12PM ET 09/25/2025 Newscast

Summary

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Fox News Hourly Update – 12PM ET, September 25, 2025

Podcast: Fox News Hourly Update
Host: Lisa Brady, FOX News Podcasts
Episode: 12PM ET 09/25/2025 Newscast
Date: September 25, 2025

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Overview

This episode of FOX News Hourly Update delivers the latest headlines from politics, international affairs, tech, and business. Major topics include hopeful developments in Gaza negotiations, President Trump's executive order regarding TikTok, a deadly shooting at an ICE facility, Amazon’s massive FTC settlement, impeachment proceedings by a House Democrat, a high-level military gathering, and the 2025 winter outlook from the Old Farmers Almanac.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Renewed Hope for Gaza Peace Deal

[00:02 – 00:14]

• President Trump reports “a very good meeting” with key Middle East powers during UN General Assembly side meetings.
  • Quote: “A very good meeting with the representatives of the most powerful countries in the Middle east and I think we're going to be close to a deal.” – President Donald Trump [00:08]
• President currently meeting with Turkey’s president; optimism about nearing a diplomatic deal in Gaza.

2. TikTok Avoids US Ban with Executive Order

[00:14 – 00:53]

• Trump set to sign an executive order allowing TikTok to remain operational in the US.
• Details of the order:
  • TikTok’s new structure will limit Chinese parent company ByteDance to <20% ownership.
  • 120-day deadline for final agreement terms.
  • Oracle will safeguard user data and “wall off” US data from China.
  • Quote: “Critics say the algorithm will still come from China. However, senior White House officials say it will be retrained and supplied with only American data. Plus Oracle will wall off that data from China.” – Edward Lawrence [00:44]
• Background: Congressional pressure and legislation demanding divestment over security fears.

3. FBI Update: Deadly Shooting at Dallas ICE Facility

[00:53 – 01:20]

• FBI reveals shooter downloaded DHS facility lists, researched ballistics, and watched a controversial video days before attack.
  • Quote: “The perp downloaded a document with a list of DHS facilities. He conducted multiple searches of ballistics and looked up the Charlie Kirk shot video in the last two days leading up to the shooting.” – FBI Director [01:07]
• Investigators recovered a handwritten note with “hope of terror for ICE agents.”
• The attack resulted in one detainee killed, two injured, and the shooter’s suicide.

4. Amazon’s Record $2.5 Billion FTC Settlement

[01:20 – 01:59]

• FTC orders Amazon to pay $1B in civil penalties, $1.5B to reimburse Prime subscribers.
• Allegations: Tricking users into Prime sign-ups and making cancellations difficult.
  • Amazon does not admit wrongdoing.
• Settlement aims to improve transparency for Prime memberships and cancellations.

5. Impeachment Articles Filed Against HHS Secretary Kennedy

[02:28 – 03:12]

• Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) announces intention to impeach Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.
  • Citing “efforts to jeopardize public health, increase the cost of health care and cut critical medical research.”
  • Quote: “[Kennedy’s] making our country less safe.” – Congresswoman Haley Stevens [02:36]
• Little chance of impeachment success with Republican-controlled Congress.
• Administration defends actions as aiming to “make America healthy again.”

6. Unprecedented Military Gathering & NORAD Intercept

[03:12 – 03:43]

• Top US military leaders worldwide ordered to urgently convene at a Marine base in Virginia.
  • Concerns raised regarding the reason and security implications.
  • Context: NORAD confirms interception of Russian aircraft near Alaska; Russian planes stayed in international airspace.

7. Winter 2025 Forecast: "Mostly Mild, Pockets of Wild"

[03:43 – 04:16]

• Old Farmers Almanac predicts:
  • Temperatures “near normal to slightly mild” across most of US.
  • Drier than normal overall.
  • Specific regional forecasts: Mild and dry west coast/Plains/Texas, cold and wet in Florida, snowy from Ohio to North Carolina, and more.
  • Quote: “The almanac's headline reads, mostly mild, with pockets of wild...” – Therese Crowley [03:43]
• Almanac claims “80% accuracy,” based on solar, lunar, and planetary data.

8. Markets Update

[04:16 – 04:29]

• Dow Jones reporting a 76-point drop.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “A very good meeting with the representatives of the most powerful countries in the Middle east and I think we're going to be close to a deal.”
  — President Donald Trump [00:08]

• “Critics say the algorithm will still come from China. However, senior White House officials say it will be retrained and supplied with only American data. Plus Oracle will wall off that data from China.”
  — Edward Lawrence [00:44]

• "The perp downloaded a document with a list of DHS facilities... looked up the Charlie Kirk shot video in the last two days leading up to the shooting.”
  — FBI Director [01:07]

• “[Kennedy’s] making our country less safe.”
  — Rep. Haley Stevens [02:36]

• “The almanac's headline reads, mostly mild, with pockets of wild...”
  — Therese Crowley [03:43]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:02 – Gaza Negotiations Update
• 00:14 – TikTok US Ban Averted
• 00:53 – ICE Facility Shooting Details
• 01:20 – Amazon FTC Settlement
• 02:28 – Impeachment Articles Against HHS Secretary
• 03:12 – Military Gathering & NORAD Intercept
• 03:43 – Old Farmers Almanac Winter Forecast
• 04:16 – Market Update

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This summary provides a comprehensive look at the major news covered in this episode, along with direct quotes, thematic breakdowns, and timestamps for quick reference.

Transcript

[Lisa Brady]

Renewed hope for a deal in Gaza on Lisa Brady, Fox News. President Trump just telling reporters we had.

[President Donald Trump]

A very good meeting with the representatives of the most powerful countries in the Middle east and I think we're going to be close to a deal.

[Lisa Brady]

After meetings on the sidelines of the UN General assembly, he's meeting right now in the Oval Office with Turkey's president. Later, he'll sign an executive order aimed at allowing TikTok to avoid a US ban.

[Edward Lawrence]

This executive order will basically say that the TikTok deal does meet the law, therefore saving the app. It starts a 120 day clock that has TikTok to negotiate the final agreement between the parent company ByteDance and the new joint venture. Now under the agreement, ByteDance has less than 20% ownership.

[Lisa Brady]

Fox Business's Edward Lawrence at the White House.

[Edward Lawrence]

Critics say the algorithm will still come from China. However, senior White House officials say it will be retrained and supplied with only American data. Plus Oracle will wall off that data from China.

[Lisa Brady]

Congress passed legislation requiring divestment, largely over security concerns because of the current Chinese ownership. The FBI director just posting new information about the in yesterday's deadly shooting at an ICE facility in Dallas, he says.

[FBI Director]

The perp downloaded a document with a list of DHS facilities. He conducted multiple searches of ballistics and looked up the Charlie Kirk shot video in the last two days leading up to the shooting.

[Lisa Brady]

Fox's Brook Taylor investigators also recovering a handwritten note expressing hope of terror for ICE agents. The shooting killed one detainee, injuring two others before the gunman killed killed himself. Amazon's getting a big bill over allegations it duped customers into enrolling in prime membership. The Federal Trade Commission just announcing the online retail giant will pay a record $1 billion in civil penalties and another one and a half billion to reimburse prime subscribers to settle claims it signed up users without consent and made it difficult to cancel. Amazon does not admit any wrongdoing in the settlement. America is listening to Fox News.

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[Lisa Brady]

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[Congresswoman Haley Stevens]

Congresswoman Haley Stevens says Health and Human Services secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. S, quote, efforts to jeopardize public health, increase the cost of health care and cut critical medical research are grounds for impeachment. The Michigan Democrat and Senate candidate says she plans to draft articles of impeachment against Secretary Kennedy, saying he's making our country less safe. Kennedy stands little chance of being impeached with Republicans controlling Congress. The Trump administration says it's trying to shake up the medical world to make America healthy again. In Washington, Ryan Schmell's Fox News US.

[Lisa Brady]

Military generals and admirals stationed around the world are being told to gather on short notice at a Marine base in Virginia next week. Multiple military sources confirming to Fox a Washington Post report about the unprecedented meeting, stirring concern about the potential reason and about secur. Earlier today, NORAD confirming it sent jets to identify and intercept Russian aircraft near Alaska. The Russian jets remained in international airspace. Now that it's fall, the winter forecast is in from Old Farmers Almanac.

[Therese Crowley]

The almanac's headline reads, mostly mild, with pockets of wild temperatures near normal to slightly mild across much of the country. Overall drier than normal. Mapping 18 regions mild and dry down the west coast into Arizona, mild and dry from the Plains to Texas, Chicago and the upper Midwest, but cold and dry from Kentucky through Pennsylvania, with a snowy patch from Ohio to North Carolina. Cold and wet for Florida, mild and wet for the Mountain west, mild and snowy for New Mexico and northern Arizona, and mild and dry for the Mid Atlantic through New England.

[Lisa Brady]

Fox's Therese Crowley the Old Farmers Almanac claims 80% accuracy using a formula of solar activity, moon cycles and planet positions. The Dow's down 76 points.

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