8PM ET 05/13/2026 Newscast

Summary

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Fox News Hourly Update – 8PM ET 05/13/2026 Newscast

Host: Lisa Licera (FOX News Podcasts)
Date: May 14, 2026
Episode Theme:
An overview of major national and global news events, including President Trump's summit in China, high-profile criminal sentencing in the U.S., updates on overdose statistics, the denial of CIA involvement in Mexico, and accountability for Matthew Perry's death.

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Main Theme

This episode delivers concise coverage of a wide array of urgent news stories, with a particular focus on geoeconomic diplomacy, crime and justice, government accountability, and evolving trends in American public health.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. President Trump’s Visit to China

• Trade and Innovation in Focus

  • President Trump is visiting Beijing to meet with President Xi Jinping.
  • Notable guests on the trip include Elon Musk and the CEO of Nvidia, highlighting an emphasis on technology and economic cooperation.
  • Trump’s stated goal is to encourage China to open its economy to American innovation.

    “I will be asking President Xi to open up China so that these brilliant people can work their magic and help bring the People's Republic to an even higher level. I will make that my very first request.”
    – President Trump (via reporter, [00:16])

  • Trump believes years of U.S. economic pressure on China are coming to fruition.

• Other Summit Topics

  • Iran will also be on the agenda. Trump mentioned he doesn’t require China’s intervention on this issue.
    (Peter Doocy reporting from Beijing, [00:39])

2. High-Profile Criminal Sentences

• Utah Mother Sentenced for Husband's Murder

  • Corey Richten, who authored a children’s book about grief following her husband’s death, is sentenced to life without parole for killing him with fentanyl in 2022 near Park City.

• Las Vegas Matricide Case

  • Javon Trevino, age 38, receives life imprisonment for drowning her two young children and apologizes in court.
  • The judge, deeply marked by the case, and Chief Deputy DA John Giordani describe it as one of the most extreme cases of matricide in 15 years.

    “This was one of the most extreme cases of matricide we'd ever seen in 15 years on the job.”
    – John Giordani, Chief Deputy District Attorney ([01:24])

  • The children’s father described his trauma of discovering the scene after work.
  • Police say Trevino drugged herself before committing the act.
    (Reporting by John Saucier, [01:08])

• Brooklyn Hate Crime Plea

  • Dan Sohail pleads guilty after ramming his car into a Brooklyn Orthodox Jewish headquarters, targeting the synagogue and urging people to leave before the attack.
    ([01:41])

3. Matthew Perry’s Death – Legal Consequences

• Drug counselor Eric Fleming sentenced to two years for supplying fatal ketamine doses to Friends actor Matthew Perry, one of five individuals pleading guilty.
• Fleming helped investigators by providing information on key dealer Jasveen Singer (“the ketamine queen”), sentenced to 15 years in prison.

  “Fleming has gone to extreme lengths to atone. He was the first to plead guilty…and gave up Sanga to investigators.”
  – Michelle Palin ([02:59])

4. CIA Assassination Allegations in Mexico Denied

• Top intelligence officials refute a news story alleging the CIA’s involvement in an assassination and attacks on cartel figures in Mexico.
• Mexico’s security minister issues a categorical rejection of the idea that U.S. agencies are operating lethal covert operations on Mexican soil.
• The CIA publicly condemns the report as “false and salacious.”

  “Mexico's security minister writing that his government categorically rejects … lethal, covert or unilateral operations by foreign agencies.”
  – Lillian Wu ([03:36])

5. Drug Overdose Deaths Decline

• Preliminary CDC data shows U.S. overdose deaths fell last year, the third consecutive annual decline and the largest in decades.
• Major reductions were seen with fentanyl, cocaine, and meth, returning deaths to pre-pandemic levels (around 70,000).
• Some states, including Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico, saw slight increases.

