The Daily Herold: 5/11/26 - Fauci Clock Runs Out, Gas Tax Cut & Trump-Xi Summit
Jon Herold comes in Monday on a slow news day and makes it work. Today is apparently the last possible day to charge Anthony Fauci under the standard statute of limitations, and Jon marks the occasion with the appropriate level of fanfare before explaining why the grand conspiracy angle might make the whole conversation moot. Trump announced a temporary suspension of the federal gas tax, and Jon immediately asks the obvious follow-up: once you take it away, how do you put it back? The Trump-Xi summit is set for Thursday and Friday this week, with a delegation that reads like a Forbes 400…
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