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Trump can also be describing working with “these nice medical doctors,” referring to his cupboard members Robert F Kennedy Jr and Mehmet Oz.
Ozis in actual fact a medical physician. Kennedy just isn’t.
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Trump says his administration will advocate girls restrict Tylenol – or acetaminophen – use in being pregnant
“Efficient instantly the FDA will probably be notifying medical doctors that the usage of acetominophen,” Trump struggled to pronounce the drug title, “or Tylenol, will be related to a really elevated threat of autism,” Trump stated.
“So taking Tylenol just isn’t good.”
“Because of this, they’re strongly recommending that ladies restrict Tylenol use throughout being pregnant except medically essential,” he added.
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Trump begins press convention
Donald Trump has begun talking at his White Home press convention, joined by Robert F Kennedy Jr and Mehmet Oz.
“I’ve been ready for this assembly for twenty years,” Donald Trump stated. He then went on to explain first assembly Robert F. Kennedy Jr and bonding over their shared concern about autism twenty years whereas nonetheless working as a developer in New York Metropolis.
“Since 2000, autism charges have surged by way more than 400 p.c,” he stated.
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Up to date at 16.50 EDT
Whereas we look forward to the president’s presser to start, we’re starting to see statements on Disney’s announcement that Jimmy Kimmel Reside! will return to tv tomorrow.
Right here’s one from Summer season Lopez, interim Co-CEO and chief program officer without cost expression at PEN America:
Jimmy Kimmel’s return is a vindication without cost speech: each remedying his unjustifiable suspension, and reminding us that when folks converse out to carry the highly effective to account — it issues. We should all channel the identical power to combat the various assaults on free speech underway, together with towards these with much less attain and assets.
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Trump and RFK Jr to carry press convention
We’re at present ready for Donald Trump to start talking at a White Home press convention the place he’ll be joined by well being secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and director of the Facilities of Medicaid and Medicare Companies, Dr Mehmet Oz.
The president and his cupboard members are anticipated to tie pregnant girls’s use of the favored medication Tylenol (referred to as paracetamol elsewhere on this planet) to the event of autism in youngsters.
Within the meantime, right here’s a useful abstract of the analysis and medical suggestions round Tylenol use throughout being pregnant:
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Up to date at 16.25 EDT
Trump to satisfy with prime Congressional Democrats this week – report
We’re getting phrase that the president is because of meet with Senate minority chief Chuck Schumer, and Home minority chief Hakeem Jeffries this week in DC, based on Punchbowl Information. This comes as members of Congress are on a recess this week.
Final week, the highest Democrats wrote a letter to Trump, asking for assembly after a short-term funding invoice didn’t cross within the Senate.
Now, a authorities shutdown is looming, with authorities funding set to run out on the finish of the month.
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Disney broadcasts that Jimmy Kimmel Reside! will return on Tuesday
In a press release, the Walt Disney Firm, stated that Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night present would return to tv on Tuesday, 23 September.
This comes after it spent nearly per week off the air, after ABC suspended manufacturing.
“Final Wednesday, we made the choice to droop manufacturing on the present to keep away from additional inflaming a tense scenario at an emotional second for our nation,” Disney stated in a press release. “It’s a choice we made as a result of we felt among the feedback have been ill-timed and thus insensitive. We have now spent the final days having considerate conversations with Jimmy, and after these conversations, we reached the choice to return the present on Tuesday.”
The replace from ABC’s guardian firm comes after 400 Hollywood stars signed an open letter by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) condemning Disney’s indefinite suspension of Kimmel’s present, after the Trump administration pressured the community to take motion or threat their associates shedding their broadcast licenses, issued by the Federal Communications Fee (FCC).
Jimmy Kimmel on the present. {Photograph}: Randy Holmes/ABC by way of Getty ImagesShare
Up to date at 16.06 EDT
Edward Helmore
Earlier, we reported on Republican senator Rand Paul’s pushback on the Trump administration placing stress on the justice division to research the president’s opponents.
In the identical NBC Information interview on Sunday, Kentucky’s junior senator broke with Federal Communications Fee (FCC) chair Brendan Carr for seemingly placing his finger on the size within the ongoing dispute between suspended talkshow host Jimmy Kimmel and his employer, Disney-owned ABC.
Carr not too long ago threatened to drag ABC affiliate broadcast licenses if Disney didn’t take motion towards Kimmel over his feedback suggesting that Republicans have been making an attempt to characterize the alleged killer of far-right commentator Charlie Kirk as “something different” than a part of the president’s “Maga gang”.
Paul instructed Meet the Press that Carr’s feedback have been “completely inappropriate” and the FCC chair “has acquired no enterprise weighing in on this”.
“Any try by the federal government to become involved with speech – I’ll combat,” Paul added.
