Tuesday, May 12, 2026

FOX News Media to Cover US-China Summit


FOX News Media will present special programming surrounding the United States-China summit starting May 12th, featuring live coverage from Beijing, China leading up to and following President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, May 14th. The summit will mark the president’s first trip to China since taking office in January of 2025.

Beginning Tuesday, FOX News Channel’s (FNC) Bill Hemmer will co-anchor America’s Newsroom (weekdays, 9-11 AM/ET) through May 14th live from Beijing. On May 13th and 14th, Chief political anchor Bret Baier will helm his nightly newscast Special Report (weeknights, 6PM/ET) while Sean Hannity will host Hannity (weeknights, 9PM/ET) – both also live from Beijing. On May 13th and 14th, Trace Gallagher will anchor special editions of FOX News @ Night (weeknights, 11PM/ET) live from Los Angeles, California with correspondent Jonathan Hunt providing overnight reporting on the summit from the network’s Los Angeles bureau.

Contributing to coverage live from Beijing throughout the week will be senior White House correspondents and anchors of The Sunday Briefing Jacqui Heinrich and Peter Doocy as well as White House correspondent and anchor of FOX News Live Aishah Hasnie. FOX Business Network (FBN) will also present live coverage across its various programs as well.

 

Throughout the week, FOX News Digital will feature a live blog on the summit, continuous homepage updates, walk-ups to major events and breakouts of crucial moments. Coverage of the trip will also be available across FOX News’ social media and YouTube platforms. 

FOX News Audio will present continuous reporting, delivering multiple daily briefs, breaking updates and newscast alerts to give listeners real-time access to meetings, press conferences and official events. FOX News Rundown , a news-based daily morning podcast that deep dives into the major stories of the day, will provide a pre- and post-analysis of the Trump-Xi summit, while FOX News Radio’s The Brian Kilmeade Show (9 AM-12 PM/ET), FOX Across America with Jimmy Failla (12 PM-3 PM/ET) and The Guy Benson Show (3 PM-6 PM/ET) will discuss President Trump’s trip with journalists and political commentators.