5.20.26 Victory for Trump-backed challengers, the Ebola outbreak, and losing a homestead
The World and Everything In It
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4.8 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Washington Wednesday on victory for Trump-backed challengers, World Tour on the Ebola outbreak, and the loss of a homestead. Plus, Janie B. Cheaney on Gen-X parenting, a frog salad, and the Wednesday morning news
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. |
| 0:06.0 | Republican Trump critic Thomas Massey loses his seat after repeated clashes with the president. |
| 0:12.0 | That's ahead on Washington Wednesday, Hunter Baker is standing by. |
| 0:16.0 | Also today complications that make fighting Ebola even harder. And later, in South Georgia, two brothers mourn what the wildfires took away. |
| 0:25.6 | Put in the Lord's hands, and thank you for it all the time we had it, and |
| 0:30.6 | thankful for the memories. |
| 0:33.6 | And world commentator Janie B. Cheney on the parenting trend from resilience to reliance. |
| 0:47.0 | It's Wednesday, May 20th. This is the world and everything in it from listener-supported World Radio. |
| 0:53.0 | I'm Lindsay Mass. And I'm Nick Eicher. |
| 0:55.4 | Good morning. |
| 0:58.1 | Up next, Kent Coveington with today's news. |
| 1:01.8 | President Trump says another military strike on Iran could be just days away if a peace deal does not come together with Tehran quickly. |
| 1:11.0 | He said he called off strikes that had been set for yesterday after Gulf |
| 1:14.7 | State leaders appealed for more time to negotiate. |
| 1:17.4 | They called me over the last two days to say they made a lot of progress in there, |
| 1:21.9 | because we have them negotiating with us. |
| 1:25.0 | And primarily Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, a little bit, Bahrain, and some of the others. |
| 1:33.3 | And we have them negotiating with them. |
| 1:35.3 | He says they are all working together as a team in an effort to end the war. |
| 1:39.3 | Trump says Iranian leaders have insisted that they do want a deal, but then drag their feet. |
| 1:44.8 | I hope we don't have to do the one, but we may have to give them another big hit. |
| 1:48.6 | We may have to give him another big hit. |
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