Government Shutdown Looms, UNGA: Trump Slams Russia, Jimmy Kimmel Returns

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🗓️ 24 September 2025

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President Trump cancels a meeting with Democratic leaders as a government shutdown looms, with both sides refusing to budge on health care demands. At the U.N., Trump calls Russia a “paper tiger” and signals Ukraine could reclaim its territory with European help. And Jimmy Kimmel returns to ABC after nearly a week off the air, using an emotional monologue to defend free speech and respond to critics of his comments on Charlie Kirk’s killing.

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0:00.0	that's yeah I think it's roughly right
0:02.9	good enough I mean in terms of time
0:06.2	obviously with the facts are always exactly right
0:09.2	absolutely correct
0:12.3	President Trump
0:15.9	cancels talks with Democrats as a shutdown deadline nears
0:19.1	Democrats say their demands are simple.
0:21.9	Cancel the cuts, lower the costs, save health care. How does the standoff end?
0:28.0	I'm Michelle Martin, that's Steven Ski, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:33.5	The president changed his stance on Russia, saying they are losing on the battlefield, and the U.S.
0:38.4	will keep sending weapons for Ukraine.
0:40.5	It could be that Russia is a paper tiger.
0:42.8	How could he back that up?
0:44.2	And also, Jimmy Kimmel returned to ABC.
0:47.1	You understand that it was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man.
0:55.3	He said the president mocked him for low ratings,
0:57.8	but that just guaranteed big ratings for him last night.
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