Lucy Connolly sits in a cell after one post. Britain’s prison system is broken, she says. Reform is urgent. Bail denial, no rehab, long delays for mental health. She aims to push change with the Reform Party.

The man who killed Charlie Kirk, Tyler Robinson, 22, faces the death penalty. Prosecutors say he grew left-leaning and pro-trans, clashing with a conservative father over a transgender roommate; a post-shooting text cited Trump and MAGA.

Sept. 16 hearing. Democrats say the FBI hunted Trump investigators; Grassley cites Arctic Frost widening to GOP groups, 92 targets. Patel spoke candidly on most topics, dodging probes; Grassley says terminations were accountability, not retaliation.

Pope Leo XIV says he is praying for Charlie Kirk and his family after Kirk's Utah shooting, and urges restraint to curb political violence and polarization. The remarks came during the pope's first audience with the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, Brian Burch.

Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, spoke at the Fête de L'Humanité about Palestinian stakes and Western policy. Opponents call her activist; she faces accusations of terrorism and antisemitism, and she has a large online following.

The Digest, 9/17/2025 @300AM, CDT

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