{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftodays-news.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Ftodays-news-september-30-october-1-2025-w7n1srXV","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Today's News, September 30-October 1, 2025","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/01f7d4b2-716c-43f9-8a03-c96056c76782/2f393179-71db-4a8f-86fa-efff30a2f3a5/wwop-todays-20news-20cover.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/5a6c9ba3-7db8-42fe-b841-9fdfbc0ba47b\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Today&apos;s News, September 30-October 1, 2025\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Government shut down after Democrats blocked funding, with most voters blaming Congress, not Trump. Major headlines include Trump winning a $24.5M YouTube settlement, Pam Bondi ordering FBI protection for ICE, and Trump calling for probes into FBI agitators on J6. NJ’s GOP candidate Ciattarelli is gaining ground, Nevada dropped sanctuary status, and polls show majority support for deportations. Cultural fights hit Northwestern and UPenn over antisemitism and Charlie Kirk comments, while half of U.S. states face insolvency, EV demand stalls, Pfizer cut drug costs, and Tricolor collapsed. Internationally, Netanyahu backed Trump’s Gaza plan, Ireland will pay migrants to leave, Taiwan arrested a Chinese billionaire, and Brazil bulldozes jungle for a climate summit. Other notes: a possible alien object spotted, Nicole Kidman divorcing Keith Urban, Tylenol autism concerns confirmed in old docs, and a Korean study links COVID vaccines to cancer risk—while Biden reportedly needs photo reminders of top figures."}