Hey, everybody. It is Wednesday, July 19th. You're listening to the Monews podcast. I'm Mochuanunu.

And I'm Jill Wagner. This is the place where we bring you just the facts.

And we read all the news and read between the lines so you don't have to. And we bring you

the latest record, Jill, that Taylor Swift has smashed as of yesterday. Speak now, Taylor's version.

So, you know, as many of you may know, she's re-recording her albums. Now with Speak now,

hitting number one on the Billboard charts, she officially now has more number one albums than any

other woman in history. She now outpaces Barbara Streisand, who had 11 number one albums, Taylor

now has 12. One of my favorite Taylor Swift songs, Dear John, on Speak Now. It's her savage,

kind of like revenge song against John Mayer. And I am here for it.

Jill, for those of you keeping score now with 12 number one albums, she's tied with Drake.

And now just behind Jay-Z, who has 14, and the Beatles, who have 19. So she's not tied for third

all time. All right, let's get to some other news here. The latest on the US soldier who defected

to North Korea. And another one, more legal problems for Donald Trump. He says he's received a

target letter from special counsel Jack Smith, related to Smith's investigation into January 6th.

On to 2024 politics, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, not ruling out running for president

as a third party candidate. As if he could annoy Democrats in his own party, even more Jill,

will explain the politics of all of this. A potential breakthrough in the unsolved killing of

rapper Tupac. You weren't expecting to hear that one today, folks. Moj, I actually had to do a

double take when I saw that. And I'm like, what? Cannot wait to get to that story. We'll tell you

what the Las Vegas PD is on to here. How hot is really too hot? The heat index has reached

152 degrees in the Middle East as other records break across the globe. And

it's an entertainment. ABC is giving us the first glimpse of the golden bachelor. It's first

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