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The 7

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🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Friday, May 15. The seven stories you need to know today.

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0:00.0	President Trump is headed home from China.
0:04.9	A California billionaire is paying influencers to boost his campaign.
0:09.7	And we found the best advice for new grads.
0:13.5	That's some of what we'll get to on The Seven from the Washington Post.
0:17.4	I'm Hannah Jewell.
0:18.6	It's Friday, May 15th.
0:20.6	Let's get you caught up with today's seven
0:22.4	stories. Number one. President Donald Trump left Beijing today after concluding a summit with
0:31.0	Chinese President Xi Jinping. He's leaving without announcing firm commitments or developments on Iran or several other issues.
0:39.6	But he said that he and she both want the Iran war to end.
0:43.9	We did discuss Arenda.
0:46.0	We feel very similar in Iran.
0:48.4	We want that to end.
0:50.3	We don't want them to have a nuclear weapon.
0:52.9	We want the straits open. We're closing it now.
0:56.4	They closed it. Then we closed it on top of them. But we want the streets open. And we want them to get it ended because it's a crazy thing. They're a little bit crazy. And that's no good. Can't have it.
1:10.6	The carefully choreographed
1:12.2	pageantry and gestures of friendship
1:14.5	during Trump's trip
1:15.7	produced an image of two superpowers
1:18.1	on similar footing.
1:20.1	Analysts say that's exactly
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