- — Trump set to greet Xi for high-stakes state visit
- It is the second time the leaders are meeting this year after the Beijing summit in May.(Image credit: Brendan Smialowski)
- — Iran's president gives a rare wartime speech at the U.N.
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian addressed the U.N. General Assembly a day after President Trump threatened from the same podium to "annihilate" Iran.(Image credit: John Lamparski)
- — A Catholic media star will be beatified in St Louis, moving a step closer to sainthood
- Bishop Fulton Sheen, who charmed millions of television viewers on his show Life Is Worth Living,'will come one step closer to being declared a saint. (Image credit: Eddie Adams)
- — From cybersecurity to AI to Taiwan, what's at stake in Trump's summit with Xi
- As President Trump and China's President Xi prepare to meet, Rush Doshi of the Council on Foreign Relations explains the current state of U.S.-China relations and what to expect from this summit.
- — It's getting harder to afford rent in the U.S., even for middle-income families
- Housing affordability challenges are spreading to higher income brackets, according to new research, which found one in five renters struggled last year to pay for their housing in full and on time.(Image credit: Nam Y. Huh)
- — Greetings from Edinburgh, where a cheeky tour guide makes art history hilarious
- For anyone who grew up staring blankly at museum artwork, this is the fun that was missing: Coco leads interactive and (mostly) factual art history comedy tours.
- — Is Nepal's flood a harbinger of what's to come in the Himalayas?
- Building dams and hydropower plants in the Himalayas holds great promise for providing electricity. In the wake of the Nepal disaster, experts are asking about the risks of such construction.(Image credit: Skanda Gautam/AFP)
- — Dems have an edge over GOP, poll finds. And, ICE looks into 'mobile detention centers'
- An NPR poll shows that Democrats have an edge over Republicans going into the midterms, partially due to Trump. And, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is looking into "mobile detention centers."(Image credit: CJ Gunther)
- — U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz on Iran, Venezuela and Trump's foreign policy
- Deals, threats and oil are all on the table as the president's foreign policy takes center stage.(Image credit: Angela Weiss)
- — Will FDA advisers recommend a multi-cancer blood test for approval? They'll vote
- The company Grail says its Galleri blood test can detect up to 50 forms of cancer. An independent panel of experts will decide if the test should be recommended for FDA approval.
- — DOJ defends White House media ban, urges court to reject lawsuit
- The Department of Justice defended President Trump's recent media ban, arguing that reporting by CNN, MS Now and Politico on a wide range of issues jeopardized national security and spread falsehoods.(Image credit: Finn Gomez)
- — Major news outlets banned by Trump will have their day in court
- CNN, MS NOW, and Politico are asking a federal judge to hold the president in check for what they say is a violation of their Constitutional rights simply because he doesn't like how they cover him.(Image credit: Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
- — There's growing concern that Trump may deploy the National Guard ahead of elections
- Fears are growing that President Trump may deploy the U.S. military to polling places in the upcoming elections, despite strict state and federal laws against such a move.(Image credit: Kent Nishimura)
- — Poll: Most voters agree the 2026 midterms are all about Trump — and they disapprove
- A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds President Trump — and his unpopularity — is an outsize factor in why most voters say they want Democrats to win the midterms.(Image credit: Tom Brenner)
- — As Congress confronts AI, Senate lawmakers are shut off from its most advanced tools
- While Senate offices have access to chatbots like ChatGPT, they are not authorized to use any of the more advanced tools that are at the center of regulatory talks and public debate about AI safety. (Image credit: Allison Robbert)
- — How an 'AI freeze' could make big AI companies bigger and hurt smaller firms
- Critics say a slowdown of AI development among the largest companies could consolidate the power of frontier labs, just as many others are trying to catch up.(Image credit: Dan Kitwood)
- — Poll: Trust in the U.S. Postal Service delivering mail-in ballots on time has fallen
- Registered voters are less confident that USPS will deliver election mail on time compared with 2024, an NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds, after USPS was part of Trump's bid to limit mail voting.(Image credit: Nam Y. Huh)
- — ICE is looking into 'mobile detention facilities'
- Buried in the paperwork for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's expansion in Pennsylvania is a document requesting "mobile detention facilities."(Image credit: Blake Fagan)
- — Category 5 Hurricane Polo is 'one of the strongest storms ever'
- Hurricane Polo has grown into one of the most powerful Pacific cyclones in decades, and it was expected to skirt Mexico's southwestern coast as a Category 5 storm.(Image credit: NOAA via AP)
- — Trump administration to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees over fraud claims
- White House officials allege these individuals were fraudulently enrolled in the program or do not exist. Vice President Vance said the move would save $2.2 billion.(Image credit: Alex Brandon)
- — Questions remain after grand jury declines indictment in Nolan Wells' death
- The Black Mississippi teen's family questions whether his race contributed to his July 4th death on an island off the Mississippi coast.(Image credit: John Amis/AP Photo)
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