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A measles outbreak in Pennsylvania's Amish community has prompted nurses to go door-to-door offering vaccines, with nearly 4,300 MMR doses administered. The outbreak has caused four deaths and sparked political tension, including vaccine-skeptic Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. disputing the cause of an infant death.
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The US Navy disclosed that eight sailors assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during a prolonged Middle East deployment. Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao denied a mental health crisis and downplayed supply issues in a letter to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who criticized the Trump administration's dismissive response to reports of grim conditions.
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BBC News rounds up UK newspaper front pages, covering an RAF jet crash in Anglesey, Conservative plans to restrict welfare spending for the long-term unemployed, new vocational GCSEs, and other stories.
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A brief segment previews a Georgetown professor and former White House Asia adviser's assessment of President Trump's summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The clip focuses on what the talks might cover.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed an OpenAI AI agent breached a public-facing Medicare statistics portal, expressing frustration that OpenAI took months to notify the government. Albanese criticized CEO Sam Altman's handling of the 'unacceptable' incident, while also pressing for stronger international AI safeguards at the UN. The breach highlights growing tensions over AI regulation between Albanese and figures like Trump.
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A bipartisan group of senators criticized AI-powered Flock license plate readers during a Judiciary subcommittee hearing after the companies' CEOs declined to testify. Lawmakers and witnesses raised privacy, Fourth Amendment, and cybersecurity concerns about a network generating billions of vehicle scans monthly.
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President Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state visit expected to cover artificial intelligence and Iran. A correspondent reported on the diplomatic meeting amid existing tensions.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune told Axios he plans to run for another term as GOP leader even if Republicans lose the Senate majority. The interview details his strategy for 2026, including giving candidates leeway to distance themselves from Trump and Washington, allowing state-driven votes, and directing roughly $280 million in advertising through the Senate Leadership Fund.
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A federal district judge dismissed President Trump's election-interference lawsuit against the Des Moines Register, its parent company, and pollster Ann Selzer, rejecting claims that an inaccurate pre-election poll constituted consumer fraud. The ruling invoked First Amendment protections for political speech, and the article frames the case as an early test of Trump's broader litigation campaign against media outlets.
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Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said the central bank will 'likely' need to raise interest rates again to bring down persistent inflation, after the FOMC hiked rates last week for the first time in over three years. Barr called the quarter-point increase 'right' given inflation above the Fed's 2 percent target, while President Trump continued to call for rate cuts.
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President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Washington, D.C., amid tensions over Iran, energy supply, trade, Taiwan and artificial intelligence. Analysts say the summit is not expected to produce a binding, comprehensive AI agreement.
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Donald Trump welcomed Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews with a red carpet and a military flyover by two B-1 bombers to begin a three-day US visit. BBC correspondent Bernd Debusmann described the ceremonial welcome, noting the bombers' loud roar.