NPR News: 09-13-2026 2PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump is wrapping up a two-day visit to Ireland, where he met with the President and the Prime Minister, but not all people were happy. Protester's gathered outside his golf course over Trump's comments about a reunited Ireland among other issues. Meanwhile, Trump says Ukraine needs to stop striking diesel-fuel facilities in Russia. As NPR's Franco-Ordonia's reports, Trump charges that the strikes are causing a global shortage. President Trump said his team spoke to the Ukrainian President, Vladimir Zelensky, about the concerns. This is a lens case that they want. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia. Let him go after targets, but not diesel fuel, because he's causing a shortage of diesel fuel. This isn't done by the Middle East. This is done by what's happening with Russia and Ukraine. The President was speaking to reporters after watching golfer Shane Lowry tee off at the Irish open.

1:01Trump made clear that he wasn't telling Zelensky not to strike. He just said there are, quote, plenty of other targets, but not to attack diesel facilities. Franco, Ordonia's, NPR News, Dunebag, Ireland. Leaders of AI companies say they endorse slowing down the development of the technology. Anthropics CEO, RIO Amade says AI companies are moving dangerously fast. Last week, the company published a report saying it intervened in research, being conducted using its products, fearing that the users may have been trying to develop bio-weapons. Tomas D. Kaser is a professor at the University of Southampton. I think technically it's obviously able to do things that were not possible before, but the promises that it will radically change everything. So I think we need to be careful about overstating what it can already do and what it will be able to do in the future. President Trump is dismissing AI leaders' calls to slow down, saying the US has to win

2:02over China in that industry. Anthropic is a financial supporter of NPR. Xi Jinping visited India for the first time since fighting broke out between the two countries in 2020 and here's Ankara, Kandakar has more. China's president was in New Delhi for the BRIC summit. A group of nearly a dozen countries aimed at countering the West. In a statement, both India and China pledged to resolve their decades-old border dispute. China claims large parts along the Himalayas that India administers. Critics say that since 2020, China's army has cut off India's access to several pastures and patrolling points along the border. Modi did not comment on the allegations of Chinese encroachment, but in recent months, his government has worked to restore trade and travel with China. Omkar Khandekar, NPR News, New Delhi. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. An Iranian commercial vessel has been hit in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one person

3:06and wounding four others, that's according to Iranian state media, and that comes a day before Iran plans to meet with countries in the region in Oman over the Strait. US men's singles final takes place this hour at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, and if he has Christian right reports, an American hasn't won a men's grand slam title in more than two decades. American Ben Shelton is taking on the top-seated player in the men's tournament, German Alexander Zverov. The Shelton wins, he'll end a 23-year drought for the USA. The last time an American man won any grand slam singles title was in 2003 when Andy Roddick won the US Open. Shelton, who's 23, was just a baby then. If he captures the tournament's men's title today, he would also become the first black American man to win the US Open since Arthur Ashe in 1968, for whom the stadium is named. In the women's tournament, Russian-born Kazakostani Elena Rabakina defeated two-time defending

4:08champion, Arena Sabalanka, of Belarus yesterday, for her first US Open title, putting in end to Sabalanka's 19 match winning streak at the US Open. Christian right, NPR News. In Wisconsin, Republican gubernatorial nominee Congressman Tom Tiffany, says he was slightly injured when his plane was forced to make an emergency water landing late yesterday. He says he and the pilot had to swim to safety, the FAA is investigating. I'm Jeanine Herbst, NPR News in Washington. This is Ira Glass. On this American life, we tell stories about when things change. Like for this guy David, whose entire life took a sharp, unexpected, and very unpleasant term. And it did take me a while to realize that this basically becomes the monkey press the button. That's right, because the monkey pressed the button. Apprising stories every week, wherever you get your podcasts.