Culture

- Researchers analyze shifts in Taylor Swift’s dialect

- NYC rat czar officially resigns

Tech

- Meta has released “Vibes,” a short-form vertical video feed exclusively of AI-generated content. Those interested can download the Meta AI app

Vigilante Justice News

- man admits to killing parents on live television (AP news)

- Michigan church shooting and North Carolina shooting hours apart

- Sara Jane Moore, who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, dies at 95

- Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist sought by the US since 1979, dies in Cuba

Nation

- Trump says he will send troops to Portland

- The number of people charged with breaking US federal drug laws dropped to the lowest level in decades this year after the Trump administration ordered enforcement agencies to focus on deporting immigrants, a Reuters review of nearly 2 million court records found.

- RFK impeachment introduced by House Democrat Stevens citing health care chaos under secretary

Foreign

- China remains No. 1 threat in space: Space Force general

Topics

- Jimmy Kimmel

- Google

- American’s Math and Reading Scores

- Latest in vigilante justice

- United Nations General Assembly

Topics:

• Sam Altman and Tucker Carlson interview
• Charlie Kirk Memorial and Erika Kirk's speech
• Obama's commentary on the Kirk assasination
• Kimmel Show Back on Air

Topics

- ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live! Off the air after Charlie Kirk jokes

- Maha news

- Cocaine markets surge amidst crackdown on Fentanyl

- Conservative coalition teaming with Trump administration to push patriotism in education

Rapid Fire

- Federal reserve lowering interest rates

- Trump to designate Antifa a terrorist group

- Rudy Giuliani is ordered to pay $1.36 million in legal bills

- Democrats press FBI director on Epstein files

Latest updates on the Charlie Kirk shooting, plus some new spin analysis on the killer.

Melissa dives into the coverage about the Charlie Kirk assassination, and the 24th anniversary of 9-11

- Malcolm Gladwell reverses stance on trans athletes

- Rumors of president trumps death

- Chicago was “about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR,” Trump told reporters that he merely wanted to “clean up” the city

- JD Vance tweet

- Trump’s DOJ is reportedly weighing a ban on trans Americans owning firearms

- China begins enforcing world’s strictest A.I. labeling laws

- Texas Lt. Gov. and Chair of the Religious Liberty Commission Dan Patrick discusses "Religion Lifts People Up"

- A.I. company Anthropic settlement with writers

- New Study: Moderate drinking is actually healthier than not drinking

- Trial begins for man charged with attempting to assassinate Trump

- MTA - NYC infrastructure

- Recent notable poll of Americans opinions on the state of America

- Latest in income wealth disparity

- Corporate America and Tech companies

- Congress is back in session

- Bonus rapid fire headlines