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CNN and MS NOW didn’t air Xi’s arrival

NEWSMAN — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:28:30 +0000

Newsman: President Trump took to Truth Social to voice his frustration that CNN and MS NOW didn’t air the arrival ceremony for Xi, saying it was “made for television.” Other networks, including CBS News, also didn’t air the arrival ceremony.
CNN and MS NOW, along with Politico, were banned from the White House last week. While a federal judge ordered the outlets’ access to be restored, it’s not clear whether CNN will be allowed to participate in the White House television pool. And as long as CNN lacks a guarantee that it will be in the regular pool rotation again, the other four networks that make up the pool also aren’t participating.
Members of the pool — NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN and Fox News — are declining to provide video coverage of the president until the White House guarantees it will let CNN back in. Some networks chose not to air the government’s feed of the event, since the television pool was not present. News outlets are still reporting on the event itself.
The arrival ceremony for Xi was not open to all media, but only to the pool. ABC News was the representative for the pool on Thursday.
“CNN and MSDNC, to show you how fake they are, today refused to cover one of the Biggest and Most Beautiful Events to take place in many years, the arrival at the White House of the Highly Respected President of China, Xi Jinping, and his beautiful wife, Madam Peng,” Mr. Trump wrote. “The event was magnificent — Actually made for Television but, because they’re Fake News, and because they knew how good it would be, they didn’t want credit to be given to “TRUMP,” they refused to be there. That’s why they have such poor Ratings. Tonight’s State Dinner at the White House, for President Xi, will be spectacular! The Media will be in attendance.”

“Melania and I are honored to host you in Washington as President Xi becomes the first ever Chinese leader to make a second formal state visit to America,” Trump said.
“During this visit, we will also discuss pressing issues concerning security, technology and super intelligence. The decisions we make in these areas today can promote peace and prosperity for decades and decades to come,” Trump said.
President Trump also touted the “tremendous strides” the two leaders have made, with the president pointing to continued work on creating “a more balanced trading relationship, including the new market access for American farmers and ranchers.”

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Eight USS Lincoln’s sailors have attempted suicide, acting Navy secretary says

NEWSMAN — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:29:47 +0000

Newsman: Eight U.S. Navy personnel attached to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group have attempted suicide since the start of their extended deployment tied to the war in Iran, according to the acting US Navy Secretary Hung Cao. Throughout the deployment, the Lincoln had between 2,500 and 2,800 sailors aboard, according to Cao’s letter. Eight attempts among that population of sailors appear to be roughly consistent with Navy records for suicide attempts in the broader Navy ranks.
The Navy recorded 356 suicide attempts in 2024, that last year of publicly available data. Over three years, the figure represents a nearly 50% increase in attempted suicides, according to Navy records.
In a letter to Congress, Acting US Navy Secretary Hung Cao confirmed that eight sailors attached to the USS Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide.
In the letter, sent to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Tuesday, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Cao says that there have been eight suicide attempts since the USS Lincoln’s deployment began around 10 months ago, according to the ABC News as the news outlet obtained the copy of the letter.
“Since the beginning of LINCOLN’s deployment, there have been a total of eight suicide attempts across the strike group — this number includes the LINCOLN crew and Sailors from the carrier air wing, strike group and destroyer squadron staff, escorting destroyers, and all embarked aviation squadrons,” Cao wrote in response to questions from Gillibrand about the health and wellbeing of the personnel aboard the fleet.
The letter was first reported by CNN.
A Navy official told ABC News that while they treat every attempted suicide case very seriously, they maintain the number is not out of the norm for a long deployment.
Navy Capt. John Cordle (Ret.), who commanded warships in a strike group, said that a long, open-ended deployment with extensions and no port calls takes a toll on sailors. Ships in the Middle East typically made port calls at the Naval station in Bahrain, which Cordle said offered a “psychological benefit.”
Those facilities, which have come under attack from Iran, have made anchoring there impossible.
“I think we are in unknown territory,” said Cordle, who studied workplace stress in the Navy and has written about service members’ mental health.
“We really haven’t deployed ships for this long since Vietnam, and we learned lessons then about ship maintenance and about retention and mental health that seem to have been forgotten … My sense is that we are in uncharted waters, and we don’t know what we don’t know.”
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have dismissed reports of poor conditions and mental health issues aboard the USS Lincoln. Cao confirmed that a sailor went overboard in early August from the Lincoln and was quickly recovered.
In his letter, Cao confirmed a piping issue aboard the USS Lincoln and that meal options were reduced from two to one during periods of higher-tempo operations, but that both issues were resolved.
Family members speak out as USS Lincoln docks in Thailand after record 9 months at sea
Despite the USS Lincolns’ record-long deployment, Trump said in August that the vessel hasn’t been deployed for “nearly long enough.” Hegseth in August pushed back on reports of a sailor going overboard from the Lincoln and accounts of sailors struggling through an unusually long deployment have been “completely misrepresented.”
Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of U.S. Central Command, said in an August social media post that “the Lincoln currently has among the lowest number of cases related to mental health” among the Navy’s 11 active aircraft carriers. Cooper also acknowledged in the post that it “doesn’t mean that all is perfect” and that a long deployment at sea “is uniquely challenging and tough, and every single one of us, including me, reacts to stressors in different ways.”
In a statement to ABC News, Sen. Gillibrand said Trump and Hegseth dismissed concerns that “turned out to be serious and deteriorating conditions for our service members.” Gillibrand called the treatment of service members under the Trump administration “completely unacceptable.”
The ship was slated for a normal six-month deployment to the Pacific but had been extended on an unusually long deployment due to the war with Iran, where it was redirected earlier this year.
The president initially estimated the war in Iran would last four to six weeks. Instead it’s nearing its eighth month and 50,000 American service members remain deployed in the region. Eighteen U.S. service members have been killed and over 800 wounded since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes against Iran.
The Lincoln Strike group left the Middle East late last month — replaced by the USS George Washington — and is en route to its home port in California. The ship docked in Thailand earlier this month with a record 286 days at sea.
(Report courtesy –ABC news)

