About this episode
The episode covers the latest inflation rates, a new immigration enforcement bill, the World Cup, and tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
The latest inflation number are out, and prices are rising fast. Last month, prices soared at the fastest rates seen in three years. A new $70 billion immigration enforcement bill narrowly passed the Senate on Tuesday. The package funds ICE and Border Patrol through the end of Trump’s second term in office. And the World Cup began on Thursday, with Mexico taking on South Africa in a replay of the opening match of the 2010 tournament. And, in global news, early in the week President Donald Trump told reporters the U.S. would hit Iran hard after Iranian forces attacked a helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz this week. He also threatened to “assume total control” of Iran’s oil and gas industries. On Thursday, he canceled plans for those attacks. Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are going through a rough patch. When the United States and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, they appeared to be shoulder to shoulder. But over the past 100 days, things have changed. Reports of expletive filled calls and defiance on the part of each leader continue to grow. And on Tuesday, anti-immigrant riots broke out in Belfast after a Sudanese asylum seeker was charged with attempted…
Topics covered
- inflation
- immigration
- World Cup
- U.S.-Iran relations
- anti-immigrant riots
- political news
Keywords
- inflation
- immigration bill
- World Cup
- Donald Trump
- Iran
- anti-immigrant riots
- Belfast
- South Africa
- Mexico
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: ICE, Border Patrol
Places: Iran, South Africa, Mexico, Belfast, Strait of Hormuz
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