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'Accurate': Jasmine Crockett Refuses to Walk Back Comparing Trump to Hitler When Confronted On CNN

Sep 21st, 2025, 2:00 pm Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) refused to walk back her comments comparing President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler, saying on Sunday that she has used “accurate language” in the past when comparing the commander-in-chief to the man who led Nazi Germany. She then doubled down on her claim, saying the president continues to use the Hitler “playbook.” Crockett, during on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday morning, was shown several clips by co-host Dana Bash of her making i ...

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Trump administration set to tie Tylenol to autism risk, officials say

The Trump administration is expected to unveil new efforts Monday exploring how one medication may be linked to autism and another one can treat it, according to four people with knowledge of the plans who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the announcement was not yet public. Federal health officials are expected to raise concerns about pregnant women’s use of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol and one of the most widely used medications globally. Officials have been revi ...

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Former Trump economic official Gary Cohn says "we've seen the job market degrade," though it may be "temporary"

September 21, 2025 / 1:49 PM EDT Washington — Gary Cohn, IBM vice chair and former National Economic Council director in President Trump's first term, said Sunday that "we've seen the job market degrade," though he noted that it may be "temporary." "The Federal Reserve itself and the board of governors admitted that we are having a declining job market. And we see that," Cohn said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan." Last week, the Federal Rese ...

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Split emerges among Republican senators on Trump's targeting of media in wake of Jimmy Kimmel furor

Sunday 21 September 2025 13:02 EDT Republicans on Capitol Hill are not entirely comfortable with Donald Trump’s efforts to suppress dissenting views on the mainstream broadcast and cable channels, and a divide is emerging in the party over the efforts by the administration to pressure ABC into suspending Jimmy Kimmel indefinitely last week. On Sunday, two recurring critics of the president within his own party were on the Sunday talk circuit reacting to Kimmel’s suspension. The Jimmy Kimmel L ...

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Lawmakers say only Trump can avert government shutdown

12h Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill say Washington is headed for a government shutdown next week unless President Trump intervenes to cut a deal with Democrats. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has said repeatedly he does not want to sit down with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) to negotiate a deal to keep the government open past Sept. 30, repeatedly telling reporters he wants the stopgap funding measure to move by “regular order.” Under the Sena ...

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Trump warns Afghanistan of 'bad things' if Bagram Air Base not returned to US

09/20/25 7:29 PM ET President Trump on Saturday threatened the Taliban government of Afghanistan, saying “bad things are going to happen” if it does not give Bagram Air Base back to the United States. “If Afghanistan doesn’t give Bagram Airbase back to those that built it, the United States of America, BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN!!!,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, signing his name to the end of the post. Trump just days ago said the United States wanted to wrest back control of Bagram Air ...

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Trump demands Venezuela take action on one of his most outlandish claims - or face an 'incalculable' price

Saturday 20 September 2025 16:31 EDT President Donald Trump demanded the Venezuelan government accept the return of “all of the prisoners” he claims the country has forced into the U.S., or face an “incalculable” price. Trump made the threat Saturday in a post on Truth Social, where he did not elaborate on which prisoners he was referring to other than some were “people from mental institutions,” — an unsubstantiated claim he has repeatedly made before. “We want Venezuela to immediately acce ...

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Democrats slam giant $50k banners of Trump's face on DC buildings as 'propaganda'

6h Massive banners of President Donald Trump's face adorning the exteriors of federal buildings in the nation's capital have led some Democratic lawmakers to draw comparisons to the kind of overt displays of authoritarian propaganda under leaders such as Kim Jong Un, Benito Mussolini and Saddam Hussein. The banners were installed on the buildings of the Departments of Agriculture, Labor, and Health and Human Services in Washington D.C. They have cost taxpayers at least $50,000, according to a ...

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Trump Says Meeting Democrats to Avert Shutdown Unlikely to Help

September 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM EDT Updated on September 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM EDT Democratic congressional leaders demanded a meeting with Donald Trump ahead of a possible government shutdown, drawing a noncommittal response from the president. "I'd love to meet with them, but I don't think it's going to have any impact," Trump told reporters outside the White House on Saturday. After Senate Republicans and Democrats blocked rival stopgap measures on Friday, Trump predicted a shutdow ...

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White House tries to tamp down corporate panic for high-skill visa holders after last-minute overhaul

09/20/2025 12:42 PM EDTUpdated: 09/20/2025 04:42 PM EDT President Donald Trump’s new $100,000 fee for high-skill visa holders only applies to new applicants — not current visa holders who may be on travel outside of the U.S. — according to the White House. The president’s H-1B announcement on Friday immediately spurred chaos, with companies and immigration lawyers warning travelers to return to the U.S. before midnight on Sunday, when the new policy is scheduled to kick in. The text of the p ...