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China’s President Xi says both U.S. and China are leading in AI and the two countries should “coexist in peace”

NEWSMAN — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:14:50 +0000

Newsman: Speaking in the White House’s Grand Foyer earlier Thursday, Xi said both nations are leading in artificial intelligence, and called for the “development of AI, always under human control.”
Xi said “cooperation may not solve every problem” for the U.S. and China, but he said it’s necessary. The Chinese president also said he hopes Chinese companies are treated fairly in the United States.

“We should coexist in peace,” Xi said, through a translator. “As I have said many times, China and the United States, as two major countries, set to gain from cooperation and will both lose in competition. We do not need to avoid mentioning competition, but our competition should be a healthy one, and should be kept within bounds.”
Speaking after Trump, Xi thanked his U.S. counterpart for the “warm hospitality,” and said “there is plenty of room for us to work together,” later stressing the importance of healthy competition, according to a consecutive translation of his remarks.
“We do not need to avoid mentioning competition, but our competition should be a healthy one and should be kept within bounds. It should be a race of catching up with one another, not a wrestle in which one either wins or loses,” Xi said via translation.
Xi emphasized the importance of ensuring that Chinese companies are being “treated fairly” in the U.S., notable remarks given the tit-for-tat trade war the two countries have engaged in.
“China-U.S. cooperation may not solve every problem in the world, but without our cooperation, it would be hard to solve many of the world’s problems. China keeps its door wide open, welcomes American companies wanting to invest and do business there. We hope Chinese companies are treated fairly here in the United States,” Xi said.
President Xi also directly addressed the issue of AI, saying that both countries have the ability and duty to make sure AI remains under human control.

“Both China and the United States are leading nations in artificial intelligence. We have both the capability and responsibility to develop and manage AI for good, and ensure that the development of AI is always under human control and serves the well-being of the people,” Xi said via translation.
President Xi emphasized his eagerness to work with Trump and similarly nodded to their warm relationship.
“China and the United States are different in national conditions, but through candid, in-depth and continued dialogue, our two countries can understand each other better, seek common ground while shelving differences, and build up mutual trust. President Trump and I have respect for each other. We have built personal rapport and stayed in touch,” he said.
At the conclusion of his remarks, Xi shared that two giant pandas will be coming to the U.S.– an announcement that prompted a smile from Trump.
“The giant panda has been an envoy of friendship between the Chinese and Americans. Here, I have a piece of good news. In a few days, two pandas, Ping-Ping and Fu Shuang, will come to their new home in Zoo Atlanta, and meet with the American people,” Xi said.

