12PM ET 10/26/2025 Newscast

Summary

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Fox News Hourly Update – 12PM ET, October 26, 2025

Host: Kathleen Maloney
Date: October 26, 2025
Duration: ~4.5 minutes

Overview

This episode delivers concise coverage of major global and domestic news stories, focusing on President Trump’s Asia trip and trade negotiations with China, a breakthrough in a high-profile art heist in France, U.S. meat industry developments, and a World Series update. The tone remains brisk, factual, and straight to the point with reporter contributions and primary accounts.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. U.S.-China Trade Talks

Timestamps: 00:01–00:50

• Main theme: President Trump’s Asia trip centers around trade negotiations with China, notably on rare earth minerals.
• Key development: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessen and Trade Rep. Jamison Greer, while in Malaysia, announce a new framework agreement with China which will void Trump’s previous 100% tariffs on Chinese rare earth minerals.
• Significance: This marks a shift in U.S.-China trade policy and responds to mutual interests in striking a deal.

Notable Quotes:

• [00:16] Lucas Tomlinson (from Malaysia):
  "President Trump's visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week looms large over his first trip to the Far East since returning to the White House."
• [00:44] President Donald Trump (clip):
  “We’re going to have a good deal with China and they want to make a deal and we want to make a deal.”

2. Southeast Asian Ceasefire

Timestamp: 00:54

• Development: President Trump brokers a ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand after deadly clashes and a massive displacement crisis.

3. Louvre Art Heist Arrests

Timestamps: 01:10–01:50

• Summary:
  Fox’s Chanley Painter reports that French authorities have arrested two men in connection with the $100 million Louvre museum heist. One was caught at Paris airport trying to flee to Algeria. Security lapses are under scrutiny, and evidence suggests insider involvement from the museum’s security team.
• Details:
  The heist involved thieves using a furniture lift to access an unsecured balcony.

Notable Quotes:

• [01:10] Chanley Painter:
  "France now confirming the two arrests. Just one week after four thieves with chainsaws got away with about $100 million worth of France's crown jewels..."
• [01:29] Chanley Painter:
  “Local officials say this may have been an inside job... digital forens evidence that a member from the museum’s security team was in touch with the thieves.”

4. U.S. Meat Imports and Industry Impact

Timestamps: 02:30–03:27

• Theme: High U.S. beef prices prompt President Trump to consider allowing more beef imports from Argentina, despite maintaining tariffs on Brazilian meat. This is prompted by industry pressures and consumer prices.
• Rancher insight:
  Trent Simmons of S2 Ranch highlights processing cost disparities between small and large producers and advocates loosening USDA rules to open more local slaughterhouses, hoping it will lower costs for small ranchers.

Notable Quotes:

• [02:58] Trent Simmons:
  "The cost that I have to pay for a slaughter and butchering of one of those animals is going to be a lot greater than a lot of these feedlots that are owned by the big four corporations..."
• [03:14] Jessica Rosenthal:
  “The market access he has outside Dallas with a slaughterhouse three miles away is game changing for him…”

5. World Series: Dodgers vs. Blue Jays

Timestamps: 03:27–04:08

• Sports headline:
  Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 2, tying the World Series at one win each.
• Pitcher highlight:
  Dodgers’ Yamamoto completes another full game—rare in modern baseball—and lives up to his $325 million contract.
• Historical context:
  Dodgers attempt to become the first team since the late-90s Yankees to win consecutive World Series titles.

Notable Quotes:

• [03:38] Steve Harrigan:
  "It’s a rare thing for a pitcher these days to go the full distance; Yamamoto has now done it in his last two appearances, and it really was a masterful job by the one-time Japanese ace."
• [04:08] Kathleen Maloney:
  “Here, the series now tied at one game apiece as the Dodgers try to win the first pair of back-to-back World Series titles since the New York Yankees' 3-peat in 1998, 99, and 2000.”

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Memorable Moments & Closing

• Smooth international and domestic news coverage: The episode efficiently covers breaking global diplomacy, high-stakes criminal investigations, economic pressures on ranchers, and major sports headlines.
• Quote capturing Trump’s trade philosophy:
  [00:44] President Trump:
  “We’re going to have a good deal with China and they want to make a deal and we want to make a deal.”

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Additional Links & Coverage

• World Series coverage: Next game airs Monday night on FOX.
• Will Taine Country: Promoted as a live show and podcast five days a week, available on Fox News digital platforms.

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Transcript

[Narrator/Announcer]

Trade talk with China.

[Kathleen Maloney]

I'm Kathleen Maloney. FOX News. President Trump on his Asia trip Now he's expected to sit down with Chinese President Xi later. Fox's Lucas Tomlinson with details from Malaysia where the president first stopped.

[Lucas Tomlinson]

President Trump's visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week looms large over his first trip to the Far east since returning to the White House. For days. Here on the ground of Malaysia, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessen and Trump's top trade rep, Jamison Greer, have been meeting with Chinese officials and the treasury secretary announcing that a new framework agreement has been reached with China over rare earth minerals that will void Trump's 100% tariffs against China. Here was President Trump earlier I think.

[Narrator/Announcer]

We'Re going to have a good deal with China and they want to make a deal and we want to make a deal.

[Lucas Tomlinson]

President Trump began his first trip to the Far east as part of a three nation tour.

[Kathleen Maloney]

President Trump oversaw a cease fire deal between Cambodia and Thailand after clashes that killed dozens and displaced hundreds of thousands. Two suspects in the Louvre museum heist were reportedly arrested overnight. Fox's Chanley Painter with details prosecutors in.

[Chanley Painter]

France now confirming the two arrests. Just one week after four thieves with chainsaws got away with about $100 million worth of France's crown jewels, one of the two suspects arrested was reportedly taken into custody at the Paris airport trying to board a flight to Algeria. This comes after local officials say this may have been an inside job after revealing they found digital forens evidence that a member from the museum's security team was in touch with the thieves. And during the heist, the thieves wheeled a furniture lift to the museum and then rode the basket up to the second floor balcony that was not recorded by security cameras.

[Kathleen Maloney]

No word if any of those valuable jewels were covered. America is listening to FOX News.

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[Kathleen Maloney]

The higher cost of meat Has President Trump considering allowing increased beef imports from Argentina despite tariffs on meat from other countries like Brazil, which helped American cattle ranchers? Fox's Jessica Rosenthal has reaction from one of them.

[Jessica Rosenthal]

Trent Simmons is a partner at the regenerative S2 cattle ranch outside Dallas. He says while tariffs have helped farmers like him, the cost to process beef for many ranchers who have like 50 or 100 cattle is exorbitant.

[Trent Simmons]

The cost that I have to pay for a slaughter and butchering of one of those animals is going to be a lot greater than a lot of these feedlots that are owned by the big four corporations and then are taking them to their own slaughtering houses. Their cost per head is so much lower.

[Jessica Rosenthal]

He says the market access he has outside Dallas with a slaughterhouse three miles away is game changing for him and he would encourage the USDA to reexamine regulations around opening more slaughterhouses to lower beef costs in the long Jessica Rosenthal.

[Kathleen Maloney]

Fox News an impressive pitching performance led the Los Angeles Dodgers to a win over the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 2 of the World Series. Fox's Steve Harrigan with details.

[Steve Harrigan]

It's a rare thing for a pitcher these days to go the full distance Yamamoto has now done in his last two appearances and it really was a masterful job by the one time Japanese ace. His Dodgers said the team really needed it locked in with five different pitches. The 27 year old was once the greatest pitcher in Japan. He was lured to the dodgers with a 13 year three, $325 million contract, making him the highest paid pitcher on the highest paid team in baseball for the plucky Blue Jays. They travel now out to California to try and get the lead once again.

[Kathleen Maloney]

Here the series now tied at one game apiece as the Dodgers tried to win the first pair of back to back World Series titles since the New York Yankees 3 peat in 1998, 99 and 2000. Next game is Monday night on Fox. I'm Kathleen Maloney. This is Fox News.

[Trent Simmons]

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