The episode delivers a rapid-fire overview of major news events, including a sharp U.S. jobs slowdown, deadly earthquakes in Venezuela, U.S. soccer advancement in the World Cup, extreme heat affecting over 140 million Americans, diplomatic progress between the U.S. and Iran via Qatari med
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