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Jose Garcia's JournalJosh Shapiro blasts RFK Jr., federal health officials; vows to protect vaccine access in Pa.
Source: Penn Live
With the Trump Administration poised to order sweeping changes to long-standing scientific guidance on childhood vaccines, Gov. Josh Shapiro on Friday reiterated his pledge to protect access to vaccines in the Commonwealth.
Appearing as a guest in a live Instagram conversation with Dr. Zachary Rubin,, a Chicago-based pediatric allergist and immunologist, Shapiro vowed that as soon as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices wrapped up day 2 of their meeting on new vaccine guidance, his administration would issue guidance in response to new directives.
“Let me say we’re waiting for this meeting to end, I guess at some point today and then we’ll be putting out some new guidance from our state department of health to react to whatever they do there,” Shapiro said. “Because what we want to do is make sure Pennsylvanians have access to a full range of healthcare options, including vaccines. So as soon as that’s done, you should expect to hear from our Department of Health.”
Day 2 of the federal vaccine advisory panel resulted in limited action but considerable tumult. The panel voted Friday to delay a vote on ending a three-decade recommendation to administer hepatitis B vaccines at birth after a tide of criticism from major medical groups.
Read more: https://www.pennlive.com/news/2025/09/josh-shapiro-blasts-rfk-jr-federal-health-officials-vows-to-protect-vaccine-access-in-pa.html
Gov. Josh Shapiro says Trump's threats to revoke TV networks' licenses are an attempt to 'stifle dissent'
Source: NBC News
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Friday accused the Trump administration of “trying to stifle dissent” after ABC removed late-night comedy host Jimmy Kimmel from the airwaves this week following comments from a federal regulator.
“Without question, they’re trying to stifle dissent,” Shapiro, a Democrat, told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker, also characterizing the move as “extremely dangerous.”
Shapiro’s comments come after President Donald Trump suggested that the television networks were “97% against” him and that those who give him “bad publicity” should have their federal broadcasting licenses revoked during a Thursday night gaggle aboard Air Force One.
“And if they’re 97% against, they give me only bad publicity, press,” Trump said. “I mean, they’re getting a license. I would think maybe their license should be taken away.”
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/josh-shapiro-trump-kimmel-revoke-network-licenses-free-speech-rcna232366
Gov. Josh Shapiro says Kamala Harris will 'have to answer' for not speaking out about Biden
Source: NBC News
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said former Vice President Kamala Harris will “have to answer” for why she did not speak out publicly about former President Joe Biden’s ability to serve during his term.
Shapiro, widely seen as a potential 2028 presidential contender, made the remarks in a new political podcast hosted by sports commentator and personality Stephen A. Smith. Smith asked Shapiro about an excerpt from Harris’ soon-to-be-released book on her presidential campaign.
“Was it grace, or was it recklessness?” Harris wrote of the White House’s handling of Biden’s decision to run for re-election, per an excerpt of the book. “In retrospect, I think it was recklessness. The stakes were simply too high. This wasn’t a choice that should have been left to an individual’s ego, an individual’s ambition. It should have been more than a personal decision.”
Speaking with Shapiro, Smith asked the governor how Americans should feel “when we hear something that we suspected but wasn’t acknowledged by politicians who were looking for our support, and then we find out later we were right, and they should have spoken up, and they should have shown more courage.”
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/josh-shapiro-kamala-harris-biden-rcna232207
2 men arrested after explosive device is found under news media vehicle in Salt Lake City
Source: Desert News
SALT LAKE CITY — Two men were arrested after police found an explosive device under a news media vehicle on Friday.
Adeeb Nasir, 58, and Adil Justice Ahmed Nasir, 31, were both arrested for investigation of manufacturing or possessing a weapon of mass destruction, threat of terrorism, attempted aggravated arson, and possessing or removing incendiary items and their parts, according to a police booking affidavit.
The Salt Lake City Police Department Bomb Squad and the Unified Fire Authority Arson/Bomb Squad responded to a suspicious device on Friday in Salt Lake City.
Police say they found the device placed under a news media vehicle parked next to an occupied building and determined it to be a real explosive device. It “had been lit but failed to function as designed,” according to the affidavit.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/2-men-arrested-explosive-device-234641821.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAExfcskf4f8ACZ0vHmU4uvu_kJbmFLw_71hjzk27q51EFU3i9VW1hcA6QUUK0O6I0Cb1w6UCgAEj1kw9OvK0JI-E6_p4FtUWGAQo2SOkVsdo2HeR5fxl0NZR2oyWsgfE7_s2hypME5a9TNqBC1etOdcr_vQoDccjVNEFQ4DaSNsH
Axios: Kirk suspect's transgender roommate "aghast," may be key to motive
Authorities are investigating whether Tyler Robinson, suspected of killing Charlie Kirk, believed Kirk's views on gender identity were "hateful" to people like Robinson's transgender roommate, six sources familiar with the case tell Axios.
Why it matters: Investigators believe Robinson's anger at Kirk's views could be a key to establishing a motive for the slaying of the controversial activist whose death sent shockwaves through American politics.
