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Saudi Arabia faced attempted Houthi strikes on its capital, Riyadh, over the weekend, the first time the city has been targeted this year. The Wall Street Journal ’s Jon Gambrell explains the pressure on the Saudis. President Trump has banned Politico, CNN, and MS Now from the White House. USA Today reports on why legal experts say the move is likely unconstitutional. Missouri’s bid to...

From Apple News In Conversation : Unsettling headlines about AI are dominating the news. In the past few weeks, an Anthropic researcher quit his job out of fear that the technology could “kill us all,” OpenAI revealed that its models have demonstrated “concerning behavior,” and four tech CEOs made an unprecedented call for a slowdown. Nilay Patel, editor in chief of Th...

About 1 in 10 Americans now live in a different congressional district than they did two years ago. The Cook Political Report ’s David Wasserman explains where the redistricting fight has ended up. On Wednesday, OpenAI disclosed six previously unreported incidents of what it called “unexpected or concerning” behavior in its technology. The Verge’s Nilay Patel has been talki...

The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time in three years, defying President Trump. Bloomberg ’s Catarina Saraiva explains what the quarter-point move means for household borrowing costs. Charlie Kirk’s family has accused Utah officials of failing to prevent his assassination at Utah Valley University. Deseret News ’s Brigham Tomco reports on what the wrongf...

State and local election officials across the country are bracing for legal battles, threats, and potential interference ahead of the midterms. Mike Spector of Reuters explains what they are doing to protect voting systems and workers. Donald Trump Jr. accepted money from a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin to help fund his wedding celebration. Brett Murphy of ProPublica breaks down the fin...

President Trump rejected calls from tech leaders to slow AI development, as lawmakers face pressure to pass guardrails. NBC News ’s Scott Wong explains why Congress is divided over how to act. The Kennedy Center could close its main building today amid severe financial strain. Jonathan Edwards of the Washington Post breaks down why its board argues restoring Trump’s name is key to its...

AI companies are calling for more regulation of their own technology after a researcher’s warning about its risks went viral. The Wall Street Journal ’s Amrith Ramkumar explains why the Trump administration is resisting. Fifteen colleges now charge more than $100,000 a year in tuition. The Washington Post ’s Danielle Douglas-Gabriel breaks down why the sticker price of colleges i...

Warning: This episode includes descriptions of violence against children, adult language, and mentions of suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling, contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. From Apple News In Conversation : The trial of Lindsay Clancy — the Massachusetts mother accused of murdering her three young children in 2023 — ended this month...

JD Vance took center stage as the GOP convention concluded. NPR ’s Stephen Fowler, who covered the event, explains how it was shaped by the midterms. A quarter of a century after 9/11, the number of people with illnesses linked to the attack is still growing. New York magazine’s Lukas Alpert discusses who’s eligible for federal care and why many people haven’t enrolled. Iran-back...

New Mexico now offers subsidized child care to all families, regardless of income. The Washington Post ’s Annie Gowen reports on how the first year of the program has gone. President Trump escalated his trade war with Canada, moving beyond tariffs to ban some Canadian goods. The Associated Press ’s Rob Gillies explains where the dispute stands. A federal appeals court in Louisiana is c...

Voters in New Hampshire picked their Senate candidates in one of the last primaries of the season, the final piece in a race for the Senate that’s now a genuine toss-up. NBC News national-politics reporter Bridget Bowman lays out where things stand. A dozen countries — including the U.K., France, and Canada — have announced sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the occupied...

German far-right party Alternative for Germany won a regional election in Saxony-Anhalt over the weekend, putting it on the brink of governing a state for the first time. Reuters reports on what the victory means for the country’s political landscape. NTSB investigators are examining the moments leading up investigators are examining what happened in the moments before an Amazon-operated car...

From Apple News In Conversation : This is an episode from our archives. It originally aired in May 2025. Forever chemicals, also known as PFAS, are found in virtually every corner of the world, including in most people’s bodies. These synthetic compounds have been linked to a wide range of health issues — from infertility to cancer to neurological problems — even at low levels of...

