12PM ET 10/22/2025 Newscast

Summary

Fox News Hourly Update – 12PM ET 10/22/2025

Main Theme

This newscast gives listeners a rapid-fire roundup of major national and international news items, including government shutdown negotiations in Washington, a deadly truck accident with immigration implications, art world upheaval in France, a newborn abandonment case in New York, global scrutiny on AI superintelligence, Meta’s layoffs in its AI division, and a quick stock market check.

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Key Segments & Insights

1. Government Shutdown Stalemate (00:01–00:24)

• Host Lisa Brady reports ongoing gridlock as Republicans urge Senate Democrats to pass a short-term spending bill (CR) passed by the House to reopen the government.
• Quote [Tom Emmer, House Majority Whip, 00:12]:

  “To our Senate Democrat colleagues, it's not too late to do the right and reasonable thing, pass our CR and reopen the government for the people that you are actually elected to serve. Let's get it done.”

• Dynamics:
  • Democrats condition negotiations with President Trump on health care being included.
  • Republicans insist the shutdown must end first.
  • President Trump is meeting with NATO’s head for updates on allied weapons sales to Ukraine, after canceling a planned meeting with Russia’s President Putin.

2. Deadly Indiana Truck Crash & Immigration Issues (00:37–01:34)

• Correspondent [Jeffman, 00:55]: Details on Serbian national Borko Stankovic, who allegedly caused a fatal highway collision while driving without a valid license and with an expired visa.
  • Criminal charges: homicide and criminal recklessness.
  • Immigration status: in the U.S. illegally since 2011, criminal history in New York.
  • Used a suspended license belonging to a family member.
• Context: Federal crackdown on improperly licensed truck drivers recently initiated by the U.S. Transportation Secretary.

3. Louvre Museum Leadership Crisis (01:34–01:59)

• Host Lisa Brady: Reports the director of the Louvre museum in France offered to resign following a weekend heist of royal jewels, describing it as a "terrible failure."
  • The French culture minister has refused to accept the resignation as the investigation proceeds.

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4. Infant Abandonment at NYC Subway (02:14–02:59)

• Correspondent [Tanya J. Powers, 02:19]: A 30-year-old woman arrested after abandoning her newborn daughter at a Penn Station subway stop.
  • The event captured in a brief video.
  • The baby, still with her umbilical cord, was found and is stable in hospital care.
  • Legal Note: New York’s Safe Haven law allows parents to relinquish newborns at hospitals or staffed police/fire stations without prosecution.

5. AI Superintelligence Moratorium Petition (02:59–03:24)

• Host Lisa Brady: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and a coalition of celebrities, politicians, and AI experts sign an open letter calling for a global pause on AI superintelligence development.
  • Targets tech giants (Google, Meta, OpenAI) over concerns about risks to humanity, including security and economic disruption.

6. Meta Layoffs in AI Divisions (03:24–04:02)

• Correspondent [Jenny Cosola, 03:24]: Meta (Facebook’s parent) cutting ~600 positions in its AI research and product units due to so-called “overly bureaucratic” operations.
  • No staff cuts in the new “TBD Lab.”
  • Laid off workers encouraged to apply for other roles at the company.

7. Market Update (04:02–end)

• Host Lisa Brady: Reports a downturn on Wall Street.
  • Dow down 156 points, Nasdaq down 200 points at time of broadcast.

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Notable Quotes

• Tom Emmer [00:12]:

  “To our Senate Democrat colleagues, it's not too late to do the right and reasonable thing, pass our CR and reopen the government for the people that you are actually elected to serve. Let's get it done.”

• Louvre Director (paraphrased by Lisa Brady, 01:34):

  Describes weekend crown jewels heist as “a terrible failure” before offering resignation.

