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CNN 5 Things

Trump’s six months, Harvard’s legal battle, Airforce school crash & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump wants to celebrate six months in office, but he’s still dealing with the fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein case. We’ll look at why flooding has been so bad in the US this summer. Harvard is fighting the Trump administration in court today. A Bangladesh Airforce aircraft has crashed into a school campus. Plus, a study says parents shouldn’t give their kids smartphones before they turn 13 – we'll tell you why Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello from CNN, I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Monday, July 21st.

0:38.7

President Donald Trump's second term has now reached the six-month mark,

0:43.4

but the ongoing controversy over the Jeffrey Epstein case is threatening to overshadow the occasion.

0:49.6

And despite calls for the administration to release more information,

0:53.3

Trump has been working to

0:54.4

dampen the political backlash, as CNN's Kevin Liptack explains.

0:58.7

Sunday, the president writing on truth social, wow, time flies.

1:03.5

Today is that six-month anniversary of my second term.

1:06.5

Importantly, it's being hailed as one of the most consequential periods of any president.

1:11.6

So the president clearly eager to make the most of the day.

1:15.4

He also, in an earlier post, referenced that Jeffrey Epstein matter, saying that since that

1:20.3

controversy began bubbling up, that his approval ratings among his supporters had actually

1:26.3

been increased.

1:27.3

Now, according to a CNN poll that was released last week, the president's approval among Republicans

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