The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

Tonight the president of the United States posted a video of himself wearing a crown and flying a jet that dumps diarrhea all over the United States.

Seriously. He actually did this.

Important report—key to highlight is that counter-protestors against the Kirk memorial were peaceful, but were then attacked by event participants, and then the right-wing groups that put the event together started to smear the counterprotestors as violent

Q: What's your message to the 170 US citizens who have been detained by ICE? About 20 of them are children

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.

Chinese customs seized 60,000 maps it deemed "problematic" over their labelling of Taiwan and omission of territory Beijing claims in the South China Sea, authorities said. In full: buff.ly/BKgc67I

"This could be the Achilles’ heel of Taiwan." A Chinese blockade would quickly deplete resources on an island that depends on imported fuel. Here's a graphical look at why––and how: www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...

"September 10, was the historic date when the number of days Taiwan had spent free from martial law officially surpassed the number of days endured under its stifling rule... we have parted entirely from an authoritarian regime and its shadow, and have ushered in a democratic future full of hope."

NEW: A Magnitude 5.0 earthquake has hit Hualien, eastern Taiwan.

A dyke upstream of the Matai'an Barrier Lake, which had burst during Typhoon Ragasa, may be damaged. The Central Weather Administration advises evacuation of the following locales:

GUANGFU TOWNSHIP
FENGLIN TOWNSHIP
WANRONG TOWNSHIP.