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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2026
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In today’s newsletter: Trump’s decision to ban three news outlets from the White House was likely unconstitutional, a federal judge said. Mark Zuckerberg talks AI and Meta’s new audio glasses in an exclusive interview. And Netflix turns Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory into a “social experiment.”
Here’s what to know today.
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The White House must immediately restore temporary access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico, a federal judge has ordered, saying that President Donald Trump’s directive barring the news outlets was most likely unconstitutional.
In granting a 14-day temporary restraining order reinstating the outlets’ access while their legal challenge proceeds, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly wrote that the plaintiffs are likely to succeed in their lawsuit against the Trump administration, at least on the grounds that their credentials were revoked last week without due process.
Trump, he wrote, did not dispute that the outlets “did not receive notice and an opportunity to be heard before their hard passes were revoked.”
Trump had posted on social media before a hearing yesterday in the case that he expected the “totally disloyal” Kelly, whom he nominated to the bench during his first term, to rule against him — adding that “as usual, we’ll go for appeal.”
More details on Trump’s media ban and fallout.
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Meta unveiled its latest glasses yesterday. They’re thin, without cameras and focused on all things audio. And in the past week, the company’s Muse AI agent has surged to the top of the Apple App Store. The announcements come amid intense and heated debates over whether AI development is moving too fast — and whether companies should slow it down.
In an exclusive interview with NBC News’ chief tech analyst Joanna Stern, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he doesn’t think there’s a need for “some kind of industrywide coordination” as long as companies take their time and address issues as they arise. Zuckerberg also brushed off the idea that AI will end humanity.
Beyond the more existential questions, Zuckerberg laid out his vision for the future of computing and showed off the company’s new products.
That includes the $349 Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses, equipped with six microphones to allow users to listen to music, make calls and talk to AI. Zuckerberg was adamant that the camera-free glasses weren’t a response to the recent backlash about the company’s camera-equipped glasses. Meta’s $1,299.99 VR glasses can be used for watching video or as a workstation with multiple virtual screens, to name a few intended uses, and emphasizes mixing the virtual world with the real one.
And the Muse AI agent is one of the first consumer-friendly agents designed to do things for you, not just answer questions. Zuckerberg predicts that “in the future, everyone’s going to have a personal agent that can basically do things for them.” But for Muse to become truly useful, Stern notes, you have to trust Meta with access to a huge chunk of your digital life.
Read the full story here. And watch the complete interview.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the U.S. and China will extend a bilateral trade truce that was set to expire in November through Jan. 10. The announcement came only minutes after Chinese President Xi Jinping touched down in Washington, D.C., for a three-day state visit.
The extended trade truce resolves the main issue of today’s summit, though Bessent teased more potential announcements in the coming days. Another key issue Trump and Xi will discuss is AI, which is increasingly at the center of U.S.-China competition.
Where things stand headed into the summit.
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- Yemen’s government is seeking U.S. military support in its fight against the Houthis, a senior official said, as the Iranian-backed rebels expand their control of the Red Sea coast.
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- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian struck a defiant tone during his address at the United Nations General Assembly, saying the Islamic Republic would not limit its nuclear program but was open to negotiations.
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- Venezuela’s acting President Delcy RodrÃguez, delivering her first address to the U.N. General Assembly since coming to power, promised elections and said the nation’s people will determine the “right moment.”
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Negative views among voters about capitalism have risen in the past eight years, a new NBC News survey found. But many voters remain wary of socialism, even as a populist streak grips American politics. Overall, 48% of registered voters have positive views of capitalism, the poll found, compared to 52% in 2018. And 29% of voters view capitalism negatively this year, a double-digit rise from 18% in 2018. Broad views of socialism have remained largely unchanged over the past eight years.
But a look under the surface reveals shifting mindsets among subsets of voters. For those ages 18 to 29, the share of people with negative views of capitalism more than doubled from 22% in 2018 to 47% this year. And the share of voters with positive views of socialism has increased from 28% in 2018 to 42% this year.
What voters said about socialist political candidates.
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- Eight U.S. Navy members aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted suicide since the beginning of their extended deployment, a top Navy official said.
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- For subscribers: Republican candidates in crucial midterm races in Michigan are breaking with Trump over the war in Iran, AI and data centers
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In Netflix's new Willy Wonka-themed reality competition series', contestants repeatedly described their experience as "twisted." "Wonka's The Golden Ticket" is full of nods to the original 1971 movie, including a flowing chocolate river, an edible garden and lickable wallpaper. But Netflix leans into the darker elements of Roald Dahl's children's morality tale to create a real-life "social experiment." We talked to the showrunners about what that looks like, as well as their take on the backlash to the controversial use of generative AI to replicate Gene Wilder's iconic voice for the show.
— Angela Yang, trending reporter
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- The son of Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. was gravely injured in a ramming attack in the occupied West Bank.
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