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Jon Wiener:  From The Nation magazine, this is Start Making Sense. I’m Jon Wiener. Laer in the show, we’ll talk about the new film “Caught by the Tides” by Jia Zhangke, considered worldwide to be the most important director in China.  The film is a unique portrayal of the massive transformation of China over the last 20 years.  John Powers will explain – he’s critic at large on Fresh Air with Terry Gross.  But first: Trump’s big losses, and big win, in the courts: Erwin Chemerinsky will comment, in a minute.[BREAK]Trump had a really bad week in court last week,…

9/11: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News FBI seeks public’s help to find person of interest in Charlie Kirk’s assassination; The story told through dust at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum Source link

Members of Congress are curtailing outdoor events and public appearances in the wake of the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, underscoring rising anxiety over political violence on Capitol Hill.Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, is postponing a rally scheduled for Sunday in Raleigh, North Carolina, that had been planned in conjunction with the state Democratic Party, an adviser said Thursday. “After yesterday’s events, we are postponing out of an abundance of caution. We hope to hold the event at a later date,” a senior adviser said. The North Carolina Democratic Party also confirmed the event has been postponed.Democratic…

The grand foyer in the John F. Kennedy Center for the performing arts Ron Blunt/Kennedy Center hide caption toggle caption Ron Blunt/Kennedy Center The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has fired another staffer: Kevin Struthers, a senior director of music programming who had been at the D.C. arts institution for 30 years. Struthers confirmed his termination to NPR on Thursday. His dismissal is the latest upset in a line of firings and resignations at the Kennedy Center since President Trump became its chair in February and appointed Richard Grennell its new president. The Kennedy Center and NPR…

A suspect on trial for trying to assassinate President Trump while he played golf in South Florida last year forfeited his right to continue making an opening statement on Thursday when he veered off topic and talked about Adolf Hitler and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.Ryan Routh, who is representing himself, was warned by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to stay on topic. The judge twice asked jurors to leave the courtroom so she could deal with the unconventional turn in Routh’s opening statement.Both Routh and prosecutors had been given 40 minutes each to make opening statements, but Routh’s…

Politics / September 11, 2025 The right-wing influencer did not deserve to die, and we shouldn’t forget the many despicable things he said and did. Ad Policy Mourners made a wreath for Charlie Kirk at the US Embassy in Pretoria on September 11, 2025.(Phill Magakoe / AFP via Getty Images) The murder of right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk is a tragedy. But the response augurs even bigger tragedies for American politics. Even as Democrats and progressives rushed to lament the killing, the right rushed even faster to blame the left for its opposition to Donald Trump and his authoritarian movement, a…

The search continues Thursday for a suspect in the fatal shooting of conservative activist and commentator Charlie Kirk at an event Wednesday at Utah Valley University. CBS News Confirmed has gathered information from officials and video and audio sources and has constructed this timeline of the assassination of the 31-year-old. This timeline will be updated as more information emerges. 11:52 a.m. MT (1:52 p.m. ET): Shooter arrives near campus The shooter arrived near the campus university at around 11:52 a.m., officials said at a news conference Thursday morning. The event was scheduled to begin in the UVU courtyard at noon. Videos from…

Charlie Kirk’s body will be flown on Air Force Two — the vice president’s plane — from Utah to Arizona, where he lived with his family, according to officials familiar with the matter. Vice President JD Vance flew to Salt Lake City to retrieve Kirk’s body on Thursday, a day after the 31-year-old conservative activist was shot and killed at an event at a Utah university, the officials said. The vice presidential aircraft will transport Kirk’s body to Phoenix, according to the officials.Vance and second lady Usha Vance will travel with Kirk’s family and some of his friends to Arizona. Kirk is survived…

Charlie Kirk is shown at the Republican National Convention in downtown Milwaukee, Wis., on July 17, 2024. Joel Angel Juarez/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joel Angel Juarez/The Washington Post via Getty Images The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk Wednesday at a college in Utah is the latest in a series of politically motivated violent acts just in recent months. And they have spanned the political spectrum: –The killing of a Democratic state lawmaker and her spouse in Minnesota and the shooting of another and his spouse; –The Democratic Pennsylvania governor’s residence firebombed while he…

  15m ago Trump declares Sept. 11, 2025, “Patriot Day 2025” President Trump issued a proclamation on Thursday declaring Sept. 11, 2025, as “Patriot Day 2025,” declaring that “we renew our resolve to ensure that we never again face such a ruthless attack.” “September 11, 2001, will forever live in the collective consciousness of those who witnessed four commercial jetliners converted into weapons of terror to target innocent Americans on a beautiful Tuesday morning in September, 24 years ago,” the proclamation says. Congress in Dec. 2001 declared Sept. 11 as Patriot Day. In this proclamation for Patriot Day 2025, Mr. Trump called…