The Briefing

Plus, Assange says he pleaded “guilty to journalism” to end incarceration

Plus, states push for regulating AI use in political campaigns

Plus, TikTok pushes back against potential U.S. ban

Plus, ABC’s fact-checking guardrails during the presidential debate

Plus, support for U.S. TikTok ban continues to decline

Americans’ experience with local crime news, and Harris sits down with CNN tonight in first campaign interview

Plus, how young Americans use TikTok for news and politics

Plus, Harris campaign runs edited news headlines in Google searches

Plus, Louisiana limits journalists’ ability to film police

Plus, Russia releases Evan Gershkovich in prisoner swap with the U.S.