Each of the six sources familiar with the investigation told Axios that investigators believe Robinson had a romantic relationship with his roommate.
Zoom in: Axios' sources said investigators initially wanted the information about the roommate's gender identity kept quiet because that person is being "extremely cooperative" with authorities.
More: https://www.axios.com/2025/09/13/kirk-suspect-transgender-roommate
In new book, Kamala Harris says it was reckless to let Biden make reelection decision on his own
Source: CNN
“In retrospect,” Kamala Harris writes of letting Joe and Jill Biden decide on their own whether the then-president should have tried to run for re-election, “I think it was recklessness.”
That is the assessment that the former vice president makes in her forthcoming memoir of her abbreviated 2024 run, in a significant break from the dutiful stance she took toward her old boss throughout their time in office and since.
“‘It’s Joe and Jill’s decision.’ We all said that, like a mantra, as if we’d all been hypnotized,” Harris writes in the first excerpt of “107 Days” published Wednesday morning by The Atlantic. “The stakes were simply too high. This wasn’t a choice that should have been left to an individual’s ego, an individual’s ambition. It should have been more than a personal decision.”
Part of the problem, Harris writes, was a Biden team so committed to not helping her that she says it ultimately came at his own, and the country’s expense.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/politics/kamala-harris-book-107-days-biden
Top Florida official says 'Alligator Alcatraz' will likely be empty within days, email shows
Source: Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A top Florida official says the controversial state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades will likely be empty in a matter of days, even as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration and the federal government fight a judge’s order to shutter the facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by late October. That’s according to an email exchange shared with The Associated Press.
In a message sent to South Florida Rabbi Mario Rojzman on Aug. 22 related to providing chaplaincy services at the facility, Florida Division of Emergency Management Executive Director Kevin Guthrie said “we are probably going to be down to 0 individuals within a few days.” Rojzman, and the executive assistant who sent the original email to Guthrie, both confirmed the veracity of the messages to the AP.
A spokesperson for Guthrie, whose agency has overseen the construction and operation of the site, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
News that the last detainee at “Alligator Alcatraz” could leave the facility within days came less than a week after a federal judge in Miami ordered the detention center to wind down operations, with the last detainee needing to be out within 60 days. The state of Florida appealed the decision, and the federal government asked U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams to put her order on hold pending the appeal, saying that the Everglades facility’s thousands of beds were badly needed since detention facilities in Florida were overcrowded.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/florida-immigration-detention-center-desantis-alligator-alcatraz-f36fd04c18635eb7938a9ec26a31e92e?taid=68af37e234952200019238d2&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter
DOJ fires sandwich thrower after he's charged with assaulting officer in Washington, D.C.
Source: CNBC
The man facing a felony federal assault charge for allegedly chucking a Subway sandwich at a U.S.
Customs and Border Protection agent in Washington, D.C., was an employee at the Department of Justice, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday.
The man, identified in court documents as Sean Charles Dunn, has been fired, she said.
Dunn worked in the DOJ criminal division’s international affairs section.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/14/sandwich-washington-doj-subway-bondi-.html
UCLA to pay $6.45 million to settle suit by Jewish students over pro-Palestinian protests
Source: LA Times
UCLA has agreed to pay $6.45 million to settle a lawsuit brought by three Jewish students and a medical school professor who alleged the university violated their civil rights and enabled antisemitic actions during a pro-Palestinian campus encampment hit with violence in spring 2024.
Each plaintiff will receive $50,000. About $2.3 million will be donated to eight groups that work with Jewish communities or issues. Another $230,000 will be directed to a UCLA initiative to combat antisemitism, and the rest of the funds will go toward the legal fees.
As part the deal, UCLA has also agreed that it is “prohibited from knowingly allowing or facilitating the exclusion of Jewish students, faculty, and/or staff from ordinarily available portions of UCLA’s programs, activities, and/or campus areas.” This provision extends to any actions taken on campus, including measures to de-escalate tensions during a protest, for instance, and it includes “exclusion ... based on religious beliefs concerning the Jewish state of Israel.”
That agreement, which would be in effect for 15 years, is awaiting approval from U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi, who is overseeing the case.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-29/ucla-settles-lawsuit-jewish-students
Texas Sen. Angela Paxton files for divorce from Attorney General Ken Paxton, court records show
Source: CBS News
State Sen. Angela Paxton, the wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, has filed for divorce from her husband, according to Collin County court records.
The couple has been married for 38 years, including during Paxton's 2023 impeachment trial.
The senator said she filed for divorce on "biblical grounds," according a post on her X account. She filed on Thursday, court records show.
"I believe marriage is a sacred covenant and I have earnestly pursued reconciliation," she wrote on social media. "But in light of recent discoveries, I do not believe that it honors God or is loving to myself, my children, or Ken to remain in the marriage. I move forward with complete confidence that God is always working everything together for the good of those who love Him and who are called according to His purpose."
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/texas-sen-angela-paxton-divorce-ag-ken-paxton/
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