Tuesday, July 29th, 2025 - NYC shooting; Maxwell’s appeal; Gaza genocide claims; RFK Jr’s to end vax liability; Tesla’s $16B Samsung deal

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🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: A gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of a Midtown Manhattan building last night, killing two people before turning the assault rifle on himself. Meanwhile, Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn her sex trafficking conviction, citing a 2007 non-prosecution deal meant to protect Epstein and his co-conspirators. On his Scotland trip, Donald Trump repeated that he can pardon Maxwell, denied visiting Epstein’s island, and faced large protests. He also shortened his Ukraine ceasefire deadline for Putin to “10 to 12 days” and criticized Israel’s role in Gaza’s humanitarian crisis, promising more U.S. and EU aid. This came as two Israeli human rights groups accused their own government of committing genocide, citing deliberate starvation and destruction in Gaza—claims Israel called “obscene.” Elsewhere, HHS Secretary RFK Jr. announced a push to end vaccine maker liability protections—despite past promises not to discourage vaccination. And Elon Musk said Tesla has inked a $16.5 billion semiconductor chip deal with Samsung. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: ABC 7: 345 Park Avenue NYC shooting: NYPD officer, 2 others shot, killed in Midtown, Manhattan; gunman dead by suicide: sources The Guardian: Ghislaine Maxwell asks US supreme court to overturn conviction CNN: July 28, 2025: Donald Trump presidency news WSJ: Trump, Losing Patience With Putin, Says He Will Shorten Deadline to End Ukraine War AP News: Two Israeli rights groups say their country is committing genocide in Gaza AP News: Two Israeli rights groups say their country is committing genocide in Gaza Axios: RFK Jr. targets vaccine makers' federal liability protections Axios: Musk announces Tesla, Samsung Electronics chip supply deal Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:20.3	Last night, a shooter opened fire on the 32nd floor of a building in Midtown Manhattan,
1:25.6	killing two people and himself from a self-inflicted
1:28.2	gunshot wound using an assault rifle. This story was developing as of this recording.
1:36.7	Galane Maxwell's attorneys formally requested yesterday that the U.S. Supreme Court overturned
1:41.5	her conviction for sex trafficking. Their argument, that she was unjustly prosecuted because the federal.S. Supreme Court overturned her conviction for sex trafficking. Their argument,
1:44.7	that she was unjustly prosecuted because the federal government violated its own non-prosecution
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