High-Stakes China Visit, 'Slinging Margaritas' Drama & Speediest Deliveries - Wednesday, May 13, 2026
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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The news to know for Wednesday, May 13, 2026!
We're previewing the high-stakes summit between President Trump and his Chinese counterpart — set to cover everything from the Iran war to tariffs to A.I.
Also, why the nation's top drug regulator is stepping down.
And how the FBI's leader and a Democratic senator got into a personal clash over each other's drinking habits.
Plus, remembering a trailblazer in the NBA, breaking down higher costs from the latest inflation report, and watching an actor follow in the footsteps of his famous character.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, May 13th. We're previewing the high-stakes summit between President Trump |
| 0:04.9 | and his Chinese counterpart set to cover everything from the Iran War to tariffs to AI. |
| 0:10.1 | Also why the nation's top drug regulator is stepping down. And how the FBI's leader and a Democratic |
| 0:15.3 | senator got into a personal clash over each other's drinking habits. Plus remembering a trailblazer in the NBA, breaking down higher costs from the latest |
| 0:24.4 | inflation report, and watching an actor follow in the footsteps of his famous character. |
| 0:29.6 | Those stories and even more news coming up. |
| 0:33.6 | Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in less than 15 minutes. |
| 0:37.9 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:38.9 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:40.5 | Let's do this. |
| 0:44.4 | President Trump is preparing for a highly anticipated summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. |
| 0:49.5 | The trip marks the first visit by an American president to China in nearly a decade. |
| 0:53.5 | And it comes as the leaders of |
| 0:55.0 | the world's two largest economies disagree on a host of issues. President Trump says his priority in |
| 1:00.2 | China is to talk about trade, specifically a trade truce that was reached last year that could get |
| 1:05.0 | extended, as well as China being able to buy high-tech chips from the U.S. that are now restricted. |
| 1:10.5 | And the U.S. accessing China's restricted, and the U.S. accessing |
| 1:11.6 | China's rare earths critical for electronics, defense systems, and more. Trump is also expected |
| 1:16.6 | to bring up concerns about advanced AI models being developed in China and potentially nuclear |
| 1:21.8 | weapons. Separately, Trump says he's going to have a long talk with Xi about Iran, whereas China |
| 1:27.3 | says one of |
| 1:27.8 | Xi's top priorities is to talk about Taiwan. Ahead of the summit, President Trump wrote on |
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