Autism and Tylenol, Jimmy Kimmel Returns, Trump At The UN

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🗓️ 23 September 2025

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President Trump promotes unproven links between Tylenol, vaccines, and autism, and moves to change drug labels despite scientists warning the evidence isn’t there. ABC reverses course and reinstates Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show after suspending him over comments about Charlie Kirk’s assassination. And Trump heads to the U.N. General Assembly, where growing recognition of Palestine is testing U.S. diplomacy.

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0:00.0	President Trump says this about Tylenol.
0:05.1	Taking Tylenol is not good.
0:11.0	I'll say it. It's not good.
0:12.9	He linked it to autism, but the science does not prove that claim.
0:16.2	I'm Leila Faudil. That's Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:22.1	Jimmy Kimmel will be back on some ABC channels tonight, but the broadcaster that owns the largest number of affiliates says it won't air the late-night comedians program.
0:32.5	And President Trump will address world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly today.
0:36.9	I'm going to meet with a lot of the leaders at the UN.
0:39.1	We want to probably 20.
0:41.4	Everybody wants to be put him one person.
0:43.6	He speaks as more and more U.S. allies recognize a Palestinian sovereign state.
0:48.0	It's a position the U.S. refuses to take.
0:50.4	Stay with us.
0:50.9	We'll give you news you need to start your day.
1:02.5	Hey, it's Rachel Martin. I'm the host of Wildcard from NPR.
1:07.6	For a lot of my years as a radio host, silence sort of made me nervous.
1:11.5	That pause before an answer, because you don't know what's going on on the other side of the mic. But these days, I love it. Hmm. Ah. Gosh. Give me a minute. Yeah, yeah.
1:19.4	Think. Listen to the Wild Card podcast only from NPR.
1:24.1	President Trump blamed the active ingredient in Tylenol for causing autism, and he especially warned pregnant women to avoid the drug.
1:32.7	Science, though, doesn't back him up.
1:34.6	And you shouldn't take it during the entire pregnancy.
1:36.8	They may tell you that toward the end of the pregnancy, you shouldn't take it during the entire.
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