"Live from MPR News, I'm Jial Snyder.
Vice President J.D. Vance has expected to arrive in as Lombobod today at the head of a U.S.
delegation which includes President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and special long-boy Steve Woodcoff. They are at a hold-tocks tomorrow seeking to shore up a ceasefire, shaky over Israel, and has blocked, changing fire, and Iran's chokehold over the straight-up removes. President Trump's handling of the war is drawing criticism and some praise among Americans.
It appears Frank Langfit reports from Asheville, North Carolina. George Peeries and Emeritus Professor of Political Science, other than taking out the leaders of a corrupt and repressive regime, he sees nothing good about the war.
“"I think it's a disaster from the beginning.”
It is separating us from our NATO, as well as our Arab allies, and it is impacting the world's economy in ways that I don't think this administration had any clue about." But Laura McHugh, an investment advisor, sees Trump making the world safer for the U.S. that includes the capture of Venezuela and President Nicholas Maduro. "That did send a message to the bad guys, and I think it sent a message to them that
it could happen to you." And she hopes some day Iranians can topple their government. Frank Langfit and Pure News, Asheville, North Carolina. White House is warning staff to "not play spets on popular prediction market sites." And Pure's Bobby Allen reports on Newscrew, near over weather government officials are
abusing confidential information for profit. A staff-wide email from the White House Management Office put Trump officials on notice over prediction market sites like Couchy and Polymarket. Is that it's a criminal offense to use non-public information to make money on betting
“markets about federal policy, military strikes, and war?”
It comes as a number of suspiciously well-timed bets have raised alarms, including six figure polymarket bets on a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran hours before an announcement was made. Regulators have cleared the lane for the prediction market industry to boom and Trump's second term.
But accusations that incitors could be profiting off of classified military intelligence have put the sites on the defensive, Bobby Allen and Pure News.
"First lady, Melania, Trump delivered a statement at the White House Thursday denying ties
to Jeffrey Epstein and any knowledge of his crimes." "The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today. The individuals lying about me are devoid of ethical standards, humility, and respect." Melania, Trump also denied that Epstein introduced her to Donald Trump and said she is "not one of Epstein's victims," she urged Congress to hold public hearings for them.
“Melania Trump's statement seemed to come out of the blue, a spokesman for the first lady”
and the West said the West's wing knew beforehand that she'd be giving a statement, but it's not clear if her specific remarks were known. This is in PR news. The Artemis-2 astronauts are preparing for a return to Earth this evening to three Americans and one Canadian are now under 150,000 miles from home after setting a new distance record
during Monday's lunar flyby. They're aiming for a splash down in the Pacific coast and the Pacific off the coast of San Diego. A new analysis finds in for a penguins are at risk of extinction. Empires' Nate Rod reports at melting sea ice and changing food availability are causing the decline.
"The world is getting warmer thanks to human activities and temperatures at the poles are rising significantly faster than the global average. Hotter temperatures means less sea ice, and for emperor penguins which rely on sea ice for breeding in his places to rest, it means fewer penguins are surviving." Twice in recent years, the ice is broken up early, causing thousands of chicks to drown
in the frigid water. The international union for the conservation of nature says emperor penguins are now considered to be endangered, Antarctic fur seals, as well, scientists involved in the analysis say urgent action is needed to reduce climate warming pollution. Nate Rod and PR News
The master's golf tournament is heading into today's second round with Sam Burns and Roy
Mackle Roy sharing the lead, both players shot a first round 67 Thursday and for Mackle Roy the defending champion it was his best start at the master's in 15 years. Stockmarkets in Europe edging higher after shares in Asia mostly rose today ahead of tomorrow's talks between the US and U.S. and Iran in Pakistan. I'm Jail Snyder, this is in PR news.
This week on the empire politics podcast, in Iran, President Trump is both escalating and de-escalating, pausing strikes on energy sites claiming Iran wants to make a deal, but also moving troops to the region. We impact what we know about where those troops are headed, and how talks are playing out behind closed doors.
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