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Timestamps & Segments

• 00:01 – Government shutdown debate: GOP pushes Senate, Dems, and White House negotiations
• 00:55 – Indiana truck crash: Immigration, licensing issues cross state lines
• 01:34 – Louvre museum reeling after high-profile theft
• 02:19 – Newborn abandoned at NYC subway; legal and human context
• 02:59 – Prince Harry, Meghan, and others urge AI tech moratorium
• 03:24 – Meta’s AI-related layoffs and corporate restructuring
• 04:02 – Market downturn recap

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This concise, up-to-date episode gives listeners an essential briefing on US politics, criminal and immigration news, culture sector developments, key social issues, and rapid advances—and setbacks—in artificial intelligence, all with the hallmark tone and urgency of a national news newsroom.

Transcript

[A]

It's a debate on repeat. In Washington, I'm Lisa Brady, FOX News. As Republicans call for reopening government with Senate passage of a short term spending bill that already passed the House.

[B]

To our Senate Democrat colleagues, it's not too late to do the right and reasonable thing, pass our CR and reopen the government for the people that you are actually elected to serve. Let's get it done.

[A]

Today, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer. But Democrats are pushing President Trump to negotiate on health care provisions they want included. Republicans. Republicans say the government shutdown has to end first. President Trump meets later today with the head of NATO getting an update on allied weapons sales to Ukraine a day after scrapping an upcoming meeting with Russia's President Putin. A truck driver without a valid commercial license faces multiple charges in Indiana accused of causing a deadly crash and of having an expired visa to be in.

[C]

The U.S. investigators in Porter County, Indiana, say Serbian national 54 year old Borko Stankovic was operating a big rig October 15th when he swerved from the westbound lanes of US 20 into the eastbound lanes into oncoming traffic, hitting a vehicle head on and killing the driver. He now faces charges including homicide and criminal recklessness. The Department of Homeland Security also placing a detainer on Stankovic, saying he's been in the country illegally since 2011 with a criminal history out of New York. Investigators also say that Stankovic lived in Lyons, Illinois, and was operating the semi truck using a suspended license that belongs to a family member.

[A]

Fox's Jeffman, the transportation secretary recently launched a federal crackdown on truckers not being properly licensed. The director of the Louvre museum just offering to resign, speaking to French lawmakers after the weekend heist of crown jewels she calls a terrible failure. The culture minister refusing her resignation as the investigation continues. America is listening to FOX News.

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[A]

A mother is found and arrested after a newborn was abandoned at a New York City subway station.

[E]

The 30 year old woman is charged with abandoning and endangering a child. She was recorded on a busy sidewalk in a two second video clip that showed her carrying something that appears to be wrapped in a bundle and held as if it were a baby. The baby girl was found with her umbilical cord still attached. On Monday, NYPD officers responded to a call of a baby wrapped in a blanket and left in a passageway at the Penn Station subway stop during morning rush hour. She was taken to a hospital and is reportedly stable. New York's safe haven law allows a parent to relinquish a newborn at a hospital or a staffed police or fire station without fear of being prosecuted. In New York City, Tanya J. Powers, Fox News Britain's Prince Harry and.

[A]

Wife Meghan are signing onto a letter calling for a ban on AI superintelligence until safety and public consensus are assured. The joint letter from celebrities, political figures and AI pioneers targets Google, Meta, OpenAI and other tech giants over concern about a possible threat to humanity, including security risks and economic disruption as superintelligence is developed. One tech giant is cutting jobs in an AI unit.

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Meta Platforms is cutting about 600 positions in its superintelligence labs. Artificial intelligence unit Axios is reporting the cut, citing an internal memo. It says the jobs will be eliminated at Facebook's Artificial Intelligence Research Unit, product related AI and AI infrastructure units. The report says the company decided its AI efforts were overly bureaucratic. The newly formed TBD Lab, which stands for To Be Determined, will not be cutting staff, the memo says. Those being laid off are being encouraged to apply for other positions in the company.

[A]

Fox's Jenny Cosola a sell off on Wall street the Dow's down 156, the Nasdaq's down 200 and Lisa Brady, Fox.