Category: News


Trump’s bizarre behavior, solar revolution, life on the go: Catch up on the day’s stories


Outlandish social posts, meandering speeches, dozing off: President Donald Trump’s odd behavior often gets a pass, but CNN’s Aaron Blake says that’s starting to change.  Taiwan anxiously eyes Trump’s summit in China. Solar revolution Cuba is struggling with nationwide blackouts as the US oil blockade strangles fuel supplies. The crisis could be accelerating a China-backed clean energy effort that’s been quietly unfolding on the Caribbean island.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/13/us/5-things-pm-may-13-trnd

Trump’s Shrinking Ambitions on China


When President Trump campaigned in 2024, he promised a trade agenda that would hit China harder than any other economic partner, expanding on actions he had taken in his first term.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/us/politics/trumps-shrinking-ambitions-on-china.html


Overshadowing the Final Four was Trump’s threat to hamstring college athletes


Because he’s apparently not fully occupied with the war he started that’s shaken up the world, President Donald Trump signed an executive order concerning college sports Friday that reveals yet another megalomaniacal fantasy.

https://www.ms.now/opinion/michigan-win-ncaa-trump-executive-order


6 people found dead inside a boxcar in Texas, officials say


Six people were found dead inside a cargo train boxcar in a Texas city along the southern border on Sunday, officials said. The bodies were found in a Union Pacific train at a rail yard in Laredo, around 160 miles south of San Antonio, just after 3:30 p.m. local time, said Jose Espinoza, a public information officer with the Laredo Police Department.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/10/us/union-pacific-train-texas-deaths