The Royal Family Deploy Red Carpet Amid Protests; Kimmel Taken Off Air Due To Charlie Kirk Comments
Donald Trump experienced regal splendor and pageantry – including parades, gifts and a aerial salute – on the first day of his return official trip to the UK while thousands of people took to the streets against his arrival.
As protesters voiced their anger in the capital at a Stop Trump Coalition rally, Trump was escorted by the monarchs through a initial day that ended in a state banquet but kept him out of reach from his critics.
Following his arrival by helicopter in Windsor Castle’s grounds on Wednesday morning, the president accompanied the monarch in a horse-drawn carriage but the procession stayed inside the castle grounds and inaccessible of the general populace, with security concerns given as an justification.
Trump will meet British prime minister Keir Starmer at his country residence Chequers on the following day.
British Leader Aims Billions of Dollars in US Investment May Ease Reality of Trump Visit
Keir Starmer has sought to navigate a politically treacherous state visit by Donald Trump with an declaration of £150bn of American capital in the United Kingdom, as the president was kept safely within the premises of the royal castle and away from thousands of protesters in the city.
With Downing Street eager to make the best of what may turn out to be a difficult period, the PM revealed what was said to be the biggest funding deal in the nation’s history.
Late Night Show Pulled For Now After Presenter’s Charlie Kirk Comments
Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be taken off air “indefinitely” following the comedian’s remarks about the death of Charlie Kirk, the network confirmed, shortly after the Trump appointed chair of the FCC warned to revoke the network’s rights.
ABC, which is owned by Disney, stated on Wednesday night that it would pull the program from its schedule for the time being.
US Central Bank Cuts Key Rates
The US Federal Reserve reduced interest rates on Wednesday, its initial reduction since December, as the monetary authority moved to stabilize a wobbling labor market even as the president’s trade taxes continue to drive higher inflation.
Rates are now at a level of 4.25 percent – the lowest since late 2022. But the decision is unlikely to satisfy Trump, who has lambasted the Fed for acting “not quickly enough” and demanded a far bigger reduction.
Former Top US Health Officials Caution of RFK Jr’s Threat to Public Health
Ex-leaders at the CDC alleged Robert F Kennedy Jr of hobbling the country’s ability to address outbreaks and health crises.
Susan Monarez, appointed by Kennedy and fired after a brief tenure, and Debra Houry, who stepped down, informed a congressional panel that Kennedy demanded blanket vaccine approval without proper evaluation and was endangering national safety in the United States.
Fired US Labour Statistics Chief Alerts Over White House Interference
The former chief of federal labor statistics who the president fired recently described her sudden removal “risky” and said Americans should be concerned about the independence of vital data agencies.
“Investors must believe the numbers are accurate,” said the former BLS head, in her initial comments since her ouster. “Firing your chief statisticians for publishing figures you do not like, it has significant financial repercussions.”
DoJ Deletes Report Showing Right-Wing Radicals Commit More Violence
The DoJ has erased a report from its online portal concluding that far-right extremists have murdered significantly more Americans than other homegrown threat, just days after a gunman killed the prominent conservative activist the commentator.
Other Developments This Wednesday:
The Vermont senator on midweek became the initial lawmaker to say that Israel is carrying out atrocities in Gaza, labeling the assessment “undeniable”.
The treasury secretary, earlier committed to reside in two different houses at the same time as his “main home”, an agreement like one Donald Trump labeled deceptive lending in his historic effort to remove Fed official the economist.
Barack Obama commented on the recent killing of Charlie Kirk and told a audience in the state on Tuesday the country was “facing a critical moment”, but that political violence “has occurred before” and “taken place at certain periods” in US history. He further stated that regardless of the past, such acts was “anathema to what it means to be a democratic country”.
Need a recap? These were the events on September 16th.
