Trump shifts ad costs to MAGA super PAC; Cornell protests fuel no-confidence vote

President Trump is changing who pays for those ads promoting his administration, the backlash and the millions already spent

Plus a mysterious death at a Russian plague lab, why U.S. health officials are now watching closely

And Trump approves a firing squad for the Fort Hood shooter, the historic execution that could still be years away

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Inc., will now pay for the campaign-style ads instead. At least $1.5 million in federal money

has already been spent on them. Trump is still defending that spending. In a Truth Social post

he called using taxpayer money for the ads, quote, a rather standard thing to do and called them a

positive promotion for our great USA. He blamed the radical left for the criticism, though some

Republicans have also objected to taxpayers picking up the tab. Earlier Monday, Vice President

J.D. Vance defended the ads as public service announcements. I don't think there's anything

unusual or unorthodox about it. I'm sure that some people probably don't like it. But if you

look at the message of those advertisements, they're not partisan. They're not, you know

it's not like we're advocating for a particular candidate. We're trying to tell a story, I think

about how great the United States of America is. The Department of Homeland Security had set aside

$20 million for the ad campaign. The White House has not said whether MAGA Inc. will reimburse

taxpayers for money that's already been spent. This morning, U.S. officials are closely watching

a mysterious death at a Russian plague research lab and trying to find out exactly what happened

A 28-year-old lab worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute in Siberia died last week

after developing severe pneumonia. Russian authorities say the cause is still unknown

and say testing hasn't found evidence that her illness was caused by any of the pathogens she

worked with but local reports have raised the possibility that she contracted pneumonic plague One Russian outlet reported that the worker identified as Daria Shipilova may have broken a test tube containing the bacteria before she became sick

That has not been confirmed. The Kremlin is pushing back on what it calls rumors and speculation

telling people to rely on information from Russia's public health agency. Russian authorities have quarantined the hospital where Shipilova was treated

and are monitoring people who had contact with her. Russia says nearly 200 people have been tested

and so far, no dangerous pathogens have been found. President Trump said Monday the U.S. would help if needed

U.S. officials say they're trying to get more information from Russia. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. is watching closely

There's very limited travel between the U.S. and Russia, obviously. But like anything else, something like that gets out, it gets quickly spread

So we're watching and monitoring it closely. I don't think it's cause for alarm, but it is cause for focus and a cause to just keep an eye on it, and we're doing that

Pneumonic plague can spread from person to person through respiratory particles, but it's treatable with antibiotics when caught early

Back here in the U.S., Cornell's Faculty Senate is preparing a rare vote of no confidence in the university's leadership as anger grows over its handling of a 2024 alleged gang rape

We're not going to compete! The largely symbolic resolution would put new pressure on university leaders who are already facing calls for change over how the school handled these sexual assault allegations

The vote is expected October 14th. It comes after hundreds of students, faculty, and community members protested on campus late Monday

Cornell's main administration building was also found covered in graffiti and damaged

Protesters accused the university's president and trustees of putting Cornell's reputation ahead of student safety

Some are now calling for President Michael Kotlikoff to resign and for the university to ban fraternities

Now to another major criminal case. President Trump has approved the execution of the former U.S. Army major who killed 13 people in the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas

Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced last night that Trump approved the execution of former Army psychiatrist Nadal Hassan by firing squad

Hassan opened fire at Fort Hood on November 5th of 2009, killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others

He later said he carried out the attack to stop U soldiers from going to Afghanistan and killing Muslims Hassan was shot during the attack and left paralyzed from the waist down At his court he acknowledged he was the shooter and made almost no effort to defend himself He was convicted in 2013 and sentenced to death

If the execution goes forward, Hassan would be the first person put to death through the military

justice system since 1961. He's one of four men currently on military death row at Fort Leavenworth

Kansas. Trump's approval starts the process, but an execution may still be a long ways off

Hassan can challenge his sentence in federal court, which could delay it for years

A former American Idol contestant will spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering his wife

but Caleb Flynn is still insisting he didn't do it. Flynn broke down in an Ohio courtroom Monday

as he apologized to his family, starting with his two daughters. But when it came to the murder of

their mother, Ashley Flynn, he said this. But as I stand here before God, who is my ultimate judge

I am not one. When I say I did not kill my wife. The judge sentenced Flynn to life in prison without

the possibility of parole. A jury convicted him last week of murdering his 37-year-old wife at

their home in Tip City, Ohio. Prosecutors say Flynn shot Ashley twice in the back of the head

while she was asleep, then staged the house to look like someone had broken in. Flynn told

investigators he was in another room when she was killed. Prosecutors said data from his devices

showed him moving around the house when he claimed he was asleep. The jury also heard from Aliyah

Botner, who testified she had been having an affair with Flynn. Prosecutors showed jurors a text Flynn

sent Botner the night before the murder, saying actions will come tomorrow. Judge Jeanine Pratt

addressed Flynn directly before sending him to prison, saying the layers of deceit, manipulation

and cruelty that you have shown are quite honestly impossible to fathom. And frankly, sir

you used your faith to manipulate the lives of others. Now to some news just in this morning

televangelist Jim Baker, one of the biggest names in Christian television before scandal brought

down his empire, has died. He was 86 years old. Baker and his then-wife Tammy Faye became

TV stars in the 1970s and 80s with the PTL Club. At its peak, their ministry was bringing

in more than million a year and they built Heritage USA a Christian theme park that drew millions of visitors Then it all fell apart Baker resigned in 1987 amid a sex and financial scandal Two years later

he was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 45 years in prison, though he served just under five

Baker eventually returned to television with a new ministry and a new show. His wife, Lori

announced his death Monday night, saying he had spent 66 years preaching the gospel

No cause of death was given. Finally this morning, the Nobel Prizes are being handed out this week

and the first winners are three scientists who found a way to use light to help us understand how the brain works

Karl Desseroth, Peter Hageman, and Georg Nagel won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on optogenetics

It's a technique that allows scientists to use light to turn specific nerve cells on or off and then study what happens

That's given researchers a new way to study the brain and better understand conditions including blindness and neurological diseases

The Nobel Committee says their work has quote laid the foundation of a new era in neuroscience

The three scientists will split 12 million Swedish kronor about 1.2 million dollars

Chemistry follows Wednesday with literature, peace and economics still to come. Folks, we're the fastest, fairest few minutes in news

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