9/25/25 Daily News Brief

Here is the News Brief for September 25th, 2025:Trump Approves TikTok Deal Separating U.S. Operations From China HQ; Oracle Among Backers Of New Joint Venture* Amazon to pay historic $2.5 billion settlement for allegedly tricking customers into signing up for Prime* China sanctions 6 U.S. companies as trade frictions continue* Israel kills 22 people including nine children in ‘horrific massacre’ in Gaza, Palestinian officials say* Oklahoma state superintendent who ordered schools to teach the Bible resigns to lead anti-teachers union group* Sarkozy given five-year sentence in Libya case, will be incarcerated even if he appeals* Chikungunya virus case in New York may have been transmitted locally. Here’s what we know.* Pete Hegseth Orders Top Military Leaders to Attend Mystery MeetingThose are your headlines for today. We will have a recap of all the news of the week later today, so if you haven’t yet, please like, subscribe, and restack on Substack!We keep up with all the news for you, so you don’t have to. Aren’t we sweet?Talk to you tomorrow!Get Pod Local. Where we start Locally while thinking Globally.This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously).Other GPL GoodiesEvery week, Jalon catches you up on what is going on out here, who is doing it, how does that impact your everyday life, and what everyone is saying about. We are based in Texas, so we have a lot of Texas news, but we cover the whole wide world. There is a LOT of stuff going on everyday, and no one can keep up with it all, but we attempt to….for you. (Clap for us).GPL Presents: Organizers Corner w/ Joey CadeEvery Sunday night, Joey Cade, our Resident Precinct Chair, lays out our Call To Actions for the week. Because knowing what’s going on is one thing. But doing something about it is another. Let’s do both!Every morning, Jalon D’na and Joey Cade check in and talk about something we read or saw on slack. And once a week, we let you in our conversation! Click below to sign up for that weekly newsletter!Every weekday, Jalon reads you the headlines of the day — just to keep you in the know. Think NPR at the top of each hour, with a lot of shade some jokes! Get full access to Get Pod Local at getpodlocal.substack.com/subscribe