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It's Wednesday, May 13th. Consider the stakes inflated. We start here.

President Trump lands in China as prices surge back at home.

They want Beijing to use their leverage with Tehran to convince Iran to reopen the

Strait of Hormuz.

How global inflation and a war in Iran could define a crucial summit.

Meanwhile, has China been funneling its propaganda through an American mayor?

They say she was doing this for years, leading up to her getting elected to first city council

and then eventually becoming the mayor.

Stunning charges lead to a resignation in California. And Cass Patel faces an interrogation of his own.

There have been no occasions when your security detail had difficulty waking or locating you.

Is that right?

Nope, it's a total force. I don't even know where you get this stuff.

A Senate hearing with the FBI director gets personal.

From ABC News, this is Start Here.

I'm Brad Milkey.

You'd probably remember how in early 2021, well after the COVID-19 pandemic, had taken hold, prices started to rise.

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