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🗓️ 25 June 2025
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U.S. strikes failed to destroy Iran's nuclear sites. Plus, USA TODAY Government Accountability Reporter Erin Mansfield looks back on the last 70 years of history between the U.S. and Iran.
Zohran Mamdani wins a New York City primary for mayor, shaking up mainstream Democratic politics.
America's housing is pulling further out of reach, according to a new report.
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0:00.0 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Wednesday, June 25th, 2025. This is USA Today is the excerpt. |
0:13.7 | Today, the latest on a fragile ceasefire, plus putting New York's mayoral race in context after an upset win, |
0:20.0 | and what might be next for |
0:21.3 | supersonic flight. President Donald Trump tried to keep a ceasefire between Israel and Iran in |
0:27.4 | place yesterday as reports emerged indicating the U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear facilities over the |
0:32.4 | weekend was not as successful as he initially claimed. Trump chastised Israel for accusing Iran of |
0:38.1 | truce violations and ordering new strikes, saying he was not happy with either country as he |
0:43.0 | spoke to reporters while leaving Washington for a NATO summit in Europe. Trump said he did not want |
0:47.8 | to see a regime change in Iran and strongly criticized Israel, a close ally, saying the nation needs |
0:52.9 | to calm down. According to a preliminary |
0:55.0 | U.S. intelligence assessment, U.S. airstrikes did not destroy Iran's nuclear capability |
0:59.8 | and only set it back by a few months. Trump had previously said over the weekend that the U.S. |
1:04.9 | deployment of 30,000-pound bombs had obliterated Iran's nuclear program. |
1:09.7 | Stepping back a bit, I caught up yesterday with my colleague USA Today, |
1:12.6 | government accountability reporter Aaron Mansfield, |
1:14.6 | who was a new piece looking at 70 years of history |
1:17.6 | before the U.S. decision to bomb Iranian nuclear sites. |
1:21.6 | Hello, again, Aaron. |
1:22.6 | Hello, thank you for having me. |
1:24.6 | Thanks for joining me. |
1:25.6 | So let's go through this timeline starting in 1953. |
1:30.2 | Why was this the first date that just circled for this piece? |
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