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Lisa Brady
A countdown in China and Lisa Brady, Fox News. After President Trump's arrival in Beijing earlier today, US Time for a two day summit with President Xi.
Fox News Correspondent
On the table, everything from tariffs to artificial intelligence, chip production, Taiwan beef and soybean exports. And there is a large delegation of tech and business CEOs arriving here to Beijing as well.
Lisa Brady
Fox's Aisha has me President Trump has also said he expects to have a long conversation about Iran, but that he doesn't need shock Xi's intervention. The conflict driven surge in oil prices taking a toll on inflation in the U.S. with wholesale prices rising more than 1% in April and 6% from a year earlier. A CIA whistleblower claims a cover up on the origins of COVID The CIA
Jared Max
was considering calling this a lab leak August 12th of 2021 and then that changed on August 17th of 2021.
Lisa Brady
James Erdman III telling a Senate panel the analysis was changed to a neutral theory during a midd rewrite influenced he says, by then top official Dr. Anthony Fauci. Ohio Republican Senator Bernie Marino.
Jared Max
Ultimately, where this all has to land is there has to be explicit accountability for individuals who profited off of the misinformation.
Lisa Brady
None of the committee's Democrats are at the hearing. A written statement from the CIA says today's hearing amounts to dishonest political theater, noting that the agency ultimately did assess that COVID 19 likely originated from a lab leak. Prosecutors in South Carolina just confirming they will retry former attorney Alec Murdoch for the murders of his wife and son after the state Supreme Court today overturned those convictions and life sentence over conduct by the court clerk influencing the jury and the amount of evidence of financial crimes allowed into the murder trial. Murdoch is serving a separate 40 year sentence for financial crimes. America is listening to FOX News.
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Lisa Brady
Concern about a different kind of recession in the US After a new analysis of falling test scores for reading in the Assessment of Educational Progress, professors at
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Harvard, Stanford and Dartmouth looked at state test scores from third to eighth grades and found that only five states and Washington, D.C. had meaningful growth in reading from 2022 to 2025. And the slide predates the pandemic. They say reading scores have been falling since 2013 for 8th graders and 2015 for 4th graders. Students are doing a little bit better in math, with almost every state improving from 2022 to 2025. The annual scorecard includes data from more than 5,000 school districts in 38 states and Washington, D.C. the data come from the state's own tests, as opposed to the nation's report card, which uses the same test across the country. Tonya J. Powers, FOX News an update on the
Lisa Brady
US Brokered ceasefire in Gaza from President Trump's top diplomat on the board of Peace. He says disarmament by Hamas remains a sticking point seven months in that has stalled progress on other fronts, including rebuilding in Gaza. Football fans find out the calendar for the new season tomorrow, but today the NFL rolling out the schedule for an unprecedented nine international games this year.
Jared Max
Among the matchups September 14 Rams vs the 49ers in Melbourne, Australia September 27 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Cowboys vs the Ravens. The Saints and Steelers will play in the NFL's first game in Paris, France. October 25 Falcons and Bengals in Madrid, Spain. November 8 Patriots and Lions in Munich, Germany. November 15 Vikings and 49ers in Mexico City. November 22. Also three games in London to that feature of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Jared Max, FOX News Stocks are mixed right now.
Lisa Brady
The Dow's down 235 points, but the Nasdaq's up more than 200. The S& P also in the green and Lisa Brady. This is FOX NEWS.
Host: Lisa Brady
Date: May 13, 2026
Summary prepared for listeners who haven’t tuned in—key news, political, and economic developments.
This episode provides timely national and international headlines with a focus on:
“On the table, everything from tariffs to artificial intelligence, chip production, Taiwan, beef and soybean exports.”—Fox News Correspondent [00:12]
“The CIA was considering calling this a lab leak August 12th of 2021 and then that changed on August 17th of 2021.” —Jared Max [00:48]
"Ultimately, where this all has to land is there has to be explicit accountability for individuals who profited off of the misinformation." —Sen. Bernie Marino [01:09]
“Professors at Harvard, Stanford and Dartmouth… found that only five states and Washington, D.C. had meaningful growth in reading from 2022 to 2025. And the slide predates the pandemic.” —Fox News Correspondent [02:41]
“Among the matchups: September 14 Rams vs the 49ers in Melbourne…The Saints and Steelers will play in the NFL’s first game in Paris, France.” —Jared Max [03:47]
Tone: Straightforward, urgent, fact-focused—mirroring FOX News' fast-paced and direct headline-driven newscast.
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