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S7E02: “The Morning Meeting” at 9:00am ET today
“THE MORNING MEETING” DAYBOOK
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2026
By Michael Dailey and Mark Halperin
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TODAY
* “The Morning Meeting” with Kevin Walling, Larry O’Connor, and me is LIVE at 9am ET.
* “The Morning Meeting” airs at 10am ET on SiriusXM’s Megyn Kelly Channel (ch. 111).
* A new episode of “Next Up” drops later today.
* “The Group Chat” is LIVE at 4pm ET.
* Join me LIVE at 5pm ET on “2WAY Tonight.”
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“NEXT UP”
For today’s episode of “Next Up”:
Leland Vittert — NewsNation chief Washington anchor and host of “On Balance with Leland Vittert”
Plus Tricia McLaughlin, former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security.
And my reported monologue on Vance versus Rubio.
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DAYBOOK, all Eastern Time unless otherwise noted
DONALD TRUMP
JD VANCE
No known events at the time of this writing.
CABINET
9:30am: Energy Secretary Chris Wright and current and former lawmakers join tech industry leaders at the Special Competitive Studies Project AI+ Expo in Washington, D.C.
CONGRESS
Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits the Vatican.
8:00am: House Speaker Mike Johnson and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner participate in the National Day of Prayer event in Washington, DC.
WILES
6:30pm: White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles receives the Barbara K. Olson Woman of Valor Award from Independent Women.
COURTS
9:30am: Oral arguments begin in Kelly v. Hegseth in the D.C. Circuit, testing whether the Pentagon can punish retired officers like Sen. Mark Kelly for protected political speech critical of the Trump administration.
1:00pm: Southern Poverty Law Center is arraigned in Alabama.
ECONOMY
8:30am: Initial Jobless Claims and U.S. Productivity reports are due out.
“The Morning Meeting” topics:
* Iran.
* Ukraine.
* LA mayoral.
* Collins and Platner.
* Trump and AI.
* JD versus Marco.
* Epstein.
* Jack Smith.
* (Siebel) Newsom ’28.
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