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Trump’s media enforcer is relishing his Jimmy Kimmel moment

By Scott Nover, Will Oremus and Jeremy Barr
Sep 20, 2025 3:16 pm - Naming Brendan Carr to chair the Federal Communications Commission in November, President-elect Donald Trump heralded him as a “warrior for free speech.”Now, after spearheading the Trump administration’s successful push for ABC to take comedian Jimmy Kimmel off the air, Carr has become a gleeful avatar of what critics say is a sweeping government crackdown on speech — and his backers see as an overdue reckoning with an instinctively liberal broadcast industry.
Emerging TikTok deal with China ensures US control of board and crucial algorithm, White House says

By AAMER MADHANI
Sep 20, 2025 3:04 pm - An emerging TikTok deal with China will ensure that U.S. companies control the algorithm that powers the app's video feed and Americans will hold a majority of seats on a board overseeing U.S. operations, the White House said Saturday.
Israeli strikes kill 14 in Gaza City as some countries prepare to recognize Palestinian state

By SAMY MAGDY
Sep 20, 2025 3:02 pm - Israeli strikes killed at least 14 people overnight in Gaza City, health officials said, as Israel ramps up its offensive and urges Palestinians to leave. Later on Saturday, thousands of people joined the families of Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas to demand that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu negotiate an end to the war.
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material

By Scott Nover
Sep 19, 2025 8:44 pm - The Trump administration unveiled a new crackdown Friday on journalists at the Pentagon, saying it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey.
US attorney under pressure to charge Letitia James in mortgage fraud case is resigning: AP sources

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER
Sep 19, 2025 8:01 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal prosecutor in Virginia whose monthslong mortgage fraud investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James has not resulted in criminal char...
Trump says he and Xi will meet in South Korea in coming weeks and he’ll later go to China

By DIDI TANG and JOSH BOAK
Sep 19, 2025 7:55 pm - U.S. President Donald Trump said he would meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a regional summit taking place at the end of October in South Korea and will visit China in the “early part of next year,” following a lengthy phone call between the two on Friday.
Judge strikes down Trump’s $15 billion suit against the New York Times

By Scott Nover
Sep 19, 2025 7:51 pm - A federal judge in Tampa struck down President Donald Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, saying that the 85-page complaint was “decidedly improper and impermissible” under the rules governing civil proceedings in federal court.
Trump signs proclamation adding $100K annual fee for H-1B visa applications

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and SEUNG MIN KIM
Sep 19, 2025 7:47 pm - Looking to reshape the U.S. visa system for highly skilled foreign workers and investors, President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation that will require a new annual $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications and rolled out a $1 million “gold card” visa as a potential pathway to U.S. citizenship.
Trump administration proposes selling nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MATTHEW LEE
Sep 19, 2025 4:56 pm - The Trump administration has told Congress it plans to sell nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel, a fresh surge of support for the U.S. ally as it faces increasing isolation over its war in Gaza.
Israel killed 31 journalists in Yemen strike, press freedom group says

By Cate Brown
Sep 19, 2025 4:51 pm - Thirty-one journalists and media workers were killed in Israeli airstrikes on a newspaper complex in Yemen last week, according to a report released Friday by the Committee to Protect Journalists.The attack was the deadliest against journalists since the Magindanao massacre in the Philippines 16 years ago and the second-deadliest the New York-based press freedom group has ever recorded.

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