Trump's China Summit, Makary's FDA Exit, and a Supreme Court Mifepristone Order

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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As Donald Trump leaves Beijing after meeting Xi Jinping, how much did this diplomacy accomplish? Plus, does Dr. Marty Makary's resignation at the FDA signal an agency turn? And the High Court halts an appellate ruling against mail-order mifepristone, the abortion pill, with no liberal dissents about the "shadow docket." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.5	Donald Trump leaves Beijing after his summit with Xi Jinping. What did the two leaders discuss and is the president bringing
0:45.6	home any wins for U.S. interests? Plus, FDA administrator Marty McCarrie resigns after reports
0:52.6	that he was about to get canned, and the Supreme Court
0:55.5	halts a ruling by appellate judges that had tightened dispensing rules for the abortion
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1:06.3	by my colleagues on the WSJ's opinion pages, editorial board member Kate O'Dell and columnist Alicia
1:13.5	Finley. President Trump departed Beijing on Friday after a two-day summit with Xi Jinping, and Kate,
1:21.5	going into this diplomatic meeting, it seemed that the issues were going to be three teas,
1:26.3	tariffs, technology, and Taiwan. President Trump
1:29.9	himself suggested that trade was going to be top of mind for him, and the delegation
1:35.3	brought by the administration included top tech leaders, including Elon Musk and NVIDIA's
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