Wednesday Mix

HEADLINES:

• Tehran responds after Trump says they must choose between a peace deal and ‘annihilation’ (Independent)

• Trump Says US Officials Held ‘Very Good’ Meeting With Iranians (Bloomberg)

• Trump tells U.N. he could ‘annihilate’ Iran but expects a deal after the midterm elections (NBC)

• The Stalemate With Iran Is Not Sustainable (Foreign Affairs)

• Is Trump’s Latest Press Attack Just Another Distraction? (New Yorker)

• Trump Is Back on TV, Briefly, as Many Networks Carry His U.N. Speech Live (NYT)

• Trump’s press ban prompts widespread solidarity — and fewer images of the president (CNN)

• Defending Trump media ban, DOJ cites national security and says White House access is a ‘privilege’ (NBC)

• Trump move to ban news outlets blows up at White House (The Hill)

• CNN’s Future Will Include an Editorial Oversight Board (NYT)

• The Press Is Not the Root of Trump’s Problems (Atlantic)

• Trump Went So Far This Time That Even Fox News Won’t Stand for It (Slate)

• The Behind-the-Scenes Push to Get Xi a Red Carpet Welcome in America (WSJ)

• Trump’s plan to militarize proposed arch raises new legal, safety concerns (WP)

• Videos Reveal New Details About ICE Shooting in Austin (NYT)

• ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders (AP)

• Diesel prices could crush Republicans in the heartland (Silver Bulletin)

• The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way (ProPublica)

• Ukraine Launches ‘World First’ Airborne Robot Assault Behind Russian Lines (Newsweek)

• Ukraine says heavy bomber drones air-dropped exploding war robots miles behind Russian lines during a secretive operation (BI)

• Trump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming Fraud (NYT)

• 150,000 Tons of Radioactive Waste Were Dumped in The Atlantic. Decades Later, It’s Visibly Oozing. (ScienceAlert)

• Read the Terms of Paramount’s $110 Billion Warner Bros. Takeover (Bloomberg)

• The civil war inside golf (BI)

• Trump says AI will be renamed ‘super intelligence’ in all US documents (The Hill)

• Are A.I. Models Being Misled to Act Too Human? (NYT)

• Could AI really kill all humans? Most scenarios require physical access, making AI armageddon unlikely (The Conversation)

• There Is Something We Have to Do Right Now About A.I. (NYT)

• The trillion-dollar AI safety paradox (Axios)

• Can AI Beat the Pentagon’s Bureaucracy? (ChinaTalk)

• Wall Street Is Growing Skeptical of the Data Center Boom (NYT)

• Trump Proposes Installation Of Sniper Nest Atop Barron (Onion)