The News Roundup For September 20, 2024

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Last Sunday saw yet another apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump's life at one of his golf courses in Florida. The Secret Service has come under renewed scrutiny.

The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday after its September meeting that it has cut its main interest rate by half of a percent. It's the first cut to interest rates since the beginning of the pandemic in March 20-20.

Meanwhile, two waves of deadly explosions involving pagers, walkie talkies, and other electronic devices rocked Lebanon and Syria this week. Israeli officials notified the U.S. that the country was going to carry out an operation in Lebanon on Tuesday but did not give any details about what was planned.

On Monday, a European Union naval mission said salvagers successfully towed a Greek-flagged oil tanker. The tanker was attacked by Houthi rebels in early September.

We cover all these stories and more during this week's News Roundup.

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0:23.0	Hi, it's Naila, your host for this edition of the news roundup.
0:26.4	Just a quick heads up before we start the show.
0:28.6	The news is rapidly changing and things may have changed by the time you hear this episode.
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0:40.0	Thanks for listening and enjoy the show. You're listening to the 1A Podcast, I'm Nailabudo of Axios and it's time for another installment of the news
0:54.0	round up. We're about a month and a half out from the election. Last night, Vice President
0:58.6	and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris was in Michigan and a star-studded hybrid online and in-person
1:05.0	event led by one of her biggest celebrity supporters Oprah.
1:08.7	Thanks for joining us for this very special event.
1:12.1	Unite for America!
1:14.0	And after what appears to be another assassination attempt
1:20.0	against former president and current GOP candidate Trump, his running mate
1:24.2	Senator JD Vance had some choice words for Democrats about what he said was their
1:29.0	rhetoric.
1:30.0	You guys need to cut it out or you're going to get somebody hurt.
1:33.6	There's also big financial news this week with long-awaited interest rate cuts from the Federal
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