President Donald Trump on Mondayannouncedthe Food and Drug Administration will begin notifying physicians immediately that it is "strongly recommending that women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy unless medically necessary." The president is now in New York, where a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly is taking place this week. Trump is delivering remarks to the world body on Tuesday. Sep 23, 10:13 AMTrump calls off meeting with Democrats on government funding President Trump is calling off a meeting with top congressional Democrats, saying it would not be productive as he believes their government funding proposal is "unserious and ridiculous.""After reviewing the details of the unserious and ridiculous demands being made by the Minority Radical Left Democrats in return for their Votes to keep our thriving Country open, I have decided that no meeting with their Congressional Leaders could possibly be productive," Trump wrote in a post on his social media platform. Trump called off the meeting just hours after Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries celebrated the meeting confirmation and addressed what they planned to press Trump on during the gathering.The development comes as the Sept. 30 funding deadline inches closer with no clear path forward to avoid a shutdown.-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa Sep 23, 9:48 AMRubio, on GMA, pushes back strongly on USAID cuts and its impact across globe On ABC's "Good Morning America" on Tuesday morning, ahead of President Trump'sspeech to the United Nations General Assembly, Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended Trump's handling of the ongoing conflicts across the world -- including Russia's invasion into Ukraine and the conflict between Israel and Gaza.On USAID cuts, when pressed if the administration's decision to severely cut foreign aid and dismantle the agency responsible for administering humanitarian aid and assistance to foreign countries has led to deaths around the world, Rubio pushed back and said the blame should fall on other countries who don't put up enough foreign aid. "That's ridiculous. They died because England didn't give enough money, or Canada didn't give more or China didn't. Let's blame the other countries that don't do any foreign aid. How about China? It's the second largest economy in the world and they don't give money?" Rubio said."I think anybody who tells you that somehow the United States, if we cut a dollar somehow we are responsible for some horrific thing going on in the world, is just not true," he said."No one has died because the United States has cut aid, no," Rubio declared. "We are going to continue to do it, but we will do it the right way and in a responsible way. We aren't going to continue to pour billions of dollars out the door of American taxpayer funds for programs that don't work. And in some cases, flat-out corrupt."-ABC News' Mariam Khan Sep 22, 7:49 PMTrump designates antifa a 'domestic terrorist organization' Trump signed an executive order designating Antifa as a "domestic terrorist organization."The order directs federal agencies to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa or any person claiming to act on behalf of Antifa."The order also directs any necessary investigations and prosecutions of "those who fund such operations." The order that Trump signed describes the organization as one that "recruits, trains, and radicalizes young Americans to engage in this violence and suppression of political activity, then employs elaborate means and mechanisms to shield the identities of its operatives, conceal its funding sources and operations in an effort to frustrate law enforcement, and recruit additional members."The order also claims that antifa members coordinate with other organizations "for the purpose of spreading, fomenting, and advancing political violence and suppressing lawful political speech.""This organized effort designed to achieve policy objectives by coercion and intimidation is domestic terrorism," the order said.It is not immediately clear how the domestic terrorist organization designation would be made for antifa, which is an umbrella description for far-left-leaning militant groups opposing fascists and neo-Nazis. Antifa does not have a publicly known centralized structure or leadership.-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart Sep 22, 6:56 PMLindsey Halligan sworn in as interim US attorney Lindsey Halligan was officially sworn in as the interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Attorney General Pam Bondiannouncedon social media Monday.Halligan, who most recently worked in the White House staff secretary's office, represented President Trump for a time during the classified documents investigation.Trumpsaid Saturdaythat he would appoint his former attorney to lead the key federal prosecutor's office after the previous head, Erik Siebert,resigned his positionamid pressure from Trump administration officials to bring a criminal case against New York Attorney General Letitia James. Sep 22, 5:03 PMTrump and RFK Jr. make controversial announcement on autism President Trump made an announcement from the Oval Office on autism, flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz."Today, we're delighted to be joined by America's top medical and public health professionals as we announced historic steps to confront the crisis of autism. Horrible, horrible crisis," Trump said. He and his top officials stated the use of Tylenol during pregnancy may be linked to an increased risk of autism.Trump said the Food and Drug Administration will begin notifying physicians immediately that it is "strongly recommending that women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy unless medically necessary.""They are strongly recommending that women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy unless medically necessary," Trump said. "That's, for instance, in cases of extremely high fever."Studies on this question have not shown a direct cause and effect. Some studies point to a possible link, but major medical groups have evaluated the evidence and continue to recommend acetaminophen as the safest painkiller during pregnancy.