Pope Leo HUMILIATES Trump over press ban

Donald Trump's big China summit produced no breakthroughs, but instead we got a two-month extension of the trade truce, and an embarrassing display on the side.

Walking Xi Jinping down his "Presidential Walk of Fame," Trump stopped where Joe Biden's portrait should hang. In its place is a photo of an autopen. "This is the autopen ... it's Biden," Trump said, and Xi laughed out loud.

Anti-China protesters chanting "Free Hong Kong" and "Free Tibet" could be heard over the Marine Band as the two leaders posed for photos.

At the tacky looking state dinner, the tech guests alone — Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Altman, Cook, Jensen Huang — were worth a combined $2.2 trillion, and Bernie Sanders pointed out they've nearly doubled their wealth since Trump won. Elon sat right next to Melania.

Then Trump went "off script" to invite everyone, Xi included, into his ballroom construction site, which he called "nice and clean and sparkly." His administration told a federal judge the same project had to keep going for national security reasons it would explain only to the judge, in private. Now our primary geopolitical rival has had the first look. We get (checks notes) two pandas.

Even GOP Sen. Thom Tillis called it "a WTF moment."

Trump spent years calling Biden weak on China. Then he gave Xi a laugh and a hard-hat tour.

More than 100 people were arrested outside the United Nations in New York on Thursday as Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the General Assembly.

The protest, organized in part by Jewish Voice for Peace, drew thousnads of Jewish, Palestinian, Iranian, and Lebanese New Yorkers, elected officials, candidates, and celebrities — including Susan Sarandon and Hacks star Hannah Einbinder, both of whom were detained on camera.

Inside the hall, dozens of UN delegates walked out as Netanyahu approached the podium.

The protest didn't stop Netanyahu's speech — but it put the images of mass civil disobedience, not his address, at the center of the day's coverage.

Meanwhile, Zohran Mamdani was planting olive trees with Palestinian refugees at Gracie Mansion.

A federal judge appointed by Trump ordered the White House to immediately restore press credentials for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico after the administration's media ban was ruled likely unconstitutional. The White House's response: block the reporters anyway.

Security turned away crews from all three outlets despite the court order — a straightforward act of contempt, not a gray area.

Hours later, Trump fired off a Truth Social post mischaracterizing the coverage of his Xi Jinping welcome events, prompting CNN's Kristen Holmes to call him out for lying live on air.

The cherry on top: The New Republic reports the original story that triggered the Politico ban was planted by JD Vance himself. The administration banned an entire outlet for publishing what the Vice President told them on record.

A letter from acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao, first reported by CNN, confirmed eight suicide attempts among sailors aboard the USS Lincoln strike group — one of the longest-deployed carriers in military history. Two sailors tried to jump overboard.

A retired Rear Admiral called the number "disturbingly high."

Trump and Pete Hegseth have dismissed reports of mental health crises, food shortages, and deteriorating conditions aboard the ship.

Trump's previous response to the reporting: he called it a "CNN fake report" and cited a retired admiral with secondhand acquaintances on the ship who said it was "beautifully maintained."

A leaked memo from the National Republican Senatorial Committee is asking for $8.9 million in emergency spending to defend Senate nominees in Alaska, Iowa, and Ohio — states Donald Trump carried by double digits in 2024.

"We need $8.9 million in additional hard dollars to close the media gap," the memo reads, obtained by Axios.

The party that controls the White House, the Senate, and the Supreme Court is scrambling to hold seats in its own backyard six weeks before Election Day. This ain’t how the midterm map is supposed to look for them.