Axios

President Trump met Tuesday with his top national security team to discuss the progress of the Gaza negotiations before his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner departed for Egypt, two sources with knowledge tell Axios.

Why it matters: Trump and his team are pushing hard for both Israel and Hamas to conclude their negotiations within days and agree on a deal that would free the remaining hostages and end a war that has now crossed the two-year mark.

Foreign adversaries are increasingly using multiple AI tools to power hacking and influence operations, according to a new OpenAI report released Tuesday.

Why it matters: In the cases OpenAI discovered, the adversaries typically turned to ChatGPT to help plan their schemes, then used other models to carry them out — reflecting the range of applications for AI tools in such operations.

Two years after Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks, the war in Gaza is closer than ever to its end, and the region will never be the same.

Why it matters: The war started with the biggest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust and continued with the worst killing and displacement of Palestinians since the Nakba of 1948.

President Trump announced the U.S. will take a 10% stake in Canadian minerals explorer Trilogy Metals and ordered the approval of a permit for a mining road in northwest Alaska.

Why it matters: Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told reporters the moves will unlock "all of the minerals that we need to win the AI arms race against China," which dominates in the processing of metals.

President Trump said on Monday he think "we have a really good chance" of getting a deal on his plan for releasing all remaining hostages held by Hamas and ending the war in Gaza.

Why it matters: Trump and his team are pushing hard for both Israel and Hamas to conclude their negotiations within days and move forward with the implementation of the deal without delay.

President Trump said on Monday that he has "sort of made a decision" about selling long-range Tomahawk missiles to NATO countries in order for them to be supplied to Ukraine.

Why it matters: Ukraine claims the Tomahawks would give it the ability to hit military targets deep inside Russia and help in deterring Russian leader Vladimir Putin and getting him to the negotiating table on better terms.

President Trump said on Monday that trucks imported into the U.S. would be hit with a 25% tariff rate starting on Nov. 1.

Why it matters: The previously telegraphed tariffs are the latest blow to the global automakers, whose trucks had previously skirted sector-wide tariffs.

China's low-emissions tech exports hit fresh records in August on the strength of surging EV and battery shipments, data from the climate think tank Ember shows.

Why it matters: It's the latest sign of what some analysts call emerging divides between "electro-states" and "petro-states" — with White House policy solidifying U.S. placement in the latter camp.

More than half of Jewish Americans say they've faced antisemitism in the past year — and most now see it as a routine part of Jewish life, according to a new survey marking the anniversary of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks.

Why it matters: The findings released Monday by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and Jewish Federations of North America underscore how rising antisemitic incidents have reshaped life for Jewish Americans, two years after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack reignited tensions worldwide.