Monday Morning Rundown: SEC Changes, Sacramento Shooting, Kirk’s Funeral, and a War on the Press (9/22/25)

This week opens with power colliding across politics, markets, and the press. The SEC moves to cut quarterly reporting, a Sacramento newsroom takes gunfire, Charlie Kirk’s funeral turns into a political stage, and the Pentagon pushes journalists to sign a gag order. In this Monday rundown, we connect the dots. We examine how these stories, taken together, reveal a country tightening its control and shrinking transparency.