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Trump tells world leaders he could \u201cannihilate\u201d Iran. ICE under scrutiny again after incidents in Texas and Illinois. And authorities investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students that could be linked to \u201cgas station drug\u201d kratom.
Here\u2019s what to know today.
President Donald Trump said he was considering whether to \u201cannihilate\u201d Iran, called the U.S. economy \u201cthe envy of the world\u201d and suggested a name change for AI in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly.
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The wide-ranging speech came ahead of several anticipated meetings on the sidelines with world leaders, including his first with Venezuela\u2019s interim president, Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, since the administration\u2019s capture of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro earlier this year. Today, Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to arrive in Washington, D.C., to meet with Trump to talk trade, Taiwan and AI.
On Iran, Trump said the Islamic Republic could make a deal with the U.S. that would allow it to rebuild but predicted a deal won\u2019t happen until after November\u2019s midterm elections. Most important, Trump said to applause, is ensuring that \u201cIran will never have a nuclear weapon.\u201d
Less than a minute into his remarks, Trump called the U.S. economy \u201cthe envy of the world\u201d and pointed to his administration\u2019s tax policy and stock market records. But gas prices remain high at an average of $4.47 per gallon, and diesel prices are over $6.
Trump declined to endorse guardrails on AI but pushed to change its name to \u201csuperintelligence.\u201d He also touted his record on immigration, tying his crackdown on the southern border to a drop in violent crime in the United States.
Read the recap of Trump\u2019s speech.<\/strong><\/a>
The Department of Justice said in a court filing late yesterday that the president has the right to ban media outlets CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House, calling their access a \u201cprivilege\u201d and citing national security concerns.
The filing urges a federal judge not to block the ban, ahead of an emergency hearing Wednesday on the news organizations\u2019 request for a temporary order restoring their access.
The Trump administration argues that the ban does not violate First Amendment protections on press freedom. \u201cAccess to the White House is a privilege \u2014 not a right,\u201d the DOJ says in the filing.
The DOJ said the three news organizations were sent individual letters from the White House Press Office earlier yesterday laying out the reasoning for the revocation of their passes and citing a \u201cnon-exhaustive list of reporting incidents\u201d the White House said it had found \u201cthreatened national security and spread falsehoods.\u201d
The letters cite stories on construction details related to the East Wing bunker, funding for the White House ballroom, munitions stockpiles impacted by the Iran war and sanctions against Russia.
Here\u2019s what else we know.<\/strong><\/a>
Analysis<\/strong>: The Trump administration now finds itself defending the media ban as some Republican candidates in competitive races are increasingly distancing themselves<\/strong><\/a> from the president.
The ICE officer who shot a Venezuelan man in Austin, Texas, wasn\u2019t wearing a body camera during the shooting on Sunday, two Department of Homeland Security sources said. It wasn\u2019t clear why the officer was not wearing his body camera even though another ICE officer who was in the same vehicle wore one, the sources said. An off-duty Austin police officer also captured part of the encounter. Here\u2019s what the Austin police video shows.<\/strong><\/a>
Deportation proceedings against the man, 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garc\u00e9s P\u00e9rez, were blocked yesterday in an emergency order, his lawyer, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, said.
Meanwhile, police in Evanston, Illinois, are investigating an incident in which a man reported injuries to his head, neck and teeth after ICE officers mistakenly targeted him. An ICE officer told Evanston police that he was attempting to \u201cidentify a man who resembled a person they were seeking,\u201d but the man refused to provide identification and \u201cresisted detention.\u201d ICE released the man after it learned he was a U.S. citizen and not the person it was seeking. See video from the incident.<\/strong><\/a>
Kratom found where two Ole Miss students were discovered dead
Authorities in Mississippi are warning the public to avoid kratom and other medications or substances that aren\u2019t from a trusted source after two University of Mississippi students were found dead this week. Packaged kratom was found during the separate death investigations, though authorities said they have not confirmed whether it or any other substance was a contributing factor in the deaths.
Both Ole Miss students were found dead Monday \u2014 one on campus and the other in the city of Oxford, Mayor Robyn Tannehill said. Neither student has been publicly identified.
Kratom has gained popularity as an unapproved treatment for pain, anxiety and drug dependence. It\u2019s banned in Oxford but can still be obtained in surrounding cities. It is sometimes sold at gas stations or online.
Here\u2019s what else we know.<\/strong> <\/a>
Last month, Vicky Hernandez went viral on TikTok for her allegations that her husband had an affair with one of her closest friends, and she\u2019d been preoccupied with the fallout. But viewers quickly questioned her framing of the relationship and hurled allegations against her husband to the point that she deleted all but one of her videos. I began digging into what actually happened.
Over the last three weeks, I spoke with more than half a dozen former Trinity United Presbyterian Church members, reviewed court filings and internal church records and looked back at years of online posts to piece together a saga that was far more complicated<\/strong><\/a> than the viral videos suggested. What emerged was a yearslong conflict and competing accounts of the same events to create a story examining how an insular church controversy in Southern California became one of TikTok\u2019s most closely followed dramas \u2014 and what gets lost when deeply personal allegations unfold before an audience of millions. \u2014 <\/em>Pilar Melendez<\/strong><\/em>, breaking news editor<\/em>
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