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Jimmy Kimmel to return Tuesday after Disney lifts suspension over Charlie Kirk comments

Disney says it will reinstate comedian Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday after pulling the late-night host off the air.

 

The company said in a statement shared with multiple media outlets it took the comedian off the air “to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for the country.”

 

Kimmel had been taken off the air after saying last Monday that conservatives were trying to score “political points” off the assassination of Charlie Kirk and joking that President Trump was mourning his death “like a 4-year-old mourns a goldfish.”

 

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Democrats express frustrations with Harris for picking fights in upcoming book 

Democrats are frustrated with former Vice President Kamala Harris, arguing her new book is picking fights and causing divisions at the worst possible time for the party. 

 

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Trump to meet with Schumer, Jeffries on preventing looming shutdown 

President Trump will meet this week with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to discuss government funding ahead of a potential shutdown, a White House official told The Hill.

 

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Tucker Carlson faces accusations of antisemitism over Kirk eulogy  

Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson is facing blowback for comments he made while eulogizing Charlie Kirk on Sunday at a service for the activist who was assassinated earlier this month.

 

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Mamdani cancels televised town hall with WABC News over Kimmel suspension 

Democratic New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani said on Monday he is canceling a town hall with WABC in New York over Disney’s decision to indefinitely suspend Jimmy Kimmel from his late-night show.

 

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Democrats demand answers on Homan bribery investigation 

Democrats are expressing outrage over a reported probe involving White House border czar Tom Homan and an undercover operation last year in which he was recorded taking $50,000.

 

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Ocasio-Cortez eyeing Senate or White House bid 

Allies to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) say she is weighing a number of options as she considers the next steps in her political career, including a potential run for president. 

 

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Miran touts Trump policies, calls for lower rates in first Fed speech 

Federal Reserve board of governors member Stephen Miran on Monday criticized his fellow central bankers for setting interest rates too high and touted several Trump administration policies he believed justified steep cuts.

 

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