Trump’s Iran threat at the U.N. and Ole Miss students found dead: Morning Rundown

Key Points:

• At the U.N. General Assembly, President Trump threatened to “annihilate” Iran, emphasized the U.S. economy as “the envy of the world,” and proposed renaming AI as “superintelligence,” while stressing the importance of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
• The Department of Justice defended the Trump administration’s ban of CNN, MSNBC, and Politico from White House press access, citing national security concerns and framing access as a “privilege” rather than a First Amendment right.
• ICE faces scrutiny after an officer shot a Venezuelan man in Austin without wearing a body camera, and a separate incident in Evanston, Illinois, involved ICE mistakenly targeting a U.S. citizen, leading to injuries and subsequent release.
• Authorities in Mississippi are investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students potentially linked to kratom, a controversial substance sometimes sold at gas stations, and are warning the public to avoid untrusted sources of medications or substances.
• Additional news includes the Supreme Court declining to intervene in a surrogate custody case, actor Hayden Panettiere’s death ruled accidental due to multiple drugs, and a mass shooting in South Africa killing 11 people.