The DayThe Day: Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Putin visits Xi in Beijing days after Trump's summit. A wildfire forces 43,700 from Simi Valley. Trump backs Ken Paxton to unseat a sitting senator in Texas.
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The DayThe Day: Friday, May 15, 2026
Trump and Xi close a summit with a framework but few signatures. Russia launches the war's largest drone barrage. Snack bags in Japan lose their color.
The DayThe Day: Thursday, May 14, 2026
Xi quotes Thucydides in the Great Hall of the People. A classified report measures what China has gained from the Iran war. South Carolina empties a murder verdict. The Senate opens a 309-page cryptocurrency bill.
The DayThe Day: Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Trump lands in Beijing for his first China visit since 2017. Inflation hits 3.8 percent. The Senate clears the next Fed chair. The FDA commissioner resigns over flavored vapes.
The DayThe Day: Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Two U.S. Navy destroyers transit the Strait of Hormuz under Iranian fire. Neither is struck.
The DayThe Day: Friday, April 24, 2026
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The DayThe Day: April 21, 2026
The blockade is eight days old. China has entered the conversation. And in the Coral Sea, scientists found more than a hundred species nobody knew existed.
The DayThe Day: April 6, 2026
Four astronauts aboard Artemis II are approaching the moon on day five of their mission, the first humans to travel this far from Earth since Gene Cernan left the lunar surface in December 1972.