{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftodays-news.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Ftodays-news-october-25-26-2026-bJ38C35Q","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"TODAY'S NEWS, October 25-26, 2026","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/01f7d4b2-716c-43f9-8a03-c96056c76782/d64e10f2-01c1-4a97-be14-cfec6c2594fb/cover-image.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Political news focuses on Republican early-voting gains, concerns about Iranian threats, President Trump’s stated approach to a potential divided Congress, allegations involving a Democratic congresswoman, and criticism of New York’s governor by a major transit union. AI developments include newly identified website vulnerabilities, rapid growth at Anthropic, and Meta’s efforts to raise capital. Other domestic stories cover an $800 million New York Archdiocese settlement, declining humanities enrollment, debates over transgender-related policies, and major investments in Georgia, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina. International developments include disputed political outcomes in Brazil, protests across Europe, China’s growing manufacturing surplus, and conservative gains in British Columbia. Medical headlines concern alleged vaccination practices involving unconscious children and a published ivermectin cancer-treatment report. More than 50 orangutans were rescued from wildfires in Borneo."}