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Trump administration live updates: Americans give AI in schools a bad grade

Live updates and the latest news on the Trump administration as Americans give AI in schools a poor grade, Trump focuses on crime in N.C. rally remarks and a U.N. mission finds grounds for U.S. war crimes in Iran.

· 246 words· updated September 17, 2026 at 09:11 AM
U.S. President Donald Trump appears on stage to speak on the first day of the 2026 Republican National Convention at the American Airlines Center on September 09, 2026 in Dallas, Texas.
U.S. President Donald Trump appears on stage to speak on the first day of the 2026 Republican National Convention at the American Airlines Center on September 09, 2026 in Dallas, Texas.

What to know today AI'S BAD GRADE: Most American adults think artificial intelligence is going to do more harm than good in education, according to this month’s NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey. A growing share of U.S. adults also believe schools that shun the technology will better help students grow than schools that embrace it. TRUMP'S CRIME FOCUS: President Donald Trump leaned heavily into law and order at a rally last night for Michael Whatley, the Republican candidate for Senate in North Carolina, saying Democrats coddle criminals and offering graphic details of violent crimes that he said are an outgrowth of Democratic policies. RFK JR. SPEECH: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will deliver the keynote address at a conference today hosted by Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine group he co-founded. The speech is the first time he has been publicly associated with the organization since he left it after Trump tapped him to run the Department of Health and Human Services. IRAN FINDINGS: Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab.

Live updates and the latest news on the Trump administration as Americans give AI in schools a poor grade, Trump focuses on crime in N.C. rally remarks and a U.N. mission finds grounds for U.S. war crimes in Iran.

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