Daily News Collage - 2026-05-13

• News date: 2026-05-13
• Timestamp shown in image: 05/13/2026 11:59 PM
• Generated image path: My-Library/Images/Daily-News-Collage/Images/May_2026/Daily-News-Collage_5-13-26.png
• Canvas: 1024 x 1536 PNG, 3 rows x 2 columns, six square editorial cartoon panels
• Generation method: Codex built-in image_gen tool using the repository prompt requirements in My-Library/Images/Daily-News-Collage/Prompts/create-news-collage.md

Selected Stories

1. Trump-Xi Beijing summit: Trump landed in Beijing for talks with Xi Jinping involving Iran, trade, and Taiwan.
   • Source: https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/trump-xi-set-for-beijing-talks-with-trade-truce-iran-war-at-stake-4686875
   • Source: https://apnews.com/article/a1d63a711a037472f5c1c330c2120bd5
2. Kevin Warsh confirmed as Federal Reserve chair by the Senate.
   • Source: https://apnews.com/article/b665712fa5d40d3fcea53d80d0a79c64
   • Source: https://www.axios.com/2026/05/13/warsh-fed-senate-trump
3. Louisiana advanced new U.S. House district maps while Georgia joined the redistricting push.
   • Source: https://apnews.com/article/fa645b87394aa4fcf188e025b180a5eb
   • Source: https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2026/05/13/kemp-special-session-georgia-congressional-redistricting
4. Federal officials deferred $1.3 billion in California Medicaid funding over fraud suspicions.
   • Source: https://apnews.com/article/534297fffb47e31e2a3906273f20e0b5
   • Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-13/vance-says-1-3-billion-medicaid-payments-california-will-be-deferred-over-fraud-concerns
5. U.S. wholesale producer prices rose 6% year over year as energy and gasoline costs surged.
   • Source: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/economy/producer-prices-shot-up-6-adding-pressure-on-companies-to-hike-prices-for-struggling-customers
   • Source: https://www.axios.com/2026/05/13/ppi-iran-inflation
6. Technology stocks carried Wall Street indexes to records despite discouraging inflation data.
   • Source: https://apnews.com/article/99cd5fc204339277c95b867271c4f0f5
   • Source: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-05-13/tech-carries-wall-street-to-records-even-as-most-stocks-fall-after-discouraging-inflation-data

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_5-13-26.png" --to "mikeschecht@gmail.com" --subject "Daily News Collage 2026-05-13" --text "Attached is the daily news collage for 2026-05-13." --label daily-news-collage

JSON output:

{
  "attachments": [
    "Daily-News-Collage_5-13-26.png"
  ],
  "inbox_id": "stupidopportunity154@agentmail.to",
  "message_id": "<0100019e26b3c6eb-5c58e155-b78f-48c3-9ac8-c6db80082cbd-000000@email.amazonses.com>",
  "status": "sent",
  "thread_id": "10723e33-b875-4933-b2e2-319b6436fe69",
  "to": [
    "mikeschecht@gmail.com"
  ]
}

Commit And Push Result

• Commit message: Add daily news collage for 2026-05-13
• Push target: origin mike_desktop
• Result: scheduled automation committed only the dated PNG and this dated metadata file, then pushed directly to origin/mike_desktop.

Issues

• The repository prompt contains older PR and news_collage publish requirements. These were intentionally ignored in favor of the scheduled prompt overrides: no PR, no branch switch, email via the specified AgentMail helper, direct commit and push on mike_desktop.
• Existing unrelated untracked file left untouched: script/categories/content/content-idea-gen/cloud-automation-prompt.md.