  “About 70,000 Americans died of overdoses last year, about the same as 2019 before the pandemic.”
  – Lisa Licera ([04:15])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• President Trump’s Ambition in China

  “I will be asking President Xi to open up China so that these brilliant people can work their magic...”
  – President Trump (via Peter Doocy, [00:16])

• DA Reactions in Las Vegas Matricide

  “This was one of the most extreme cases of matricide I'd ever seen in 15 years on the job.”
  – DA John Giordani ([01:24])

• On Decline in Overdose Deaths

  “About 70,000 Americans died of overdoses last year, about the same as 2019 before the pandemic.”
  – Lisa Licera ([04:15])

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:03 — President Trump’s trade trip to China (Lisa Licera)
• 00:16 — Report from Beijing on Trump, Musk, Nvidia, and Xi (Peter Doocy)
• 00:39 — Discussion of Iran, verdict recap in Utah murder, segue to Las Vegas case
• 01:08 — Las Vegas matricide sentencing, DA and judicial reactions (John Saucier)
• 01:41 — Brooklyn hate crime plea
• 02:52 — Sentencing in Matthew Perry’s case, ketamine trafficking (Michelle Palin)
• 03:32 — CIA denial of involvement in Mexican assassinations (Lillian Wu)
• 04:15 — CDC preliminary opioid data, overdose death trends (Lisa Licera)

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Summary Statement

This Fox News newscast delivers concise yet comprehensive reporting on high-stakes diplomacy, severe criminal cases and public health milestones. With its fast-paced, matter-of-fact tone, the episode succinctly brings listeners up to speed on events of national and international significance.

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Transcript

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Hoping to make trade in roads. I'm Lisa Licera, FOX News. That's one of the topics President Trump is set to discuss with China's President Xi Jinping, which is why Elon Musk and the CEO of Nvidia have tagged along on the trip.

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The president says I will be asking President Xi to open up China so that these brilliant people can work their magic and help bring the People's Republic to an even higher level. I will make that my very first request. For years leading up to this summit, President Trump has put tremendous economic pressure on China. Now he believes that economic pressure is about to pay off.

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Fox's Peter Doocy in Beijing. The president said he expects to also discuss Iran with Xi, but said yesterday he doesn't need them to intervene. A Utah mother who published a children's book about grief after the death of her husband will serve life in prison without the possibility of parole for his murder. Corey Richten was convicted in March March of aggravated murder for putting fentanyl or husband's drink in their home near Park City in 2022. A Las Vegas woman convicted of killing her kids is sentenced.

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It'll be life in prison for 38 year old Javon Trevino who in court apologized for drowning her four year old son and one year old daughter in a bathtub. The children's father testified in court before the sentencing and said he had to come home from work to find the children floating dead. District Judge Carly Kearney telling the defendant she would remember her case forever. In Clark County, Chief Deputy District Attorney John Giordani said this was one of the most extreme cases of matricide he'd ever seen in 15 years on the job. Police said Trevino told officers she drugged herself with sleeping aids and alcohol before carrying out the murders.

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Fox's John Saucier, a man has pled guilty to repeatedly ramming his car into an Orthodox Jewish headquarters in Brooklyn. Authorities say Dan Sohail hit the synagogue five times in January after clearing away blockades and urging people to get out of the way. America is listening to FOX News.

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of five people who pleaded guilty in connection to the Friends actor's death in 2023. The 56 year old counselor connected Perry to Jasveen Singer, the convicted drug dealer who prosecutors called the ketamine queen. Last month she was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Fleming's defense lawyers asked for a three to nine month term in a residential drug treatment facility, saying that Fleming has gone to extreme lengths to atone. He was the first to plead guilty in August of 2024 and gave up Sanga to investigators as soon as they contacted him. Michelle Palin, FOX News Top intelligence officials

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are denying the CIA had a role in an assassination in Mexico.

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There's pushback against a news story claiming the U.S. central Intelligence Agency was directly involved in an assassination and other attacks on cartel members inside Mexico over the past year. Mexico's security minister writing that his government categorically rejects any versions of events that seek to normalize, justify or suggest the existence of lethal, covert or unilateral operations by foreign agencies on Mexican soil. The CIA in an expost, calling the CNN story that the agency's ramped up its covert operations in Mexico false and salacious reporting. Lillian Wu, FOX NEWS Overdose deaths fell

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last year, according to preliminary data from the cdc. It was the third straight annual drop, making it the largest decline in decades. The CDC says declines were seen across a number of drug types, including fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine. And overdose deaths fell in most states, though seven states did see slight increases, including 10 in Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico. About 70,000Americans died of overdoses last year, about the same as 2019 before the pandemic. I'm Lisa Licera. This is FOX News.

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