Tuesday Afternoon Breaking News Updates with Ben - 5/12/26

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🗓️ 12 May 2026

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0:00.0	You're watching Ben on breaking news. I'm Ben Myceles and this is your breaking news. Before we went
0:07.1	live, we learned that the Pentagon is considering a new mission, a new invasion of Iran. They're
0:14.5	calling it Operation Sledgehammer. They believe that the ceasefire is likely going to collapse.
0:20.8	I don't even think the ceasefire is even real right now.
0:24.0	And when the war resumes, which I believe is likely going to take place as soon as Donald
0:28.2	Trump's trip to China, which is sure to be an absolute disaster.
0:32.6	When that is done, then there will be Operation Sledgehammer.
0:40.3	And then this will be yet another catastrophic invasion of Iran. NBC reports that the U.S. military presence in the region is also now
0:47.6	larger than even at the start of the war with an additional carrier strike group and rearmed assets. Now, this news of Operation Sledgehammer
0:58.1	comes at a time where we got perhaps one of the most disastrous economic reports in recent
1:05.3	history. We learned earlier today, inflation surging year over year to 3.8 percent. Its highest level since
1:14.8	May of 2023, Donald Trump promised that he was going to bring inflation down, that he was
1:20.7	going to bring energy prices down. Under former President Biden, Flynn was coming very close to
1:27.0	hit that 2% Fed target. Yes, inflation was high
1:30.8	during the first half of former President Biden's term as he was dealing with the catastrophic
1:35.5	mess that the arsonist, Donald Trump, left him when Donald Trump left the country
1:40.6	incomplete and utter shambles. But the American people forgot about that.
1:44.4	They forgot about how Donald Trump said, like a miracle, COVID's going to go away. It's never
1:48.3	going to hit our shores. But former President Biden handed Donald Trump an economy.
1:53.6	That was the envy of the world. And like Donald Trump's past failed businesses, what did Donald
1:59.3	Trump do? He wrecked it. And now we got this inflation
2:02.8	report 3.8%. But when you dig in on this report also, the data is worse than that because
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