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What new tactic is President Trump proposing against Iran?
New approach. I'm Sue Guzman Fox News. President Trump is floating a new tactic against Iran.
On Truth Social Wednesday night, the president announced what he is calling the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country, fueled by Iran's failure to make a deal with the U.S. to end military operations. President Trump promising economic D-Day and also stating that if any country aids Iran economically, that country will also face consequences. Although he didn't offer any specific actions, the president did write that These maniacs are on the ropes, and these historic measures will cripple them and their ability to project terror worldwide.
Fox is Kevin Yurecki, president Trump meeting with cryptocurrency
leaders at the White House on Wednesday.
How is the Trump administration planning to boost America’s tech and crypto leadership?
President Trump touting investments in legislation to boost America's tech innovation.
We're ensuring that America remains the undisputed leader not only in Bitcoin and crypto, but also technologies like prediction markets, artificial intelligence and much more. And we're leading in every single one. And I will tell you the AI, the artificial intelligence, we're way ahead of Number two. Number two is China.
Urging Congress to pass the Clarity Act.
Legislation which will keep us ahead of China, keep us ahead of everyone else.
Noting he looks forward to Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting the US next month, adding they'll probably talk about AI and a lot of other things.
Why is the U.S. national debt reaching a historic $40 trillion and what are the implications?
US
national debts reached a new milestone.
America now owes forty trillion dollars. That's right, the national debts are passing the mark on Wednesday as defense costs, social programs like Social Security and Medicare and interest on the burgeoning deficit make up an enormous share of federal spending. Possibly the most alarming thing about this number is how quickly we've gotten there. Just in March, the debt was at $39 trillion. That means we've gone a full trillion dollars more into debt in the middle of the year. Just five months. John Sassier, Fox News.
America's listening to Fox News.
What happened in the Pennsylvania plane‑helicopter collision and who was affected?
Here's
Assassina pilot was killed and two state troopers injured when a small plane collided with a state police helicopter at Carlisle Regional Airport in Pennsylvania. Governor Josh Shapiro.
Two Pennsylvania state troopers, Colonel Bryce Corporal Bryce Corman and Trooper Jason Mills, while injured, are going to be okay.
Two troopers in the helicopter with the non life threatening injuries, the pilot of the small plane was killed, the NTSB and FAA investigating. Landmark social media addiction trial against Medic continues. Twenty-nine states accusing the parent company of Facebook and Instagram of putting profit over children.
During opening statements, the twenty-nine states that brought the lawsuit claim Meta made deceptive statements about its platforms that likely misled the public and designed its models to be addictive to young people. The chief prosecutor in the case, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, is accusing Meta of putting profits before safety.
How severe is the current Ebola outbreak in the DRC and what challenges does it pose?
It has a responsibility to try and work with teens and parents in partnership to try and address those questions.
Fox is Marianne Rafferty, another grim milestone in the Ebola outbreak. Here's Fox's Lily.
There are more than five thousand cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to its Ministry of Health, which is seeing its number of recorded deaths close in on two thousand four hundred. This tops the twenty eighteen outbreak in the country, which killed two thousand two hundred and ninety-nine people, and makes it the country's deadliest Ebola outbreak ever, driven by the Bundabugio strain, which has no approved vaccine or treatment. The head of the World Health Organization says at its current pace, the outbreak is on track to surpass the deadliest Ebola outbreak ever on record, which started over a decade ago and killed more than eleven thousand people. Lily and Wu Fox News.
I'm Sue Gosman. This is Fox News.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What new tactic is President Trump proposing against Iran?
0:02–0:46
2
How is the Trump administration planning to boost America’s tech and crypto leadership?
0:46–1:26
3
Why is the U.S. national debt reaching a historic $40 trillion and what are the implications?
1:26–1:59
4
What happened in the Pennsylvania plane‑helicopter collision and who was affected?
1:59–3:05
5
How severe is the current Ebola outbreak in the DRC and what challenges does it pose?
3:05–3:57