'Project Freedom' Paused, Late-Spring Snowstorm & Rolling Stones' New Era - Wednesday, May 06, 2026
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, May 06, 2026!
We'll tell you about progress from America's short-lived "Project Freedom" in the Strait of Hormuz and why it's now on hold.
Also, why Republicans now want to put a billion public dollars into the White House ballroom project that President Trump promised wouldn't cost taxpayers a dime.
And what the latest election results say about Trump's current sway over the G.O.P.
Plus, what could become the biggest snowstorm of the year for Colorado, new concern over infant formula that's now being recalled, and how a rock band is still creating, experimenting, and releasing new music 64 years into their career.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday at May 6th, and we'll tell you about progress from America's short-lived |
| 0:04.1 | Project Freedom in the Strait of Hormuz, and why it's now on hold. Also, why Republicans now want to put |
| 0:09.3 | a billion public dollars into the White House Ballroom Project, the President Trump promised |
| 0:13.4 | would not cost taxpayers a dime, and what the latest election results say about Trump's current sway |
| 0:18.1 | over the GOP. Plus, what could become the biggest snowstorm of |
| 0:21.6 | the year for Colorado? New concern over infant formula that's now being recalled. And how a rock band |
| 0:27.4 | is still creating, experimenting and releasing new music 64 years into their career. Those stories and |
| 0:33.3 | even more news coming up. Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in less than 15 minutes. |
| 0:40.9 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:41.9 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:43.5 | Let's do this. |
| 0:47.2 | It's been less than two days of the U.S. escorting commercial ships through the |
| 0:51.4 | Strait of Hormuz, and reports say, even with the American help, |
| 0:54.8 | only a handful of ships have managed to make it through, whereas about 1,600 ships and 20,000 |
| 1:00.0 | seafarers are still stranded, with thousands of crews on board running out of food and water. |
| 1:05.4 | Well, now President Trump says the operation is being put on hold. The announcement came as a |
| 1:10.1 | surprise. Considering just hours earlier, |
| 1:12.1 | Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. had ended combat missions in Iran and was fully |
| 1:17.1 | focused on the escort mission in the strait. So what changed? Well, President Trump cited |
| 1:22.0 | great progress toward a long-term agreement with Iran to end the war for good. But the Iranians still |
| 1:26.9 | say they refused to back down under pressure. And when talking about the Strait of Hormuz, they said they hadn't even begun to respond yet, warning the situation with the U.S. could get much worse. Either way, the blockade that's keeping ships from going in or out of Iranian ports is staying in effect. And yesterday, the United Arab Emirates said it had come under attack by |
| 1:44.6 | Iranian missiles and drones for a second day in a row. Still, even with Iran launching attacks, |
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