4PM ET 10/21/2025 Newscast

Summary

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Fox News Hourly Update – 4PM ET Newscast (10/21/2025)

Overview
This episode delivers quick, concise news highlights on major national and international issues as of October 21, 2025. The main threads include the ongoing government shutdown in Washington, security and diplomacy updates from Capitol Hill and overseas, U.S.-China trade relations, a disturbing threat against a Congressional leader, ongoing Israel-Gaza developments, a police investigation in New York City, and a financial markets roundup.

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1. Government Shutdown Stalemate

[00:02 – 01:13]

• Setting: The federal government remains shut for a third week. President Trump and Senate Republicans press Democrats to pass a short-term spending bill that’s failed 11 times.
• President Trump’s stance:
  • Blames Democrats for the impasse:

    “The radical left Democrats are holding the entire federal government hostage to appease the extremists in their party.”
    (Donald Trump, 00:14)

• Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader:
  • Insists healthcare issues, especially Obamacare subsidies, are central:

    “We have a very simple request. Sit down and negotiate. The American people are aghast. Any observer, objective observers aghast that here on this serious problem they won't even negotiate with us.”
    (Chuck Schumer, 00:32)

• Negotiation Deadlock:
  • Republicans say negotiations only follow ending the shutdown.
  • Democratic Senator Chris Coons expresses doubt Republicans will negotiate if the government reopens preemptively.

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2. Security Concerns and Capitol Threat

[01:13 – 01:29]

• Serious Threat Against House Minority Leader:
  • Allegation: Christopher Moynihan (pardoned Jan 6th defendant) sent felony threats against Rep. Hakeem Jeffries via text:

    “I cannot allow this terrorist to live…”
    (Reporter, 00:59) “…even if I am hated, he must be eliminated and I will kill him for the future.”

  • Moynihan charged with making a terroristic threat in Dutchess County, NY.
  • Jeffries responds: Will not be intimidated.

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3. International Diplomacy and Security

[01:30 – 02:47]

• NATO Secretary General:
  • Plans meeting with President Trump in Washington.
  • The White House walks back rumors of imminent Trump-Putin peace summit on Ukraine.
• VP J.D. Vance in Israel:
  [02:28 – 02:56]
  • Reassures over ceasefire deal after recent fighting.
  • Admiral Cooper comments:

    “In Gaza it’s going to require constant effort. It’s going to require constant monitoring and supervision. That’s part of the reason that Admiral Cooper and his team is here, is to mediate these disputes…right now I feel very optimistic…”
    (Admiral Cooper, 02:34)

  • 200 US troops in Israel for monitoring purposes—no boots on the ground in Gaza as part of the envisioned international security force.

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4. Israel-Gaza, Hostages, & US-Chinese Relations

[02:47 – 03:29]

• Hostage Update:
  • Israeli officials report Hamas handed over two more hostages’ bodies.
• Trump-Xi Meeting in South Korea:
  • President Trump plans to meet President Xi of China, aiming for a trade/tariff deal amid ongoing tensions.
  • Trump signals flexibility, but also hints talks might not occur:

    “Now, we’re going to have a fair deal. I think we’re going to have a very successful meeting. Certainly there are a lot of people that are waiting for it. Maybe it won’t happen. Maybe it won’t happen.”
    (Donald Trump, 03:13)

  • White House (via Jared Halpern): Meeting was previously threatened after China imposed new export restrictions.

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5. Domestic News – New York Baby Abandonment Case

[03:29 – 04:11]

• Incident:
  • NYPD investigates a woman seen carrying a baby, later found abandoned (with umbilical cord still attached) near Penn Station subway stairs.

  • “The infant awake and alert when found was at last word listed as Stable Hospital.”
    (NYPD Spokesperson, 03:40)

  • Woman wanted for questioning in connection to child endangerment.

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6. Markets Recap

[04:11 – 04:20]

• Dow closes up 218 points to a record 46,009.24.
• S&P up fractionally.
• Nasdaq finishes lower.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Chuck Schumer on government talks:

  “Sit down and negotiate. The American people are aghast…”
  (00:32)

• Reporter on Jeffries threat:

  “I cannot allow this terrorist to live…”
  (00:59)

• Admiral Cooper on Gaza mediation:

  “…going to require constant monitoring and supervision.”
  (02:34)

• Donald Trump on China meeting:

  “Maybe it won’t happen. Maybe it won’t happen.”
  (03:13)

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Flow & Tone:
The newscast maintains a fast, matter-of-fact delivery typical of hard news radio—summarizing events with occasional direct leader quotes and minimal commentary. Urgency and tension underlie most segments, from shutdown stakes to national security and global diplomacy.

