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We bring you 5 stories that will get you up to speed and on with your day. Updates at 6am, 12pm, and 6pm Eastern, every weekday.
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Dec 15, 2023 • 6min
9 AM ET: Ukraine funding, Prince Harry phone hacking, Facebook exec theft & more
US urges strategic Israeli attacks, Ukraine aid package stalls, investigation into transgender woman's death, Prince Harry's phone hacking ruling, Facebook exec pleads guilty to stealing $4 million
Dec 15, 2023 • 7min
6 AM ET: Pressure on Israel, student beheading threat, postpartum depression drug & more
The White House pressures Israel to reduce civilian casualties. Teacher accused of threatening to behead a Muslim student. EU opens membership talks with Ukraine. Senate to vote on aid for Ukraine and Israel. Drug for postpartum depression now available in the US.
Dec 15, 2023 • 6min
10 PM ET: Biden's latest Israel comments, GM job cuts, AI financial dangers & more
Biden's criticism of Israel's offensive, a 13-year-old facing charges for an alleged mass shooting plot, GM job cuts, missing British boy found, AI risks to financial system.
Dec 14, 2023 • 6min
5 PM ET: Alleged terrorism plot, EU membership talks, mortgage rates fall & more
German and Dutch authorities arrest four alleged Hamas members for plotting terror attacks in Europe. Ukraine's potential EU membership is discussed. The House passes a defense bill for fiscal year 2024. Rudy Giuliani's defamation trial is underway. Mortgage rates fall below 7% for the first time in months.
Dec 14, 2023 • 6min
12 PM ET: CNN Gaza hospital visit, cancer vaccine trial, Earth loses contact & more
Journalist's rare access to Gaza hospital reveals human toll of Israel-Hamas war. Lack of deal for additional funding for Israel and Ukraine. Experimental cancer treatment shows progress for high-risk melanoma. Lawsuit involves fertility doctor secretly using his own sperm. NASA loses contact with Voyager 1 spacecraft.
Dec 14, 2023 • 6min
9 AM ET: Israel’s war priorities, Giuliani's about-face, cheating with ChatGPT & more
This podcast covers Israel canceling a trip to Qatar for talks on hostages, colleges facing federal probes over discrimination incidents, Rudy Giuliani's expected trial testimony, Russia's president weighing in on Ukrainian aid, and whether students are cheating more with Chat GPT.
Dec 14, 2023 • 6min
6 AM ET: Israel's 'dumb bombs', House approves impeachment inquiry, MRI sets off patient's gun & more
Topics include Israel's use of 'dumb bombs' in Gaza, the impeachment inquiry into President Biden, far-right conspiracy theories discussed by Vivek Ramaswamy, the impact of a construction boom on rental market, and a woman shot during an MRI due to her gun going off.
Dec 14, 2023 • 7min
10 PM ET: WH on US-Israel rift, Biden impeachment inquiry, CNN town hall & more
White House struggles to explain Biden's comments on Israel, House approves impeachment inquiry, Trump loses defamation case, man charged with murder of Detroit synagogue president, GOP hopeful distinguishes himself from Trump in CNN town hall.
Dec 13, 2023 • 6min
5 PM ET: Biden meets hostage families, Fed interest rates, Trump subversion case & more
Biden meets hostage families, Fed interest rates, Trump subversion case, impeachment inquiry vote, surge in drug overdose calls
Dec 13, 2023 • 7min
12 PM: SCOTUS abortion case, Hamas hostage talks, Hunter Biden flouts subpoena & more
Supreme Court agrees to hear major abortion case, Biden to meet with families affected by Hamas hostage talks, Hunter Biden criticizes House Republicans, new climate deal calls for transition away from fossil fuels, US government lags behind in AI
