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What’s at stake in the Trump-Xi meeting?Politics

Professor and author Jessica Chen Weiss discusses President Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping and what China hopes to gain from the encounter.

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What to Know About Meta’s Latest Smart GlassesTech

ABC News’ Mike Dobuski examines Meta’s new smart glasses, while Epic consumer privacy program director Sara Geoghegan discusses how the devices are changing privacy.

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Trump Welcomes Xi With AI Concerns at ForefrontPolitics

Donald 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.

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Ex-mistress delivers bombshell testimony in murder trialSociety

Alleigha 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.

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Full Exclusive Interview with Cuba's Foreign MinisterWorld

NBC 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.

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AI CEOs warn the UN; ‘Godfather of AI’ disagrees with Jensen HuangTech

Americans 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.

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Bond Yields Soar, Spiking Fed Rate Hike BetsEconomy

Bloomberg 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.

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Could OpenAI Be Held Accountable for Its Agent Breaching an Australian Government Site?Tech

Australian 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.

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Trump and Xi meet, but hopes for AI cooperation stay slimPolitics10:58

Chinese 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.

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OpenAI agent breached Australian government health websiteTech

Australia 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.

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Why an AI “Catastrophe” Could Trigger a Regulatory CrackdownTech

At 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.

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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2026 | CBC News SpecialSociety

Canada 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.

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The economy helped Trump win in 2024. It could cost Republicans in 2026Politics

NBC 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.

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Trump welcomes Xi at White House as ‘panda diplomacy’ returns?Politics

The 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.

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Trump welcomes Xi Jinping to the White House with a military reviewPolitics

President 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.

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‘Send in the Clowns’: Viral video fuels claims Denmark ‘trolled’ Trump and RubioWorld

A 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.

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Netanyahu berates New York’s Mamdani in UN speechPolitics0:59

Israeli 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.

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GOP senators criticize Trump’s ‘red-carpet treatment’ of Xi JinpingPolitics

Republican 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.

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