President Trump told reporters he and Xi had a “great meeting” following President Trump and President Xi met in the Oval Office. But he declined to answer shouted questions about whether they discussed Taiwan, artificial intelligence or Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy businessman who was sentenced in February to 20 years in prison in Hong Kong.
“We had a great meeting,” Mr. Trump told reporters on the White House South Lawn.
Mr. Trump referred to Xi as an “expert on stone” who “loves good granite” before showing the Chinese president the new White House helipad on the South Lawn. Mr. Trump also took Xi inside Marine One.
Soon afterward, as Xi prepared to depart the White House, Mr. Trump again ignored questions about whether he had raised Lai’s case with Xi. Again, Mr. Trump said the two had a “great meeting.”
Trump says he and Xi forged a “great friendship”
Speaking inside the White House’s Grand Foyer, President Trump reminisced on the friendship he and Xi have had for years.
“Im delighted to welcome you to the beautiful White House,” Mr. Trump said. “Such a great honor. In May, we had the great privilege of visiting you in Beijing, where you received our delegation with spectacular and very beautiful hospitality. Now, Melania and I are honored to host you in Washington as President Xi becomes the first ever Chinese leader to make a second formal state visit to America.”
“From the time of my first election in 2016, President Xi and I have forged a friendship, a truly great friendship, actually, built on mutual respect and the vital interests of our people,” Mr. Trump continued.

The U.S. president said he and Xi have made “tremendous strides” for their two countries, including on balancing trade and increasing market access for farmers. The president said the two leaders will discuss “pressing issues” about security, technology and AI or what he calls super intelligence.
Mr. Trump said “both China and the United States are great countries.”

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Australian PM warns in UN speech about the ‘furious pace’ of AI after security breach

NEWSMAN — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:14:18 +0000

Newsman: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urged world leaders Thursday to erect more guardrails on artificial intelligence following a breach of a government services website in his country.
His address to the U.N. comes a day after the Australian leader told reporters on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly about the breach by rogue Open AI agents in June, which the company only discovered two months later.
Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Australian Prime Minister warned of the “furious pace” of development of the emerging technology as his country grapples with the first publicly known breach of government systems by AI models. He called the hack of a system that contains Australian Medicare data “unacceptable” as he urged world leaders to commit to stronger regulations.
“We can’t ignore AI or prevent it,” he said. “And it’s why we joined with other nations this week to call for action to shape artificial intelligence development, rather than be passively shaped by it.”
The prime minister said he spoke with Open AI CEO Sam Altman on Wednesday to express his disappointment that the company took months to inform the government of the breach.
“AI can improve lives, boost growth and productivity, provide revolutionary breakthroughs in healthcare and other fields,” Albanese said. “But leaders of AI companies, themselves, have warned of the potential risk to allow frontier AI to develop too fast without guardrails.”
The technology emerged as a major theme at the general assembly, where leaders from America’s leading AI companies, including Altman, spoke about the risks of humans losing control over models and the importance of international cooperation on safety standards.

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Trump toast “May all of our people know a future of harmony, peace and success”

NEWSMAN — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:02:22 +0000

Newsman: President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House, where Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan were the guests of honor as Trump and first lady Melania Trump hosted the Chinese delegation in the East Room.
President Trump hosted a formal state dinner and welcome banquet for Chinese President Xi Jinping during Xi’s official state visit to the United States.
Trump raised a glass to honor Xi, Madam Peng, and the long-standing relationship between the U.S. and China. He noted that while the two nations represent different systems, their ties endure.
During the toast President Trump stated, “I’d like to raise a glass and propose a toast to President Xi, Madam Peng, and the long relationship between China and America that has bridged thousands of miles and spanned hundreds of years, and may all of our people know a future of harmony, peace, and success.”

