NPR News: 09-14-2026 4AM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. A Trump-appointed federal judge has blocked the administration's mail-on ballot rules in a ruling handed down late Sunday night. US District Judge Carl Nichols said portions of the postal rule exceed the agency's authority, and he added that the postal service has no statutory role in election regulation. It's the latest of several rulings against the administration's plan. One day after Anthropics CEO Dario Amadeh published an essay saying the development of AI should be slow to put safety guardrails in place. President Trump says doing so would slow the US edge with the technology. But as NPR Shannon Bond tells us, other world leaders disagree. So what Amadeh is calling for is for governments and industry to work together to create rules of the road, such as establishing common safety standards for AI and verifying compliance. But so far we have not seen progress on that front. People from the US and China are expected to meet this month to talk about AI safety and AI's on the agenda, the UN General Assembly.

1:02So even if President Trump is brushing these worries aside, it seems like other world leaders are paying attention. That's NPR Shannon Bond with our report. President Trump says his midterm convention was a great success, but not all Republicans were enthusiastic about his promise to give every American adult $5,000 if Republicans win in November. NPR's Mar-A-Lyzen has more. The Republican response to Trump's new promise was surprisingly tepid. Some members of Trump's party are worried about the price tag, giving $5,000 to every adult would cost over $1 trillion, adding to the already historically high national debt. And Trump would have to get Congress to approve since he can't send out checks by himself. There's also the question of Trump's credibility, whether voters believe the checks would actually arrive. Trump has a long list of unfulfilled campaign promises. He's promised to send voters' doge checks and tariff rebates, as well as promising that inflation and high prices would drop as soon as he took office.

2:03Mar-A-Lyzen, NPR News. Mar-A-Lyzen's South Korea

3:06hangs sang rose three tents. US futures edged lower and oil prices gain more than 3% as worries grew over world oil supplies after Saudi Arabia shut down a major oil pipeline. That line was being used to help bypass shipping through the straight-of-form moves after it was attacked. Pennsylvania officials are reporting the third measles related death in the state so far this year. MPR member station WPSU's Sydney Roach has more on our story. Jefferson County Corner Greg Furlong confirmed the death in a social media post this morning. Furlong says the 40-year-old Jefferson County woman died on Saturday from measles complications. The statement continues to say that no further details will be shared. The previous two measles related deaths in Pennsylvania were reported in Lancaster County where there is a large concentration of reported measles cases. Pennsylvania's Department of Health which is leading a vaccination campaign amid the outbreak administered more than 3,500 MMR vaccines last month. For NPR News I'm Sydney Roach in

4:09state college Pennsylvania. Ohio State dropped five slots in this week's college football rankings after losing the Texas Sunday 24 to 23. The Buck Eys had opened the season in first place but have now landed in six while Texas has now become the new number one. Georgia remains in the number two. Notre Dame State at number three. Indiana has moved to number four while Miami moves up to number five. And Oregon dropped 15 spots to number 21 after being upset by Oklahoma state on Saturday. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News. This message comes from the Center for US Voters Abroad Foundation. All US citizens abroad may request an absentee ballot to vote in the 2026 election. Visit registerabroad.com to get started.