Trump Administration Sees Threat in Growing Foreign Spy Bases in Cuba

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🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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P.M. Edition for May 22. The Journal is exclusively reporting that Russia and China have been building out their operations to spy on the U.S. from Cuba. National security reporter Alex Ward discusses what this means for the U.S. as it escalates its pressure campaign on Havana. Plus, Kevin Warsh was sworn in as Federal Reserve chair at the White House today. We tell you what President Trump had to say about the central bank’s independence, and what the Fed should prioritize under Warsh’s leadership. And Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard becomes the latest Trump administration official to leave her post. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.9	chair of the Federal Reserve. Plus, U.S. Intel warns that Russia and China are using Cuba to increase their spying on the U.S.
0:43.3	There's no question that the cooperation between the Cubans and Chinese and Russians
0:48.3	would be part of the explanation to the American people for why they continue to be tough on Cuba.
0:53.3	And Tulsi Gabbard becomes the latest Trump administration official to leave her post.
0:58.2	It's Friday, May 22nd.
1:00.1	I'm Alex Osloaf for the Wall Street Journal.
1:02.5	This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.
1:16.8	Thank you. stories that move the world today. Kevin Warsh was sworn in today as the new chair of the Federal Reserve.
1:21.0	The ceremony was at the White House, making Warsh the first Fed chair to take the oath there
1:25.2	in decades. The last one was Alan Greenspan in
1:28.1	1987. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administered the oath.
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