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What did President Trump and Xi discuss at the White House state dinner, especially regarding AI?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. President Trump held a state dinner at the White House last night for Chinese leader Xi Jinping. This followed meetings earlier in the day. Neither man released much detail about their discussions. NPR Stepa Shivram says they did talk about AI.
US and Chinese officials had deliberated over information sharing systems that would help alert each other over AI incidents that would affect national security. And that would have been a huge development in AI security globally because there aren't a lot of guardrails that exist for this technology. But it's unclear how far that proposal on AI will actually go, because in his remarks on Thursday morning, Trump was clear that on AI he wants to quote leave it exactly where it is.
Pierre's dipa shiver on reporting. President Trump denied TV networks CNN and MS Now access to the state banquet at the White House last night. The ban came even after a federal judge had ordered the White House to restore access to media organizations that Trump ousted last weekend. Some journalists were able to return during the day and But Trump kept others out of the banquet. A Democratic Senator is asking the White House for immediate answers about a new television ad featuring President Trump. The ad says it is paid for by the US government. MPR's chamber Keith reports the White House insists it is a public service announcement.
The ad features President Trump's voice and a splashy montage of images of the president. Phrases including largest tax cut in history flash on the screen. As the song providing the soundtrack to the thirty-second ad repeats the phrase Love Me.
America will never be a communist country.
In a letter demanding answers, Democratic Senator from New Hampshire Maggie Hassen says the ad appears to run afoul of federal prohibitions against using government funds for propaganda. A White House spokesperson described the ad as a public service announcement. Tamra Keith, NPR News.
The Senate Health Committee spent about two hours yesterday questioning Dr. Heidi Overton. And Pierre Sidney Lepkin reports she is President Trump's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration.
Senators asked Overton about her views on vaccines, the abortion pill Miferpristone, food safety, and whether she'll be able to tell the president when he is wrong. She was serving as a White House aide until her nomination last month. She stood near the president in the Oval Office this summer when, without evidence, he called the MMR vaccine potentially quite lethal. When the committee members asked about that, she didn't say the president was wrong, but she did say the vaccine is safe, effective, and the best tool in the fight against the ongoing measles outbreak. It is not yet clear whether the senators will vote in favor of confirming her. Sydney Lepkin, NPR News.
And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. A lawyer for a Pennsylvania man wounded when a gunman tried to assassinate President Trump in twenty twenty four says that man has now died. A lawyer for James Copenhaver says he was hit in the arm and abdomen during the shooting at the Pennsylvania campaign rally. A lawyer did not say if Copenhaver's death was directly related to the shooting. Another man was killed by the twenty year old gunman, a third was wounded. President Trump's ear was grazed. The gunman was killed. Mortgage rates are above seven percent this week, their highest level since january twenty twenty five. NPR Stephen Bissaha says that's driven in large part by the US war against Iran.
The war's been creating a lot of volatility in the bond market, which affects the cost of borrowing, including for a home. The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage is at 7.03%, according to Freddie Mack. That's a full percentage point higher than it was before the war started in late February. Getting a standard loan for a $400,000 home today versus back then means paying hundreds of dollars more each month.
Why did President Trump deny CNN and MS‑Now access to the state banquet?
Other factors are also worrying bond traders.
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