Today is Thursday, October 30th. We'll explain President Trump's announcement about nuclear weapons

testing just before his highly anticipated meeting with the Chinese president. Also, sticker shock as

Obamacare window shopping begins and what to know about the latest interest rate cut. Plus an

unprecedented milestone for an American tech company, which major AI platform is now banning teens.

And the word of the year that you probably won't understand if you're over the age of about

15. Those stories and even more news to know next.

Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. All the day's news in around 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun,

and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so

much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. The U.S. is going to start testing nuclear

bombs for the first time in 30 years. President Trump made that announcement last night just

about an hour before his highly

anticipated meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He explained that Russia and China are catching

up to the U.S. in a nuclear arms race, so he told the Pentagon to test America's nuclear

weapons on an equal basis starting immediately. The U.S. and Russia have had massive stockpiles for

decades, each enough to end all life on Earth.

And China's been building up its arsenal, too, though there haven't been any public reports of China actually conducting full-fledged nuclear testing, at least not yet.

Trump didn't say exactly what kind of tests the U.S. would be doing either.

After that announcement, Trump met with Xi for talks he described as a huge success. After that

meeting, the U.S. President announced he would cut tariffs on China, and the Chinese president agreed to allow

exports of rare earth elements. Plus, it's going to start buying American soybeans. So far, no word on a

final deal on the sale of TikTok, which analysts were expecting. But overall, the talks were considered a breakthrough.

The two countries are still considered rivals. They're both trying to have dominant places

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