Mr. Trump called Xi and his wife “truly outstanding, amazing people,” and said the U.S. and China should “continue to build a relationship that promotes prosperity and security.” During the dinner attended by scores of business and tech titans, Xi said he would like to forge a relationship defined by “strategic stability” and called for the two sides to “act as responsible major countries.”
Mr. Trump said he had a “great meeting” with Xi but did not answer questions on the substance of the talks. During the state dinner, Xi said they “reached common understanding on many issues.”
In remarks at Thursday’s state dinner, President Trump called for the U.S. and China to “continue to build a relationship that promotes prosperity and security for future generations.”
Mr. Trump, who has long touted his warm personal relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping, called Xi and his wife “truly outstanding, amazing people.”
“As the leaders of our two nations, President Xi and I both understand that we represent different systems, but the ties between our people endure,” Mr. Trump said. “And we’ve never gotten along better.”
Mr. Trump traced the history of U.S.-China relations back to the European explorers who arrived at the American continent while scouring the Atlantic Ocean for new routes to China. He also pointed to early U.S. commercial ties with China, saying the two countries have exchanged “goods, knowledge, customs and ideas.”
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are wrapping up Xi’s visit to the White House .For the last stop of the Chinese leader’s state visit, Xi, his wife and the Trumps toured the National Archives briefly on Friday afternoon.
National Archivist Bradford Wilson showed the leaders and their wives the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
Journalists were too far away to hear their conversation, but Mr. Trump did speak briefly to the press.
Asked about his meeting with Xi, the U.S. president said “everything” was accomplished during their meeting, although he didn’t elaborate.
Trump says “America is very happy” about Xi’s visit, calling it “very, very productive”
During a tea at the White House, Xi thanked the Trumps for the visit.
Through a translator, Xi said everything on their visit was “done to the highest order of perfection” with “thought in every little detail.” Xi also said through a translator that he and Mr. Trump “are like two people who are charting the course for the great ship of China-U.S. relations.” Xi said they’re adding “new substance” to that strategic relationship.
President Xi said the two leaders were likely to see each other later this year at the APEC China summit in Shenzhen, and then again at the G20 summit of leaders in the U.S. The G20 is expected to take place at one of Mr. Trump’s properties in Miami. Xi welcomed Mr. Trump for a state visit to Beijing in May.
Mr. Trump said he and Xi would be “speaking a lot,” adding, “I think our farmers are going to be very happy. A lot of very positive things happened. But America is very happy about this visit and I’m sure China is very happy also. Great things for both countries. And it’s been just very, very productive.”
The television pool reporter in the room asked Mr. Trump if he asked China to stop sharing intelligence with Iran, but he ignored the question.
U.S. ambassador to China says Trump conveyed to Xi that helping Iran is unacceptable
David Perdue, the U.S. ambassador to China, told Fox News on Friday that Mr. Trump told Xi it’s “unacceptable” for China to be helping Iran in any way with the war. Perdue acknowledged that China has been involved in some assistance that went to Iran directly or indirectly. He also said China has expressed a commitment to not help Iran.
The White House has said little about what has been achieved during the visit on Thursday and Friday.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Chinese entities provided satellite images of a base in Jordan to Iran ahead of deadly Iranian strikes that killed three U.S. soldiers and wounded others.
“This has been a continual conversation over some period of time,” Perdue told Fox News’ Bill Hemmer. “President Xi responded as you might expect. They talked about the U.S. interests. President Trump did a great job making sure that China knows that this is unacceptable. We’ve seen some movement over the last month as well, but this isn’t the first time President Trump has brought it up with President Xi.”
Hemmer asked Perdue if that means that China would stop assisting Iran. Perdue said the U.S. has seen “movement” in that direction.
“That’s what the commitment is,” Perdue responded. “They assured us yesterday they are not doing that. We know that in the past that there was some intel and some potential parts that went to either directly or indirectly. But President Trump again made it very clear, this is unacceptable to us, to have any interaction with Iran with regards to the support of this war.”
During his remarks, the president Trump joked that he “had to” go off script and make a brief aside about the construction of the White House ballroom, and promised that the guests will “be the first people to step foot” on the site in honor of the visit.
On Friday, Xi and his wife are scheduled to join Trump and the first lady for a private tea and a tour of the National Archives to view historical national documents. Xi is expected to depart the U.S. later Friday.
The state dinner came after the two leaders met for about 90 minutes behind closed doors earlier Thursday. The two leaders were expected to discuss a number of issues, including artificial intelligence safety, Taiwan, trade, the Iran war and critical minerals during their bilateral meeting.

Earlier Thursday, Trump greeted Xi at the White House in a ceremony that included a military review in the Rose Garden and a flyover.
Ahead of the private meeting between the two geopolitical rivals, Trump touted the “truly great friendship” between the two leaders, while Xi delivered pointed remarks on trade and AI.
“From the time of my first election in 2016, President Xi and I have forged a friendship, a truly great friendship, actually, built on mutual respect and the vital interests of our people,” Trump said from a podium in the Grand Foyer of the White House.
Trump commented on the historic nature of Thursday’s state visit, as Xi has not visited the White House in more than a decade. Xi last visited the White House in a 2015 state visit during the Obama administration.
Xi says he and Trump “reached common understanding on many issues”
Chinese President Xi Jinping said during remarks at the White House state dinner, he and President Trump had “sincere and in-depth exchanges” earlier in the day, and “reached common understanding on many issues.”
“This has added new substance to the constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability,” Xi said through a translator.Xi did not specify what the two leaders discussed or whether they struck any new agreements.
Xi briefly recounted the history of U.S.-China ties. He pointed to President George Washington’s purchase of Chinese porcelain, the two countries’ cooperation during World War II and President Richard Nixon’s moves to normalize relations with the People’s Republic of China.
He said the U.S. and China have come to “another historic juncture,” and argued the two countries’ ambitions “can surely be mutually reinforcing.”
“China and the United States must act as responsible major countries, meet the expectations of our peoples, keep pace with the trend of our times and explore a new approach for major countries to get along with each other,” he said.
Trump gifts Xi a bald eagle sculpture
President Trump gave his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, a large bald eagle sculpture at the end of his brief remarks at Thursday’s state dinner.
During a speech recognizing U.S.-China ties, President Trump offered Chinese President Xi Jinping and other guests a “special treat” — a peek at the construction site for the White House ballroom.
“In honor of you, you’ll be the first people to step foot on that,” the president said, suggesting guests could take a look after the evening’s entertainment wraps up.
“I can tell you that tonight, if we had it, we would’ve had way more than a thousand people [at the dinner] with standing room only,” he said.

