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The Breakfast Club

The Oval Office, the Cruise Ship, and the $50 Million Check

The Breakfast Club

The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

Comedy

4.414.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Mimi Brown breaks down the day's biggest stories — and what they mean for you. What the President said Tuesday about the financial pain Americans are feeling. A virus spreading from a cruise ship — with no mandatory quarantine. A $50 million check from Google to its Black employees. And the bill nobody's covering that could change everything for HBCUs.


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0:00.0

President Trump says the financial pain Americans are feeling won't push him into a deal with Iran.

0:06.0

Not even a little bit.

0:07.0

And a deadly HantaVirus outbreak tied to a cruise ship is now spreading to several states,

0:12.0

but officials are saying about a mandatory quarantine.

0:15.0

What we do recommend is the active monitoring and follow-up of all of the passengers and crew who disembark.

0:21.5

And Google is paying millions to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit.

0:26.0

Google settled the lawsuit for $50 million.

0:29.3

It's Wednesday, May 13.

0:32.0

From the Black Effect Podcast Network, I'm Mimi Brown.

0:35.4

This is front page.

0:37.1

And here are today's biggest stories.

0:40.0

Plus, today on the underplayed, the bipartisan bill in Congress that could change the funding

0:44.8

picture for HBCUs. Stay with me. If you're feeling financially squeezed right now,

0:53.4

trust me, you're not alone.

0:55.0

Gas prices are climbing.

0:56.4

Inflation is back up.

0:57.9

And according to new polling, most Americans say the war with Iran is now hurting them financially.

1:03.1

So when President Trump was asked Tuesday at the White House, how much that financial pain is motivating him to reach a deal with Iran, his answers raise a lot of eyebrows.

1:12.4

Not even a little bit. The only thing that matters when I'm talking about Iran, they can't have a

1:17.6

nuclear weapon. I don't think about American's financial situation. I don't think about anybody.

1:22.6

That comment comes as the national average for gas sits at $4.50 a gallon, up sharply since the war with

1:29.0

Iran began earlier this year. Inflation also rose up in April, its fastest pace in nearly

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