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Trump says US will win battle with Iran: ‘It’s going to be by hook or by crook’
Donald Trump confirmed that the US negotiating crew spoke with Iranian officers via mediators immediately. This comes after the president rejected the newest ceasefire proposal from Tehran, and Iran mentioned it has “no plans” to barter with Washington.
Once once more, Trump was determined.
“We’re going to win,” he mentioned. “As far as I’m involved, it’s going to be by hook or by crook. It’s going to be it’s going to go fairly shortly.”
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei met with Senate majority chief John Thune in Washington tonight, following a go to with Donald Trump yesterday and a deliberate White House assembly tomorrow.
“It was a productive assembly,” Thune instructed reporters.
Amodei, who has warned concerning the rising dangers of synthetic intelligence, is slated to fulfill with Trump and House speaker Mike Johnson tomorrow, in a gathering that Politico reports can even embody Meta CEO Mark ZuckerbergOpenAI President Greg Brockman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Palantir CEO Alex Karp and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
The Trump administration will formally overturn Biden-era Title IX guidelines that aimed to guard transgender and LGBTQ college students. The Department of Education will return to guidelines it established in 2020, below Trump’s first administration.
“We will proceed to relentlessly champion equal alternative for all Americans and maintain accountable any faculty or faculty that violates the rights, privateness, or athletic alternatives of our ladies and ladies,” training secretary Linda McMahon mentioned in a press release.
On its web site, the training division wrote: “The Biden Administration’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) pushed faculties throughout the nation to illegally permit males to intrude into ladies’s sports activities and intimate services, and it investigated faculty employees for utilizing incorrect pronouns or failing to ask college students to declare a most popular gender.”
As the training division web site notes, the Trump administration started making use of its personal Title IX guidelines after Donald Trump started his second time period in January 2025.
Pennsylvania is recording greater than 900 measles circumstances, in response to the state’s Department of Health, which up to date its measles dashboard with 114 new circumstances this week. South Carolina and Utah are additionally reporting vital measles outbreaks.
After Pennsylvania introduced two unvaccinated people had died from the illness earlier final month, the primary measles-associated deaths within the state in 35 years, well being secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. questioned whether or not the deaths had been “fabricated”.
To date, Pennsylvania reviews 4 folks have died from measles this 12 months. Less than 1% of those that’ve been contaminated with measles within the state had been absolutely vaccinated in opposition to the illness.
In 2000, the United States eradicated measles, however the illness has skilled a resurgence amid an increase in anti-vaxxing rhetoric. In November, the Pan American Health Organization will think about whether or not to reevaluate the United States’ measles elimination standing.
OpenAI has halted the discharge of its subsequent AI mannequin over security considerations, the Wall Street Journal reports
The firm was slated to launch GPT-6.1 Astra in October, however security chief Saachi Jain instructed the WSJ that it fell in need of ChatGPT’s requirements in alignment exams, displaying extra deception than earlier fashions and failing to comply with human intent.
The information comes after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei known as for the factitious intelligence company to gradual the event of AI fashions amid rising security considerations. In a 12 September weblog submit, Amodei known as for increased global cooperation and oversight of AI.
Last week, the chief executives of OpenAI and Anthropic had been known as to face an Australian senate inquiry after rogue OpenAI brokers hacked Australian and US authorities web sites. Both executives addressed the United Nations safety council in separate briefings on AI security final week as nicely.
Donald Trump known as claims he provided sanctions aid to Iran ‘unfaithful’ in a social media submit
The US president cited an Axios story printed immediately, which reported that “Trump is keen to offer Iran sanctions aid and launch Iranian frozen funds in return for concrete Iranian steps concerning the nuclear program, U.S. officers say.”
In a submit to his social media platform, Trump wrote: “I provided them NOTHING! Axios’ story, like most others, is a HOAX, used just for functions of satisfying their Trump Derangement Syndrome. They ought to withdraw this faux story, IMMEDIATELY!”
The NFL has requested the US Department of Homeland Security to take down a video likening former Eagles star Brian Dawkins’s most violent hits to a clampdown on immigrants.
The video exhibits Dawkins’ pregame walkout as he chants “The time has come,” adopted by a sequence of violent hits from his enjoying profession. The DHS submit consists of the caption “Our time has come” in response to a social media account claiming a “large migrant caravan” is approaching the United States’ southern border.
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A Louisiana decide has handed prolonged jail sentences to 2 folks convicted of roles in a prison enterprise that focused New Orleans vacationers led to the loss of life of a reporter masking the 2025 Super Bowl there, my colleague Maya Yang reviews.
A state court docket decide sentenced Danette Colbert, 49, to a complete of 60 years in jail: fifty years for racketeering and a consecutive 10 years for negligent murder within the loss of life of Adan Manzano, a journalist for the Spanish-language information outlet Telemundo Kansas City.
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Russell Brand, the English comic who’s awaiting trial subsequent month over a number of allegations of rape and sexual assault, will reasonable a panel at the Make America Healthy Again summit in Washington tomorrow.