Musk, Zuckerberg and 3 Supreme Court justices invited to state dinner
The White House released the invite list for Thursday’s state dinner, which includes high-level government officials and several of the world’s wealthiest tech executives.
Among the notable people on the guest list are Vice President JD Vance and several Cabinet-level officials: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Todd Blanche, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.
Mr. Trump’s children – Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany – also got invites.

The world’s richest person, Elon Musk, is on the list. NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Apple’s Tim Cook, Google’s Sundar Pichai, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and TikTok investor Jeff Yass also got invites.
Other invitees include:

Supreme Court Justices John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett
House Speaker Mike Johnson
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh
Blackrock’s Larry Fink
Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman
Casino magnate and political megadonor Miriam Adelson
JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon
Fox News’ Bret Baier, Jesse Watters and Laura Ingraham
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President Trump and first lady Melania Trump walked out of the White House’s North Portico shortly after 7 p.m. Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, then arrived in a car and posed for photos with the Trumps before walking inside.

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Women to inherit most of $124T ‘great wealth transfer’ through 2048

NEWSMAN — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:58:32 +0000

Newsman: Women will be the biggest winners in the $124 trillion ‘great wealth transfer’ taking place through 2048 as Women are set to inherit the majority of the $124 trillion wealth transfer expected.
Consulting firm Cerulli Associates estimates that about $54 trillion of the wealth transfer will occur through spousal transfers to widows, with over 95% going to women.
McKinsey forecasts female‑controlled assets could rise to $34 trillion, roughly 38% of U.S. assets, by 2030, up from $18 trillion (34%) in 2023.
But surveys reveal most feel unprepared to manage the influx, highlighting a confidence gap and urging financial advisers to engage women earlier in planning.
A 2025 Citizens survey of 1,500 adults found 84% of women lack confidence in managing an inheritance, compared with 73% of men, and 45% of women feel confused or overwhelmed versus 27% of men.
Financial advisers often focus on male clients; seven out of ten widows switch to a new adviser after inheriting.
Experts recommend advisers involve both spouses in planning meetings and address women’s relationship with money to improve readiness.
“In the great wealth transfer, a large part includes a dialogue about women,” said Ami Doshi, director of business development at Hightower Signature Wealth. “Women outlive men, in general, and the wealth moves to the spouse first and then generationally to daughters. But there’s a readiness gap. Many don’t feel confident about decisions around wealth.”
Widows poised to inherit money are typically older and likely raised in an era when women took a backseat to men in money management decisions, financial experts say.
“Women are very capable, but ‘boomer’ women were not very involved, either by choice or not given a seat at the table,” Doshi said.
Financial advisers are also guilty for not focusing on women, Doshi said.
“The industry is not historically built around women,” she said. “Statistics say you may have a household of a husband and wife age 65-plus with an adviser, but the adviser’s engaged with the Mr., not Mrs. As an adviser, this is where opportunity and risks are for the adviser. If you just pay attention to Mr., he will likely pass away sooner and when he passes away and she inherits money, she doesn’t know she is your client.”
Seven of 10 widows end up leaving to go to a new adviser and “go to whomever can meet her where she is.” Doshi said.
What’s being done to help women prepare?
Ideally, financial advisers are including women early in the money management and estate planning process, advisers say.
“They need to engage both husband and wife,” Doshi said. “Don’t have planning meetings unless both are there so, she has full clarity and input into building out their financial life. Address both husband and wife, not just who is responding. Speak to both, not just the loudest. Also, understand her relationship with money, what are her triggers?”
Studies show women are more likely than men to prioritize causes like education, healthcare, and poverty alleviation, which is expected to lead to significant increases in philanthropy. A prime example of that is Mackenzie Scott, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife, who has donated more than $26 billion to various charities over the past several years.

