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AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File President Donald Trump on Saturday afternoon shared a TikTok video that implored him to revive legislation that would make it “damn near impossible” for news organizations to “lie to the American public” following the shooting of conservative media star Charlie Kirk. The woman in the TikTok video, who uses the handle @official_elly_may, called on the president to fully restore the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948. The legislation, the woman said in her video, “held news corporations accountable for lying to the American people and spreading propaganda instead of truth.” That was before it was amended during former President Barack Obama’s presidency, she added. That is not exactly the case. The Cold War Era legislation authorized the “preparation, and dissemination abroad, of information about the United States, its people, and its policies, through press, publications, radio, motion pictures, and other information.” It also blocked funds from being… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.

CNN’s Abby Phillip questioned what comes next for Republicans after the murder of Charlie Kirk, arguing she doesn’t see much desire to “come together” with the other side of the aisle. On CNN’s Table for Five on Saturday, Kirk’s death was the main topic of discussion and Phillip at one point asked whether Republicans want an “eye for an eye”-type “war.” Kirk was shot and killed at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. Phillip said: The day that he was killed was a day that just filled people on Capitol Hill who knew him personally with so much rage, anger, and sadness. And there was a lot of high tensions, a lot a crazy things said. Then maybe a day later, the tensions are slightly lower. But that being said, I do think that there’s a debate happening in the conservative sphere right now about how… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.

NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo hit back at the “most common” questions and complaints he received this week on his coverage of the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. On Friday, Cuomo aired a number of comments from viewers and some apparently thought he had dressed in black to mourn Kirk, who was shot and killed on Wednesday at an event at Utah Valley University. “Why am I treating the assassination of Charlie Kirk different than other crimes? And why was I wearing black to mourn Charlie the night he died? First, I treat it differently because it is. Charlie was murdered. That is a first for us. No member of the media has been killed in my lifetime for their beliefs in America by another American,” Cuomo said. Before addressing the “black” clothes, Cuomo pushed back against those questioning his “empathy” following Kirk’s murder. “You really should question why… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.

Former President Donald Trump has a very long history of being crass, lying, or otherwise being inappropriate about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a history that stretches all the way back to just hours after they began. Here are 20 more of those occasions, many of which may be new to you, in roughly chronological order. Tallest Building … or not. Trump got off to a quick start, bragging on 9/11/2001 that since the Twin Towers had been destroyed hours earlier, he now owned the tallest building in the area. “Forty Wall Street actually was the second tallest building in downtown Manhattan,” Trump said, adding “and it was actually, before the World Trade Center, was the tallest, and then, when they built the World Trade Center, it became known as the second tallest. And now it’s the tallest.” As ghastly as that boast was, it was also —… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.

X/@UtahDPS Fox News on Saturday reported the young man who murdered conservative media star Charlie Kirk lived with his transgender partner, who is now “fully cooperating” with the FBI on its investigation. Sources told Fox News reporter Brooke Singman that authorities now have access to messages between Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old suspected assassin, and his partner, that suggested Robinson was Kirk’s killer. Singman, in an X post shortly before noon ET, reported Robinson’s partner “is a male transitioning to a female.” Shortly after Singman broke the news, The New York Post, another Rupert Murdoch-aligned outlet, reported those same details, and added that the name of the killer’s partner has not been revealed yet. EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson lived with his transgender partner, sources tell me. The individual, who is a male transitioning to a female, is fully cooperating with the FBI. Sources tell me the… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.