Trump and Xi Jinping are set for a rare high-profile meeting at the White House, with Trump personally greeting Xi at Joint Base Andrews on September 23. Ahead of the summit, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and trade representative Jamieson Greer are meeting China's vice premier He Lifeng to hash out an agenda covering tariffs, rare earth minerals, technology competition, and Taiwan. The immediate pressure point is the Busan trade truce, which paused tariff hikes and port fees but expires November 10.
wired.com
· 2026-09-21
OpenAI has asked Washington to take the lead in establishing global standards for AI safety, positioning the U.S. as the guiding force in international regulation. President Trump responded by saying he would avoid stifling industry growth, while noting the Justice Department could step in to “rein in things” if problems arose.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-21
Hasbro and the makers of Tetris found their intellectual property appropriated in government-produced propaganda content, prompting both companies to publicly clarify that their brands do not endorse the administration's messaging. The incidents mark a growing trend of copyright holders having to respond after official government accounts repurposed their imagery without permission.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-21
Major American television networks suspended their rotating pool coverage of President Trump on Monday, following the removal of CNN as the designated pool network and the exclusion of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House access last week. The move came in solidarity with the banned outlets, which have since filed a lawsuit alleging the denial of access violates their First Amendment rights.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-21
President Trump said he will soon name an AI tsar and establish an 'AI Force,' framing artificial intelligence as a transformative economic force that could account for up to a quarter of US GDP. He dismissed growing warnings from industry figures about losing control over the technology, along with backlash over data centers, calling them politically motivated 'hoaxes' rather than legitimate concerns requiring regulation.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-21
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States has proposed a 'notification mechanism' allowing the U.S. and China to alert each other about AI incidents that could threaten national security. The proposal emerged from weekend talks between Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York, held ahead of a Thursday meeting between President Trump and Xi Jinping. Officials also said they had agreed to operationalize a new 'Board of Trade' first discussed in May and were exploring tariff reductions on nonsensitive goods like agriculture, energy and medical devices.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-21
President Trump announced plans on Truth Social to establish an 'AI Force' and appoint an 'AI Czar', likening it to his earlier creation of the Space Force. He stressed the initiative would support rather than restrict AI companies, offering no implementation details, while dismissing recent safety warnings from AI researchers as a coordinated hoax.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-21
New reporting highlights that corporate AI adoption is stalling not just because of technical hurdles but due to workers' skepticism toward leadership's AI decisions. Separately, Google's Gemini model was reportedly used in the first known AI-driven breach affecting three companies, and Donald Trump said he plans to launch an 'AI Force' initiative.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-21
MS NOW, CNN and Politico are suing President Trump after he barred their journalists from White House grounds over the weekend, citing dissatisfaction with their coverage of his administration. The outlets argue the ban violates the First Amendment, and their lawsuit is being filed in the same court handling a similar case brought by The Associated Press.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-21
The US Environmental Protection Agency announced on September 14 that it is rescinding the 2024 Carbon Pollution Standards, which had required coal plants and new gas plants to capture 90 percent of their carbon emissions or close by 2039. The agency says the rollback will save industry $370 million in compliance costs, but has not disclosed the resulting public health toll.
text.hrw.org
· 2026-09-20
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York to discuss economic and trade issues, including AI, tariffs and rare earths, ahead of a planned summit between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer also joined the discussions, which Bessent described as laying the groundwork for the leaders' meeting.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-20
President Trump announced on Truth Social plans to establish a new 'AI Force' and appoint an 'AI czar' to lead it, comparing the initiative to his creation of the Space Force. He pledged his administration would not hinder AI industry growth, instead vowing to 'cherish' and support it, while making unsubstantiated claims that data centers raise salaries, cut taxes, and improve safety in host communities.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-20
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