Pregnant people already had few options for pain. Doctors worry about ripple effects of RFK Jr. linking Tylenol to autism https://19thnews.org/2025/09/rfk-jr-tylenol-autism-pregnancy/

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Charlie Kirk, right-wing activist, is fatally shot https://19thnews.org/2025/09/charlie-kirk-shot-utah/

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Headlines for September 10, 2025

Israel Strikes Qatar, Targeting Senior Hamas Leadership, Killing 6 People; Israel Continues to Bombard Gaza City, Ordering Full Evacuation; Israel Orders Demolition of the Homes of Two Palestinian Gunmen Responsible for Jerusalem Shooting; Organizers of Global Sumud Flotilla Say Another Ship Was Attacked by a Suspected Drone; CodePink Disrupts Trump’s Visit to a D.C. Restaurant; At Least 22 People Dead in Nepal as Anti-Government Protests Continue; More Than 250 People Arrested in French Anti-Government Protests; Poland Says It Shot Down Russian Drones Entering Its Airspace, Calling It an “Act of Aggression”; Opposition Lawmakers in Turkey Block Police from Entering Party Headquarters; DRC Military Opens Fire on Protesters, Killing Three People; SCOTUS Allows Trump Admin to Withhold Over $4 Billion in Foreign Aid; SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Case on Trump’s Tariffs; Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook; Georgia Judge Throws Out Racketeering Charges Against All 61 Defendants Accused of Blocking “Cop City”; ICE Agents Halt Raid After Local Residents Protest in Rochester, New York

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"America Is Bankrolling This": Jeremy Scahill on Israel's Bombing of Hamas in Qatar http://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/10/gaza_ceasefire_negotiations

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“America Is Bankrolling This”: Jeremy Scahill on Israel’s Bombing of Hamas in Qatar

Global condemnation is mounting after Israel bombed Qatar’s capital Doha, attempting to take out senior Hamas leaders who had gathered to consider a U.S. proposal for a Gaza ceasefire. Hamas leadership survived the strike, which killed six. We speak with Jeremy Scahill, co-founder of Drop Site News, who has reported extensively on Gaza ceasefire negotiations and is one of the few Western journalists to be in regular contact with senior members of Hamas. He reacts to Tuesday’s unprecedented strike. “The very Palestinians who are trying to negotiate some form of a truce with Israel, Israel then targets them and kills them,” says Scahill, who also questions claims by the Trump administration that it was uninvolved in the planning of the bombing. “At the end of the day, Americans should be asking themselves: Is all of this worth the cost, that America is bankrolling this, arming this, supporting this, encouraging this?”

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Will Egyptian Pres. Sisi Soon Free Jailed Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah? http://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/10/alaa_abd_el_fattah

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Will Egyptian Pres. Sisi Soon Free Jailed Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah?

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has reportedly ordered authorities to reexamine the case of Alaa Abd El-Fattah and six others on humanitarian grounds. Abd El-Fattah, who came to national prominence during the so-called Arab Spring protests of 2011, has been imprisoned for years on charges of “spreading false news,” but his family and supporters say he has been targeted for his pro-democracy activism. “The attempt to crush the spirit of Alaa Abd El-Fattah has failed,” says journalist Jeremy Scahill. “All people who believe in the struggle for liberation, not just in Egypt but that whole region, hold Alaa Abd El-Fattah close to their hearts and hope for the moment that they see him walk out of that prison cell.”

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"Here Comes the Sun": Bill McKibben on Renewable Energy, "Sun Day" & the "Last Chance" for Climate http://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/10/bill_mckibben

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“Here Comes the Sun”: Bill McKibben on Renewable Energy, “Sun Day” & the “Last Chance” for Climate

As the Trump administration grows increasingly hostile to renewable energy, we speak with acclaimed environmentalist Bill McKibben about his new book, Here Comes the Sun, in which he lays out a hopeful vision for the future that includes avoiding climate catastrophe, reshaping the economy and saving democracy. He says the key to unlock that future is fully embracing renewable energy over the fierce opposition of the fossil fuel industry and its political enablers. He notes that solar and wind are already the cheapest and fastest-growing power sources in history, with more green energy coming online every year. “It’s not that we’re going to stop global warming. It’s too late for that. It’s that we really have a chance to reboot the way the world and its economy and its geopolitics works right now,” says McKibben.

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Video of clash over gender-identity content in Texas A&M children’s lit class leads to firing, removals https://19thnews.org/2025/09/texas-professor-fired-gender-identity/

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'Socialism' isn't the put-down it once was, a Gallup poll suggests

For years, Republicans have disparaged their political rivals by describing them as socialists. But that may not be the insult it once was for rank-and-file Democrats, who have warmed to socialism and increasingly see "capitalism" as a barb. A...

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Ernst’s retirement opens up Iowa Senate race https://19thnews.org/2025/09/iowa-senate-primary-2026/

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