Daily News Collage - 2026-05-12

• News date: 2026-05-12
• Timestamp shown in image: 05/12/2026 11:59 PM
• Image path: My-Library/Images/Daily-News-Collage/Images/May_2026/Daily-News-Collage_5-12-26.png
• Generation mode: Codex built-in image_gen tool via imagegen skill; no OpenAI Images API used.
• Generated source cache: C:\Users\mikes\.codex\generated_images\019e2187-bb79-7782-9878-818b33520b79\ig_073c45baabebca99016a047d22b9bc8193b9934cac2d7fb228.png
• Final dimensions verified: 1024 x 1536 PNG
• Layout requested: 3 rows x 2 columns, six equal square editorial cartoon panels, embedded 3-8 word story text, no numbered panels, bottom-right timestamp.

Selected Stories

1. U.S. inflation rose to 3.8% as energy and gasoline costs increased amid the Iran war.

   • Panel text: CPI 3.8%
   • Sources:
     • https://apnews.com/article/3f11b7fdd20ea56d2f0895e5241af7b6
     • https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_05122026.htm

2. President Donald Trump departed for a high-stakes China summit with Xi Jinping, with Iran, trade, Taiwan, and AI among the major issues.

   • Panel text: Trump-Xi Summit
   • Sources:
     • https://apnews.com/article/158574195f3fe49ad48388406916d181
     • https://apnews.com/article/fbc2bb27b6f77146dce1954502f9aeb8

3. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced bipartisan congressional scrutiny over Iran war costs and a historic Pentagon budget request.

   • Panel text: $1.5T Pentagon
   • Sources:
     • https://apnews.com/article/7e9173700a2cf1ea8d5c4b1a85a6bce3
     • https://apnews.com/article/158574195f3fe49ad48388406916d181

4. A hantavirus outbreak tied to the MV Hondius cruise ship grew to 11 reported cases.

   • Panel text: Hantavirus Cruise
   • Sources:
     • https://apnews.com/article/ac42357c5c3ae1694a93f1d43ba38bdb
     • https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600

5. The Supreme Court halted an order requiring Alabama to use a U.S. House map with two largely Black districts, opening the way for a map with one majority-Black district.

   • Panel text: Alabama Map Fight
   • Sources:
     • https://apnews.com/article/ba371351585b79c2965f9efb0332f33d
     • https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-clears-path-alabama-redraw-congressional-map/

6. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified in the trial pitting him against Elon Musk over OpenAI leadership and direction.

   • Panel text: OpenAI Trial
   • Sources:
     • https://apnews.com/article/7648a50c3981dcc464324d1835b77f93
     • https://www.axios.com/2026/05/13/openai-trial-sam-altman-elon-musk-ai-safety

AgentMail Email Result

Command:

python "D:\AI_Agents\Repo\Mikes_Repos\AI-Automation-Library\script\categories\shared\agentmail\send_agentmail_artifact.py" --file "D:\AI_Agents\Repo\Mikes_Repos\AI-Automation-Library\My-Library\Images\Daily-News-Collage\Images\May_2026\Daily-News-Collage_5-12-26.png" --to "mikeschecht@gmail.com" --subject "Daily News Collage 2026-05-12" --text "Attached is the daily news collage for 2026-05-12." --label daily-news-collage

JSON output:

{
  "attachments": [
    "Daily-News-Collage_5-12-26.png"
  ],
  "inbox_id": "stupidopportunity154@agentmail.to",
  "message_id": "<0100019e218d8014-0143c205-02ea-4778-8d86-b74ddaadf648-000000@email.amazonses.com>",
  "status": "sent",
  "thread_id": "c5e6a3e6-5d59-4208-874e-4c9af84a0969",
  "to": [
    "mikeschecht@gmail.com"
  ]
}

Commit And Push Result

• Branch: mike_desktop
• Pull result before work: git pull --ff-only origin mike_desktop returned Already up to date.
• Commit message: Add daily news collage for 2026-05-12
• Commit result: succeeded; only the dated PNG and this dated metadata file were staged.
• Push result: succeeded; pushed directly to origin mike_desktop.

Issues

• None during research, generation, image save, or email delivery.
• The old prompt's news_collage branch and pull request requirements were intentionally ignored because the scheduled automation prompt explicitly overrides them.