Wednesday, May 14, 2025

The 7

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🗓️ 14 May 2025

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Wednesday briefing: Trump visits Qatar; ‘forever chemicals’; Menendez brothers; Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial; Cannes fashion; and more

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0:00.0	President Donald Trump is headed for Cutter.
0:05.0	The Menendez brothers are on the verge of freedom.
0:08.0	And a dress code update sent celebrities scrambling at the Cannes Film Festival.
0:13.0	That's some of what we'll get to on The Seven from the Washington Post.
0:17.0	I'm Renni Svarnovsky in for Hannah Jewell. It's Wednesday, May 14th. Let's get you caught up with today's
0:23.6	seven stories. Number one. President Trump's tour of the Middle East is continuing today.
0:33.8	Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia yesterday for the first extended foreign trip of his second term.
0:39.5	It kicked off a four-day tour of three Middle Eastern countries, and he's already made some big news in the region.
0:46.3	In a speech yesterday, Trump announced plans to lift sanctions against the Syrian government.
0:51.6	The Syrian sanctions date to the long, brutal reign of President Bashar
0:55.6	al-Assad, who was ousted in December. Today, Trump is set to depart for Qatar for the second
1:01.7	leg of his trip. Qatar has been in the news all week. The nation has offered to gift a luxury
1:07.9	jet to the U.S. government for temporary use.
1:11.4	Yesterday, Trump defended the proposal in a Fox News interview.
1:15.7	Now, some people say, oh, you shouldn't accept gifts for the country.
1:20.4	My attitude is, why wouldn't I accept the gift?
1:23.4	We're giving to everybody else.
1:24.7	Why wouldn't I accept the gift?
1:26.2	Because it's going to be a couple of years, I think, before the Boeing's are finished. The potential gift has alarmed current and
1:32.5	former U.S. military, defense, and secret service officials. They told the post that Trump will likely have
1:38.5	to waive existing security specifications to be able to use the plane.
1:52.5	The White House eased tariffs on China after warnings of harm to quote Trump's people.
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