Jimmy Kimmel Suspended, Interest Rate Cut & Iconic Toys - Thursday, September 18, 2025
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 18 September 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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The news to know for Thursday, September 18, 2025!
We'll tell you why late-night host Jimmy Kimmel has been pulled off the air indefinitely—and why it's causing such a backlash.
Also, a new turning point for the Federal Reserve: the latest interest rate cut, and what the Fed says about the economy as a whole.
Plus: how the U.S. is changing the citizenship test, what the data says about the state of marriage in the U.S., and which toys could soon be recognized as Hall of Famers.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, September 18th. We'll tell you why late-night host Jimmy Kimmel has been pulled |
| 0:05.2 | off the air indefinitely and why it's causing such backlash. Also, a new turning point for the Federal |
| 0:10.5 | Reserve will tell you about the latest interest rate cut and what the Fed says about the economy as a whole. |
| 0:15.2 | Plus, how the U.S. is changing the citizenship test, what the data says about the state of marriage |
| 0:19.8 | in the U.S., and which |
| 0:21.0 | toys could soon be recognized as Hall of Famers. |
| 0:23.9 | Those stories and even more news to know next. |
| 0:28.6 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. |
| 0:30.9 | All the day's news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:33.2 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:35.8 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:36.8 | Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:43.3 | Jimmy Kimmel Live is now off the air for the foreseeable future, and it's causing an uproar. ABC did not actually explain its decision, but it came the same day the FCC warned the network over comments Kimmel made |
| 0:55.9 | in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, saying broadcasters needed to pull the show or face the |
| 1:01.0 | possibility of losing their licenses or having to pay fines. To be clear, Kimmel called Kirk's murder |
| 1:06.1 | senseless and said he could not understand why people would cheer for it. But he also criticized Republicans, accusing them of trying to score political points from the killing. |
| 1:15.2 | Kimmel also joked that conservatives are trying to characterize the shooter as, quote, |
| 1:18.9 | anything other than one of them. |
| 1:20.8 | But Trump's allies, including the head of the FCC, pointed out how the suspect does not appear to be pro-Trump. |
| 1:26.5 | So they accuse Kimmel of spreading false |
| 1:28.3 | information and assigning blame without the evidence to back it up. Well, now Kimmel is suspended |
| 1:33.5 | indefinitely. The official White House rapid response account on X celebrated ABC's decision, saying, |
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