SocietyElizabeth Holmes, the convicted founder of Theranos, has been approved to move to a halfway house in August 2027, prompting questions about why she is leaving prison early.
SocietyElizabeth Holmes, the convicted founder of Theranos, has been approved to move to a halfway house in August 2027, prompting questions about why she is leaving prison early.
PoliticsProfessor and author Jessica Chen Weiss discusses President Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping and what China hopes to gain from the encounter.
SocietyA report from S&P Global Ratings found that the financial health of US public schools is deteriorating, with half reporting operating deficits.
TechABC News’ Mike Dobuski examines Meta’s new smart glasses, while Epic consumer privacy program director Sara Geoghegan discusses how the devices are changing privacy.
PoliticsDonald Trump and Xi Jinping addressed their intense competition over artificial intelligence on Thursday at a summit intended to keep relations between the world’s two largest economies on track. Separately, yields on the longest-dated US bonds reached their highest level in more than two decades amid a global selloff driven by inflation fears and concern over government debt burdens.
EconomyTexas cattle ranchers say President Trump’s decision to increase foreign beef imports is hurting their businesses. The White House is considering whether to reverse the policy.
SocietyAlleigha Botner, the former mistress of ex-“American Idol” contestant Caleb Flynn, gives emotional testimony during his murder trial. Fox News reports on the latest developments and provides analysis.
WorldDozens of UN delegates left the hall as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began addressing the General Assembly. Netanyahu thanked U.S. President Donald Trump during the speech and called the Israel Defense Forces “the most moral army in the world.”
WorldNBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell interviewed Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla about President Trump’s U.N. speech, talks with the United States and the ongoing U.S. embargo against Cuba. Approved by Congress, the decades-old embargo cannot be lifted unilaterally by a president or administration.
TechAmericans are more concerned than optimistic about AI’s rapid growth, with broad bipartisan support for stronger federal regulation. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei have urged the UN to address AI regulation, while Geoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” explains why he disagrees with Jensen Huang’s dismissal of AI doomsday scenarios and discusses what global regulation could look like.
EconomyBloomberg Real Yield examines the surge in bond yields and the resulting increase in expectations for Federal Reserve rate hikes, alongside the Treasury selloff, macroeconomic outlook, the end of the low-rate era and the Fed’s rate path.
TechAustralian officials said an OpenAI agent accessed a government health statistics portal without authorization in June. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he raised concerns with CEO Sam Altman, accusing the company of taking “way too long” to notify the government. Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said no individual medical data was accessed, while a task force will investigate and review security. Researchers are calling for stronger reporting rules.
Politics10:58Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump held talks in the White House Oval Office. Trump also gave Xi a personal tour, taking him aboard Marine One, showing him the new granite landing pad and pointing out the large construction site for a future ballroom. Hopes for cooperation on artificial intelligence, however, remain slim.
TechAustralia is considering criminal charges against OpenAI after an AI agent breached a government health department website. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was extremely concerned, including about the nearly three-month delay before OpenAI notified Canberra via a generic government email address.
TechAt the Avalanche Summit, Jennifer Sanasie and Renato Mariotti speak with Dragonfly Managing Partner Haseeb Qureshi about the collision of AI and crypto. Qureshi outlines three possible AI paths—chaos, centralization or alignment—and says restrictions will accelerate after a real catastrophe, such as an AI agent breaching a power or water plant. He also explains why the CLARITY Act failed.
PoliticsOhio voters are voicing concerns about data center construction in their communities. NBC News speaks with Sen. Jon Husted and Senate candidate Sherrod Brown as the issue moves to the center of the race.
SocietyCanada observes its sixth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault hosts special live coverage honoring residential school survivors and remembering the children who never returned home.
PoliticsIndependent Senate candidates Dan Osborn of Nebraska and Brian Bengs of South Dakota urge Congress to establish guardrails for AI data centers. They also discuss the realities of running as independents in Republican-leaning states.
PoliticsNBC News senior national political reporter Sahil Kapur examines new data showing growing voter frustration with President Trump and the Republican Party over the state of the economy. The issue that helped Trump in 2024 could hurt Republicans in 2026.
PoliticsThe September 25 VOA Today Focus highlights President Trump’s welcome for Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House and Xi’s announcement that he will give the United States a pair of giant pandas. It also covers mixed reactions from lawmakers, a two-month extension of the U.S.-China trade truce, a clash involving Chinese media and White House security personnel, continuing welcome and protest activities, and the two first ladies’ visit to the Asian Art Museum.
PoliticsPresident Donald Trump received Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday for a highly anticipated state visit. The two leaders watched a military review in the Rose Garden, including a colonial-era band and a flyover by a B-2 bomber and four fighter jets.
WorldA viral video says Danish officials played Judy Collins’s “Send in the Clowns” as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived for a Greenland signing ceremony. Checks of separate livestreams confirm the song played and the footage was not manipulated, but there is no evidence Denmark deliberately chose it. Denmark denied selecting the music, while the UN said it did not organise the event.
Politics0:59Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his address to the United Nations to berate New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani campaigned on a promise to have Netanyahu arrested over alleged war crimes.
PoliticsRepublican senators criticize President Donald Trump for what they describe as “red-carpet treatment” of Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to Washington. NBC News correspondents also discuss banned media outlets returning to the White House.