The Justice Department has charged an ICE officer with lying to investigators about the shooting of a Venezuelan migrant in Minneapolis. The Washington Post ’s Jeremy Roebuck explains why the case has raised further questions. Social Security benefits face an automatic cut of nearly a quarter in 2032 unless lawmakers act. The Wall Street Journal ’s Richard Rubin discusses why the progr...

A big sell-off in the global bond market has pushed borrowing costs to their highest point in years. The Wall Street Journal ’s Chelsey Dulaney explains what it means for your money. Iran and the U.S. are trading military blows again after a lull in fighting. The Associated Press reports on how Tehran has accused the U.S. of striking a wedding party. People in the U.S. are dying from heat much mor...

NBC national-security reporter Gordon Lubold discusses the U.S. military’s growing leadership vacuum under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. A federal whistleblower says the Postal Service has been secretly working to overhaul mail-in voting to comply with one of President Trump’s executive orders, despite a judge recently blocking it. The Washington Post ’s Patrick Marley explains how the system co...

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 yesterday that construction of President Trump’s White House ballroom can continue. The Washington Post ’s Justin Jouvenal explains why the National Trust for Historic Preservation sued and lost. Mail-in ballots for the November midterms are about to start going out — and the rules around them are still unsettled. The AP ’s Nick Riccardi walks th...

The Washington Post ’s Evan Halper unpacks what’s known about an unusual deal by the Trump administration to take more direct control of Venezuelan oil reserves. Rescue teams are still searching for thousands of missing people in Nepal after last week’s catastrophic flooding. Ishaan Tharoor with the New Yorker talks about how Nepalese people are paying the price for climate chang...

From Apple News In Conversation : For the past few years, a campaign against sunscreen has been building — with social-media influencers claiming that sunscreen itself, rather than the sun, is damaging people’s skin and harming their health. The misinformation is working: More than 16 million adults have cut back or stopped using sunscreen because of it. Meanwhile, skin-cancer rates co...

It’s been six months since President Trump went to war with Iran. Attempts at regime change, extracting nuclear concessions, and diplomatic talks have failed. The Wall Street Journal ’s Alex Ward unpacks why. Americans are angry about AI data centers. And with the midterm elections fast approaching, Molly Hennessy-Fiske with the Washington Post looked at how the dynamic is playing out...

Deadly flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border devastated the region. ABC News reports that experts think they may have been triggered by a glacier collapse. Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion and overhaul how kids use Facebook and Instagram, settling a case brought by nearly every U.S. state. Reuters ’s Diana Novak Jones breaks down the new limits on teen accounts. Trump’s new tar...

Country-music legend Dolly Parton has died at 80. The New Yorker ’s Lauren Michele Jackson explains how Parton’s warmth and many songs made her beloved across America. A new study found that at least 25% of former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had signs of CTE, the degenerative brain disease linked to head trauma. NPR ’s Becky Sullivan says the real number could be higher....

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the U.S.’s plan to further isolate Iran’s economy, which he called “Operation Economic Outcast.” The Wall Street Journal ’s Brian Schwartz breaks down the details. Voters in South Carolina are casting ballots today in one of the cycle’s most closely watched primaries: the race to fill the late Lindsey Graham’s Sen...

A tariff deal with Canada that President Trump said was done collapsed over the weekend after Prime Minister Mark Carney called the terms unfair. The Washington Post ’s David Lynch breaks down what happens next. The U.S. is preparing tougher sanctions against Iran, with Trump talking of an “economic D-Day” for Tehran. The Associated Press ’s Farnoush Amiri explains how Iran...

From Apple News In Conversation : Testosterone prescriptions are at an all-time high in the U.S., and according to a survey by Men’s Health , 70% of men say their levels of the hormone are important to them. This increased attention to T has even reached the Pentagon, which announced mandatory testosterone screenings for troops over the age of 30. Michael Andor Brodeur, a Men’s Health...