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September marks one year of hosting The Global Story!
• A podcast 🎧
• A BBC World Service radio show 📻
• AND also a YouTube show📱
A huge shout-out to the team that figured out how to visualize us. We recently had over a million views on an episode about the $$
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" Like a lot of elections, Americans are first and foremost worried about the economy and the cost of living," said Dina Smeltz (@RoguePollster), Council managing director & chair of public opinion and foreign policy. "What's a little bit different this time around, is that political strategists usually struggle with how to interpret foreign policy issues and how they impact people's daily lives. But because of some of the administration's actions around the world right now, Americans are really feeling direct impact."
Smeltz joined @BBCNews's Asma Khalid (@asmamk) and @NBCNews's John Lapinsky to discuss how factors like the war in Iran and tariffs are shaping voter attitudes ahead of November's elections, and to unpack the results of the 2026 Chicago Council Survey.
Catch the full conversation: bit.ly/4dfXEbE
Am so grateful for all that I’ve learned from Mary Louise over the years — one of the best interviewers in the business. (But also such a lovely human! I remember walking into her office for advice after I had two boys in the span of two years and was trying to figure out life!)
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President Trump interviewed by @EricCortellessa for the cover of TIME.
With 56 appearances, President Trump has now been on the cover of TIME more often than any other individual, surpassing President Richard Nixon.
time.com/article/2026/10/01/…
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As the midterm elections approach, how do Americans want their country to engage with the world?
Tune in at 5:30 p.m. CDT to watch the Council's @RoguePollster, @NBCNews's John Lapinski, and @BBCWorld's @asmamk unpack the results of the 2026 Chicago Council Survey and examine what public opinion means in this critical election year. bit.ly/4dfXEbE
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Chicago friends — I’ll be in town tomorrow for an event @ChicagoCouncil about Americans’ foreign policy priorities as we head into the midterms.
Join us!
globalaffairs.org/events/sta…
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What happens when K-pop’s gruelling formula meets the American music industry?
🎧 The Global Story: where the world meets America bbc.in/4iHHP18
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BREAKING: Media outlets ask judge for an immediate hearing to address the White House's continued ban on journalists despite court order to restore access. apnews.com/article/trump-med…
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NEW: The presidential TV pool has been suspended as networks react to the White House's ongoing ban of CNN.
That means, for now, that no major TV network will provide coverage of Trump's events, including today's appearances at the WH and his trip to the United Nations.
The Trump White House has removed CNN from its Monday assignment as the TV pool representative for the entire White House press corps, deepening the dispute that began when the president said he was "banning" CNN, MS NOW and Politico. cnn.it/4xEfc8T
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Feb 2025: WH bans the Associated Press from the pool because they wouldn’t adopt “Gulf of America”
July 2025: WH bans the WSJ from the pool after Epstein birthday card coverage
Sept 2026: WH bans MS, Politico, CNN from the WH and grounds over coverage the president didn’t like
The episode of The Global Story I’m referring to is for later in the week! But point still stands.
Why is President Donald Trump taking an unpopular stance on data centers?
"I think it has to do with how he views AI technologically as being a race with China," @asmamk tells @ElizLanders.
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TONIGHT: @LACaldwellDC, @EamonJavers, @asmamk and @alaynatreene join guest moderator @ElizLanders to discuss President Trump’s summit next week with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as tech executives warn of the threat posed by AI.
Watch at 8/7c on @PBS.
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In Canada’s wealthiest province Alberta, voters are deciding whether to become independent. What the story behind the Canadians who want out of Canada?
🎧 The Global Story: where the world meets America bbc.in/4gTg0BF
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NPR is in the market for a justice correspondent. More details here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/nat…
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New in @semafor: Scott Bessent called Bloomberg’s EIC last year threatening the news org if it published a critical story. He hasn’t appeared on Bloomberg TV since the piece ran.
My piece on the growing tension between the secretary and the usually low drama Treasury press corps
President Trump told reporters on Sunday that “whoever wins AI, wins.” And, at the moment, “we’re leading China.”
But how does China see this race?
@kyleichan joins us on The Global Story to explain.
Listen 🎧
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Today on the show — Can the U.S. and China agree to work together to stop AI from killing us all?! (As one former ex-Anthropic researcher suggested was plausible the other day!)
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