Deadly police shooting in PA, Trump praises Kimmel's suspension: Unbiased Updates, Sept. 18, 2025

They went to serve a warrant and walked into an ambush this morning

Three police officers are dead in Pennsylvania. Plus, the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk, afraid he'd be shot by the cops

The unusual terms of his gentle surrender. And Jimmy Kimmel, no longer live, suspended after a monologue on MAGA and murder

Why ABC suddenly pulled the plug. The stories that matter, clear and credible

from across the country to around the world. These are your unbiased updates from Straight Arrow News

Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrelli. We begin this morning in Pennsylvania, where three police officers are dead

two others wounded, after a deadly shootout in rural York County near Harrisburg

Authorities say the suspect was also killed, shot by police, as officers tried to serve a warrant Wednesday afternoon

State Police Commissioner Colonel Christopher Parris says they were following up on a domestic violence investigation that began a day earlier

The two surviving officers were listed in critical but stable condition. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro called for action to address the root causes of these kinds of tragedies

This kind of violence isn't okay. We need to do better as a society

We need to help the people who think that picking up a gun, picking up a weapon is the answer

to resolving disputes. We need to do better when it comes to mental health

We need to do better when it comes to looking out for those who are in need

So we don't have to deal with tragedies like this. We got to do better as a society

Shapiro said U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi personally called him after the shooting

Both the FBI and the ATF are now on the ground to support the investigation

Last night, look, law enforcement and emergency vehicles drove through the streets lined with community members honoring the fallen officers

We are learning new details about the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk, including the unusual terms he demanded before surrendering to police in Utah

22-year-old Tyler Robinson agreed to turn himself in, but only if the arrest was peaceful

Washington County Sheriff Nate Brooksby says he got a call from a retired detective Thursday

the night after the shooting, saying Robinson was ready to surrender, but he feared being killed by

a SWAT team. He knew he was going to get caught. He didn't want a big SWAT team hitting his

parents house or his apartment He was truly fearful of being shot by law enforcement so that the conditions were as relaxed and comfortable and almost to the point of inviting

The sheriff says late Thursday night, Robinson was driven to the station by his parents

and the retired detective who knew the family through a religious group

Detectives in plain clothes met him outside and escorted him into a secure interview room

to await the arrival of state and federal agents early Friday morning

The sheriff credits his former colleague for defusing a potentially dangerous situation through community ties and trust

Robinson is charged with aggravated murder, obstruction, witness tampering, and committing a vile defense in front of a child

And this is making the rounds big time this morning. ABC has pulled the plug on Jimmy Kimmel, taking his late night show off the air indefinitely over comments he made about the murder of Charlie Kirk, which sparked furious backlash

It started Monday when Kimmel accused, quote, the MAGA gang of trying to score political points of Kirk's assassination and implied the shooter was one of them

The comments triggered outrage on the right and action. FCC chair Brendan Carr threatened regulatory pushback against ABC, calling Kimmel's remarks part of a, quote, concerted lie

Then Nextar, one of the largest owners of ABC affiliates, announced it would preempt the Jimmy Kimmel show starting that night

Disney followed suit, yanking Kimmel's show off the air for the foreseeable future

Kimmel was spotted leaving his theater Wednesday with his head down, wearing a black hat and plaid shirt

As protesters gathered outside, including one woman in a Statue of Liberty crown

holding a broken heart sign right there. Meanwhile, from Windsor Castle, President Trump celebrated the news on Truth Social

posting great news for America. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done

Democrats slammed the move as censorship. Minority leader Chuck Schumer told CNN, quote

Trump and his allies seem to want to shut down speech that they don't like to hear

That is not what democracies do. That is what autocracies do. But conservatives call it accountability

So far, no comment from Kimmel and no word on what will replace him in that time slot

Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University grad student who became a lightning rod

over pro-Palestinian protests on campus, is now one step closer to being deported

A U immigration judge ordered Khalil removed to either Algeria or his native Syria ruling he omitted information on his green card application The judge found Khalil failed to disclose an internship with the U Relief and Works Agency

and didn't mention his role in Apartheid Divest, an anti-Israel group at Colombia

