🎙️ President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have reached a tentative deal to secure TikTok’s future in the US. On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, what could change for US-based users on the platform, and who had the upper hand at the negotiating table. ⤵️

President Donald Trump has taken to social media to complain about Disney’s decision to reinstate Jimmy Kimmel Live! ahead of the comedian’s first show since the late-night program was indefinitely suspended last week.

📌🤔 Why doesn't anyone write that Trump's speech at the UN was reminiscent of Nikita Khrushchev's? ‼️👞 Trump with a shoe in hand at the UN rostrum would have "unique" look! ‼️🇺🇸 Trump's opinions as a US President fully correspond to the content 💩 of what the shoe gets into, if out of careful...

I had a good discussion with President Trump on the margins of the UN General Assembly. I thanked him for his commitment to alleviate the plight of Ukraine's missing children. Europe and the United States will work hand in hand to bring them back.

Breaking News: In a rambling news briefing, President Trump promoted unproven ties between vaccines, autism and Tylenol use by pregnant women and babies. nyti.ms/46OqOvD

Kamala Harris is trying to unburn the bridges. After excerpts of her memoir angered fellow Democrats in recent weeks, she downplayed the tension in her first broadcast interview.

Trump: “I’ve never seen my brain, so obviously I don’t have one.”

The West has no unified vision on how to end Russia's war on Ukraine and what ending the war actually means.

The president cant pronounce "acetaminophen"

The White House is defending its border czar, saying he did "nothing wrong." A spokesperson said President Trump did not ask the Justice Department to shut down the investigation of border czar Tom Homan for potential bribery.

"I have spent the last few weeks addressing and preparing for a military invasion by the President of the United States. No, I’m not a soldier or a foreign adversary. I’m the Governor of Illinois, one of our nation’s largest and most prosperous states." contrarian.substack.com/p/be-loud-fo...

The global economy is still on course for a substantial blow from Trump’s trade measures despite showing greater resilience than expected in recent months, the OECD says.

The US-China dispute over Beijing’s control of rare earth supplies has yet to be resolved, the head of a visiting US delegation says.

La France est à genoux. Le visionnaire président Macron a les mains liées. Nos villes sont la proie des flammes. Il était temps qu'il arrive : Lecornu, le négociateur, celui qui parle à tout le monde

Firing the lawyers leads to war crimes. “Without these independent military lawyers backing them up, commanders have no recourse other than to comply or resign.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Reporter: State Department staffers are saying Trump is, in effect, breaking US diplomacy. More than half of US ambassadorships are vacant. Most top State Department roles are filled by people with little relevant experience, and many US diplomats are largely cut out of policy talks

Host: Let's take a look at Trump's actions when it comes to free speech. He's attacked protesters, suggesting they should be prosecuted. He's called for late night hosts to be taken off the air. He's floated revoking licenses of broadcasters that are critical of him. He sued the New York Times

OLIVER: “In Russia, when Putin rose to power, TV satirists were among his first targets… Putin was driven to madness by how he was mocked on a puppet show… the lesson is it’s not safe to let one show slide because there are currently others.”

Dr. John Gartner told The Daily Beast Podcast that he has observed a “major deterioration” in Trump’s language skills, motor skills, and impulse control. trib.al/AotbhWF

Putin is playing a dangerous game with Nato on.ft.com/3I9FtbB | opinion

The Justice Department is meant to serve the public, not the Trump White House, @barbmcquade.bsky.social says. Read the column: bloom.bg/4n9XSUN

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he has “good memories” of Trump and could talk with the US president again if Washington drops its demands that Pyongyang dismantle its nuclear program

The British prime minister’s 'global talent task force' is working on ideas to lure the world’s best scientists, academics and digital experts, at a time when the US has moved sharply in the other direction on.ft.com/4pAwJfj

Trump proclaimed Charlie Kirk a “martyr for American freedom” in a memorial ceremony to commemorate the political activist as Erika Kirk said she forgave the man who gunned down her husband

Why are so many US CEOs so indifferent about Trump's damaging economic policies? Here's a theory: They believe AI will make them all irrelevant (via Bloomberg Opinion)

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President Trump said in an interview that aired on Sunday that the media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan, the chief executive of Fox Corporation, could be among the investors involved in a deal to bring TikTok under U.S. ownership.

The Pentagon said on Friday that it would require journalists to pledge not to gather or use any information that had not been formally authorized for release or risk losing their credentials to cover the military.

The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.

"Breaking the distinction between protected political speech and illegal action is a frontal attack on the most basic freedom in our constitutional system...We must not lose that tradition of freedom to a president who neither understands nor respects it." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

"The US is either a democracy in crisis that is barely clinging on to the label, or one that has tipped over the edge into competitive authoritarianism – and I believe it’s the latter." Read our interview with @brianklaas.bsky.social @lseevents.bsky.social 🔗 blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

"It would be hilarious if it wasn't all leading to something from which we won't recover." Legendary talk show host David Letterman weighs in on the indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show after comments he made about Charlie Kirk.

“The lawsuit has no merit. It lacks any legitimate legal claims. I believe its purpose is to stifle independent journalism, to deter the kind of fact-based reporting that the Times and other institutions are known for. It will not have that effect”, she said. ✊

President Trump’s team is weighing a plan to spur the construction of factories and infrastructure, according to documents and people familiar with the discussions.

If you can’t exercise your First Amendment right in this country, is it still a democracy?

How algorithms are breaking democracy, featuring @bellingcat.com CEO @eliothiggins.bsky.social democracyforsale.substack.com/p/how-algori...

President Trump said that regulators should consider revoking the licenses of broadcasters that air negative coverage or commentary of him, indicating that his assault on critics’ language is motivated at least in part by personal animus. nyti.ms/3W2Jz8p

BREAKING: Supreme Court to hear Trump tariff case on Nov. 5

MONDAY, SEPT. 22: Rachel @maddow.msnbc.com exclusively sits down with Kamala Harris in studio for her first news interview since leaving office. Don't miss "The Rachel Maddow Show," Monday at 9pm ET.

President Trump and China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, are expected to speak by phone about the hugely popular video app TikTok. The two are expected to confirm the outline of a deal that would separate the app from its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to avoid a ban in the U.S.

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have a history of chatting when ties get tricky. They're set to try to work things out again with a call.

Donald Trump’s bulging cankles have been caught on camera as the president landed in Washington, D.C., Thursday night.

🇺🇸 US Permanent Representative to NATO Matthew Whitaker: "US allies cannot demand that Washington increase pressure on Moscow while they continue to buy Russian oil."

The midterm elections will be like a carpool where half want to drive to the movies and half want to drive off a cliff. Even if movies win, you’re still buckled in with cliff people.

President Donald Trump has declined to approve a more than $400 million military aid package for Taiwan as he seeks a trade deal with China, according to the Washington Post

The man from the government just needs to make sure you have a pussy, sweetheart.

Petrodollars and the ‘Islamic Bomb’: how a Saudi-Pakistan pact was forged over decades on.ft.com/3I9cTai

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NEW: Blanche tells CNN noisy Trump protesters, if 'organized,' could face federal investigation. Seeking to calm Bondi 'hate speech' flap, her deputy also takes highly unusual tack for a DOJ official: touting GOP stance & denigrating Democratic Party www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

The Trump family got a $2 billion deposit into their crypto company, the United Arab Emirates got a huge amount of restricted AI chips despite security concerns. Our story about how how business is being done, and influence gained, in the second Trump administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...