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Cuba Energy Crisis, More A's with AI & Hairstyles by Dads - Friday, May 15, 2026

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The news to know for Friday, May 15, 2026!

We have the takeaways from President Trump's meeting with his Chinese counterpart. 

And Cuba is running out of fuel — what the U.S. is demanding before helping to solve the energy crisis.

Also, who's in and who's out at America's top immigration agencies.

Plus, where an unusual primary election is happening this weekend, what impact A.I. is having on the number of "A" grades at American colleges, and how girl dads are bonding over beers and bobby pins.

 

Those stories and even more news to know in about 10 minutes! 

 

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0:00.0

Today is Friday, May 15th. We have the latest takeaways from President Trump's meeting with his

0:04.6

Chinese counterpart, and Cuba is running out of fuel what the U.S. is demanding before helping to

0:09.7

solve the energy crisis. Also, who's in and who's out at America's top immigration agencies.

0:15.4

Plus, where an unusual primary election is happening this weekend, what impact AI is having

0:20.3

on the number of A

0:21.2

grades at American colleges, and how girl dads are bonding over beers and bobby pins. Those stories

0:26.8

and more news coming up. Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in less than 15 minutes.

0:34.3

I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. Let's do this.

0:40.5

President Trump is now on the way back to the U.S. talking up what he described as a successful

0:45.0

visit to China. Trump says fantastic trade deals were made during talks with Chinese President

0:50.2

Xi Jinping. He told Fox News they had to do with soybeans from American farmers,

0:54.8

airplanes from Boeing, and oil that can help China reduce its dependence on Iran. But as of this

1:00.1

morning, there aren't a lot of other details. Remember, China is a key Iranian ally, so the war

1:05.5

did apparently come up more than once. Trump told Fox News, China offered to help resolve the

1:10.2

conflict and promised not to give any

1:12.2

military equipment to Iran. The White House also says both China and the U.S. are against the

1:17.2

militarization of the Strait of Hormuz and any effort to charge a toll to shippers who use it.

1:22.5

The statement from the Chinese government was less specific, just saying that the war should

1:26.7

never have happened in the

1:27.8

first place. It's not clear if any of this will change America's trajectory in Iran, but President

1:32.8

Trump did post online that the war is to be continued, which news outlets pointed to in the

1:37.4

reporting saying he's considering new attacks. Either way, the American and Chinese leaders both

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