Brand is slated to reasonable a panel on reforming the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that includes Chris Klomp, head of the division of well being and human providers, and CMS administrator Mehmet Oz.
JD Vance, well being secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins and EPA administrator Lee Zeldin are additionally slated to attend the summit, alongside a number of well being care firm executives.
In April, Brand – who’s dealing with costs over allegations made in opposition to him by six ladies – mentioned he had “exploitative” consensual intercourse with a 16-year-old woman on the peak of his fame throughout an look on the YouTube present of the former-Fox News journalist Megyn Kelly.
Samuel Alito has recused himself from a serious climate-change case earlier than the supreme court after calls he step apart as a consequence of his inventory holdings in oil firms
The court docket is predicted to listen to arguments from native officers in Boulder, Colorado alleging officers at SunCor Energy and ExxonMobil deceived the general public concerning the function of fossil fuels in local weather change. After Colorado’s supreme court docket refused to dismiss the lawsuit, the defendants filed a petition with the US supreme court docket asking them to close down the case. In an attraction backed by the Trump administration, the fossil gasoline firms argue the lawsuit is a critical menace to the business and that state courts aren’t the correct venue to handle a world subject.
In a letter posted immediately, Alito didn’t specify a motive for recusing himself from the case, although he has recused himself from different circumstances involving firms the place he holds inventory up to now. While Alito doesn’t maintain inventory in SunCor Energy or ExxonMobil, he does have holdings in different oil firms like ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66.
An Arizona investigation into 60 registered voters who had been accused of being noncitizens in response to the federal Save database has decided that 52 had been US residents. The remaining eight noncitizens had been within the United States legally.
Maricopa county legal professional Rachel Mitchell carried out the investigation after county recorder Justin Heap knowledgeable her of 207 registered voters who had been believed to be noncitizens, based mostly on a evaluate using a controversial and sometimes flawed federal database of voters’ citizenship standing.
“Our workplace extends its appreciation to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Kristi Noem for increasing entry to the SAVE database,” the County Recorder’s workplace mentioned in a February assertion. “We sit up for continued collaboration to make sure election integrity and that solely eligible residents take part in Maricopa County elections.”
Last week, the US supreme court docket lifted restrictions on the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (Save) database as Donald Trump seeks to impose more durable restrictions on voting forward of November’s midterm elections.
In Arizona, the eight noncitizens had been registered to vote as a consequence of an issue with the state’s motorized vehicle division system, which mechanically registered individuals who renewed their driver’s licenses if they’d obtained their first driver’s license earlier than the state required them to current proof of citizenship.
The state division will revoke the visas of 27 Latin American officers, former officers and their households, over allegations of ‘corruption and narco-trafficking’
Those affected embody Bolivian legal professional basic Roger Mariaca, greater than 20 different Bolivian prosecutors and judges, two Colombians, two Ecuadorians and one Peruvian decide.
The Trump administration says the visa revocations are meant “to meet the commitments to defend democratic governance throughout our hemisphere in opposition to corruption and narco-trafficking”, in response to a state division assertion. “Undermining a democratically-elected authorities is a menace to safety and rule of regulation within the Americas and won’t be tolerated.”
Earlier this 12 months, Donald Trump convened the “Shield of the Americas”, a coalition of western hemisphere leaders designed “to eradicate the cartels”, simply two months after a US navy operation to seize Venezuela’s then president, Nicolás Maduro.
In visits to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru this month, secretary of state Marco Rubio pledged assist for the right-leaning governments’ efforts to fight drug and human trafficking.
Pope Leo addressed considerations about synthetic intelligence and the battle in Ukraine throughout a press convention onboard the papal airplane immediately.
Saying that considerations about AI aren’t “faux information”, the primary US pope appeared to criticize Donald Trump, who known as considerations about AI a “hoax” throughout a UN tackle final week.
“I do suppose that the considerations raised by lots of the specialists, specialists in AI, needs to be taken severely,” the pope mentioned. “I don’t suppose that that’s faux information, as some have mentioned.”
Leo additionally inspired Russia and Ukraine to debate an finish to the battle, and criticized leaders who’re “starting to talk about nuclear weapons and wars which are turning into ever extra damaging”.
“The Church has a accountability to advertise these values, frequently inviting leaders – from Russia and Ukraine, in addition to different international locations – to come back collectively, sit down, have interaction in dialogue,” he mentioned.
“This is just not about being political or nonpolitical, however there must be a voice that seeks to advertise the values of human dignity, the significance of life, and the opportunity of maybe spending extra on well being and training and fewer on weapons.”
Pete Hegseth ordered the protection division to ‘shield and uphold the reliability of America’s voting mechanisms in opposition to exterior manipulation and disruption from overseas actors’ in a 22 September memo first reported by Axios.
In the memo, Hegseth directed the leaders of US cyber command and the fight assist companies to prioritize “intelligence and cyber capabilities to make sure overseas actors do notmeddle in our democratic system”.
He additionally directed the Defense Intelligence Enterprise to “execute assortment and manufacturing on overseas threats to our elections” and US cyber command to coordinate with the Department of Homeland Security “to counter potential cyber threats from overseas actors concentrating on our elections”.
