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Dr. Martin Farr, a senior lecturer in contemporary British history at Newcastle University, joined "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss the mood at the Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool and his takeaways from Prime Minister Andy Burnham's speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sen. Alan Armstrong (R-OK) joined “Forbes Newsroom” to discuss his recent trip to Kyiv amid the Russia-Ukraine war, the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 that was signed into law earlier this month, and the dispute over who will serve out the remainder of his term following the midterms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On "Forbes Newsroom," author of "Plan Red: China's Project to Destroy America" and U.S.-China relations expert Gordon Chang discussed President Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On “Forbes Newsroom,” Emerson College Polling senior director Matt Taglia discussed a new poll showing a second-term high for President Trump’s disapproval rating, as well as how congressional Democrats and Republicans stack up on a generic ballot with just over a month until the midterms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Congressman Brad Carson (D-OK), the President of Americans for Responsible Innovation and the founder of Public First Action PAC, joined "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss new warnings from leading AI development companies, and President Donald Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Congressman Eugene Vindman (D-VA) joined "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss his recent trip to Kyiv amid the Russia-Ukraine war and the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 that was signed into law last week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kathrin Gardhouse, who serves as an AI governance senior associate at The Future Society, joined "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss the risks AI poses and what potential international coordination on guardrails and safety measures could look like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Edmund Fitton-Brown, a senior fellow at the FDD who also served as the United Kingdom’s ambassador to Yemen, joined “Forbes Newsroom” to discuss the latest escalation from the Iranian-backed Houthis against Saudi Arabia and its implications for the U.S.-Iran war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping are expected to meet in Washington, D.C., later this week for a summit—the first time Xi will attend a meeting at the White House with a U.S. president in more than a decade. Lyle Goldstein, who serves as the director of the China Initiative at the Watson School of International and Public Affairs at Brown University, as well as the director...

On “Forbes Newsroom,” Emerson College Polling senior director Matt Taglia discussed the recent poll that shows Abdul El-Sayed with a slight lead over former Congressman Mike Rogers in Michigan's Senate race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On "Forbes Newsroom," Emerson College Polling senior director Matt Taglia discussed the recent poll that shows Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and State Rep. James Talarico neck and neck in a tight Senate race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Industry leaders called for an AI slowdown and for guardrails to be put in place after a whistleblower sounded the alarm on the technology’s potential to wipe out humanity. Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) joined “Forbes Newsroom” to discuss those safety concerns and legislation to implement guardrails on AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conversations about artificial intelligence took a dark turn over the past week after a whistleblower sounded the alarm on the technology’s potential to wipe out humanity. Industry leaders called for an AI slowdown and for guardrails to be put in place. A recent Politico poll found the majority of Americans think there is a real risk that AI could destroy humanity sometime in the future. Devin Kim...

Congressman James Gallagher (R-CA) joined "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss legislation on AI safety and his new legislation, the Drone Safety Statement Modernization Act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last month, a federal appeals court ruled that the First Amendment protects someone’s right to possess AI-generated child sexual abuse material only in the privacy of their own home and if it does not depict a real minor. This ruling stems from a 2024 case where a Wisconsin man was charged for allegedly producing, possessing, and distributing AI-generated CSAM and transferring similar explicit AI...

The Hill reported that in August, the Pentagon told members of Congress that the war against Iran has cost the United States at least $42 billion. Behnam Ben Taleblu, Senior Director of the FDD's Iran program, joined Brittany Lewis on "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss that price tag, plus the current state of the war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seth Bodnar, a veteran who served as a Green Beret and the former president of the University of Montana, joined “Forbes Newsroom” to discuss his campaign running as an independent in Montana’s U.S. Senate race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Bowman, Senior Director of the Center on Military and Political Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, joined “Forbes Newsroom” to discuss his experience as a Black Hawk pilot flying in U.S. airspace directly after 9/11, as well as the lessons he hopes lawmakers and Americans remember 25 years after the terrorist attacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

On "Forbes Newsroom," Dr. Annie Andrews, the Democratic nominee for South Carolina Senate, discussed her campaign to unseat Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC) and flip the long-time seat of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to the Democratic Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Gould, a founding member of the NYPD's canine unit, joined "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss his experience handling search-and-rescue and bomb-sniffing dogs at Ground Zero in the aftermath of 9/11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Hardie, the deputy director of the FDD’s Russia program, joined Brittany Lewis on "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner's visits to Moscow and Kyiv, and Russian President Vladimir Putin's call with President Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On "Forbes Newsroom," Republican strategist Brittany Martinez reacted to the 2026 Midterm Republican National Convention, and President Trump's speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On "Forbes Newsroom," Forbes Senior Editor Dan Alexander discussed his recent report about President Trump's constant visits to his private golf courses, where he barrels through foursomes, knocks away putts and generally has the time of his life—with the government picking up the Secret Service’s hot-dog tab. READ MORE: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexa... Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Former FEMA external affairs officer Jason Pack joined “Forbes Newsroom” to discuss his experience documenting Ground Zero as FEMA’s pool camera in the days directly after Sept. 11, 2001, 25 years following the terrorist attacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On "Forbes Newsroom," Rear Admiral (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Senior Director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the FDD, discussed the drone attack on Leipzig airport that has been blamed by European nations on Russia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices