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Jose Garcia's JournalTrump authorizes troop pay amid government shutdown
Source: MSNBC
President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was directing Defense Department officials to pay members of the military next week, despite the ongoing federal government shutdown.
“I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th. We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
This comes as Trump administration officials and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have voiced concerns that members of the military would not receive a paycheck on Oct. 15 due to the shutdown, which has lasted for 10 days so far.
Representatives the Defense Department did not immediately respond to NBC News’ requests for comment Saturday.
Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna237049
Japan elects its first female prime minister
Source: The Telegraph
Sanae Takaichi decisively won a run-off vote against the more centrist Shinjiro Koizumi
Election of Sanae Takaichi underlines a broader shift to the Right in Japanese politics
Japan is set for its first female prime minister after Sanae Takaichi was elected leader of the governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Tokyo on Saturday.
A popular nationalist known for taking a hard line on China, 64-year-old Mrs Takaichi decisively won a run-off vote against the more centrist Shinjiro Koizumi, underlining a broader shift to the Right in Japanese politics.
Widely seen as the successor of Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister assassinated while campaigning for election in July 2022, Mrs Takaichi has repeatedly described herself as Japan’s Margaret Thatcher.
Mrs Takaichi, who was famously a drummer in a heavy metal band in university, softened her tone during the election campaign but is now likely to shift the LDP to the Right.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/japan-elects-first-female-prime-074658752.html
Sacramento police arrest man in connection with shooting at local ABC affiliate news station
Source: CNN
Authorities have arrested a suspect and are working to determine a motive after bullets zipped through the windows of a local Sacramento TV station in what city police described as a drive-by shooting on Friday afternoon.
Even though the building was occupied at the time, all employees of KXTV — also known as ABC10 — are safe and unharmed after the shooting, according to Tegna, the media company that owns the station.
KXTV is also a local affiliate of ABC and CNN.
Authorities have arrested a suspect and are working to determine a motive after bullets zipped through the windows of a local Sacramento TV station in what city police described as a drive-by shooting on Friday afternoon.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sacramento-police-arrest-man-connection-203801791.html
Josh 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.
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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.
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