However Paul additionally certified his feedback, saying Disney and ABC had no obligation to make use of Kimmel. On-air media contracts sometimes have a morals clause towards conduct that’s offensive or displays unfavorably on the corporate.
“Folks must additionally understand that despicable feedback – you may have the fitting to say them,” Paul stated. “However you don’t have the fitting to employment. Nearly all people employed, in all probability together with your self, has a code of conduct in your contact that you need to adhere.”
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On Fact Social, Donald Trump stated that he wrapped a name a short time in the past with the president of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the place he pledged to purchase $4bn value of locomotives and rail tools from the US.
“We have to assist our U.S. Rail Trade, which has been attacked by Pretend Environmentalists for years. Congratulations to President Tokayev on his nice buy,” Trump wrote.
Kazakhstan will purchase the infrastructure from Wabtec Company, the Pennsylvania-based producer, in a deal that can assist “hundreds of jobs” within the US, based on commerce secretary Howard Lutnick.
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Following immediately’s White Home briefing, this is a recap of the day up to now
In a large ranging press convention, White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt, answered a number of questions from reporters. Most notably, she was firm that Donald Trump wasn’t pressuring the justice division to focus on his political enemies. This, regardless of posts on social media this weekend the place he implored lawyer normal Pam Bondi to research a number of of his adversaries. It comes after the president took credit score for firing the US lawyer for the jap district of Virginia, Erik Seibert, after he stated there was inadequate proof to prosecute New York lawyer normal Leticia James for mortgage fraud. “We aren’t going to tolerate gaslighting from anybody within the media or from anybody on the opposite facet who’s making an attempt to say that it’s the president who’s weaponizing the DoJ,” Leavitt stated, repeating the get together line that Trump’s predecessor was, in actual fact, the wrongdoer. “Joe Biden used this sacred American establishment to go after his political opponent in the course of an election 12 months.”
Leavitt additionally sidestepped questions in regards to the president’s reported autism announcement immediately. Trump is predicted to ship remarks citing a hyperlink between the usage of Tylenol by pregnant girls and autism amongst youngsters. Medical consultants have stated it’s completely secure for girls to take over-the-counter ache treatment whereas pregnant. “Earlier than you bounce to conclusions primarily based on stories that the White Home has not even confirmed, I might encourage everybody on this room to enter the 4 o’clock announcement with some important considering abilities and with some open ears to really hearken to what the president and his staff of outsiders must say about this,” Leavitt stated.
The White Home additionally stated that it helps congressional Republicans efforts for a “clear” short-term funding invoice, to keep away from a authorities shutdown. For context, funding is about to run out on the finish of this month, and lawmakers are on recess this week. Leavitt stated that the president desires “a simple, accountable resolution to maintain the federal government open to 21 November and permit the complete 12 months appropriations course of to maneuver ahead.” She added that Democrats’ would in the end be chargeable for a shutdown.
The press secretary additionally famous that Trump plans to signal the US possession deal of TikTok, which might permit the social media app to proceed working stateside. Of word, the tech firm Oracle – owned by Trump ally Larry Ellison – will independently monitor all US consumer knowledge on their servers, including that will probably be “saved securely in america with out entry from China”.
And because the president prepares to handle the UN normal meeting on Tuesday, the White Home responded to a number of international locations formally recognizing Palestinian statehood. “Frankly, he believes it’s a reward to Hamas,” the press secretary stated immediately. “He believes these choices are simply extra speak and never sufficient motion from a few of our mates and allies. And I believe you’ll hear him speak about that tomorrow on the UN.”
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Trump to participate in a number of high-stakes assembly at UN normal meeting, amid ally requires Palestinian statehood
Lucy Campbell
Donald Trump is about to carry a sequence of high-stakes conferences on the United Nations this week, starting with bilateral talks with UN secretary-general António Guterres and leaders from Ukraine, Argentina and the European Union, White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated at immediately’s briefing.
In a separate multilateral summit, Trump will convene with leaders from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, the UAE, and Jordan, Leavitt stated.
You possibly can observe the most recent developments out of the Center East at our devoted liveblog.
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Up to date at 14.53 EDT
Leavitt says Trump will signal TikTok possession deal later this week
Of word in immediately’s briefing, Karoline Leavitt stated that the president plans to signal the US possession deal of TikTok, which might permit the social media app to proceed working stateside.
“TikTok will probably be owned by a majority of American traders and managed by a board of administrators with in depth nationwide safety and cybersecurity credentials,” Leavitt stated.
She confirmed earlier stories that tech firm Oracle – owned by Trump ally Larry Ellison – will independently monitor all US consumer knowledge on their servers, including that will probably be “saved securely in america with out entry from China”.
Leavitt additionally stated that the TikTok algorithm will probably be secured, retrained and operated in america and “outdoors ByteDance’s management”.
