Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, May 16, 2026

Episode Date: May 16, 2026

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Bill O'Reilly here, you are listening to the weekend edition of the O'Reilly update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thanks, Bill. Here's what's happening this week in America. Toast to China, Cuba out of oil, the Road Act, and helping change a flat. It's all coming up, and Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. But first, President Trump and the Chinese President Xi Jinping toasted their relations in a very uncomfortable show of love between Xi and Trump. past two days. The President

China greeted our president outside the Great Hall of the People before the two men walked together past Chinese soldiers and rows of perfectly coordinated cheering children as the Star Spangled banner played on Chinese soil and a

21 gun salute across Tiananmen Square. The talks lasted more than two hours. Apparently the talks covered fentanyl securing market access for American companies in China and increasing Chinese investment. in American industries and purchasing U.S. agricultural products. For instance, China granted permission for hundreds of American slaughterhouse is to resume

beef shipments to China. Also, the president said, one thing he agreed to is to order 200 jets. That's a lot. Boeing wanted 150. He got 200. China's state media did not say that the Strait of Hormuz was discussed, but that the Middle East was. Cuba's energy minister said the country's diesel and fuel oil stocks are completely dry

because of the American oil embargo since January. Quote, we have absolutely no diesel, he said, on the state-run television. He said a loan delivery of 730,000 barrels of oil from Russia in March had run out, and the national grid is now completely dependent on Cuba's own sources of energy. In Havana, the blackouts are now 20 to 22 hours a day. He said this is because of the genocidal blockade from America. There are reports of some protest in Havana, burning piles of trash, banging pots, and shouting, turn on the lights.

The president is encouraging the House to pass the Senate's version of the Road Act about housing. It passed the House and then the Senate months ago, but it hasn't been taken up by the House, which has to repass it to iron out the differences between the two. The White House prefers the Senate's version. The main part of the bill is to decrease regulations to build more housing. It does it in many different ways, but the park getting the most attention to Section 901, which bans institutional investors, companies, that own more than 350 homes from buying single-family homes.

As the president said in a state of the union address, homes are for people, not corporations. Three high schoolers were helping a man change a flat tire on the side of the road in Florida when the man said he wasn't feeling well. The boys called 911. The ambulance arrived. The man survives. The sheriff's office said that if the three boys did not offer to help the man in the

first place, then they wouldn't have been there to save his life. The man's son said God did not send angels with wings. He sent those boys. I'm Mike Slater from Politics by Faith. Bill O'Reilly has your message to the day. Next. Behind every F-35 jet is a Canadian company. Horizontal tails built in Winnipeg, engine sensors from Ottawa, and stealth composite panels crafted in Loonenburg to name just a few. Thanks to thousands of skilled Canadian workers, the F-35 aircraft is delivering unmatched capabilities for 20 allied nations around the world

and will generate more than $15.5 billion in industrial value for Canada. This ad is sponsored by the F-35 partner team, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, Northroport, and RTX. Learn more at www.f35.com slash Canada. Time now for the O'Reilly Update, message of the day. On this Thursday, a new Atlas poll, spotlight Secretary of State Marco Rubio as being 15 points ahead of Vice President Vance with likely Republican voters for the 2008 election. That's not surprising. Rubio presents himself well, is articulate enough to explain problems like Pope Leo.

It comes across as smart and non-threatening. Mr. Vance has been a good soldier for President Trump, but he has been identified as favoring a few extremists. Also, he reportedly opposed the Iranian action losing him credibility with the president, whose endorsement GOP candidates will avidly seek in 2008. If Marco Rubio decides to run, he will capture many Hispanic voters, which Republicans badly need. So the Secretary of State is in a good position. If the primary were held tomorrow, I believe he would win.

On the other side, Democrats are without much leadership. High prices for consumers are keeping the Dems afloat. That situation could turn around fast, but even if it doesn't, Marco Rubio has to be considered the favorite in the race for president in 2008. The man President Trump once called Little Marco has entered The Big Time. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me. Bill at Bill O'Reilly.com. Bill at Bill O'Reilly.com. Name in town if you wish to opine.

Let's go to the mail. We got Gino. Are there any practical or economic reasons that Chinese want Taiwan? It's all emotion. So it completes Mao Zetung's vision of a united China under the communist regime.

Practical reason? it's a motion. Robert Quinton, Wilmington, North Carolina. A. Bill, you mentioned in yesterday's broadcast the U.S. trying to suspend federal gas taxes, and you believe President Trump will have to support of both parties. I respectfully disagree. Democrats in blue states will do everything in their power not to let this happen. Then they'll get hammered. That would be a gift to President Trump if the Democrats objected to a suspension of the federal gas tax. I mean, that would be amazingly self-destructive. You might be right, Robert, but I'd be shocked.

Tom R. Mursinsky, longtime viewer, Trump voter. I have to disagree with your statement about Congress controlling all of the excessive spending Congress did not vote for the war nor were they given a chance to vote. That is true. It's not a bad point The War Powers Act Congress did not approve the expenditure which is about No, no, 50 million now. It'll it'll go much higher. All right Want you to get our hat. I'm wearing his hat up in Boston because I'm doing a Revolutionary War thing up there that you'll see it's a special I'm going to wear the hat because it's supposed to be a deluge tomorrow.

So if you see me walking around with a 250 American ad, no, you can get it on Bill O'Reilly.com. Going with all kinds of other stuff. In a moment, something you might not know. Now the O'Reilly update brings you something you might not know. Ninety-four years ago, the body of a young boy was found in rural New Jersey. His murder will go down as one of the most infamous crimes in American history. Here is the story of the Lindbergh baby. Aviator Charles Lindbergh became a global celebrity in 1927 when he flew the first solo

flight across the Atlantic Ocean. On March 1, 1932, Lindberg and his wife discovered a ransom note in their son's crib. The kidnapper had used the ladder to snatch the baby from his second-story bedroom. The perpetrator demanded $50,000, the equivalent of $1 million today. The case, of course, gained national attention. Even gangster Al Capone offered to help out. For three days, investigators found nothing.

Then another letter showed up, this time demanding $70,000. receiving the ransom the kidnapper told Lindberg that his son was on a small boat off the coast of Massachusetts. After an extensive search, there was no sign of any boat or baby. On March 12, the infant's body was discovered near the Lindbergh home. He had been killed the night of the abduction. Two years later, Mark Bills from the ransom money were used in Manhattan. Police tracked down a suspect, a German immigrant named Richard Hopman. When his home was searched, detectives found the Lindbergh cash. The evidence in public pressure was enough to convict the immigrant who was executed in

the electric chair four years later. And here's something else you might not know. The Lindberg baby kidnapping had a significant impact on our crime. criminal justice system. After the abduction, Congress passed the Federal Kidnapping Act, also known as the Lindbergh law. The bill made kidnapping a federal offense and gave the FBI the authority to pursue criminals across state lines. That law exists today. Back in a moment. Visit BetMGM Casino and check out the newest exclusive. The price is right fortune pick.

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