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S7E07: “The Morning Meeting” at 9:00am ET today
“THE MORNING MEETING” DAYBOOK
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 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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Tomorrow on “Next Up,” I’m joined by a couple of gentlemen you may know — Larry O’Connor and Kevin Walling — and we debut a brand-new segment: “Midterm Mania.”
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DAYBOOK, all Eastern Time unless otherwise noted
DONALD TRUMP
JD VANCE
Visits Bangor, Maine and delivers remarks on the Administration’s efforts to combat fraud.
CABINET
6:00am: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appears on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel and executive directors from both the Major County Sheriffs of America and the National Sheriffs’ Association meet with eight Republican attorneys general.
CONGRESS
10:00am: The Senate Appropriations Transportation-HUD subcommittee holds a budget hearing with HUD Secretary Scott Turner.
10:00am: Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Hung Cao, Naval Operations Chief Adm. Daryl Caudle, and U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith testify before the House Armed Services Committee on the president’s 2027 budget request.
10:00am: The commanders of U.S. Central Command and U.S. Africa Command, Adm. Brad Cooper and Gen. Dagvin Anderson, testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the readiness of their respective forces as lawmakers consider the 2027 military budget.
10:30am: Senate Banking considers a landmark crypto market structure bill.
11:00am: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries holds a caucus-wide meeting.
12:00pm: The Senate votes to advance a resolution to withhold senators’ pay during a government shutdown.
3:00pm: Emil Michael, the Pentagon’s technology chief, testifies before the House Armed Services subcommittee.
4:00pm: The House votes on legislation including an Iran war powers resolution.
INTERNATIONAL
11:00am: The Trump administration and the U.N. unveil the next major U.S. contribution to global humanitarian aid via the U.N.’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
India hosts a meeting of BRICS foreign ministers.
ECONOMY
8:30am: Initial Jobless Claims, U.S. Retail Sales, and Import Price Index reports are due out.
“The Morning Meeting” topics:
* The summit.
* Iran.
* Ukraine-Russia.
* Redistricting.
* The bullishness of Rove and Olsen.
* Vance and Rubio.
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