US President Donald Trump is hosting the "Science: A New Golden Age" summit today, Thursday, October 8, 2026, where he will personally award SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk the National Medal of Science. The event, taking place at the Institute of Peace, serves to highlight the administration's new plans for overhauling federal research funding and underscores a focus on artificial intelligence (which Trump refers to as "super intelligence" More from the US ➡️ https://news.sky.com/us #Trump #DonaldTrump #USA #OvalOffice #WhiteHouse #SkyNews #Live SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Why not listen to one of our podcasts? This is Why, available for free here: https://podfollow.com/thisiswhy or Ed Conway's Stuff Matters, available here: https://podfollow.com/stuff-matters To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales