Tuesday, July 7, 2026

U.S. Exits World Cup, NATO’s ‘Big Reveal’ & AI Lands Lead Role

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All the news stories mentioned in today's episode are listed with links below, so you can spend as much -- or as little -- time as you want to review the latest happenings... 

Read more about the stories in today's show:

U.S. Eliminated from World Cup: NBC Sports, NPR, Fox News, Reuters

Trump’s FIFA Call Sparks Backlash: FIFA, Yahoo! Sports, UEFA, Axios, ESPN, AP, TIME, WSJ

NATO Summit Begins Today: Reuters, NY Times, WaPo, Axios, AP

WH Report Criticizes Smithsonian: White House, USA Today, WaPo, AP, NY Times

Kirk Family Faces Tyler Robinson: BBC, WSJ, NY Times, ABC News

CO Wildfires Destroy Homes: Denver Post, TWC, CBS News, USA Today

East Coast Flooding Threat: NWS, Fox Weather, NY Times, ABC News, Bloomberg

Trump Rings Wall Street’s Opening Bells: White House, Fox Business, CNBC, AP, NY Times

Trump Building White House Helipad: WaPo, AP, ABC News, Reuters

Sen. Mitch McConnell Hospitalized: NY Times, NewsNation, WaPo, 

Texas App Store Law Upheld: Politico, WaPo, Reuters, NPR

Microsoft Cuts Thousands of Jobs: WSJ, Axios, CNBC, AP

AI ‘Actor’ Tilly Norwood to Star in Feature Film: Deadline, NBC News, ABC News, Variety

Trivia Tuesday: What was America's first planned suburb? 
Last Week’s Q: What movie remains the highest-grossing film ever when adjusted for inflation?
Last Week’s A: ‘Gone with the Wind’
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