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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.
Kennedy’s vaccine advisers change COVID shot guidance, calling them an individual choice

By MIKE STOBBE and LAURAN NEERGAARD
Sep 19, 2025 4:23 pm - Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers added confusion Friday to this fall’s COVID-19 vaccinations — declining to recommend them for anyone and leaving the choice up to those who want a shot.Until now, the vaccinations had been recommended as a routine step in the fall for nearly all Americans who wanted them — just like a yearly flu vaccine.
Wall Street coasts to the finish of its latest record-setting week

By STAN CHOE
Sep 19, 2025 3:26 pm - Wall Street tacked on some more gains as it glided to the finish of its latest record-setting week. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.7%.
Senate rejects competing bills to fund government, increasing risk of shutdown on Oct. 1

By KEVIN FREKING
Sep 19, 2025 12:37 pm - The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date.

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