-Mary Kekatos, Cheyenne Haslett and Sony Salzman Sep 22, 3:08 PMTrump to sign order designating Antifa a domestic terror organization, Leavitt says White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that President Donald Trump will sign an executive order designating Antifa as a terror organization as early as Monday afternoon."Well, Antifa is going to be designated a domestic terrorist organization. The president intends to sign that executive order very soon, as soon as it's drafted, as soon as today -- later this afternoon," Leavitt told reporters during Monday's briefing. Though currently, federal law does not allow for U.S. organizations to be labeled "terrorist" groups. Leavitt also reiterated Trump's pledge to go after left-leaning organizations he claims contribute to political violence."Enough is enough. As President Trump has promised, he will directly address the dark sources funding and supporting this domestic terrorism to finally restore order in our country. The American people can expect further very strong action on this very soon," Leavitt told reporters at Monday's briefing, after listing several examples of political violence against Republican figures while not mentioning recent attacks against Democrats. Sep 22, 3:04 PMWhite House rejects Trump pressure to prosecute rivals is 'retribution' White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday insisted President Donald Trump is seeking "accountability" when asked whether Trump's public pressure on Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute his political rivals constitutes "retribution." Leavitt claimed New York Attorney General Letitia James is a "corrupt politician" who "abused her oath of office," despite federal prosecutors coming up empty after five months of extensive investigations into James.When pressed by ABC News on why the president wouldn't accept the conclusion of his Justice Department not to bring charges against James, Leavitt said he has a right to "express how he feels" about people who "tried to ruin his life and his business."-ABC News' Selina Wang, Michelle Stoddart and Lalee Ibssa Sep 22, 3:01 PMWhite House says it wants clean short-term funding bill passed ABC News White House correspondent Karen Travers asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday if President Donald Trump would sit down with Democratic leaders on government funding -- a request made by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries over the weekend."Discussions are ongoing with both Republican and Democratic members of Capitol Hill. I don't have any meetings or any scheduling updates for you today, but what I will share is that -- what this White House wants and what Republicans want, we want a clean funding extension to keep the government open," Leavitt said.Lawmakers ended last weekno closer to a solutionon funding with the Oct. 1 deadline fast approaching. Sep 22, 12:16 PMWhite House unveils new details surrounding framework TikTok deal The White House is unveiling some more details surrounding the "framework deal" between the United States and China to save TikTok's U.S. operations. Under the deal, TikTok will be controlled by a new joint venture with a majority of American investors, owners, and board of directors, according to a senior White House official. ByteDance will hold less than 20% equity in the app's U.S. operations.A "copy" of the algorithm will be brought into the new U.S. joint venture and overseen by Oracle, to comply with the laws in the U.S. and China.President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order later this week declaring that the deal meets America's national security needs and will extend the pause on the ban-or-sale law by another 120 days to complete the deal. They expect ByteDance to sign a "framework" agreement. The official said they're "confident" that China has approved the deal. When pressed whether that means negotiations are still ongoing, the official said paperwork and approvals need to be issued.-ABC News' Selina Wang and Lalee Ibssa Sep 22, 6:02 AMWhite House press secretary to hold press briefing ahead of Trump's 'historic' autism announcement White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is scheduled to hold a briefing at 1 p.m. ET on Monday, according to the White House. A few hours later, at 4 p.m. ET, President Donald Trump is scheduled to make an announcement related to children's health, according to the White House.An official told ABC News the president will announce "historic progress" on his pledge "to address America's rising rate of autism." Click here to read the rest of the blog.
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