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EPISODE · May 12, 2026 · 19 MIN

CBS Evening News, 05/12/26

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 The cost of living here in the US is rising faster than pay for the first time in years.  As President Trump is in the air to China for a high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping, a California mayor is pleading guilty to acting as an illegal, foreign agent for the Chinese government. And, the gunman who opened fire on cars outside of Boston yesterday had just been released from a psychiatric hospital just days earlier. What he told his parole officer moments before the shooting.

The cost of living here in the US is rising faster than pay for the first time in years.  As President Trump is in the air to China for a high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping, a California mayor is pleading guilty to acting as an illegal, foreign agent for the Chinese government. And, the gunman who opened fire on cars outside of Boston yesterday had just been released from a psychiatric hospital just days earlier. What he told his parole officer moments before the shooting.

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