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The news is saturated with coverage of President Trump, but it is easy to get overloaded. So on Trump's terms, we bring you short, digestible stories, five minutes or less, about the 47th president. Listen for same-day developments on tariffs, the economy, and all of the ways that Trump is governing like no president ever has before. Trump's terms. Listen on the NPR app wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. In a post on Truth Social, President Trump says Charlie Kirk is dead. His death has not been independently confirmed. The conservative activist was shot in the neck during a speaking event today on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem. The 31-year-old Kirk was the CEO and the founder of the political youth organization, Turning Point USA. Emma Pitts is a reporter with Deserate News and witnessed the shooting. Charlie Kirk, he had just, I mean, maybe 10 minutes I had started. He was on. his second question. And before he could even answer the second question that the interviewer asked,

he went to go pick up the mic, and I watched, I heard first the sound, it sounded like a firecracker, and then I just saw so much blood come out of the left side of Charlie's neck, and then he went limp. And at that point, we all hit the ground. NPR's Ryan Lucas has more on what happened. Kirk was at Utah Valley University for part of his American comeback speaking tour. videos posted online show Kirk, who is a vocal supporter of President Trump, speaking outside to a large crowd. He can be seen holding a microphone while he sits in a chair under a small white tent when a single shot rings out. Kirk grabs at his neck and appears to fall out of his chair. There are screams in the crowd and people begin to flee.

The FBI says it is responding and will work with state and local law enforcement partners. Ryan Lucas and PR News, Washington. Russia is signaling it did not intention. launched drones into Poland's airspace. The comments come after Poland and NATO forces and the aircraft down more than a dozen drones in Polish territory, prompting concerns of a new escalation in the war in Ukraine. From Moscow, NPR's Charles Mainz has details. The Kremlin's spokesman said it was up to the defense ministry to comment on the incident with Poland, and eventually it did so. The Russian ministry issued a statement that said no objects on Polish territory were

planned for targeting and suggested falsely that Polish territory was beyond the range of its drones. The statement added the ministry was ready to hold consultations with Poland on the issue. Meanwhile, Russia's top diplomat in Warsaw, Charger de Ferandre Ordos, was summoned to the Polish Foreign Ministry. Speaking to Russian media afterward, Ordas said he had been presented with groundless accusations, declaring Russia was absolutely not interested in any escalation with Poland. Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow. President Trump is appealing a late Tuesday Tuesday night federal district court ruling that is keeping Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on the monetary policy board. Last month, Trump said he was firing Cook from the Independent Central Bank, citing what the president said were irregularities in mortgage documents she signed before she was confirmed to that position.

Cook is denying any wrongdoing. The president has been pressuring Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and members of the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates. From Washington, this is NPR News. The NCAA has banned three college basketball players from ever playing again. This, after finding evidence, they gambled on their own games or other performances. All three had played together at Fresno State University before one transferred to San Jose State. The bets took place last season. NPR's Becky Sullivan has more. Last winter in Nevada sports book flagged some suspicious bets on Mikel Robinson, a junior forward at Fresno State.

A total of $2,200 on the under in point. scored, assists, rebounds, and three-pointers in a random January game. Sure enough, Robinson performed below his season averages on all those stats, and the bets hit for a total of nearly $16,000. Upon investigating officials from the school and the NCAA, found that Robinson had gambled on himself and worked with two other players in this bed and others. The NCAA has urged Congress to ban this type of betting on individual college athletes, but proposed legislation has repeatedly failed to advance.

Becky Sullivan and PR News. The Republican majority in the House of Representatives is shrinking by one. This after James Walkinshaw easily won a seat in Congress Tuesday to fill the seat from the late Congressman Jerry Connolly of Northern Virginia, who died earlier this year. Republicans now have 219 seats, Democrats 213. Another special election is scheduled for later this month. Ahead of Tuesday's Thursday's Consumer Price Index report for the month of August, stocks were mixed today. The Dow declined 220 points, closing at 45,490. The NASDAQ added six, closing at 2186. The S&P had a gain of 19, finishing at 6,532. This is NPR News.