Women also must learn how to accept inheritances. While U.S. data are scarce, surveys in Canada and the UK show women, more often than men, are asked and expected to administer estates and often do so without help.
More than half (53%) of Canadians name a woman as executor to administer estates compared with 47% who name a man, according to a study by Canadian online estate planning platform Willful. The difference also is consistent across generations, with women slightly more likely to be appointed in every age group, it said.
Meanwhile, 56% of women who participated in a YouGov survey said they had completed this work themselves, compared with 43% of men, wrote UK law firm Bennett Smith in a blog. “This gender disparity is alarming, because taking on estate administration while grieving adds to the emotional strain,” it said.
Alexandra Mysoor, co-founder and chief executive of AI-powered, full-service estate settlement platform Alix. said “we need to enable inheritance. Just because you deserve the inheritance, doesn’t mean it’s easy to get it.”
Administering an estate, itself, is a huge task, much less doing so while grieving, Mysoor said. “It took me 900 hours and 18 months to help my friend’s mom settle an estate,” which is one of the reasons Mysoor said she co-founded Alix to help women through “the largest liquidity event in life,” she said.
Companies like Alix, Elayne and ClearEstate help people in estate administration to varying degrees. Alix provides a team of human specialists to take care of the entire process from start to finish, including filing final tax returns, while Elayne relies more on automation and ClearEstate provides guidance.
Women “can’t be complacent,” Doshi said. “There will always be a possibility they will have to manage life and all their assets without a partner. Be more curious and understand how all actions affect you 5, 10 years from now.”
She added, “there’s also a responsibility for advisers, who have the ability to have an impact on people’s lives. They can do a lot but need to be clued in on the dynamics and relationships.”
Medora Lee is a money, markets and personal finance reporter at USA TODAY. You can reach her at mjlee@usatoday.com and subscribe to our free Daily Money newsletter for personal finance tips and business news every Monday through Friday morning.
(Report- Courtesy by USA TODAY)

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Mamdani calls Netanyahu an ‘architect of horrific genocide’

NEWSMAN — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:53:09 +0000

Newsman: New York City Mayor Mamdani and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu have been trading blows for months, with New York’s mayor going as far as trying to find an avenue to arrest the prime minister for alleged war crimes brought by the International Criminal Court.
“Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. … I agree with the ICC that Benjamin Netanyahu should be tried and arrested for his crimes,” Mamdani said in July. “My administration has reviewed every avenue available under applicable law. … It is clear that we do not have the independent legal authority to enforce this warrant.”
On Tuesday, just one day after meeting with President Donald Trump at Gracie Mansion, a reporter read Netanyahu’s comments to Mamdani during a press conference.
He denied the claims of inciting riots against Jewish New Yorkers, while also taking a jab back at the Prime Minister.
“As the Prime Minister, [Netanyahu] is the architect of a horrific genocide against Palestinians,” Mamdani said. “Just a few days ago, his military killed an 11-year-old boy in what is deemed to be a safe zone in Gaza.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he’s coming to the United Nations General Assembly to “expose the truth” about New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
“Shame on you, Mr. Mamdani. Shame on you for supporting the Hamas terrorist monsters who butchered our people. Shame on you for inciting riots against New York Jews,” Netanyahu said in a video message.
“I’m coming to the UN, I’m going to tell the truth about our heroic soldiers, and I’m going to tell the truth about you.”
Al Jazeera, a Qatari news outlet covering the war, reported that the boy was shot dead by Israeli forces in the al-Mawasi safe zone. According to the outlet, over 1,300 people have died and more than 4,800 have been injured since the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas was signed in 2025.
At the 2025 U.N. General Assembly, there was a mass walkout in the assembly hall when Netanyahu began to speak.
This year, Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon said, “I expect that there will be something like another show.”
But the ambassador said Netanyahu is experienced, “and I’m sure he will deliver his speech despite those attempts.”

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Trump administration to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees over fraud claims

NEWSMAN — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Newsman: Vice President JD Vance and other Trump administration officials said Tuesday they plan to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees from public healthcare exchanges, alleging that the individuals were fraudulently enrolled in the program, or simply do not exist. At the press conference, Tuesday, Vice President Vance referred to some enrollments lacking social security numbers or immigration documentation.
The Trump administration also announced a six-month suspension on new agents or brokers who sign up enrollees for healthcare coverage, who officials say commit a disproportionate amount of the fraud they uncovered.
The Wall Street Journal first reported the news of the Trump administration’s plan to remove ACA enrollees from public exchanges.
Vice President Vance said the discovery and canceled subsidy payments for hundreds of thousands of people from the exchanges, part of an administration-wide crackdown on fraud, would result in $2.2 billion in cost savings.
“We’re actually making sure that the people receiving Obamacare subsidies are actually entitled to receive them,” said Vance, who leads a government task force to eliminate fraud. He was flanked by Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, and other administration officials.
JD Vance said the cancellation of approximately 315,000 enrollments covering 760,000 people was done in part because the government was not checking whether people enrolled were eligible. Vance said another 419,000 enrollments will get additional verification to make sure they are eligible for the benefit.
Roughly 19.2 million Americans are actively enrolled in ACA marketplace health plans as of early 2026, according to the Department of Health and Human Services website. The number of enrollees grew during the COVID-19 pandemic when enhanced subsidies became available through the American Rescue Plan Act and Inflation Reduction Act, both signed into law by former President Joe Biden.

