Trump news at a glance: royals roll out red carpet amid protests; Kimmel taken off air over Kirk comments
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/18/trump-administration-news-updates-latest-today Version 0 of 1. Trump was kept out of reach of critics as he met Britain’s king and queen, amid furore back in US over suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! show – key US politics stories from 17 September 2025 Donald Trump was treated to royal pomp and pageantry – including processions, gifts and a flypast – during the first day of his second state visit to the UK while thousands of people joined protests against his presence. As protesters voiced their anger in London at a Stop Trump Coalition protest, Trump was escorted by the king and queen through a first day that ended in a state banquet but kept him out of reach of his critics. After landing by helicopter in Windsor Castle’s grounds on Wednesday morning, Trump joined King Charles in a horse-drawn carriage but the procession remained within the royal estate and out of the reach of the public, with security concerns given as an explanation. Trump will meet British prime minister Keir Starmer at his country residence Chequers on Thursday. UK PM hopes billions of dollars of US investment will sweeten pill of Trump visit Keir Starmer has sought to navigate a politically treacherous state visit by Donald Trump with an announcement of £150bn of US investment in the UK, as the president was kept safely within the confines of Windsor Castle and away from thousands of protesters in London. With Downing Street eager to make the best of what could prove to be a difficult few days, Starmer announced what was said to be the largest ever investment package in the UK. Read the full story Jimmy Kimmel Live! suspended indefinitely after host’s Charlie Kirk comments Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be suspended “indefinitely” after the late night host’s comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk, ABC has announced, hours after the Trump appointed chair of the US broadcast regulator threatened to take away the broadcaster’s license. The network, which is owned by Disney, announced on Wednesday night that it would remove Kimmel’s show from its schedule for the foreseeable future. Read the full story Federal Reserve cuts interest rates The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Wednesday, its first rate cut since December, as the central bank moved to stabilize a wobbling labor market even as Donald Trump’s tariffs continue to push up prices. Rates are now at a range of 4% to 4.25% – the lowest since November 2022. But the decision is unlikely to satisfy Trump, who has lambasted the Fed for acting “too late” and called for a far bigger cut. Read the full story Former top US health officials warn of RFK Jr’s threat to public health Top former officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) accused Robert F Kennedy Jr of hobbling the country’s ability to respond to outbreaks and disease threats. Susan Monarez, the CDC director chosen by Kennedy and fired after less than a month, and Debra Houry, CDC chief medical officer who resigned, told a Senate committee Kennedy demanded blanket vaccine approval without scientific review and was threatening public health in the US. Read the full story Fired US labour statistics chief warns over White House meddling The former chief US economics data statistics who Donald Trump fired last month called her sudden removal “dangerous” and said Americans should be concerned about the independence of key economic institutions. “Markets have to trust the data are not manipulated,” said Erika McEntarfer, the former head of the Bureau Labor of Statistics, in her first remarks since her firing. “Firing your chief statisticians for releasing data you do not like, it has serious economic consequences.” Read the full story DoJ deletes report finding far-right extremists commit more violence The US justice department has scrubbed a study from its website concluding that far-right extremists have killed far more Americans than any other domestic terrorist group, just days after a gunman fatally shot the prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Read the full story What else happened today: Bernie Sanders on Wednesday became the first US senator to say that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, calling the conclusion “inescapable”. Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, previously agreed to occupy two different houses at the same time as his “principal residence”, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, an agreement similar to one Donald Trump has called mortgage fraud in his unprecedented bid to fire the Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook. Barack Obama addressed the recent killing of Charlie Kirk and told a crowd in Pennsylvania on Tuesday the country was “at an inflection point”, but that political violence “is not new” and “has happened at certain periods” in US history. Obama added that despite history, political violence was “anathema to what it means to be a democratic country”. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday became the first US senator to say that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, calling the conclusion “inescapable”. Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, previously agreed to occupy two different houses at the same time as his “principal residence”, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, an agreement similar to one Donald Trump has called mortgage fraud in his unprecedented bid to fire the Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook. Barack Obama addressed the recent killing of Charlie Kirk and told a crowd in Pennsylvania on Tuesday the country was “at an inflection point”, but that political violence “is not new” and “has happened at certain periods” in US history. Obama added that despite history, political violence was “anathema to what it means to be a democratic country”. Catching up? Here’s what happened on 16 September 2025. |