Hegseth’s order comes as considerations about synthetic intelligence are on the rise, but additionally because the Trump administration has unfold misinformation about voter fraud. In July, Trump accused China of interfering within the 2020 election, which he misplaced.
As my colleague Robert Tait reported on the time, Democrats warned that Donald Trump was trying to sow confusion, unfold misinformation and lay the groundwork to problem the outcomes of the midterm elections, which polls counsel might ship vital losses for the president’s get together.
Here’s a recap of the day thus far
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Donald Trump confirmed that the US negotiating crew spoke with Iranian officers via mediators immediately. This comes after the president rejected the newest ceasefire proposal from Tehran over the weekend, and in response Iran mentioned it has “no plans” to barter with Washington. However, within the Oval Office immediately, Trump was determined.“We’re going to win,” he mentioned. “As far as I’m involved, it’s going to be by hook or by crook. It’s going to be it’s going to go fairly shortly.”
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Trump can even be on the marketing campaign path this week – internet hosting rallies in Durant, Oklahoma, on Thursday, Mobile, Alabama, on Friday and Vandalia, Ohio, on Saturday. The first two states are GOP strongholds, and Trump has pushed voters to end up to the polls and faux the president was on the prime of the poll this midterm cycle. There at the moment are rising considerations from nationwide Republicans that the get together is dealing with stronger headwinds in in any other case secure seats and states, amid record-low polling for the Trump administration.
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Andrew Bailey mentioned he’s stepping down as one of many FBI’s two deputy administrators after simply over a 12 months within the function – a brief tenure that unfolded as he helped oversee a number of of Trump’s election‑associated investigations. Bailey was appointed in August 2025 to serve alongside Dan Bongino at a second of sharp rigidity between FBI and justice division management over the dealing with of the Jeffrey Epstein recordsdata. The transfer was placing as a result of the bureau has traditionally had solely a single deputy director. More here
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While the lawmakers within the US House have already left Washington to get a head begin on midterm campaigning, the Senate is hoping to wrap up its legislative agenda this week. Today, we will anticipate a vote within the higher chamber on the Protect College Sports Act, which makes an attempt to offer higher protections for college athletes within the US. The invoice consists of provisions for gamers to earn compensation from their title, picture and likeness – often called NIL funds – and permit them to switch faculties (and groups) with out being penalized or pressured to take a seat out for an outlined time period.
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Trump additionally spent a few of his weekend posting about his frustration with the US supreme court docket, after the justices repeatedly blocked Missouri from utilizing a Republican-friendly congressional map for the upcoming midterm elections that the president had backed. “They constantly, 3 times now, overrule Judges who got here to the right selections,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, in one other gorgeous rebuke of the judiciary. The president has elevated his pushback in opposition to the highest court docket, notably after rulings Trump considers unfavorable within the final 12 months.
Speaking to reporters, Donald Trump repeated that gasoline costs would come “means down” as soon as the battle ends, when requested if shoppers ought to anticipate elevated prices till that cut-off date.
“Two issues are going to occur,” the president mentioned. “Iran won’t ever have a nuclear battle. That’s a really massive factor as a result of if you wish to see turmoil and a travesty. Let them take out a metropolis with a nuclear weapon. I’m not solely speaking about Israel and massive components of the Middle East, however allow them to hit us with a nuclear weapon … The inflation’s coming means down, and once you see what occurs as quickly as that battle ends, inflation’s going to be eradicated completely. But no one talks about that. Gas goes to go means down, and it’s already.”
The final two statements right here particularly are each false. Inflation is at present increased than when Joe Biden left workplace in 2025, and the worth of gasoline, as I discussed earlier, is increased than this time a 12 months in the past. It’s additionally 40 cents increased than it was a month in the past.
Trump says US will win battle with Iran: ‘It’s going to be by hook or by crook’
Donald Trump confirmed that the US negotiating crew spoke with Iranian officers via mediators immediately. This comes after the president rejected the newest ceasefire proposal from Tehran, and Iran mentioned it has “no plans” to barter with Washington.
Once once more, Trump was determined.
“We’re going to win,” he mentioned. “As far as I’m involved, it’s going to be by hook or by crook. It’s going to be it’s going to go fairly shortly.”
Trump repeats that Republicans are operating in opposition to ‘communists, lunatics, socialists’ in message to voters
When requested what his message to voters is forward of the midterms, as he prepares to marketing campaign in Oklahoma, Alabama and Ohio, Donald Trump insisted that Republicans are “operating in opposition to communists, lunatics, socialists”.
“We’re operating in opposition to folks which are going to open up the border,” Trump mentioned, whereas repeating that the US goes to win the battle in Iran “very quickly”.
“That’ll be over, and the gasoline costs will come tumbling down,” the president mentioned, as the typical worth for a gallon of gasoline is greater than a greenback increased than it was earlier than the unrest started in February.
Trump went on to blast the polls as “faux”, lots of which present Republicans, like Hinson, in neck-and-neck races in states that Trump gained by double-digits in 2024.
