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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 17: New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attends a news conference in the Bronx where he was endorsed by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on September 17, 2025 in New York City. The endorsement from a significant Bronx politician comes after New York Governor Kathy Hochul wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times declaring her support for Mamdani. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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People attend a vigil for youth activist and influencer Charlie Kirk, who was shot at a public event at Utah Valley University, in Orem City Center Park, Orem, Utah, on September 10, 2025. Right-wing youth activist and influencer Charlie Kirk, a major ally of President Donald Trump, was shot dead September 10 in a "political assassination" that sparked fears of more political violence in an increasingly febrile United States.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 29: Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) arrives for a closed briefing for members of the Senate Armed Services Committee at the U.S. Capitol on July 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. The subject of the briefing was U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites conducted on June 22, 2025. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Tuesday, September 9, 2025

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 03: Democratic mayoral nominee and state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani speaks to the media at a press event where he accused Mayor Eric Adams of working with the Trump administration against him on September 03, 2025 in New York City. Mamdani claims that President Donald Trump has discussed offering New York City Mayor Eric Adams a position in order to help former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent, in the general election for mayor of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Monday, September 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 26: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting with members of his administration in the Cabinet Room of the White House on August 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. This is the seventh cabinet meeting of Trump's second term. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Friday, September 5, 2025

Anti-vaccination protesters holding signs take part in a rally against Covid-19 vaccine mandates, in Santa Monica, California, on August 29, 2021. (Photo by RINGO CHIU / AFP) (Photo by RINGO CHIU/AFP via Getty Images)
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Thursday, September 4, 2025

TIANJIN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 01: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin(L) and Chinese President Xi jinping ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Centre on September 1, 2025 in Tianjin, China. (Photo by Suo Takekuma - Pool/Getty Images)
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Wednesday, September 3, 2025

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - AUGUST 28: People visit a memorial to yesterday's shooting victims in front of Annunciation Catholic Church on August 28, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A gunman fired through the windows of the church while students were sitting in pews during a Catholic school Mass, killing two children and injuring at least 17 others. The gunman reportedly died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to police. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Tuesday, September 2, 2025

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