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#1 Charlie Kirk Arizona Memorial Draws Record 90,000 People - Stephen Sorace and Christina Shaw for Fox News, Spencer Hakiman, Turning Point USA, KidRock, Elon Musk, Doge Designer, Glenn Beck, The Turning Point USA, JD Vance, Libs of TikTok and Concerned Citizen/The Immortal on X
President Donald Trump met with press aboard Marine One shortly after Sunday’s emotional memorial service for Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Trump offered heartfelt words of support for Kirk’s widow, Erika, during the brief Q&A session when he was asked about a private moment he shared with her after the event. “I’ve gotten to know her over the years. She’s great,” Trump said. “You know, Charlie always used to say, ‘She’s smart.’ He would always say that. You don’t necessarily say that about a lot of people, but he always felt that.” Trump also spoke about Erika’s character and resilience in the wake of the tragedy...
#2 India Feels the Sting as Trump Slaps $100,000 Fee on H-1B Visas - Ganesh Rao for CNBC, This Week, C. Wilson-Tillery, Spencer Hakimian/Matts Zucarello, Pismo Clam, Erin Brophy/Atul Kumar Mishra, StocismAndSpite, and Economic Times on X
Shubra Singh’s Saturday night dinner at a bar in Pittsburgh was ruined by the White House. Her eight Indian friends at the table, all techies on H-1B visas, were glued to their phones as they tried to get more information about U.S President Donald Trump’s latest move to raise fees for H-1B visa applications. Their families were frantically sending “all kinds of articles on the H-1B situation”, said Singh, an Indian biotech professional on work travel to the U.S., adding that the “anxiety was apparent.” About 71% and 11.7% of H-1B visa holders in the U.S are Indian and Chinese nationals, respectively. The Trump proclamation to increase H-1B visa fees to $100,000 mires their U.S. employment in uncertainty...
#3 Four Major Western Nations Recognise Palestinian State, to Fury of Israel - Catarina Demony and Bhargav Acharya for Reuters, Eyal Yakoby, Maria Medvin, Rana, Melissa, Cheryl, David Harris, Noa Tishby, and Arsen Ostrovsky on X
Britain, Canada, Australia, and Portugal all recognised a Palestinian state on Sunday in a move borne out of frustration over the Gaza war and intended to promote a two-state solution, prompting a furious response from Israel.The decision by four nations from the West, which has traditionally allied with Israel, aligned them with more than 140 other countries also backing Palestinians' aspiration to forge an independent homeland from the occupied territories. Britain's decision carried particular symbolism given its major role in Israel's creation as a modern nation in the aftermath of World War Two...
#4 Stars Boycott Disney Premiere in Free Speech Protest - Cameron Adams for The Daily Beast, Buzzing Pop, Daily Mail US, Chris Gardner, Right Wing Love Squad/Protect Kamala Harris, Matthew Beldoni/DittoPost, and Lily Marin on X
Musicians including Sarah McLachlan and Jewel pulled out of performing at the launch of a new Disney documentary as the fallout spreads from the entertainment giant’s role in the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show. McLachlan issued a passionate statement in support of free speech as she spoke to the audience to explain her move at the premiere of Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery on Sunday night. Disney owns the documentary’s distributor, ABC News Studios, as well as the wider ABC network that used to air Jimmy Kimmel Live! The documentary focuses on the pioneering music festival that McLachlan founded in the late 1990s to champion female solo artists and female-led bands. It launched on Hulu and Disney+ on Sunday...
#5 Crockett Defends Vote Against Resolution Honoring Charlie Kirk - Sarah Fortinsky for The Hill, Western Lensman, Vigilant Fox, Dustin Grage, Ian Jaeger, and ProudAMVet62 on X
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) defended her vote against a resolution to honor the life and legacy of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and lamented that more Democrats did not join the 58 “no” votes in the House. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Crockett said it “honestly hurts my heart” that all but two members who opposed the resolution, according to her own count, were people of color. “For the most part, the only people that voted no were people of color because the rhetoric that Charlie Kirk continuously put out there was rhetoric that specifically targeted people of color,” Crockett said in the Sunday interview. “It is unfortunate that more of my colleagues, even on my side of the aisle, could not see the amount of harm that this man was attempting to inflict upon our communities,” she added...
