Good morning, everyone. I'm Emily Jashinsky, host of After Party and the Megan Kelly

Wrapup show on SiriusXM Channel 111. It's Friday, May 22nd, 2026, and this is your AM update.

The DNC releases its long-awaited autopsy of the 2024 election, pointing to major Democratic messaging failures,

while dodging some of the campaign's biggest questions.

I think it gets in the way of, you know, we're leading China, we're leading everybody,

and I don't want to do anything that's going to get in the way of that lead.

A planned White House AI signing ceremony abruptly called off after President Trump says he

feared the proposal could slow America's lead over China.

No wonder Republican senators are running scared, especially after that Trump endorsement

of Paxton. Texas is absolutely in place.

A last-minute Trump endorsement shakes up the Senate race in Texas. as Republicans fear Ken Paxton could put a once-safe seat in danger.

And a U.S.-bound flight diverted before reaching Detroit, after officials say a passenger from Ebola-impacted Congo should never have been allowed to board.

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