President Trump announced another strike on what he claimed was another drug cartel boat from Venezuela in international waters.
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“When you see someone celebrating Charlie’s murder, call them out — and, hell, call their employer.”
— Vice President JD Vance, hosting a tribute show for Charlie Kirk.
White House Plans Broad Crackdown on Liberal Groups
“Trump administration officials on Monday responded to the activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination by threatening to bring the weight of the federal government down on what they alleged was a left-wing network that funds and incites violence, seizing on the killing to make broad and unsubstantiated claims about their political opponents,” the New York Times reports.
“The White House and President Trump’s allies suggested that he was part of a coordinated movement that was fomenting violence against conservatives — without presenting evidence that such a network existed.”
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Trump Tells Republicans to Vote for ‘Clean’ Funding Bill
President Donald Trump is pressuring Republicans to vote for the “clean” short-term stopgap funding plan GOP leaders are working on to fund the government through late November, Politico reports.
Said Trump: “In times like these, Republicans have to stick TOGETHER to fight back against the Radical Left Democrat demands, and vote “YES!” on both Votes needed to pass a Clean CR this week out of the House of Representatives.”
He added: “Democrats want the Government to shut down. Republicans want the Government to OPEN.”
Eric Adams Will Likely Drop Out of the Mayor’s Race
Two sources tell News 12 that New York City Mayor Eric Adams has made a decision and will likely drop out of the mayor’s race by the end of this week.
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Trump Says Leftists Are Under ‘Major Investigation’
President Trump repeated his claim that people on the political “left” are to blame for assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah last week, the AP reports.
Said Trump: “When you look at the agitators, you look at the scum that speaks so badly of our country, the American flag burnings all over the place, that’s the left.”
Netanyahu Spoke to Trump Before Israel Bombed Qatar
“Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed President Trump last Tuesday morning that Israel planned to attack Hamas leaders in Qatar shortly before the strike took place,” Axios reports.
“The White House has claimed it was notified only after missiles were in the air, giving Trump no opportunity to oppose the strike. Seven Israeli officials tell Axios the White House knew earlier, even if the timeline to stop it would have been tight.”
Deals with United Arab Emirates Draw Scrutiny
New York Times: “At the heart of their relationship are two multibillion-dollar deals. One involved a crypto company founded by the Witkoff and the Trump families that benefited both financially. The other involved a sale of valuable computer chips that benefited the Emirates economically.”
“While there is no evidence that one deal was explicitly offered in return for the other, the confluence of the two agreements is itself extraordinary. Taken together, they blurred the lines between personal and government business and raised questions about whether U.S. interests were served…”
“The Times found that the agreements were intertwined in ways that have not been previously reported and that they provoked concerns about conflicts of interest even from staff members in the Trump administration.”
Trump Calls for ‘Bigger’ Interest Rate Cut
President Trump called for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to enact a “bigger” cut to benchmark interest rates and pointed to the housing market in a social media post ahead of the U.S. central bank’s meeting this week, Reuters reports.
Republicans Turn Kirk’s Death Into Midterm Rallying Cry
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Trump’s Tariffs Are Fueling Inflation
Congressional Budget Office director Phillip Swagel said that President Trump’s tariffs appear to have pushed inflation up higher than CBO analysts had initially expected, CNBC reports.
Pentagon Review of Hegseth’s Use of Signal Complete
“The Pentagon’s internal watchdog has completed a monthslong review of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal to discuss sensitive military operations and has submitted its findings to Hegseth for review,” CNN reports.
“Hegseth will now have the opportunity to comment and provide feedback on the Pentagon Inspector General’s findings, which is standard practice for such reviews, before the final report is provided to Congress in the coming days.”
Trump Says Planned Ballroom Will Be ‘a Little Bigger’
President Trump said that the new ballroom he’s adding to the White House campus will be larger than first described, with a capacity of 900 people, NBC News reports.
Said Trump: “We’re making it a little bigger. It will be top of the line, as good as it can get anywhere in the world.”
Maurene Comey Sues Over Her ‘Illegal’ Dismissal
Maurene Comey sued the Department of Justice over her abrupt firing as a top prosecutor in the Southern District of New York.
Israel Must Adapt Economy to International Isolation
“Israel will need to be more self-sufficient as the nation becomes increasingly isolated over the war in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, in rare public comments about the impact of the conflict on the country’s international standing,” Bloomberg reports.
Trump’s Threat of TikTok Shutdown Delivered Deal
“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the threat of allowing the social media app TikTok to go dark in the US was what ultimately sealed a framework deal in Madrid that would see the American iteration of the platform enter US hands — severing connections with its Chinese parent company ByteDance,” Bloomberg reports.
Said Bessent: “The Chinese came in with a big list of asks — they described it as compensation — for TikTok. With the leverage that President Trump had given Ambassador Greer and myself, we were able to disabuse them of the notion that we had room for big gives.”
British TV Station to Air Marathon of Trump’s Lies
“Channel 4 is welcoming Donald Trump to the U.K. with a special program: an unbroken catalogue of over 100 falsehoods, distortions and inaccuracies he’s come up with since taking office in January,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.
“On Sep. 17 from 10 a.m. local time, Channel 4 will broadcast Trump v the Truth, the longest uninterrupted reel of untruths running over several hours. The statements will be punctuated by ‘brief text-based fact-checks, offering viewers the truth behind the tweets, speeches and soundbites.'”