Tuesday’s announcement is the latest in an initiative by the Trump administration to address fraud around the country, including in federal healthcare programs, which officials say is needed to rein in runaway spending and protect taxpayers.
The announcement comes as stubbornly high inflation and rising healthcare costs pressure the Trump administration to come up with a plan to bring down costs for Americans as affordability remains a central issue in the fall midterm elections.
The price of ACA insurance has skyrocketed for many Americans during Trump’s second term, after Republicans opposed extending COVID-era subsidies that had helped offset the costs of health insurance for most enrollees during Biden’s term.
Premiums doubled or tripled for many enrollees, prompting millions to downgrade their plans or exit the program entirely after the Republican-led Congress allowed the subsidies to expire this year.
The Government Accountability Office suggests fraud risks in the advance premium tax credit do exist – however it’s unclear at what scale. The GAO conducted covert testing using fictitious ACA applicants enrolled in 2024 and 2025. A report released in December showed that the federal marketplace approved subsidized coverage for almost all of the GAO’s 24 fake enrollees.

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Trump said ‘big decision’ ahead: Make a deal or ‘annihilate’ Iran

NEWSMAN — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:06:20 +0000

Newsman: The US President Donald Trump said to global leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Tuesday that he has a “big decision” to make: to strike a deal with Iran to end the war or to “annihilate the Islamic Republic.” “Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness or generations?” Trump added.
President Trump during his speech addressing United Nations General Assembly said the U.S. “will no longer permit threats to America to gain a foothold anywhere in the Western Hemisphere.”
I have a big decision to make. Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before, maybe one of the greatest in the Middle East or even the world? Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again?” Trump said.
The president has claimed that he is not on any timeline and told reporters that the upcoming midterm elections do not impact his strategy. On Tuesday, Trump said in his speech that he doesn’t believe there will be an agreement before the midterm elections.
“I believe we’ll make a deal right after the election, because it doesn’t make sense for them not to. They’re waiting to see how I do in the midterm election,” Trump said.
But later, Trump claimed that he will “get it done” fast when it comes to Iran.
“In addition, the United States and Iran will definitely get it done. We will get it done, one way or the other. It’s going to be done. It’s got to be done fast,” Trump added.
“The cowards and traitors would love to say the United States is low and munitions, but that’s not true. We have more munitions than we could ever possibly even think of using, and we’re building them at levels that we have never done before. We are adding to our stockpiles faster than we have ever been able to do before,” Trump said.
The president seemed to make his case for the war as the impacts reverberate across the globe, once again pointing to the history of terrorism and oppression by the Iranian regime.
“As president of the most extraordinary nation in history, I have no interest in leaving dangers to grow for another day,” the president said.
“I do not believe in letting problems fester. They only become harder to solve. So while others have talked, I have acted. While others have spoken of peace, I have made peace. While others have ignored threats, I have confronted them,” Trump added.
The president also thanked the UN for its support for a resolution to say that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon. He also made the case to European allies that his decision to go to war with Iran would also protect them, saying he hoped those nations “realized that.”
The president, after making the case for the war, then urged global leaders to show unity — and promised that crushing oil prices will fall as soon as the war ends.
“If we stand united, we will soon see a world free of the last 51-year menace of Iranian terror, and oil prices will come plummeting down even lower than they were at the start of the conflict. And they were very low in the United States. They were really low. With courage and resolve, anything is possible,” Trump said.
The president also took aim at the United States’ neighbors to the south, including Cuba, saying that his administration is “seeking a fundamental change in the situation in Cuba.”
“Marco Rubio is handling a negotiation. He’s deep into negotiations with Cuba. Let’s see what happens. We’ll not allow a haven for foreign adversaries to threaten America on our own doorstep,” the president said, as the Cuban delegation rose from their seats to exit the assembly hall.
Trump touted his administration’s collaboration with the regime of Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodriguez, who rose to power after the U.S.-led ouster of Nicolas Maduro. The two are set to meet Tuesday evening.

