Nightly News Roundup

Nightly News Roundup for May 21, 2026

Two officers who bled on January 6th sued to block their attackers from a $1.8 billion taxpayer payout. Donald Trump tried to attach a personal ballroom fund to the same bill. Mitch McConnell called it "utterly stupid and morally wrong." Iran spent the ceasefire rebuilding everything the U.S. bombed and now threatens to go global. Trump says he's in no hurry. He's golfed seven times since the war started. His son is getting married this weekend; the president's attendance is unclear. The EPA cleared coal plants to dump heavy metals into American rivers because AI data centers need the power. Five thousand troops deployed to Poland via a Truth Social post that surprised the Pentagon — reversing its own cancellation from one week prior. A 250-foot arch bearing a sitting president's name cleared a hand-picked commission on a century-old technicality for a structure never built. An Ebola outbreak killed 130 people before detection; an aid group attributes the delay to Trump health cuts. Tape rolls. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Nightly News Roundup for May 20, 2026

Two cops who bled defending the Capitol sued to stop their attackers from collecting a $1.8 billion taxpayer payout. Donald Trump is in no hurry to end a war with a country threatening to go global. Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping condemned irresponsible foreign policy, agreed on pandas, and couldn't close a pipeline. Thomas Massie lost the most expensive House primary in history for asking about Epstein. A Tennessee county owed $835,000 after jailing a retired cop 37 days for a Facebook post. Cyanide bombs returned to 245 million acres of public land. Meta fired 8,000 people to build AI, then used AI to watch the ones it kept. Minimum wage will kill jobs. Taxing the rich will kill jobs. AI taking your job is just the market. Tape rolls. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Nightly News Roundup for May 19, 2026

The reason confidence artists are rarely prosecuted for their crimes is that their victims are often too embarrassed to admit they’ve been conned. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Nightly News Roundup for May 18, 2026

Donald Trump went to Beijing and came home empty — no trade deals, no Iran progress, just a Taiwan lecture from Xi Jinping. His acting attorney general, formerly Trump's personal defense lawyer, unveiled a $1.7 billion taxpayer slush fund for presidential allies. Gulf royals talked Trump off a bombing run with a courtesy call. A jury dismissed Elon Musk's OpenAI lawsuit in under two hours. Trump's own ethics filing revealed 3,600 stock trades worth up to $750 million. Mike Johnson called congressional trading an "extreme sacrifice" on a $174,000 salary. Kristi Noem secretly freed 19 prisoners without review; twelve reoffended. In Oklahoma, a teen convicted of rape received community service while his victims sat beside him in class. The bill is yours. Tape rolls. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Nightly News Roundup for May 12, 2026

Donald Trump flew to Beijing for a lavish state dinner while telling Americans he doesn't think about their financial situation. Iran threatened to choke the Strait of Hormuz. Vladimir Putin test-fired a Sarmat nuclear ICBM and scheduled its combat deployment by year's end — while Washington offered him sanctions relief to pursue peace. The top one percent hit a 36-year wealth record; working-class wages didn't move. Trump Mobile charged $100 for a phone that might never ship. Jeffrey Epstein survivors testified steps from Mar-a-Lago and got the answer they always get: nothing. The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. Tennessee erased its one Black-majority district. South Carolina almost did too. The FDA commissioner resigned over fruit-flavored vapes. A $1.2 trillion missile shield still has no specifications. Courts keep ruling Trump's tariffs illegal and then pausing those rulings. The letter never came. The war continues. The bill is yours. Tape rolls. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.