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Top News Stories for Wednesday, September 17th 2025
Wednesday, Sep 17th, 2025 -
People across political spectrum, including prominent US conservatives, criticize attorney general's comments US attorney general Pam Bondi 's pledge that the Trump administration will "absolutely target" people who use "hate speech" in the wake of the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has prompted criticism of the idea from across the political spectrum, including from prominent conservatives. Bondi ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Sep 17th, 2025 -
Shimon Hayut, conocido como Simon Leviev, ha sido acusado de utilizar múltiples alias para estafar por millones de dólares a mujeres a través de aplicaciones de citas. Su caso inspiró el documental de Netflix 'El estafador de Tinder'. Un hombre israelí que fue acusado de estafar a mujeres que conoció por internet y que fue el tema del documental de Netflix El estafador de ...
Source: nytimes.com
Wednesday, Sep 17th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Trump's lawsuit comes less than a week after the New York Times said it had been threatened with legal action by the White House is bringing a $15bn defamation and libel lawsuit against the New York Times , which he has described as "one of the worst and most degenerate newspapers in the History of our ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Sep 17th, 2025 -
The Israeli military repeated warnings Wednesday morning for residents to evacuate the devastated, famine-stricken area, and said it had opened up a new route south. Israel pressed ahead Wednesday with an intense new ground offensive in Gaza City, defying international condemnation and sending hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fleeing the devastated, famine-stricken area. The Israeli military said that troops ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Sep 17th, 2025 -
The odds of a government shutdown are rising after Democratic leaders on Tuesday swiftly rejected a 91-page stopgap funding proposal unveiled by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and fellow House Republicans because it was put together with little Democratic input and doesn't extend generous health care subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Democrats voted more than a dozen times to extend federal funding with ...
Source: thehill.com
Wednesday, Sep 17th, 2025 -
As President Donald Trump enjoys a two-day state visit to the United Kingdom aimed at showing the trans-Atlantic bond remains strong despite differences over Ukraine , the Middle East and the future of the Western alliance, his administration is targeting the 'radical left' it blames, without evidence, for the shooting of Charlie Kirk. Donald Trump and his aides have discussed classifying some groups as domestic ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Sep 17th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump never seems to run out of sacred cows to gore. On Monday, his target was corporate transparency : "Subject to SEC Approval, Companies and Corporations should no longer be forced to 'Report' on a quarterly basis (Quarterly Reporting!), but rather to Report on a 'Six (6) Month Basis,'" the president posted on Truth Social . He added: "This will save money, and allow managers to focus on ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Wednesday, Sep 17th, 2025 -
Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Authorities in London have arrested four adults accused of being responsible for the projection of photos and videos of President Donald Trump with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein onto Windsor Castle on Tuesday night. Uncorroborated video of the projection posted online shows it appeared to be a video detailing the connections and friends between Trump and Epstein involving videos and ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
P resident Donald Trump ordered a strike on a second Venezuelan vessel in international waters, alleging that it carried drugs, shortly after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said the U.S. was trying to provoke a "major war." The strike, conducted on Monday morning, killed three people off the coast of Venezuela. Trump claimed that the vessel was transporting drugs headed for the U.S. The strike comes ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
The state terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson , were dismissed Tuesday, as he appeared in court in New York City for a pre-trial hearing. Mangione walked into Manhattan Criminal Court, shackled and wearing tan prison clothing, shortly before 9:30 a.m. for the hearing on several pre-trial motions . Members of the press and the ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
In a major move aimed at curbing crime in Tennessee, President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order establishing the Memphis Safe Task Force, which will send National Guard troops to the city alongside federal law enforcement agencies. Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump said the effort would replicate the administration's ongoing military-led response to urban crime in Democratic-run cities. "We're ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
FBI Director Kash Patel struck a combative tone in a Tuesday hearing that included multiple shouting matches with Democratic lawmakers and a prediction that President Trump "will cut you loose." The appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee was Patel's first sitting with lawmakers since the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and the Justice Department's compliance with a ...
Source: thehill.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
It is the first time the allegation has been made publicly by a UN body, and is likely to be greeted with fury by the Israeli government. Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, according to a commission established by the United Nations. The report claims "it is clear that there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza " and says Israel's actions meet the criteria set down for defining a genocide. It is the ...
Source: news.sky.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
A U.S. judge said that she was powerless to stop the return of four men in Ghana's custody to countries where U.S. immigration judges determined they faced torture or persecution, declining to intervene in a victory for the Trump administration. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said that the administration appeared to be circumventing the U.N. Convention Against Torture by sending the West Africans to Ghana, but ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's highest court has declined to consider Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' appeal of her removal from the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others. Citing an "appearance of impropriety" created by a romantic relationship Willis had with special prosecutor Nathan Wade , whom she had hired to lead the case, the Georgia Court of Appeals in ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
Former Democratic vice-presidential nominee's decision comes amid rumors he would seek higher office for 2028 Tim Walz , the governor of Minnesota and the Democratic vice-presidential nominee last year, announced on Tuesday that he is running for a third term as governor in 2026. The announcement comes after speculation that he could seek higher office in 2028 instead of a third term in the state. In a video posted ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, the Pennsylvania governor said political violence 'tears at the fabric of American society' Sign up for Antisemitism Decoded , the Forward 's guide through the news and noise about Jewish safety, brought to you biweekly by investigative journalist Arno Rosenfeld. Josh Shapiro decried violence aimed at silencing political speech, citing the assassination of conservative ...
Source: forward.com