Date: May 15, 2026
Host: Jim Schneider
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Here’s the lineup of stories from the first quarter-hour of the broadcast as Jim reviewed news of the week:
–President Trump lauded the relationship between the U.S. and China during a two-day summit in Beijing.
–Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned President Trump that clashes and even conflicts over Taiwan could imperil economic ties between the world’s two largest economies.
–Chinese customs appear to have halted export clearances for hundreds of U.S. beef plants on Thursday, hours after Reuters reported the long-awaited licenses had been approved amid a summit between the U.S. and Chinese presidents in Beijing.
–Eileen Wang, who served as the mayor of Arcadia, California, has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal foreign agent of China and has resigned from her role.
–A jury has found a Chinese-American, who ran Beijing’s undercover police station in New York City, guilty of being a foreign agent for China.
–41 people are being monitored in the U.S. for Hantavirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most of those being monitored were at one time on board a cruise ship that experienced an outbreak of the disease after it sailed from Argentina on April 1st.
–Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the war against Iran is not over, declaring that Israel and its allies must ensure that Tehran’s remaining enriched uranium and nuclear enriched infrastructure are removed or dismantled before the threat can be considered neutralized.
–The apparent collapse of high-stakes U.S/Iran negotiations has intensified fears that senior figures inside Tehran’s leadership could flee to Russia seeking refuge to continue their insurgency and undermine any new regime.
–President Trump Monday expressed disappointment with the Kurds amid the ongoing Iran war, asserting that their failure to cooperate and arm the Iranian people has prevented mass uprising.
–Admiral Brad Cooper, the U.S. CENTCOM chief, talked about how Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis are now “completely cut off” from Iranian weapons and support.
–On Wednesday the Pentagon signed a framework agreement with four defense contractors to mass produce low cost cruise and hypersonic missiles as U.S. officials work to expand domestic stockpiles.
–The South Korean defense minister said Wednesday that Seoul may offer support for the U.S. led effort to guide commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz after a South Korean vessel came under fire in the waterway last week.
–According to the Wall Street Journal, the UAE has been secretly carrying out attacks against Iran.
–President Trump’s administration is moving aggressively to counter soaring fuel prices and stabilize global energy markets.
–The Department of Energy says the agency has removed 30 pounds of enriched uranium from a research reactor in Venezuela.
