Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping for state visit as tensions build over AI, Iran

What the coverage shows

Most outlets converge on the unusual airport welcome for Xi and the broader framing of a high-stakes summit shaped by trade, technology and U.S.-China tensions. CBS News, Reuters, the Washington Post, BBC News, Axios and the Guardian all foreground the rare tarmac greeting, while Reuters, CBS and PBS NewsHour also note that AI, Iran and other issues are on the agenda. The South China Morning Post is the only outlet here to lean into the reception as a “lavish welcome” and to mention a trade truce extension.

Written by Crossfiled from the 10 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.