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The episode discusses the escalating tensions in the Middle East following claims of U.S. service members being killed in Kuwait and the political implications surrounding U.S. aid to Israel.

Intensifying tensions as Iran claims three U.S. service members were killed in Kuwait amid the widening regional conflict. Meanwhile, billionaire investor Rich Handler of Jefferies says he opposes cutting off all U.S. aid to Israel as Israel-First launches more attacks on Ro Khanna for his vist to the West Bank. Thanks to today's sponsors: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at shopify.com/tyt Get 40% OFF the Ground News Vantage Plan when you sign up at ground.news/tyt Stay informed without the media spin at ground.news/tyt Visit www.sleep.me/tyt to get up to $255 off your Chilipad 2.0 with code TYT Use less data, get paid by switching to Noble Mobile: https://go.tyt.com/getnoble Posting a job is easy at upwork.com Check out new podcast series by searching for Future Hindsight wherever you get podcasts Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Dave Smith SUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE ☞  https://www.youtube.com/@TheYoungTurks FOLLOW US ON: FACEBOOK  ☞   https://www.facebook.com/theyoungturks TWITTER  ☞       https://twitter.com/TheYoungTurks INSTAGRAM  ☞  https://www.instagram.com/theyoungturks TIKTOK  ☞…

People in this episode

Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Dave Smith

Topics covered

• Iran
• U.S. service members
• regional conflict
• Israel
• political tensions
• aid to Israel

Keywords

• Iran
• Kuwait
• U.S. service members
• Israel
• Ro Khanna
• Rich Handler
• regional conflict

Sponsors

Shopify, Ground News, Sleep.me, Noble Mobile, Upwork

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jefferies

Places: Iran, Kuwait, Israel

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