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Up to date at 14.31 EDT
White Home reaffirms perception that recognizing Palestinian statehood is a ‘reward to Hamas’, in break from allies
As we famous earlier, a number of American allies have joined the worldwide refrain formally recognizing a Palestinian state. At this time, Karoline Leavitt reaffirmed that Donald Trump disagrees with this choice.
“Frankly, he believes it’s a reward to Hamas,” the press secretary stated. “He believes these choices are simply extra speak and never sufficient motion from a few of our mates and allies. And I believe you’ll hear him speak about that tomorrow on the UN.”
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Leavitt says administration helps a ‘clear’ short-term funding invoice to keep away from authorities shutdown
The press secretary stated that she didn’t have any updates on a attainable assembly, following a letter that prime Congressional Democrats despatched to the president to debate the short-term funding invoice that has stalled within the Senate.
A reminder that authorities funding expires on the finish of September, and lawmakers from each chambers are again of their districts on recess.
“This White Home desires and what Republicans need, we would like a clear funding extension to maintain the federal government open,” Leavitt stated. “An easy, accountable resolution to maintain the federal government open to November 21 and permit the complete 12 months appropriations course of to maneuver ahead.”
GOP lawmakers have labelled Democrats’ model of a seamless decision to keep away from a shutdown as “unserious” because it comprises various well being care provisions to offset the impression of the One Huge Lovely Invoice Act.
Leavitt, nonetheless, shirked any attainable blame: “If the federal government is shut down, it’s solely going to will probably be the fault of the Democrats, and it’ll solely damage essentially the most weak in our nation.”
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White Home says it will not ‘tolerate gaslighting’ from media following Trump’s stress marketing campaign on justice division
Karoline Leavitt was firm immediately when fielding questions from reporters on the stress marketing campaign from the president on the Division of Justice to research a number of of his political opponents.
“We aren’t going to tolerate gaslighting from anybody within the media or from anybody on the opposite facet who’s making an attempt to say that it’s the president who’s weaponizing the DoJ,” Leavitt stated. “Joe Biden used this sacred American establishment to go after his political opponent in the course of an election 12 months.”
When pressed additional about why Donald Trump is unwilling to just accept findings from Erik Siebert, the now fired US lawyer of jap district of Virginia, Leavitt stated: “The president has each proper to precise how he feels about these individuals who actually campaigned on making an attempt to place him in jail, who actually tried to break his life and break his companies. And he desires to see accountability for many who abuse their workplace and abuse their energy.”
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Up to date at 14.51 EDT
Leavitt sidesteps query about reported autism announcement
Notably, Karoline Leavitt stated that she doesn’t “need to scoop” the president or well being secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr forward of their 4pm announcement immediately.
There have been a number of stories that Trump plans to ship remarks citing a hyperlink between the usage of Tylenol – specifically its energetic ingredient acetaminophen – by pregnant girls and autism amongst youngsters. Medical consultants have stated it’s completely secure for girls to take over-the-counter ache treatment whereas pregnant.
Leavitt didn’t verify the main points of immediately’s announcement:
Earlier than you bounce to conclusions primarily based on stories that the White Home has not even confirmed, I might encourage everybody on this room to enter the 4 o’clock announcement with some important considering abilities and with some open ears to really hearken to what the president and his staff of outsiders must say about this.
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Up to date at 14.06 EDT
Following the general public memorial for far-right activist and Trump ally Charlie Kirk on Sunday, Leavitt characterised Erika Kirk’s remarks, the place she stated that she forgives her husband’s killer, as “one of many best acts of grace this world has ever seen”.
Notably, Leavitt incorrectly claimed that 96 Democrats voted “towards a primary decision condemning political violence” in Congress, following his homicide.
On Friday, the Home in the end handed a decision that praised Kirk as a “brave American patriot” who sought to “elevate fact, foster understanding, and strengthen the Republic”.
Ninety-five Democrats voted to cross the measure, however 58 voted to oppose it, with a number of saying that they condemned his homicide, however couldn’t assist Kirk’s speech. Thirty-eight Democrats voted current and 22 didn’t vote on the decision.
In a press release, New York Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated that whereas “condemning the depravity of Kirk’s brutal homicide is an easy matter” Kirk’s rhetoric and beliefs “have been ignorant and sought to disenfranchise thousands and thousands of People – removed from ‘working tirelessly to advertise unity’ as asserted by the bulk on this decision”.
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Up to date at 13.31 EDT
Leavitt begins White Home press briefing, teasing Trump’s handle at UN normal meeting
Karoline Leavitt simply began the White Home press briefing. She famous that the president will handle the United Nations normal meeting tomorrow in a “a serious speech touting the renewal of American energy around the globe his historic accomplishments in simply eight months”.
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