QUICK HIT: "The Riviera of the Middle East" & A Range Of Other Top Stories
SmartHERNews
Jenna Lee
4.9 • 663 Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
A round-up of this week's top stories:
- President Trump's proposal for Gaza.
- Why POTUS' latest comments on Iran matter.
- Quick heads up on the cabinet nominees advancing to a final vote in the Senate, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard.
- Sec. Rubio on foreign aid/update on USAID.
- Why Barbies may cost you more (and Hot Wheels).
- Some mixed messages from the U.S. Postal Service.
- What's going on with the Department of Education - Did you know it dates back to 1867???
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| 1:00.1 | The Riviera of the Middle East, is that your next big investment? |
| 1:04.7 | It's a big question. |
| 1:05.6 | If you like the news, we got some this week. |
| 1:08.2 | I'm Jenna, and this is Smarter News. |
| 1:16.6 | Thank you. We got some this week. I'm Jenna, and this is Smarter News. One word that we often use in media is range. If you have range, that means you can talk about Barbie dolls and you can talk about terrorism. And you know what you and me have? We have range because we're going to exercise it today. We have a variety of different |
| 1:27.9 | headlines to cover and we're going to cover them quickly. The president hosted the first foreign |
| 1:31.6 | leader of a second term on Tuesday, Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel. And this matters because |
| 1:36.4 | the first leader to visit the White House is a sign of a close relationship. And although the U.S. |
| 1:41.1 | and Israel have long been allies, our relationship looks different depending on the administration. |
| 1:46.0 | During this press conference, the president said this. |
| 1:49.0 | The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it too. We'll own it. |
| 1:55.0 | So that was unexpected. The president mentioned the Palestinians living in Gaza could be moved to nearby countries. |
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