NPR News: 05-15-2026 1PM EDT

President Trump is returning from a state visit to China that Chinese leader Xi Jinping called “historic and landmark,” while the FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for a former Air Force counterintelligence specialist who allegedly defected to Iran. At the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell’s last day as chair marks the end of an era, and researchers in Thailand announced the discovery of the largest dinosaur ever found in Southeast Asia.

Trump’s China Visit: Strategic Stability, No Deals Yet

Trump’s trip to China was the first by an American president in nearly nine years. Xi Jinping framed the visit as setting a vision for “a constructive relationship of strategic stability,” a phrase that, according to Wu Xinbo, a leading American studies scholar at Shanghai’s Fudan University, refers back to Trump’s own narrative of great power competition from his first term. Wu said both sides “want to have a stable, predictable and more cooperative relationship.” However, China has not confirmed any specific deals made during the visit. Wu explained that Beijing sees leader-level meetings as a way to set parameters for further discussions, meaning concrete agreements are likely to emerge from subsequent working-level talks rather than from the summit itself.

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