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Friday May 15, 2026
TODAY - PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP PARTICIPATES IN A BILATERAL LUNCH WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
TODAY - PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP DEPARTS BEIJING, CHINA, EN ROUTE THE WHITE HOUSE
TODAY - PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP ARRIVES AT THE WHITE HOUSE
TODAY - 45TH ANNUAL NATIONAL PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL SERVICE WITH KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE
TODAY - 50 DAYS OF PRAYER FOR OUR NATION BEGINS
TODAY - RSBN COVERING THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE
SUNDAY - REDEDICATE 250: A NATIONAL JUBILEE OF PRAYER, PRAISE & THANKSGIVING
The House Stands Adjourned Until May 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM EDT
The Senate Stands Adjourned Until May 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT
Secretary Marco Rubio joins President Trump on travel to China from May 12-15, 2026.
Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Michael J. Rigas attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State
Under Secretary for Political Affairs Allison M. Hooker has no public appointments.
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg is on travel to Costa Rica, Guyana, and Panama from May 12-16, 2026.
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Thomas G. Dinanno is on travel to Poland, Romania, and Estonia from May 11-15, 2026.
Senior Official for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs and Religious Freedom Jeremy P. Lewin is on travel to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York on May 14, 2026.
Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Caleb Orr is on travel to El Salvador and Honduras from May 11-15, 2026.
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Daily Weather Map
National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Weather Prediction Center
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/
National Forecast Charts
National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Weather Prediction Center
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/national_forecast/natfcst.php?Day=1
Tropical Weather Outlook
The National Hurricane Center (NHC)
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php
NOAA Tide Predictions - Washington DC
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.html?gid=1396
...There is an Enhanced Risk of Severe Thunderstorms Over Much of Iowa... - NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html
0HOUR1 @0hour1 - Police have begun to arrest streamers who engage in public nuisance activities.
https://x.com/0hour1/status/2054939313364664403
1776 Live @250YearsAgoLive - British noblewoman Lady Sarah Lennox divorces her husband, Sir Charles Bunbury.
https://x.com/250YearsAgoLive/status/2054925463131238704
1926 Live @100YearsAgoLive - U.S. President Franklin Pierce was personal friends with Nathanial Hawthorne, famed author of The Scarlet Letter and other works.
After Pierce’s wife died, he went to stay with Hawthorne in a hotel, and while they were sleeping in a bed together, Hawthorne died.
Quote:
Ramin Nasibov @RaminNasibov
What historical fact sounds fake but is true?
https://x.com/100YearsAgoLive/status/2055127238903791925
1976 Live @50YearsAgoLive - Alright, let’s do a recent one:
JFK’s brain went missing after the assassination and nobody knows where it is, even today. He was buried without it.
Quote:
Ramin Nasibov @RaminNasibov
What historical fact sounds fake but is true?
https://x.com/50YearsAgoLive/status/2055130431289204985
2001 Live @25YearsAgoLive - Three years ago today already, I can’t believe it, I haven’t yet filled the void in my sitcom appetite
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2001 Live @25YearsAgoLive
May 15, 2023
76.3 million Americans tune in to watch the finale of ‘Seinfeld’ on NBC, shattering ratings records. 30-second commercials are priced at $2 million and the program is broadcast live in Times Square.
https://x.com/25YearsAgoLive/status/2055133446112948633
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