Category: Politics

Republican lawmakers want to honor conservative activist Charlie Kirk with a silver dollar coin. Later this week, Congress will consider a plan for the U.S. Treasury to manufacture 400,000 coins with Kirk’s portrait, full name, and 2026. The coin’s reverse would read “well done, good and faithful servant,” highlighting Kirk’s activism and ideals. The campaign…

Ruth Turner, the new administrator of a New Jersey school system, discovered a $18 million deficit due to years of poor bookkeeping and mismanagement in her first weeks. Turner and the new business administrator said the district’s financials didn’t stack up. They found enormous amounts of unpaid bills, incomplete ledgers, and accounting carelessness when they…

International leaders and social media users have criticized President Donald Trump’s UNGA presentation. The address on September 23, 2025, was controversial and baseless, sparking online outrage. Trump started with a joke about a broken teleprompter then moved on to more serious matters. He accused the UN of supporting a “globalist migration agenda.” and failing to…

Robert De Niro played a fictional FCC chairman on Jimmy Kimmel’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in a politically combustible return to late-night television. Satire aired on September 23, 2025, after ABC suspended Kimmel for comments on conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death. In the joke, Kimmel expected to talk to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. According to D’Niro,…

San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle and his wife Claire were in the spotlight after a bogus statement went viral. George was accused of writing on “Red And Gold Legacy,” a Facebook page, that conservative commentator Charlie Kirk had “no place in the NFL.” George opposed removing politics from football. George clarified on Instagram…

Because the government will shut down on September 30, President Trump canceled a meeting with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Trump called Democrats’ demands “serious and ridiculous,” adding the meeting wouldn’t fund the government without shutting it down. The cancellation has increased concerns of a government shutdown as the…

Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night television on Tuesday to discuss his ABC suspension dispute. The host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” was off the air for six days after uproar for his comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s murder. The Trump administration criticized him, especially FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who threatened ABC and its affiliates with…

NJ’s only public TV network is PBS. Due to massive state and federal funding cuts, it will close in July 2026. The WNET Group runs the station since 2011. They intend to terminate their New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority contract due to financial instability. US public media have experienced money issues lately, which prompted this…

A 12-year-old refused a fist bump from Republican Jack Ciattarelli at a New Jersey gubernatorial debate, gaining global notice. After the candidate answered a Rider University debate question regarding public faith in government, Ciattarelli approached an adolescent. The child Mark asked Ciattarelli how he would rebuild public trust after a U.S. Senator’s corruption conviction. Ciattarelli…

ABC said on Monday that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” would return on Tuesday following a nearly weeklong ban that sparked national debate. After receiving criticism over its treatment, ABC said it had “thoughtful conversations” with Kimmel before restarting the show. Kimmel was suspended for a monologue about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s Sept. 10 shooting. So soon…