Iran delivers a defiant message to Trump at the U.N.

Iran’s president told the U.N. General Assembly his country would not be bullied and would not give up its civilian nuclear program. The Wall Street Journal’s Benoit Faucon explains how the U.S. naval blockade is squeezing Iran’s economy.

More than 30,000 self-declared noncitizens have been added to U.S. voter rolls since 2000. Reuters’s David Morgan explains how software glitches and clerical errors at state agencies put them there.

Federal records show that at least 4.5 million people were released into the U.S. after crossing the southern border between 2018 and 2025. The Associated Press’s Elliot Spagat looks at where they settled.

Plus, a hacking group claims to have stolen data on thousands of FBI agents, Xi Jinping arrived in Washington for his first state visit in over a decade, and Yellowstone has removed a record amount of trash this year.

Today’s episode was hosted by Gideon Resnick.