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Friday, September 12, 2025

The gunman who shot and killed Charlie Kirk is still not in custody more than eight hours after the assassination. read more


Food and Drug Administration officials plan to present data they claim links the Covid vaccine to 25 deaths in children at what's expected to be a closely watched vaccine advisory committee next week, a source confirmed to NBC News. The Washington Post first reported the expected data. The FDA is basing its claim on an analysis of data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, or VAERS, a publicly available database maintained by the FDA and the CDC, according to three sources familiar with the plan. But, two of the sources said, the agency is misusing the database which allows anyone " including doctors, patients and caregivers " to submit reports to VAERS about adverse events they believe are linked to vaccines. The reports are unverified, but the health agencies use the database as a guide for topics to investigate further.


In a stunning turn of events that underscores the chaos surrounding U.S. immigration policy, Donald Trump personally offered hundreds of South Korean workers detained in a massive immigration raid the opportunity to stay in the country"and nearly every single one of them said no. The raid, which unfolded last week at Hyundai's $4.3 billion EV battery plant under construction in Georgia, resulted in the arrest of around 300 South Korean nationals and more than 150 others from various countries. The plant, one of the crown jewels of U.S.-South Korea industrial collaboration, has now become the unlikely epicenter of a diplomatic and political mess. According to South Korean officials, Trump privately offered the workers a deal: remain in the U.S. to help train American staff. The offer was made quietly, behind the scenes, and even delayed a chartered flight meant to take them back to Seoul. Only one worker accepted, according to Reuters.


President Donald Trump was sporting a doozy of a droopy face as he ventured outside the White House Thursday amid mounting questions about his health. The 79-year-old president appeared at a Pentagon event commemorating the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, where the right side of his face sparked a wave of online speculation. "Trump looked absolutely awful during his attendance at a 9/11 ceremony at the Pentagon," host Ben Meiselas said during a Thursday episode of the MeidasTouch podcast. "His face was very droopy, he seemed addled, like he didn't even know where he was." This is just the latest in a firestorm of health concerns surrounding Trump. The White House revealed in July that the president has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a condition that occurs when leg vein valves fail, causing blood to pool. Trump has since been seen with swollen ankles.


Multiple historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are on lockdown after receiving potential threats on Thursday, including Alabama State University, Virginia State University, Hampton University in Virginia, Southern University in Louisiana, and Clark Atlanta University in Georgia. Spelman College, located near Clark Atlanta University, has also implemented shelter-in-place protocols as a precautionary measure due to its proximity. The lockdown measures come in the wake of the shooting at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, where 31-year-old conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was killed at his speaking engagement on campus. Civil right activist Rev. Al Sharpton released a statement on Thursday, calling for an end to threats to HBCU campuses and all forms of violence amid tensions after the killing of Kirk.


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