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What is the Supreme Court’s decision on the DHS voter‑eligibility data system?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Sang. The US Supreme Court has revived for now a federal data system the Department of Homeland Security revamped into a tool. To check the citizenship of millions of Americans on voter rolls, the tool has mistakenly flagged some eligible voters as potential non citizens who The news about the save system comes as the Trump administration has been pouring resources into searching for non citizens on voter rolls ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. Any impact on the midterms remains unclear. President Trump is hosting Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a third day. Great visit and great things for both countries, he says.
Been just very, very productive.
However, NPR's Emily Fang reports that while She's first state visit to the US in more than a decade was full of ceremony.
How did President Trump and Xi Jinping’s White House visit highlight U.S.–China relations?
It's widely described as light on substance. Chinese
leader Xi Jinping and his wife arrived at the White House and were welcomed by Trump and the First Lady. They're spending the afternoon here in the National Archives, where in the main foyer the walk past original copies of the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights. An administration official says on temporary display is a letter sent from the Qing dynasty to the US during the nineteenth century, and a brick from the Great Wall of China is also on temporary display in the National Archives. Outside the archives, the faint chant of anti Chinese Communist Party protesters could be heard. Emily Fang and Pier News, Washington.
President Trump continues to resist calls for an AI development slowdown siding competition from China. He, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and tech CEOs are expected to hold AI talks next Tuesday. Well, Pope Leo the Fourteenth is adding his voice to global calls for major tech companies to do a better job of protecting humanity from the threats of artificial intelligence.
While intelligence is attributed to computational systems.
Why is the U.S. government pushing ahead with AI talks despite calls for a slowdown?
We struggle to recognize the inalienable dignity of human persons whose lives are judged according to the criterion of efficiency and when deemed no longer productive. They're rejected and discarded.
The Pope speaking in Paris today. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returns to Israel today after a brief visit to New York to address the UN General Assembly, resident Pierre's cat lawn store. As
Netanyahu stepped up to the podium, dozens of diplomats in the audience stood and walked out. Netanyahu then referred to them as, quote, moral cowards. He celebrated and defended the US-Israeli war in Iran, and defended Israel against much of the criticism from many world leaders this week, calling them, quote, tyrants. Several accused Israel of genocide in Gaza, a claim Netanyahu rejected. The combative address comes as Netanyahu faces is a tight election next month that will decide if he remains prime minister.
What did Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu say at the UN and why did diplomats walk out?
His UN address was largely viewed as a campaign speech back home. Netanyahu met with very few world leaders while in New York, and notably not President Trump.
That's Kat Lawnsdorf, it's NPR. A new study finds more families in the United States are struggling to pay their rent. Researchers say the trend could put more people at risk of becoming homeless. And Pierre's Marissa J. Lang says It's not just low income households falling behind. One
in five renters in the United States could not afford to pay their rent on time or in full at least once last year. That's according to a new report from the Urban Institute that found more families were struggling to cover the cost of housing in twenty twenty five than in years prior.
How are rising rent costs affecting middle‑income families across the United States?
The biggest change was among middle income households. Here's researcher Samantha Batko. And seeing this increase among middle income renters is a big and important shift that reflects overall challenges with affordability in the country currently. And it's not just housing. Roughly the same amount of adults also reported difficulty paying for oil, gas, or electricity last year. Experts say this is a worrying trend that could result in more people losing their housing altogether.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the Supreme Court’s decision on the DHS voter‑eligibility data system?
0:01–0:51
2
How did President Trump and Xi Jinping’s White House visit highlight U.S.–China relations?
0:51–1:55
3
Why is the U.S. government pushing ahead with AI talks despite calls for a slowdown?
1:55–2:48
4
What did Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu say at the UN and why did diplomats walk out?
2:48–3:35
5
How are rising rent costs affecting middle‑income families across the United States?
3:35–4:24
6
Why is the EU enforcing a €120 million fine against Elon Musk’s platform and what are the legal stakes?
4:24–5:01