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PREVIEW: Inflation spikes, Trump doesn’t care, but RFK wants more sperm

Morning newscast for May 12, 2026

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Donald Trump’s economy is falling apart. Inflation just hit its highest level in three years. Gas prices are surging, wages are falling, and the White House is openly admitting that Trump’s just not in a rush to get these things under control and to help Americans. This does not sound like a winning midterm strategy.

Meanwhile, what the White House is doing is praising authoritarian leaders like in Belarus and China, talking about making Venezuela the 51st state, and stumbling through bizarre speeches, one during which Trump fell asleep, another during which Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defiantly demanded more sperm. If you can believe it. What a day!

And in addition to that, a majority of Americans are now not sure that the assassination attempts in Butler and Washington, D.C. against Donald Trump are real. A majority believe it’s possible that they were staged.

Finally, we have AOC calling out the dangerous alliance between some on the left and outrageous right-wing extremists. She’s right, but they’re going after her.

All of that and more today.


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