is the start of something much more dangerous
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump posts his Watergate tapes  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🌊🌊 Subscribe to PN 🌊🌊  —  One of the biggest lessons we can take from the Trump era is that Richard Nixon thought way too small.  —  Watergate?  Pffft.
Discussion: Washington Post and New Republic
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Cache of Devices Capable of Crashing Cell Network Is Found Near U.N.  —  Elon Musk's Father Accused of Child Sexual Abuse  —  Errol Musk has been accused of sexually abusing five of his children and stepchildren since 1993, a Times investigation found.  Family members have appealed to Elon Musk for help.
Discussion: The Guardian, Mediaite and Raw Story
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Trump Vengeance Tour Is Coming to a Stadium Near You  —  While the Trump administration continues to attack free speech, criminalize adversaries and attempt to crush liberal foundations, conservative billionaires have acquired Paramount and CBS, stand in line to own Warner Bros. Discovery …
Discussion: Election Law Blog, Jacobin and Newsweek
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Jaweed Kaleem / Los Angeles Times:
Federal judge orders Trump to restore $500 million in frozen UCLA medical research grants  — A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in UCLA medical research grants.  — The grants were suspended over allegations of campus antisemitism, use of race in admissions …
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Eric He / Politico:   Judge orders Trump administration to restore more than $500 million in research funds to UCLA
Financial Times:
How Argentina's Javier Milei lost the markets and turned to Donald Trump  —  Libertarian president's tight grip on inflation cost him political capital and dollars  —  Ciara Nugent in Buenos Aires, Michael Stott in Rio de Janeiro and Joseph Cotterill in London
Discussion: Reuters
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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
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
New poll: Percent saying America on the “wrong track” hits new high  —  This article reports results from the September Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll.  You can read our previous poll releases here.  Subscribers can suggest a question for the October poll here (or leave them in the comments).
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
How Arizona voters are set to put Mike Johnson in a corner … Grijalva — who is heavily favored to succeed her late father, Raúl Grijalva, in a district Trump lost by 22 points — said she will be pleased to force the issue.  She would be eligible to sign immediately after she is sworn in, likely early next month.
Discussion: UPI and Raw Story
 
 
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NBC Boston:
ICE agents held 5-year-old girl outside Leominster home to get father to surrender, family says
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Wall Street Journal:
USDA Puts Food Researchers on Leave
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John Yoo / Washington Post:
A military campaign against the drug trade would be unconstitutional
Discussion: PolitiFact and CounterPunch
Bloomberg:
China Floods the World With Cheap Exports After Trump's Tariffs
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Axios:
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MSNBC:
Harris blasts ‘feckless’ billionaires bending to ‘tyrant’ Trump
Emily Peck / Axios:
Most CEOs say Trump policy has harmed their businesses, new survey finds
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