The News Roundup For September 12, 2025

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🗓️ 12 September 2025

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Summary

Republican provocateur and online personality Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while hosting an event at Utah Valley University this week. Despite authorities searching for the person responsible, no suspects are in custody.

Donald Trump’s takeover of the Washington D.C. police department expired Thursday evening. Trump signaled that he would seek an extension, but that desire has reportedly cooled.

Meanwhile, in an attempt to harm Hamas, Israel bombed the Qatari capital of Doha this week. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled that he and his forces are prepared to do so again despite a rare condemnation of Israeli military strategy by the U.S.

Poland invoked NATO’s Article 4 this week after Russian drones entered its airspace, leading to consultations between representatives of the alliances member nations.

France’s government has collapsed again. Now, President Emmanuel Macron has appointed outgoing defense minister Sébastien Lecornu as the country’s next prime minister.

We get into all this and more during this week’s News Roundup.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Rachel Martin. I'm the host of Wildcard from NPR.
0:03.5	For a lot of my years as a radio host, silence sort of made me nervous.
0:08.7	That pause before an answer, because you don't know what's going on on the other side of the mic.
0:13.5	But these days, I love it.
0:15.5	Hmm.
0:16.3	Ah.
0:17.3	Gosh.
0:18.5	Give me a minute.
0:19.4	Yeah, yeah.
0:20.0	Think.
0:20.5	Listen to the Wildcard podcast only from NPR.
0:24.2	Hey, it's Todd, your host for this edition of the News Roundup.
0:27.5	Just a quick heads up before we start the show.
0:29.6	The news is constantly changing and things might have changed by the time you hear this
0:34.5	episode.
0:35.4	Stay up to date with the news by listening to your local NPR member station and by visiting npr.org for all the latest.
0:42.7	Thanks for listening.
0:43.8	Enjoy the show.
0:48.3	You're listening to the 1A podcast. I'm Todd Zwillick. This is the news roundup.
0:56.9	We will fire the Biden-Harris regime and put Donald Trump back in the White House where he belongs.
1:05.8	That's the voice of Charlie Kirk, the right-wing activist and political organizer who was shot dead at a college campus event in Utah on Wednesday.
1:14.9	Kirk was 31 years old and the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA.
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