#6 FBI Director Kash Patel Says Agency Investigating ‘Theories and Questions’ Surrounding Charlie Kirk’s Murder - Andrea Margolis for Fox News, Elvin Unleashed, All Time Entertainment, Cameron Vale, NTD News, Bob Barney, and Owen Gregorian on X
FBI Director Kash Patel announced Sunday that his agency is investigating "theories and questions" related to the Sept. 10 assassination of Charlie Kirk. In a social media post on X, Patel affirmed that he is "committed to ensuring the investigation into Charlie Kirk’s assassination is thorough and exhaustive." "We are examining every facet of this assassination," the official said, before addressing some of the theories that have circulated in recent days. "We are meticulously investigating theories and questions, including the location from where the shot was taken, the possibility of accomplices, the text message confession and related conversations, Discord chats, the angle of the shot and bullet impact, how the weapon was transported, hand gestures observed as potential ‘signals' near Charlie at the time of his assassination, and visitors to the alleged shooter’s residence in the hours and days leading up to September 10, 2025."
#7 RFK Jr. Announces Move to Decertify Organ Procurement Organization Amid Efforts to Reform Organ Donation - Kaia Hubbard for CBS News, Energy and Commerce Committee, MSPacNWer, LapinAnge_Vet, Follow the light, and Be the Greater Fool/Riccardo Bosi
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Thursday new action to reform the nation's organ transplant system, as well as a move to decertify an organ procurement organization. "Every American should feel safe becoming an organ donor and giving the gift of life, yet decades of ignored patient safety concerns have driven more and more Americans off the donor list," Kennedy said. "Today, under President Trump's leadership, we are taking bold action and historic action to restore trust in the organ procurement process." Transplant experts said last year there had been a spike in people revoking organ donor registrations, after a report that a Kentucky man who'd been declared dead woke up just as a team was preparing to remove his organs. Since then, there have been more reports of attempts to remove organs from patients who had mistakenly been declared dead...
#8 Trump Admin Live Updates: President to Make ‘Historic’ Announcement About Autism, White House Official Says - Kevin Shalvey for ABC News, Newser, 𝕲𝖊𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖈 𝕱𝖗𝖊𝖓, Dr. Kristin Lyerly, The Patriot Oasis™, Republicans Against Trump/Beelzeboyd, and York Disability Week on X
President Donald Trump is scheduled on Monday afternoon to speak at the White House about medical findings related to children, according to his official schedule. A White House official told ABC News to expect a "historic" announcement related to autism. The president will then head to New York, where a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly is taking place this week. Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks to the group of world leaders on Tuesday...
#9 4.3 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts San Francisco Bay Area - Newsmax, Darryl Coleman, 640 WHLO, The US Sun, USAS, and Alma Gentil on X
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 woke up a number of people with a sharp jolt in the San Francisco Bay Area early Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was just east-southeast of Berkeley, the survey said. It happened shortly before 3 a.m. PDT. People posted online that they felt their homes shake. “Our calls are coming in from San Francisco and the East Bay and all over,” KTVU-TV anchor Dave Clark said in a video from the newsroom. “Things were shaking in our newsroom. ... It caught everyone off guard.” It wasn't immediately known if there were any injuries or significant damage...
#10 Tables Turn for Democrats as They Use Shutdown for Leverage - Meredith Lee Hill for Politico, Nate Silver, The Washington Times, RealVibeHustler, tricia foltz, Chris Towner, and JennyManyDots on X
On one side is the minority party, using what little leverage it has — a looming government funding deadline — to push for priorities it can’t enact otherwise. On the other is the majority, insisting a short-term funding punt is no place for negotiation. If that sounds familiar, that’s because just such a scenario has played out dozens of times on Capitol Hill over the past decade and a half — usually with Republicans pushing for policy concessions and Democrats insisting on a “clean” stopgap. Not this time. The roles have been reversed between the two parties as Congress barrels toward a government shutdown on Oct. 1 with no obvious off-ramp in sight...