Immigration officials arrested Khalil in March at his apartment in Manhattan. While he has legal permanent residency, the government argues his omissions raise national

security and foreign policy concerns. A federal judge previously ruled Khalil wasn't a flight risk

or a danger to the public and released him from detention in June. His lawyers say they plan to

fight the ruling at the Board of Immigration Appeals. The FBI director was in the hot seat

on Capitol Hill again on Wednesday, pressed by lawmakers about his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein

files and his loyalty to President Trump. Kash Patel faced five hours of bruising testimony

before the House Judiciary Committee, a day after fiery clashes in the Senate

Much of the hearing centered on Epstein and whether the FBI is withholding documents

to protect powerful people, including President Trump. The important position of the FBI requires a leader who puts public safety

and national security and the rule of law first. I'm afraid, Director Patel, you've given us reason to believe you've used the powers of the FBI

to serve Donald Trump and his agenda of partisan retribution. You've broken your promise not to do that

You've betrayed Jeffrey Epstein's victims and survivors. You've turned your back on the career law enforcement officers, the FBI

And as a result, you've left all of us less safe than before

The questioning intensified over a 2003 birthday message allegedly written by Trump to Epstein

The White House says it's a fake. But Democrats press Patel over whether he told Attorney General Pam Bondi the president's name appears in the Epstein files

Watch. Remembering your oath to tell the truth, did you ever tell Donald Trump his name is in the files

I have never spoken to President Trump about the Epstein files. Did you ever tell the attorney general that Donald Trump's name is in the Epstein files

The attorney general and I have had numerous discussions about the entirety of the Epstein files and the reviews conducted by our team

Did you tell the attorney general that Donald Trump's name is in the Epstein files? And we have released where President Trump's name is in the attorney's files

It's a simple question. Did you tell the attorney general that the president's name is in the Epstein files? During many conversations that the attorney general and I have had on the matter of Epstein we have reviewed The question is simple Did you tell the attorney general that Donald Trump name is in the Epstein files The question has been asked and answered You have not answered it and we will take your evasiveness as a consciousness of guilt Patel pushed back saying

the FBI has released all credible material and insisted the remaining files are sealed by a

court order. At one point he agreed to investigate Epstein's estate over what Trump claims is a

forged letter. First it was the woolly mammoth, then the dire wolf, and now the dodo. Scientists

say they're one big step closer to bringing the iconic flightless bird back from extinction

The biotech company Colossal Biosciences announced a breakthrough on Wednesday. For the first time

ever, scientists successfully grew primordial germ cells from pigeons, a key building block

on the road to resurrecting the dodo bird, which was actually a type of oversized pigeon

The company has also created gene-edited chickens to act as future surrogate mothers for the dodo

proving once again that science is wild. But don't expect to spot one at a zoo just yet

Scientists say it could take five to seven years before a newly hatched dodo walks the earth

for the first time in over three centuries. How about that? Did you know that when I was a kid, like if you were called a dodo bird, that was an insult

It really was. It was like you were forgetful. And they'd say, you dodo bird

You were like forgetful or even, you know, a bit dumb. Now, these days, if you called somebody a dodo bird, that insult would be like rated G

I mean, all you have to do is turn on cable TV and you see that they call each other far worse

Anyways, that's a walk back in time, if you will. All right, before we head out, here's what we're tracking today

This morning, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser testifies to Congress for the first time since President Trump's crackdown on crime in the nation's capital began

Also at 10, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new hand-picked vaccine panel meets in Atlanta to weigh changes to immunization guidelines for children

At noon, Freddie Mac releases new data on mortgage rates as housing affordability continues to be a key issue

And tonight, a candlelight vigil in Colorado hosted by Turning Point USA on what was supposed to be the next stop on Charlie Kirk's tour

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We'll see you back here tomorrow, Friday. We love that. For all of us here at Straight Arrow News, I'm Craig DeGrelli

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