Trump's Crypto Earnings, Democratic Socialists Rising, USA Advances In World Cup
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🗓️ 2 July 2026
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Democratic socialists scored another big win in Colorado as Melat Kiros upset longtime Congresswoman Diana DeGette in the Democratic primary, the latest in a string of progressive victories that Republicans are already using to paint the whole party as too extreme.
And the U.S. men’s team advanced to the World Cup round of 16 with their first knockout win in 24 years against Bosnia-Herzegovina, though they’ll be without their top scorer after a red card in a match played under dangerous heat in the East.
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(0:00) Introduction
(01:54) Trump's Crypto Earnings
(05:43) Democratic Socialists Rising
(09:26) USA Advances In World Cup
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| 0:00.0 | President Trump and his family made more than a billion dollars last year, much of it from |
| 0:06.1 | crypto. His enormous earnings are raising a lot of questions about possible conflicts of interest. |
| 0:11.2 | The White House says there's nothing wrong with it. |
| 0:13.1 | I'm A. Martinez. That is Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:21.0 | Democratic socialists are gaining momentum after primary wins in New York and Colorado. |
| 0:25.0 | Republicans are betting they can paint the whole party as to extreme, |
| 0:28.4 | which could be a challenge for Democrats eyeing midterm races. |
| 0:30.9 | Can they tap into that Democratic socialist energy without the label? |
| 0:34.1 | And the U.S. men are through to the World Cup's round of 16. |
| 0:37.4 | They beat Bosnia-Herzegovina, |
| 0:39.0 | although they had to play a man down for their first knockout win in 24 years. But their top |
| 0:43.9 | scorer is suspended for the next game. Stay with us, we'll give you news you need to start your day. |
| 0:54.0 | President Trump's financial disclosure show that the president and his family took in more than |
| 0:58.6 | $1 billion through cryptocurrency sales and other business ventures. |
| 1:03.1 | The report released this week shows the crypto earnings sharply outpaced Trump's real estate |
| 1:07.6 | businesses, which had already made the president a wealthy man. They also raised |
| 1:11.5 | questions about possible conflicts of interest. NPR's Linda Kenyon is with us this morning. Welcome, Linda, |
| 1:16.6 | glad to have you with us. Thank you. Good morning. Now that we've had some time to dig into this |
| 1:20.5 | 927-page financial disclosure document, what exactly are we learning about the crypto earnings for |
| 1:26.4 | the president and his family? |
| 1:28.1 | Well, we're learning a lot. The 2025 report, which was filed with the Office of Government |
| 1:32.2 | Ethics shows the cryptocurrency venture World Liberty Financial, which was co-founded by Trump |
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