Trump highlighted that the U.S. signed an oil deal with the Rodriguez regime in August, which he has claimed will drive down gas prices around the world.
The president also promoted the United States’ unilateral strikes against alleged drug traffickers in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, comparing drug cartels to “the ISIS of the Western Hemisphere.”
“Upon taking office, I designated the drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and unleashed the United States Armed forces to eliminate them,” Trump said.
Trump also noted that he struck a new agreement with Greenland, which he said would give the U.S. greater control over the island.
“We will have the complete ability to do what is necessary to defend the American continent, and also Europe and other places,” Trump said of the agreement.
Trump signed the security deal with the prime ministers of Greenland and Denmark later Tuesday.
Trump said he won’t ‘rein in’ artificial intelligence development.
As lawmakers and tech leaders express concerns about artificial intelligence and its rapid growth, Trump said that the U.S. will “encourage” AI development, instead of “rein it in.”
“Other law enforcement bodies that will rein things in if we have to do that, but we will only encourage super-intelligence. We’re going to encourage it, not rein it in. We’re going to watch it closely through the Department of Justice,” Trump said.
“I’m not going to stifle growth of something that will be bigger than the Industrial Revolution, many say bigger than the Industrial Revolution or the internet itself,” Trump said.
Trump, who told that he would rebrand “artificial intelligence” as “super-intelligence,” repeated his message that the U.S. leads China on AI development — and that “whoever wins super-intelligence wins.”
The president’s message comes as a core Iranian delegation came to New York for the gathering of world leaders at the UNGA.
Since the war began nearly seven months ago the president has made repeated threats to launch devastating attacks on Iran, only to pull back in hopes of a deal. He has backed off large threats on at least eight occasions.

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Trump signs security agreement with Greenland and Denmark

NEWSMAN — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:52:03 +0000

Newsman: President Donald Trump signed a security deal with the prime ministers of Greenland and Denmark on Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. The deal gives Greenland and Denmark the authority to review requests from the U.S. to build unmanned military installations “under accelerated governmental approval procedures.”
“This has been an amazing journey with tremendous people,” Trump said of Denmark’s Mette Frederikson and Greenland’s Jens-Frederik Nielsen.
The agreement comes after months of escalating rhetoric from Trump, who has repeatedly threatened to take over the territory citing national security purposes. Trump’s threats, including refusing to rule out taking the territory by military force; sowed tension between the U.S. and its European allies and sparked consternation from Greenlanders.
“This is tremendous for Europe and for the United States, for everybody, and for Greenland,” Trump said. “It’s going to be incredible, and the people of Greenland have been so nice. The people of Denmark have been amazing, and so I know it’s going to be a long-term, fantastic relationship.”

Greenland, which is an autonomous territory of Denmark, resisted Trump’s calls to “take over” the island via acquisition or military force. Danish leaders said they were open to negotiating new frameworks for the U.S. military’s presence, but that the sovereignty of the territory was a red line.
The text of the trilateral agreement reveals some red tape that constrains what Trump administration officials have billed as the “complete ability” to do what it deems necessary in Greenland.
While the deal appears to fall short of the “Complete and Total Control” by the U.S. that Trump once called for, it does grant the U.S. ability to expand its military footprint in Greenland.
Denmark’s leader Frederikson praised the agreement, saying that it was “bigger and better” than the deal struck with the U.S. in 1951.
“Seventy-five years ago, we entered into an agreement about the defense of Greenland. Today we are signing an even bigger and better agreement, a deal that can last forever,” she said.
“Mr. President, you have been very clear. You don’t want adversaries to come too close. I fully agree, and with this deal, they are not,” she added.
Under the 1951 agreement amended by the new pact, the U.S. already enjoyed wide latitude to scale up its bases and military footprint on the island.

Greenland’s Jens-Frederik Nielsen acknowledged that the U.S. national security concerns are legitimate and praised the negotiation process that led to the agreement. Nielsen called the agreement historic and a “win-win-win” for all parties.
“The security landscape in the Arctic is changing, and we recognize the long term security threats that you, Mr. President, have rightly spoken about. It is for that very reason that we have insisted on engaging in a constructive dialog,” he said. “Your security is our security, and our security is your security.”
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte posted on X, “This agreement, along with NATO’s growing role in securing this vital region, enhances our collective security and supports a safer and more stable future for us all.”
In a post on his social media platform last Friday, Trump declared, “At my direction, we worked with representatives of Denmark and Greenland to guarantee that the United States will FOREVER have the complete ability to do what is necessary in Greenland in order to secure and defend the security of Greenland, and the United States of America.”
The agreement specifies it has no end date and it plans for a contingency in which Greenland declares its independence from Denmark. An independent Greenland will agree to remain a member of NATO, although that decision would likely not be entirely up to Greenland, the U.S. or Denmark — joining the alliance requires the approval of all NATO members and an independent Greenland would have to go through the application process.

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