Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025 - Kimmel’s back; Trump’s Tylenol-autism link; Border czar bribe; FBI’s anti-trans play; Palestine recognized & more

Morning Announcements

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Daily News, News, News Commentary, Politics

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🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: Jimmy Kimmel is back in his late-night slot after Disney admitted last week’s pull was over “ill-timed” jokes—but let’s be real, the Hulu/Disney+/ESPN subscriber drop probably didn’t help. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is floating Tylenol in pregnancy as a cause of autism (despite zero credible evidence) and RFK’s FDA is eyeing vitamin B9 treatments. Trump’s border czar Tom Homan was reportedly caught on tape taking a $50K bribe from undercover FBI agents—an investigation quietly shelved once Trump returned to office. At the FBI, a new plan could brand transgender people as “nihilistic violent extremists,” a threat category so broad it risks sweeping up activists and allies. The Department of Education teamed with Turning Point and Moms for Liberty for a “patriotic civics” initiative ahead of America’s 250th. Abroad, the UK, Canada, and Australia recognized Palestine as a state ahead of the UN General Assembly, while Hamas may propose a ceasefire-for-hostages deal to Trump. On the tech front, the DOJ is trying (again) to break up Google over ad dominance, Amazon faces a jury trial for making Prime too hard to cancel, and Nvidia just dropped $100 billion into OpenAI for mega data centers. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: Variety: Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tuesday NBC News: Live updates: Trump and Kennedy promote unproven claims about autism at White House event MSNBC: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down. Them: FBI to Categorize Trans People As "Nihilistic Violent Extremist" Threat Group, Report Says Ed. gov: U.S. Department of Education, AFPI, TPUSA, Hillsdale College, and Over 40 National and State Organizations Launch America 250 Civics Coalition WSJ: In Historic Shift, U.K., Australia and Canada Recognize a Palestinian State Jerusalem Post: Hamas to tell Trump: We are willing to release half the hostages for 60-day ceasefire CBS News: Google enters second court battle against DOJ over alleged monopoly WSJ: Is Amazon Prime Too Hard to Cancel? A Jury Will Decide. OpenAI: OpenAI and NVIDIA announce strategic partnership to deploy 10 gigawatts of NVIDIA systems Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:23.2	Jimmy Kim Alive will return to its normal time slot on ABC's late-night lineup tonight.
1:28.6	With Disney and ABC making a statement yesterday that last week's decision was, quote,
1:32.8	made because we felt that some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive.
1:37.2	We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy,
1:40.6	and I assume Jimmy's attorney for no less than like 2000 an hour. I guess millions
1:45.7	of drop subscriptions for Hulu, Disney, and ESPN was not their fave.
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