In Case You Missed It … This Week In News

A lot happened in the world this week – Make sure you didn’t miss it with Liberty Nation GenZ’s weekly news roundup!

Sunday, September 21, 2025

Trump Threatens Taliban with ‘Bad Things’ Over Bagram Air Base

President Donald Trump threatened the Taliban government in Afghanistan on social media, warning of “bad things” regarding the Bagram Air Base. In a Truth Social post on Sept. 20, Trump doubled down on demands that the United States get back control of Bagram Air Base. “If Afghanistan doesn’t give Bagram Airbase back to those that built it, the United States of America, BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN!!!,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Pentagon Reveals New Restrictions for DOD Reporters

The Pentagon revealed tighter rules for reporters covering the Department of Defense. The new restrictions consist of asking the press not to publish information that the current administration has not authorized, or risk losing access to the department.

Trump Says Broadcast Network Can Lose License if Dishonest

Can a broadcast network lose its license if it is caught being dishonest? President Trump, speaking to reporters outside the White House on Sept. 20, suggested that a network could be in trouble if it is not telling the truth. “Well, I think when a network is dishonest, certainly, they are dishonest, because they give you 97 percent bad publicity, or whatever it is, some ridiculous number, yeah, I would say that would be grounds,” Trump said.

Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Restricting ICE Agents from Wearing Masks

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation on Sept. 20 restricting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from wearing masks as they perform operations in the Golden State. During remarks to the press at a local school, Newsom stated that ICE agents can no longer be “hidden from accountability,” stating that masks prevent “transparency” and “oversight” for US citizens. “That’s Trump’s America, but that’s not the America we’ve grown up in. And so we are pushing back,” Newsom said.

Monday, September 22, 2025

Charlie Kirk Widow: ‘I Forgive’ Shooter Who Killed Husband

Erika Kirk, the 36-year-old widow of murdered conservative activist Charlie Kirk, said at a massive public memorial for her late husband in Arizona on Sunday that she forgives the shooter who took his life. “I forgive him because it was what Christ did and it is what Charlie would do,” Erika Kirk told the huge audience. “The answer to hate is not hate. The answer we know from the Gospel is love.”

UK, Canada, Australia Recognize Palestinian State

Ignoring the strong vocal protest of the United States and Israel, the governments of Australia, Britain and Canada on Sunday symbolically recognized a Palestinian state.

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

ABC Reinstates Kimmel but Sinclair Refuses to Carry Him

Disney, owners of the ABC television network, announced Monday that late night host Jimmy Kimmel’s show will return tonight, overturning his brief suspension for controversial comments made about the suspected murderer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Supreme Court Lets Trump Fire FTC Commissioner, Will Take Up Case

The US Supreme Court on Monday announced it will take up the issue of President Donald Trump’s authority to fire Federal Trade Commission members.

Trump Will Meet With Schumer on Government Shutdown

President Donald Trump will meet with Democrat leaders on Capitol Hill this week as Congress seeks to pass short-term funding legislation to avoid a government shutdown, CBS News reports, citing “two sources familiar with the plans.”

NC Republicans Eye Criminal Justice Reform After Commuter Train Slaying

North Carolina Republicans on Monday announced that they will seek to steer a criminal justice reform package through the state legislature in response to the shocking murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a commuter train in Charlotte last month.

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Trump Blames UN For Fomenting ‘Crisis of Uncontrolled Migration’

President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave a blistering speech before the United Nations General Assembly in which he castigated the international organization for actively facilitating the waves of global migrants afflicting the nations of the West.

Kimmel Back on ABC, Says He Understands Furor Against Him

Late night television host Jimmy Kimmel returned to the ABC airwaves Tuesday night, less than a week after his show was placed on hiatus following controversial comments he made about the suspected murderer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. In what sounded more like an explanation than an apology, Kimmel choked up as he said he understood how his words could have been deemed offensive by others.

Google Admits Biden WH Wrongly Pressured It to Censor

Google, parent company of YouTube, on Tuesday said it will allow video uploaders who were banned for their political content to return to the platform. In doing so, the company also admitted that the Biden administration aggressively “pressed” it to remove content that did not violate YouTube policy but was deemed by the White House to be “misinformation.”

Second Trump Would-Be Assassin Found Guilty On All Counts

Ryan Routh, the man charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump from a sniper’s nest outside the fifth hole of Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sept. 15, 2024, was found guilty on all five counts against him on Tuesday in a Fort Pierce, Fla., federal courtroom.

Trump: I Believe Ukraine Can Win Back All Land Lost to Russia

In a remarkable reversal, President Donald Trump on Tuesday declared that he believes Ukraine can win back all territory lost during its long ongoing war with Russia with the aid of NATO and the European Union.

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Leftist Rhetoric Sparked ICE Facility Shooting in Dallas, Says Noem

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday said inflammatory rhetoric by the political Left has spurred a demonization of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel, triggering a deadly shooting at an ICE detention facility in Dallas. Three ICE detainees were struck by a rooftop shooter, later identified as Joshua Jahn, 29, who then fatally shot himself. One detainee was slain, and the other two were wounded.

Federal Prosecutors Reportedly Seek to Indict Comey This Week

Federal prosecutors are expected to ask a grand jury to indict former FBI Director James Comey this week on criminal charges, multiple news reports state. Comey is a longtime fierce political opponent of President Donald Trump, who fired him from his post atop the Bureau in 2017. Update, James Comey was indicted on Thursday, September 25.

Kamala Book: I Chose Walz for VP Because He Would Defer to Me

Failed 2024 presidential nominee Kamala Harris, in her newly released memoir, 107 Days, said part of the reason she selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate was because he lacked a desire to be president.