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5 things to know for May 13: Price of war, drug cartels, hantavirus worries, Trump-Xi meeting, ICE rebrand

Krdo · · 652 words · By CNN Newssource
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14 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“President Donald Trump is not giving up on his idea to add a 51st state.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Donald Trump has repeatedly raised the idea of annexing Canada to make it the 51st state.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump has been the target of numerous assassination attempts and death threats during his presidential campaigning and his presidencies of the United States of America. The earliest known attem…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_incidents_involving_D…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Trump family is a prominent wealthy American family. The most well-known member is Donald Trump, the 45th and current 47th president of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present), which makes the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_family
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“First, he floated annexing Canada.”
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Web search results explicitly state that Trump has floated the idea of annexing Canada.
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web search NEUTRAL — Does Trump Still Plan to Annex Canada and Make It the 51st State? Here's What to Know.U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney are pictured during the G7 Leaders' Summit on …
https://time.com/7297490/trump-plan-to-annex-canada-51st-sta…
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump has repeatedly raised the specter of annexing Canada since his inauguration to a second term as president. The president’s rhetoric about making Canada “the 51st state” may seem to projec…
https://theconversation.com/americas-designs-on-annexing-can…
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's repeated talk of annexing Canada is almost universally treated as a joke in Washington. Or, maybe, as a negotiating ploy. If it's neither, the U.S. president would face a Himalayan clim…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-canada-annexation-reacti…
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“The Iran war has cost the US $29 billion so far”
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Two independent news sources (Nypost and Al Jazeera) confirm the estimated price tag for the war in Iran has reached $29 billion.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting mili…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between Iran and the United States in modern-day are unsettled and have a troubled history. They began in the mid-to-late 19th century, when Iran was known to the Western world as Qajar Pers…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_States_relations
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“the $25 billion figure the Pentagon provided to Congress just two weeks ago”
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Multiple sources, including Politico and other web results, confirm the Pentagon provided a $25 billion figure to Congress/lawmakers.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting mili…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elbridge Andrew Colby (born December 30, 1979) is an American national security policy professional who is the under secretary of defense for policy since April 9, 2025. He previously served as deputy…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbridge_Colby
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the no…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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“The CIA is escalating a secret war on drug cartels with deadly operations inside Mexico”
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Multiple web search reports indicate the CIA has escalated secret operations and lethal targeting against drug cartels in Mexico.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mexican anti-drug trafficking operation in Jalisco.When the Mexican military intervened in 2006, the government's main objective was to reduce drug-related violence. The government has asserted that i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Jalisco_operation
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web search NEUTRAL — The CIA’s ground presence and operations in Mexico then escalated late last year, after Trump formally updated and expanded the agency’s authorities to conduct lethal targeting and carry out covert ac…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/12/politics/cia-drug-cartels-dea…
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web search NEUTRAL — The CIA has escalated secret operations inside Mexico, directly participating in deadly targeted strikes against cartel members as part of an expanded counter-cartel campaign, according to a report Tu…
https://xn--anadoluajans-d5b.gov.tr/en/americas/cia-conducti…
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“President Trump will begin a multi-day state visit to China today”
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Wikipedia and official Chinese Foreign Ministry reports confirm a state visit to China scheduled for May 13-15, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There has been significant academic and political debate about whether Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, can be considered a fascist according to consensus definitions of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_fascism
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 12 to 15 May 2026, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, is scheduled to make a state visit to China. This visit would be Trump's second state visit to China, and the first to occur d…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_state_visit_by_Donald_Tru…
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“President Trump thinks Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, needs a rebrand — starting with a new name: National Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or NICE.”
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Multiple sources, including IBTimes UK and Hindustan Times, report Trump's proposal to rename ICE to NICE.
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web search NEUTRAL — President Trump backs renaming ICE to National Immigration and Customs Enforcement (NICE). Learn about the 2026 branding shift and its impact on immigration.
https://www.visaverge.com/news/donald-trump-backs-renaming-i…
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web search NEUTRAL — Immigration and Customs Enforcement is facing increasing scrutiny due to a critical internal report regarding abuses in detention facilities, protests concerning arrests at courthouses, and claims of …
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/trump-to-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump publicly endorsed renaming Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to National Immigration and Customs Enforcement, yielding the acronym NICE, in a late Sunday Truth Social po…
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-renames-ice-nice-1793888
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“Two English siblings are battling for a major title this week [PGA Championship].”
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CNN and other web results confirm that English siblings (the Fitzpatricks) are competing in the PGA Championship.
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web search NEUTRAL — Alex Fitzpatrick earns the outright 54-hole lead at the Truist Championship, one shot ahead of fellow PGA TOUR rookie Kristoffer Reitan and two ahead of World No. 3 Cameron Young.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, open to golfers age 50 and over, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGA_Tour_Champions
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web search NEUTRAL — With the PGA Championship taking place just a few miles outside of the City of Brotherly Love this week, it’s certainly appropriate that two English siblings find themselves in contention for a major …
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/12/sport/fitzpatrick-brother…
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“Catherine, Princess of Wales, visits Italy today”
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The New York Times and other web sources confirm Catherine, Princess of Wales, was expected to visit Italy on Wednesday (May 13).
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web search NEUTRAL — Catherine, Princess of Wales (born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton,[a] 9 January 1982), is a member of the British royal family.She became Princess of Wales on 9 September 2022, when William was created…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine,_Princess_of_Wales
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web search NEUTRAL — Catherine, Princess of Wales, is expected to arrive in Italy on Wednesday for her first official overseas engagement since her battle with cancer was revealed in 2024.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/world/europe/catherine-it…
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web search NEUTRAL — Catherine isn’t Italy’s princess. The pride comes from the way the Princess of Wales is expected to shine her formidable spotlight on Wednesday upon one of the city’s crown jewels – a revolutionary, a…
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/13/europe/catherine-princess…
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“It marks her first overseas royal trip since her cancer treatment.”
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Both the New York Times and Krdo report that this visit to Italy is her first official overseas engagement since her cancer treatment was revealed.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Catherine, Princess of Wales, visits Italy in first overseas royal trip since cancer treatment
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“New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has ditched a nearly 10% property tax hike in his budget proposal.”
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“Three works from [Agnes Gund's] collection could soon fetch nearly $150 million at auction.”
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“Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player... has died at age 47 after battling an aggressive form of a brain tumor”
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“tributes are pouring in for Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke after his team and agency announced his sudden passing. He was 29.”
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