The BBC rejected complaints about its coverage of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, saying its reporting was “proportionate and appropriate,” Deadline reports.
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News Media Pushes Back at Pentagon Restrictions
Oliver Darcy: “Inside the halls of the Pentagon, reporters are wondering: Will this be their last week reporting from the building? Last Friday, the Pete Hegseth–led Department of Defense notified members of the press corps that they will be required to sign a new agreement if they wish to maintain access. The document contains a series of sweeping new restrictions, most notably a clause that would bar reporters from publishing any information without explicit government approval.”
“The Pentagon’s chief spokesperson, Sean Parnell, delivered the new rules to news organizations with a firm deadline: September 30, or next Tuesday. If newsrooms don’t agree to the policy, their access to the building will seemingly be revoked. So far, the pushback has been universal. I’m told that not a single outlet has plans to sign the pledge.”
Russia Is Helping Prepare China to Attack Taiwan
“Russia has agreed to equip and train a Chinese airborne battalion and share its expertise in airdropping armored vehicles that analysts say could boost Beijing’s capacity to seize Taiwan, according to newly obtained documents that show the two nations’ deepening military cooperation,” the Washington Post reports.
“The agreements allow Beijing to access training and technology in one of the few areas where Russian capabilities still surpass those of the Chinese military: Russia’s more experienced airborne troops.”
Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid
ProPublica: “The records show that Noem quickly expedited more than $11 million of federal money to rebuild a historic pier in Naples, Florida, after she was contacted by a major financial supporter last month. The pier is a tourist attraction in the wealthy Gulf Coast enclave and was badly damaged by Hurricane Ian in 2022.”
“Frustrated city officials had been laboring for months, without success, to get disaster assistance. But just two weeks after the donor stepped in, they were celebrating their sudden change of fortune.”
The Escalator Investigator
Stephen Colbert investigated President Trump’s claim of “triple sabotage” during his United Nations appearance this week.
Trump Is Pretty Much on His Own Now
Businessweek: “The theme of this year’s United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York is ‘Better Together.’ It’s a tag line that’s typical of the UN’s painstaking messaging by committee: cautious, vaguely optimistic and so blandly self-evident (it’s really just another way of saying the name of the institution itself) that it couldn’t possibly offend anyone.”
“Anyone, except Donald Trump. In his attention-grabbing address to the body on Tuesday, the US president took direct aim at the value of togetherness, assailing the UN, globalism, free trade, climate change, renewable energy, immigration and the competence of his fellow world leaders.”
Said Trump: “I’m really good at this stuff… Your countries are going to hell.”
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Most Americans Say Country’s Best Days Are Behind It
“For the first time in nearly a decade of polling, more than half of Americans say the country’s best days are already behind it. Three-quarters think the country’s political system needs major reforms or a complete overhaul,” according to a new CNN poll.
Disengaged Voters Are the Key to Winning Future Elections
“A consensus opinion has emerged about President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election: Disengaged voters were critical,” CNN reports.
“With partisans deeply dug in, and views of the parties and politics notably and persistently negative, persuasion in political campaigns has begun to focus more on getting irregular voters to participate than on convincing people to change their minds. In 2024, those irregular voters were a central part of Trump’s winning coalition.”
“But neither party has any long-term guarantee of disengaged voter support, participation or attention as the 2026 midterms approach.”
Why It Will Be Tough to Convict James Comey
New York Times: “Getting an indictment is relatively easy for prosecutors, who have a lot of sway over grand juries. Winning at trial is much harder, and in the Comey case, many factors could make it challenging for the government to secure a conviction.”
“Line prosecutors in Virginia who had initially reviewed the evidence in the Comey case put in a memo why they thought the effort to convict him was too weak to take to court. The grand jury on Thursday rejected one of the three counts presented to it. And Mr. Trump’s string of invective about Mr. Comey and his repeated references to his own criminal cases provide a lot of evidence for possible defense motions about a vindictive prosecution.”
“Still, Mr. Trump has always understood that even absent a conviction, defendants face a reputational cost in a criminal case, not to mention the financial penalty in the form of legal bills.”
Trump Orders Broad Effort to Root Out Liberal Groups
“President Trump on Thursday ordered his administration to investigate what he claimed were rich people and organizations funding left-wing political violence around the country, citing the recent assassination of the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk,” the New York Times reports.
“The accusation — that liberal activists and organizations have secretly funded and organized a kind of professional brigade of anarchists around the country to attack law enforcement officers, destroy property and create public havoc — was one that Mr. Trump has made many times before.”
Epstein Estate Turns Over New Documents
“The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has received new materials from the estate of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein,” Politico reports.
“The delivery of documents comes in response to a recent letter from congressional investigators to the estate, requesting cash ledgers, message logs, calendars and flight logs in the estate’s possession.”
Fact of the Day
Punchbowl News: “Hakeem Jeffries has absolutely no relationship with Trump. The two have never met. In fact, Democrats say Trump has never even uttered Jeffries’ name.”
Mamdani Up By 20 Points
A new Suffolk University poll in New York City finds Zohran Mamdani (D) leading the mayoral race with 45%, followed by Andrew Cuomo (I) at 25%, Curtis Sliwa (R) at 9% and Eric Adams (I) at 8%.
Nigel Farage on Track to Become UK Prime Minister
“Nigel Farage would be in pole position to become the UK’s next prime minister if an election were held tomorrow, according to new polling which shows his upstart Reform party would wipe out Labour’s overwhelming majority from 2024,” Bloomberg reports.
“Reform UK would win 311 seats in the House of Commons in a national vote — up from five last year — with Labour dropping to 144 from 411, according to the projection on Friday from YouGov… While the tally for Farage is 15 shy of an outright majority in the 650-seat chamber, he’d be the best placed party leader to form a new government.”
Lawmakers Are Scared
“Congress is on track to spend more than $1 billion on the budget for the U.S. Capitol Police for the first time in history, with even fiscal conservatives pushing for more member security investments in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing,” Politico reports.
“Kirk’s assassination and a broader rise in high-profile political violence has activated lawmakers around a renewed push for additional protections for themselves and their families. It’s scrambling Capitol Hill’s typical ideological factions, with some GOP budget hawks accusing Republican leadership of penny-pinching.”
Comey’s Son-in-Law Resigns
“James Comey’s son-in-law, Troy A. Edwards, Jr., resigned Thursday night from his position as a senior national security prosecutor shortly after the former FBI director was indicted,” CNN reports.
Trump Would Accelerate Priorities in Shutdown
“A memo from the White House budget office telling federal agencies to prepare plans for mass firings should the government shut down signaled a dramatic escalation in a funding staredown with fewer potential off-ramps as next week’s deadline nears,” CNN reports.
“But it also provided the first glimpse of the Trump administration’s internal operational planning that, up to Wednesday night, had been shrouded in a level of secrecy that broke from the approach of past administrations of both parties.”
“Those efforts center on the agency contingency plans that make up the bespoke guidance documents for the federal workforce in the event of a funding lapse, which have long been posted publicly and updated every few years. The most recent agency plans, submitted during the Biden administration, were pulled offline earlier this year with no explanation.”
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