Friday, September 26, 2025

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President Trump signed an executive order approving a deal to keep TikTok in the U.S. (Hear Details)

A DoorDash driver alerted police after delivering trash bags, a hatchet, bleach, and zip ties to a motel room. What did officers find inside? (Hear Episode)

$1 million worth of jewelry was stolen from a California shop by a smash-and-grab mob. (Listen Now)

  

Politics

➤ The White House sent a memo to federal agencies telling them to prepare widespread layoff plans for a government shutdown in case Congress doesn’t pass a funding deal by the Oct. 1 fiscal year deadline. (More)

The FBI unveiled evidence Thursday indicating that the sniper who attacked the Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas carefully plotted the attack to incite terror among ICE agents. (See Details)

The Trump administration announced a partnership with Elon Musk’s xAI in a move designed to use Musk’s Grok artificial intelligence engine to streamline federal workflow. (More)

➤ The White House unveiled a new “Presidential Walk of Fame” outside the Oval Office featuring portraits of U.S. presidents, except for former President Biden, where the White House instead framed a photo of an autopen writing Biden’s signature. (See Video)

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Sports

➤ New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft agreed to sell a minority share of the team at a price that would value the franchise at an NFL-record $9 billion. (More

➤ The Chicago Bears also reportedly sold a minority stake, setting the team’s worth at $8.9 billion, just behind the Patriots. The Bears were valued at $6.4 billion by CNBC a year ago. (More)

➤ Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh became just the seventh player in MLB history to hit 60 home runs in a season after his two-homer performance against the Rockies on Wednesday night. The Mariners’ 9-2 victory also clinched them the AL West title. (More)

➤ The skateboard that Tony Hawk performed the first-ever 900, involving two-and-a-half mid-air revolutions, sold for $1.15 million at auction this week, double presale estimates. (More)

➤ Yesterday’s Results: NFL | NCAAF | NHL | MLB | Soccer

Finance

Trend Line Daily Market Report   09/25/2025

NASDAQ
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
22,384.70
-0.50%
SPX
S&P 500
6,604.72
-0.50%
DJI
Dow Jones Industrial Average
45,947.32
-0.38%
BTC
Bitcoin
$109,171.95
-3.67%
GOLD
Per Ounce
$3,782.20
1.34%
KMX
CarMax, Inc.
$45.60
-20.07%
Bitcoin and gold are traded 24 hours a day.

➤ Big Stock Move: CarMax stock fell 20% on Thursday after the auto retailer reported worse-than-expected earnings for its quarter ending Aug. 31. (See Details)

The U.S. economy grew by a surprising 3.8% in the second quarter of 2025, much more than was expected, fueled by strong consumer spending and a decline in imports. (See Details)

Amazon agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle allegations that the company duped users into paying for Prime memberships, bringing an end to a jury trial that had just begun. As part of the settlement, Amazon will refund $1.5 billion to an estimated 35 million customers. (More)

Starbucks announced plans to eliminate 900 nonretail jobs and shut down some of its underperforming stores as part of a billion-dollar restructuring. The company cut 1,100 corporate jobs earlier this year. (More)

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Science & Technology

➤ A Russian satellite dubbed “Noah’s Ark” returned to Earth carrying 75 mice, 1,500 flies, seeds, and microbes after 30 days in orbit, testing the reaction to spaceflight and cosmic radiation. (More)

3D-printed skin developed by University of Minnesota researchers mimics real tissue, even in terms of bleeding. The breakthrough offers surgeons patient-specific training models and paves the way for synthetic organ development. (See Details)

Astronomers say the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas, estimated to weigh up to 33 billion tons, is much larger than past interstellar visitors like ‘Oumuamua and Borisov and ranks among the largest comets ever detected. (See Details)

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Disney and Lucasfilm released the official teaser trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu, the first Star Wars film to come to theaters in six years. The movie, due out in May 2026, is based on The Mandalorian TV series. (See Trailer)

Meanwhile, Amazon MGM Studios has confirmed the cast of Spaceballs 2, the sequel to the 1987 hit parody of Star Wars. Stars Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, and Daphne Zuniga will return for the sequel, as will producer Mel Brooks. (See Photo)

Apple TV+ has postponed the release of The Savant, its upcoming thriller series starring Jessica Chastain as an investigator working to prevent domestic extremism. The decision was made in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. (More)

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➤ A Las Vegas teenager was arrested for allegedly hacking MGM Resorts and Caesars, causing $100 million in damages by crippling slot machines, hotel key cards, and hotel booking systems. (See Details)

➤ Fat Bear Week, hosted by Alaska’s Katmai National Park, celebrates giant brown bears fattening up for winter hibernation. The public votes to crown the bear that best “exemplifies fatness and success.” (See Photos)

A bull moose trapped in a 9-foot abandoned well near Pembroke, Maine, was rescued after a five-hour effort by state wildlife officials using sedation and an excavator. (See Video)

 

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“Hopefully this will give ICE agents real terror, to think, ‘Is there a sniper with AP [armor piercing] rounds on that roof?’”

—  Handwritten note from the sniper who killed one migrant detainee and injured two others at an ICE facility in Dallas

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