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Senators Question Patel on Midterms, FBI’s 2020 Election Probe
09/16/2026 | 1h 30 mins.
President Trump called into a Kennedy Center board meeting and yelled about his name not appearing on the side of the building. Plus, Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department will comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling to block President Trump’s effort to restrict mail-in voting.
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Trump Dismisses AI Concerns as a “Hoax”
09/15/2026 | 1h 33 mins.
President Trump dismissed all the artificial intelligence doomsday warnings even though many of the warnings are coming from folks inside the AI industry themselves.
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25 Years After 9/11: The Cost of Leaders’ Decisions
09/12/2026 | 1h 29 mins.
25 years after the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, a nation remembers. Plus, the Supreme Court is reconsidering President Trump’s order to restrict voting by mail.
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Anthropic Issues Report on Blocking “Threat Actors” Using Claude
09/11/2026 | 1h 29 mins.
$5,000 for every adult who is an American citizen if Republicans keep the House and the Senate is President Trump’s latest promise. Plus, one day after apocalyptic warnings about artificial intelligence, a new word from Anthropic.
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Ex-Anthropic Employee: A.I. Could “Kill Us All” by End of Decade
09/10/2026 | 1h 32 mins.
Stark warnings from experts at AI companies about how the technology might kill us all. Plus, as the Republican midterm convention begins, oil prices top $100 a barrel, diesel hits a record, and regular gas had its biggest jump in months.
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About The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN's lead DC anchor and chief Washington correspondent, Jake Tapper, hosts this two-hour long weekday afternoon program, with headlines from around the country and the world, the top stories in national and international news, politics, health, money, the environment, sports and popular culture. The Lead also concentrates on bringing stories that aren't found on front pages—buried leads—to the forefront.

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