Trump Touts Foreign Policy Vision in UN Speech Ahead of Midterms

The speech was more like a campaign pitch aimed at Republicans ahead of the midterms rather than addressing global politicians. The message was dissonant, starting with claims of being a president of peace who stopped eight wars, then musing about annihilating Iran.

The Iranian and Cuban delegations walked out when Trump threatened to annihilate Iran and said the Cuban regime would fall. Trump's foreign policy follows a peace through strength narrative where an active, interventionist America leads to greater outcomes over time.

The Ukraine meeting went fine, but the significant news was the three-hour in-person meeting between U.S. and Iranian officials. This is the first in-person meeting between U.S. and Iranian officials since June.

Trump signed an agreement with Denmark giving the U.S. greater military and business presence in Greenland, promising two new bases. Trump is considering restricting diesel exports to curb soaring fuel prices, with the national average reaching $6.53 a gallon.

Saudi Arabia is testing its East-West oil pipeline to restore flows, with crude exports from Yanbu potentially restarting within days. Reports of the pipeline restart sent oil prices down, with Brent crude ending the day down about one percent below $100 a barrel.

Senator John Curtis urged the Judiciary Committee to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. over a Russian oligarch-funded wedding afterparty and his promotion of family-backed crypto ventures. Curtis also encouraged subpoenaing Hunter Biden, who responded by saying bring it on and noting he has already given over seven hours of sworn testimony.

Vance and CMS administrator Mehmet Oz are canceling subsidy payments for 760,000 individual accounts they say are unauthorized and fraudulent enrollments. The cancellations would amount to saving an estimated $2.2 billion in taxpayer funds.

A Cornell faculty committee outlined an unprecedented crisis facing universities due to disrupted federal funding, erosion in public trust, and rapid AI-led technological change. The report recommends the university diversify funding sources, embrace a range of ideologies, and develop a new tuition model.

The bulk of the money comes from Andreessen Horowitz, while founding tech partners will provide software, compute, and office access rather than financial backing. The school will focus on project-based learning where students might build a company, launch a product, or learn to build an LLM. The first class will attend for free in a one-year program starting fall 2027, with a future two-year program costing on par with an elite private university.

Researchers want to see data behind any new educational program before evaluating its effectiveness.

Surrounding students exclusively with peers who want to be founders could be limiting, as it benefits students to be around others not on an identical path.