News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
This is an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
BREAKING NEWS: Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for the first time this year under mounting signs of labor market weakness. Follow live updates and analysis. https://cnn.it/4mhhJjz
— CNN (@cnn.com) September 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Laboratory tests of smuggled samples taken from late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny show that he was poisoned when he was imprisoned in a Siberian penal colony, his widow Yulia Navalnaya has said: https://cnn.it/4nGOt7b
— CNN (@cnn.com) September 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Police in the U.K. arrested four people after photos of President Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were projected onto Windsor Castle Tuesday night.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) September 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Trump called Chicago a “death trap” and wants to send in the National Guard. Pritzker said his remarks are a sign “of dementia,” adding, “I think he’s losing it.” @shiakapos.bsky.social has the full story in our Illinois Playbook 👇
— Politico (@politico.com) September 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Los Angeles police officers fired over a thousand projectiles at Trump administration protesters on a single day in June.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) September 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to improve conditions for migrants being held in a Manhattan federal building, writing that he was intervening to protect detainees from potentially “unconstitutional and inhumane treatment.”
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) September 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Republican leaders vow to continue forward with a stopgap funding bill in the coming days as Democrats threaten to oppose it in favor of their own alternative, raising the chances for an Oct. 1 government shutdown.
— Politico (@politico.com) September 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Denmark leads large military exercise in Greenland, without US reut.rs/46lvBDu
— Reuters (@reuters.com) September 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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A suspect has been taken into custody after a driver rammed a car into a security gate at the FBI building in Pittsburgh, then removed an American flag from the back seat and threw it over the gate, authorities said.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) September 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Air traffic controllers urgently and repeatedly ordered the pilots of Spirit Airlines flight 1300 to turn away from Air Force One Tuesday over Long Island, New York.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) September 17, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Sen. Cassidy questioned what happened in former CDC Director Monarez's firing, saying Senate Republicans, RFK Jr. and Trump supported her. "Did we fail? Was there something we should have done differently?" he asked.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) September 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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The U.S. government is adding more questions to the civics test that applicants need to pass to become American citizens, the latest step by the Trump administration to tighten the legal immigration process.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) September 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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