Monica Ricks

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16,695 appearances 557 recordings 3 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 13 Sep

Monica Ricks’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 557 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 116.

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Bloomberg News Now · US Envoys Arrive in Russia, Trump Downplays Iran Conflict, More · 5 Sep 2026 podcast

Defense Attorney David Lindenmouth. voice-verified

It's the first federal case by the Trump administration against an ICE officer involved in its nationwide immigration crackdown. voice-verified

And Hawaii is now bracing for a hard hit from Hurricane Lowell, which did weaken slightly overnight, but is still a powerful category four storm packing 155 mile an hour winds. voice-verified

Forecasters say it's turning northward this weekend towards the islands and will make its closest approach Monday. voice-verified

And that's News When You Want It with Bloomberg News Now. voice-verified

I'm Monica Ricks. voice-verified

And this is Bloomberg. voice-verified

Bloomberg News Now · Trump: Iran Conflict ‘Small Potatoes,’ US Envoys in Russia, More · 5 Sep 2026 podcast

News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. voice-verified

I'm Monica Ricks. voice-verified

President Trump is downplaying the war in Iran, calling it small potatoes for the U.S. voice-verified

Trump says he doesn't consider it a war because there's no active fighting right now, despite two rounds of strikes against Iran just this week. voice-verified

He did later acknowledge the eighteen service members who've died in the Middle East, calling them great souls. voice-verified

But polls show Americans have given Trump poor marks for how he's handled this war, which have spiked energy prices for Americans and put his fellow Republicans in danger of losing control of Congress in November. voice-verified

Meantime, a federal judge has extended a block against the U.S. voice-verified

Postal Service, keeping it from implementing the President's executive order to limit mail voting during midterms. voice-verified

That decision puts another major obstacle in the way of the administration as states begin sending out their ballots. voice-verified

The US economy added one hundred sixty-two thousand jobs in August, and the unemployment rate held steady at four point one percent, suggesting the labor market is powering through uncertainty from the war in Iran and ongoing pressure from inflation. voice-verified

Claudia Som is chief economist at New Century Advisors and weighed in on where that leaves the Fed on interest rates. voice-verified

conversation on the Bloomberg Surveillance Podcast. voice-verified

The long Labor Day weekend is here, and prices at the pump are at the highest they've ever been in September, with the national average now four fourteen a gallon, according to AAA. voice-verified

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