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For Listeners: This concise episode covers the high-stakes political fight in D.C., new threats against lawmakers, international security efforts, ongoing humanitarian crises, a poignant local case, and stock market highs—all in under five minutes.

Transcript

[Lisa Brady]

An impasse. In Washington, Lisa Brady, FOX News. Three weeks into a government shutdown, President Trump urging Democrats to end it by supporting a short term spending bill that's failed 11 times. In the Senate, Chuck Schumer, who I've.

[Donald Trump]

Known for a long time and the radical left Democrats are holding the entire federal government hostage to appease the extremists in their party.

[Lisa Brady]

The president after a White House lunch with Senate Republicans. But Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says health care issues need to be addressed, especially Obamacare subsidies that are set to expose.

[Chuck Schumer]

We have a very simple request. Sit down and negotiate. The American people are aghast. Any observer, objective observers aghast that here on this serious problem they won't even negotiate with us.

[Lisa Brady]

Republicans say end the shutdown, then they'll negotiate. Delaware Democratic Senator Chris Coons just telling Fox he has no confidence there would be negotiations if they reopen government first. A man's facing felony charges for threatening the top House Democrat.

[Reporter (possibly from New York State Police or Fox News)]

I cannot allow this terrorist to live is what New York State Police alleged Christopher Moynihan sent in a text message before House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries was scheduled to give a speech in New York, according to a felony complaint filed in Dutchess county obtained by Fox News Radio. Moynihan also said, quote, even if I am hated, he must be eliminated and I will kill him for the future. Moynihan is One of the January 6th defendants pardoned by President Trump and is now charged with making a terroristic threat.

[Lisa Brady]

Fox is Reichmails on Capitol Hill. Jeffries telling reporters he will not be intimidated. NATO spokesperson just confirming that NATO secretary general is heading to Washington and will meet with President Trump. This after a White House official said there's no meeting scheduled in the immediate future between President Trump and Russia's president walking back a possible peace summit on the war in Ukraine. The Dow up 218 points at the bell. America is listening to FOX News.

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[Lisa Brady]

Vice President J.D. vance visiting Israel and offering reassurance about the cease fire deal after recent fighting.

[Admiral Cooper]

In Gaza it's going to require constant effort. It's going to require constant monitoring and supervision. That's part of the reason that Admiral Cooper and his team is here, is to mediate these disputes, to mediate these disagreements as they come up. But look, right now I feel very.

[Lisa Brady]

Optimistic about 200 US troops are in Israel to help monitor. But Vance reaffirming there will not be American boots on the ground in Gaza as part of an international security force that's still in the planning stages. Israeli officials, meantime, say Hamas turned over two more hostages bodies today. President Trump still plans to meet with China's president next week in South Korea.

[Jared Halpern]

In search of a tariff deal to de, escalate, escalate a trade war.

[Donald Trump]

Now, we're going to have a fair deal. I think we're going to have a very successful meeting. Certainly there are a lot of people that are waiting for it. Maybe it won't happen. Maybe it won't happen.

[Jared Halpern]

The president threatened to pull out of a meeting with Xi earlier this month after Beijing announced new export restrictions for rare earth and critical minerals.

[Lisa Brady]

Fox's Jared Halpern @ the White House, the president threatening higher tariffs in response. Police in New York City may be a step closer to learning who left a baby near subway steps at the city's busiest transit hub.

[NYPD Spokesperson]

The NYPD is focusing on photos it released of a woman seen walking down a Manhattan street carrying a baby wrapped in a blanket. It's not known if that woman left the baby, which police found with the umbilical cord still attached on subway stairs near Penn Station during the Monday morning rush. That woman is wanted for questioning as the NYPD investigates the endangerment of the child's welfare. The infant awake and alert when found was at last word listed as Stable Hospital.

[Lisa Brady]

Fox's Garnell Scott recapping stocks the Dow up to 18 to a new record close 46,009 24 the S& P up a fraction, the Nasdaq finishing lower. And Lisa Brady, FOX NEWS.

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