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Hall of Famer Bernie Parent, who led the Philadelphia Flyers to two Stanley Cup titles, dies at 80

15 min ago - By DAN GELSTON Updated 2:02 PM CDT, September 21, 2025 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bernie Parent, the Hall of Famer considered one of the great goalies of all time who anchored the net for the Philadelphia Flyers’ only two Stanley Cup championships ... (AP)

Trump is breaking US diplomacy, State Department staffers say

1 hr ago - 09/21/2025 10:00 AM EDT President Donald Trump promised to reform American diplomacy. Insiders say he’s breaking it instead, to the point where he’s undermining his own global influence. Eight months into Trump’s second term, more than ... (Politico)

Trump's H-1B visa crackdown upends Indian IT industry's playbook

2 hrs ago - September 21, 2025 11:05 AM EDT Updated 8 hours ago BENGALURU, Sept 21 (Reuters) - India's $283 billion information technology sector will have to overhaul its decades-old strategy of rotating skilled talent into U.S. projects following U.S. Presiden ... (Reuters)

Trump administration set to tie Tylenol to autism risk, officials say

2 hrs ago - The Trump administration is expected to unveil new efforts Monday exploring how one medication may be linked to autism and another one can treat it, according to four people with knowledge of the plans who spoke on the condition of anonymity because ... (Washington Post)

ICE Plans To Evacuate Chicago-Area Facility Following Immigration Protests

2 hrs ago - Sep 21, 2025, 12:01 PM EDT | Updated 4 hours ago The Trump administration plans to evacuate an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility outside Chicago that has become the site of protests over the president’s immigration crackdown in the ci ... (Huff Post)

Brazilians protest in their thousands against granting Bolsonaro amnesty

3 hrs ago - Tens of thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets to demand no amnesty be granted to their country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro after he was convicted of plotting a coup. The far-right populist was sentenced to 27 years in prison ea ... (The Guardian)

Split emerges among Republican senators on Trump's targeting of media in wake of Jimmy Kimmel furor

3 hrs ago - Sunday 21 September 2025 13:02 EDT Republicans on Capitol Hill are not entirely comfortable with Donald Trump’s efforts to suppress dissenting views on the mainstream broadcast and cable channels, and a divide is emerging in the party over the e ... (The Independent)

Lawmakers say only Trump can avert government shutdown

3 hrs ago - 12h Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill say Washington is headed for a government shutdown next week unless President Trump intervenes to cut a deal with Democrats. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has said repeatedly he do ... (msn/The Hill)

Former Trump economic official Gary Cohn says "we've seen the job market degrade," though it may be "temporary"

4 hrs ago - September 21, 2025 / 1:49 PM EDT Washington — Gary Cohn, IBM vice chair and former National Economic Council director in President Trump's first term, said Sunday that "we've seen the job market degrade," though he noted that it may be "tempora ... (CBS News)

Trump says he does not think Pentagon should limit what journalists report on

4 hrs ago - Sun 21 Sep 2025 13.27 EDT First published on Sun 21 Sep 2025 12.53 EDT Donald Trump appeared to talk down about Pentagon restrictions that aim to severely limit journalists’ abilities to report on US military issues. The president faced questio ... (The Guardian)

'Accurate': Jasmine Crockett Refuses to Walk Back Comparing Trump to Hitler When Confronted On CNN

5 hrs ago - Sep 21st, 2025, 2:00 pm Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) refused to walk back her comments comparing President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler, saying on Sunday that she has used “accurate language” in the past when comparing the commander-in-chi ... (MEDIAite)

US firms monitor employees' social media after Charlie Kirk killing

5 hrs ago - Bosses in America are increasingly policing employees’ social media posts to see if they could cause reputational damage to their businesses, the head of country’s biggest human resources association has said. Johnny C Taylor Jr, president ... (The Times (UK))

Email calling Epstein 'supreme friend' adds new fuel to royal scandal

6 hrs ago - Sept. 21, 2025, 10:25 AM EDT LONDON — After showcasing its finest pomp and pageantry during President Donald Trump’s state visit last week, Britain’s royal family has quickly been plunged back into all-too familiar controversy. Just d ... (NBC News)

Sen. Murphy says Trump using presidential power to punish political opponents

6 hrs ago - September 21, 2025, 12:14 PM Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said Sunday that the United States is in "one of the most dangerous moments America has ever faced" as he accused President Donald Trump of using the federal government to target his political ... (ABC News)

Egyptians outraged after ancient pharaoh's bracelet was stolen from Cairo museum and melted down

7 hrs ago - By SAMY MAGDY Updated 10:51 AM CDT, September 21, 2025 CAIRO (AP) — Egyptians reacted with outrage this week after officials said that a 3,000-year-old bracelet that had belonged to an ancient pharaoh was stolen from Cairo’s famed Egyptian ... (AP)

The Taliban reject Trump's bid to retake Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan

7 hrs ago - Updated 9:13 AM EDT, September 21, 2025 JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban government on Sunday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to retake Bagram Air Base, four years after America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan ... (AP)

Trump says Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch likely part of US TikTok investor group

8 hrs ago - Sun 21 Sep 2025 12.41 EDT Last modified on Sun 21 Sep 2025 12.44 EDT Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch will probably be part of a group of investors that will buy TikTok, Donald Trump said in an interview on Sunday. The president was asked a ... (The Guardian)

ICE IS DEPORTING PEOPLE TO AFRICA ON NEARLY UN-TRACKABLE MILITARY FLIGHTS

9 hrs ago - Two American military cargo jets deported people to Africa this month on flights that appear to have had their transponders turned off, obscuring their locations from public flight databases and other nearby aircraft. One of the jets was later ident ... (Rolling Stone)

Republican Bill Seeks To Ban Sharia Law in U.S.

9 hrs ago - Published Sep 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM EDT Two Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation seeking to ban the enforcement of Sharia law in the United States, arguing the measure is necessary to preserve constitutional principles and American culture. ... (Newsweek)

Josh Shapiro: Political violence 'leaves scars'

10 hrs ago - 09/21/2025 09:44 AM EDT Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said he has “battled” with emotional scars since his family was targeted in an arson attack earlier this year. Speaking with NBC’s Kristen Welker on Sunday’s “Meet the Pr ... (Politico)

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