EPM MORNING BRIEFING — May 23, 2026

🌅 EPM MORNING BRIEFING — May 23, 2026 The 5 stories you need to know today. 1. 🔴 [ESTADOS UNIDOS] Gaza's children starve as aid budgets freeze amid inflation crisis Humanitarian aid flows to Gaza halt as Western donors cite domestic economic pressures. This signals a dangerous precedent where global crises become secondary to domestic political calculations. 2. 🔴 [ESTADOS UNIDOS] Trump's Unsigned AI Executive Order Signals Major Tech Policy Shift President Trump delays signing crucial AI regulation framework, creating uncertainty for the tech sector. The hesitation suggests internal conflicts over how aggressively to regulate America's most powerful industry. 3. 🔴 [ESTADOS UNIDOS] Warsh's Fed Challenge: Inflation Hits Workers as Trump Demands Rate Cuts Federal Reserve faces political pressure to cut rates while inflation continues squeezing working families. This economic tug-of-war could define Trump's second term and determine millions of Americans' financial futures. 4. 🔴 [JAPÓN] Japan Seeks Justice for 93,000 Repatriated Citizens Imprisoned in North Korea Tokyo launches diplomatic offensive to address decades-old human rights crisis affecting ethnic Koreans. The move represents Japan's most assertive stance on North Korean abuses in years. 5. 🔴 [CHINA] China pushes diplomacy while trade tensions impact working families Beijing extends olive branch to Washington as tariff wars continue devastating blue-collar communities on both sides. Economic pragmatism may finally be overriding nationalist posturing in the world's most important bilateral relationship. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📌 Editor's Note From Gaza to the Fed, today's stories reveal how political leaders' choices create real consequences for ordinary people caught in the crossfire.