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Headlines:
– Welcome to Mo News (00:00)
– Hamas returns 4 bodies, lies about remains of the mother of the Bibas children (03:55)
– Senate Confirms Kash Patel As Trump’s FBI Director (16:35)
– Trump Education Pick Linda McMahon Clears Committee, Heads To Full Senate (20:00)
– McConnell Announces Retirement From The Senate (21:45)
– DOGE Is Searching for Wasteful Spending. It Isn’t Hard to Find (23:20)
– IRS Starts Mass Layoffs (27:20)
– Nearly One in 10 U.S. Adults Identifies as L.G.B.T.Q., Survey Finds (32:00)
– Birkenstocks Are Not Works Of Art, German Court Rules In Copyright Case (33:20)
– Backstreet Boys Say 'Millennium 2.0' Will Finally Explain Meaning Of 'I Want It That Way' (34:20)
– What We’re Watching, Reading, Eating (39:10)
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Mosheh Oinounou (@mosheh) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022.
Jill Wagner (@jillrwagner) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. She's currently the Managing Editor of the Mo News newsletter and previously worked as a reporter for CBS News, Cheddar News, and News 12. She also co-founded the Need2Know newsletter, and has made it a goal to drop a Seinfeld reference into every Mo News podcast.
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